
Alabaster effigy - St Mary - Ashwell, Rutland
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N 52° 42.870 W 000° 43.187
30U E 654023 N 5842950
A fine alabaster recumbent effigy circa 1500 of John Vernam, Rector of Ashwell, on a stone plinth.
Waymark Code: WMYV5F
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/26/2018
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"In the north chapel (vestry) is the alabaster effigy of a priest in eucharistic vestments, upon an earlier tomb of freestone: the figure retains traces of gilding and colour. The figure is said to represent John Vernam (d. 1489), four times rector (1465–71, 1471–73, 1477–82, 1486–89)."
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