Monumental brasses on the internet: Part 2

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Monumental Brass Society. A very informative site, including an illustrated history of monumental brasses and incised slabs, an extensive bibliography, lists of contents of recent publications - with sample articles - and an image gallery. There are more than 160 images, including the following medieval and early modern English brasses and incised slabs:

• Anonymous (c. 1500): Cobham, Surrey (rubbing and discussion of plate showing the adoration of the shepherds, from a lost brass) (Brass of the Month, December 2004).
• Anonymous knight (c. 1475): Dredged from the River Thames (rubbing and discussion) (Brass of the Month, August 2004)
• Anonymous lady (c. 1415): Castleacre, Norfolk (engraving, rubbing and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, September 2007)
• Anonymous maiden (c. 1450): Lingfield, Surrey (rubbing) (on the Maidens and matrons page of the Picture Library)
• Anonymous priest (c.1100): Selston, Nottinghamshire (incised slab) (on the Brasses & Slabs page)
• Anonymous priest (1280): Ashford, Kent (rubbing of remaining head; probably the earliest surviving English brass) (on the Brasses & Slabs page)
• Anonymous priest (c.1280): Mansfield, Nottinghamshire (incised slab) (on the British Incised slabs, 13th-15th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Anonymous wool merchant (c.1400): Northleach, Gloucestershire (rubbing) (on the Wool and cloth trades page of the Picture Library)
• Anonymous friar (c.1440): Great Amwell, Hertfordshire (rubbing) (on the The Church page of the Picture Library)
• Anonymous wool man (c.1485): Northleach, Gloucestershire (detail of rubbing: footrest) (on the Wool and cloth trades page of the Picture Library)
• Sir John d'Abernon (1327): Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey (rubbing) (on the Armour page of the Picture Library)
• Ursula Allingham (1522): Hawstead, Suffolk (rubbing) (on the Brasses & Slabs page)
• Thomas Annott (1577): Lowestoft, Suffolk (engraving, detail of lost brass) (on the Danse macabre page of the Picture Library)
• William Armorer and his wife Elizabeth (1560): All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London (rubbing, photograph and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, December 2007)
• Ralph Assheton (1650): Middleton, Yorkshire (rubbing) (on the Armour page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Lewis Bagot (1534): Blithfield, Staffordshire (incised slab) (on the British incised slabs, 16th-18th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Sir William Bagot (1407): Baginton, Warwickshire (detail of rubbing) (on the Richard II and his court page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Robert Bardolf (1395): Mapledurham, Oxfordshire (rubbing) (on the Richard II and his court page of the Picture Library)
• Robert and Margaret Barley (1467): Barlow, Derbyshire (rubbing) (on the Brasses & Slabs page)
• Adam Beaumont (1655): Kirkheaton, Yorkshire (rubbing) (on the Civil War page of the Picture Library)
• William, Viscount Beaumont (1517): Wivenhoe, Essex (drawing) (on the Heraldry page of the Picture Library)
• Brother Robert Beauner (c. 1450-60): St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire (rubbing and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, April 2006)
• Richard Beich (1520): Oathlaw, Scotland (incised slab) (on the British incised slabs, 16th-18th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Thomas, Lord Berkeley and his wife Margaret (1392): Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire (rubbing and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, June 2006)
• Peter and Richard Best (1585): Merstham, Surrey (rubbing of a lost brass) (on the Chrysoms page of the Picture Library)
• Sir John Bettesthorne (1398): Mere, Wiltshire (rubbing) (on the Armour page of the Picture Library)
• Richard, Ralph and Edward Blondevyle (1571): Newton Flotman, Norfolk (photograph) (on the Genealogy page of the Picture Library)
• Eleanor de Bohun, Duchess of Gloucester (1399): Westminster Abbey, London (detail of rubbing) (on the Richard II and his court page of the Picture Library)
