Unless otherwise stated, the following particulars are to be taken for granted :mural brasses have the figures kneeling and of small size; Ecclesiastics are in eucharistical vestments; Knights, Esquires, and Gentlemen before 1550 are represented in armour, after that date in civil costume; and canopies have as many pediments as there are principal figures beneath them. Words or dates enclosed in rectangular brackets contain information which cannot be ascertained from the present state of the brass. When the inscription, &c., is described as lost, the brackets are omitted. The dates in Clarendon type are those of the engraving of the brasses, usually the date of decease. Figures less than eighteen inches in length are described as small, above three feet and a half as large. The author has examined rubbings of those brasses which have not the marks * + attached to them. An asterisk prefixed to a notice of a brass, or to the name of a church containing one or more brasses, indicates that the description has been obtained from recent communications or publications, and is most probably correct. The mark †, placed before a few notices of brasses, implies that their present existence or the accuracy of their description is uncertain. Notices of Inscriptions of slight interest or unauthenticated are generally omitted. The reference to pages of the Introduction is placed at the end of the description of the brasses. The titles of works in which engravings of brasses are to be found are printed in italics. A LIST OF THE Monumental Brasses IN THE BRITISH ISLES. Bedfordshire. AMPTHILL. I. Wm. Hicchecok, wolman, mcht., and "locum tenens" of the Staple of Calais, mutil., 1450, and widow, "domina" Agnes. II. John Lodyngton, junr., eff. lost, 1485, and w. Margt., sm., worn. III. John Barnard, chapman, 1506, and w. Ellen, sm.; inscr., 4 sons and 3 daus. lost. Fisher's Lithograph, No. 32. IV. Sir Nich. Harve, in arm., 1532, with marg. inscr., once on A.T., now under moveable floor, N.A. Fisher's Lith., No. 2. INSCR. V. Seven Eng. vv., Hy. Trin. seated on a rainbow lost, p. 223. Fisher's Lith., No. 31. All these brasses, except No. IV., were loose in the parvise, April, 1857. ASPLEY GUISE. I. *A Priest, in cassock, kng., and St. John Bapt. standing, a cross between them and marg. inscr. gone, c. 1410, p. 77. Fisher's Collections for Bedfordshire, pl. 6. II. Guise, Esq., c. 1490, inscr. lost, p. 116. Fisher's Beds., pl. 5. Both brasses are under seats. Barford, GREAT. A Man in arm., and w., c. 1525, lately loose, now lost? pp. 232, 260. BARFORD, LITTLE. Thos. Perys, 1535, and w. Agnes, pecul., sm., N., p. 244. Fisher's Lith., No. 3. BARTON-IN-THE-CLAY. I. Rich. Brey, rector, hf. eff., c. 1370. II. A civilian, c. 1490, sm. INSCR. III. Philip de Lee, rector, c. 1360. Anonymous. *BEDFORD, ST. MARY'S. I. Robt. Hawse, Gent., thrice mayor, 1627, æt. 52. Fisher's Beds., pl. 12. II. Mary, dau. of Dr. Giles Thorne, 1663, and three daus., mur. BEDFORD, ST. PAUL'S. Sir Wm. Harper, lord mayor of London [1561], founder of Bedford Grammar-school [and Almshouses], 1573, æt. 77, and w. Margt., rel., A.T., S.C., p. 91. Fisher's Beds., pl. 11. Simon de Beauchamp, 1208, lost, p. 43. BIDDENHAM. I. Wm. Faldo and w. Agnes, below John Faldo, c. 1490, sm., S.C. Fisher's Beds., pl. 15. II. Helen, dau. of Geo. Nodes, of Shephall, Esq., and w. of Wm. Boteler, Esq., 1639, qd. pl., with bust, mur., N.C. INSCRS. III. John Aylyff, rector, N.C.: 6 