16th century monument in St.Laurence church in Ludlow
It commemorates Francis Walsingham, the wife of the famous courtier, poet,diplomat and soldier Sir Philip Sidney.
He was appointed governor of Flushing ( Vlissingen ) to help the Dutch in their fight agains the Spanish.In 1586 he was wounded in action in a campaign in Zuthphen and died in a hospital in Arnhem.
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16th century monument in St.Laurence church in Ludlow
It commemorates Francis Walsingham, the wife of the famous courtier, poet,diplomat and soldier Sir Philip Sidney.
He was appointed governor of Flushing ( Vlissingen ) to help the Dutch in their fight agains the Spanish.In 1586 he was wounded in action in a campaign in Zuthphen and died in a hospital in Arnhem.
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Uploaded on December 2, 2018
Taken on June 11, 2011