Anne Neville (1456-1485) brass memorial plaque
First Name:
Anne
Last Name:
Neville
Memorial Type:
Plaque
Does the monument still exist?
Yes
Installation Date:
Modern (1899 - present day)
Inscription:
ANNE NEVILL 1456-1485 QUEEN OF ENGLAND YOUNGER DAUGHTER OF RICHARD EARL OF WARWICK CALLED THE KINGMAKER WIFE TO THE LAST PLANTAGENET KING RICHARD III. "In person she was seemly, amiable and beauteous...And according to the interpretation of her name Anne full gracious" REQUIESCAT IN PACE. (from https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/anne-neville-wife-of-richard-iii)
Allegiance:
Yorkist
Condition:
Good
Condition Description:
Modern memorial installed in 1960
Memorial Notes:
Designed by J. Sebastian Comper and erected in 1960 by the Richard III Society.
Image at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Anne_Neville#/media/File:Anne_Neville_Westminster_Abbey_London_England.jpg
Memorial Address:
Westminster Abbey
County:
London
Country:
England
Location within building:
On the wall of the south ambulatory (her grave is recorded on the south side of the high altar but not marked)
Geoloation:
stand.pardon.jabs