(Link) A stone effigy on the chapel floor, of a man in late 14thcentury plate armour, his garlanded head resting on his helm, may commemorate Gilbert Bernard (d. c. 1370)
(Link) it was the Bernard's, who in 1331 paid to have built, on the site of an earlier Norman church, a new church with a nave and chancel of the same height
(Link) Before the Peytons took over, the local family were the Bernards, and there are plenty of them here too, even though their successors have somewhat crowded them out. One of the oldest is the effigy of Sir William Bernard, who died in 1293. He lies in an ogeed tomb niche in the south wall, now almost hidden behind the two big Peyton memorials, and is so weathered that only the dog at his feet really has any detail left. His descendent Sir Gilbert Bernard has survived rather better – he died in 1340, and his effigy in the north-east corner of the chapel is mostly undamaged, aside from the loss of one arm and his sword. He has a short beard and curly hair, very much in the style favoured by Edward III and his court, and lies on a formidable cask helmet with decorated eye-slits and a high crest.
на каком основании памятник приписывают этому персонажу - неясно, хотя все данные указывают, что это представитель семьи Bernard
(Link) The manor of Isleham was acquired in the reign of King John (1199-1216) by the Bernard family.
Their coat of arms was a play on their name – a black bear with a gold muzzle and collar on a silver ground. (argent a bear rampant sable, muzzled and collared or). It appears in many places in the church, often quartered with those of the Peyton family who succeeded them in around 1430
(Link) By c. 1400 most of the independent freehold land had probably been absorbed into the Bernard family estate
(Link) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=113651905
Датировать изображенный комплекс можно 1400 и позже
Первые открытые кирасы в Англии появились около 1390 - P0286, 1397, P0122, 1389, P0319, 1392, но все с поясом с узлом, не как у нашего.
Изображение персонажа с непокрытой головой тоже появляется около этого времени и очень редки - P0319, 1392, P0482, 1409?
Есть похожие памятники во Франции - P0351, 1420
Два диска на наруче встречается только у Бретонцев - P0504, 1415?, P0510, 1415? и в Уэльсе - P0419, 1370?, P0443, 1379? (наш комплекс на другом краю Англии) или до 1350 - в Англии - P0301, 1350 и около 1400 и позже в Англии (но уже с пластинчатым подолом и бармицей):
- Brass of John Woodville (d. c. 1397) в Grafton Regis
- Tomb effigies of John Peryent and wife Joan Hertfordshire, England c. 1415 (1432?)
- Tomb effigies of Sir Philip Thornbury and his wife Margaret, 1457 (очень похож на нашего персонажа, но позже, хотя датировка явно неправильно очень поздняя)
- JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF WORCESTER (d. 1470) (также очень похож на нашего персонажа, но по изображенному костюму позже)
На подоле видны округлые подвески, что может говорить о том, что это не кольчужный подол (похожие зубцы видны на памятнике JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF WORCESTER)
Общая форма памятника достаточно грубая, вытянутые налокотники могут говорить о более ранней датировке
(Link) Gilbert BERNARD [Parents] 1, 2 was born 1305 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. He died 1369 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. Gilbert married Clarice on 1339 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Clarice 1, 2 was born 1319 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. She married Gilbert BERNARD on 1339 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.
They had the following children:
William BERNARD was born 1340 and died 1380.
John BERNARD 1 was born 1343 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.
(Link) William BERNARD [Parents] 1, 2 was born 1340 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. He died 1380 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. William married Agnes on 1364 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Agnes 1 was born 1345 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. She married William BERNARD on 1364 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.
They had the following children:
Robert BERNARD Sheriff of Northampton was born 1365 and died 1419.
(Link) Robert BERNARD Sheriff of Northampton was born 1365 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. He died 1419 in Clare, Suffolk, England. Robert married Elizabeth LILLYNG on 1393 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Elizabeth LILLYNG was born 1375 in Guilsborough, Northamptonshire, England. She died after 16 Dec 1416. Elizabeth married Robert BERNARD Sheriff of Northampton on 1393 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.
They had the following children:
Sir John BERNARD Knight was born 1394 and died 24 Mar 1452.
Thomas BERNARD Esquire 1, 2 was born 1396 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. He died 1464 in Abington, Northamptonshire, England.
Henry BERNARD 1, 2 was born 1398 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Mary BERNARD 1, 2 was born 1400 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England. She died 1418 in Isleham, Cambridgeshire, England.
Таким образом, наиболее соответствующим персонажем является Robert BERNARD (+1419)