St. Ursula

In the first niche on the north wall of the nave is still visible the outline of a figure. This was initially identified by Fisher as being of St Edmund. The figure recorded by Fisher is depicted wearing a crown with an arrow- symbols of the St Edmund who was murdered by Vikings in his East Anglian Kingdom in 869. However, the figure seems to be of a woman with smaller figures behind her. It is thought that the figure is that of St. Ursula who was martyred along with her maiden followers in Cologne.

The image does have similarities to that of St. Edmund but an illustration in Caxton's Golden Legend of St. Ursula seems to confirm her identity. As with the painting of Thomas Becket the similarities between the wall paintings and the illustrations in Caxton (below) can not be dismissed as coincidence.