Monument of Edmund Harman

Edmund Harman (c.1509–1577), was the barber-surgeon of King Henry VIII. ‘The monument shows [not shown here] his nine sons and seven daughters of whom only two girls survived their parents. The monument also features what may be the earliest depiction of native Americans in Britain. Four South American Indians with feathered headdresses and a jaguar surround his memorial plaque. No explanation is given in the Latin inscription for their presence and it has been suggested that the family were involved in the early exploration and trade with the Americas. The American images on Edmund’s memorial may have been copied from illustrations in a Flemish book that appeared a few years earlier’ (Wikipedia).

The elaborate monument was constructed in 1569