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White boar, the Glossary

The White Boar was the personal device or badge of the English King Richard III of England (1452–1485, reigned from 1483), and is an early instance of the use of boars in heraldry.^[1]

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Boars in heraldry
Heraldic badges
Mythological pigs
Richard III of England
Wars of the Roses
White symbols

Alabaster

Alabaster is a mineral and a soft rock used for carvings and as a source of plaster powder.

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The Battle of Bosworth or Bosworth Field was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the houses of Lancaster and York that extended across England in the latter half of the 15th century.

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Boars in heraldry

The wild boar and boar's head are common charges in heraldry. White boar and boars in heraldry are Mythological pigs.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Chiddingly

Chiddingly is an English village and civil parish in the Wealden District of the administrative county of East Sussex, within historic Sussex, some five miles (8 km) northwest of Hailsham.

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Duke of Gloucester

Duke of Gloucester is a British royal title (after Gloucester), often conferred on one of the sons of the reigning monarch.

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Dunstable Swan Jewel

The Dunstable Swan Jewel is a gold and enamel brooch in the form of a swan made in England or France in about 1400 and now in the British Museum, where it is on display in Room 40.

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East Sussex

East Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Eboracum

Eboracum was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia.

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Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales

Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (or 1476 9 April 1484), was the son and heir apparent of King Richard III of England by his wife Anne Neville.

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English feudal barony

In the kingdom of England, a feudal barony or barony by tenure was the highest degree of feudal land tenure, namely per baroniam (Latin for "by barony"), under which the land-holder owed the service of being one of the king's barons.

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Freyr

Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest.

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Fustian

Fustian is a variety of heavy cloth woven from cotton, chiefly prepared for menswear.

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Galtung (noble family)

The Galtung family was a Norwegian noble family dating from the ennoblement of Lauritz Galtung in 1648.

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Gilding

Gilding is a decorative technique for applying a very thin coating of gold over solid surfaces such as metal (most common), wood, porcelain, or stone.

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Glenn Foard

Glenn R. Foard (born c.1953) is an English landscape archaeologist, best known for discovering the location of the final phases of the Battle of Bosworth Field (1485).

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Gullinbursti

Gullinbursti (Old Norse), meaning "Gold Mane" or "Golden Bristles") is a boar in Norse mythology. When Loki had Sif's hair, Freyr's ship Skíðblaðnir, and Odin's spear Gungnir fashioned by the Sons of Ivaldi, he bet his own head with Brokkr that his brother Eitri (Sindri) would not have been able to make items to match the quality of those mentioned above. White boar and Gullinbursti are Mythological pigs.

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Heraldic badge

A heraldic badge, emblem, impresa, device, or personal device worn as a badge indicates allegiance to, or the property of, an individual, family or corporate body. White boar and heraldic badge are heraldic badges.

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Heraldry

Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree.

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House of Lancaster

The House of Lancaster was a cadet branch of the royal House of Plantagenet. White boar and House of Lancaster are wars of the Roses.

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House of Plantagenet

The House of Plantagenet (/plænˈtædʒənət/ ''plan-TAJ-ə-nət'') was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou.

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House of Tudor

The House of Tudor was an English and Welsh dynasty that held the throne of England from 1485 to 1603.

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House of York

The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. White boar and House of York are wars of the Roses.

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Livery collar

A livery collar or chain of office is a collar or heavy chain, usually of gold, worn as insignia of office or a mark of fealty or other association in Europe from the Middle Ages onwards.

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Marsh

In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.

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Middleham Castle

Middleham Castle is a ruined castle in Middleham in Wensleydale, in the county of North Yorkshire, England. White boar and Middleham Castle are Richard III of England.

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Peatland

A peatland is a type of wetland whose soils consist of organic matter from decaying plants, forming layers of peat.

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Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru,; Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the male heir apparent to the English, and later British, throne.

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Ralph Fitzherbert

Sir Ralph Fitzherbert (died 1483) was Lord of the manor of Norbury, Derbyshire.

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Relief

Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material.

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Retinue

A retinue is a body of persons "retained" in the service of a noble, royal personage, or dignitary; a suite (French "what follows") of retainers.

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Ricardian (Richard III)

Ricardians are people who dispute the negative posthumous reputation of King Richard III of England (reigned 1483–1485). White boar and Ricardian (Richard III) are Richard III of England and wars of the Roses.

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Richard III of England

Richard III (2 October 1452 – 22 August 1485) was King of England from 26 June 1483 until his death in 1485.

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Rollo

Rollo (Rou, Rolloun; Hrólfr; Rollon; died in 933) was a Viking who, as Count of Rouen, became the first ruler of Normandy, a region in today's northern France.

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Royal National Theatre

The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, commonly known as the National Theatre (NT) within the UK and as the National Theatre of Great Britain internationally, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England.

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Silver-gilt

Silver-gilt or gilded/gilt silver, sometimes known in American English by the French term vermeil, is silver (either pure or sterling) which has been gilded with gold.

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Tomb effigy

A tomb effigy (French: gisant ("lying")) is a sculpted effigy of a deceased person usually shown lying recumbent on a rectangular slab, presented in full ceremonious dress or wrapped in a shroud, and shown either dying or shortly after death.

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Vitreous enamel

Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between.

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Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne from 1455 to 1487.

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White Hart

The White Hart ("hart" being an archaic word for a mature stag) was the personal badge of Richard II, who probably derived it from the arms of his mother, Joan "The Fair Maid of Kent", heiress of Edmund of Woodstock. White boar and White Hart are heraldic badges and White symbols.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_boar

White boar, the Glossary

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See also

Boars in heraldry

Heraldic badges

Mythological pigs

Richard III of England

Wars of the Roses

White symbols

References