The best pictures of Garter Stall Plates in St George’s Chapel

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The best pictures of Garter Stall Plates at Windsor are all wonderful heraldic evocations of the great Age of Chivalry and especially the Knights of the Garter, the famous Order founded by Edward III.
The first picture is the Stall Plate of Sir John Mowbray, earl of Surrey and Warenne, duke of Norfolk.

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Sir John Mowbray, earl of Surrey and Warenne, duke of Norfolk and earl marshal, 1472-1475-6 by Sir William St John Hope

The second picture is the Stall Plate of Sir Richard Plantagenet, duke of Gloucester (Richard III), 1465-1483.

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Sir Richard Plantagenet, duke of Gloucester (Richard III), 1465-1483 by Sir William St John Hope

The third picture is the Stall Plate of Sir Henry Stafford, duke of Buckingham.

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Sir Henry Stafford, duke of Buckingham, 1474-1483 by Sir William St John Hope

Many more pictures of heraldry can be found at the Look and Learn picture library.

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