Church of St Peter

A Grade I Listed Building in Coughton, Warwickshire

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Church of St Peter, Coughton
Coughton, Parish Church, St Peter
St Peter: Perpendicular church of late c15 & early c16; mainly work of Robert Throckmorton d.1518; nave arcades with lozenge shaped piers & hollowed chamfered arches
St Peter: chancel arch & two-bay chapel arcades of simpler style and slightly later than in nave
St Peter: five light east window, c.1530; three Sibyls (heads restored); earlier heraldic fragments include arms of Spiney, Tudor Rose, Royal Arms, arms of Castile & Aragon & a pomegranate
St Peter: tomb chest for Robert Throckmorton 1468-1518, rebuilder of church, died in the Holy Land; appropriated by a later Sir Robert in 1791; cusped quatrefoils with shields
St Peter: Purbeck marble tomb chest (9 ft long) with two quatrefoils & shields of George Throckmorton, d.1552/3 & wife Katherine Vaux; quartered arms of Throckmorton; opposed the Reformation & Boleyn marriage, sympathised with Pilgrimage of Grace
St Peter: George Throckmorton, d.1552/3, eng. c.1535 & wife Katherine, children & shields below
St Peter: Lady Katherine Vaux; pedimental headdress, loose mantle
St Peter: part of the inscription from the tomb of George Throckmorton & Katherine Vaux, 1552/3
St Peter: shield from the tomb of George Throckmorton & Katherine Vaux, 1552/3
St Peter: alabaster tomb chest of Robert Throckmorton d.1570, son of Sir George & Katherine Vaux
St Peter: John Throckmorton of Feckenham, (brother of Robert) d.1580 & wife Margery
St Peter: alabaster effigy of John Throckmorton, d.1580, in legal robes
St Peter: alabaster effigy of Margery (Puttenham) wife of John Throckmorton, d.1580; widow's hood, pleated dress