What better way to spend a few hundred years than with your little dog curled under your feet? This is the faithful dog of Sir Richard Pembridge, Knight of the Garter and veteran of the Battles of Crécy and Poitiers in the Hundred Years War. He died in 1375 and this is his tomb in Hereford Cathedral. His canine guardian despite being 14th century, looks a little like a bull terrier. The carving on his nose is worn smooth from the affectionate pats of passing admirers across the centuries....
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