Pegasus

One of my favourite lunchtime spots is the garden at Inner Temple. It's a bit of a walk from the office, but it's worth it. The plants are very well cared for by onsite gardeners (one of whom has a cocker spaniel). Amongst the plants, I spied a Pegasus - the emblem of the Inner Temple. I nabbed this from the Inner Temple website:

The Pegasus or flying horse has been the emblem of the Inner Temple from at least the 16th century, but we can only speculate as to why it was adopted. The most likely reason is that it was chosen in honour of Lord Robert Dudley, Queen Elizabeth I's Master of the Horse, who took part in the Christmas revels at the Temple in 1561. In the revels, Dudley, who later became Earl of Leicester, was leader of the fictional Order of the Pegasus and his followers all bore the Pegasus symbol.