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| Effigy of unknown early-14th-century woman |
| effigy | memorial |
| sandstone |
Effigy, with fluted robe, on modern stone plinth.
The following is from Archæologia Æliana, 4th series VII, Mediæval Effigies in Northumberland, 1930, C H Hunter Blair, p.20:
XVIII. Upon its slab on the floor of the south aisle of the Chancel of the priory church.
Person: Unknown, early 14th century.
Material: Fine grained sandstone greatly weathered and broken.
Effigy: Head, upon a single flat pillow, covered by kerchief the folds of which fall on to the pillow, a curl of hair showing at each side; rounded wimple. Kirtle with tight sleeves and V-shaped at neck; mantle from shoulders and caught up at each side beneath the arms. Hands joined in prayer. Feet rest upon an animal much mutilated. |
| early 14th cent |
1823: “Beside this tomb lies another. The effigy is of superior workmanship, and represents a lady. This may have occupied the vacant table near the tomb of Umfranville, or it may have reposed beneath the arch of Alfwold. No suggestion has been offered as to the person it is supposed to represent.” [A B Wright, 1823 p.95]
1888: drawn on N side of N chancel aisle but actually in N transept aisle. ‘Of the five stone effigies still remaining, that of a lady is probably the earliest. A note on Carter's sketch of this monument tells us that it was in his time lying in the north transept, and that it was “dug up just without here about 40 years ago.” As the head-dress is a wimple, the date is probably about 1280.’ [Hodges 1888 p.51]
1919: “The next in date [after HEXAB1044.2] commemorates a lady. It was found buried in the churchyard about 1750, and was brought into the church and laid in the north transept. It is now on the south side of the choir. The costume is a long loose robe with tight sleeves, and the head-dress is a wimple of the latter part of Edward I time. The head rests on a large square pillow, but the animal against which the feet rested is entirely gone. The material is a hard white close-graine stone not local.” [Hodges & Gibson 1919 p.71]
[From Oxford DNB article: “Umfraville, Gilbert de, seventh earl of Angus (1244?–1307), baron” by Fiona Watson]: “His wife was Elizabeth, third daughter of Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan, and Elizabeth de Quincy. Gilbert and Elizabeth were buried in a magnificent tomb in Hexham Priory, where their effigies can still be seen.” Gilbert's effigy is HEXAB1042. See also HEXAB9019.26
1935: south side of 5th bay from west of south chancel aisle [Hadcock 1935 plan no.18]
2008. The effigy was removed in April from the floor of the south Chancel aisle, fifth bay from the east, to its present position on the plinth. [HEXAB9018.1] |
| L 1.85 m |
W 0.60 m |
H 0.28 m |
| Chancel/North Aisle |
Faculty no.5865: 2007, 27 June. … 2. To move four effigies and to raise them on plinths. Completed 22 April 2008. Completion Cert. signed 1 June 2008.
CND: CSAF3 |
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| Effigy of unknown early-14th-century woman |
| effigy | memorial |
| sandstone |
Effigy, with ‘B GE’ carved below folded arms, on modern stone plinth.
The following is from Archæologia Æliana, 4th series VII, Mediæval Effigies in Northumberland, 1930, C H Hunter Blair, p.19:
XV. On the floor of the north aisle of the priory church of St Andrew.
Person: Unknown, early 14th century.
Material: Sandstone, very greatly weathered.
Effigy: Very little can now be said of it. It apparently represents a woman with kerchief over head, wimple, and mantle looped up beneath each arm. Hands joined in prayer, feet upon an animal. |
[Above the clasped hands] B over P M
[below them] B over G E
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| early 14th cent |
1888: “In the churchyard is an early effigy placed in an upright position at the head of a grave, and more than half-buried in the ground. Some initials have been cut upon it. In its present position it is difficult to say whether the figure is male or female, lay or cleric. It is of early but uncertain date.” [Hodges 1888 p.51]
c1907: Photographed at N end of N Transept aisle.
1919: “… now placed on the north side of the choir, near the west end. It was used as a headstone, and was in an upright position in the churchyard, half sunk in the earth, but was brought into the church in 1890. The letters upon it refer to the misappropriation. Its date is towards the close of the 13th century, and it appears from the costume to represent a civilian.” [Hodges & Gibson 1919 p.71]
1935: South side of 2nd bay from west of north Chancel aisle [Hadcock 1935 plan no.24].
2008. The effigy was removed from the floor of the north Chancel aisle, sixth bay from the east, to its present position on the plinth in April. [HEXAB9018.1] |
| L 1.91 m |
W 0.62 m |
H 0.36 m |
| Chancel/North Aisle |
Faculty no.5865: 2007, 27 June. … 2. To move four effigies and to raise them on plinths. Completed 22 April 2008. Completion Cert. signed 1 June 2008.
CND: CNAF5 |
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| Plinth with effigies of 2 unknown early-14th-century women |
| plinth | memorial |
| stone |
| Two unknown early-14th-century women |
| A prayer from the 1514 Book of Hours often used at funerals: |
| God be in my head, and in my understanding; |
| God be in my eyes, and in my looking; |
| God be in my mouth, and in my speaking; |
| God be in my heart, and in my thinking; |
| God be at my end, and at my departing. |
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| Rectangular plinth. Label affixed to long face. |
| N Rank [survey drawings, administering contract] |
| Vetter UK |
| c2008 |
The PCC reaffirmed a resolution passed in 2005 for the raising of the recumbent effigies onto plinths now that we had been awarded a grant of £32,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to undertake this work and to provide interpretation and children's education about them. [ANV 76a June 2007 p.10]
June 2008: Effigies: mount on stone bases [Vetter UK]
2009. New sign put on the plinth, fastened with silicone, in October. |
| L 2.00 m |
W 1.39 m |
H 0.83 m |
| Chancel/North Aisle |
| Faculty no.5865: 2007, 27 June. … 2. To move four effigies and to raise them on plinths. Completed 22 April 2008. Completion Cert. signed 1 June 2008. |