Illustrated Dictionary of British Churches - Cartouche Definition

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Cartouche

An ornamental shield or tablet, often containing an heraldic device (coat of arms). Cartouches are often decorated with fanciful scrolled edges representing rolled parchment or paper. Cartouches are often found upon late medieval and Elizabethan tombs.

Poughill, Cornwall

Poughill, Cornwall




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This wandering priest was leader of the Peasant's Revolt of 1381. He made famous the rhyming couplet, 'When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman'



08 June, 793

Vikings sack Lindisfarne

Vikings sacked Lindisfarne, Northumbria. This Viking raid was part of ongoing Viking attacks that forced the monks of Lindisfarne to abandon their monastery and take the body of St Dunstan on a journey that eventually ended at Durham Cathedral.

This king's most famous mistress was Jane Shore, daughter of a wealthy London merchant



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