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Sir Thomas of Canterbury

£174.49

C1500 Edenham, Lincolnshire

Dimensions of whole product (figure may lay within this):

Height in inches: 38

Width in inches: 15

Weight in kg: 5.5

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This finely engraved brass is unique in that until 1910 it was mounted forty feet up on the outside of the church tower, from where it looked out over the delightful Lincolnshire countryside for over four hundred years.

In the time of King Henry VIII, when the final break with the Church of Rome took place in England, Henry's emissaries travelled the kingdom seeking out and destroying all relics of the famous English Saint. The position of this brass, however, ensured it's safety: as local legend has it, "Henry just did not have a long enough ladder"!

No records exist to indicate who is commemorated by the brass but from the rivet holes - still visible by the tower clock - he was depicted as a small figure kneeling at the feet of, and being blessed by, the Archbishop

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Animal Mini Brass Rubbing Kit

£2.37

Each kit presents an animal in black resin, mounted onto a stiff cardboard backing, supplied with a stick of brass rubbing wax and ten sheets of paper.

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Cirencester Brass Rubbing Wax - Special Colours

£3.53

Green Wax can be used particularly for multi coloured brass rubbings where special effects are sought. The wax gives a metallic finish

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Green Spirit Woman - Greenman wall plaque

£12.93

Resin Green Man Wall Plaque

Size - 5.0ins. x 5.0ins. (12.6 cm x 12.6 cm)

Hark! The Greenspirit

She comes

And now is with thee:

Therefore all seasons shall be sweet to thee,

Whether the summer clothe the general earth

With greenness, or the redbreast sit and sing

Betwixt the tufts of snow on the bare branch

Of mossy apple tree….

This fabulous wall plaque was designed, sculpted and manufactured in England, using resin-bonded Marble, Terracotta or Cotswold stone. Modern moulding techniques faithfully reproduce the intricate and painstaking work of the sculptor whilst giving the appearance of real carved stone or sculpted terracotta.

Since resin is completely weatherproof, you can hang this impressive Greenman Wall plaque either inside or outside the home

Truly a Beautiful and unique Gift Idea, well presented in an attractive, 'leatherette' style, burgundy coloured box.

A hole is provided in the rear for simple hanging.

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Cirencester Brass Rubbing Wax Standard Colours

£2.12

A range of brass rubbing wax in assorted colours. This wax is a good 'all-rounder' and suitable for children and adults alike.
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Anne Boleyn 2nd Queen of Henry VIII 1507-36

£88.13

Height in inches: 17

Width in inches: 10

Weight in kg: 2.1

Full Scale, Replica or Theme? Theme (BLACK OUTER)

Anne was the daughter of sir Thomas Bullen of Hever in Kent. Her elder sister, Mary, was Henry VIII's mistress in about 1520, and Anne owed much to her swift rise to favour at Court to her sister.

As lady-in-waiting to Queen Catherine, Anne caught the eye of Henry, who became infatuated by her dark beauty and winning wiles. But she had no intention of becoming just another of his mistresses and this gave impetus to Henry's plans to obtain a divorce from Atherine of Aragon. In his pursuit of a male heir he married Anne in 1533 and she bore him a daughter, Elizabeth (later to become Elizabeth I).

But after she miscarried of a boy child, her failure to produce a male heir and the plotting of her enemies led to her fall from favour and eventual execution on a charge of adultery.

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Elizabeth I

£70.50

Height in inches: 17

Width in inches: 7.5

Weight in kg: 1.4

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The Elizabethan era lasted for forty five brilliant years. The execution of Mary Stuart, the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the naval supremacy of England, the extension of the colonies and the glory of a great new literature of which Shakespeare was the brightest jewel are features associated with her reign.
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Henry VIII

£70.50

Height in inches: 17

Width in inches: 7.5

Weight in kg: 1.4

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The first sovereign to bear the title "Majesty", Henry's reighn is noted for his quarrels with the Church of Rome, the Dissolution of the Monastries and his half-dozen matrimonial exploits. Less known is the foundation of the modern navy with the establishment of the Navy Office in 1546

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Presentation Tubes

£1.18

Gold finished Cardboard tubes 16 inches long, supplied with a pair of end-caps with which to seal the tube, which can be used to transport your Brass Rubbing, or as a presentation tube if you wish to make a gift!
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Masking Tape

£2.12

Our masking tape is designed to secure the paper to the surface to be rubbed. The tape is designed to be lifted from the paper with the minimum of disturbance to the top surface.

