Corpus of the misericords at Norwich Cathedral
S01 |
The Last supper. [Modern] Left Supporter - Money bag. Right Supporter - Orb. |
S02 |
Lion and dragon bite each other. Supporters - Oak leaf. |
S03 |
Intertwining branches supporting seven roses and two rose buds. Whittington describes them as a bush of Lancastrian roses. Supporters - Rose. |
S04 |
Sir William Clere of Ormesby [d.1384] in armour and cloak, holds a label and his wife, Denise Wichingham, reads her prayer book [both headless]; over his shoulder is W. Left Supporter - Shield Charged with Clere arms, on a fes three eagles. Right Supporter - Shield Charged with Wichingham arms, ermine, on a chief three crosses patee. |
S05 |
Dragon with spread wings, and a whorled horn in the middle of its forehead. The dragon’s beard falls either side of its face in tusk-like coils. The dragon’s left wing, growing out of the left leg, seems unattached to the dragon’s body. Its front, spine and tail are beaded. Supporters - Lion’s face with tongue out. |
S06 |
Seated monk reading a book. R.C.., above stands for Richard Courtenay. Left Supporter - As Bishop of Norwich he tends his sheep. Right Supporter - As Chancellor of Oxford he feeds his scholars. |
S07 |
Two wodehouses fight with clubs. Supporters - Leaf. |
S08 |
St. George, mounted and in armour, spears dragon [spear broken]; both beasts small in scale. Left Supporter - Charged with Thomas Hoo arms quarterly with a label impales two lions passant ermine. Right Supporter - Charged with St. Omer of Brundall arms a fess between six cross crosslets. Both coats of arms hang by straps with Buckles and eyelets. |
S09 |
Lion and collared bear fight. Left Supporter - Collared monkey. Right Supporter - Squirrel eating nut. |
S10 |
John Clere, robed with gloves and dagger at his girdle, and his mother, Denise Wichingham, praying with hands clasped around rosary at her belt. Left Supporter - Shield Charged with Clere arms, on a fes three eagles. Right Supporter - Shield Charged with Wichingham arms, ermine, on a chief three crosses patee. |
S11 |
Wodehouse with club; two chained lions paw his knees; a scroll ‘War foli: Wat [Beware of folly man] Left Supporter - Wodehouse clutching ear of dog that bites his hand/ wrenching open the jaws of a lion. Right Supporter - Two lambs. |
S12 |
The head of a king, bearded and crowned. Henry V? Supporters - Leaf. |
S13 |
Eagle claws dove and pecks lamb. Supporters - Death-mask in profile, wreathed. |
S14 |
Wyvern. Supporters - Wyvern in roundel. |
S15 |
Seated angel holds scroll [emblem of St. Matthew]. Supporters - Herald angel in roundel. |
S16 |
Bare-legged wrestlers at ready; fashionable seconds have tall hats and puffed or slit sleeves. Left Supporter - Boar and acorns in roundel. Right Supporter - Swan crowned on neck in roundel. |
S17 |
Two Bare-legged men in leather helmets spear a lion who mauls a man wearing drawers beneath his tunic. Supporters - Wyvern in roundel. |
S18 |
Ape in hood squeezes howling dog that is birched by chained ape; another dog looks on grinning. Supporters - Chained ape blows pipes in roundel. |
S19 |
Missing |
S20 |
Foliate mask. Supporters - Hawthorn leaves set in diamond pattern. |
S21 |
Owl in vine mobbed by small birds. Supporters - Eagle pecking dove in roundel. |
S22 |
Man in jerkin spears a griffin which claws a lamb. Supporters - Lion mask with tongue out. |
S23 |
Winged lion with scroll [emblem of St. Mark] Supporters - Formal flower set within circle. |
S24 |
Winged ox with scroll [emblem of St. Luke]. Supporters - Angel’s head. |
S25 |
Schoolmaster thrashes boy; four others read books. Supporters - Schoolboy writing a scroll. |
S26 |
Ox, boldly carved [square flowers on edge of seat.] Supporters - Leaf. |
S27 |
Fox running away with cock; dog chasing him; woman with distaff; pig eating broth. Supporters - Back view of rose. |
S28 |
Wild man with club holds lion by chain. [broken] Supporters - Lion with tufted mane, curled up. |
S29 |
Lion with wavy mane. Square flowers along seat edge. Supporters - Leaf in roundel. |
S30 |
Man {Lechery}, dressed in a net and tall hat, riding a hart gripping its horn with one hand, holding a hare in the other. Supporters - Blemya with dagger. |
S31 |
Devil as wyvern. Supporters - Face with side-whiskers, but with shaved crown, upper lip and chin. |
S32 |
Antelope showing its two horns. Supporters - Leaf in roundel. |
S33 |
Over-dressed man [Vanity] holding stick with three dogs. Supporters - Leaf. |
N01 |
Norwich City Football Club. Supporters - Football supporters in roundel. |
