John Stow in his 'Survey of London' (1603) records the tomb of a 'Lorde Barons slaine at Barnt Field' in the church of Austin Friars in the city of London. This fallen knight was evidently a casualty of Barnet killed on Easter Day, 1471....
moreJohn Stow in his 'Survey of London' (1603) records the tomb of a 'Lorde Barons slaine at Barnt Field' in the church of Austin Friars in the city of London. This fallen knight was evidently a casualty of Barnet killed on Easter Day, 1471. His identity has remained hidden for no member of the English nobility held the title Lord Barons. This articles argues that this was, in fact, Sir Humphrey Bourchier, heir of Lord Berners, and who was buried in Austin Friars before exhumation and reburial amongst his ancestors in Westminster Abbey. It was here, close to the memorial brass of his ancestor Eleanor, duchess of Buckingham, that Sir Humphrey was himself commemorated by a brass effigy with an elegant epitaph which compared his exploits on the battlefield to those of Achilles.
