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Withcote Chapel

A Grade I Listed Building in Withcote, Leicestershire

Medieval stained glass, Withcote Chapel

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Stained glass window north 1. St John pertrayed as a young man, St Andrew with X cross and St Peter (named as Petrus) with key to gates of Heaven. The upper panels contain Henry VIIIs Royal Arms, Crowned, quarterly 1 and 4, Azure three fleurs de lys or (France moderne), 2 and 3 Gules three lions passant guardant or (England). Flanking this is a Crowned fleur de lys or within a bordure gules, representing the Angevin (Plantagenet) descent to Henrys kingship, and a Crowned rose of Lancaster within a bordure azure, for the Lancastrian descent after John of Gaunt. The bottom panels represent Jesus crucified between the two thieves (Matthew 27.38). (Photo Mar 2010).

Uploaded by Andrew H Jackson
on 25 August 2014

Photo ID: 111325
Building ID: 101074845
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