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REPLY1851

CARDINAL'S MONUMENT

By W. B. (19. Winchester Place, St. Saviour's, Southwark)

Your correspondent and querist, J. D. A., asks for some information respecting the coat of arms surmounted by a cardinal's hat, sculptured and affixed to one of the pillars of the south transept in St. Saviour's Church, Southwark. I send in reply an extract from a now scarce book, Arthur Tiler's *History and Antiquities of St. Saviour's*, 1765, with which all the later historians of the church agree:— "Anno 1400. 2 Hen. IV. "The whole church was new built about this time; Henry Beaufort (second son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, son of Edward III.), Cardinal of St. Eusebius, and Bishop o…

Topics: Coat of Arms, Cardinal's Monument, Church History

Locations: St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, Winchester