Monumental brasses on the internet: Part 2
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Monumental Brass Society: A-H
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)