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No. I.— GEORGE DE CANTELUPE (c. 1275). 



This figure, carved in oak, is the most ancient, and one of the most interesting 

 of these knijjhtly effigies. It is about 5ft. 4in. in length, and represents a young 

 man in armour, of slender and graceful frame and handsome countenance. The 

 head rests on two cushions, the upper being placed diagonally on the lower one ; 

 the left leg is crossed over the right ; the feet, still perfect, resting on a lion, 

 whose head has long since been wanting. The effigy is supposed to have been 

 originally painted and gilt. The details of the chain armour and other portions 

 would thus be delineated instead of being carved in relief. From the style of the 

 armour, the date has been fixed as about 1275, or the latter part of the 13th century, 

 that is a century earlier than the Church it now lies in. The figure and bed on 

 which it lies are formed from a block of wood hollow throughout, originally made 

 so with a view of better preservation and to avoid cracking, and without doubt 

 it was coloured. It is one of the very finest of the few remaining wooden effigies. 

 The one at Gloucester to the Conqueror's son is not so perfect. The one at 

 Marcle is very bare, and that at Haywood is of an ecclesiastic of much less 

 interest.* 



The effigy, from its date, is supposed to represent George de Cantelupe, 

 the son of William de Cantelupe and Eva, the daughter of William de Braose, 

 and heiress in her own right of the Lordship of Abergavenny. He was born at 

 Abergavenny on Good Friday, 12.33, and died on St. Mark's Day, the 25th April, 

 1273. He married a daughter of Edmund Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, but left no issue, 

 and was the last of the line of Cantelupe, who held the Lordship of Abergavenny. 



No. IL-SIR WILLIAM HASTINGS? (1349). 



An effigy, carved in freestone, which is believed to have been brought from 

 the Dundry Quarries, near Bristol, and apparently undisturbed. It represents a 

 knight in armour of the 14th century style. It lies in a recess under a window. 

 It is about G feet long. The head rests on a cushion. Part of the body and right 

 arm have been broken away, probably removing the shield mentioned in Church- 

 yard's poem : — 



His shield of black he bears on brest, 

 A white crosse plain thereon, 

 A raggid sleeve in top and crest 

 All wrought in goodly stone. 



The right-hand grasps the end of his dagger ; a sword is at his left side ; and 

 the right leg passes over the left. The small semi-octagonal pedestal is stated by 

 Symonds to have held the helmet of the knight ; but, if so, it must have been a 

 very small one. The effigy seems to have been a likeness, and to have represented 

 a man of at least thirty years of age, with fat swollen features, and an unpleasant 

 expression. 



* There is also in Clifford Church, near Hay, an ancient effigy of an ecclesiastic, carved out 

 of a block of oak, hollowed out posteriously, in an excellent state of preservation. (Edit.) 



