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NAME TYPE MATERIAL DATE Hamon Bellars Cross-legged knight Freestone 1303

Depicted in a coif de maile, Hamon carries a red shield charged with a lion rampant sable. He wears a plaited belt from which hangs his badly damaged sword, at the tip of which lies a squashed frog (q.v. Wymondham), a possible symbol of participation in one of the crusades. At his feet lies a dog. Over the effigy is a very misleading late seventeenth century plaque: This is the Lord Hamon Belers, brother to the Lord Mowbray. This cannot be so, as the effigy is not old enough to be of Lord Hamon's time (mid-12th century), unless it was erected many years after his death. There was, however, another Hamon Bellars who died in 1303. As the fashion for cross-legged effigies lasted from about 1240 to about 1350 the effigy is, therefore, almost certainly his. Sepulchral Effigies of Leicestershire and Rutland Text copyright Max Matthews 2002. Selected text copyright Bob Trubshaw 2025–6. Images copyright Max Matthews 2002 or Bob Trubshaw 2002, 2025–6. No copying or reproduction without prior written permission. Published by Heart of Albion Press Back to top of this page This website does not gather or store any visitor information.