Warwickshire

Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick

Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick

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.

 

Robert Dudley, Lord Denbigh - Warwick

Robert Dudley, Lord Denbigh - Warwick

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.

 

South Chancel Window - Warmington Warwickshire

South Chancel Window - Warmington Warwickshire

This two-light window pairs an early-life episode of Christ with a post-Resurrection encounter, creating a deliberate theological contrast between recognition at the Temple and recognition in the garden.

Left-hand light:
The Presentation in the Temple shows the Christ Child received by Simeon, whose gesture and inscription articulate fulfilment and prophecy. The figures are tightly grouped beneath an elaborate Gothic canopy, emphasising the Temple setting and the moment of recognition as Christ is identified as the promised Messiah.

The Sower - Radway, Warwickshire

The Sower - Radway, Warwickshire

This south aisle window depicts the Parable of the Sower, interpreted with restraint and symbolic clarity by Arild Rosenkrantz, one of the most distinctive figures in early twentieth-century stained glass.

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