Lat. vv. to the same, mur. BIGGLESWADE. I. Wm. Halsted, head lost, 1449, and ws. Isabella (lost) and Alice, N., p. 33. BLUNHAM. Rich. Maulaye, mercer, 1506, and w. Alice, C. BROMHAM. [Sir John Dyve], 1535, and mother Elizth., h. of Thos. Wilde, Esq. [1497], and w. Isabella, h. of Sir Ralph Hastings, with fine canopy, and mutil. marg. inscr. in Lat. vv., large. Palimpsest, originally commemorating Thos. Wideville, Esq., 1435, and ws. Elizth. and Alice, C., pp. 50, 189, 252. Lysons' Mag. Brit., vol. i. p.163. CADDINGTON. I. John Hawll (or Hawtt), alias Cryscyan, 1505, and w. Elizth., with 4 sons and 4 daus., N. II. Edw. Dormer, yeoman, 1518, and ws. Joan (with 7 sons and 7 daus.) and Elizth., N.C. CAMPTON. Rich. Carlyll, Esq., not in arm., and w. Joan, both dec. Feb. 14th, 1489, N. Fisher's Lith., No. 4. CARDINGTON. I. [Sir Wm. Gascoigne, comptroller of the household to Cardinal Wolsey, and 2 ws., Jane, dau. of Wm. (?) Pickering, of Northumberland, and Elizth., dau. and h. of Rich. Mowbray (?): see Harl. MS., 1,531, p. 135], in heraldic dresses, c. 1540, inscr. lost, A.T., C., p. 113. II. Sir Jarrate Harvye, second son of John Harvye, of Thurley, Esq., 1638, æt. 69, in arm., and w. Dorothy, a coh. of John Gascoigne, of Cardington Manor, Esq., and 6 sons and 6 daus., A.T., C., p. 236. Sir Gerard was knighted by the Earl of Essex for his bravery at the siege of Cadiz, being the first man who entered the town. CLIFTON. I. John Fysher, Esq., son of Sir Mich. Fysher, 1528, and w., a dau. lost, pp. 29, 235. Fisher's Beds., pl. 23. INSCR. II. †Wm. Haryson, priest, 1516, eff. lost. COPLE. I. Nichol Rolond and w. Pernel, with Fr. inscr., c. 1410, C., p. 90. Fisher's Beds., pl. 27. II. Walter Rolond, in arm., IV. Thos. Gray, in Fisher's Beds., pl. 26. Margt., C., p. 189. arm., and w. Benet c. 1415, with Fr. inscr., head covd., C., p. 189. III. John Launceleyn, Esq., 1435, and w. Fisher's Beds., pl. 25. [Launceleyn ?], c. 1520, inscr. in 14 Eng. vv., pecul., A.T., S.C. V. Sir Walter Luke, justice, 1544, and w. Anne, "Norysthe" (nurse) to King Hen. VIII., and a dau. and h. of John Launceleyn, Esq., in heraldic mantle, 1538, Hy. Trin. and scrolls lost, mur., C., p. 91. VI. Robt. Bulkeley, Esq., 1550, in arm., and w. Joan, dau. of Sir Wm. Gascoyne, 1556, with 6 sons and 4 daus., qd. pl., mur., S.C. VII. Nich. Luke, Esq., a baron of the exchequer, 1563, and w. Cecyle, dau. and h. of Sir Thos. Wanton, mur., N. A., p. 91. VIII. Thos. Spencer, Gent., 1547, and w. Anne, dau. of Robt. Bulkeley, Esq., and 2 sons and 2 daus., all lost except the daus. and inscr., S.C., p. 57. A Priest, c. 1430, 2 ft. 2 in. long, once in N., lost. A brass like No. VI. to Wm. Bulkeley, Esq., 1568, and w. Jane, dau. of baron Luke (No. VII.), and chil., Chas., Wm. (dec.), John, Joyse, Judyth, Susan, Cisseley, lost since 1840. DEAN. Thos. Parker, rector, prebendary of St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, in almuce, 1501, Hy. Trin. lost, A.T., p. 79. DUNSTABLE. I. Laurence Pygot, wolman, feet lost, 1450, and w. Alice (both effs. with mcht's. mks., fastened to a board), with 6 daus. and a son [? Laurence Cantelowe]; inscr. and 3 sons lost, N., p. 261. II. A Civilian and w., c. 1460, sm., partly covd., N. III. John Pedder, 1463 (loose), and ws. Margt., Matilda, and Agnes, sm., one w. lost, two ws. and inscr. fastened to a board, once in S.A. IV. John Blunte, 1502, (now with inscr. on a board,) and w. Elizth., with 7 daus.; 8 sons, and