Portrait of Simon Eyre · Visual Sources of Medieval London

Description

Simon Eyre, a Draper, was alderman of Walbrook ward in 1444-46, Broad Street ward in 1446-49, Cornhill ward in 1449-51, and Langbourn ward in 1451-58. He served as mayor in 1445-46; sheriff in 1434-35.
Arms: Shield of gules, charged with chained hedgehog.

Title

Portrait of Simon Eyre

Creator

Leigh, Roger

Date

c. 1450

Cultural Context

Medieval London

Medium

paper

ink

watercolour

Dimension

36 cms x 24 cms

MLD Londoner URI

https://mld.ace.fordham.edu/v2/s/mld/person?id=264

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=21&WINID=1602695860092#zv6FSFvhyM0AAAF0xi4Kyg/29394

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