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Peter Grandison

The Mysterious Stone Masons of Herefordshire

Jun 7, 2020

buildings, religion

Annunciation, Blanche Mortimer, churches, Edward II, Exeter, Great Seal, Grymbold Pauncefoot, Herefordshire, John Grandison Bishop of Exeter, Ledbury, Mortimer Castle, Much Marcle, Peter Grandison, Roger Mortimer, tombs

Recently I had the chance to visit two of the most attractive female medieval tomb effigies I have yet encountered, both lying in their respective churches within ten miles or so of each other. Although one tomb effigy is in much better condition than the other, they are so stylistically close that it is likely…
Blanche Mortimer – The Grandison Monument

Jun 11, 2017

art, buildings, genealogy

Blanche Mortimer, Edward II, Edward III, heraldry, Herefordshire, Isabella de Valois, lead coffins, Nikolaus Pevsner, Peter Grandison, Roger Mortimer, Simon Jenkins, St. Bartholomew’s, tombs

In the chancel of the church of St Bartholomew, Much Marcle, Herefordshire can be found one of the most beautiful tombs chests in England, that of Blanche Mortimer, Lady Grandison. I happened by chance on this lovely monument some years ago. I stood there entranced, unwilling to leave. Blanche’s tomb has been described by Nikolaus Pevsner…