Monument and Tomb
Thinking she might retire to the family property of Newcourt, Blanche commissioned her monument in Bacton Church. Dated to before November 1578, this has the first depiction of Queen Elizabeth I as Gloriana. The inscription on this monument said: "With maiden Queen a maid did end my life". Blanche Parry did not retire, however, staying with the Queen until her death, and was buried in St. Margaret's Westminster, the Queen paying all her funeral expenses. George Ballard saw her tomb in its original location in the 18th century.
Bacton Church, Herefordshire has an altar cloth fashioned from an Elizabethan court dress, with an original design that is very similar to the Rainbow Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I.
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