Bottesford, St Mary's Church, The Earl Of Rutland's Monument 1890
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Approach from the south, over a brook and through trees, to the 15th-century tower and slender recessed crocketed spire of St Mary's, standing over 200 feet high. However, it is not the architecture that attracts visitors here, it is the magnificent series of monuments to the Roos family of the 15th century and above all to eight Earls of Rutland, ranging from 1543 to 1679. The monument in the photograph commemorates the 2nd Earl, who died in 1563. A lively tomb, it has the Earl and his wife lying under a domestic-looking table, upon which are kneeling figures and a vertical armorial slab.
An extract from Leicestershire Villages Photographic Memories.
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