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Ellerton, St Mary & St Lawrence, detail of Robert Aske with newt on shoulder of cloak.

Robert Aske's family was for generations associated with Ellerton priory, and some were buried there. He led the Pilgrimage of Grace which protested, inter-alia, about the dissolution of such houses. On his cloak, below his left shoulder, is a newt, the dialect words for which is "ask" or "aske".

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Uploaded on November 2, 2008
Taken on November 1, 2008