Beery spottedness in Shrewsbury

 
The Joules Brewery, and its pubs, which once used to be based in Staffordshire, are now very much a Shropshire concern.  One of their latest acquisitions is the Henry Tudor Bar in Shrewsbury, inside the old and very historic Henry Tudor House.

As part of the refurbishment that the brewery undertook (which was beautifully done), it installed some new coloured windows. These two particular panels represent the arms of the brewery itself and of Shrewsbury.
Unusually, they've given the leopard-loggerheads a marked spottedness, but that's ok...

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Big banner at Henry Tudor House

 
This is a detail taken from a fascinating illustration in Thomas Auden's 1905 Book Of Shrewsbury.  It shows one of the town's most famous historic buildings, Henry Tudor House, with a huge loggerheads banner hanging from it. Sadly, it's not clear if this flag-display was a permanent feature of the house at the time, or put up for a special occasion. 

Oddly, the artist only shows one shield of arms in the stained-glass of the central first-floor window, yet we know there are six shields today (see previous post).  Was this just a mistake by the artist, or were the current windows put in after 1905?  It would be lovely to know - suggestions please!

At the time of this illustration, a fishmonger called Harry Mudd tenanted Henry Tudor House (the ground floor at least), which is why there is a reference to Grimsby on the frontage, Grimsby being thought to be the home of the very best fish.

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