Cotehele, Cornwall. La chapelle dans les bois a été construit 1485 par Sir Richard Edgcumbe, d'un remerciement pour un étroit s'échapper pendant la guerre des Deux-Roses
4190 x 2788 px | 35,5 x 23,6 cm | 14 x 9,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
2 juin 2011
Lieu:
Cotehele, Cornwall, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
The 'Chapel in the Woods', (the Chapel of SS George and Thomas Becket) was erected by Sir Richard Edgecumbe, the builder of Cotehele House. In 1483 Sir Richard joined a rebellion against King Richard III. The rebellion was quashed, and the king's men under Sir Henry Trenowth of Bodrugan pursued Edgecumbe through the woods. He must have thought the end was near, but, thinking quickly, Sir Richard threw his hat upon the waters of the river that runs through the woods, and hid in the trees. His enemies saw the floating hat and assumed that Sir Richard had been drowned while trying to cross the water. They left, and Sir Richard was able to complete his escape and make his way to safety in Brittany. A few years later, Henry Tudor defeated Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth and took the throne as Henry VII. Sir Richard was able to return from exile, and reclaim his estate at Cotehele. Sir Richard wanted to give thanks for his escape so, sometime between 1485 and 1490 he built this small single-cell chapel at the spot where he had cast his hat into the river. The chapel measures only 6.3m by 4.6m, and is built of coursed slate and stone rubble.
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