Bishop John de Bradfield tomb d.1283

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Tomb said to be of Bishop John de Bradfield (d.1283) in the north wall of the South Quire Aisle of Rochester Cathedral. Headless and broken Purbeck marble recumbent effigy of a bishop upon a plain tomb-chest. Set within a niche, under a later cusped canopy, beneath a gable which contains tracery cusping and a large trefoil. The effigy has been dated stylistically to the first half of the twelfth century, although the canopy seems contemporary with the death of the bishop (Metcalf Pevsner 1985, 244).

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