Roodscreens and roodlofts . PFUJPHf©. SS. 5lA. paopttMJ. SS. 51c (/RSHSon) Few of the screens are painted on their easternsides, but one very remarkable exception is atAshton. Here the Lady Chapel in the north aislehas a splendid series of prophets with scrolls, bothon the main screen and on the parclose. (Plate LXX.)These are eight large half-length figures of veryremarkable execution. Some have conjectured thatthey are portraits of the Chudleigh family, who hadtheir seat here. The tradition in the village is thatthey were monks of Canonsleigh Abbey, who weremurdered in an adjoining wood. A g
Roodscreens and roodlofts . PFUJPHf©. SS. 5lA. paopttMJ. SS. 51c (/RSHSon) Few of the screens are painted on their easternsides, but one very remarkable exception is atAshton. Here the Lady Chapel in the north aislehas a splendid series of prophets with scrolls, bothon the main screen and on the parclose. (Plate LXX.)These are eight large half-length figures of veryremarkable execution. Some have conjectured thatthey are portraits of the Chudleigh family, who hadtheir seat here. The tradition in the village is thatthey were monks of Canonsleigh Abbey, who weremurdered in an adjoining wood. A glance at theillustrations (ss. 51a, b, c) is sufficient to show thatthey cannot be meant for monks. They areevidently meant for prophets, but, on the otherhand, it seems clear that they are portraits. Thereare said to have been eight sons of the Chudleighfamily at the time, and this corresponds to thenumber of figures. One only has a monks tonsure,the others are certainly laymen. One bears thelegend Maria Virgo concipiet ; the next, Etvocahit
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