IMAGES OF MEDIEVAL ART AND ARCHITECTURE

ENGLAND- WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL

Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, Saints Peter and Paul, and Saint Swithin

Tombs and Chantry Chapels
 

Location of Major tombs and Chantry Chapels (map not clickable)

 
 


Twelfth Century Tomb,
generally thought to be that of
Bishop Henry of Blois

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Heart - Tomb of Bishop Aymer de Valence (d 1260)
(his coat of arms is at the bottom of the mandorla)
Half brother of King Henry III
His heart was buried in this tomb in a gold cup- the rest of his body
was buried in Paris. The slab is made of Purbeck marble.

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From Prior and Gardner, p 332

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Tomb of Bishop William of Wykeham, d 1404

From Crossley, p 84

View of Chapel
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From Crossley, p 147

View of Tomb
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From Crossley, p 187

Side view of Tomb
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Adapted from Britton, Plate XVIII
Chantries in the Retro-Choir
Chantry chapels of Bishops Beaufort, Waynflete and Gardiner
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Chapel of Bishop William of Waynefleete, d 1470

From Crossley, p 84

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Tomb of Bishop Richard Fox, C 1501-28

From Crossley, p 87

View of Chapel
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From Crossley, p 126

Wooden Relics Chests, 1520
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Preliminary Bibliography

Blore.G. H.  Notes on the monuments of Winchester Cathedral Winchester, Published for the Friends of Winchester Cathedral,1935.

Crossley, Fred. H.. English Church Monuments, A.D. 1150-1550. London, 1921.

Lindley, Phillip, "The Medieval Sculpture in Winchester Cathedral" In Winchester Cathedral, Ed. John Crook,  p 97-122



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