Elizabethan

Abigail Goldsborough Monument - Worcester cathedral

Monument to Abigail Goldsborough (d1613). Worcester cathedral.

Alban Butler Brass - Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire

Alban Butler (d1609) - St. Leonard, Aston le Walls.

Children and Monuments from the late medieval period to the 17th century.

Monuments or memorials to children in English churches were extremely rare until the late 18th and early 19th century. In the 16th century one can find the occassional child tomb amongst the aristocracy, such as that of the The Noble Impe at St Mary's Warwick, but otherwise children rarely appear to have warranted memorials in their own right.

Denton family tomb - Hereford Cathedral

This alabaster monument to Alexander Denton and his wife Anne (nee Willison), dates from about 1566. Anne his wife and the child by her side are the only ones that are buried here.

Elizabeth Knightley Tomb - Norton, Northamptonshire.

Alabaster memorial to Elizabeth Knightley (d1602). A recumbent effigy with somewhat brightly coloured decoration. All Saints, Norton, Northamptonshire.

Francis Shirley Tomb - Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire

Tomb of Francis Shirley of Staunton Harold (d1571), and his wife Dorothy.

George Shirley and family tomb - Breedon-on-the-hill, Leicestershire

A colossal alabaster monument almost as high as the north wall. Includes a skeletal gissant at the bottom. Built in 1598 by Richard & Gabriel Royley ⓘ of Burton-upon-Trent.