St Mary's

A small selection of other figurative images in St Mary's church.
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Stained Glass The western window of the chancel clerestory contains reconstructed panels of medieval stained glass, the remains of the glass ...
John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland (1641 – 1679) and Countess Frances (née Montague), d.1671.
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Next to the vestry door is the white marble tomb of Earl John and Countess Frances, again in roman dress. ...
George Manners, 7th Earl of Rutland (1632 –1641)
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Next to the priest’s door, the neoclassical marble effigy of Earl George, standing erect in fanciful Roman dress. This tomb ...
Francis Manners, 6th Earl of Rutland (1612–1632), Countesses Frances (née Knyvet), d.1608, and Countess Cecilia (née Tufton), d.1653.
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Southwest of the altar is the massive tomb of Earl Francis, born in 1578, third son of the 4th Earl ...
Roger Manners, 5th Earl of Rutland (1588–1612) and Countess Elizabeth (née Sidney), 1585-1612.
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Next to the altar rail on the north side of the chancel is the tomb of Earl Roger and his ...
John Manners, 4th Earl of Rutland (1587-1588), and Countess Elizabeth (née Charlton), d.1613.
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Opposite the tomb of his elder brother, Edward, is that of John the 4th Earl (born 1552) and Countess Elizabeth. ...
Edward Manners, 3rd Earl of Rutland (1563-1587) and Countess Isabel (née Holcroft).
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The alabaster tomb, by the Flemish craftsman Gerard Johanssen (Johnson) of Southwark, is the first of the four richly canopied ...
Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland (1543-1563) and Countess Margaret (née Neville), d.1560.
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The earl wears armour, his head resting on a tilt-heaume. On his left leg is the Garter. He holds a ...
Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, 12th Baron de Roos (1492–1543) and Countess Eleanor (née Paston) (d.1551).
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Sir Thomas Manners, 12th Baron de Roos, who received the Order of the Garter and in April 1525 was created ...
Medieval tombs in St Mary's
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The 1530s were a watershed in English history, when Henry VIII commanded the social and structural changes of the English ...
The 'doom' painting above the arch to the chancel
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Removal of plaster from the chancel arch revealed traces of a Doom painting. The central part, with Christ enthroned, has ...
Carvings on the interior walls of the nave, a 'sermon in stone'.
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Unlike the carvings in the clerestory, those mounted at the springers of the arches of the nave are hard to ...
Carved figures on the inside of the clerestory
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On the inside of the clerestory, roof corbels carved as angels are mounted on the slender columns of stones that ...
External carvings on the clerestory of St Mary's
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The clerestory appears to have been constructed later than the tower, perhaps around the middle of the 15th Century, ostensibly ...
Carvings on the southern elevation of the south transept at St Mary's
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The external face of the southern transept carries two lifelike gargoyles known as the ‘bellman’ and the ‘alewife’, as wellas ...
Gargoyles, grotesques and fleurons on the parapet frieze of the Tower at St Mary's.
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Despite its great size and height, the tower and spire of St Mary’s carries few figurative carvings, but they are ...
Angels & Dragons, exterior of aisles
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Gargoyles are mounted on the parapet of the wall of the south aisle and south porch. There is a tiny ...
Angels & Dragons, historic framework, aisles interior
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Late 12th or 13th Century – an Early-English gothic church was erected. There may have been an Anglo-Saxon church at ...
Angels and Dragons: Faces at St Mary the Virgin, Bottesford
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Not Forgetting - Chapter 4: Church and Chapel
A guide to Hatchments on display in Bottesford Church
An exhibition created by John Daybell, November 2013
Dedication of the Bottesford War Memorials
June 2nd 1921 and October 31st 1950
The 'Holliers' of St Mary's church tower
Where does the name it come from?
The Ale-Wife and the Bell Man
A poem read by the parch to St Mary's church, Bottesford