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====Tomb monuments==== Both the burial of Eleanor's body at Westminster and her visceral burial at Lincoln were subsequently marked by ornate [[effigial monument]]s, both with similar life-sized gilt bronze effigies cast by the goldsmith [[William Torell]].<ref>Colvin 1963, pp. 481β82.</ref><ref>Alexander and Binski 1987, pp. 364β66.</ref> Her heart burial at the Blackfriars was marked by another elaborate monument, but probably not with a life-sized effigy.<ref name="colv482_3">Colvin 1963, pp. 482β83.</ref><ref>Hunter 1842, pp. 186β87.</ref><ref name="gall79_80">Galloway 1914, pp. 79β80.</ref><ref>Cockerill 2014, pp. 350β351.</ref> The Blackfriars monument was lost following the priory's [[dissolution of the monasteries|dissolution]] in 1538.<ref name="colv482_3"/><ref name="gall79_80"/> The Lincoln monument was destroyed in the 17th century, but was replaced in 1891 with a reconstruction, not on the site of the original.<ref>{{cite book |first=A. F. |last=Kendrick |title=The Cathedral Church of Lincoln: a history and description of its fabric and a list of the bishops |location=London |publisher=G. Bell and Sons |year=1917 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cathedralchurcho00kend/page/130 130]β31 |url=https://archive.org/details/cathedralchurcho00kend }}</ref><ref>Parsons 1995, p. 208.</ref><ref>Galloway 1914, pp. 68β69 (gives the erroneous date of 1901).</ref> The Westminster Abbey monument survives.
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