Historical sketches of old Charing.: The hospital and chapel of Saint Mary Roncevall. Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England, and the monuments erected in her memory.Galloway, James, Sir
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Historical sketches of old Charing.: The hospital and chapel of Saint Mary Roncevall. Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England, and the monuments erected in her memory.
Galloway, James, Sir
Eleanor, Queen, consort of Edward I, King of England, -1290 -- Monuments; Hospital of St. Mary Rounceval
The cross at Dunstable was built by Battle of Northampton and his
partners, part of the sculpture being supplied by Ralph of Chichester.
It stood in the main street of Dunstable, where Watling Street crosses
the Icknield Way. The Church and remains of the Augustinian Priory of
Dunstable are situated a very short distance to the east, along the
Icknield Way. Mention has already been made of the description given by
the Dunstable annalist of the arrival of the funeral procession, and the
ceremony of consecration of the site where the “lofty cross” was
subsequently erected. The cross is said to have been demolished by
troops under the Earl of Essex, in 1643. Parts of the foundation of the
cross have been met with during recent alterations in the roadway.
ST. ALBANS.
The cross was erected in what became the Market Place of St. Albans by
John Battle and his partners, some of the sculpture being supplied by
Ralph of Chichester. The visit of the procession to St. Albans is
especially noteworthy on account of the record remaining of the
elaborate religious services in the Church of the great Benedictine
Abbey during the night the procession rested there. In 1596 the cross is
described as “verie stately.” There can be no doubt, however, that
already the cross had suffered much damage by the lapse of time, as well
as by neglect. At any rate, scant ceremony was shown to the cross in
later years. It is stated to have been partly destroyed by order of
Parliament in 1643; fragments, however, stood in the market place till
the year 1702. In 1703 an octagonal market house was built on its site;
in 1765 this became a pump house, and in 1872 the present drinking
fountain in the centre of St. Albans was built on the consecrated site
of the “verie stately cross.”
WALTHAM.
The cross at Waltham was constructed by Dyminge de Legeri (de Reyns) and
Roger Crundale. Crundale was a near relative, probably the brother, of
Richard Crundale, the master mason at Westminster, and was obviously in
close touch with the Westminster School. Dyminge de Legeri, of whom we
have little knowledge—his name suggests a foreign origin—must have been
a builder of recognized skill. It is possible that he may have been
specially associated with Waltham Abbey.
[Illustration:
FIG. 17.
The Cross at Waltham, showing its ruinous condition during the
eighteenth century. Published by the Society of Antiquaries; drawn
by Schnebbelie, engraved by Basire; _Vetusta Monumenta_, iii, plate
xvi, 1791.
]
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