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1525 Crewkerne, Somerset

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

Height in inches: 15

Width in inches: 9

Weight in kg: 1.4

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Towards the end of his life Thomas Golde, together with Sir George Speke, was concerned with one of the Tudor State trials. Both were members of the Grand Jury at Bedminster in 1521 for the indictment of Edward Stafford, duke of Buckingham, who was condemned by Act of Parliament and executed later that year.

It is more usual for a kneeling effigy like this of Thomas Golde to be laid facing a similar one to his wife.

However a single kneeling figure is not unknown. Because he is depicted facing left, the details of his sword belt and dagger can be seen.

Thomas Golde is thought to be related to Sir George Speke but the origins of the family are not fully known.

1510 Oddington, Oxfordshire

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

Height in inches: 35

Width in inches: 11

Weight in kg: 3.8

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During the 15th Century it was the custom to engrave shrouded figures and grinning skeletons. This one is without doubt the most gruesome of the shroud brasses. This engraving is thought to be 1510, and as Ralph died later it is therefore probable that he commissioned this brass during his lifetime. Indeed Ralph Hamsterley is unique in that he had at least four brasses made to commemorate himself. One , in academic dress , was formerly in the antechapel at Merton College, others in queens college and University College. Born in Durham he spent most of his life at Oxford. He was a Fellow of Merton, and nominated Warden in 1507. In 1509 he became Master of University College.

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

Height in inches: 16

Width in inches: 11

Weight in kg: 2.1

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Edward Harris M.A was a Fellow of New college, Oxford, and was the first Headmaster of Thame Grammar School, where he remained for thirty years. The school was founded by john, Lord Williams (d. 1559) whose great weath came from profits made from the dissolution of the monastries under Henry VIII. The original school buildings can be seen near the parish church, and a modern school building now carries on the name. The brass depicts Edward, aged 63, kneeling and wearing a ruff and civil mantle.

Height in inches: 12

Width in inches: 9

Weight in kg: 1.0

Full Scale, Replica or Theme? Full Scale

Little is known of the origins of this brass; what we do know can be deduced from the early style of engraving and history of Blickling Manor. The manor was purchased in 1309 by one of Robert de Holveston, who was succeeded by a James de Holveston, aCollector of Taxes in Norfolk in 1349-50. James and his wife Joan moved into Blickling Manor in 1369 and by the terms of his curious will (published in Norfolk in 1378) if no male heirs the estate would go to Sir Nicholas de Dagworth (another brass in the series). The will mentions but does not name his daughters, though it appears that sir Nicholas de Dagworth married one of them.

Height in inches; 21"

Width in inches; 7"

Weight in kg: 2.1

Replica

The same as above, but;

Height in Inches; 38"

Width in inches; 15"

Weight in kg: 6.0

Full size

1567 Denchworth, Berkshire

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

Height in inches: 31

Width in inches: 13.5

Weight in kg: 4.5

Full Scale, Replica or Theme? Full Scale

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Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas Essex of Lambourne, Berkshire, was the wife of William Hyde; they had five sons and five daughters. This brass is notable for the elegance of her dress. She wears the Paris hood, known to most of us as a Mary Queen of Scots headdress . Alice has a frilled partlet around her neck, which later developed into the ruff so typical of Elizabethan fashion. She also wears an embroidered petticoat displayed through the open front of her over-dress.

Alice lived during a very eventful period of history - the beginning of the turbulent reign of Henry VIII and the difficult years before Elizabeth I became Queen in 1558.

1361 North Mimms, Hertfordshire

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

Height in inches: 53

Width in inches: 24

Weight in kg: 13.0

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This is a rare example of a Flemish brass made with a cut-out effigy and canopy, with a bracket base made in the English style. The original stome and inscription has been lost, but the arms on the base identify it. William held several Royal appointments, which would explain a parish priest having such an important brass.

In 1329 he was sent to David, King of Scotland, to collect 5000 marks due to Edward III. When he retired from Royal service he lived at North Mimms, and requested in his will to be buried in the chancel of the church.

C1462 Nivelles, Belgium

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

Height in inches: 21.5

Width in inches: 11.5

Weight in kg: 2.7

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This magnificent example of the engravers' Art is a detail taken from the brass to Marguerite de Scornay, Abbess of Nivelles. It depicts the enthroned Virgin holding the child Jesus, whose hand (on the complete brass) points towards the kneeling Abbess.

It is interesting to note that this brass barely escaped destruction during the German bombing raid on Nivelles in 1940 because the inscription beneath it was split and curled into a cylinder by the intense heat of the fire.

Size in inches; 21" by 10"

Weight in kg: 2.2

1443 Newland, Gloucestershire

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

Height in inches: 12

Width in inches: 8

Weight in kg: 1.0

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This brass is a heraldic crest on the memorial to Robert and Joan Greyndour. Robert's father, sir John Greyndour, was a great grandson of Sir John Joce, from whom he inherited Newland.

Sir John Greyndour was a member of the households of both Henry IV and V and accompanied Henry V to France in 1415. He took with him a company of 150 forest of Dean Miners. They were instrumental in undermining the walls of the town of Harfleur which later surrendered.

It is thought that in return for this service he was granted the crest of the forest of Dean Miners. The Miner has a pick in his hand with which to loosen the iron ore, and carries a wooden hod on his back. In his mouth he holds a candle.

Newland Church was founded in the reign of King John by a monk of Westminster abbey, Robert de Wakering.