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Above Left & central: Sir Thomas
Erdington (1433) & Joan (or Anne)
Harcourt (1417) The monument is c 1460;
alabaster
Right: Sir William Harcourt.
Late 15th century. This is very similar to that of Sir
Thomas
Bottom: William Holt (1518) & Jane
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Above & right top:
Sir Edward Devereux (1622) & Katherine (1627).
Black/white marble & alabaster By William Stanton
Right- near: Edward Brandwood (1731),
daughter, Mary Birch (1755), Sarah Brandwood (1762),
Samuel Birch (1775), Elizabeth Brandwood (1781), Charles
Birch (1782), Jane Brandwood
Right - central: Richard
Culliford
Right - far: Sir Thomas
Holte (1654), who built Aston Hall |
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| Gabriel Jean Marie
de Lys MD (1831) With his father he
escaped The Terror and was educated in this
country, a fact refered to on the epitaph. The
motto means 'Flourish as the Lily' a word play
on his name. He co-founded the Deaf and Dumb
Institution in Edgsbaston. By William
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Richard Gough (1727) To the right is
detail of the Boar's Head device which features
on the weather vance of the Cathedral, in
recognition of the family's generosity to that
building |
Sir Henry
Gough (1774) |
Rt Hon Lord
Calthorpe (1798)
by King and Son of Bath |
John (1814) &
Martha (1817) Ryland |
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| Frances, Lady
Calthorpe (1827) Widow of Henry, Lord
Calthorpe; her arms are shown on the right |
Georgiana
Frances Sanders (1864) |
Sarah (1843),
Elizabeth (1855) & Joseph (1855) Shore |
Henry Porter
& his son, William.
Also Henry Porter (1710) & Sarah Porter
(1724) |
Jenny (1853),
Jane (1854), James Bracey (1860), Henry Bracey
(1879), Ernest Wenman
(1879), James William (1888), Marianne (1892),
Frederick d'Arcy (1897) & Caroline Mary Perry
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| William
Withering (1799) Discoverer of
Digitalis, writing a monograph on its use in
heart disease. Note the symbol of medicine
(snake and staff) and the flowering stem of
Witheringia - named after him by the Linnaean
Society in recognition of his botanical
researches. By William Hollins |
Samuel Wheeley
(1831) |
Robert (1830) & Elizabeth (1839) Smith.
Daugher Henrietta Armitage (1826)
Son Robert (1869) His
sister Sarah |
Bernard
Sheppard Heaton (1798), Bernard Sheppard Heaton
(1803), Bernard Sheppard Heaton (died in
infancy), Elizabeth, 2nd wife,
(1811) |
Joseph (1816)
& Mary (1841) Ledsam |
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King's Norton
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Above & Centre: Sir Richard Gervis
of Moseley (1632) & Lady Ann
Alabaster. Note the 4 sons and four
daughters above; between is a poem |
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Top: John Eden (1797 age 6 years, 6
months. Second son of Robert & Susanna
Mynors. Also the above Robert Mynors
(1806) |
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Robert Edward Eden Mynors (1842) |
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| William Clarke (1618)
A generous patron of the church |
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Coventry Cathedral |
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The old Cathedral suffered severe bomb damage in 1940 during
World War II, leaving only the shell and the western
tower. A new Cathedral, designed by Sir Basil Spence was
concentrate in 1942; this latter very effectively adjoins the old
building. There are no monuments in the New Cathedral
and many were fire damaged in the Old.
No charge for entry or photography. Park in nearby
(signed posted Cathedral) public car park. |
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Above:
Right: Fire
damaged but still legible wall monuments
Below: Fire damage monuments. |
William Perkins
(1821), his wife Leticia (1837) and daughters
Mary & Leticia |
Dame Mary Bridgeman
Mrs.
Eliza Sawmill |
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Chancel |
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Thomas
Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (1369) & Katherine Mortimer;
daughter of the
Earl of March.
Alabaster effigies and tomb chest.
Against tomb chest are mourners, many are plaster or
part plaster replacements.
He was the grandfather of Richard
Beauchamp and fought at Crécy and Poitiers.
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Fulke Greville, Lord
Brooke (1628)
Six poster with two tiers of black
columns. Black sarcophagus. Top is view of whole tomb
from vestry; lower is view of sarcophagus from far side.
