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1277

Stoke D'Abernoun, Surrey

Height in inches: 21

Width in inches: 7

Weight in kg: 1.35

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The brass to Sir John is the earliest surviving brass in England and the original is over six feet high. He wears chain mail with a linen surcoat with genouilleres to protect his knees. He carries a lance and shield bearing his coat of arms.

The same as the above, but;

Height in inches:38

Width in inches: 15

Weight in kg: 6.5

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c1500

Cobham, Surrey

Size 8.5" by 5.5"

Weight in kg: 1.0

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This enchanting brass, the only remains of a much larger plate, shows the familiar stable scene: Joseph stands behind the Virgin, who lies in bed, her head on a tasselled cushion. The ox and ass are behind the manger where Christ Child lies and hooded shepherds enter with crooks.

C 1525

Hawstead, Suffolk

Size - 17" by 8"

Weight in kg: 2kg

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

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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.

1456

Amiens, France

Size 24" by 14"

Weight in kg: 3.5kg

1860

Westminster Abbey

Size; 46" by 36"

Weight in kg:18

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This brass commemorates Sir Charles Barry who was born in 1795. An architect in the Classicist style, he successfully followed the late Gothic style for the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) which took twelve years to complete. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Royal Academician. He was knighted in 1852. This monument covers his tomb in the Nave of the Abbey and shows the plan of the Palace and in elevation the Victoria Tower.

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

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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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1406 St. Mary's church, Warwick

Height in inches: 18

Width in inches: 7.5

Weight in kg: 1.35

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His wife Margaret was the daughter of William, Lord Ferrers of Groby. Her dress and mantle are decorated in heraldic shapes which the original brass shows to be intricate leaf and flower designs reminiscent of rich embroidery. A little dog is engraved at her feet - a feature very common on monumental brasses of the fifteenth century.

The above brass figures together, side by side

Height in inches: 17

Width in inches: 10

Weight in kg: 2.1

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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.

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.

1586

Walton on the Hill, Liverpool

Size - 19" by 12.5"

Weight in kg: 2.5

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.

1483

Little Easton, Essex

Size 38" by 15"

Weight in kg: 6.0

1483

Little Easton, Essex

Size - 38" by 15"

Weight in kg: 6.0

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.

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.

1889

Dunfermline Abbey, Fife, Scotland

Size: 18" by 7.5"

Weight in kg: 1.35

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This brass is based on a large Victorian brass in Dunfermline Abbey which was executed in the style of the 14th Century. Robert was King in 1306 and died in 1329.

SAME AS ABOVE, but;

Height in inches; 34"

Width in inches; 14"

Weight in kg: 5.0

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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 .

SAME AS ABOVE, but;

Size; 28" by 11"

Weight 4.5kg

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SAME AS ABOVE, but;

Size; 38" by 15"

Weight in kg: 6.0

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SAME AS ABOVE, but;

Size ; 61" by 24"

Weight in kg: 15.0

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1528 Acton, Suffolk

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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.

Same as the above, but;

Height in inches: 36

Width in inches: 15

Weight in kg: 6.0

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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.

Same as above, but

Height in inches; 38"

Width in inches; 15"

Weight in kg: 6.0

Replica

Same as above, but;

Height in inches; 83"

Width in inches; 26.5"

Weight in kg: 25.0

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