Caption:
Sir Neil Loring (Nigel Lorringe), medieval English soldier and diplomat and a founding member of the Order of the Garter, c. 1320-1386. Old man in red cap and shoes, white robe decorated with blue garters, holding a purse. From the Golden Book of St Albans, Cotton MS Nero D vii, f.105v. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.