 Such "a pelican in her piety" appears in the 1686 reredos by Grinling Gibbons in the church of St Mary Abchurch in the City of London.Earlier medieval examples of the motif appear in painted murals, for example that of "circa" 1350 in the parish church of Belchamp Walter, Essex.The self-sacrificial aspect of the pelican was reinforced by the widely read medieval bestiaries.