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Asthall - St Nicholas |
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Lady Joan Cornwall,
who owned the manor
the middle of that century. Heraldry in window is that
of the Cornwalls |
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John Daubyngy
(1346) Note the unusual
design of this monument, the incription, the shields and the
helmet. Photographs of the upper half, full length and a plan
drawing. |
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Broughton - St Mary |
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Alabaster effigies on fragmentary
tomb chest with lost canopy. They do not belong
together: look at the collars, for example. He is said to be
Sir Thomas Wyke
(1470): she is unknown
but earlier 15th century.
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Lord Chief Justice Tanfield (1625) & Family.
Erected by his Wife in 1628 & attrib. to Gerard Christmas. Alabaster and black marble.
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Far left is a wide angle view of the
monument while left and above show various details. The
recumbent effigies are, of course. of the judge and his wife; at
the head of the monument (far left) kneels a
figure of their daughter, Elizabeth. At the
foot of the monument kneels their grandson, Lucius
Cary, 2nd Lord Falkland, who is somewhat incongruously
flanked by a demi-figure of Lady Tanfield and a
heraldic device. In the lower stage lies just one skeleton with
a long neck and oddly shaped skull.
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Left top:
Left bottom: Unidentified c 1500
Above: Richard Rainolds (1582)
Right top: John
Spicer (1427) & Wife The inscription - in verse records
their gift of a rood loft, now gone, and a 'gabled
window' to the church.
Right bottom 15th C tomb chest with brass matrix; unknown |
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Above: John
Harris (1674)
Right: Christopher Kempster (1715)
Next right:John Osbaldeston
(1624) & Wife
Far right:Edward Harman (1569) & Wife.
Curiously only the children are shown in effigy
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There are many more munuments in the church
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Far left: Anne Bowett (1490)
Next left:
Richard Braybrooke (1629) & Wife
Left & above: Walter Beauchamp
(c. 1430)
Whole brass with image, inscription and arms and detail of his
souls being taken on heaven by two angels |
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Blake Monument (William (1695), Sara (1701) &
Francis (1691) 3 marble busts under pediment |
Lady
of the 13th century on tomb chest. |
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Left: William Byllyng (1533) & Wife
Most of the brasses - except for the
inscription are lost
Above: An Unknown Judge (14th Century)
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Dorchester-on-Thames
Abbey Church of St Peter & St Paul
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The church is usually open. No charge. You can park in
a free small car park just across the road from the church;
toilets there too, although best avoided.
O/S Ref: SU 580 942 |
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Above Far Left & Centre Left Top:
Unknown bishop early 14th
C
Who can this be? Dorchester
Abbey is not a cathedral although it was in in Anglo-Saxon times until
the first Norman bishop, Remigius, moved the see to
Lincoln in 1072-73; Dorchester then continued as a church of
secular canons until it was refounded by Bishop Alexander of
Lincoln as a Augustinian Abbey. This may be a retrospective
effigy of a bishop of Dorchester or, less likely, of a bishop from another
see. See below brass matrices.
Above Centre Left Bottom, Far Right & Directly Right:
Judge John de Stonor (1354) The tomb chest
displays the Stonor arms
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| Abbot Richard Beauforest
(c. 1510) Inscription in English |
Unknown Female (c. 1490) |
Unknown Ecclesiastic |
Unknown Female and Male Civilian. Someone
clearly likes lopping off ladies' heads! |
Sir John Drayton (1417)
& Wife |
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| Matrix: Male Civilian & Female |
Matrix: Male Civilian &
Female;
Shield and rivets remain |
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Matrix - knight late
14th C |
Matrix: hand holding a bishops' crook. Again
could be retrospective memorial to Anglo-Saxon bishop |
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Note: There are a number of stones, particularly in the
nave, which have been long used as paving slabs and are
consequently very worn; these include matrices, incised slabs,
ledger stones and grave stones brought in from the churchyard.
Some of these are covered by fixtures and fittings, one is even
lies underneath by the feet of a grand piano. These really should be
recorded (I did not have the time it would take) and any worthy
ones protected from further wear and damage. |
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Ewelme - St Mary |
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the road outside the church. Very attractive village |
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Alice de la Pole (Chaucer), Duchess
of Suffolk. (1475) |
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Alabaster. Inside the open arcading of the
lower part of the tomb chest is a cadaver effigy, which can just
be seen, and painted on the ceiling above this are the figures
of St Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist and the Annunciation.
Much of the colouring on the tomb chest is original. The chest
has been shortened at the west; it is said to have originally
stood in the chancel and been moved to the present position and
the canopy added in the later 15th century.