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Anonymous Skeleton

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

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c1530 Hildersham, Cambridgeshire

Dimensions of whole product (figure may be within this):

Height in inches: 39

Width in inches: 15

Weight in kg: 5.5

Full Scale, Replica or Theme? Full Scale

During the 15th Century it became fashion to engrave shrouded figures and grinning skeletons - they were intended to commemorate and also be a reminder of mortality.

The inscription on this brass has been lost and along with it the identity of the person it was meant to commemorate. The lack of anatomical knowledge of the engraver is evident, certain aspects of this and the curious rendering of nipples on the breast of the skeleton can be found on two palimpset brasses at Harefield, Middlesex and Somerton Oxfordshire. These three skeleton engravings could well come from the same workshop.

Thomas de Beauchamp

Price: £52.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Thomas de Beauchamp 1406 St. Mary's church, Warwick

Dimensions of whole product (figure may be within this):

Height in inches: 18

Width in inches: 7.5

Weight in kg: 1.35

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Thomas was a Knight of the Garter, a friend of Edward III and a guardian of Richard II who later banished him to the Isle of Man, after being suspected of treason. He was recalled by Henry IV.

Tradition has it that richard said in a rage "I cannot muzzle you but I will muzzle your bear" meaning the heraldic bear on his coat of arms, and indeed the bear on the brass is muzzled, but it is difficult to detect, suggesting that he did not want it to be seen. He wears the early style of armour with chain mail.

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Lady Margaret Bellingham

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

C1500

Kendal, Westmorland

Size: 40" by 14.5"

Weight in kg: 6.0

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This beautiful brass is part of a family brass originally engraved in 1553 and restored in 1860. It is interesting to note the similarity between this work and the brass of Dame Jemima Wilson in the North Aisle of Westminster abbey. Their dresses and facial expressions are so alike it suggests the same engraver was responsible for both.

Kendal Parish Church has been a centre of Christian worship for over one thousand years. Extended and developed over the centuries it now has a quiet simplicity and is incidentally the wides parish church in England.

The Bellinghams have served their country well and although their original home, Leven Hall, is no longer owned by the family, it houses many historic treasures and still stands in gardens of medieval style.

Sir Roger Bellingham

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

C1500

Kendal, Westmorland

Size: 40" by 14.5"

Weight in kg: 5.6

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This handsome brass is part of a family brass including his wife Margaret. The 9th Century Parish Church was extensively restored in the 19th Century, when the original brass was restored by William Garside, a local engraver. The Victorian design has Sir roger wearing mixed styles of armour used over a 200 year span. The Bellinghams hom Leven Hall, still stands in gardens of medieval style.

The family took it's name from the town of Bellingham in Tyndale, where the original member of the family, Alan de Bellingham, lived immediately after the Norman Conquest. The line continues to the present day.

King Henry VI knighted Henry Bellingham after the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. His son, whose brass this is, was made a Banneret after the Battle of Stoke in 1487.

Robert Blundel

Price: £97.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

1431

Monks Risborough, Buckinghamshire

Size: 28" by 10"

Weight in kg: 3.0

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This brass shows Robert Blundell in Mass vestments decorated with strips of embroidered material called apparels, made of either linen or silk. These apparels were stitched along the hem of the alb and around the edge of the amice, originally a hood, then turned back to form a collar.

The maniple, once a napkin, had become, like the stole (the fringed ends of which can be seen beneath the chasuble) a strip of embroidered silk hung over the left arm.

The remarkable state of preservation of this brass is thought to be the result of it being covered or hidden during the turbulent reign of Henry VIII and the Civil War, when a battle was fought around Horsenden Manor, a few miles away.

Dean George Granville Bradley

Price: £360.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

1903

Westminster Abbey

Size: 40" by 30"

Weight in kg: 15.0

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George Granville Bradley was Dean of Westminster for 21 years during which time he devoted himself to the ordering of services, the finances of the Collegiate Body and like his predecessors Atterbury (the famous Jacobite Dean) and Wilcocks (who built the twin Western towers) he made the preservation and restoration of the fabric one of his chief duties.

He officiated at many great functions, notably the first Jubilee of Queen Victoria (1887) and at the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen alexandra (1902). His memorial brass was presented by the Dean and Chapter. The shields represent Marlborough College, where he was Headmaster and the Emblems of Westminster Abbey.

