Martyrdom of St. Andrew, Stoke Dry, Rutland

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St. Andrew martyred : Stoke Dry, Rutland (‡Peterborough) C.14?

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One of only two paintings of St. Andrew in the English church known to me (the other is at Ickleton in Essex, and is forthcoming). Here he is crucified on the saltire cross which became his emblem. The church at Stoke Dry is dedicated to St. Andrew and this representation of him is in a place of honour, in the chancel on the left of the altar wall. On the opposite side at the right is a fragmentary painting apparently showing the Virgin enthroned.
Most of Andrew, including his face, is fairly clear; his feet and the ropes tying his legs to the cross show quite well. The most puzzling feature though is the small figure standing below the saint, between the two lower arms of the X-cross. This man seems to be tonsured and wears what looks like a white alb, the standard priest’s garment at the time. Stoke Dry was evidently a possession of the Knights Hospitaller¹ and the order had a subdivision of priests and chaplains as well as Knights (drawn from the nobility) and brother servants. Since the small figure is holding a jar of the kind used for medicine, he may well be a chaplain of the order. The Knights Hospitaller wore a black mantle, but that may not have been true of the other classes of the order.

Other paintings at Stoke Dry include the Martyrdom of St. Edmund and the Martyrdom of St. Margaret; a painting of St. Christopher is newly on the site, and there is another obscure painting as well as the Virgin Enthroned mentioned above. There are also particularly interesting painted texts in the nave, and some very fine Saxon carving.

¹Thanks to Christopher Barrett for this information

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St. Andrew Martyred, Stoke Dry, Rutland	St. Anne teaching the Virgin to read-Corby Glen, Lincolnshire	St. Antony and the Pig, Barton, Cambridgeshire	St. Barbara : Hessett, Suffolk	St. Bartholomew : Selling, Kent	St.Catherine of Alexandria, life of : Castor, Cambs	St Catherine of Alexandria, Cold Overton, Leicestershire *NEW*	St.Catherine of Alexandria : Hardley Street, Norfolk
St.Catherine of Alexandria : Old Weston, Northants	St.Catherine of Alexandria : Pickering, N. Yorks	St.Catherine of Alexandria, life of : Sporle, Norfolk	St. Catherine of Alexandria, Martyrdom of: Burton Latimer, Northants *NEW*	St. Catherine of Alexandria or another female saint : Ashley, Hampshire *NEW*	St. Clement : South Leigh, Oxon.	Scenes from the life of St. Cuthbert : Pittington, Co. Durham *NEW*	St. Dunstan holding the Devil by the nose : Barton, Cambs
St.Edmund : Boxford, Suffolk	St. Edmund : Lakenheath, Suffolk	St. Edmund, Martyrdom of : Bishopsbourne, Kent	St.Edmund, Martyrdom of : Fritton, Norfolk	St. Edmund (or St. Walstan) : Gisleham, Norfolk	St. Edmund, Martyrdom of : Pickering, N.Yorks	St. Edmund, Martyrdom of : Stoke Dry, Rutland	St. Edmund, Martyrdom of : Troston, Suffolk
St. Edmund, Martyrdom of : Weare Giffard, Devon	St.Eloi, Broughton, Bucks	St. Eloi and the possessed horse, Slapton, Northants	St. Eloi, as bishop & blacksmith, Wensley, N.Yorks	St.Erasmus, Martyrdom of : Chippenham, Cambs	St. Etheldreda : Willingham, Cambs	St. Francis Preaching to the Birds : Little Kimble, Bucks	St.Francis Preaching to the Birds : Wissington, Suffolk
St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, Slapton, Northants	St. George & Dragon : Banningham, Norfolk	St. George & Dragon : Broughton, Bucks	St. George & Dragon : Earl Stonham, Suffolk	St. George & Dragon : Fritton, Norfolk	St. George & Dragon : Hornton, Oxon	St. George dedicating himself to the Virgin : Astbury, Cheshire	St. George, with the princess : Little Kimble, Bucks
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St. John the Baptist, Martyrdom of : Idsworth, Hampshire	St. John the Baptist, Martyrdom of : Old Weston, Northants	St. John the Baptist, Martyrdom of : Pickering, N. Yorks	Life of St. John the Baptist : Cerne Abbas, Dorset	St. John the Evangelist, Selling, Kent	St. John the Evangelist, Weston Longville, Norfolk	St. Margaret of Antioch : Old Weston, Northants	St. Margaret and the dragon : South Newington, Oxfordshire
St. Margaret of Antioch Martyred, Stoke Dry, Rutland	St. Margaret of Antioch, Life of : Charlwood, Surrey	Life of St. Margaret, Wendens Ambo, Essex	Martyrdom of St. Margaret, Duxford, Cambridgeshire	Martyrdom of St. Margaret, Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire *NEW*	St. Martin dividing his cloak, Chalgrave, Beds	St. Martin dividing his cloak, Wareham, Dorset	St Michael, with kneeling donor, South Newington, Oxfordshire
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St. Nicholas of Myra, two miracles of : Wissington, Suffolk	St. Nicholas of Myra & the Boys in the Barrel, Padworth, Berkshire	St. Nicholas of Myra & the Boys in the barrel, Bishopsbourne, Kent *NEW*	St.Paul : Black Bourton, Oxon	St. Paul : Beckley, Oxon	St. Paul : Selling, Kent	St. Peter : Beckley, Oxon
St.Peter : Black Bourton, Oxon	St. Peter, Martyrdom of : Chacombe, Northants	St. Peter : Selling, Kent	SS. Peter & Paul, Old Idsworth, Hampshire *NEW*	St. Roch : Pinvin, Worcs	St. Sexburga? : Willingham, Cambs	S. Stephen, Martyrdom of, North Stoke, Oxon	St. Stephen, Stoning of: Black Bourton, Oxon
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