Francis Tanfield was a member of a gentry family long settled at Gayton, Northamptonshire. The Tanfields held land in the county from at least the 14th century, and like many such families, maintained their position through estate management and service in local administration. Francis died in 1558, and his monument in St Mary’s Church was probably commissioned by his widow soon afterwards.
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.
Jean Goujon (active c. 1540–1563) was the leading sculptor of the French Renaissance, and the principal interpreter of Italian classical form in mid-sixteenth-century France. Working primarily in Paris, he established a sculptural language defined by elegance, proportion, and refined linearity. His earliest securely dated major work is the monument of Louis de Brézé at Rouen Cathedral, completed around 1540, which marks the beginning of his mature career.
Set within the tracery lights of the great east window at St Peter’s ⓘ, Coughton, these panels form part of a distinguished group of Tudor heraldic glass. At the centre are the royal arms of Henry VIII, impaled with those of Catherine of Aragon, enclosed by the initials H and K and surrounded by the Tudor emblems of the rose, portcullis, and crown. The inclusion of Catherine’s arms confirms that the glass was installed before the annulment of their marriage in 1533, most likely during the first decade of Henry’s reign.
This tomb to Humayun was commissioned in about 1570, by either his wife Haji Begam or his son Akbar the Great, and built at a cost of 1.5 million rupees. It is thought to be the first garden tomb on the Indian subcontinent, and the first example of the monumental style of architecture, that would become associated with the Mughal Empire, that reached its high point with the building of the Taj Mahal.
Jehan Soulas was a French sculptor active in Tours in the early sixteenth century, working during a period of transition in French sculpture as Renaissance forms were gradually assimilated into late Gothic traditions.
Tomb of John Shirely (d1570), a knight in armour with sword, and feet resting on a lion.
Freestanding tomb to Sir Richard Knightley (d1534) and his wife Jane Skenard.
Alabaster memorial to Henry Knollys and his wife Margaret Cave (c1600).
The Lady Chapel at Bourges Cathedral has three stained glass windows from the late 16th century that tell the stories surrounding the Life of the Virgin Mary ⓘ.