• John de Botiler (c.1335): St Brides Major, Glamorgan, Wales (incised slab) (on the British Incised slabs, 13th-15th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Thomas Boughton (1454): Newbold-on-Avon, Warwickshire (incised slab) (on the British Incised slabs, 13th-15th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex (1483): Little Easton, Essex (rubbing) (on the Yorkists page of the Picture Library)
• A Lady, probably Agnes de Bradeston (c. 1370): Winterbourne, Gloucestershire (photograph and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, January 2008)
• William Bradschawe, gent., and his wife Alice (1537): Wendover, Buckinghamshire (rubbing and description of an unusual brass showing the couple's grandchildren ) (Brass of the Month, April 2004)
• Isabel Brampton (c.1483): Brampton, Norfolk (photograph, detail) (on the Shrouds and skeletons page of the Picture Library)
• Elyn Bray (1516): Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey (rubbing) (on the Chrysoms page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Reginald Braybrook and two sons (1404): Cobham, Surrey (rubbing) (on the Children page of the Picture Library)
• Bernard Brocas (1488): Sherborne St. John, Hampshire (photograph) (on the Shrouds and skeletons page of the Picture Library)
• Margarete Brocas (c. 1390): Sherborne St. John, Hampshire (rubbing) (on the Maidens and matrons page of the Picture Library)
• Avice Brodie (1571): Thornbury, Gloucestershire (rubbing) (on the Ladies' dress page of the Picture Library)
• Elizabeth Broughton (1524): Chenies, Buckinghamshire (rubbing) (on the Maidens and matrons page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Thomas Brounflet, treasurer of the household to Henry IV (1430): Wymington, Bedfordshire (rubbing) (on the Lancastrians page of the Picture Library)
• William Browne (1489; engraved c. 1465): Stamford. Lincolnshire (rubbing) (on the Wool and cloth trades page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Thomas Brudenell and his wife Elizabeth (1586): Deene, Northamptonshire (rubbings and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, February 2006)
• Elizabeth Bruges (c.1525): Deerhurst, Gloucestershire (rubbing) (on the Ladies' dress page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Thomas Bullen (1538): Hever, Kent (drawing) (on the Heraldry page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Thomas Burton (1381; engraved c.1410): Little Casterton, Rutland (rubbing) (on the Lancastrians page of the Picture Library)
• Thomas Bushe (1526): Northleach, Gloucestershire (photograph; detail of canopy) (on the Wool and cloth trades page of the Picture Library)
• Anne Butts (1609): Redgrave, Sussex (rubbing) (on the Ladies' dress page of the Picture Library)
• John Byrkhede (1468): Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex (rubbing, photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, August 2007)
• Margaret de Camoys (c.1315): Trotton, Sussex (rubbing) (on the Ladies' dress page of the Picture Library)
• Thomas, Lord Camoys (1421): Trotton, Sussex (detail of a rubbing) (on the Brasses & Slabs page)
• Detail showing children of Phillipa Carreu (1414): Beddington, Surrey (rubbing) (on the Children page of the Picture Library)
• William Catesby (1485; engraved c.1506): Ashby St. Legers, Northamptonshire (rubbing) (on the Bosworth and after page of the Picture Library)
• Mary Cave (c. 1510): Hungarton, Leicestershire (drawing of lost brass) (on the Maidens and matrons page of the Picture Library)
• Robert Cawdron, his wives and children (1653): Great Hale, Lincolnshire (incised slab) (on the Children page of the Picture Library)
• Isabel Cheyne (1485): Blickling, Norfolk (detail of rubbing) (on the Jewellery page of the Picture Library)
• Thomas Childes (1452): St Lawrence, Norwich (rubbing) (on the Shrouds and skeletons page of the Picture Library)
• Dame Margaret Chute (née Welford) (1614): Marden, Herefordshire (photograph, rubbings and description) (Brass of the Month, October 2005)
• Edmund Clere (1488): Stokesby, Norfolk (rubbing) (on the Pastons page of the Picture Library)
• Sir John Clerk (1539): Thame, Oxfordshire (rubbing, photographs and discussion) (Brass of the month for April 2005)
• Sir Adam de Clyfton (1367): Methwold, Norfolk (photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, May 2007)
