St James: founded as a College of 12 Priests in 1348; south aspect is Victorian
St James: view from the east; mid c14 Perpendicular tower behind with 8 pinnacles, probably from original building
St James: current nave & original south aisle, later c14; new chancel (originally chapel of Holy Trinity) with reticulated east window
St James: original c14 Decorated nave, now inner north aisle
St James: former chancel & now Willoughby chapel with its monuments from mid c14 to end of c16, restored 1879
St James: tomb of Richard Bertie d.1582 & wife Catherine (Willoughby)
St James: tomb of Richard Bertie d.1582 & wife Catherine (Willoughby)
St James: tomb of Richard Bertie 1582; monk, saracen & wild man hold shields of Willoughby quartering Bec, Bec quartering Ufford & Bertie (three battering rams quartering a castle)
St James: inscription from the Richard Bertie tomb, 1580
St James: bust of Richard Bertie, d.1582; he was Master of Horse to the Duchess of Suffolk who he later married
St James: bust of Catherine Bertie (nee Willoughby) d.1580 and formerly wife of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
St James: John Willoughby, 2nd Lord of Eresby, 1349, founder of College, & wife Joan (Rosceline)
St James: John Willoughby, 2nd Lord of Eresby,1349; neck covered by camail; fought at Crecy
St James: Joan Rosceline, wife of John Willoughby, d.1354; cote hardie & mantle
St James: tomb of John Willoughby, 3rd Lord of Eresby, 1372; shields depicting emblems of his family
St James: John Willoughby, 3rd Lord of Eresby, 1372; head rests on helm; fought at Poitiers
St James: detail from the tomb of John Willoughby, 1372, showing bedesman or monk with rosary
St James: alabaster tomb of Robert Willoughby, 4th Lord of Eresby, 1396
St James: Robert Willoughby, 4th Lord of Eresby, 1396; retainer of John of Gaunt
St James: Elizabeth (Latimer), third wife of Robert Willoughby, 4th Lord of Eresby, d.1395
St James: tomb of Peregrine Bertie, d.1601, erected 1612 in Renaissance style
St James: Peregine Bertie's daughter Catherine (Watson) d.1610 below with baby
St James: William Willoughby, 5th Lord of Eresby, 1409, & wife Lucy (Strange)
St James: William Willoughby, 5th Lord of Eresby, KG, 1409
St James: Lucy (Strange), wife of William Willoughby, 5th Lord
St James: Margery, Zouche, d.1391, second wife of Robert Willoughby, 4th Lord
St James: Margery, Zouche, d.1391
St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Willoughby, comprising quartered arms of Ufford (sable a cross engrailed or) & Bec (gules a cross moline argent)
St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Ros (gules, three water boughets argent)
St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Welles (or a lion rampant queue fourchee sable)
St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Bohun (azure, a bend argent cotised between six lioncels or)
St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Zouche (gules bezantee a canton or)
St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Beaumont (azure semee de lys, a lion rampant or)
Entry Name: Church of St James
Listing Date: 3 February 1967
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1308892
English Heritage Legacy ID: 196166
ID on this website: 101308892
Location: St James's Church, Spilsby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, PE23
County: Lincolnshire
District: East Lindsey
Civil Parish: Spilsby
Built-Up Area: Spilsby
Traditional County: Lincolnshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire
Church of England Parish: Spilsby St James
Church of England Diocese: Lincoln