14th century church monuments
In the 14th century (c. 1300–1400), church monuments were primarily effigial tombs, brasses, and cross slabs, rooted in Gothic art and feudal piety. They emphasized chivalry, prayer, and heraldry, with growing realism in dress and armour.
In this period church monuments were Gothic, hierarchical, and devotional, stone knights and brass merchants knelt in eternal prayer, blending faith, status, and the hope of salvation.
In England the century saw a shift from High Gothic chivalry to International Gothic elegance, driven by Yorkist/Lancastrian patronage, alabaster workshops, and memento mori anxiety after the Black Death.
The late 14th to early 15th century (c. 1375–1425) is a dramatic pivot in French funerary art: High Gothic elegance yields to Flamboyant exuberance and Burgundian realism, amid war, plague, and courtly patronage. The transi tomb and pleurants emerge as defining innovations.
Brasses
Laurence St. Maur (d1337). Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire.
Chest Tombs and Effigies
c1300 effigy of Lady. Crick Northamptonshire.
Lady of the Gifford family (c1300). Worcester Cathedral.
Lily crucifixion altar tomb of Richard Wythnale (c1300). South Kilworth, Leicestershire.
William I (d944) Duke of Normandy - Rouen Cathedral.
Sir Robert Keynes (d1306). Dodford, Northamptonshire.
Tomb of Mabilia de Murdak - Gayton Northamptonshire
Hugh Despenser (d1326). Tewkesbury Abbey.
Bishop Thomas de Cobham (d1327). Worcester Cathedral.
Tomb of Edward II (d1327). Gloucester Cathedral.
Unknown 14C cross legged knight. Salisbury Cathedral.
C14 effigy of priest. Aston-le-Walls Northamptonshire.
Canon Thomas de Savoie (d1334). Amiens Cathedral France.
Joanna de Bohun (d1337) - Hereford Cathedral.
Mid C14 effigy of priest with angels by pillow. Old Arley Warwickshire.
Tomb of the Della Gherardesca Family - Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa
Hugh le Despenser (d1349). Tewkesbury Abbey.
Sir John de Pateshull (c. 1349–1350) - Cold Higham, Northamptonshire.
Baron Peter de Grandison (d1358) - Hereford Cathedral
Thomas de Beauchamp (d1369) and wife Katherine Mortimer. Warwick, Warwickshire.
Sir Richard Pembridge (1375) - Hereford Cathedral
John Beauchamp (d1388) and wife Joan. Worcester Cathedral