• Simon Coates (1644): Thame, Oxfordshire (incised slab) (on the British incised slabs, 16th-18th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Elizabeth wife of 2nd Lord Cobham (c.1380): Lingfield, Surrey (rubbing) (on the Ladies' dress page of the Picture Library)
• Joan de Cobham (d. bef. 1298): Cobham, Kent (rubbing and description) (Brass of the month, January 2004)
• Walter Cookesey, 1st husband of Maud Harcourt (1407; engraved 1415): Kidderminster, Worcestershire (rubbing) (on the Lancastrians page of the Picture Library)
• Canon James Coorthopp (1557): Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford (rubbing) (on the The Church page of the Picture Library)
• John Corp and granddaughter (1391): Stoke Fleming, Devon (rubbing) (on the Genealogy page of the Picture Library)
• Prior Thomas de Cotyngham (c.1300): St. Bees, Cumberland (incised slab) (on the British Incised slabs, 13th-15th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Robert Cowcher (1716): Rousham, Oxfordshire (incised slab) (on the British incised slabs, 16th-18th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Thomas Cranley, Archbishop of Dublin (1417): New College, Oxford (rubbing) (on the The Church page of the Picture Library)
• Sir John and Aleyne de Creke (c.1340-5): Westley Waterless, Cambridgeshire (photograph) (on the Brasses & Slabs page)
• Sir John Crokker, cup and standard bearer to Edward IV (1508): Yealmpton, Devon (rubbing) (on the Yorkists page of the Picture Library)
• Joan, Lady Cromwell (1490): Tattershall, Lincolnshire (rubbing, photographs and description) (Brass of the month, October 2003)
• Walter Curson and his wife Isabel (1527): Waterperry, Oxfordshire (rubbing, photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, July 2007)
• Walter Curzon and wife (c.1540): Waterperry, Oxfordshire (detail of a rubbing) (on the Brasses & Slabs page)
• Dabernon: see Abernon
• Lady Anne Danvers (1539): Dauntsey, Wiltshire (photographs and discussion of a stolen brass) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, May 2006)
• Lady Joan Darcy (c.1445): South Petherton, Somerset (rubbing) (on the Ladies' dress page of the Picture Library)
• Christopher Daubeney and his wife Philippa (1587): Sharrington, Norfolk (rubbing, photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, October 2007)
• Richard Disney (d. 1578), wives, parents and families: Norton Disney, Lincolnshire (rubbing and description) (Brass of the month, December 2003)
• Henry Dogett (1491): Pusey, Berkshire (incised slab) (on the British Incised slabs, 13th-15th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Maud de Eddefin (c.1310): Edvin Ralph, Herefordshire (incised slab) (on the British Incised slabs, 13th-15th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Philip Edelen (1657): Denham, Buckinghamshire (rubbing) (on the Civil War page of the Picture Library)
• Valentine Edvarod, his wives Agnes and Joan, and Joan's second husband Thomas Parramore (1574): St Nicholas at Wade, Kent (rubbings, photograph and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, February 2007)
• Princess Eleanor (1311): Beaulieu, Hampshire (drawing of incised and inlaid slab) (on the Children page of the Picture Library)
• John Eldred (1632): Great Saxham, Suffolk (rubbing, photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, July 2006)
• Adam Ertham, 1st master of Arundel College (1382): Arundel, Sussex (photograph and description) (Brass of the month for June 2003)
• John Eyre (1523): Knipton, Leicestershire (photograph of an incised slab) (on the Chrysoms page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Symon Felbrygge, Richard II's standard bearer (1417): Felbrigg, Norfolk (photograph) (on the Richard II and his court page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Edward Filmer (1629): East Sutton, Kent (rubbing) (on the Armour page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Richard Fitzlewes and his wives (1528): Ingrave, Essex (formerly at West Horndon) (rubbing and description) (Brass of the month, September 2003)
• John Fortney (1458): Northleach, Gloucestershire (detail of rubbing: footrest) (on the Wool and cloth trades page of the Picture Library)
• Katherine Franckleyn (1552): Sturry, Kent (inscription; rubbing and discussion) (Brass of the Month, June 2005)
