Image: Kenilworth fireplace

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Description: A marble fireplace in Leicester's Gatehouse, Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire, with initials "RL" of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532-1588) and the Ragged Staff heraldic badge, used by the Earls of Warwick, circumscribed by the Garter. Sable, a ragged staff argent is the attributed coat of arms of Morvidus (as stated in Berry, William, Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, Volume 2, 1828[1]) an Earl of Warwick and legendary king of the Britons from 341 to 336 BC., as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. The letters R and L on either side of the shield are also in the form of ragged staffs. Underneath vivit post, "he lived after". At right the first letters of his motto "Droit et Loyal".
Title: Kenilworth fireplace
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