Misericorde

Misericorde is in Armour.

Misericorde. A pointed dagger literally 'act of mercy' used to kill an injured opponent.

After 17th January 1425. Monument in Church of St Oswald, Methley [Map] to Robert Waterton [deceased] and Cecily Fleming.

York School of Carving. Crocketed arch. He in Early Plate Bascinet Period armour. Large Orle highly decorated with head resting on great helm with feathered crest. Beard with spiral twists. Collar Esses and Crowns Alternating. Misericorde. Hip Belt with decorated buckle. She wearing a squared crespine headress and small Esses Collar. Chest with Angels with Rounded Wings holding Shields. Chunky Lions Mane.

Cecily Fleming: she was born to Robert Fleming of Woodhall. Before 1398 Robert Waterton and she were married. Around 1424 she died.

St Andrew's Church, Radbourne [Map]. Alabaster Fluted Period monument in the north aisle. The identification somewhat difficult. Either Ralph Pole 1430- [aged 62] and his wife Elizabeth Moton, or their son John Pole 1450-1491, who predeceased his father, and his wife Jane Fitzherbert 1480-1519 [aged 12]. He wears a Lancastrian Esses Collar. Hawk Crest. Misericorde. The dogs on which their feet rest unusuall for chewing at her dress - usually these chewing dogs are separate - and for there being two at her feet.

Ralph Pole 1430-: Around 1430 he was born to Ralph Pole 1405-1455 and Joan Grosvenor 1416-1510.

John Pole 1450-1491: Around 1450 he was born to Ralph Pole 1430-. Before 1482 John Pole 1450-1491 and Jane Fitzherbert 1480-1519 were married. The difference in their ages was 30 years. Around 1491 John Pole 1450-1491 died.

Jane Fitzherbert 1480-1519: In 1480 she was born to John Fitzherbert 1433-1502 and Margaret Babington 1455-1502 at Codsall Wood, Staffordshire. In 1519 Jane Fitzherbert 1480-1519 died at Codsall Wood, Staffordshire.

After 11th September 1504. All Saints Church, Turvey [Map]. Monument to John Mordaunt [deceased] and Edith Latimer 1450-1504 [deceased].

Fluted Period. Angels Supporting Pillow. Dress Folds at Feet. Misericorde. Tassets. Crespine Headress. Lancastrian Esses Collar with Big Esses. Screaming Man crest, possibly Saracen's Head Crest. Harpur and Moorecock of Burton on Trent. Dogs chewing at her dress. Some uncertainty about the attribution. Dogs chewing at her dress with Studded Collar. Swirling Tail. Chunky Lions Mane.

Edith Latimer 1450-1504: Before 1479 John Greene and she were married. Around 1450 she was born to Nicholas Latimer 1432-1505 and Joan Hody at Duntish, Dorset. Before 1475 John Mordaunt and she were married. The date somewhat unreliable. Her first husband John Greene is supposed to have died in 1483 which makes the date of her marriage to John Mordaunt and the birth of her sons by him unreliable? On 1st September 1504 Edith Latimer 1450-1504 died at Turvey, Bedfordshire. She was buried at All Saints Church, Turvey [Map].