Oro e gioielli nel Rinascimento

The ring was probably made between about 1440 and 1475, the time of the Wars of the Roses, a series of civil wars fought in England from 1455 to 1487 between the followers of the Houses of Lancaster and York. So far it has not been possible to confirm the identity of the wealthy owner, or how the ring ended up in a field near Raglan. The findspot near Raglan Castle and the initials make William Herbert, first Earl of Pembroke (executed after the Battle of Banbury in 1469), a tempting candidate. He married Anne Devereux. The motto is a private one symbolizing fidelity between husband and wife.