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Project: Gloucestershire - Tewkesbury, with Worcestershire - Upton-upon-Severn.
No. 2 - 5: Exploring - the Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire .
The Founder's Chantry
This chapel contains the tomb of Robert Fitz-Hamon, a second cousin of William the Conqueror. He founded the Abbey Church in 1102. He was wounded at the siege of Falaise, and died in 1107, fourteen years before the church was completed. He was originally buried in the Chapter House, but his remains were removed to this position in 1241. The present chantry chapel was erected over his tomb about 1397, by Abbot Parker.
The fan tracery of the ceiling has traces of colour and is an early example of the style.
Notice
Trinity Chapel
.—On the south side of the choir in the bay opposite to the Founder's Chapel is the Trinity Chapel [K], the building of which is ascribed to Elizabeth, Lady de Burghersh, the widow of Edward, Lord Despenser. Lord ]Despenser died at Cardiff in 1375, and was buried before the door of the vestry, near the presbytery. His widow, who died many years later (1409), was buried beside her chapel in the choir.
The tomb has many beauties, of which the chief is the fan-tracery. Much damage has ruthlessly been done to the niches and canopies at the side.
A curious feature in the chapel is the figure of Lord Despenser under a canopy on the top of the chapel, kneeling in prayer, with his face turned towards the high altar. The canopy is very rich, supported by four slender shafts, and further enriched with carved pinnacles. The figure is probably unique, in such a position. It is represented as wearing the martial equipment that was usual towards the end of the fourteenth century.
This chapel may have been built by the same builders as the Founder's Chapel on the opposite side of the choir, but some variety of treatment is very noticeable. The cresting is different in scale on the two sides (portions of it are modern insertions). Owing to the non-correspondence of the panelling in the lowest portion with the open work in the next tier, it has been thought that the upper portion is slightly later in point of date than that upon which it is built.
The chapel derives its name from its dedication to the Trinity as well as to St. Mary. At the east end of the chapel are traces of mural painting. Some of these represent the symbols of the Trinity, others the coronation of the Virgin Mary.
The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury ...... by H.J.L.J. Masse, M.A.
London George Bell & Sons 1906
Larger size:-
farm3.static.flickr.com/2534/3991857095_4301d6c2a7_b.jpg
Taken on:-
August 29, 2007 at 12:02 BST
Project: Gloucestershire - Tewkesbury, with Worcestershire - Upton-upon-Severn.
No. 2 - 5: Exploring - the Abbey Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire .
The Founder's Chantry
This chapel contains the tomb of Robert Fitz-Hamon, a second cousin of William the Conqueror. He founded the Abbey Church in 1102. He was wounded at the siege of Falaise, and died in 1107, fourteen years before the church was completed. He was originally buried in the Chapter House, but his remains were removed to this position in 1241. The present chantry chapel was erected over his tomb about 1397, by Abbot Parker.
The fan tracery of the ceiling has traces of colour and is an early example of the style.
Notice
Trinity Chapel
.—On the south side of the choir in the bay opposite to the Founder's Chapel is the Trinity Chapel [K], the building of which is ascribed to Elizabeth, Lady de Burghersh, the widow of Edward, Lord Despenser. Lord ]Despenser died at Cardiff in 1375, and was buried before the door of the vestry, near the presbytery. His widow, who died many years later (1409), was buried beside her chapel in the choir.
The tomb has many beauties, of which the chief is the fan-tracery. Much damage has ruthlessly been done to the niches and canopies at the side.
A curious feature in the chapel is the figure of Lord Despenser under a canopy on the top of the chapel, kneeling in prayer, with his face turned towards the high altar. The canopy is very rich, supported by four slender shafts, and further enriched with carved pinnacles. The figure is probably unique, in such a position. It is represented as wearing the martial equipment that was usual towards the end of the fourteenth century.
This chapel may have been built by the same builders as the Founder's Chapel on the opposite side of the choir, but some variety of treatment is very noticeable. The cresting is different in scale on the two sides (portions of it are modern insertions). Owing to the non-correspondence of the panelling in the lowest portion with the open work in the next tier, it has been thought that the upper portion is slightly later in point of date than that upon which it is built.
The chapel derives its name from its dedication to the Trinity as well as to St. Mary. At the east end of the chapel are traces of mural painting. Some of these represent the symbols of the Trinity, others the coronation of the Virgin Mary.
The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury ...... by H.J.L.J. Masse, M.A.
London George Bell & Sons 1906
Larger size:-
farm3.static.flickr.com/2534/3991857095_4301d6c2a7_b.jpg
Taken on:-
August 29, 2007 at 12:02 BST