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aldbury wildman on c15 whittinghame tomb

23 Oct 2009 121
Wild man of the woods at the feet of the image of Sir Robert Whittingham, d.1471, obviously a denizen of the nearby Ashridge woods. In fact both monument and surrounding stone screen came from the abbey of Bonhommes there, moved in 1576.