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Wilsthorpe, Lincolnshire
Late C13 but possibly recut effigy of a knight brought from t he old church.
He wears chain mail with decorated surcourt, his feet resting on dog. His shield is believed to have the arms of the Wake family. The church guide says he wears a c1300 belt, but has a moustache of c1375.
He may be related to Hereward the Wake an Anglo-Saxon who led resistance to the Norman Conquest & became known as ‘Hereward the Outlaw’, who was born in or near Bourne which is approximately 4 miles from here - Church of St Faith, Wilsthorpe, Lincolnshire
Wilsthorpe (St Faith), Lincolnshire
Геральдика надгробия идентифицируется как члена семьи Мортимеров(Mortimer), после 1350 гг.На налатнике имеется надпись на среднеанглийском языке, которая гласит: “BETTER IS PYS THAN WERS” (лучше мир, чем война).
Изображение уникально в контексте английских военных изображений, поскольку имеет надпись на подоле налатника. Причину надписи определить сложно. Клод Блэр, опубликовавший изображение в журнале «Церковные памятники», считает, что человек, которого увековечили, мог быть ветераном Столетней войны который стал противником войны, или надпись предназначалась для выражения глубоких религиозных убеждений. Это христианское убеждение было известно в тринадцатом и четырнадцатом веках.
Most likely a genuine 14th century effigy re-cut in the 18th century with the arms of Wake on the shield .... supposedly to lay some claim to an ancestor of Hereward the Wake who hailed from the area. Pevsner is most disparaging and suggests it's entirely a fake.
In the sanctuary is a late-13th-century effigy of a knight in chain mail; perhaps a Wake family member. Hereward the Wake was an Anglo-Saxon who led resistance to the Norman Conquest, and was born in or near Bourne.
Inside there is a stone figure of a 13th Century Knight bearing a shield with the arms. It is thought to be that of the Wake family but this has not been proved
Blair, Claude; Goodall, John
Abstract: "The effigy at St Faith's is thought to be a 1340s likeness of Ralph Mortimer. There is an Holroyd, Isabel"
".... and believes that it represents Sir Balph Mortimer, who is known to have possessed lands in Wilsthorpe early in the fourteenth century"
Woolsthorpe, Willesthorp, Wilsthorpe, Wylesthorp
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The Medieval Mortimer Family
The Mortimers of Wilsthorpe, Lincolnshire, and Helpston, Northamptonshire
Arms of Hugh Mortimer (d. 1416) from his seal on a charter of 1407 in the British Library