Henry VII and Francis I meeting on the field of the cloth of gold

Henry VII and Francis I

Henry VII and Francis I meeting on the field of the cloth of gold

Venice: House of Gold

Venice: House of Gold

Venice: House of Gold

Crevequer of Kent bore "Gold a voided cross gules

Crevequer

Crevequer of Kent bore "Gold a voided cross gules

Latimer bore Gulles a cross patty gold

Latimer

Latimer bore Gulles a cross patty gold

Drury bore Silver a cheif vert with a Saint Anthony's cross gold between two golden molets, pierced gules.

Drury

Drury bore Silver a cheif vert with a Saint Anthony's cross gold between two golden molets, pierced…

Brytton bore Gold a patriarch's cross set upon three degrees or steps of gulles

Brytton

Brytton bore Gold a patriarch's cross set upon three degrees or steps of gulles

Hilton of Westmoreland bore Sable three rings gold and two saltires silver in the chiefe.

Hilton

Hilton of Westmoreland bore Sable three rings gold and two saltires silver in the chiefe.

Ferlington bore Gules three pales vair and a chiefe gold

Ferlington

Ferlington bore Gules three pales vair and a chiefe gold

Coleville of Bitham bore Gold a fesse gules

Colevile

Coleville of Bitham bore Gold a fesse gules

Fauconberg bore Gold a fesse azure with three pales gules in the chiefe

Fauconberg

Fauconberg bore Gold a fesse azure with three pales gules in the chiefe

Chamberlayne of Northamptonshire bore Gules a fesse and three scallops gold.

Chamberlayne

Chamberlayne of Northamptonshire bore Gules a fesse and three scallops gold.

Harcourt bore Gules two bars gold.

Harcourt

Harcourt bore Gules two bars gold.

Wake bore Gold two bars gules with three roundels gules in chief.

Wake

Wake bore Gold two bars gules with three roundels gules in chief.

Fitzalan of Bedale bore Barry of eight pieces gold and gules

Fitzalan de Bedale

Fitzalan of Bedale bore Barry of eight pieces gold and gules

Mauley bore Gold a bend sable

Mauley

Mauley bore Gold a bend sable

Harley bore Gold a bend with two cotices sable

Harley

Harley bore Gold a bend with two cotices sable

Tracy bore Gold two bends gules with scallops sable in the chiefe between the bends.

Tracy

Tracy bore Gold two bends gules with scallops sable in the chiefe between the bends.

Bishopsdon bore Bendy of six pieces, gold and azure, with a quarter ermine.

Bishopsdon

Bishopsdon bore Bendy of six pieces, gold and azure, with a quarter ermine.

Monfort of Whitchurch bore Bendy of ten pieces gold and azure.

Monfort

Monfort of Whitchurch bore Bendy of ten pieces gold and azure.

Adam Fraunceys (14th century) bore Party gold and sable bendwise with a lion countercoloured. The parting line is here commonly shown as sinister

Fraunceys

Adam Fraunceys (14th century) bore Party gold and sable bendwise with a lion countercoloured. The parting…

Chadworth bore Azure two chevrons gold

Chadworth

Chadworth bore Azure two chevrons gold

Peyteven bore Ermine a cheveron gules between three sheaves gold.

Peyteven

Peyteven bore Ermine a cheveron gules between three sheaves gold.

Sheffield bore Ermine a cheveron gules between three sheaves gold

Sheffield

Sheffield bore Ermine a cheveron gules between three sheaves gold

Cobham of Kent bore Gules a cheveron gold with three fleurs-de- lys azure thereon.

Cobham

Cobham of Kent bore Gules a cheveron gold with three fleurs-de- lys azure thereon.

Bryene bore Gold three piles azure

Bryene

Bryene bore Gold three piles azure

Basset of of Drayton bore gold three piles (or pales) gules with a quarter ermine.

Basset

Basset of of Drayton bore gold three piles (or pales) gules with a quarter ermine.

Ever or Eure bore quarterly gold and gules with the addition of a bend sable with three silver scallops thereon.

Ever

Ever or Eure bore quarterly gold and gules with the addition of a bend sable with three silver scallops…

Lord Bardolf bore Quaterly gules silver with an eagle gold in the quarter

Phelip Lord Bardolf

Lord Bardolf bore Quaterly gules silver with an eagle gold in the quarter

Whitegrave of Staffordshire Nine pieces of Azure and of Stafford's arms which are gold with cheveron gules.

