Geoffrey Whitney was an English poet, now best known for the influence on Elizabethan writing of the Choice of Emblemes that he compiled.
The badge, motto and autograph of Geoffrey Whitney
An image from A Choice of Emblemes, 1586
Combermere Abbey is a former monastery, later a country house, near Burleydam, between Nantwich, Cheshire and Whitchurch in Shropshire, England, located within Cheshire and near the border with Shrops
Abbot's house and clock tower
Comber Mere, the monastery's setting
St Mary's, Acton and its associated chapels were given to the abbey. This building originates in the 13th century.
Henry Beaufort, one of many men put in charge of the abbey