Christopher and Maude Bridgeman

Price: £300.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

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1503

Thame, Oxfordshaire

Size: 30" by 30"

Weight in kg: 12.5

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Christopher was employed as sexton of St. Mary's Church in thmae where the original brass is found. He wears along fur-trimmed robe with a large purse suspended from his belt. His wife Maude wears the fashionable pedimental headdress of the early 16th Century, the face is framed by stiff bands of material meeting in a sharp point over the forehead which fall to the shoulders. Around her waist she wears a long ornamental belt.

The inscription tells us that Christopher Bridgeman died 'on holy rode day nexte before Michelmas' and their ten sons and two daughters 'all decessid'. Sadly the effigies of the children are lost.

Sir Thomas Bullen (standard)

Price: £58.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Quantity:

1538

Hever, Kent

Size: 21" by 8"

Weight in kg: 2.1

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Sir Thomas is probably best known as father of Queen Anne Boleyn and thus grandfather of Queen Elizabeth I. It was he who introduced his daughter to Henry VIII. Through the influence of his future son-in-law, Thomas succeeded to the title of Earl of Ormonde, the previous owner being 'persuaded' to relinquish his claim.

In 1525 he was created Viscount Rochford and in 1529, Earl of Wiltshire. His intrigues brought him little reward. His daughter was executed in 1536 on a slender charge of adultery which he did little to defend and he died two years later, without male heir. The titles passed back to their original owners .

Henry Bures (standard)

Price: £77.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

1528 Acton, Suffolk

Dimensions of whole product (figure may be within this):

Height in inches: 24"

Width in inches: 10"

Weight in kg: 2.7

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Over two hundred years after Sir Robert de Bures, a brass was erected in the same church to a descendant. But while the brass to Robert is famous for it's beautiful engraving this later brass to Henry is curious in that it combines several different styles and his head rests on a helmet far too small for the size of the figure. The way in which the sword is slung is very old fashioned, reminiscent of mid to late 15th Century brass such as Thomas Peyton (1484) and the Yeoman of the crown (1480). Peyton lived in an adjoining county, perhaps a local craftsman engraved both.

Sir Robert de Bures (standard)

Price: £58.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Quantity:

1302

Acton, Suffolk

Dimensions of whole product (figure may be within this):

Height in inches: 21

Width in inches: 8

Weight in kg: 2.1

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The third oldest in England, this is regarded as the finest military brass. Belonging to the earliest period of armour to be illustrated by engravers, the figure is clad entirely in chain mail with a fabric surcoat tied at the waist. Over this a belt supports a heavy sword. He wears decorated leather knee cops and pointed spurs. The burrs on the shield are a pun on his name, made from a different sheet of metal from the rest of the brass, perhaps the memorial was first made for someone else and the shield substituted later.

In 1314 Sir Robert had a charter of 'free warren' conferring hunting rights on his manor in Suffolk. His son, Andrew succeeded to the title in 1331.

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Sir John D'Abernoun (standard)

Price: £58.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir John D'Abernoun (medium)

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Adoration of the Shepherds

Price: £43.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Allington

Price: £67.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Anonymous Skeleton

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Bishop John Avantage

Price: £112.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Charles Barry (Abbey plan of Westminster Abbey)

Price: £375.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Thomas de Beauchamp

Price: £52.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Margaret de Beauchamp

Price: £52.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Thomas and Margaret Beauchamp

Price: £75.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Lady Margaret Bellingham

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Roger Bellingham

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Thomas Beri

Price: £97.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Robert Blundel

Price: £97.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Isabel Bourchier, Countess of Essex

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Dean George Granville Bradley

Price: £360.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Christopher and Maude Bridgeman

Price: £300.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Robert the Bruce (standard)

Price: £52.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Robert the Bruce (medium)

Price: £180.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Thomas Bullen (standard)

Price: £58.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Thomas Bullen (medium)

Price: £120.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Thomas Bullen (large)

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Thomas Bullen (full size)

Price: £300.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Henry Bures (standard)

Price: £77.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Henry Bures (full size)

Price: £138.75 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Robert de Bures (standard)

Price: £58.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Robert de Bures (medium)

Price: £148.50 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)

Sir Robert de Bures (full size)

Price: £690.00 (Excluding VAT at 17.5%)