Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Tombs: Honoring the Dead
- 2 Chantries: The Quest for Perpetual Prayers
- 3 Building for the Congregation: Roofs, Aisles, and Stained Glass
- 4 Adorning the Liturgy: Luxury Fabrics and Chapel Plate
- 5 Almshouses and Schools: Prayers and Service to the Community
- 6 Defining Themselves
- 7 Epilogue: Destruction and Survival
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Patrons of the Fabric of the Church
- Appendix 2 Patrons of Tombs
- Appendix 3 Location of Tombs in Churches
- Appendix 4 Choice of Burial Companion
- Appendix 5 Women Who Commissioned Chantries
- Appendix 6 Commissions of Stained-Glass Windows
- Appendix 7 Additions or Major Repairs to Churches
- Appendix 8 Bequests of Vestments
- Appendix 9 Patrons of Almshouses or Schools
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Archival Sources
- Index
Appendix 1 - Patrons of the Fabric of the Church
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 December 2020
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Tombs: Honoring the Dead
- 2 Chantries: The Quest for Perpetual Prayers
- 3 Building for the Congregation: Roofs, Aisles, and Stained Glass
- 4 Adorning the Liturgy: Luxury Fabrics and Chapel Plate
- 5 Almshouses and Schools: Prayers and Service to the Community
- 6 Defining Themselves
- 7 Epilogue: Destruction and Survival
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1 Patrons of the Fabric of the Church
- Appendix 2 Patrons of Tombs
- Appendix 3 Location of Tombs in Churches
- Appendix 4 Choice of Burial Companion
- Appendix 5 Women Who Commissioned Chantries
- Appendix 6 Commissions of Stained-Glass Windows
- Appendix 7 Additions or Major Repairs to Churches
- Appendix 8 Bequests of Vestments
- Appendix 9 Patrons of Almshouses or Schools
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Archival Sources
- Index
Summary
The women are listed under the names and titles used in their wills. Unless otherwise indicated, they were the sole executors of the spouses whose tombs they built.
f=father
h=husband
jt=joint
pr=probated
*=heir or coheir of father
inscr=inscription
All of the Prob11/ wills are at the National Archives in Kew.
For printed material, I have used shortened titles; the full references can be found in the bibliography.
The date in parentheses is either the date of the person's will or his/her death date, where no will exists.
1. *Mary Allington (1540); heir Sir Richard Gardener (1489); h. Sir Giles Allington (1522)
Her tomb, Westley Waterless, Cambs
Left church velvet cope with orphrey embroidered with gold; silver gilt chalice; cushion to lay cross on; diaper linen for various purposes
His will Prob11/22/4 (1513; pr. 1526)
Her will Prob11/28/30 (1537; pr. 1541)
2. Katherine Arderne, f. _____ Bohun; h. Sir Peter Arderne (1467) Jt. tomb and chantry, Latton, Essex
His will Prob11/5/19 (1467); widow co-executor, but he specifically asked her to found chantry
No will for her
VCH, County of Essex, VIII, 193
RCHM, Essex, Central & SW, II, 146
3. Anne, Lady Audley (1498); f. Sir Thomas Echingham (1444); 1st h. John Rogers; 2nd h. John Touchet, Lord Audley (1491)
To be buried in chapel of Our Lady, Bermondsey Monastery under the tower there
Vestments to Bermondsey Abbey and parish church of Bryanston, Dorset
Her will Prob11/11/23 (1497; pr. 1498)
4. Elizabeth Audley (1542); f. Chedworth; 1st h. Thomas Blake; 2nd h. Sir John (1527)
Jt. tomb, Swaffham, Norfolk
10s for repairs of church at Holmhall
His will Prob11/24/15 (1527)
Her will Prob11/29/1 (1541)
Blomefield, County of Norfolk, VI, 210
5. Katherine Babington (1537); f. Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth; h. Sir Anthony Babington (1536)
Jt. tomb and chantry chapel, Kingston-on-Soar, Nottingham
Chalice for their new chapel
His will, North Country Wills, #76 (1536; pr. 1536)
Her will, North Country Wills, #77 (1537; pr. 1538)
6. Anne Barnardiston (1560); f. Thomas Lucas of Little Saxham, Suffolk; h. Sir Thomas (1542)
Jt. tomb, Kedington, Suffolk
20s for repairs at Kedington, Suffolk
His will Prob11/29/11 (1542; pr. 1542)
Her will Prob11/43/26 (1559; pr. 1560)
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- English Aristocratic Women's Religious Patronage 1450-1550 , pp. 157 - 214Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2018