To see: a polychrome alabaster chest bearing two effigies. The knight, Fulke Greville the elder, is shown in black armour touched with gold, a lion beneath his feet — the polychromy gives the painted plate a dark, precious sheen. Beside him his wife in a slashed gown (with cuts revealing the fabric beneath), the aristocratic fashion of the mid-sixteenth century, a little dog at her feet. Walk around the chest to look for the weepers, the small mourning figures carved along the sides, usually the deceased's children or kin. Note carefully: this is Fulke Greville the elder, who died in 1559, and not his descendant the poet Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (d.1628), buried at Warwick. The work of a Midland workshop. Of note: the tomb had been dismantled and was out of situ at the time of the Historic England inspection.
Did you know?
The "weepers" carry on a medieval tradition: carved in procession around the chest, these small figures stand for the mourning kindred, turning the tomb into a family assembly frozen in stone.
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- Polychrome alabaster chest, two effigies; knight in black armour touched with gold, lion at his feet.
- Lady in a slashed gown, small dog; weepers along the sides.
- Fulke Greville the ELDER (d.1559), not the poet Lord Brooke; tomb dismantled / out of situ.
Récapitulatif
16 fiches rédigées : UKS-008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 013, 014, 015, 016, 017, 018, 019, 020, 021, 022, 024. Écartés (non rédigés, conformément à la consigne) : UKS-023 (brasses seulement / effigie post-1625), UKS-025 (Thynne, sources insuffisantes).