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On 25 or 26th January 1431 Bishop Richard Fleming (age 44) died. He was buried at Lincoln Cathedral [Map] where he has a Chantrey Chapel with an effigy above and cadaver beneath.
Bishop Richard Fleming: Around 1387 he was born to Robert Fleming of Woodhall. On 20th November 1419 Bishop Richard Fleming was nominated by papal provision to be Bishop of Lincoln. On 28th April 1420 Bishop Richard Fleming was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln by by Martin V in Florence.
Culture, General Things, Church Monuments, Church Monument Details, Cadaver Tombs, Cadaver
1467. The Cadaver tomb of John Baret at St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds. His tomb, which he had made before his death, once stood between the arch of the nave and his chantry. The roof painted with motto Grace me Govern and his SS collar is in wonderful preservation.
In or after 1481. Memorial brass to John Brigge of Salle (deceased) in Church of St Peter and St Paul, Salle [Map]. He appears as a Cadaver. The inscription reads "Here lyth John Brigge under this marbil ston, Whos sowle our lorde ihu have mercy upon, For in this world worthily he lyved many a day, And here his bodi ys beryed and cowched under clay, So frendis fre whatever ye be pray for me I you pray, As ye me se in soche degree so schall ye be anothir day."
John Brigge of Salle: Before 1454 he was born to John Atte Brigge. In 1481 he died.
After 1549. Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. Cadaver Cenotaph to Abbot John Wakeman. The Cadaver unusual for the detail of worms and mice.
Abbot John Wakeman: On 27th April 1534 he was appointed Abbot Tewkesury Abbey. In 1549 he died.
St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. After 24th May 1612. Monument to Robert Cecil 1st Earl Salisbury (deceased).
The cadaver beneath the monument.
The insignia of the Order of the Garter being the shoulder emblem, the small St George pendant hanging from his chain, and the leg garter.
The four ladies at each corner.
His feet resting on a sheaf of arrows.
Engravings of Sepulchral Brasses Volume 2. Plate CVI. Thomas Childes, In St. Lawrence’s Church [Map], Norwich, 1452.
Blomefield’s Norf. iv. 267.
Though little can be said in favour of the knowledge or execution displayed in these figures, the moral intention is deserving of praise. It was wished to remind men that the robes of pride will shortly be exchanged for the winding-sheet, and that beauty and strength are hastening to the period when they will become as the spectre before them. This species of memorial [Cadaver] appeared in stone effigies, in the preceding century, on the tomb of an ecclesiastic; but that before us is the first I meet with in brass, and it may be considered early; for Gough, i. 112, says, that the oldest figure he knows of a skeleton in brass, is A. D. 1471. Of Thomas Childes himself, I find nothing more than is mentioned in the epitaph.
Culture, General Things, Church Monuments, Church Monument Details, Cadaver Tombs, Cadaver Underneath
On 7th October 1471 Richard Willoughby died. He was buried in St Leonard's Church, Wollaton [Map].
Monument to Richard Willoughby and Anna Leeke. Excellent brass with Cadaver Underneath. The arms being, left to right, 
Bugge Arms, Bugge Arms impaled with Leeke, Bugge Arms impaled with Foljambe Arms, Bugge Arms impaled with Annesley Arms.
Richard Willoughby: he was born to Hugh Willoughby and Isabel Foljambe. In or before 1468 Richard Willoughby and Anna Leeke were married.
Anna Leeke: Around 1425 she was born to Simon Leeke in Cotham Ollerton, Nottinghamshire. Around 1468 Anna Leeke died in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire. She was buried at St Leonard's Church, Wollaton [Map].
After 20th May 1475. St Mary's Church, Ewelme [Map]. Monument to Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk (deceased). Wrist Garter. The effigy was, apparently, viewed to determine how a lady should wear the garter at the re-commencement of Lady of the Garter appointments in 1901 after a gap of several hundred years. A particularly fine Cadaver Underneath the chest on which Alice's effigy lies. Full-length in a shroud. Chest with Angels with Rounded Wings holding Shields.
Detail of the South Side of the Monument to Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk.
1 
Roet Arms impaled 
Chaucer Modern Arms. Alice's paternal grandparents.
2 
De La Pole Arms impaled 
Stafford Arms. Her third husbands parents Michael de la Pole 2nd Earl Suffolk and Katherine Stafford Countess Suffolk.
3 
Montacute and Monthermer Arms impaled Francis? Possibly Alice's second husband's parents John Montagu 3rd Earl Salisbury and Maud Francis Countess of Salisbury.
4 De La Pole Arms quartered Chaucer Modern Arms.
5 Roet Arms quartered Chaucer Modern Arms.
8 De La Pole Arms impaled 
England Henry IV Arms signifying Alice's son John's marriage to Elizabeth of York sister of King Edward IV of England.
Detail of the North Side of the monument to Alice Chaucer Duchess Suffolk. Arms from left to right ...
1 De La Pole Arms quartered Chaucer Modern Arms impaled Unknown.
2 De La Pole Arms impaled Chaucer Modern Arms. Her third husband William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk.
3 De La Pole Arms quarted Chaucer Modern Arms. Alice's son John de la Pole 2nd Duke of Suffolk by her second husband William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk.
