Memorial Type:

Monument - Other

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

Contemporary (pre-1500)

Allegiance:

Lancastrian

Condition:

Good

Condition Description:

See images

Memorial Notes:

Following the battle of Tewkesbury and the rout of the Lancastrian army, soldiers escaped the field, some covering great distances while being pursued by the Yorkist troops. One such instance involves the parish church of St George at Didbrook, some ten miles to the east from Tewkesbury. Much like the story of Woolstone church, it involves a group of Lancastrians being chased into the local church where they sought to claim sanctuary. They were pursued into the building, the church door allegedly being hit by arrows and projectiles as they closed the door behind them. The door still bears the marks of the impact of the shooting. The Yorkists forced entry into the church and the Lancastrians were killed. The Bishop of Worcester, whose diocese the church fell under, held an enquiry into the pollution caused by the bloodshed. The findings concluded that the church would have to be rebuilt, the expense to be covered by the Abbot of the nearby Hailes Abbey. There is no memorial in the Church except a single red rose incorporated into the top of the stain glass window on the north side of the small quire.