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Memorial to a Trans-Atlantic Clergyman
For our final armorial memorial in the Cloister at Canterbury Cathedral, we find this modern plaque inset into the wall:In Memory ofThomas John ClaggettFirst Bishop of Marylandand first Bishop...
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The BIG Stained Glass Window in the Chapter House
Moving from the Cloister through a doorway into the Chapter House, the visitor is confronted at the far, east, end of the room by a huge stained glass window depicting in its main sections people...
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More Arms in the Chapter House at Canterbury Cathedral
After entering the Chapter House at Canterbury Cathedral, and finding yourself a bit overwhelmed at the sight of the large stained glass window at the eastern end of the room, if you turn around and...
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Look Up!
So, after staring in awe at the massive east window in the Chapter House at Canterbury Cathedral, and then turning around to see the smaller windows with the arms of several Archbishops and Deans, we...
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Armorial Windows in the Water Tower
Moving out of the Chapter House on our way to the interior of Canterbury Cathedral, we passed through the Water Tower, built in the 1160s. The upper section was rebuilt in the time of Prior Chilleden...
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Even the Corridors Have Heraldry In Them Here!
Moving out of the Water Tower of Canterbury Cathedral, we ran across some more heraldry in the corridor which was leading us into the body of the Cathedral itself.First was this lovely window (if you...
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An Armorial Memorial to a Lord Who Loved the Cathedral
Making our way into the Cathedral proper, we walked by this modest armorial memorial plaque:Robin Leigh-Pemberton (1927-2013), was the son of R.D. Leigh-Pemberton, educated at Eton, and won a...
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When the Window Itself is a Tribute
We next came to a window memorializing - during his lifetime - a benefactor of the Cathedral.Allan Robert Willett, CVO, CMG, KStJ (1936-2015), succeeded Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown (whose...
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An Impressive Display of Heraldry
Continuing our tour of Canterbury Cathedral, we came into a space with a number of monuments and coats of arms, but it was looking up a little that truly caught my eye! A row of angels, each bearing a...
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The Armorial Memorial to an Archbishop
It's amazing sometimes to me to see something that is at once highly ornate and at the same time a little understated.This is my reaction to the memorial (not tomb; he is buried at Addington in south...
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Resting on Someone's "Laurels"
Or, at least on their coat of arms.The benches in the nave of Canterbury Cathedral have cushions on them, so that you're not sitting on hard benches through services there.These cushions are...
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The Stuart Royal Arms
It's not at all unusual for cathedrals and even churches in England to have a display in one form or another of the Royal coat (or achievement) of arms.This carved wooden one in Canterbury Cathedral is...
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A Memorial to a Wife
For our next piece of heraldry at Canterbury Cathedral, we come to the memorial to Priscilla (Fotherby) Kingsley, erected by her husband.A (very) loose translation of the Latin text of this memorial is...
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Memorial to a Naval Officer with a Connection to the American Revolution
Our next armorial memorial in Canterbury Cathedral is to a Captain in H.M. Navy who took part in a famous (at the very least on this side of the Atlantic) naval encounter during America's Revolutionary...
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Nothing Succeeds Like Excess
So, let's say that you are the Primate of a national church, for example, the Archbishop of Canterbury. And you want people not only to remember you after you pass on, but to remember you very...
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Two Related Armorial Memorials in Canterbury Cathedral
Continuing our meandering path through Canterbury Cathedral, we came across these two armorial memorials in the floor, related because the wife of the one bears the same arms as the husband in the...
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Two More Fotherby Memorials
In our post of September 23, we saw the arms of Priscilla Fotherby, marshaling those of her husband, William Kingsley.Today, we look at the memorial with the arms of two different Thomas Fotherbys; one...
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An Officer and a Gentleman, Who Is Also a Field Marshal and an Earl
Our next armorial memorial is one erected by his friends to Field Marshal Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, Earl of Ypres.A somewhat controversial figure over the course of his career, he entered WWI...
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The Coronation(s) Window in Canterbury Cathedral
Yes, I know that they named it the "Coronation Window", but really, considering that it contains the principal parties for two different coronations, shouldn't it really be called the "Coronations...
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An Armorial Monument to a Soldier
Off in one corner of Canterbury Cathedral is St. Michael's Chapel (also called the Buffs' Chapel or the Holland Chapel), a place crowded with large memorials and closed to visitors walking in. However,...
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