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The Central Panel
- The enclosure of Greenwich Park; Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester and brother of Henry V, enclosed the Park, stocked it with deer and built a tower where the Observatory now stands
- A Plantagenet ship sets off for France during the Hundred Years War
- Transport to and from London was mainly by river; two boats are carrying goods
- Sir Richard de Lucy, founder of Lesnes Abbey kneels by the abbey where a monk is illuminating the Lesnes Abbey Missal
- Noblewomen joined the men at archery.
- Chaucer was a 'Commissioner for Walls and Fences' responsible for draining the
marshes between Greenwich and Woolwich.
- Hunting with hawks and dogs.
- Five pilgrims from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
- A medieval farm and bullock cart.
- Wat Tyler and the Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath.
- Eltham, a medieval palace of the Plantagenet kings whose portraits appear above it. Below is the Moatbridge.
- A woman spinning wool.
- A medieval garden.
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The Border Panels
Left
Fleur de lys coat of arms
Jewelled brooch
Jester
Chaucer's coat of arms
A wimple head-dress
Pilgrim's scallop shell
Cooking pot
The Green Man
Right
The Plantagenet coat of arms
A buckle
The de Lucy coat of arms
A jug and a shoe
Broom flower - a plantagenet badge
Musical instrument - rebec and bow
Lesnes Abbey tile
Pilgrim badge
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