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The Mowbray Legacy - Photographs
SITE
OF A MOWBRAY CASTLE AT OWSTON FERRY This
photograph of the motte (mound) where the keep of Sir Roger de Mowbray’s castle
stood at Kinard Ferry (now Owston Ferry) was taken from the elevated churchyard; there is a steep drop over the
church wall. The
moat, or ditch, can still be seen in places, and the soil from there would have
been piled up to make the motte. The castle was one of a number belonging to
Roger destroyed as punishment for his rebellion against Henry II in the
1170’s. The beautiful church stands in the bailey (courtyard) of the old
castle. Locally the motte is known as ‘Castle Hill’. Among
the descendants of Roger, a crusader, are Queen Elizabeth II, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,
George W. Bush, Diana, Princess of Wales and Audrey Hepburn. Photo © Marilyn Roberts
THE SITE OF THE MOWBRAY MANOR
HOUSE BESIDE ST.
ANDREW’S CHURCH, EPWORTH . The
church is known worldwide for its association with the Wesley family and it was
here that John Wesley stood on his father Samuel’s tomb to preach when denied access
to the building. A carved Mowbray lion, already hundreds of years old
when John Wesley was born, can be found in the porch.
A
MOWBRAY FOUNDATION: BYLAND ABBEY IN NORTH YORKSHIRE The
original was founded a few miles away in 1143 by Roger de Mowbray and his mother
Gundred de Gournay; these newer buildings, also associated with them, date from 1177.
BYLAND
ABBEY The
crusader Sir Roger de Mowbray and his mother are said to be buried here, although it
is likely that Roger was buried in what is present day Lebanon. Joan Plantagenet, wife
of John, 3rd Lord Mowbray, was buried before the altar here in 1349,
a victim of the Black Death.
CHASING LADY MOWBRAY' S HOOD THE
MAIN PLAYERS IN THE HAXEY HOOD GAME,
6th January 2003 The
Lord of the Hood (Phil Coggan) The
Chief Boggin (Ian Dawes), holding the modern 'hood' – the original is said to have
belonged to an early Lady Mowbray and was retrieved for her by peasants working
in a muddy field after the wind blew it away. The
Fool (Dale Smith)
MOWBRAY
LION FLOOR TILE
EXCAVATED
FROM THE VINEGARTH SITE, EPWORTH.
THE MOWBRAY LION, HOLY TRINITY CHURCH,
GOODRAMGATE, YORK In the stained glass the lion is white rather
than silver.
MOWBRAY
SHIELD ON THE POST AT GREEN HILL, HAXEY
THE
MOWBRAY LION AT LOW MELWOOD Carving
on remains of the Carthusian Monastery, or Charterhouse, founded by Thomas Mowbray near Epworth in
1397. Augustine Webster, a prior here, was hanged, drawn and quartered in the
reign of Henry VIII for refusing to recognise the king as the Supreme Head of
the Church.
THE
TOWER OF LONDON - NO PLACE FOR A BOY AND HIS MOTHER Eleven-year-old
John,
3rd Lord Mowbray and his terrified mother, the Lady Alina, were incarcerated
here by Edward II.
THOMAS
MOWBRAY'S WIDOW, ELIZABETH
FITZALAN, AND SIR ROBERT GOUSHILL, HOVERINGHAM CHURCH. Tomb
effigies in St. Michael and All Angels, Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire. Elizabeth
was Thomas Mowbray’s widow, and Sir Robert Goushill, his former retainer, was the third of her four husbands.
LADY ANNE MOWBRAY’S
GRANDFATHER - JOHN
TALBOT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY. Seen
here in the garb of a mourning figure, or ‘weeper’ on the tomb of his
father-in-law, Richard
Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. Talbot's daughter, Elizabeth, married the last
Mowbray Duke of Norfolk.
RICHARD
NEVILLE, ‘WARWICK THE KINGMAKER’ The
power and influence of the Mowbrays were eclipsed somewhat by the prolific
Neville family during the Wars of the Roses Richard
Neville, who became Earl of Warwick, was another of Beauchamp’s sons-in-law. His daughter,
Anne Neville, married Richard III.
