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Four poster bed, part of
One of the early 16th century carved support panels belonging to Sir Rhys ap Thomas bedstead and depicting the military exploits of Sir Rhys including from left to right: a figure (possibly Sir Rhys) lowering his colour, on which is a raven (the motto of Sir Rhys), to a knight who is charging, but neither appears to be in armour; between them is a small figure holding a sword over right shoulder, buckler in left hand; following knight are two soldiers, each having breast-plates, bearing a lance and showing buckler, then comes an archer facing the opposite direction and a wounded figure falling in front of him with two other armed soldiers advancing towards the archer; behind them is a small figure on a mount and beneath is a dog or hound; facing the other direction is a knight on horseback charging towards a castle where there is a soldier standing in the tower and another at the gate.