Month: September 2024

Discover the effigy of Knight Sir Lambert de Trikyngham (d.1280) in a medieval English church. Despite deliberate facial defacement, his Hebrew/Israelite features, including a broad nose and full lips reminiscent of KRS-One, remain visible. His feet rest on a lion, symbolizing the Lion of Judah and his Israelite heritage, preserving a noble lineage often erased from history.

Explore the tomb of Edmund Harman (c.1509–1577), barber-surgeon to King Henry VIII, at St John the Baptist Church, Burford. Despite deliberate facial defacement, Harman and his wife Agnes’s Hebrew/Israelite features — broad noses and full lips — remain visible. Their tomb, including sixteen children, preserves a swarthy lineage often erased from history.