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.
William Bruges kneeling before St George, first illumination in the Bruges Garter Book made by Bruges c. 1430–1440
Illustration from the 1430 Garter Book made by William Bruges, showing Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster (d. 1361), the second ever recipient of the Order
St George's Church, Stamford, built by William Bruges, viewed from south
John Anstis
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John Anstis was an English officer of arms, antiquarian and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1702 and 1722. He rose to the highest heraldic office in England and became Garter King o
William Bruges
…the stained glass images "I found so broken and defaced that no tolerable draft of them could be taken fit to exhibit to the reader's satisfaction". John Anstis (1669-1744) reported that only the images of the king and three knights remained. Little remains of the windows today apart from a collection of garter…
Painting of Garter Anstis from around 1725, by Thomas Hudson