N02 |
University of East Anglia. Supporters - University buildings in a roundel. |
N03 |
Virgin crowned by two angels and child holding dove. Left Supporter - Shield Charged with William de Ufford arms, Earl of Suffolk. [d.1382] sable a cross engrailed or, with bendlet sinister Right Supporter - Shield Charged with John Lestrange arms [d.1375], gules two lions argent, semë de molets. |
N04 |
Sir Robert de Illey of Plumstead [d.1398], helmet laid aside, bearing his armorial shield, charged ermine two chevronels sable; his hair is fluffed out round his head Left Supporter - Shield Charged with Thomas Hoo of Brunvald [d. 1420] arms. Right Supporter - Shield Charged with Robert de Ufford of Wrentham arms sable a cross engrailed or, a bendlet impales Felton. |
N05 |
Bearded huntsman blowing horn, with bow {broken} and arrows, stags, and dogs. Left Supporter - Stag.[head missing] Right Supporter - Two stags. |
N06 |
Naked man bitten by lion and two dragons. Left Supporter - Vine leaves. Right Supporter - Vine leaves and grapes [damaged] |
N07 |
Sir William Wingfield of Letheringham [d. 1378] and his wife Margaret hand in hand and two small dogs. Left Supporter - Shield Charged with Wingfield arms on a bend three pairs of wings. Right Supporter - Shield Charged with Boville arms quarterly. |
N08 |
Angel emerging from cloud holding crown [head lost] Left Supporter - Angel playing psaltery [mutilated] Right Supporter - Angel playing viol [mutilated] |
N09 |
Mermaid suckling lion; mirror on couch. Supporters - Dolphin swallowing its young. |
N10 |
Eagle. Left Supporter - Face rayed by hair. Right Supporter - Face, crowned, rayed by hair. |
N11 |
St. Michael slays seven-headed dragon. Supporters - Leaf. |
N12 |
Pelican in her piety. Supporters - Pelican [heads missing] |
N13 |
Samson astride lion rending its jaws. Left Supporter - Crane. Right Supporter - Owl. |
N14 |
Ape riding leering beast backwards, holding its tail and beating it. Supporters - Ape apparently with toothache, holding birch. |
N15 |
Ox-headed leopard. Supporters - Missing. |
N16 |
Man {wrath}, lurching on a restive boar, grits his teeth and draws his sword Supporters - Leaves and berries in roundel. |
N17 |
Owl mobbed by little birds. Supporters - Crested bird set in circular stem. |
N18 |
Man, with portly belly, [greed/gluttony], with his cap falling off , wearing pointed boots riding a sow, Holds a tankard in each hand. Supporters - Beaked merman. |
N19 |
Angular corbel on small head with hair on each side. Supporters - Leaf. |
N20 |
Bishop’s head, mitre worn side ways. Now SS Supporters - Dove on cloud. |
N21 |
Angel holding girdle. Now SS Supporters - Leaf. |
N22 |
Shaggy calf with four-toes forefeet. Supporters - Missing. |
N23 |
Wyvern whispers into lion’s ear. [The Tempter] Supporters - Wild rose. |
N24 |
Pomegranates sprouting from the mouth of a scowling foliate mask. Supporters - Curled leaf. |
N25 |
Satan as a wyvern. Left Supporter - Missing. Right Supporter - Leaf. |
N26 |
Castle with domed tower, trees in court, portcullis raised and gate ajar. Supporters - Leaf. |
N27 |
Ape hopping on one foot [lust] raised in a barrow, birching two apes pushing it. Supporters - Man-headed wyvern. |
N28 |
Rich-turbaned, two faced man {Deceit] soothes his smiling dupe but puts his tongue out at a snarling underling. Left Supporter - A fat face, wearing a hat, looking towards centre with menacing grimace. His teeth are clenched. Right Supporter - A coarse face with lips parted to show the teeth, looking towards centre. |
N29 |
Two dogs lean grinning over ape, two more dogs grinning. Supporters - Pomegranate. |
N30 |
Hooded pilgrim rising out of shell, holds dagger and paddle sack. Supporters - Wingless wyvern. |
N31 |
Wodehouse with club in an oak sits on chained lion Supporters - Eagle pecking wing or claw. |
N32 |
Small head with curly hair at base of plain vaulting. Supporters - Leaf in roundel. From St John Timberhill. |
N33 |
Small head wearing flat cap at base of plain vaulting. Supporters - Leaf in roundel. From St Mary Coslany. |
N34 |
Small head with curled hair at base of plain vaulting. Supporters - Leaf in roundel. From St Mary Coslany. |
N35 |
Woman’s head in wimple and gorget, at base of plain vaulting. Supporters - Leaf in roundel. From St Mary Coslany. |
N36 |
Mitred head. Supporters - A hart courant, facing inward [head missing] From St Mary Coslany. |
N37 |
Uncharged shield. Supporters - Leaf in roundel. From St Mary Coslany. |
N38 |
Uncharged shield. Supporters - Leaf in roundel. From St Mary Coslany. |