Ashby St Ledgers, Church

The Church

Floor brasses commemorating five generations of the Catesby family can now be seen: Emma and John founders of the Catesby dynasty in the village (wall mounted in the Arnold chapel), Sir William Catesby (carver to King Henry VI), William Catesby with his wife and children (Battle of Bosworth Field 1485),George Catesby (To whom the Nave and the Rood screen are attributed) and Sir Richard Catesby. The brasses of the Stokes family (with 16 children included). The Revd Smight (former vicar of Oxhill in Warwickshire and Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire and perhaps chaplain to the Catesby family) and Thomas Wallym who may be a member of the Catesby family (also wall mounted) can also be inspected.

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