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Edmund 'Crouchback' The monument. Edmund has a large monument with his effigy in mail armour with crossed legs. His long surcoat has traces of the arms of the earldom, the head is supported by two angels and his feet rest on a lion. Traces of flesh coloured paint can be seen around his face.
On 24 March 1301, Edmund's body was transported to St Paul's Cathedral and later moved to Westminster Abbey, where it was laid to rest in an elaborate tomb near the resting place of Edmund's first wife, Aveline de Forz. Family Coat of arms of Edmund Crouchback and the House of Lancaster Issue
- 24 March 1301, Westminster Abbey
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Edmund (Crouchback), Earl of Lancaster tomb Edmund, brother to Edward I , died in 1296. On the base of his tomb on the north side are the remains of a painting depicting ten knights in mail armour and surcoats, although only a few can now be made out.
Aug 16, 2023 · Biography. Edmund (Plantagenet) Crouchback is a member of the House of Lancaster. Names. Edmund Plantagenet, 1st Earl of Lancaster and Leicester (16 Jan 1245 – 5 Jun 1296) Edmund Crouchback. Titles. King of Sicily.
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- The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, church, monastic and collegiate buildings, occupies a site bounded by New Palace Yard, St. Margaret's Churchyard, Broad Sanctuary, Dean's Yard and College Street.
- Historical Development—The earliest work remaining in the church is the respond bases in the presbytery and the foundations of part of the main apse, all parts of the church begun by Edward the Confessor soon after his accession in 1042, and consecrated in 1065.
- The Eastern Arm (Plate 29) of the church (78 ft. by 33½ ft.) is formed by a fivesided apse and three straight bays, and contains Edward the Confessor's chapel and the presbytery, the latter occupying the two western bays and being separated from the former by a stone screen.
- The Ambulatory (14½ ft. wide) has free or engaged piers similar to those supporting the main arcade. The vault consists of two rectangular bays on each side and seven irregular bays encircling the apse; all are of quadripartite form with moulded ribs and bosses at the intersections, all carved with foliage except one at the N. side, which is carved with four angels.
Edmund of Lancaster died at the age of fifty-one, on 5 June 1296 in Bayonne, during the siege of Bordeaux. His body remained in France six months before being returned to England when it was interred at Westminster Abbey on 24 March 1301, where his recumbent effigy, can still be seen, next to the tomb of his brother Edward I.
He was born at the Palace of Westminster in London, England on January 16, 1245. King Henry III named him after his favorite saint, Edmund the Martyr, King of East Anglia who was killed in 869 by Vikings on the orders of Ivar the Boneless and his brother Ubba.
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