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Four poster bed, part of
One of the early 16th century carved support panels belonging to Sir ap Rhys Thomas bedstead and depicting the military exploits of Sir Rhys including from left to right; a fully armed soldier holding a lance in left hand and his right hand on his dagger; in front of him another soldier wearing a cap, holding a bow in left hand and an arrow in right hand, apparently receiving two women in submission; following them a monk carrying a bow and after him a soldier carrying two bows and arrows - implying an act of submission; then comes a soldier, turned back with lance or pike at the charge, in arrest of five figures, between whom and him is a fleur-de-lis; the first of these holds a sword, not in attack; the next three figures are also armed followed by a small figure holding a harp with a second fleur-de-lis above his head.