5 Montacute and Monthermer Arms quartering impaled Chaucer. Alice's second husband Thomas Montagu 1st Count Perche 4th Earl Salisbury.
6 Roet Arms. Alice's paternal grandmother Philippa Roet.
7 England Henry IV Arms impaling Roet Arms probably signifying John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster and Katherine Swynford aka Roet Duchess Lancaster, Katherine being the sister of Alice's paternal grandmother Philippa Roet who married Geoffrey Chaucer.
8 Roet Arms impaling Chaucer Modern Arms. Her paternal grandparents Geoffrey Chaucer and Philippa Roet.
Philippa Roet: Around 1346 she was born to Giles "Payne" Roet. Before 1367 Geoffrey Chaucer and she were married at St Mary de Castro Leicester, Leicestershire [Map]. Excerpta Historica Page 152. Philippa, his eldest daughter, is stated to have been the maid of honour to Philippa Queen of Edward the Third who by the name of "Philippa Pycard" obtained a grant of one hundred shillings per annum on the 20th January 1370, and married Geoffrey Chaucer, to whom, in consequence, it is supposed, of this connexion, the Duke of Lancaster granted the Castle of Dodington. Of John of Gaunt's connexion with Chaucer, however, no proof has been found; and the circumstance of the lady assigned to him for his wife being styled "Philippa Pycard," instead of Roelt, renders the assertion, that she was the sister of the Duchess of Lancaster, extremely doubtful. Around 1387 Philippa Roet died.
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In 1528 Henry Willoughby (age 77) was buried at St Leonard's Church, Wollaton [Map]. A fine chest tomb monument in sandstone (rather than alabaster), somewhat damaged, with his four wives, two each side.Lancastrian Esses Collar somehwat unusual given the 1528 date of his death. Sphinx Crest. Cadaver Underneath. Henry Willoughby's Arms including Willoughby top left hand corner (Water Bougets from Willoughy family original name Bugge). Lancastrian Esses and Inter-twined Knots Collar.
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On 29th December 1595 Frances Berkeley (age 31) died. She was buried at Church of St Mary and St Hardulph, Breedon on the Hill [Map]. Monument to Frances Berkeley and George Shirley 1st Baronet (age 36). The armorial shows 
Shirley Arms and 
Berkeley Arms impaled. Cadaver Underneath. Attributed to Jasper Hollemans.
Frances Berkeley: Around 1564 she was born to Henry Berkeley 7th Baron Berkeley and Katherine Howard Baroness Berkeley. After 21st February 1587 George Shirley 1st Baronet and she were married.
In 1608 Francis Fitton died. He was buried at the Church of St James, Gawsworth [Map]. Cadaver Underneath.
Francis Fitton: he was born to Edward Fitton. In 1588 Francis Fitton and Katherine Neville Countess Northumberland were married. She the widow of Henry Percy 8th Earl of Northumberland.
On 10th November 1626 John Sydenham V (age 58) died. Monument at St Andrew's Church, Brympton d'Evercy [Map].
A Corinthian column at each corner supports the fine canopy, and the whole is adorned withmany coats of arms, which,commencing on the north side, illustrate, as it were, the pedigree of the family. On either side the canopy is surmounted by the arms ofSir John Sydenham, on the north impaling those of his first wife, and on the south the arms of his second;each coat is flanked by a small shield supported by a ram. Bound the edge of the canopy are thirteen shields, on which are impaled the arms brought inby various atches. On each side of the tomb itself are three large shields:those on the north side bearing the arms of Sydenham, impaling those of Audley Arm, Bruges, and 
Godolphin Arms, with their various quarterings;on the south are the arms of John Sydenham (age 37), who erected the monument, his sister impaled with those of her husband Edward Paston, and another coat in which the sinister side is not filled in. Probably it was meant to await the marriage of Sir Ralph Sydenham (age 36), a younger brother of the founder. At the west end base is the large quartered coat of Sir John Sydenham, impaling the arms of Buckland with its nine quarterings. At the head of the tomb, surmounted by the helmet, crest, and lambrequin, is the-Sydenham coat of twelve quarterings, beneath which is the following inscription:
My foundir Sydenham, match'd with Hobye's Heyr (age 27).
Badde me inform thee (gentle Passenger).
That what hee hath donne in mcc is onlie meant.
To memorize his father and s discent.
Without vayne glorye but he doth intreat.
That if thou comst his legende to repeate.
Thou speak him truly as he was and than - Report itso, hee dyed an honest mane.
10 November 1626.
The main armorial as follows: 1 Sydenham Arms 2 Kitsford Arms 3 Dalingrige Arms 4 
Hussey Arms 5 
Stourton Arms 6 Langland Arms 7 Beaufre Arms 8 Furneux Arms 9 Godolphin Arms 10 Balune Arms 11 
Killigrew Arms 12 Trenouth Arms. Source.
Cadaver Underneath.
John Sydenham V: In 1568 he was born to John Sydenham IV "The Elder" and Grace Godolphin.
John Sydenham: In 1589 he was born to John Sydenham V. In or before 1627 John Sydenham and Alice Hoby were married. In 1627 John Sydenham died.
Ralph Sydenham: In or after 1590 he was born to John Sydenham V. In 1671 Ralph Sydenham died.
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