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Hereford Cathedral - The Cathedral Church of the
Blessed Virgin Mary and St Ethelbert
Hereford Cathedral was a Cathedral of the Old Foundation |
| It is a many years since I visited Hereford
Cathedral and then I did not have a camera. While researching for the
Herefordshire page I found a number of etchings by T & G Hollis
which I thought worthy of sharing on line. I do not have, nor have I
ever been sent, photographs of the monuments in the Cathedral so I have
posted a list - based on the text of the RCHM
Herefordshire entry for the Cathedral until such times as I have some
photographs. The cut-off date for the moment is 1714 |
<Herefordshire>
The Bishop's Cloister
The Crypt The
Lady Chapel The
Nave The Nave-South Aisle
The North Transept
The
North-East Transept
The Presbytery
The Presbytery - North Aisle
The Presbytery - South Aisle
The South Transept The South-East Transept
Yard
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[Joan (Plunkenet)
wife of Henry de Bohun (1327)] Effigy
on plain altar tomb set in 13th century recess. She
wears a wimple and veiled head dress, tight sleeves and
loose gown; head on cushion, feet on dog. Traces of
black and red colour. |
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Peter de Grandison (?)
Mid 14th century effigy. Altar tomb with effigy
and canopy. He wears mixed mail and plate armour with
camail and bascinet; shortened surcoat; carries sword
and dagger. Head on cushion, feet on hound. Hands in
prayer, legs straight. Left: Hollis ascribes this
effigy to Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and
Constable of England (1321) |
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Chantry chapel of Bishop
Audley |
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Member of Swinefield
family (?). Early 14th century. Effigy in
cassock and surplice with doctor's cap on head on plain
altar tomb in recess. |
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Andrew Jones and
his wife, Elizabeth (1497) Plain
low alabaster altar tomb with incised figures.
Civilian costume. His feet on a tun. Canopy over
figures. Marginal inscription |
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[Bishop Robert Purfey
or Parfew (1558)] Effigy
wearing amess and surplice on altar tomb quatrefoil
panel with shields. Very poor |
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Bishop Richard Swinefield
(1316-17) Arched recess, at back of which a
slab with indents of crucifix with attendant figures |
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Arched recess with modern altar tomb
on which effigy of male civilian, head on cushion, feet
on defaced beast. c. 1300 c. 1300 |
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Tablet with indent of a kneeling
figure, scroll, Trinity and inscription plate. c. late
1th/ early 16th century. |
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Luke Booth (1673)
Tablet with cartouche of arms in modern stone frame. On
floor |
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Male civilian, defaced head on
cushion, feet on beast. Early 14th century |
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Lady with long gown and draped head
dress. Defaced. Early 14th century |
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Lady in long gown, face cut away. |
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Male civilian. Feet cut away. Early 14th century. Left.
NB Hollis reports this effigy to be in the cloisters,
assuming I have identified it correctly |
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Five cartouches of arms and one
achievement; from 17th century monument. |
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Bishop George Coke (1646)
Effigy wearing rochet, chimera, ruff, and
skull cap. Head on head on tasseled cushion. Base and
canopy are modern. Elaborate wall monument destroyed by
Wyatt; inscribed slab now in Bishop's Cloister. |
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[Bishop Lewis Charlton
(1369)] Effigy in mass vestments, much defaced.
Feet on lion. Canopy destroyed. Most of altar tomb is
modern |
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[Bishop Augustine Liddle
(1634)] Effigy in rochet, chimera, ruff, and
academic cap. Head on tasseled cushion |
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Dean John Harvey (1500) ?
Early 15th century altar tomb from Tevenant
monument [41] with quatrefoil panels alternating with
trefoil headed panels,; in larger panels are shields of
arms. Alabaster effigy of c. 1500 wearing mass
vestments, head on cushion, feet on lion. Much defaced |
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Bishop John Stanbury (1474)
Alabaster effigy, in mass
vestments, and altar tomb on stone base. Head on cushion
supported by angels, feet on lion. The tomb chest
is surrounded by a series of weepers: saints and angels
holding a shield as well as other items. |
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Bishop Giles de Braose
(1215) ? Late 13th century stone effigy in mass
vestments holding a model of a building. Head on
cushion, feet on pedestal |
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Bishop Robert Bennet (1617)
Alabaster effigy in rochet, chimere, ruff and
skull cap. Head on cushion, feet on lion. Shields of
arms. Canopy destroyed |
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Bishop Richard Mayhew
or Mayo (1516) Effigy in mass
vestments on altar tomb with figures of saints. Two
animals at feet, head on cushion Triple arched
canopy with fan vaulting. |
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Bishop
Reinhelm (1115) But erected c. 1300. Low base
with stone effigy in mass vestments. Head on cushion,
feet on pedestal. In Recess |
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Bishop similar to
the above and moved with a recess to the Stanberry Chapel
while the latter was being built. |
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Bishop Stanbery
chapel (1474) |
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Bishop Geoffrey de Clive
(1119-20) (ascribed) but erected c. 1300.
