Euh, désolé mais tu vas pas aimer ce que j'ai trouvé.
J'ai effectué quelques recherches sur ton "Richard Wellesbourn de Montfort" pour trouver des armes en couleur dans l'hypothése d'une déco en damier.
j'ai trouvé le texte suivant qui en gros t'explique que c'est une supercherie du 16° créée par une famille en mal d'ancêtres prestigieux : Richard le 5 fils de Simon de Montfort, Earl de Leicester n'à jamais existé, et les gisants de cette famille sont tous des faux !!!! désolé
"The family name was just Wellsborn (or Rockholes or Rockall)) but they
prospered and therefore in the early 1500s paid to have a set of
monuments sculpted and put in the local little church to ``prove'' an
ancestry they didn't have, and a connection to the famous Simon de
Montfort. There were (Henry) De Montforts in Wellesborn,Warwicks. where
his ancestor presumably once came from but they are not related at all
to Simon de Montfort, Earl of Leicester. They did a thorough job,
inventing a fifth son, Richard, for Earl Simon, who in fact never
existed.
However, the monuments remain in a side chapel and are well worth
seeing (you have to ignore what experts call the glaring anachronism
about the `crusader' depicted in a style never used at the alleged time,
which is one of the things which gave him away). There is a lovely
emaciated body, in very good condition (marble).
The real Wellsborns of the 15th and 16th centuries are still pretty
interesting, and some several years ago I took a family of them to see
where there are genuine monuments to the last males of one line. It was
fun to stand the young son on a carpet in front of the altar, then roll
up the carpet and show him the brass of his ancestor of the same name
under it.
There are no records at Hughenden, or any registers of that date, but
ample evidence in other sources.
Have a look at the website for excellent photos to download. and
details of the society and county
--
Eve McLaughlin"
lien :
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/t ... 0917447908
