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Graveslab in Bishopshall

Graveslab

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Medieval Christian graveslab; 13th–14th century. Commemorates Walter FitzPiers Gaul, indicating local aristocratic or gentry burial practices and the use of Roman script in funerary monuments during the medieval period.

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In Gaulskill church (KK043-008001-). A graveslab described by Carrigan (1905, vol. 4, 140-41) as broken into two portions with an inscription in English in Roman capitals commemorating Walter FitzPiers Gaul [als. Burke] and his wife Ellise Den. The slab is dated 1642. (Cockerham 2009, 358) Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 31 July 2013
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