Three drawings of monumental effigies
MS. Rawl. B. 102, fols. 2, 3b
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Three drawings of monumental effigies
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 102, fols. 2, 3b
Summary
The first represents a knight in complete armour beneath a canopy; along the base of the monument are six shields, bearing:
a lion rampant gardant;
two lions rampant gardant, four lions passant, quarterly, 1, 2, 2, 1;
paly of six;
a lion rampant
a bend cotticed;
in chief, two stars.
The second appears to be the monument of William of Windsor and Blanche of the Tower, (children of Edw. III.,) in Westminster abbey; engraved in Dart, vol. i. p. 108.
And the third appears to be that of John of Eltham (son of Edw. III.) also in Westminster abbey; engraved in Dart, vol. i. p. 107, and in Gough's Sepulchral Monuments, vol. i. p. 95.
Date
Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Language
English
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson B: English History
Heraldic and historical collections
Three drawings of monumental effigies
