Rubbing2024.19 - William and Anne Gardiner
Title
Rubbing2024.19 - William and Anne Gardiner
Description
The inscription is inverted and in 4 lines.
When reading upside down line 1: Here under this tombe lyeth buried the body of Gar/ line 2: diner ----- and Anne his wife Which ----- dec----d ----- / line 3: died day of October ------ ----- ------ ------ ----- ----- zzzzz-----/ line 4: ----- ----- Anne died ye day of Ao----- ----- zzzzz-----
Notes on the Parchment: "William Gardiner and wife Anne 1558 Chalfont St. Giles"
Description of Rubbing: There are 4 sections to this rubbing.
The top center is a shield. The shield is broken into different sections. There is a line down the center and on the left it is split into 3 pieces. The center of the left is a chevron that has 3 emblems within it. It depicts Gardiner impaling Newdigate.
The bottom of the rubbing is 4 lines of an inverted inscription. Both figures are standing on it. William is on the left and he is facing right with his hands in prayer. His head is on a helm and his hair is loose, to his shoulders and he has bangs. He has detailed typical armor for a knight. He has elaborate gorget, shoulder plates, pauldrons, taces, tuilles, full leg armor and sabatons. It is detailed with lots of crosshatch shading.
Anne is on the right. She is facing left with her hands in prayer. She has a headdress and a ruffled collar. She has puffy shoulders but tight sleeves. Her long dress has many pleats and a detailed centerpiece with the second layer of the dress showing through. She is also very detailed and has crosshatched shading.
When reading upside down line 1: Here under this tombe lyeth buried the body of Gar/ line 2: diner ----- and Anne his wife Which ----- dec----d ----- / line 3: died day of October ------ ----- ------ ------ ----- ----- zzzzz-----/ line 4: ----- ----- Anne died ye day of Ao----- ----- zzzzz-----
Notes on the Parchment: "William Gardiner and wife Anne 1558 Chalfont St. Giles"
Description of Rubbing: There are 4 sections to this rubbing.
The top center is a shield. The shield is broken into different sections. There is a line down the center and on the left it is split into 3 pieces. The center of the left is a chevron that has 3 emblems within it. It depicts Gardiner impaling Newdigate.
The bottom of the rubbing is 4 lines of an inverted inscription. Both figures are standing on it. William is on the left and he is facing right with his hands in prayer. His head is on a helm and his hair is loose, to his shoulders and he has bangs. He has detailed typical armor for a knight. He has elaborate gorget, shoulder plates, pauldrons, taces, tuilles, full leg armor and sabatons. It is detailed with lots of crosshatch shading.
Anne is on the right. She is facing left with her hands in prayer. She has a headdress and a ruffled collar. She has puffy shoulders but tight sleeves. Her long dress has many pleats and a detailed centerpiece with the second layer of the dress showing through. She is also very detailed and has crosshatched shading.
Source
Victoria County History. 1925a. "Parishes: Chalfont St. Giles." British History Online. 1925. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/bucks/vol3/pp184-193.
Date
1558 William, 1560 Anne
Relation
Rubbing2023.5 and Rubbing2023.26
Format
Parchment 75.5cm x 99cm
Rubbing 64cm x 73cm
Coverage
Chalfont St. Giles, in the south aisle altar tomb, it is the slab covering it
Files
Collection
Citation
“Rubbing2024.19 - William and Anne Gardiner,” Exhibits, accessed April 15, 2025, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/29260.