Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy, was the eldest son of William the Conqueror. After a failed attempt to seize the English crown from his younger brother, Henry I, he was imprisoned, first at Devizes Castle and then Cardiff. He died in 1134 and was buried in the abbey church of St Peter, now Gloucester Cathedral. His effigy, made of painted oak and under a iron framework, is thought to be from the 13th century but rests on a later chest tomb of c1500. The monument was relocated to the presbytery in 1905 and remained there until 1988, when it was moved to the south ambulatory.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
The photograph was received by the National Buildings Record on 28th August 1947.
This is part of the Series: PDG01/01 Series Of Negatives By J H Pledge; within the Collection: PDG01 John Harry Pledge Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Pledge, John Harry
Medieval Chest Tomb, Medieval Effigy, Cathedral