Whitegrave

Whitegrave of Staffordshire Nine pieces of Azure and of Stafford's arms which are gold with cheveron…

Warenne bore Checky gold and azure

Warenne

Warenne bore Checky gold and azure

Arderne bore Ermine a fesse checky gold and gules.

Arderne

Arderne bore Ermine a fesse checky gold and gules.

John Cromwell (14th century) bore Silver a chiefe gules with a baston gobony of gold and azure.

Cromwell

John Cromwell (14th century) bore Silver a chiefe gules with a baston gobony of gold and azure.

The king of Scots bore Gold a lion within a double tressure flowered and counterflowered gules

Scotland

The king of Scots bore Gold a lion within a double tressure flowered and counterflowered gules

Wyville bore Gules fretty vair with a chief gold.

Wyville

Wyville bore Gules fretty vair with a chief gold.

Bassingbourne bore Gironny of gold and azure of twelve pieces.

Bassingbourne

Bassingbourne bore Gironny of gold and azure of twelve pieces.

Stourton bore Sable a bend gold between six fountains. The fountain is a rounded charged with waves of white and blue

Stourton

Stourton bore Sable a bend gold between six fountains. The fountain is a rounded charged with waves…

Gentil bore Gold a chiefe sable with two molets goles pierced gules

Gentil

Gentil bore Gold a chiefe sable with two molets goles pierced gules

Beauchamp of Hatch bore simple vair, Ferrers of Derby Vairy gold and gules

Beauchamp

Beauchamp of Hatch bore simple vair, Ferrers of Derby Vairy gold and gules

Plumetty of gold and purple for Mydlam of Coverdale

Mydlam

Plumetty of gold and purple for Mydlam of Coverdale

Grayndorge bore Party ermine and vert, the vert dropped with gold.

Grayndorge

Grayndorge bore Party ermine and vert, the vert dropped with gold.

Mortimer of Norfolk bore gold powdered with fleur-de-lys sable

Mortimer

Mortimer of Norfolk bore gold powdered with fleur-de-lys sable

Cowdray bore Gules billety gold

Cowdray

Cowdray bore Gules billety gold

Cosington bore Azure three roses gold.

Cosington

Cosington bore Azure three roses gold.

Fitzalan, earl of Arundel bore Gules a lion gold.

Fitzalan

Fitzalan, earl of Arundel bore Gules a lion gold.

Filbrigge of Fillbrigge bore Gold a leaping lion gules

Felbrigge

Filbrigge of Fillbrigge bore Gold a leaping lion gules

Fiennes bore Azure three lions gold.

Fiennes

Fiennes bore Azure three lions gold.

Carew bore Gold three lions passant sable.

Carew

Carew bore Gold three lions passant sable.

Brocas bore Sable a leopard rampant gold.

Brocas

Brocas bore Sable a leopard rampant gold.

Lisle bore Gules a leopard silver crowned gold.

Lisle

Lisle bore Gules a leopard silver crowned gold.

Pole, earl and duke of Suffolk, bore Azure a fesse between three leopards head gold.

Pole

Pole, earl and duke of Suffolk, bore Azure a fesse between three leopards head gold.

Monthermer bore Gold an eagle vert

Monthermer

Monthermer bore Gold an eagle vert

Gavaston, earl of Cornwall, bore Vert six eagles gold.

Gavaston

Gavaston, earl of Cornwall, bore Vert six eagles gold.

Corbet bore Gold two corbies sable.

Corbet

Corbet bore Gold two corbies sable.

Shelley bore Sable a fesse engrailed between three whelk-shells gold.

Shelley

Shelley bore Sable a fesse engrailed between three whelk-shells gold.

Rum-Pel-Stilt-Skin visits the miller's daughter who must spin straw into gold.

Rum-Pel-Stilt-Skin

Rum-Pel-Stilt-Skin visits the miller's daughter who must spin straw into gold.

Or (gold) represented on a shield.

Or

Or (gold) represented on a shield.

Brooches of gold found at Pompeii.

Brooches

Brooches of gold found at Pompeii.

Gold breastpins discovered at Pompeii.

Breastpins

Gold breastpins discovered at Pompeii.

Uraniscus, the star-like decoration of a Greek coffer ceiling. From the Propylea in Athens. Gold on a blue background.

Greek star

Uraniscus, the star-like decoration of a Greek coffer ceiling. From the Propylea in Athens. Gold on…

Atahualpa was the last of the Incas rulers. When the Spanish under Pizarro defeated the Incas, they captured Atahualpa. Even though he paid gold and professed Christianity, he was executed by strangling in 1533.

Atahualpa

Atahualpa was the last of the Incas rulers. When the Spanish under Pizarro defeated the Incas, they…