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Dame Leonora Bennet d.1636<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Love this monument in St Margaret’s Uxbridge to Dame Leonora Bennet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She lies there resting on her arm with an insouciant air. She had three husbands before spending the rest of her life on good works. And the sculptors John and Matthew Christmas seem to me portray her as an attractive woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love the contrast with the glimpse into the Charnel House below with the jumbled bones almost fighting to get out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Tomb of Leonora Benet. St Margaret’s Church, Uxbridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The scene from the charnel house at the bottom of the tomb of Leonora Benet. St Margaret’s Church, Uxbridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Love this monument in St Margaret’s Uxbridge to Dame Leonora Bennet. She lies there resting on her arm with an insouciant air. She had three husbands before spending the rest of her life on good works. And the sculptors John and Matthew Christmas seem to me portray her as an attractive woman. Love the contrast … <\/p>\n

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