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Alice was the granddaughter of Geoffrey Chaucer the Poet and her
husband was William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk. The latter was
a favourite of Henry VI and became the principal power behind
the throne on his return to England from the French wars. He was
blamed for failures of the government and the loss of the French
possessions which led to his impeachment by the Commons. He was
pardoned by Henry VI and sent into exile. However the ship
which carried him was intercepted by another, St Nicholas of
the Tower; he was captured and taken aboard where he was subjected to a mock and mocking trial.
He was then taken aboard a small boat and beheaded by 'three
strokes of a rusty sword'. His body was thrown overboard and
washed up on the shore; the incident is recorded in an old
English ballad collected by Francis Childs. He was buried, not
at Wingfield as often stated, but at Hull. However there is no
monument.
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| Thomas Chaucer (1434) & Matilda
(Burghersh) (1436)
Table tomb with heraldic shields and two
brasses on lid |
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by John Stone (?) |
Francis Martyn (1682) |
Grenville Hampden (1835) |
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Left: A
series of wall monuments from chancel, some of which have been
reproduced in close up.
Above from left to right: George Eyre (1885)
solicitor. 'This inscription was on the tomb of...'
Edward Hale (1682)...buried in church yard...'.
Charles Eyre (1869) Latin inscription
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John Bradstane (1458)
Rector |
William Branwhait (1495)
Master of the Hospital |
Thomas Palmer (1599) &
Katherine |
There are many other brasses without figures,
mainly inscriptions and shields; I have not included these in this
survey. I refer the visitor to the Monumental Brass Society's survey
series of books on this subject which are very complete. |
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Fulbrook - St James |
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Left: Thorpe Family 1695/8
Above: 14th century tomb chest in the church
yard
Right: Jordan
Family (1637-72 |
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Great Milton - St Mary |
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Above: Robert Eggersley & Wife c
1500
Left: Slab with foliated cross, late 13th
century
Right: Slab with foliated cross, late 13th
century |
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Upper row left:
13th century knight, unidentified
Upper row right: 13th century knight, unidentified
Left:
William Leynthall (1471) Shrouded
corpse
Above: Slab with foliated
cross - 13th Century.
Right:William Butler (1444) Priest |
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Richard Colchester
(1643) The door hinges to expose/conceal the painted wooden panel |
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| Alabaster tomb chest and effigy of
mid 15th century. Said to be William Lovell (1455) or
his son John (1465). The shields were repainted in the
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Minster Lovell |
Minster Lovell Hall is a 15th century manor house, now in a
ruinous condition and in the care of English Heritage. It was
the ancestral home of Francis, Viscount Lovell, friend and ally
of King Richard III. He fought for the King at the Battle of Bosworth, from which he escaped following Richard's defeat and death.
He then travelled to the north and with others helped organized a
revolt in Yorkshire with the aim of capturing Henry VII; this revolt failed but
he himself possibly made a second attempt to assassinate Henry in York.
This again failed.
He then fled to Margaret of York in Flanders; she was the window
of Charles the Rash, Duke of Burgundy and sister of both Richard
III and Edward IV and the champion of the Yorkist cause being, a thorn in the side of Henry Tudor.
Next he travelled to Ireland to join the rebellion of the
Pretender Lambert Simnel against Henry VII. With him, was John
de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, son of the time server John de la
Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his wife Elizabeth, sister of both
Edward IV, Richard III and Margaret of York. John Earl of Lincoln
was a claimant to the throne and in fact had been appointed heir
by Richard III following the death of the latter's young son.
The rebels and the Tudors met at Stoke Field and there Henry VII
was triumphant. John, Earl of Lincoln, Martin Swartz, the leader
of the German mercenaries and other leaders were
killed but Lord Lovell disappeared, no one knows where.
Curiously King Henry showed lenience towards Lambert Simnel, by
employing him as a kitchen boy.
Two hundred years later in 1708 a skeleton was found sitting in
a secret room in Minster Lovell Hall. Was this the remains of Lord Lovell
who had gone into hiding there after the battle? There were
rumours that he had been seen travelling to Scotland but nothing
definite was seen or
heard of him after Stoke, the real last Battle of the Ward of the
Roses.
It is generally claimed that the skeleton was not that of Lord
Lovell, as he had spent little time at Minster Lovell. Is that
logical reasoning? And if not, whose skeleton was it? I like to
think that the case is non proven and whatever the truth, it
makes a good story!
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North Leigh - St Mary |
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Above left: Thomas Beckingham
(1431) brass
Above right:
William Lenthall (1596) & Wife. Of slate,
stone & alabaster
Right: Sir William Wilcote (1410) & Wife Alabaster effigies.
Tomb chest is of stone |
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Left: Cross slab of the early 14th century
Right top: John de la Moore
Right bottom: Isabella de la Moore |
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City of Oxford
Christ Church
Cathedral |
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Oxford Cathedral is a cathedral of the
Modern Foundation, the see being created in 1546.
