| Name |
Lady Joan Lisle c1510 to 1520 |
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| Date |
1510 - 1520 |
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| Gender |
Female |
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An altar tomb of Purbeck marble with male and female effigies (circa 1510) is thought to be an amalgam of two others. The north panel shows the arms of Courtney and Lisle. The man wears armour with Lisle/Cormeilles designs. The figures may represent Sir John and Lady Joan Lisle. The Victoria County History describes the lady's dress as follows: "The lady wears a richly decorated 'kennel' [sic] head-dress and her hair descends in long tresses behind her back; she is in a tight-fitting dress with close sleeves and a long mantle fastened apparently by a double chain at the shoulders, from which hangs a cross. Her feet are wrapped in the mantle" (Page, 1911, 4, 390).
Bibliography
Anon (undated) St Peter & St Paul, Thruxton
Pevsner, N & Lloyd, D (1967) The buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, London: Penguin, 620
Good, M (2004) The Buildings of England Database, Oxford: Oxford University Press
National Monuments Record (English Heritage), Images of England, (http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk)
Page, W (ed) (1911) Victoria County History of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 4, 387
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