In Memoriam: gordonplumb
Tattershall, Holy Trinity, I, 4b, Nine roundels
Nine roundels - two with the Cromwell badge of a purse enclosed by symetrically arranged gromwell leaves, two with rose 'en soleil', a winged and nimbed lion of St Mark, a white falcon perched on, and enclosed by, a yellow stain fetterlock (another Yorkist device), a white and yellow stain rose with a yellow stain edging, a yellow stain chalice and white host set on a white ground and half of a roundel of a yellow stain falcon on ground with white flowers (the left half of the lower right roundel is restoration).
It may seem strange to see Yorkist badges in an establishment whose purpose was to pray for the souls of Henry VI as well as Lord Cromwell, for long a loyal servant of that monarch. The explanation probably lies in the fact that one of the executors of Cromwell was William Wainfleet, Bishop of Winchester, who was involved in establishing the foundation at Tattershall - and he served the Yorkist King Edward IV.
Tattershall, Holy Trinity, I, 4b, Nine roundels
Nine roundels - two with the Cromwell badge of a purse enclosed by symetrically arranged gromwell leaves, two with rose 'en soleil', a winged and nimbed lion of St Mark, a white falcon perched on, and enclosed by, a yellow stain fetterlock (another Yorkist device), a white and yellow stain rose with a yellow stain edging, a yellow stain chalice and white host set on a white ground and half of a roundel of a yellow stain falcon on ground with white flowers (the left half of the lower right roundel is restoration).
It may seem strange to see Yorkist badges in an establishment whose purpose was to pray for the souls of Henry VI as well as Lord Cromwell, for long a loyal servant of that monarch. The explanation probably lies in the fact that one of the executors of Cromwell was William Wainfleet, Bishop of Winchester, who was involved in establishing the foundation at Tattershall - and he served the Yorkist King Edward IV.