Commemorative plaque 76053

This black commemorative plaque records: In everlasting memory of conjugal love, the honourable assembly of judges of the county of Northampton resolved to restore this monument to Queen Eleanor, when it had nearly fallen down by reason of age in that most auspicious year 1713, in which Anne, the glory of mighty Britain, the most powerful avenger of the oppressed, the arbitress of peace and war, after Germany had been set free, Belgium made secure in her defences, the French overcome in more than ten battles by her own and by the arms of her allies, made an end of conquering and restored peace to Europe, after she had given it freedom. The inscription above is a translation of the tablet fixed below and of the three stones set into the wall to the right hand side of the panel are the original, circa 1291, bases for three of the Queen Eleanor figures which were repaired during the restoration of the monument in 1984 by Northampton Borough Council. Recorded plaque organisation: Northampton Borough Council.

The plaque commemorates Queen Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England, and marks one of the sites where memorial crosses were erected along her funeral procession route in 1290; the monument's restoration underscores its significance as a symbol of medieval English monarchy and conjugal devotion.