This is one of fewer than 100 surviving wooden knight figures in England, and transcends mere memorial: it immortalizes Sir John's legacy as a minor but dutiful baron, who was possibly involved in Edward III's French campaigns
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.
Tomb of John Beauchamp of Holt and his wife Joan. He was tried and convicted of treason by the Merciless Parliament in 1388, then hanged and beheaded at Tower Hill.
This early fifteenth century wall painting of Christ at the Last Judgement sitting on a rainbow between praying figures of the Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist, can be found in the Collegiate Church of St Aignan.
Renaissance sculpture, flourishing from the 14th to the early 17th century, marked a revival of classical antiquity and humanism, centered primarily in Italy, with Florence as its epicenter. Emerging from the medieval Gothic style, it sought to emulate the idealized forms and balanced proportions of ancient Greek and Roman art, while infusing a newfound focus on naturalism and individual expression.
