Index of all Effigy

Unidentified 15th century knight and lady - Lutterworth, Leicestershire

walwyn Fri, 02/10/2012 - 22:08

 

 

This is an early 15th century alabaster tomb of a knight and his wife, in the church of St Mary Lutterworth.

 

Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester - Tewkesbury Abbey

walwyn Fri, 08/19/2011 - 20:02

This two storied tomb for Richard de Beauchamp, 1st Earl of Worcester (d1421) was built in 1430 by his wife Lady Isabel le Despenser, the great grand-daughter of Edward III. It was probably meant to contain priant figures of both Richard, Isabel, and her second husband Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, who was her first husband's cousin.

 

 

Tomb of Louis of Luxemboug - Ely Cathedral

walwyn Thu, 07/15/2010 - 22:39

Louis of Luxemborg tomb

 

 

Louis of Luxemboug (d1443). Brother of the governor of Paris who sold Joan of Arc to the English.

 

 

 

 

 

John Dycson Tomb - Yelvertoft Northamptonshire.

walwyn Mon, 10/19/2009 - 00:38

C15, John Dycson, tomb,  Yelvertoft

 

 

Tomb of John Dycson rector from 1439 to 1445 of Yelvertoft Northamptonshire.

 

Tomb of John Cressy - Dodford Northamptonshire

walwyn Mon, 09/19/2011 - 21:40

Alabaster tomb of Sir John Cressy (d1445) Dodford, Northamptonshire. The sides of the tomb chest have angels holding shields, and the offices he held in France are listed around the top edge.

Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick

walwyn Mon, 09/05/2011 - 21:05

This is the tomb of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick. who died at Rouen on the 30th April 1439. His will made an endowment to the collegiate church of St Mary, Warwick, money to build the chantry chapel at St Mary's, and gifts to Tewkesbury Abbey.

 

Effigy of Priest - Radway, Warwickshire

walwyn Sun, 02/28/2010 - 22:15

Effigy of priest c1450 - Radway

 

Effigy of priest (c1450) wearing vestments for saying mass.

 

 

'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.

Tomb of Agnes Sorel - Loches, France

walwyn Sun, 10/23/2016 - 15:24

 

 

Agnès Sorel (d1450) was the mistress of King Charles VII of France to whom she gave birth to three daughters to Charles VII.
 

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