Head and shoulders - Woman

Lady Alice Giffard, c.1243, Holy Trinity, Weare Gifford, Devon. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Isolde de Cardinham, c. 1280, St Andrew’s, Bere Ferrers, Devon. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Margaret Camoys, 1310, St George, Trotton, Sussex. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Alyne de Creke, c. 1325, St Mary-the-Less, Westley Waterless, Cambs.Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Lora de St Quintin, c. 1397, St Mary, Brandesburton, East Riding. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Woman (Malwyn family), c. 1400, St Andrew, Etchilhampton, Wiltshire. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Beatrix Fitzalan, c. 1412-20, Fitzalan Chapel, Arundel Castle, West Sussex. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Joan de Thorp, c. 1417, All Saints, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Joan de Thorp, c. 1417, All Saints, Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Elizabeth Mowbray, c. 1419, All Saints, Harewood, Yorkshire. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Philippa Pollard, c. 1430, St Michael, Horwood, Devon. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Wife of Sir Robert Harling, c. 1435, St Peter & St Paul, East Harling, Norfolk. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Joan Keynes, c. 1422, c. 1442, St Andrew, Dowlish Wake, Somerset. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Wife of Sir Ralph Grey, 1443, St Peter, Chillingham, Northumberland. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Lady Cobham, second wife of Sir Reginald, 1446, St Peter & St Paul, Lingfield, Surrey. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Lady Isolde Audley, after 1325, St Bartholomew, Much Marcle, Herefordshire. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Wife of Sir John Giffard, c. 1330, St Peter, Leckhampton, Gloucestershire. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Joyce, wife of Sir John Clearwell, after 1344, All Saints, Newland, Gloucestershire. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Isabel Deincourt, c. 1348, St Mary the Virgin, Sprotbrough, South Yorkshire. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Harwisia de Muchegros, c. 1353, St Mary’s, English Bicknor, Gloucestershire. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Sister of Grymbald Pauncefoot, c. 1360, St Michael and All Angels, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Wife of Sir Thomas de Ingilby, c. 1369, All Saints, Ripley, Yorkshire. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Elizabeth de Bohun, c. 1378, St Clement, Powderham, Devon. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Agnes de Gorges, c. 1346, St Mary, Tamerton Foliot, Devon. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Eleanor Mauleverer, c. 1400, St Martin, Allerton Mauleverer, North Yorkshire. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Elizabeth Cobham, 1403, St Peter and St Paul, Lingfield, Surrey. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Elenora Burgate, c. 1409, St Mary, Burgate, Suffolk. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Eleanor Cobham, 1420, St Peter and St Paul, Lingfield, Surrey. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Isabel de la Pole, c. 1435, St Andrew, Hingham, Norfolk. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Joan de Bykebury, c. 1436, St Lawrence, Bigbury on Sea, Devon. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Philppa de Strabolgi, c. 1440, St George, West Grinstead, West Sussex. Photo by Pam Walker, Clothing Lexis Project

Woman, c. 1414, Choir, North Window, St William Window (n VII), detail of panel 15b, York Minster. Photo by York Glaziers Trust ©Dean and Chapter of York, Courtesy of Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi

Woman, c. 1414, Choir, North Window, St William Window (n VII), detail of panel 18a, York Minster. Photo by York Glaziers Trust ©Dean and Chapter of York, Courtesy of Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi

Woman, c. 1414, Choir, North Window, St William Window (n VII), detail of panel 2d, York Minster. Photo by York Glaziers Trust ©Dean and Chapter of York, Courtesy of Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi