Chapel of St Stephen

A Grade I Listed Building in Bures St. Mary, Suffolk

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St Stephen: Early English chapel consecrated in 1218 by Archbishop Stephen Langton on site of martyrdom of St Edmund in 855
St Stephen: from the south; used as a barn until reconsecrated in 1940; single celled building with thatched roof; single lancet windows
St Stephen: triple lancet east window; consecration crosses on walls; de Vere tombs moved from Earls Colne Priory in 1935
St Stephen: effigy of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (d.1296) over later tomb of c.1340; cross legged with boar at feet
St Stephen: Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (d.1296); fought for Simon de Montfort in Baron's war
St Stephen: tomb under effigy of Robert de Vere, 5th Earl of Oxford (d.1296) of later date, c.1340; cusped & crocketed ogee arches
St Stephen: Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (d.1371) on alabaster tomb with canopied niches
St Stephen: Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford (d.1371) with star of Oxford on jupon; took part in French wars from 1369
St Stephen: cloaked weepers from the tomb of Thomas de Vere, 8th Earl of Oxford, 1371 under nodding ogee arches
St Stephen: tomb of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (d.1417) & wife Alice Sergeaux; angels holding shields
St Stephen: effigies of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (d.1417) & wife Alice Sergeaux
St Stephen: Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (d.1417); commander at Agincourt with Lancastrian SS collar & star of Oxford
St Stephen: Alice Sergeaux of Cornwall (d.1452), wife of Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford (d.1417); horned headdress, pillow supported by angels
St Stephen: dog with bell collar at skirts of Alice Sergeaux, 1417