Similar to [24], above |
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Bishop Hugh de Mapenore
(1219) (ascribed) but erected c. 1300. Similar
to [24], above |
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Bishop Peter de Aquablanca
(1268) Altar-tomb, effigy and canopy. In recess
between presbytery and transept aisle. Plain altar-tomb,
stone effigy, mass vestments with some remaining colour. |
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The Presbytery - South
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Bishop Robert of Lorraine (or
Losinga) (1095) (ascribed) but erected
c. 1300. Similar to [21] and also holding a model
of a building |
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Bishop William de Vere
(1198) (ascribed) but erected c. 1300. Similar
to [24], above |
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Bishop Gilbert Foliot (1187)
(ascribed) but erected c. 1300. Similar to
[24], above |
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Bishop Robert de Bethune
(1148) (ascribed) but erected c. 1300.
Similar to [24], above |
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Bishop Robert de Melun
(1166-7) (ascribed) but erected c. 1300.
Similar to [24], above |
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Bishop Thomas Charlton
(1343-4) Plain altar-tomb with paneled
front, effigy in mass vestments, and canopied recess.
Gablette over the head |
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Bishop Herbert Westfaling
(1601-2) Modern base with effigy, wearing
rochet, chimere, skull cap and long beard. Head on large
cushion, right hand raised to head. Original base
destroyed but fragments remain in bishops' cloister. |
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Bishop Theophilus Field
(1636) Alabaster bust, wearing rocher, chimere,
ruff, skull cap, and beard. Holding book. Some traces of
colour. |
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Bishop Thomas Cantiloup
(1282) (ascribed) This takes the form of a
shrine with an altar-tomb and an open superstructure,
with the altar-tomb possible older than the rest. The
reassembled altar tomb has six bays on its long side and
two on its west, each filled with a figure of a knight.
On the slab there is an indent for a brass of a bishop
and one for a small figure of St Ethelbert, which is now
in the Cathedral library. The superstructure has an
equal number of bays and a plain top slab. The east side
is plain and clearly not meant to be seen. |
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[39] |
Dean John de Aquablanca
(1320) (ascribed) Low altar-tomb with effigy in
surplice. Head on cushion, feet on lion. Remains of
gablette |
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Alexander Denton
and Anne (Wyllyson) (1566) Paneled
alabaster altar-tomb with seven shields of arms in
wreaths. Alabaster effigies: he in plate armour with
double chain around neck and cross at end, head on
crested helm, feet on lion, gauntlets at side; she in
close gown with puffed shoulders, high collar, small
ruff, girdle with pendant. Swaddled infant at side |
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Bishop John Trevenant (1404)
Effigy in mass vestments, head on double
pillow, feet on lion. In canopied recess. The original
paneled altar-tomb is now in SE transept |
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Sir Richard
Pembridge K.G. (1375) (ascribed)
Alabaster altar tomb with paneled side
alternatively with quatrefoils holding his
shield of arms, and effigy. Right; the right
leg has been replaced; is this what Hollis
is indicating?. |
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Bishop Charles Booth
(1535) Altar tomb with six quatrefoil
panels containing carved shields of arms;
effigy in mass vestments, angels supporting
head, feet on lion. In four centre arched recess
also with shields of arms. |
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Dean Stephen of Ledbury
(1352) (Ascribed, but probably earlier) Effigy
in surplice, head on cushion, feet on broken beast. In
arched recess |
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Treasurer Pembridge (1328)
(ascribed) Effigy in mass vestments, head on
cushion, feet on beast, with two keys dangling from left
arm. In arched recess. |
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Yard between the Two Cloisters |
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Sandstone slab with effigy of (?)
woman in long gown 13th or early 14th centuries. Poor,
head missing. |
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Bishop's Cloister |
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[47] |
Joscelyn (1638) and
Samuel (1645) Aubrey Plain black marble
tablet; rest destroyed |
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James Clerke (1640)
Wooden panel with painted inscription |
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Edward Gwyn (1690)
Plain black tablet, surround missing |
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Sarah (Broome) (1689)
Wife of successively Robert de la Hay and Canon William
Johnson. Plain marble tablet |
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[Prebendary William
Evans](1659) and his
wife, Mary. Portions only.
Their busts from this monument are now in the triforium
of north transept. |
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Jane (Fell) wife of
William Bowdler (1660) Oval black
marble tablet, rest destroyed |
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Edward King (1648)
Wooden panel with painted inscription
and cartouche of arm |
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Richard Philpotts (1673)
and his daughter, Elizabeth,
wife of Humfrey Walter. Wooden tablet with painted
inscription and cartouche of arms |
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William Barrol ...
and his wife, Mary (1698) Wooden tablet
with painted inscription. |
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Hannah Lowe (1656),
wife of William Lowe, and their infant daughter,
Hannah (1653) Gray marble tablet with moulded
surround and cherubs heads |
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Philip Hunt (1698/9)
and his daughter, Martha (1694)
Plain black marble tablet |
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Mary (Seaborne)(1665),
wife of William Bowdler. Plain black
marble tablet |
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| There are fortyone floor slabs recorded dating from
1632-1712 |
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| This text on this page is distilled from RCHM:
Herefordshire Vol I (1931). I hereby acknowledge the source.
Thus
there are no monuments listed after 1714, this beings the cut off date
at the time of publication. I will use this list to find and photograph the monuments
(extending it to the present day) when I hopefully visit the Cathedral.
Please fell fee to copy and use it yourself. The etchings are from
Hollis |
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