Memorial Hugh de Boves (d.1164)
Memorial Hugh de Boves (d.1164)
Memorial Hugh de Boves (d.1164)
Memorial Hugh de Boves (d.1164)
Memorial Hugh de Boves (d.1164)

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The relief depicts monks in a religious service ordaining Hugh de Boves as the First Abbot of Reading Abbey in 1123. Included in the framing at the top are two square panels, located inset from each end. Both carved in bas-relief, one panel shows three scallop shells on a shield and the other depicts a carving of a cow. The plaque is not separately Listed but it sits within the curtilage of Reading Abbey Ruins which is Listed Grade II.
Title

Memorial Hugh de Boves (d.1164)

Date

1911

Medium

blue Forest of Dean stone

Accession number

RG1_BC_S015

Acquisition method

gift from Dr Jamieson Boyd Hurry

Work type

Panel

Owner

Reading Borough Council

Custodian

Reading Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II (England and Wales)

Listing date

22/03/57

Access

at all times

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Located at

Reading Abbey, Reading

RG1 3JA

The plaque hangs on the Chapter House wall of Reading Abbey, on the right-hand pillar at the entrance of the access gate, which overlooks the former Reading prison.