Portrait of John Gedney

Item

Description

John Gedney, a Draper, was alderman of Farringdon Without ward in 1415-16, Coleman Street ward in 1416-35, and Cornhill ward in 1435-49. He served as mayor in 1427-28 and 1447-48; sheriff in 1417-18; MP in 1414 and 1432.

Arms: Shield of argent, fesse sable, chief charged with two caboshed lions gules, center base charged with one caboshed lion gules.

Title

Portrait of John Gedney

Creator

Leigh, Roger

Date

1446-7

Cultural Context

Medieval London

Medium

paper
ink
watercolour

Dimension

35 cms x 26 cms

MLD Londoner URI

https://mld.ace.fordham.edu/v2/s/mld/person?id=326

Location

Guildhall

Period

15th century

Work Type

Portrait

Image Category

Medieval drawing/painting

Image Source URL

https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?key=WnsiUCI6eyJvcmlnaW5hdG9ySWQiOjM4ODc5LCJyZWZpbmVTZWFyY2giOiJTWHNpVUNJNmV5SjJZV3gxWlNJNklteHZibVJ2YmlCaGJHUmxjbTFsYmlJc0ltOXdaWEpoZEc5eUlqb3hMQ0ptZFhwNmVWQnlaV1pwZUV4bGJtZDBhQ0k2TXl3aVpuVjZlbmxOYVc1VGFXMXBiR0Z5YVhSNUlqb3dMamMxTENKdFlYaFRkV2RuWlhOMGFXOXVjeUk2TXl3aVlXeDNZWGx6VTNWbloyVnpkQ0k2Ym5Wc2JIMTkifX0&pg=17&WINID=1602695860092#zv6FSFvhyM0AAAF0xi4Kyg/29398

Image Type

Still Image

Image Location

London Metropolitan Archive

Image Rights

London Metropolitan Archives Main Print Collection

Subject

Civic office and government
People

Item sets

Individual portraits of London aldermen.

Site pages

Portraits of London Civic Officers
John Gedney