Meynnart Wewyck 1460-1525

Around 1460 Meynnart Wewyck was born. The date someting of a guess. He had become established by 1502.

On 19th September 1502 Mynour, the Inglis payntour [aged 42] delivered four portraits of the English royal family to James IV of Scotland [aged 29] at Stirling Castle [Map].

In November 1503 Meynnart Wewyck [aged 43] returned to England from the Scottish Court.

Around 1510 Meynnart Wewyck [aged 50] is believed to have painted the portrait of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

Around 1510 Meynnart Wewyck [aged 50]. Portrait of Margaret Beaufort Countess Richmond in the Masters Lodge St John's College, Oxford University. Commissioned by Bishop John Fisher [aged 40]. Note the Beaufort Arms on the wall beneath which is the Beafort Portcullis. Repeated in the window. She is wearing widow's clothes, or possibly that of a convent; Gabled Headress with Lappets. On 29th March 2019, St John's College, Cambridge, which she founded, announced the portrait was original work by Wewyck.

After 1525 Meynnart Wewyck [deceased] died.