File:Monumental brass of Ralph Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (died 1372), St Mary's Church, Elsing.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Monumental_brass_of_Ralph_Stafford,_2nd_Baron_Stafford_(died_1372),_St_Mary's_Church,_Elsing.jpg ‎(208 × 276 pixels, file size: 33 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English:
Arms of Stafford: Or, a chevron gules

Monumental brass in St Mary's Church, Elsing, Norfolk, of Ralph Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (1301-1372) (after 1351 1st w:Earl of Stafford), as one of the 8 mourners surrounding the monumental brass of Sir w:Hugh Hastings I (c.1310–1347) of Elsing. On his tunic and shield he displays the arms of Stafford: Or, a chevron gules.

The surviving monumental brass on the ledger stone in St Mary's Church, Elsing, Norfolk, of Sir w:Hugh Hastings I (c.1310–1347), is "one of the most celebrated of all English brasses". Hugh is portrayed as a knight dressed in full armour, surrounded by eight smaller figures representing "mourners", being men under whom Hugh had served, including King Edward III and many of the greatest warriors and noblemen in the kingdom, each displaying his own coat of arms, amongst whom are Henry of Grosmont, Earl of Derby (1310-1361), w:Laurence Hastings, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1319-1348), w:Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick,[1] w:Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick (1313-1369), Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Lancaster and Leicester (c.1281-1345), w:Roger Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Ruthin (c.1298-1353), Amauri de St Amand, 2nd Baron Amand (1315–1381) and Ralph Stafford, 2nd Baron Stafford (1301-1372) (after 1351 1st w:Earl of Stafford).[2]
Date
Source The monumental brasses of England
Author Charles Boutell

Licensing[edit]

Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

  1. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ODNB
  2. ↑ See illustrations of brasses in Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms, London, 1902 (see list of illustrations, pp.xxxii-xxxiii[1]

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:23, 3 August 2011Thumbnail for version as of 20:23, 3 August 2011208 × 276 (33 KB)Acoma (talk | contribs)== Summary == {{Information |Description ={{en|1=Hugh Hastings, died 1347}} |Source =[http://ia700402.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/4/items/mmentalbrassesof00bout/mmentalbrassesof00bout_jp2.zip&file=mmentalbrassesof00bout_

You cannot overwrite this file.

The following page uses this file:

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Monumental_brass_of_Ralph_Stafford,_2nd_Baron_Stafford_(died_1372),_St_Mary%27s_Church,_Elsing.jpg&oldid=635608060"