Edmund stands in the centre, with another archer, much of his figure missing, at the left. His hands are crossed, perhaps tied, and his body is already pierced by six very large arrows, painted in careful detail. The splaying of his fingers (right hand) and toes might be intended to suggest a body tensed against physical agony.
The red-outline masonry pattern against which the figures stand forms the background to most of the painting in the church. There are several, and one of them, the Weighing of Souls is newly on the site. Another painting of St. Nicholas with the three boys in the barrel is also new at this update (find it from the table below) and there is also a Doom with some unusual features. This too will be added soon.
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St. Andrew Martyred, Stoke Dry, Rutland
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St. Anne teaching the Virgin to read-Corby Glen, Lincolnshire
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St. Antony and the Pig, Barton, Cambridgeshire
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St. Barbara : Hessett, Suffolk
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St. Bartholomew : Selling, Kent
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St.Catherine of Alexandria, life of : Castor, Cambs
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St Catherine of Alexandria, Cold Overton, Leicestershire NEW |
St.Catherine of Alexandria : Hardley Street, Norfolk
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St.Catherine of Alexandria : Old Weston, Northants
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St.Catherine of Alexandria : Pickering, N. Yorks
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St.Catherine of Alexandria, life of : Sporle, Norfolk
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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.
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Scenes from the life of St. Cuthbert : Pittington, Co. Durham NEW |
St. Dunstan holding the Devil by the nose : Barton, Cambs
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St.Edmund : Boxford, Suffolk
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St. Edmund : Lakenheath, Suffolk
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St. Edmund, Martyrdom of : Bishopsbourne, Kent
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St.Edmund, Martyrdom of : Fritton, Norfolk
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St. Edmund (or St. Walstan) : Gisleham, Norfolk
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St. Edmund, Martyrdom of : Pickering, N.Yorks
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St. Edmund, Martyrdom of : Stoke Dry, Rutland
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St. Edmund, Martyrdom of : Troston, Suffolk
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St. Edmund, Martyrdom of : Weare Giffard, Devon
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St.Eloi, Broughton, Bucks
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St. Eloi and the possessed horse, Slapton, Northants
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St. Eloi, as bishop & blacksmith, Wensley, N.Yorks
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St.Erasmus, Martyrdom of : Chippenham, Cambs
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St. Etheldreda : Willingham, Cambs
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St. Francis Preaching to the Birds : Little Kimble, Bucks
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St.Francis Preaching to the Birds : Wissington, Suffolk
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St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata, Slapton, Northants
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St. George & Dragon : Banningham, Norfolk
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St. George & Dragon : Broughton, Bucks
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St. George & Dragon : Earl Stonham, Suffolk
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St. George & Dragon : Fritton, Norfolk
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St. George & Dragon : Hornton, Oxon
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St. George dedicating himself to the Virgin : Astbury, Cheshire
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St. George, with the princess : Little Kimble, Bucks
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| St. George & the Dragon : Kirtlington, Oxon NEW |
St.Helena, Broughton, Bucks
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St.James the Great : Hales, Norfolk
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Life of St. James, Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire
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St. James the Great, meeting pilgrims : Wisborough Green, Sussex
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St. James the Great, Yelden (or Yielden), Beds NEW |
St. John the Baptist, Martyrdom of : Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks
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St. John the Baptist, Martyrdom of : Heydon, Norfolk
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St. John the Baptist, Martyrdom of : Idsworth, Hampshire
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St. John the Baptist, Martyrdom of : Old Weston, Northants
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St. John the Baptist, Martyrdom of : Pickering, N. Yorks
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Life of St. John the Baptist : Cerne Abbas, Dorset
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St. John the Evangelist, Selling, Kent
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St. John the Evangelist, Weston Longville, Norfolk
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St. Margaret of Antioch : Old Weston, Northants
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St. Margaret and the dragon : South Newington, Oxfordshire
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St. Margaret of Antioch Martyred, Stoke Dry, Rutland
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St. Margaret of Antioch, Life of : Charlwood, Surrey
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Life of St. Margaret, Wendens Ambo, Essex
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Martyrdom of St. Margaret, Duxford, Cambridgeshire
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Martyrdom of St. Margaret, Ashby St Ledgers, Northamptonshire NEW |
St. Martin dividing his cloak, Chalgrave, Beds
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St. Martin dividing his cloak, Wareham, Dorset
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St Michael, with kneeling donor, South Newington, Oxfordshire
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St.Nicholas of Myra, life of : Little Horwood, Bucks
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St. Nicholas of Myra, two miracles of : Wissington, Suffolk
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St. Nicholas of Myra & the Boys in the Barrel, Padworth, Berkshire
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St. Nicholas of Myra & the Boys in the barrel, Bishopsbourne, Kent NEW |
St.Paul : Black Bourton, Oxon
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St. Paul : Beckley, Oxon
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St. Paul : Selling, Kent
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St. Peter : Beckley, Oxon
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St.Peter : Black Bourton, Oxon
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St. Peter, Martyrdom of : Chacombe, Northants
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St. Peter : Selling, Kent
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SS. Peter & Paul, Old Idsworth, Hampshire NEW |
St. Roch : Pinvin, Worcs
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St. Sexburga? : Willingham, Cambs
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S. Stephen, Martyrdom of, North Stoke, Oxon
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St. Stephen, Stoning of: Black Bourton, Oxon
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St. Stephen, Stoning of: Catfield, Norfolk
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St.Swithun (?) enthroned : Old Weston, Northants
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Scenes from the life of St. Swithun : Corhampton, Hampshire
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St. Thomas Becket, blessing, Hauxton, Cambs.
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Archbishop, possibly Thomas Becket, blessing, Shorthampton, Oxfordshire NEW |
St. Thomas Becket, Murder of, Marston Magna, Somerset
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St. Thomas Becket, Murder of, North Stoke, Oxfordshire
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St.Thomas Becket, Murder of : South Burlingham, Norfolk
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St. Thomas Becket, Murder of : South Newington, Oxfordshire
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St. Walstan of Bawburgh? or St. Edmund : Gisleham, Norfolk
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St. Zita : Horley, Oxon
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St. Zita : Shorthampton, Oxon
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Unidentified female saint : Heydon
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This painting is unsophisticated and rustic, but eloquent all the same. There is a wiry, linear energy in the rendering of the figures, particularly the archer at the right, his face made deliberately ugly as befits a pagan torturer of a Christian king. The longbows have an oddly rough-hewn look, as if hastily constructed specifically for their purpose.