Gloucestershire

'Wakeham' Cenotaph - Tewkesbury Abbey

walwyn Sun, 08/21/2011 - 12:36

Attributed to John Wakeham (d1549), the last abbot of Tewkesbury, the 'Wakeham' Cenotaph, actually mid fifteenth century and pre-dates the abbot by about 100 years. The effigy is a gisant as a decomposing corpse and the canopy was modelled on the throne of the House of Lords.

Chancel Windows - Tewkesbury Abbey

walwyn Wed, 06/15/2011 - 00:44

The stained glass windows in the chancel of Tewkesbury Abbey are all from between 1338 and 1340. They were most probably a gift to the Abbey by Eleanor Despenser (nee de Clare) the wife of Hugh Despenser the Younger. Eleanor is thought to be the person depicted in the panel here.

Coronation of Henry III - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 07/14/2014 - 22:04

This 1860 window by Clayton & Bell depicts the coronation of Henry III in St Peter's Abbey (later cathedral), Gloucester, on the 28th of October 1216. A second coronation was performed at Westminster Abbey on 7th May 1220, Westminster Abbey, because Pope Honorius III did not consider that the first coronation had been conducted properly.

Elizabeth Williams - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 11/06/2011 - 22:30

This monument is to Elizabeth Williams (d1622) who died in childbirth, an effigy of a baby in its chrisom shroud lies by her side. Her sister also died in childbirth a year later and a monument to her is nearby. Both monuments are the work of Samuel Baldwin of Stroud.

Epiphany - Tewkesbury Abbey.

walwyn Wed, 02/10/2010 - 19:17

"Adoration of the Magi" by Heaton, Butler & Baynes (1869).

Gloucestershire

Stained Glass

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Gilbert de Clare, 5th earl of Gloucester

walwyn Fri, 02/10/2012 - 19:43

Gilbert de Clare, 5th earl of Gloucester, and his father Richard de Clare, were among the 25 barons who pledged to enforce the provisions of the Magna Carta, as a result both were excommunicated by Pope Innocent III.

Gilbert de Clare, 7th earl of Gloucester

walwyn Sat, 09/06/2014 - 01:59

Gilbert de Clare (d1295) was the 7th Earl of Gloucester having succeeded to the Earldom in 1262. Gilbert and his brother Thomas first supported Simon de Montfort's rebellion against Henry III, but later changed sides.

Gilbert de Clare, 8th earl of Gloucester

walwyn Sat, 08/25/2012 - 23:23

Gilbert de Clare, 8th earl of Gloucester, was a strong supporter of Edward II and fought with him at the Battle of Bannockburn on the 24th of June 1314 where he was killed aged 23. He was also one of the Lords ordainers that in 1311 ordered the expulsion of his brother-in-law Piers Gaveston who was Edward's favourite.

Gloucester Cathedral - East Window

walwyn Sat, 07/19/2014 - 00:22

The east window at Gloucester Cathedral was created as part of the rebuilding of the abbey church of St Peter. Built in the Perpendicular style it was the largest window in Europe. The decorative scheme portrays the Coronation of the Virgin and the glass mostly dates from the 1350s.