Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire: The Heraldic Decoration
Author(s): Tony Wilmott
This report catalogues and identifies the heraldic decoration of Apethorpe Hall, Northants., and has been compiled as part of the multidisciplinary Apethorpe research project. The research has identified two major schemes of heraldic decoration, one relating to the ownership of the hall by Sir Walter Mildmay, the second to the ownership of Francis Fane, first Earl of Westmorland. Both men went to great lengths to demonstrate their status, connection and lineage by these means. In large part this was to impress their respective sovereigns, Elizabeth I and James I and VI. Fane in particular decorated the ceiling of the Royal Apartment with an ambitious genealogical scheme. Subsequent owners added to the heraldic decoration, and their work has also been identified.
- Report Number:
- 11/2009
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 23
