Thumbnails of Church of St Mary Staindrop - Worcs Branch Richard III Society UK

Thumbnails of Church of St Mary Staindrop

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Ralph Neville with both his wives
Graffiti at the feet of Ralph Neville
Ralph Neville
Plaques naming the effigies - see below

Margaret (first wife) is buried in Brancepeth but all the tombs in St Brandon's were destroyed in a fire in 1998
Joan (second wife) is buried in Lincoln Cathdral with her mother Katherine Swynford
It is not known which wife is Margaret and which Joan
"Ralph Neville, first Earl of Westmoreland 1364 - 1425 and his two wives,Margaret Stafford and Joan Beaufort who was the daughter of John of Gaunt from whose quarries at Tuthbury came the Alabaster of which this tomb is made. All three wear the Lancastrian S.S. collar."

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Ralph Neville with both his wives	Graffiti at the feet of Ralph Neville	Ralph Neville	Plaques naming the effigies - see below
Margaret (first wife) is buried in Brancepeth but all the tombs in St Brandon's were destroyed in a fire in 1998	Joan (second wife) is buried in Lincoln Cathdral with her mother Katherine Swynford	It is not known which wife is Margaret and which Joan	"Ralph Neville, first Earl of Westmoreland 1364 - 1425 and his two wives,Margaret Stafford and Joan Beaufort who was the daughter of John of Gaunt from whose quarries at Tuthbury came the Alabaster of which this tomb is made. All three wear the Lancastrian S.S. collar."