A MOWBRAY AND A HOWARD - ELIZABETH TALBOT AND ELIZABETH TILNEY Elizabeth
Talbot, Duchess of Norfolk, (left) was the mother of Lady Anne Mowbray, making her the mother-in-law of the
younger of
the Princes in the Tower. Elizabeth Tilney was the wife of Margaret Mowbray's grandson,
Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk. Anne Boleyn was her granddaughter, as was Kathryn Howard PLEASE NOTE THAT PHOTOGRAPHS ON ANY PART OF THE QUEENS-HAVEN PUBLICATIONS WEBSITE ARE SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT AND SHOULD NOT BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S). For enquiries please email: info@queens-haven.co.uk
Complete list of photographs from The Mowbray Legacy: ARMS
OF THE BISHOP OF DURHAM Reproduced by kind permission of Durham County Council. © Durham County CouncilBAMBURGH
CASTLE, NORTHUMBERLAND A
stronghold of Robert de Mowbray, whose wife was forced to surrender it. MAGNA
CARTA PUBLIC HOUSE SIGN IN LINCOLN. One
of only four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta of 1215 can be seen at Lincoln Castle a few yards
away. BYLAND
ABBEY, NORTH YORKSHIRE The
original was founded a few miles away in 1143 by Roger de Mowbray and his mother
Gundred de Gournay; these buildings date from 1177. KINARD
CASTLE MOTTE, OWSTON FERRY This
photograph of the motte (mound) where the keep of Roger de Mowbray’s castle
stood, was taken from the elevated churchyard; there is a drop over the wall.
The moat, or ditch, can still be seen in places, and the soil from there would
have been piled up to make the motte. The beautiful church stands in the bailey
(courtyard) of the old castle. Locally the motte is known as ‘Castle Hill’.
ST.
ANDREW’S CHURCH EPWORTH AND THE SITE OF THE MOWBRAY MANOR HOUSE. The
church is known worldwide for its association with the Wesley family and it was
here that John Wesley stood on his father’s tomb to preach when denied access
to the building MOWBRAY LION Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York Photo M. Roberts courtesy of the Churches' Conservation Trust MOWBRAY
LION FLOOR TILE EXCAVATED FROM THE VINEGARTH SITE, EPWORTH (detail). GRIM
REMINDER OF THE SCOTTISH CAMPAIGNS, SMITHFIELD, LONDON Monument
to William Wallace who was hanged, drawn and quartered in an area between St.
Bartholomew’s Hospital (Bart’s) and the Church of St. Bartholomew the Great,
both of which remain. FOUNTAINS
ABBEY, NORTH YORKSHIRE Burial
place of Roger, First Lord Mowbray; family members were benefactors for
centuries. Reproduced
by kind permission of Harrogate International Centre.
©
Harrogate
International Centre
ARMS
OF HUGH LE DESPENSER THE ELDER; WINCHESTER GREAT HALL. The
Despensers, father and son, were responsible for the death of John, 2nd
Lord Mowbray in 1322. Photo
M. Roberts, by kind permission of Hampshire County Council
CLIFFORD’S TOWER YORK. After the Battle of Boroughbridge Sir Roger de Clifford was hanged and his body suspended from the walls of the keep of York Castle; hence ‘Clifford’s Tower’. LADY ALINA DE MOWBRAY Alina de Braose was imprisoned in the Tower with her young son when her husband was hanged at York. Photo
courtesy of the City and County of Swansea . ©
City
and County of Swansea THE
MAIN PLAYERS IN THE HAXEY HOOD GAME, 2003 LIVING
PROOF THAT A FOOL CAN BECOME A LORD! Stan
Boor was first the Fool, then Lord, of the Haxey Hood. Fortunately in
World War II young lads like Stan and the older men of the villages kept the
ancient tradition alive. This photograph from the 1970’s shows him with the
late Peter Bee (the Fool, centre) and the late Arthur Clark (Chief Boggin). Photo
reproduced by kind permission of Mr. S. Boor BYLAND
ABBEY Joan
Plantagenet, Lady Mowbray, was buried before the altar here in 1349. NO
PLACE FOR A BOY AND HIS MOTHER The
Tower of London; John, 3rd Lord Mowbray and his mother the Lady Alina
were incarcerated here by Edward II. DURHAM
CATHEDRAL Durham
monks prayed for an English victory at Neville’s Cross Reproduced
by kind permission of Durham County Council.
©
Durham
County Council
HAXEY
CHURCH: ‘THE CATHEDRAL OF THE ISLE’
The
Mowbray Deed was kept here. The window on the right has a small Mowbray Lion.
There is no trace of the original stained glass portrait of John de Mowbray. THE
MOWBRAY LION Carving
on remains of the Carthusian Monastery founded by Thomas Mowbray near Epworth. Photo
M. Roberts, by kind permission of Mr. R. Thornton
TOWER
HILL One of the memorial plaques to victims of the axe. Notice that it was not long before Richard Fitzalan followed his own ‘victim’ Sir Simon de Burley. ELIZABETH
FITZALAN AND SIR ROBERT GOUSHILL, HOVERINGHAM. Tomb
effigies in St. Michael and All Angels, Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire. Photo.
