A selection of late sixteenth century cadaver or transi tombs 👻 I particularly like the entirely shrouded effigies from Fenny Bentley, which also depict their children on the tomb chest entirely covered with shrouds #cadavertomb #transitomb #churchmonuments

3rd Mar 1626 William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire, died aged 73. He a son of William Cavendish and Bess of Hardwick of Chatsworth.
Monument to him and his brother Henry at Edensor Church, Derbyshire, attributed to Maximilian Colt.
allabouthistory.co.uk/Ht6Jrnh4
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That’s a proper cadaver effigy (rolled mat, shroud knotted at head &relatively early stage of decomposition). It’s George Sydenham Archdeacon & royal chaplain (d.1524) in Salisbury Cathedral. I have a bit of a special interest in 16thC cadaver tombs & this one is wonderful #cadavertomb #transitomb