Warwick - St Mary's Collegiate Church

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The tomb of the church's founder, Richard de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick (1381-1439), can be found in the middle of the chapel. His marble sarcophagus (about 1450) features 14 mourners, all made of gilded copper, standing in front of the reclining figure of the earl. It is the work of the only well-known English medieval sculptor, John Massingham. The tomb of the Earl of Leicester, favorite of Elizabeth I, is also here. The choir, completed in 1394, has finely-carved choir stalls (1449), a sedilla, an Easter Sepulcher and the tomb of Thomas Beauchamp (d. 1369). The Norman crypt, dating from 1123, is attractive.