. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. THE PORCH AT COWDRAY. 119 Mr, G inner to spend a short holiday in making theIrawings which he has carried out so well, and whichire now the property of Lord Cowdray, and we arendcbted to his kindness for permission to reproducethese drawings. The date of the porch may be obtained from theemblems which occur there, namely, the Admirals Anchor,he Prince of Wales Plumes and the letters SirWilliam Fitzwilliam, Vice-Admiral, was made Lord HighAdmiral in 1536; Treasurer of the Household of KingHenry VII
. Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county. THE PORCH AT COWDRAY. 119 Mr, G inner to spend a short holiday in making theIrawings which he has carried out so well, and whichire now the property of Lord Cowdray, and we arendcbted to his kindness for permission to reproducethese drawings. The date of the porch may be obtained from theemblems which occur there, namely, the Admirals Anchor,he Prince of Wales Plumes and the letters SirWilliam Fitzwilliam, Vice-Admiral, was made Lord HighAdmiral in 1536; Treasurer of the Household of KingHenry VIII. in 1537 and Earl of Southampton. In 1537jibe Prince of Wales was born. This fixes the date atjthe earliest at 1537. The Tudor rose in the centre is obviously borrowedfrom Hampton Court; the small five-petal roses, alternated•with pomegranates, are treated in the spandrels of the•panels of the groining in so purely decorative a way?that the pomegranate associated with Catharine of Aragonjtieed only be a dim memory of the artist working uncon-sciously with materials familiar fro
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