This tomb in the South choir contains the effigy of Bishop Richard Mayew (d1516) under an elaborate canopy, and with weepers ⓘ around the base. The weepers are thought to represent saints and were damaged during the reformation.
This alabaster monument to Alexander Denton and his wife Anne (nee Willison), dates from about 1566. Anne his wife and the child by her side are the only ones that are buried here.
Lord John Cheney (d1499) was a Lancastrian supporter who in 1483 had supported the Duke of Buckingham's rebellion against Richard III. When Buckingham's rebellion failed he joined Henry Tudor in Brittany and returned with him from France in 1485.
The stained glass windows in the chancel of Tewkesbury Abbey are all from between 1338 and 1340. They were most probably a gift to the Abbey by Eleanor Despenser (nee de Clare) the wife of Hugh Despenser the Younger. Eleanor is thought to be the person depicted in the panel here.
Installed in October 1992, these three windows, reflecting on Psalm 148 and John 20:24-29, are located in the South Ambulatory Chapel of Gloucester Cathedral, and are by Tom Denny.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Andrena
Species: A. cineraria
The Bee flies consist of several hundred genera and over 4,500 species worldwide, and there are 9 resident species in the UK.
The Ophioninae are a subfamily of Ichneumonidae wasps comprising of 32 genera, and are mainly parasites of Lepidoptera larvae. Mostly orange in colour with a curved abdomen and large ocelli.
North transept rose window and lower gallery window by Max Ingrand to replace the 16th century works by Jean and Nicolas Le Prince that were destroyed during the second world war.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Genus: Macrophya
Species: M. duodecimpunctata
