‘Adopt a Boss’ launched – November 2011

‘Adopt a Boss’ launched – November 2011

The ‘Adopt a boss’ scheme was launched on Monday 7 November.

Following a welcome from the Dean of Windsor and Carolyn Perry in the Dean’s Cloister those attending the evening split into small groups for a tour of St George’s Chapel.  The tours, led by Archivist Clare Rider and Chapter Clerk Charlotte Manley, involved looking up to view the bosses in Quire, Nave and Aisles made between 1480 and 1528.

The talks including information about the heraldic significance of some of the coats of arms and badges depicted as well as a little of the people behind the heraldry.

The King's Free Chapel. The Chapel of the Most Honourable and Noble Order of the Garter. The Chapel of the College of St George.