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Richard Wythnale Tomb - South Kilworth, Leicestershire.

walwyn Fri, 10/23/2009 - 01:49

Altar tomb of Richard Wythnale, lily crucifixion

 

Sculpured panel of altar tomb depicting iconic "Lily Crucifixion", of which there are only two other stone sculptures in the UK.

 

 

Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 05/01/2011 - 15:34

 

Robert Curthose (d1134) effigy, of painted Irish bog oak, was made about 100 years after his death.

 

Robert Dudley, Lord Denbigh - Warwick

walwyn Tue, 03/29/2011 - 18:15

 

This alabaster free standing wall monument in the Beauchamp Chapel of St Mary's Warwick, is dedicated to Robert Dudley ("the Noble Impe"), Lord Denbigh, who died in 1584 at the age of four.

 

Robert Lord Hungerford - Salisbury Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 10/07/2011 - 22:52

This monument of an alabaster knight wearing Milanese armour is dedicated to Robert Lord Hungerford (d1464).

 

Robert Steward Monument - Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire

walwyn Thu, 07/15/2010 - 19:32

Robert Steward monument

 

 

 

Monument to Robert Steward (d1570) was an ancestor of Oliver Cromwell. The recumbent effigy wears armour with bogus heraldry.

 

 

 

 

Rollo Duke of Normandy - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Fri, 09/17/2010 - 23:45

 

Rollo (870 - 932) first Duke of Normandy. C20 copy of C13 effigy destroyed during the second world war.

 

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.

 

Sleeping Children - Lichfield Cathdral

walwyn Mon, 12/26/2016 - 16:03

 

Sculpted from white marble by Sir Frances Chantrey, this memorial is to the two daughters of Ellen-Jane Robinson, Ellen-Jane and Marianne.

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