God's House at Ewelme: Life, Devotion, and Architecture in a Fifteenth-Century Almshouse

Author / Editor
Goodall, John A.

Title
God's House at Ewelme: Life, Devotion, and Architecture in a Fifteenth-Century Almshouse

Published
Aldershot; and Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2001.

Physical Description
8 color plates; 89 b&w figs.

Description
A visual and verbal history of the institution, community, and architecture of the almshouse attached to St. Mary's Church, Ewelme. Thomas Chaucer, who patronized one of two building campaigns of the church, is buried in the church with his wife, Maud, and his daughter, Alice de la Pole, who founded the almshouse with her husband, William, earl of Suffolk. Goodall includes descriptions of the Chaucer funerary monuments and discussion of their roles in the church's history. .

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Life.