Image: Eleanor Ferre seal

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Description: 1854 engraving of the seal of Eleanor Montendre / Mountender (died 1349), widow of Sir Guy Ferre "the Younger" (died 1323), showing Ferre impaling Mountender. Ultimate source: The Archaeological Journal, Vol.11, 1854, Examples of Mediaeval Seals (pp. 367-380) Weston S. Walford, F.S.A. and Albert Way, M.A., F.S.A., p.375[1]. Eleanor's family identified only on basis of arms, similar to arms of Montendre, a french family. Arms of Montendre per "Glover" (Glover's Roll?): Gules, a lion rampant within an orle of trefoils slipped or (Walford & Way, p.375
Title: Eleanor Ferre seal
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Author: engraving by Weston Styleman Walford and Albert Way (died 1874) (published in Archaeological Journal, 11, 1854, p.375).
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