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WORCESTER
CATHEDRAL
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LADY
CHAPEL & RETROCHOIR
Bishop William of Blois (ob 1236) Purbeck
marble effigy, head in higher relief
Bishop Walter de Canteloup
? (ob 1266) Purbeck marble effigy; but effigy is flatter than
the above and hence may be earlier
Prior Moore (ob ?) back
of high altar; tomb prepared in 1525 before his death
Mrs
Digby (ob 1825) White marble, she sits on a couch at the short
end of the base are praying angels in shallow relief ; by Chantry(shown)
Dean
Peel (ob 1877) fills whole back of high altar; alabaster surface
with incised cross and Signs of the Evangelists
Lord Lyttelton
(ob 187-) white marble effigy on alabaster tomb chest by Forsyth
1878
Earl of Dudley (ob 188-) white marble effigy
on alabaster base with open arcading by Forsyth 1888
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SOUTH
RETROCHIOR & SOUTH-EAST TRANSEPT
Knight (mid 13th century)
crossed legs
Lady (c 1300) Purbeck marble effigy, flat
Lady
(c 1300) Purbeck marble effigy but in higher relief
Lady
(c 1300) probably of Gifford family (shown)
Bishop Gifford (ob
1302) effigy with canopy, on tomb chest (shown)
Sir Gryffyth Ryce
(ob 1523) Tomb chest with two brasses by Hardiman
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NORTH
RETROCHOIR & NORTH-EAST TRANSEPT
Bishop (mid 13th century)
Purbeck marble
Lady (mid 13th century) fine
effigy on tomb chest
Knight
(early 14th century) cross legs
Bishop de Cobham (ob 1327)
in recess
Bishop de Braunsford (ob 1349) in recess
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CHANCEL
King
John (ob 1216 ) Purbeck marble effigy made around 1230 on
tomb chest of about 1529. There are two Anglo-Saxon bishops of Worcester
at his head. The effigy is in high relief but not undercut. This
is the earlier nearly contemporary effigy of an English king in
the country. (shown)
Prince
Arthur (ob 1502), Elder brother of Henry Vlll Chantry chapel
of six bays containing tomb chest with shields in quatrefoils and
inscription. Work began in 1540
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SOUTH
CHANCEL AISLE
Margaret Rae (ob 1772) Coloured marble, sarcophagus
with two putti on top. Above portrait medallion on obelisk flanked
by palm fronds. By I F Moore (shown)
William
Burslem (ob 1820) white tablet with seated angel in profile
by Westmacott Jnr
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NORTH
CHANCEL AISLE
Bishop Maddox (ob 1759) standing monuments
of black and white marble, sarcophagus with relief of Good Samaritan
. To side draped female with upturned torch, an urn above in front
of an obelisk.(shown)
Rev
Dr Marriott (ob 1897) tablet with altar and weeping willow by
T King of Bath (shown)
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SOUTH
TRANSEPT
Bishop Philpott (ob 1892) seated white figur,e with
one hand raise,d by Sir Thomas Brock
Mrs Hall (ob 1794)
standing white monument of seated woman by wreathed urn.
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NORTH
TRANSEPT
Bishop Hough (ob 1746) Rococo, by L F Roubiliac.
Dr Physick calls this probably the most important monument in
the cathedral.
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NAVE
A
Beachamp and Wife (c 1400) Knight and liady on tomb chest, her
head rests on a swan (shown)
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SOUTH
AISLE
John Bromley (ob 1674) narrow standing monument with
on top (shown)
Sir
Thomas Lyttelton (ob 1650) & Wife (ob 1666) narrow standing
black andwhite marble by Thomas Stanton
Bishop
Blandford (ob 1675) standing monuments with open curly pediment
Col
Sir Henry Walton Ellis (ob 1815 at Waterloo) large white standing
monuments, he sinks from his horse received by an angel, soldier
to the right kneeling. By Bacon Jnr (shown)
Richard
Jolly (ob 1803) White standing monument: mother and three children
weeping at sarcopagus, by Bacon Snr (shown)
Bishop
Gauden (ob 1662) black and white. demi-figure in oval. Originally
at back of high altar
(shown)
Sir
Thomas Street (ob 1696) putto above an urn by Wilton 1775-80
(shown)
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NORTH
AISLE
John Moore (ob 1613) and Family Three kneeling men
and behind in fan vaulted recess three kneeling woman (shown)
Mrs
Godfreye (ob 1613) standing monument of kneeling woman in recess
with columns and arch. (shown)
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CLOISTER
A
priest (shown)
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With
many thanks to Dr John Physick. Vice-President and formerly President
of the Church Monuments Society, forallowing the use of his
photographs of the monuments in Worcester Cathedral. Thanks again
to Sally Badham for the photgraph at Elmsley Castle. The etchings
are from Hollis's book.
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