Alwyne Frederick Compton

“ Within a circle, a lion rampant, the corners filled with a rudely designed foliated ornament.
A lion rampant occurs in the arms of many of the Devonshire families, as Redvers, Nonant, Pomeray, &c.; here however it was probably merely ornamental, as is frequently the case with heraldic animals introduced in pavements, ex. gr., those at Winchester, where there are no coats of arms, or other devices that can only be heraldic. ”

“ On the extreme right a sort of finish is given by bringing the last coats of arms, wheel- window, and coats of arms close together, and arranging the shields points outwards: then follow three lions, and the pattern as engraved. ”

“ A circle, the corners being filled with foliage growing from it, and having a sort of diamond formed within it by circles sprung from the corners as centres. This diamond is filled by a cross and four squares, and the four spaces formed by the intersecting circles have fish in them.
On the authority of this tile we might arrange those containing fish (ex. gr. Nichols, p. vi.) in squares, head to head, and tail to tail, as well as heads inwards, of which examples exist in the Exchequer chamber, Exeter cathedral; in which case they resemble another not uncommon tile. ”