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Title
Blanche Heriot
Medium
bronze sculpture & stone plaque
Accession number
KT16_ML_S083
Acquisition method
funded by Richard Cook
Work type
Statue
Owner
Runnymede Borough Council
Custodian
Runnymede Borough Council
Work status
extant
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on a plaque attached to the base: IN THE 15TH CENTURY, DURING THE / WARS OF THE ROSES, NEVILLE AUDLEY, / A LANCASTRIAN, WAS CAPTURED AND HELD / PRISONER AT CHERTSEY ABBEY. / HE SENT FOR A PARDON FROM KING / EDWARD IV BUT HE WAS TO BE EXECUTED / AT SUNSET WHEN THE CURFEW BELL RANG. / BLANCHE HERIOT SAVED HER LOVER'S / LIFE BY CLASPING THE BELL CLAPPER / UNTIL A MESSENGER BROUGHT THE PARDON / THE ORIGINAL BELL / NOW HANGS IN / ST PETERS CHURCH / SCULPTOR SHEILA MITCHELL F.R.B.S.