M. Roberts, by kind permission of the Churchwardens
LADY
MARGARET BEAUFORT, MOTHER OF HENRY TUDOR Image
on the gatehouse of an Oxford college founded by her. Note the Tudor iconography
– the ubiquitous rose and portcullis, the latter being one of Lady
Margaret’s own badges. MICKLEGATE
BAR, YORK Detail of one of the
medieval gates (or bars) to the city. The heads of Richard of York and his young
son Edmund were exhibited here on spikes. THE MOWBRAY AND PERCY LIONS, HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, GOODRAMGATE, YORK Mowbray
on the right is the clearer image; in the glass the lion is white rather than
silver, while the Percy lion is blue (azure). Thomas Mowbray Earl of Nottingham
and Henry Percy (Shakespeare’s ‘Harry Hotspur’) perished in the rebellions
against Henry IV. Photo M. Roberts by kind permission of
the Churches' Conservation Trust
RICHARD
NEVILLE; ‘WARWICK THE KINGMAKER’ Neville
is seen here in the garb of a mourning figure, or ‘weeper’ on the tomb of
Richard Beauchamp, his father-in-law. His daughter Anne Neville married Richard
III. Photo
M. Roberts by kind permission of St. Mary’s Church, Warwick
TOWTON,
MEMORIAL TO THE FALLEN; PALM SUNDAY 29th MARCH 1461 Site
of the worst carnage of any battle fought on English soil; the arrival of John
Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and his men was said to have saved the
day for the Yorkists. ELIZABETH
TALBOT, DUCHESS OF NORFOLK AND MOTHER OF LADY ANNE MOWBRAY Wife
of the last Mowbray Duke, Elizabeth was the daughter of Margaret Beauchamp who
imprisoned Lady Isabel Mowbray. Photo
M. Roberts by kind permission of Rev. Ian M.G. Friars, Long Melford Church,
Suffolk JOHN TALBOT, EARL OF SHREWSBURY, LADY ANNE MOWBRAY'S GRANDFATHER. Photo
M. Roberts by kind permission of St. Mary’s Church, Warwick
THE
TOMB OF RICHARD BEAUCHAMP, EARL OF WARWICK One
of the finest late medieval tombs in the country, it still retains the hearse
over which a rich cloth would be draped when prayers were not being said for
Beauchamp’s soul. Photo
M. Roberts by kind permission of St. Mary’s Church, Warwick
THE
BEAUCHAMP TOMB The
great man’s son Henry and daughter-in-law, Cecilia Neville, lead the mourners
depicted on the sides of the tomb. Photo
M. Roberts by kind permission of St. Mary’s Church, Warwick
THE
LADIES OF THE BEAUCHAMP TOMB: Cecilia
Neville Alice
Montagu Eleanor
Beauchamp Anne
Neville Margaret
Beauchamp (Lady Anne Mowbray's grandmother) Anne Beauchamp Photos M. Roberts by kind permission of St. Mary’s Church, Warwick ELIZABETH
TILNEY, Duchess of Norfolk Wife
of the second Howard Duke and grandmother of both Anne Boleyn and Kathryn Howard Photo M. Roberts by kind permission of Rev. Ian M.G. Friars, Long Melford Church, SuffolkDOCUMENT
OF THOMAS MOWBRAY, EARL OF NOTTINGHAM, from the Court Roll of the Manor of
Crowle, 1392 “Memorandum
that the reverend lord Lord Thomas de Mowbray, Earl Marshal and Nottingham, sent
his venerable letters to dominus John de Shireburn, abbot of Selby,
concerning granting the office of forester of the said abbot at Crowle to a
certain valet of him the lord Earl, the tenor of which letter follows in these
words…” (Notice that the beginning of the fifth line Thomas Mowbray is called “lord of Mowbray and of Segrave…”.) Reproduced
by kind permission of Lincolnshire
Archives MOWBRAY
SHIELD IN HAXEY VILLAGE MOWBRAY
LION FLOOR TILE FROM EPWORTH THE
MOWBRAY STONE Annotated drawing by Rawdon Brown At one time it was thought that the carved slab found in Venice might be the lid of Thomas Mowbray's coffin. Reproduced
by kind permission of the Society of Genealogists, London.
© Society of Genealogists
THE MOWBRAY STONE -detail Reproduced by kind permission of the Society of Genealogists, London. © Society of Genealogists
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