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Joan of Arc [cenotaph] b. January 6, 1412 d. May 30, 1431
Roman Catholic Saint, French Military hero. Born Jehanne d'Arc in the small French village of Domrémy-la-Pucelle in the present day department of the Vosges, she was the 4th of five children born to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée. Jeanne was devoutly religious as a child, and in early adolescence began having visitations from St. Michael, St. Margaret and St. Catherine. Around age 15 her visions prompted her to seek out Charles, the dauphin of France, and assist him in ascending to the throne...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul A. Laguerre)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
King Canute b. 944 d. 1035
English Monarch. Reigned from 1016 to 1035 Anno Domini. Remains of his bones are mixed in the chests above the choir of the Cathedral. Identification of the contents of these chests is impossible, however, because during the English civil war in the 17th century, Parliamentarian soldiers threw the original chests down to the ground and smashed them open. The bones were then used to smash the windows of the cathedral. At the restoration of the monarchy, the bones were gathered up and put, mixed...[Read More]
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
King Cenwalh of Wessex
King of Wessex. Born the son of King Cynegils, one of the early converts to Christianity in the kingdom. He married either a daughter or sister of the Mercian king, Penda. After his accession, he repudiated his wife who retaliated by instigating a war between Mercia and Wessex. Cenwalh was driven into exile in East Anglia where he eventually converted to his host's faith and accepted baptism in the Christian church. After an exile of about three years in East Anglia, he regained his throne. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
King Cynegils of Wessex
King of Wessex. Generally accepted to have been the son of Ceol of Wessex. He inherited the throne from his uncle, Ceolwulf, in about 611. Early in his reign he defeated the Dumnonian armies of the West at the Battle of Bindon in 614. Under threat from the rise of Northumbrian power he apparently formed a mutual defense pact with King Penda of Mercia which was finalized by the marriage of Cynegils' son to either Penda's sister or daughter. AD 626, however, the armies of Wessex and Northumbria...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
King's Royal Rifle Corps [memorial]
This war memorial is located outside of Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England. "To the Glory of God and the memory of the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Riflemen of the King's Royal Rifle Corps who gave their lives for their King and country in the Great War 1914-1918 and 1939-1945." (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Langton, Thomas d. January 27, 1501
Thomas Langton was Bishop of Winchester from 1493-1501, Chaplain to King Edward IV & King Richard III & Ambassador to France & Rome. Shortly before his sudden death, he was elected Archbishop of Canterbury. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
of Blois, Henry b. 1099 d. July 1, 1171
Bishop of Winchester. Fourth son of Adele and Stephen of Blois, youngest brother of King Stephen. He was raised in the Abbey of Cluny and was named Abbot of Glastonbury in 1126 by his uncle King Henry I. He was ordained Bishop of Winchester in 1129 and received papal permission to stay Abbot of Glastonbury until his death. During the civil war he supported Stephen who became king in 1135. In 1138 he hoped to be elected...[Read More] (Bio by: Lutetia)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Queen Ealswitha (Alswitha) b. 852 d. December 5, 905
English royalty, queen consort of Alfred the Great. She was the daughter of Aethelred of Mercia, King of the Gaini, and Eadburga Saxe-Mercia. She married Alfred in 868 AD, and had six children: Eathelflaeda (who would one day rule Mercia in her own right), Eathelgoeful, Edmund, Edward (the future King Edward the Confessor), Estrude, and Eathelweard. When Alfred died in 899, Ealhswith became a nun, and died at St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester at the age of about 53.
St Lawrence in the Square Churchyard, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Sumner, Charles Richard b. 1779 d. 1874
Bishop of Claudaff 1826, Bishop of Winchester 1827. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Swithin, Saint d. 862
Former site of St. Swithun's shrine which was here from 1478 until 1538 when it was ordered destroyed by Henry VIII. St. Swithun was Bishop of Winchester & patron saint of Winchester Cathedral from the 10th to the 16th century. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Walton, Isaac b. 1593 d. 1683
Author. Spent his early years as an apprentice to an ironmonger, which was the trade he carried on in London. A friend of John Donne and Sir Henry Wotton, he wrote their biographies, but is chiefly known for "The Compleat Angler, or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation", written in 1653. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Waynflete, William of b. 1398 d. August 11, 1486
William of Waynflete was Bishop of Winchester 1447-1486. He was also, at various times, Headmaster of Winchester College, Provost of Eton, Chancellor of ENgld & founder of Magdalen College, Oxford. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Plot: Chantry Chapel
Wilberforce, Samuel [memorial] b. September 7, 1805 d. July 19, 1873
Bishop of Winchester 1869-1873. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
William II, King b. 1056 d. August 2, 1100
English Royalty. He was third son of William I and Matilda of Flanders and at his father's request, came to the throne upon the King's death in 1087. Often called the Red King or Rufus, he had strawberry blond hair and a fiery, ruddy complexion with a personality that was just as fiery. He was unpopular and said to be very cruel to his subjects, had fits of rage from a quick temper, and extremely greedy to the point of stealing the church's money. The Roman Catholic Church declared this...[Read More] (Bio by: Linda Davis)
Cause of death: Killed by an arrow while hunting
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Plot: Bones are in one of the chests high above the choir of the Cathedral
Wykeham, William of b. 1324 d. September 27, 1404
William of Wykeham was Bishop of Winchester 1367-1404 & founder of Winchester College & New College, Oxford. He became Lord Privy Seal in 1363 & was twice Chancellor of England (1367-1372 & 1389-1391.) (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Plot: Chantry Chapel

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