Church of St John the Baptist

St John the Baptist: coarse limestone church dating from late c13
St John the Baptist: Perpendicular late c14 three stage west tower; windows in chancel & clerestory added c15
St John the Baptist: view from the north-east; porch added or rebuilt c15
St John the Baptist: nave with late c13 arcades; octagonal piers & double chamfered arches; restored 1856, south aisle built 1926
St John the Baptist: freestone table tomb to Roger Wake, d.1504, & wife Elizabeth Catesby of Ashby St Legers; brasses on Purbeck marble top
St John the Baptist: brasses on the tomb to Roger Wake, d.1504, & wife Elizabeth Catesby, ten children, shields & marginal inscription
St John the Baptist: Roger Wake, d.1504; fought for king at Bosworth, attainted after but reversed 1487
St John the Baptist: Elizabeth (nee Catesby of Ashby St Legers), wife of Roger Wake, d.1504
St John the Baptist: sons from the brass to Roger Wake, d.1504; short loose gowns
St John the Baptist: daughters from the brass to Roger Wake, d.1504; similar gowns to their mother
St John the Baptist: shield from the brass of Roger Wake, d.1504; Wake impaling Catesby
St John the Baptist: shield at side of tomb & knot; Wake impaling Clare (or three cheverons gules) & the Wake knot
St John the Baptist: memorial to Margaret Blackey, d.1673