• Nicholas Fraunceis (1526): Combe Florey, Somerset (photographs and discussion) (Brass of the Month, October 2004)
• Lady Claricia de Frevile (1410): Little Shelford, Cambridgeshire (rubbing) (on the Ladies' dress page of the Picture Library)
• [?]William Frith (c. 1386): Shottesbrooke, Berkshire (photograph and description) (Brass of the month for August 2003)
• Elizabeth Fyneux (1539): Hever, Kent (detail of rubbing) (on the Jewellery page of the Picture Library)
• Richard de Gaynesburgh (c.1340): Lincoln Cathedral (incised slab) (on the British Incised slabs, 13th-15th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Nicholas Gaynesford (d. 1498) and his wife Margaret (née Sidney) (d. 1503) (1480-5?): Carshalton, Surrey (photograph, rubbing and description) (Brass of the month for February 2003)
• Edmund Geste, Bishop of Salisbury (1578): Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire (rubbing) (on the The Church page of the Picture Library)
• Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester (1395): Westminster Abbey, London (drawing of lost brass) (on the Richard II and his court page of the Picture Library)
• James Gray (1591): Hunsdon, Hertfordshire (rubbing) (on the Danse macabre page of the Picture Library)
• William Grevel (1401): Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire (rubbing) (on the Wool and cloth trades page of the Picture Library)
• William Grevell esq. (1440): Drayton, Oxfordshire (incised slab) (on the British Incised slabs, 13th-15th centuries page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Anthony Grey, son and heir of Edmund, Earl of Kent (1480): St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire (rubbing) (on the Yorkists page of the Picture Library)
• Edward Grymston (1478): Thorndon, Suffolk (drawing and discussion of a lost brass) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, December 2005)
• Sir Owen of Gwydir (1660): Llanryst, Wales (rubbing) (on the Civil War page of the Picture Library)
• [?]John Gygur (d. 1504): Tattershall, Lincolnshire (rubbing and description) (Brass of the month, November 2003)
• Mary Hall (1657): Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire (rubbing) (on the Chrysoms page of the Picture Library)
• Daughters on brass to Thomas Hampton (1483): Stoke Charity, Hampshire (rubbing) (on the Maidens and matrons page of the Picture Library)
• Ralph Hamsterley (c.1515): Oddington, Oxfordshire (photograph) (on the Shrouds and skeletons page of the Picture Library)
• Anthony Hansart (1517): March, Cambridgeshire (rubbing) (on the Heraldry page of the Picture Library)
• Harcourt: see Cookesey and Phelip
• Archbishop Samuel Harsnett (1631): Chigwell, Essex (rubbing, photograph and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, November 2006)
• Sir Hugh Hastings (1347): Elsing, Norfolk (drawing, photographs and discussion of a well known brass, including small figures showing King Edward III, Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, Hugh le Despenser, Lord Despenser [missing], Sir John Grey of Ruthin, Henry, Earl of Lancaster, Lawrence Hastings, Earl of Pembroke [missing] and Ralph de Stafford, Lord Stafford, Almeric de St. Amand, Lord St. Amand) (Brass of the month for March 2005)
  A larger detail of the 18th-century drawing of the brass is here (on the Armour page of the Picture Library)
• Sir Andrew Herley and his wife Juliana (1392): Allensmore, Herefordshire (inlaid and incised slab; photographs and discussion) (Brass of the Month, September 2004)
• Robert Heyward (1509): Teynham, Kent (rubbing) (on the Chrysoms page of the Picture Library)
• Elizabeth Horne (1548): Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire (drawing) (on the Shrouds and skeletons page of the Picture Library)
• Thomas Horton (1530; engraved c.1520): Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire (rubbing) (on the Wool and cloth trades page of the Picture Library)
• Cecily Howard (1499): Aylsham, Norfolk (photograph) (on the Shrouds and skeletons page of the Picture Library)
• Lady Katherine Howard (c.1535): Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk (drawing of a brass) (on the main page)
• Edmund Hunt and his wife Margaret (1558): Hindolveston, Norfolk (photographs and discussion) (Monumental Brass Society, Brass of the Month, March 2007)