Hy. Trin. lost, N. V. Rich. Pynfold, 1516, and w. Margt., with 4 sons; 7 daus. lost, N. VI. Henry Fayrey, 1516, and w. Agnes, in shrouds, with 5 sons 4 daus. gone, N., p. 171. Fisher's Beds., pl. 32. VII. Robt. Alee, 1518, and ws. Elizth. (with 1 son and 3 daus.) and Agnes (with 2 sons and 4 daus.), in shrouds; one w., inscr., and 2 sons now on a board; male eff. loose, engr. in Introd., p. 171, N.A. VIII. A Civilian and w., c. 1520, partly covd., N. IX. Nich. Purvey, 1521, and ws. Elizth. and Alys, eff. of 2nd w. on a board, 3 sons loose, 2 daus. lost, N. X. Rich. Fynche, citizen and mcht.-tailor of London, 1640, æt. c. 81, and parents, Thos. Fynche, 1586, and Elizth. Fynche, 1607, with marg. inscr., another inscr. now on a board, N., pp. 119, 216. Ch. visited Jan. 1858. The brass of Wm. Mulso and wife, if it be not No. II., is lost, p. 173. EATON-BRAY. I. Lady Jane Bray, w. of Sir Edm. Bray, and dau. and h. of Rich. Halwell, Esq. (son of Sir John Halwell, of Devon), and his w. Anne (dau. and h. of Sir John Norbery), 1558, with 1 son and 10 daus., mur., C. INSCR. II. †Jane, dau. of Edm. Lord Bray, 1539, eff. lost. Fisher's Lith., No. 33. EATON-SOCON. I. John Covesgrave and w., c. 1400, marg. inscr. lost, N.A., p. 164. Fisher's Lith., No. 9. II. Fem. eff., worn, sm., c. 1450, husband and inscr. lost, N. FRAGS., 2 sons and a sh., c. 1610, A.T., C. ELSTOW. I. Margery, dau. of Ralph [Corbet ?], of Richard's Castle [co. Hereford ?], twice a widow, marg. inscr. in Lat. vV., mutil., S.C. She married first John Hervey? and secondly Sir John Argentine, and died 1427. See The Topog. and Geneal., pt. i. p. 71. Gough, vol. ii. pl. cxxii. p. 346. II. Dame Elizth. Herwy, abbess, 15- [dec. 1524?], with marg. inscr., S.C., pp. 87, 88. Gough, vol. ii. pl. cxxii. p. 346; Fisher's Beds., pl. 37; Waller, pt. xv. *EYWORTH. Rich. Gadburye, Gent., 1624, æt. c. 63, and second wife Margt., dau. of Thos. Anderson, late of Castlethorpe, Lincolnshire, Esq., with dau. Magdalenna: he left in trust 6 acres of arable land at Wrestlinworth and 8 acres at Dunton for the poor, C. FELMERSHAM. A Civilian and w., c. 1610, worn, sm., C. FLITTON. I. Lady Eleanor, widow of Sir Hen. Conquest, 1434, head lost, N. II. Thos. Waren, Gent., in arm., 1544, and w. Elizth., inscr. palimpsest, male eff. and chil. lost, sm., N.A., p. 48. III. Harry Gray, son and h. of Sir Harry Gray, 1545, in arm., now in N.C., p. 230. Fisher's Beds., pl. 43. IV. Thos. Hill, Gent., receiver-general to Reginald, Hen., and Chas., earls of Kent, 1628, æt. 101, inscr. in 4 Eng. vv., C. INSCR. V. Alice, w. of Mr. Reginald Hill, 1594, and son Wm. GOLDINGTON. I. Rich. Fyssher, 1507. Fisher's Beds., pl. 45. II. Robt. Hatley, Esq., 1585, in arm., inscr. in 8 Lat. and 12 Eng. vv., mur., C. *GRAVENHURST, LOWER. I. Benj. Pigott, Esq., 1606, æt. 55, and 3 ws.: 1st, Mary, dau. of Ralph Astrey, Esq., of Harlington, Beds. (with 1 son); 2nd, Anne, dau. and coh. of Thos. Wiseman (with 2 sons and 2 daus.); 3rd, Bridget, dau. of John Nedham, of Wymondly, Herts. (with 2 sons and 7 daus.): with genealogical inscr., mur., C. INSCR. II. Sir Robt. de Bilhemore, [c. 1362 ?] rebuilder of Ch., inscr. in Fr., at the Rectory in 1859. Fisher's Beds., pl. 47. HATLEY COCKAYNE. I. A Man in arm., c. 1430, p. 189. II. A Lady, c. 1480, now placed beside No. I. III. *Edmond Cockayn, Esq., 1515, and w. Elizth., with 12 sons and 4 daus., p. 223. Fisher's Lith., No. 8. IV. *Wm. Cokyn, Esq., 1527, and ws. Dorothy |