At the Reformation it was an Augustinian Priory, dedicated to St
Frideswide |
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Left:
St Frideswide's Shrine (1289) Reconstructed 1889-91 by J Park Harrison.
Above Left: Robert Burton (1639) The inscription refers to
Melancholy.
Above centre: William Goodwin (1620) Note the book and funerary objects
each side strung with ribbons. Above right:
John Bisshop (1588-9) brass |
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Above: Ela (1297) Daughter of William Longspée. Fragment of coffin lid from Osney
Abbey. Inscription.
Right: Sir John Nowers (?) Early 15th
Century
Alabaster and wood repairs
Far Right: Elizabeth de Montacute (1354)
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Above: Fragment of 14th century effigy
Near right: 17th century Jacobean wall monument but no
inscription
Next right: Sir John Read (1773)
Next right:
Far Right:Sir John Read (1769) |
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Male Civilian Effigy of the 14th
Century. He is flanked by two small figures of his
children - an unusual feature. |
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Sir Edward Lee, 1st Earl of
Litchfield
(1716) |
George Henry Lee, 3rd Earl of
Litchfield (1772)
By the architect
H Keene
and
the sculptor W Tyler |
Robert Lee, 4th Earl of Litchfield
(1776) |
Sir Henry Lee (1631) & Wife
Note the kneeling children at the head and feet and the
infants recumbent at the side of the main effigies. See
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Above: Detail of the
monument to Sir Henry Lee (1631) & Wife, showing
details of the two main figures and the two kneeling
daughters at the head, and right bottom details
of the two babies at the side of Sir Henry, which are
difficult to make out in the other photographs.
Right bottom: Helen Matilda Story (1879) |
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Above left:Sir Simon Harcourt (1547).
Black marble top. This has been reduced in length.
Above right:
Sir Robert Harcourt (1471) & Wife.
Alabaster; the painting is of the 19th century. |
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Sir Robert Harcourt (c 1490) Grandson of the
Sir Robert. Alabaster; the painting is of the 19th
century. Alongside is a second tomb chest with indent for brass
cross (14th century) |
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Lady Maud Harcourt (c. 1400),
daughter of Lord Grey of Rotherfield. Painting is modern except
scroll on soffit of arch. Note the brass in front of the
monument |
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Sir Phillip Harcourt & Wife
Alabaster & black marble. |
St Edburg Part of the shrine
of between 1294-1317
removed from Bicester Priory at the Dissolution by Sir James
Harcourt, Sheriff of the County. Purbeck marble canopy on stone
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Above:
Bishop Edward Vernon Harcourt (1847)
by M Nobel 1858
Right: George Simon Earl Harcourt (1809)
Mid right: Sir William Vernon
Harcourt.
Plaster model for statue in lobby of Houses of
Parliament
Far right: Field Marshal William, 3rd Earl
Harcourt. Plaster model for Sievier's
statue
of 1832 in St George's Chapel, Windsor |
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Edmund Fettiplace (1686) and
his two predecessors. Marble and alabaster by
William Bird
of Oxford (signed)
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Sir Edmund Fettiplace (1613)
He reclines on the top tier; below are is father and
grandfather. |
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| Sir George Fettiplace (1743)
By
James Annis |
John Croston (1470) & Three Wives
Brass |
:Anthony Fettiplace (1510) |
Edward Fettiplace (1656) |
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| Thomas (1767) & Frances (1764)
Fettiplace By Richard Westmacott (1799) |
Joan Goddard (1623)
pillar monument |
George & Sophia Fettiplace
(n/d) twins who were born after death of their
father |
Lt Phillimore
& crew of
P514 submarine run down and sunk by convoy, 21st June 1942 |
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Thame - St Mary |
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Left:Sir John Clerke (1539)
Above:Merrial Coates (1644) |
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tombs and brasses in the church |
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Above: Unknown
knight: mid 14th century
Right: Walter &
Isabel Curson (c 1440)
Next right: Sir Francis Curson (1610) & Wife
Far right: Anna
Maria Rooke Greaves (1821) by Chantrey; |
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Male Civilian & Female Effigies of
14th Century. At the top is a close up of the former. |
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Yarnton - St Barthomew |
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| Sir Thomas Spencer (1684), Wife &
Children. Attributed by Mrs Esdaile to
John Nost.
The father stands between his wife and son while their daughters
sit on either side. Compare the Digby monument at Sherbourne,
Dorset |
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With many thanks to Miss Sally Badham FSA, Dr David & Mrs
Jane Kelsall and Joan & Robert Tucker for providing nearly all of the
photographs on this page.
Those from Dorchester and Ewelme were taken by
the Web Master. |
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