This monuments fills the former chapter house and cannot
be photographed in its entirety.
By Thomas Ashby
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South Transept |
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William Hiorn (1776)
Architect-builder. Tablet with urn
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emerging from a shroud in and on the pediment |
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Warwick
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Collegiate church in the middle ages. It was damaged by
fire in and the nave later
rebuilt but the chancel and Beauchamp chapel fortunately
survived. |
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The Beauchamp Chapel |
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Richard
Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick (1439)
Photographs of the whole
of the Beauchamp Chapel taken from the entrance,
and several representations of the gilt-bronze
effigy, the whole tomb and the weepers around
the Purbeck Marble tomb chest..
The etchings of the effigy
and the weepers are by C A Stothard and the
steel plate engraving of the whole tomb is by E.
Blore
The 1448 contract for
making this tomb survives: it indicates that it
is not a portrait and refers to the following
who were involved in its making: John Bourde of
Corfe supplied the Purbeck Marble, William
Austen of London cast the metal, John
Massingham, carver, made the model, Bartholomew
Lambespring, goldsmith, polished and gilded the
effigy; one Roger Webb is also referred to in
this contract but it is not known what his role
was in the construction. A separate contract of
the following year with William Austen to cast
the effigy. A third contract of 1453 is for
brass plates for the lid, sides and the hearse;
in this contract John Essex of London , marbler
and Thomas Stevyns of London, coppersmith, also
appear with William Austen.
Cast gilt bronze effigy in
armour on a Purbeck marble tomb chest. The
Earl's hands are held in a curious separated
position. Head on helmet with crest of a swan
and his feet on both a bear and griffin. The
details of the armour are very fine. Charles
Stothard lifted the effigy down from the tomb
chest to draw its dorsal surface where the
armour is again shown in very fine detail. Over
the whole is a hooped framework - the 'hearse'
referred to above; this would have supported a
fabric cover and only be removed when masses
were said for his soul. Around the tomb chest
are gilt bronze 'mourners' - seven male and
seven female. One of these represents his son,
Henry who became Duke of Warwick, another his
wife Cecily Neville (daughter of the Earl of
Salisbury) and another her brother Richard
Neville, who inherited the Beauchamp estates to
become 'Warwick the Kingmaker'.
Richard Beauchamp fought
with Henry IV and Henry V and was guardian of
the infant Henry VI. At the time of his death he
was Governor of Normandy.
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Ambrose Dudley,
Earl of Warwick
(1589)
Alabaster and marble. Tomb
chest with shields around. Recumbent effigy
rests on a rolled up map, with a 18th century
iron coronet. Bear at feet.
He was the elder brother
of Robert Dudley . 'The Good Earl'
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Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester (1588)
& Countess Lettice (1634) Standing
alabaster wall monument with two recumbent
effigies. Columns either
side with flat arch with
motif of sixteen coloured flags radially
arranged. To the left and right are statuettes
and small obelisks. Grille by Nicholas Paris
of Warwick, 1716.
Robert Dudley was a well
known favourite of Queen Elizabeth I
The wooden tablet to
Lettice Knollys, the Earl's second wife, is made
to look like brass. The inscription tells us she
died on Christmas Day
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Sir
Thomas Puckering
(1639)
Altar tomb and reredos in black
and white marble. By Nicholas Stone
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Francis
Parker (1693)
Tablet with columns and open
pediment.
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North Transept |
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Thomas
Hewett (1737)
Note the putti reclining on the
'broken' pediment and the pile of books below
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Thomas
Oken (1573)
Brasses but the surround is later
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South
Transept
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Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of
Warwick (1401) & Wife
Brasses, now set high on wall. He
was father of Richard Beauchamp, was exiled by Richard
II in 1397 but restored by Henry IV in 1399 |
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Henry Beaufoy & Wife
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Crypt |
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Stone coffin
lid (very deep) with head in low relief sunk in
quatrefoil and Calvary Cross below. Not in situ
There are many grave stones in the
floor and two burial vaults lead off, one sealed.
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Lady
Katherine Leveson
Marble Tablet
by Edward Marsall (1678)
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Robert
Dudley, Lord Denbigh (1584 age 3)
Alabaster standing wall monuments
with recumbent effigy, bear at feet, head on pillow.
He was Robert and Lettice's only
son and predeceased his father.
Called 'The Noble Impe'
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