Sir Roger Manwood (1525-92), funeral monument detail
Carved by Maximilian Colte, who later carved the monument to Elizabeth I in Westminster Abbey, London. The detail shows Manwood's first wife, Dorothy ("Dorothea"), and their five children.
Sir Roger Manwood, who resided in St Stephen's, Canterbury, was a senior judge and Member of Parliament for Sandwich, Kent. He was a member of the Commission that examined Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringay Castle in 1586.
The monument - a cadaver monument - was fashioned prior to Manwood's death, its prominent skeleton designed to focus the mind on mortality. The monument lies in the south trancept of St Stephen's Church, Hackington, Canterbury. It includes a bust of Manwood, carved figures of his two wives and five children, and a reclining skeleton.
For a portrait of Manwood in the National Portrait Gallery, London, see: www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp02948&am...
It is often suggested that Christopher Marlowe's fees for his attendence at King's School, Canterbury, were paid by Manwood. For an epitaph to Manwood attributed to Marlowe, see: www2.prestel.co.uk/rey/manwood.htm
Sir Roger Manwood (1525-92), funeral monument detail
Carved by Maximilian Colte, who later carved the monument to Elizabeth I in Westminster Abbey, London. The detail shows Manwood's first wife, Dorothy ("Dorothea"), and their five children.
Sir Roger Manwood, who resided in St Stephen's, Canterbury, was a senior judge and Member of Parliament for Sandwich, Kent. He was a member of the Commission that examined Mary Queen of Scots at Fotheringay Castle in 1586.
The monument - a cadaver monument - was fashioned prior to Manwood's death, its prominent skeleton designed to focus the mind on mortality. The monument lies in the south trancept of St Stephen's Church, Hackington, Canterbury. It includes a bust of Manwood, carved figures of his two wives and five children, and a reclining skeleton.
For a portrait of Manwood in the National Portrait Gallery, London, see: www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp02948&am...
It is often suggested that Christopher Marlowe's fees for his attendence at King's School, Canterbury, were paid by Manwood. For an epitaph to Manwood attributed to Marlowe, see: www2.prestel.co.uk/rey/manwood.htm