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Roof bosses in the ceiling of St Lawrence Church, Shelley’s Close, Lechlade-on-Thames, Gloucestershire. UK. Available via Alamy. We do not have permission to reproduce this artefact in our archives.
Commissioned by Abbot Robert Elyot between 1515 and 1526, this set of 28 original carved oak seats is renowned for its fascinating and sometimes humorous, unconventional medieval subject matter. [N14] Two nude men wrestling, grasping each other by a neck-band; a third, also wearing a loose neck band, stands with his head on the shoulder […]
The Virgin Annunciate. c 1350-60. Wells Somerset Hall of the Vicar’s Choral. Available online via Alamy. With grateful thanks to Stephen Curtin who provided this from his private collection.
Catalogue Reference: WCA-DIA-RSA-001 Object Type: Silver trophy (wrestling prize), approximately 10 inches in height Date of Origin: c. 1900s–1910 Place of Origin: Jeppestown, Johannesburg, South African Republic / Transvaal Colony Place of Discovery: Gas Lane, Camborne, Cornwall, England Date of Discovery: 2010 (during road improvement works) Discoverer: Paul Richards, excavator operator Inscription: “Wrestling Cornish Style […]
A Prize Quart Pewter Tankard, labelled: “Won at the Fighting Cocks, Plaistford, As a prize for Back Sword Play. ” The exact date is unknown, however the accredited metal worker, Thomas Easton, was active between 1675-1695, so it must’ve been produced during this period. It’s unknown when it was presented as a prize. Museum Number: […]
Accession/loan number: 406/1997 Inscription: obverse, on disc at centre of cross engraved by hand and fretted ‘PRESENTED TO/ MASTER CHARLES JENNINGS/ BY/ MR.W.JAMES/ CHAMPION WRESTLER OF DEVON/ AND CITIZENS/ OF/ ST.SIDWELLS EXETER’. Reverse is engraved by hand and fretted ‘F.T.DEPREE.EXETER./ ON ACCOUNT/ OF HIS/ WONDERFUL SKILLS AS A MUSICIAN,/ BONE-PLAYER AND CLOG-DANCER./ tutored by his […]
An official badge of The Cornish Wrestling Association in the archives of The Devonshire Wrestling Society. Date is unknown, but it entered the archives in 2014.
A Blue Plaque commemorative at the site of St Bartholomew Street, Exeter. The only remnants of the Public house is now the foundations for the current properties. The Blue Plaque reads: Exeter Civic Society: Abraham Cann 1794-1864 Champion of England at Devonshire wrestling Landlord of the Champion’s Arms public house on this site 1828-1830 DWS […]
Abraham Cann’s memorial stone in St. Andrew’s churchyard, Colebrooke, bears the inscription: ‘SACRED to the memory of Abraham Cann who departed this life April 7th 1864 aged 69 years. Champion of Devon Wrestlers.’ (Trewman’s Exeter Flying Post, April 20, 1864, p. 8)
TOMBSTONE IN MARY TAVY CHURCHYARD The following may be worth preserving in the Western Antiquary it is copied from a tombstone not in situ but stand ing on its edge by the side of the wall of the church at Mary Tavy The church having been restored the prob ability is that this stone was […]