Carved panel
This panel was probably made for Taunton Priory. It includes the arms of Richard Fox, Bishop of Winchester, and the initials of William Yorke, Prior of Taunton. Yorke was nominated prior in 1523. The panel was later used as part of a chicken coop. The arched hole at the bottom let the chickens in and out.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : A.3315
- Collection Class
- Middle Ages
- Material
- wood, oak
- Common Name
- carved panel
- Simple Name
- carving
- Period Classification
- Medieval (AD 1066-1500)
- Production Country
- England
- Production Date
- 1523 (about)
