Richard Pembridge
Dissolution of the Monasteries[1]
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Sir Richard Pembridge (died 1375),
Knights of the Garter
.
Career
A Herefordshire man whose family background is uncertain, he fought at sea at the
Knight of the Garter in 1368. In 1372 he refused to accept the post of Lieutenant of Ireland
and as a result was in some disgrace at his death in 1375.
Marriage and children
He married Elizabeth le Strange (d.1362), a daughter of
Gerard de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle (1304-1360)of Kingston Lisle
. By Elizabeth he had one son:
- Henry Pembridge (1360-1375), who died at the age of 15 and predeceased his father.
Death and succession
He was buried in the Black Friars Monastery in Hereford. As he died without surviving issue his eventual heirs were his nephews Sir Richard Burley and Sir Thomas de Barre.
Monument
His monument with recumbent effigy was originally situated in the
Dissolution of the Monasteries[1] was moved to its present location in Hereford Cathedral. He is sculpted in life-size in alabaster, fully armed and wearing the Garter on his left leg below the knee.[4] Fisher (1898) wrote:[5]
- There are still traces of colour on this monument and gold remains on the points of the cap to which the camail is fastened, as also on the jewelled sword-belt. A sheaf of green coloured leathers is separated from the tilting helmet, on which the head rests, by a coronet of open roses. When the effigy was brought here it had but one leg left, and that the gartered one. A wooden limb was carved, and the workman showed such accuracy in duplicating the stone leg that the Knight was adorned with a pair of Garters[6] for many years until Lord Saye and Sele, Canon Residentiary, presented the Cathedral with a new alabaster leg, and the wooden one was banished to a shelf in the library.
His steel helm, one of only four 14th-century knight's helms to survive, is held at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.[2]
References
- ^ a b Fisher, A. Hugh, The Cathedral Church of Hereford, London, 1898, p.37 [1]
- ^ a b "Pembridge helm, ref: A.1905.489". National Museums Scotland.
- ^ "The medieval inventories of the Tower armouries 1320–1410" (PDF). Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ "Sir Richard Pembridge - Hereford Cathedral". professor-moriarty.com. 14 May 2011.
- ^ Fisher, A. Hugh, The Cathedral Church of Hereford, London, 1898, p.37
- ^ Clearly only one Garter is ever worn
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