Grand Tour of Winchester Part X: 200 Years of Cage Chantries: 16th Century Gothic & Renaissance: Bishop Fox (d. 1528) & Bishop Gardinder (d. 1555)
Chantries of Bishop Richard Fox & Bishop Stephen Gardiner Flanking the old shrine of St Swithin and the feretory platform at Winchester are two chantries belonging to the first half of the 16th Century. One displays the height of mastery of the late Perpendicular...
Grand Tour of Winchester Part IX: Twin Chantries of late 15th Century: Cardinal Henry Beaufort (d. 1447) and Bishop William Waynflete (d. 1486)
The two 15th century chantries that flank the shrine of St Swithun at Winchester are an exuberant expression of stone masons’ skills at the height of Perpendicular architecture. Years as Bishop Location of Chantry 1 Cardinal Henry Beaufort 1405-1447 S side of later...
Grand Tour of Winchester Part VIII: Bringing the Perpendicular to Winchester: Bishop William Edington (d. 1366) & Bishop William Wykeham (d. 1404)
Royal masons working at Winchester in the 1360s developed the ‘cage’ chantry.[i] The earliest free-standing ‘cage’ chantries in England are the two built in the nave of the cathedral. They were built for Bishop William Edington and Bishop William Wykeham. Years as...