St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

==Chantries==
[[File:Castell de Windsor - Capella de Sant Jordi.JPG|right|thumb|upright=1.5|Tierceron-[[lierne (vault)|lierne]] vaulting of the choir and [[fan vault]]ing of the crossing of St George's Chapel, with the [[Order of the Garter|Garter banners]] on either side below]]

St George's Chapel is among the most important medieval [[chantry]] foundations to have survived in England. The college was itself part of a medieval chantry, and there are a number of other chantry elements in the form of altars and small chapels in memory of various English monarchs and of a number of prominent courtiers, deans and canons. Special services and prayers would also be offered in memory of the founder. Henry VIII had originally intended another chantry to be set up in the chapel, despite the fact that his ecclesiastical changes led to the [[Reformation]] in England and the eventual suppression of chantries.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/174767011X13184281108289?journalCode=yjba20|title='Pickpurse' Purgatory, the Dissolution of the Chantries and the Suppression of Intercession for the Dead|date=18 July 2013|journal=Journal of the British Archaeological Association|volume=164|doi=10.1179/174767011X13184281108289 |access-date=1 October 2022|last1=Lindley |first1=Phillip |pages=277–304 |s2cid=194045544 }}</ref>

The much-admired iron gates in the sanctuary of the chapel as well as the locks on the doors of the chapel are the work of the medieval Cornish metalsmith [[John Tresilian]].<ref name="Blackburne2008">{{cite book|last=Blackburne|first=Harry W. |title=The Romance of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=100X0MRhNLEC&pg=PA14|year=2008|publisher=Wildside Press|isbn=978-1434474285|pages=14–}}</ref>

===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]] (1439–1476) and her second husband [[Thomas St. Leger|Thomas St Leger]] ({{Circa|1440}} – 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}}–1483) and [[Anne, Duchess of Exeter|Anne of York]] (1439–1476).<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]] (1442–1483) and [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] (1452–1485). 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":
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"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 sy’gyng for ev’more. 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>
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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>