A list of monumental brasses in the British isles / by Mill Stephenson.

  • Mill Stephenson
Date:
1926
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Credit: A list of monumental brasses in the British isles / by Mill Stephenson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tiverton. I. John Greenway, mcht., in civil dress, and w. Joan, 1529, arms of mcht. ad venturers ; Trinity, scrolls, 3 other shs., and marg. inscr. lost ; large, S.C. (which he founded in 1517). Devon N. and Q., II, 41 (effs.), 47 (sh.) ; Exeter Trans., V, pi. 29, and 2 S. Ill, 424 ; Rogers, Sep. Effs., 274, and pi. 31, no. 27. Tor Mohun. I. Wilmot, dau. and h. of [John] Gilforde of Yeo, esq., w. of Geo. Cary of Cockington, esq., 1581, with 3 daus., 2 sons lost, inscr, mutil., 3 shs. and 2 lozenges, reh, mur., C. Exeter Trans., VI, pi. 32 ; Stabb, III, pi. 100. II. Inscr. Peter Bolt, 1633. III. Inscr. Cecily Achym, 1639. Trusham. I. Inscr. Hugh Staplehill of Bremell, esq., 1583, aged 41, and w. Sabian ; Thos., his son and h., 1599, aged 23, John, his 2nd son, 1604, aged 28, and Roger, Elizth., Mary and Anne, mur., C. Ugborough. I. Lady, e. 1500 ; inscr. lost ; reh, mur., hT. Tr. Washfield. I. Inscr. with 18 Eng. vv. and 2 achs. Alee, dau. of Wm. Frye, esq., w. of Philip Steyning, esq., 1605, aged 72, had 9 sons and 5 daus. ; her son-in-law Geo. Montgomery pos. ; mur., N.A. II. Hen. Worth, esq., 1606, aged 72, in civil dress, and w. with 1 dau., inscr. in 10 Lat. vv. and ach., mur., N.A. Yealmpton. I. Sir John Crokker, cup and standard bearer to Edw. IV, 1508, in arm., reh, mur., N.A. Exeter Trans., V, pi. 13, and 2 S. Ill, 391 ; Planche, Costume, I, 19 ; Rogers, Sep. Effs., 241, and pi. 31, no. 24 ; Warner, J. H., Hist, of Yealmpton, 1907. Sir John distinguished himself in suppressing Perkin Warbeck’s rebellion in 1497. II. Inscr. in 12 Lat. vv. John Copleston, 1577, aged 28, mur., N. Tr. III. Inscr. with 6 Eng. and 6 Lat. vv. on 2 plates. Isabel, 3rd dau. of Hen.Fortescueby his w. Agnes Seymour, w. of [John] Copleston, 1580 ; plate with the 6 Eng. vv. palimp., on rev. a portion of a Flemish br., 15th cent., with heads of St. James, the B.V. Mary, the person com¬ memorated with a scroll, and a seated fig. of God the Father holding soul in sheet; mur. on hinge, N. Tr. Macklin, Br. of Eng., 262 (obv. and rev.) ; M.B.S. Trans., IV. 30 (rev.); Warner (rev.). The br. at Okehampton to Thomasin, dau. of-Godolphin, w. of Thos. Peter, gent., 1608, with 3 daus., all kng., rect. pi. with inscr., 8 Eng, vv. and 2 shs., perished in the fire in 1842. It is engr. Exeter Trans., VI, pi. 5. The brasses at Cullompton to John Kot, mcht., 1522, and w. Joan, and to John Lane, founder of a chantry, 1528, and w. Thomasin, are lost.
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