Bruges Garter Book
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The Bruges Garter Book is a 15th-century Anglo-Norman illuminated manuscript containing portraits of the founder knights of the Order of the Garter. It was created sometime between about 1430 to 1440,
William Bruges dressed as Garter King of Arms, kneels before St George, from his Garter Book
Edward III of England
Edward the Black Prince 1430
Portrait of Henry, Duke of Lancaster William Bruges's Garter Book, f.8 BL Stowe MS 594
William Bruges
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William Bruges was an English officer of arms. He is best remembered as the first person appointed to the post of Garter King of Arms, which is currently the highest heraldic office in England.
Bruges Garter Book
…portraits of the founder knights of the Order of the Garter. It was created sometime between about 1430 to 1440, probably in London, to the order of William Bruges (c. 1375–1450), Garter King of Arms, and constitutes the first armorial covering members of the Order. It has been held since 1883 by the British Library…
St George's Church, Stamford, built by William Bruges, viewed from south