Searching for info: Richard Willoughby's armour
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:53 am
Good afternoon everyone,
I'm researching what I want for my new armour, and I stumbled upon a style of English armour which I like very much. I found it first on Gothic Eye in the harnesses of Richard Qautremayne and his son:
I continued my search and found another harness with the same style of pauldrons, but the armour in overal is more to my liking. It's the armour of Richard Willoughby.
This is the only image I could find of it, and as you can see, it's more than a bit obscure. I was hoping that anyone here has a more clear image of this monumental brass or even has pictures of the original brass. I already sent an e-mail to the church, but haven't heard from them yet.
For who is interested, here's some more info I could find:
[quote]
RICHARD WILLOUGHBY AND WIFE. 1467 and 1471.
CHURCH OF ST. LEONARD, WOLLATON.
Beneath a canopy, on a Purbeck marble slab in the chancel of St. Leonard’s Church, Wollaton, is a brass in memory of Richard Willoughby and his wife. This is the earliest military brass in the county. He died in 1471.
The figure shews the squire clad in full defensive armour of the best period, and the brass is finely engraved. It is 36in. in height.
His head rests on his helmet with the visor raised, and the Willoughby crest, richly mantled with oak leaves, is also shewn.
His hair, as usual in Yorkist brasses, is closely cropped. Round his neck is the standard of mail. On his left shoulder he wears a pauldron of five ridges, and on his right an epauliere of five plates, with an oblong palette over right arm-pit. His coudieres are enormous, that on the left being the larger. His gauntiets of steel have finger plates which completely cover the fingers. On his body is the cuirass, to which is attached a taces of five lames, with two tuiles to cover the thighs, buckled to the bottom lames. On his legs are cuisses, genouilÂlières with additional plates pointed beneath, and jambes, while on his feet are long, pointed sollerets. A plain, short hilted sword and misericorde complete his arms. He is shewn standing on a whelk-shaped shell, the badge of the family. There are others on the slab.
The lady is shewn with the horned or mitred headÂdress, then disappearing. The veil only reaches to the neck. She wears a sideless côte hardie. Over all a long, flowing mantle. A gold chain, from which is suspended a jewelled cross, hangs round her neck. Two small belied dogs are playing at her feet. The lady died four years before her husband. The figure is 34in. in height.
The inscription round the chamfered edge of the tomb records the dates of their deaths, and Thoroton gives some additional words now missing.
Mr. George Fellows gives a very interesting account of this brass in his book on Wollaton.
Three shields appear above the figures.
INSCRIPTION.
“Hic jacet Ricus Willughby
Armiger qui obiit VII die Octob anno
domini Jhu XVI Millimo CCCC°LXXI et
Anna ux ejus que obiit XXIII die
mensis Julii A° ejusdem dni M°CCCC°LXVII.â€
I'm researching what I want for my new armour, and I stumbled upon a style of English armour which I like very much. I found it first on Gothic Eye in the harnesses of Richard Qautremayne and his son:
I continued my search and found another harness with the same style of pauldrons, but the armour in overal is more to my liking. It's the armour of Richard Willoughby.
This is the only image I could find of it, and as you can see, it's more than a bit obscure. I was hoping that anyone here has a more clear image of this monumental brass or even has pictures of the original brass. I already sent an e-mail to the church, but haven't heard from them yet.
For who is interested, here's some more info I could find:
[quote]
RICHARD WILLOUGHBY AND WIFE. 1467 and 1471.
CHURCH OF ST. LEONARD, WOLLATON.
Beneath a canopy, on a Purbeck marble slab in the chancel of St. Leonard’s Church, Wollaton, is a brass in memory of Richard Willoughby and his wife. This is the earliest military brass in the county. He died in 1471.
The figure shews the squire clad in full defensive armour of the best period, and the brass is finely engraved. It is 36in. in height.
His head rests on his helmet with the visor raised, and the Willoughby crest, richly mantled with oak leaves, is also shewn.
His hair, as usual in Yorkist brasses, is closely cropped. Round his neck is the standard of mail. On his left shoulder he wears a pauldron of five ridges, and on his right an epauliere of five plates, with an oblong palette over right arm-pit. His coudieres are enormous, that on the left being the larger. His gauntiets of steel have finger plates which completely cover the fingers. On his body is the cuirass, to which is attached a taces of five lames, with two tuiles to cover the thighs, buckled to the bottom lames. On his legs are cuisses, genouilÂlières with additional plates pointed beneath, and jambes, while on his feet are long, pointed sollerets. A plain, short hilted sword and misericorde complete his arms. He is shewn standing on a whelk-shaped shell, the badge of the family. There are others on the slab.
The lady is shewn with the horned or mitred headÂdress, then disappearing. The veil only reaches to the neck. She wears a sideless côte hardie. Over all a long, flowing mantle. A gold chain, from which is suspended a jewelled cross, hangs round her neck. Two small belied dogs are playing at her feet. The lady died four years before her husband. The figure is 34in. in height.
The inscription round the chamfered edge of the tomb records the dates of their deaths, and Thoroton gives some additional words now missing.
Mr. George Fellows gives a very interesting account of this brass in his book on Wollaton.
Three shields appear above the figures.
INSCRIPTION.
“Hic jacet Ricus Willughby
Armiger qui obiit VII die Octob anno
domini Jhu XVI Millimo CCCC°LXXI et
Anna ux ejus que obiit XXIII die
mensis Julii A° ejusdem dni M°CCCC°LXVII.â€
