page_title: Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland
section_title: Monument
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland / Monument
caption_attribution_description: English: St.Mary's chancel More famous for its monuments than architecture, the incredible chancel of St.Mary's church .... full of tombs, mainly for the Earls of Rutland
context_page_description: Thomas Manners, 1st Earl of Rutland, 12th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG, of Belvoir Castle, Rutland, was created Earl of Rutland by King Henry VIII in 1525.
context_section_description: His surviving alabaster chest tomb in the chancel of St Mary's Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire, was created by Richard Parker of Burton-on-Trent with John Lupton (rough mason) and his father, over a period of six days, the floor having been strengthened to the weight of the tomb.  Thomas Richard Parker "the alabaster man" was paid £20 for the sculpture and the supervision of its positioning. Surviving accounts at Belvoir Castle record in considerable detail the arrangements for this work and the funeral. As well as commemorating the 1st Earl of Rutland and his wife this monument also marks the first of the future burials in the church of eight earls and four dukes over a period of almost 250 years.
caption: View of chancel of St Mary's Church, Bottesford, with its many monuments to the Earls and Dukes of Rutland
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