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ILLUSTRATIONS.
1. | IN TRINITY HOSPITAL CHAPEL – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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A composite drawing by A. B. McDonald | ||
The recumbent effigy, which was removed from the Collegiate Church of the Newarke, was thought formerly to be that of Mary, Countess of Bohun, but is now believed to be that of Mary Hervey, the Nurse of King Henry V. The armour hanging on the walls appears to be mainly of the 16th century, and is generally thought to have belonged to the Town Watch, as it has the Town Arms painted upon the buckler and upon the staves of the halberds. The arrangement, however, is suggestive of funeral achievements. | ||
2. | PLAN OF MEDIÆVAL LEICESTER – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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3. | PLAN OF NORTH SUBURB – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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4. | PLAN OF EAST SUBURB – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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5. | BISHOP PENNY'S WALL – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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Photograph by Newton. (See page 202.) | ||
6. | THE OLD GUILD HALL – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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Drawing by Miss D. Rouse. | ||
7. | CONVEYANCE OF OLD GUILD HALL – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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8a. | ENDORSEMENT ON THE BACK THEREOF – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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Photographs by Col. C. F. Oliver and Newton. | ||
8. | ARMS FROM OLD WIGSTON HOSPITAL – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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Drawing by A. B. McDonald, A.R.C.A. (Lond.). | ||
9. | RELICS FROM OLD ST. PETER'S – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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Drawing by A. B. McDonald. | ||
The relics comprise an Early English (13th century) Holy Water Stoup, and part of a grotesque, with a fragment of decorative carving, probably of the 15th century, and a 15th century Font, which is traditionally reported to have come from St. Peter's Church, and has been for many years in a garden at Guthlaxton Street. (By kind permission of Mr. Henry Hartopp and Mr. E. E. Ellis.) (See page 76.) | ||
10. | OAK SCREEN FROM WIGSTON'S HOSPITAL CHAPEL – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
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This handsome oak screen, now in Ockbrook Church, Derbyshire, was taken from the chapel of the old Wigston Hospital at Leicester. It will be noticed that the front of the screen, which originally faced the nave of the Hospital Chapel, now faces the chancel at Ockbrook. Mr. A. B. McDonald has no doubt that the upper part is of later date than the main structure, with which it does not form a consistent unity. When the Chapel was "restored" in 1807, the best parts of the discarded woodwork, including this screen and some carved oak stalls, together with the early 16th century glass from the West window described by Nichols, seem to have been saved from destruction by the good taste and influence of Mr. Thomas Pares, F.S.A., of the Grey Friars, Leicester. He caused all this woodwork and glass to be set up in Ockbrook Church, with some modern additions that can easily be distinguished. Thomas Pares was Patron of the Benefice, and his brother William, who died in 1809, was Vicar of Ockbrook. See Cox's Churches of Derbyshire, vol. iv., pp. 207-208, and the Pares pedigree in Fletcher's Leicestershire Pedigrees and Royal Descents. | ||
Photograph by Keene. (See page 87.) |