Index of all Sculpture

14th century cross legged knight - Salisbury Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 11/14/2011 - 20:48

 

Once thought to be an effigial monument to William Longespee (d1250) the date of the armour places this as a 14th century monument.

 

Tomb of Thomas de Savoie - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 08/07/2010 - 23:31

 

 

 

Tomb of Thomas de Savoie (d1337) with eight carved reliefs of weepers or mourners.

 

 

 

 

Tomb of Edward II - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 04/10/2021 - 22:03

 

 

Tomb of King Edward II of England (d1327) in Gloucester Cathedral. It  was commissioned by Edward III in 1336 and built in the early part of the 1340s.

Hugh le Despenser, 2nd Baron le Despenser - Tewkesbury Abbey

walwyn Sat, 08/20/2011 - 21:32

 

This tomb of Hugh and Elizabeth, in the chancel of Tewkesbury Abbey, is of alabaster and the effigies are portraits of them both. The canopy once contained 26 statutes and was considered one of the finest in England.

 

Tomb of Peter de Grandisson - Hereford Cathedral

walwyn Wed, 07/06/2011 - 20:14

 

 

Polychome tomb with effigy of baron Peter de Grandison (d1358) and the Coronation of the Virgin above the effigy.

 

 

 

 

Thomas de Beauchamp Tomb - Warwick, Warwickshire

walwyn Fri, 04/30/2010 - 00:46

Thomas de Beauchamp (d1369) and wife Katherine Mortimer.

 

Tomb of Thomas de Beauchamp (d1369) and his wife Katherine Mortimer.

 

 

 

Sir Richard Pembridge - Hereford Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 05/14/2011 - 21:02

Sir Richard Pembridge (d1375) was one of the earliest Knights of the Garter, being elected following the death of Thomas Ufford in 1368. He was present at all of Edward III's major victories during the Hundred Years War: Sluys (1340), Creçy (1346), the Siege of Calais (1347), and Poiters (1356) where he fought alongside the Black Prince.

 

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