The inscription in Galician language, which runs all around the ledge of the sepulcher, says: 'Aqui:jaz:Fernan:Perez:d'Andrade:cava
leiro:que:fezo:este:moesteiro:anno:do:nascementodo:noso:sennor:Ihesu:Xp:de:M:et:CCC:et:oyteenta:et:sete:anos' = 'Here lies Fernan Perez d'Andrade, knight who built this monastery. Year of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ of 1387 years.'
Aunque Fernan Perez de Andrade fallecio en el ano 1397, parece ser que su monumento funerario fue realizado en vida de el, hacia el ano 1387
так как точная дата создания памятника не установлена, есть основания датировать объект 1387 (дата, указанная на памятнике - то ли дата создания памятника, то ли указание на дату постройки монастыря изображенным персонажем), так как было обычным строить памятники при жизни персонажа и изображенный комплекс вооружения (стеганая куртка с подолом почти до колен) чаще всего встречается в 1370-х
owns the villas of Ferrol, and Pontedeume in the province of A Coruna, Galicia Spain was one of the prominent men of
his time, a great warrior, but also sponsored the arts, and who ordered the translation into Galician "Trojan Chronicle," and says he built seven castles, seven churches, and seven bridges
His burial in stone, supported by his heraldic animals, wild boar and bear, is one of the most important works of medieval burial Spanish
He was favored by king Henry (Enrique) of Castile with many favors and concessions, as it is said that Ferdinand (Fernand) played and important roll on the dead of his rival and predecessor king Pedro. An scribe who translated into Galician the 'Roman de Troie' wrote on this knight: 'Let's you know that this Fernan Perez was son of Roi Freire d'Andrade, and believe me when I say that at the time that this book was written he was the best man that there was in Galicia, except maybe for the counts and the richmen. And you must know that he had 200 cavalrymen, fully armed. He was lord of Corunna and Betanzos and of Pontedeume...'
Ferran, mort en 1397, comme une grande partie de la noblesse Glicienne a soutenu le roi Pierre I "le cruel" lors de la guerre civile castillane (1352-1369), puis s'est a Henri de Trastamare apres le depart de Pierre.
Ferran atteint un pouvoir considerable en etant seigneur de Puentedeume, Ferrol, Cedeira, Neda, Viveiro, Vilalba y Santa Marta. Homme cultive, il a fait traduire en Galicien les "chroniques troyennes".
Gouverneur de la Coruna (la Corogne), il la defendit avec efficacite contre les attaques Portugaises, la premiere en 1369-1371 et la deuxieme durant la guerre entre la Castille et le Portugal en 1384. Gouverneur de la Coruna en 1385, durant les annees suivant le desastre de Aljubarrota, il a finalement capitule devant les anglais du Duc de Lancastre en 1388.
Sur son sepulcre il apparait equipe d'une armure moderne, mais sous la cotte lourdement gamboisee, il ne semble porter qu'un haubert de mailles. Ce type d'equipement, tres espagnol etait un peu plus leger que celui porte dans le Nord de l'Europe, car dans les differents royaumes de la peninsule, la cavalerie legere etait plus frequente que les hommes d'armes lourds.