Theme Brasses

Height in inches: 17

Width in inches: 10

Weight in kg: 2.1

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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.

Height in inches: 17

Width in inches: 7.5

Weight in kg: 1.4

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Believing in the Divine Right of Kings, Charles succeeded his father James I in 1625 and began a long argument with Parliament over funds for ill-advised wars in europe.

Events led to Civil War and after four years Charles was defeated by Oliver Cromwell. Charles was tried for treason, convicted and was beheaded on 30th January 1649

Height in inches: 28

Width in inches: 11.5

Weight in kg: 3.2

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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.

Height in inches: 9.5

Width in inches: 7.5

Weight in kg: 0.8

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Coats of Arms came into being when it became necessary for knights in armour to identify themselves to each other, both on the battlefield and at the joust. They carried this identification on their shields, helmets and tabards (loose surcoats).

Later on Knights began to use these coats of arms on seals to 'sign' documents, and they gradually became more decorative. As well as the shield there appeared, on either side, people, animals, or more usually, mythical beasts like the unicorn, dragon and gryphon.

In heraldic terms these beasts are known as 'supporters'. We are familiar with the lion and the unicorn as they are supporters on the Royal Coat of Arms.

Height in inches: 9.5

Width in inches: 7.5

Weight in kg: 0.8

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Height in inches: 9.5

Width in inches: 7.5

Weight in kg: 0.8

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Height in inches: 9.5

Width in inhes: 7.5

Weight in kg: 0.8

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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

Size in inches - 10" by 17"

Weight in kg: 2.1

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

Height in inches: 28

Width in inches: 11.5

Weight in kg: 3.5

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Widowed at 18, Mary returned from France to rule Scotland. After two disastrous marriages, first to Lord Darnley then to Earl of Bothwell, she escaped to appeal to elizabeth to help her regain her throne. This was not to be, and, after nineteen years in captivity, she was executed at Fotheringhay Castle.

Size in inches; 6" by 4"

Weight in kg: 0.3

Size in inches; 6" by 4"

Weight in kg: 0.3

1899 Alyth Parish Church, Perthshire

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

Height in inches: 17

Width in inches: 10

Weight in kg: 2.1

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Sir Nigel was an officer in the Black Watch whose wife Charlotte was born in India. He was killed in the Boer War in 1899 and this unique brass was laid down during a period when memorial brasses were enjoying a renewed interest. It was the Victorians who started the hobby of brass rubbing. The family descended from Neis Ramsay, principal physician to Alexander II, King of Scotland, who granted him the lands of Bamff which are still in possession of the family. Sir Gilbert Ramsay, Baron of Bamff, one of the descendant of Neis was created a baronet of Nova Scotia for the gallantry of his son James at the Battle of Pentland Hills in 16666.

Height in inches: 34

Width in inches: 14

Weight in kg: 5.0

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Succeeding his father Henry II in 1189, Richardis remembered as a brave soldier spending most of his reign fighting Saladin in the third Crusade. Following a shipwreck he was imprisoned by the Holy Roman emperor and his whereabouts kept secret, until blondel, Richard's minstrel went from castle to castle playing his harp until Richard heard and answered.

Size in inches; 7" by 18"

Weight in kg: 1.3

Size in inches; 17" by 10"

Weight in kg: 2.1