This print is on the same card as OP29827.
The church is otherwise known as St Mary the Virgin's Church and is a 13th century church, rebuilt about 1432-4 by William de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, and his Duchess, Alice Chaucer. It is in the form of an aisled nave and a chancel with a 13th century west tower and very rich chapel. The north porch was built in 1832 and the south porch was repaired in 1874.
The use of brick in the church parapet and the other buildings of 1432-4 is one of the earliest in the county. A trench excavated along the north wall in 1993 found graves possibly cut by the church wall. This suggests that the earlier building was narrower than the present one.
The ornate tomb or monument of the Duchess of Suffolk is between the chapel and the chancel. This alabaster chest tomb has an effigy of the Duchess in prayer with a pillow supported by angels. The effigy is wearing a coronet, robes and the Order of the Barter. On the side there are angels carrying the coat of arms of the family. In the open arcading in the lower part of the tomb there is a cadaver effigy, which can just be seen, and is dated 1475.
This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/34 Early Photographic Print Collection: Oxfordshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Gotch, John Alfred
Tomb, Post Medieval Effigy, Post Medieval Parish Church, Medieval Parish Church