Stothard, Charles Alfred; Kempe, Alfred John: The monumental effigies of Great Britain: selected from our cathedrals and churches ; for the purpose of bringing together, and preserving correct representations of the best historical illustrations extant, from the Norman conquest to the reign of Henry the Eight (London, 1817)

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1- His efhgy represents one of the Winghelds, Lords of Letheringham, in Sudolk, of whom
Weever says, " The town of Wingheld hath given name to a family in this tract that is
spread into a number of branches, and is besides for knighthood and ancient gentilitie
renowned, and thereof it was the principal seat." He adds a mutilated inscription be-
longing to this tomb:
facet ^orninu^ IBinohelb be 3tetbenngbatn .... ctijtt^ atiime.^
Details. Plate 1. Figure as originally painted, on the surcoat the arms of Wingfield, Azure, a fess Gules
cotised Argent and Azure, charged with three pair of wings Azure.

gftdm be ^tontacute.

SiR JoHN DE MoNTACUTE, or Montagu, (Mons acutus and Mont aigu are synonymous
appellatives,) was the son of William first Earl of Salisbury, to which title his elder
brother William succeeded. He served in the wars in France under Edward the Third,
and was at the battle of Crecy in 1346. In 1372 he is mentioned as in the King's fleet
at sea in the retinue of his brother the Earl of Salisbury. He was present in the expe-
dition into Scotland undertaken by Richard the Second, A. D. 1385. He was then a
Knight Banneret, and was retained to serve the King in person, attended by another
banneret, five knights, and their esquires, sixty men-at-arms, and sixty archers. As
Steward of the King's Household, he was sent to conduct into England Ann of Bohemia,
with whom Richard the Second had contracted marriage. He married Margaret, daugh-
* Fun. Monuments, edit. 1631, p. 739.

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