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A pelican with a serpent in its beak at the feet of Anne Bruce (died 1628) in Exton church.
Rutland's sepulchral effigies
Seventeen churches in Rutland have one or more sepulchral effigies. The links below are to a web site researched and written by Max Wade Matthews.
The effigies in Exton church are some of the best in the country, let alone the county.
Both Ashwell and Tickencote have effigies of a knight carved from wood rather than stone, both rare survival from the fourteenth century.
The memorial by Grinling Gibbons to Baptist and Elizabeth Noel (died 1680s), also in Exton church. No less than twenty-five different people are portrayed, probably the most complex effigy in the country.
Ashwell
Belton in Rutland
Brooke
Burley
Edith Weston
Exton
Great Casterton
Hambleton
Lyddington
Manton
North Luffenham
Oakham
Ridlington
Seaton
South Luffenham
Stoke Dry
Tickencote
Tixover
Last on this list, but not least, is this double memorial to Roger and Margaret Dale at Tixover. He died in 1623.
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