Editing Fotheringhay (section)

== Church of St Mary and All Saints ==
[[File:fothkirk.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Fotheringhay Church]]
[[File:Church-of-st-mary-fotheringhay-uk.jpg|thumb|Church of St Mary and All Saints, Fotheringhay]]
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The work on the present church was begun by [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] who also built a college as a cloister on the church's southern side. After completion in around 1430, a parish church of similar style was added to the western end of the collegiate church with work beginning in 1434. It is the parish church which still remains.

The large present church is named in honour of St Mary and All Saints, and has a distinctive tall tower dominating the local skyline. The church is [[Perpendicular Period|Perpendicular]] in style and although only the nave, aisles and octagonal tower remain of the original building it is still in the best style of its period.<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Fotheringhay}}</ref>

The church contains a notable 15th-century painted [[pulpit]] donated by [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]].

[[Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York]], who was killed at the [[Battle of Agincourt]] in 1415, [[Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York]], and his wife, [[Cecily Neville]] as well as his son [[Edmund, Earl of Rutland]], who with Richard himself, fell at the [[Battle of Wakefield]] in 1460, are buried in the church. After the choir of the church was destroyed in the 16th century, [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] ordered the removal of the smashed York tombs and created the present monuments to the third Duke and his wife around the altar.

The birthday of Richard III is commemorated annually by the [[Richard III Society]] by the placing of white roses in the church.