Brass rubbing, in black heel-ball on white paper, Sir Robert Strelley in armour and wife Isabella, 1458 and 1487, St Martin's Church, Strelley, Cambridgeshire, by Herbert Druitt, 1876-1943
'... coudieres or elbow guards were of exaggerated pattern, more ornamental than useful, as they would have been inconvenient in warfare...the lady is shewn with butterfly head-dress...her dress is a tight fitting gown with mittens over the hands...at her feet are two pet dogs, one smooth coated and one shaggy' (Source: www.nottshistory.org.uk)
'... coudieres or elbow guards were of exaggerated pattern, more ornamental than useful, as they would have been inconvenient in warfare...the lady is shewn with butterfly head-dress...her dress is a tight fitting gown with mittens over the hands...at her feet are two pet dogs, one smooth coated and one shaggy' (Source: www.nottshistory.org.uk)
