Title:

King

First Name:

Henry

Last Name:

Lancaster

Memorial Type:

Portrait

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

Non-Contemporary (1500-1899)

Inscription:

An identical portrait once in St Peter's Church, St Albans, bore the caption "The Blessed Henry King and Martyr"

Allegiance:

Lancastrian

Condition:

Average

Condition Description:

Some slight defacement. but not so as to prejudice the value of the portrait.

Memorial Notes:

This was one of many such hagiographic portraits around the country from the reigns of Henry VII and VIII as part of the campaign to have Henry VI canonised. The specific relevance for the Wars of the Roses is that one of them was hung in St Peter's Church, St Albans, to commemorate Henry's visits to St Albans (and to the church), his presence at the two battles of St Albans (1455 and 1461) and that local lore has it that he was held prisoner by Richard Neville, earl of Warwick in the house next to the church in February 1461.