St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Rutland Chantry=== [[File:Anne of York and Sir Thomas St. Leger.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Monumental brass]] in St Leger Chantry to [[Anne, Duchess of Exeter|Anne of York]] (1439β1476) and her second husband [[Thomas St. Leger|Thomas St Leger]] ({{Circa|1440}} β 1483), founder of the chapel]] The Rutland [[Chantry|Chantry chapel]], forming the northern transept of St George's Chapel, was founded in 1491 in honour of Sir [[Thomas St. Leger|Thomas St Leger]] ({{Circa|1440}}β1483) and [[Anne, Duchess of Exeter|Anne of York]] (1439β1476).<ref name=CollStGeoWebsite>{{cite web|title=The Rutland Chantry|author=Eleanor Cracknell|publisher=College of St George|url=https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/the-rutland-chantry|date=15 July 2011|access-date=19 May 2018}}</ref> Sir Thomas was Anne's second husband. She was the eldest surviving daughter of [[Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York|Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York]], and thus elder sister of kings [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] (1442β1483) and [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] (1452β1485). A [[monumental brass]] in memory of Anne and Sir Thomas survives on the east wall of the Rutland Chantry, the inscription of which records that the chantry was founded "with two priests singing forevermore": <blockquote> "Wythin thys Chappell lyethe beryed Anne Duchess of Exetur suster unto the noble kyng Edward the forte. And also the body of syr Thomas Sellynger knyght her husband which hathe funde within thys College a Chauntre with too prestys syβgyng for evβmore. On whose soule god have mercy. The wych Anne duchess dyed in the yere of oure lorde M Thowsande CCCCl xxv"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/the-roos-monument-in-the-rutland-chantry-chapel/|title=The Roos Monument in the Rutland Chantry Chapel|publisher=St George's Chapel|access-date=1 October 2022}}</ref> </blockquote> The chantry received its current name in honour of the [[Duke of Rutland|Earls of Rutland]], descendants of Anne and Sir Thomas: their daughter, also Anne, married [[George Manners, 11th Baron Ros]], and their son was [[Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland]]. The tomb of George and Anne Manners is a prominent feature of the chantry. Their effigies are carved in English alabaster.<ref name=CollStGeoWebsite /> The chantry comprises five panels which represent the [[Annunciation]], the [[Visitation (Christianity)|Visitation]], the [[Adoration of the Magi]], the [[Temptation of Christ|Temptations of Christ]] in the wilderness and the [[Wedding at Cana|Miracle at Cana]]. They were commissioned from embroiderer [[Beryl Dean]] and took five years to complete. Only one panel is normally on display to the public, but the others may be seen on request.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/news/beryl-dean-panels/|title=Beryl Dean Panels|website=College of St George|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-28}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page