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Marjorie B. Kocher Brass Rubbings Collection
Monumental Brasses of the British Isles
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ANNOTATED CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF
MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF THE BRITISH ISLES
Introduction and Scope Note
(Revised May 4, 2005)
Marjorie B. Kocher of Bend, Oregon contributed this collection of eighty medieval monumental brass
rubbings of the British Isles, several of which are framed, to Hannon Library in 2004. Kocher also
presented the library with a collection of reference books and publications of the Monumental Brass
Society of London.
Rubbings of memorial monuments are an important source of information about the evolution of
military armor, religious vestments, and other dress and customs in the British Isles in this era. This
collection, which includes rubbings (wax engravings) of monuments which date from the 13th to 17th
centuries, is useful to scholars of Medieval Studies and Shakespeare and his times.
Marjorie Kocher is a former member of the Monumental Brass Society of London and has been a
guest Gresham lecturer for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Kocher collected the rubbings of large
brass funerary monuments in the 1960’s before the practice was discontinued due to preservation
concerns. Kocher’s rubbings have been exhibited numerous times. Kocher provided accompanying
information that she authored, including her “Annotated Listing of Monumental Brasses of the British
Isles” and “Monumental Brasses of the British Isles: An Introduction.”
Guide to Collection Contents
Death
Box
Name/Location
Comments
Size
WxL
1277
1
Sir John D’Aubermon
Mary’s Church
Stoke D’Abernon
Surrey
A Sheriff of Surrey – the oldest surviving
brass in the British Isles. Armor consists of
heraldic shield, mail, leather surcoat, sword
and spear. Decorative lion at feet.
40” x 98”
2. 1289
1
Sir Roger De Trumpington
Church of St. Mary and
Michael, Trumpington
Fought with Prince Edward in the Seventh
Crusade – the second oldest Brass recorded.
32” x 92”
1.
Page 1
Cambridge
3. 1302
1
Sir Robert De Bures
All Saints Church
Acton,
Suffolk
Acknowledged as one of the finest Military
Brasses in the Country.
40” x 83”
4. 1306
1
Sir Robert De Septvans
St. Mary’s Church
Chartham
Kent
A crusader in the reign of Edward the First.
Heraldic shield. Head not covered.
35” x 88”
5. c1310
1
Margaret de Camois
Trotton
Suffolk
Oldest brass memorial to a lady. Wearing
kirtle, veil, gown and wimple.
41” x 68”
6. 1320
1
Jone de Septvans ob 1298
Daughter of Sir Robert
de Septvans
Ornate canopy
Brass laid 1320
40” x 103”
Lady Cobham
Cobham
Kent
Straight gable canopy
(not in box)
Served under Edward the First – appointed
Protector for the county of Essex. Oldest
surviving Brass in Essex. Armor marks
transition to Lancastrian period.
7. 1320
28” x 79½”
8. 1323
1
Sir William Fitzralph
St. John the Baptist Church
Pebmarsh
Essex
8A. c1340
1
Knight and Lady
Little Shelford
Cambridgeshire
9. 1327
1
Sir John D’Abernon
the younger
St. Mary’s Church
Stoke D’Abernon
Surrey
Shows gradual introduction of plate armor
and cyclas (knee length covering replacing
surcoat.)
30” x 98”
10. 1356
1
Richard and
Margaret Torrington
Berkamstead
Buckinghamshire
Bearded civilian with lion at feet.
Wife has dog at feet.
(Damaged brass)
40” x 60”
11. 1361
2
William D. Kesterne
North Mymms
Hertfordshire
Ecclesiastic Flemish design with canopy.
(Black on White)
30” x 63”
12. 1361
2
William D. Kesterne
North Mymmes
(Gold on black)
(Hanging scroll)
Page 2
29” x 59”
27½” x 46”
Hertfordshire
13. 1368
2
Thomas Cheyne
Drayton Beauchamp
Buckinghamshire
Unusual decorated plate leg armor
(Brass damaged)
22” x 72”
14. 1370
2
Sir Edmund Flambard
St. Mary’s Church
Harrow-on-the-Hill
Middlesex
The famous boys’ school of Harrow is located
in Harrow-on-the-Hill. Sir Winston Churchill
and Lord Byron studied here.
See 1592 John Lyon, founder, (1592).
14” x 29”
15. c13701385
2
Sir John and
Lady Joan de laPole
Chrishall
Essex
A remarkable brass, showing couple holding
hands. Ornate canopy.
40½” x 97”
16. 1375
2
William Cheney
Drayton, Beauchamp
Buckinghamshire
Mixed armor plate and chain.
17. 1378
2
Wife of Sir John Foxley
Bray
Berkshire
18. 1380
2
Sir John Pecok
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
Knight in Bascinet (a plain, pointed, steel cap),
camail (a tippet of mail fastened to the
Bascinet and covering shoulders) and jupon
(a tight-fitting short tunic, generally leather).
13” x 35½”
19. 1389
2
William Tonge
All Hallows Barking
Tower Hill
London
Heraldry and inscription
(Black on gold)
22” x 25”
20. 1389
2
Sir John de Wyngfeld
Letheringham
Suffolk
Mixed mail and armor. Lion at feet.
(Black on white)
22” x 65”
20A. 1389
2
Sir John de Wyngfeld
Letheringham
Suffolk
(Black on gold)
66” x 22”
21. 1390
2
Sir John Flambard
St. Mary’s Church
Harrow
Middlesex
Mixed mail, Plate and jupon.
70½” x 25”
22. 1397
2
Archbishop Robert de Waldeby
Archbishop of York
Tutor of Edward the Black Prince, large
canopy with heraldry.
31” x 83”
40½” x 56½”
12” x 35½”
Page 3
23. 1400
2
Sir George Felbrigg
Playford
Suffolk
Heraldic plate armor. Black on white.
27½” x 64”
24. 1400
2
Sir George Felbrigg
Playford
Suffolk
(Black on gold)
22” x 60½”
Civilian and wife,
six sons and six daughters
Ruislip
Middlesex
Wife wears Mary, Queen of Scots headdress.
(not in box)
30” x 40½”
25. 1400
26. c1400
2
Civilian
St. Michael’s Church
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
Figure enclosed in floriated octofoil cross.
30” x 64”
27. 1400
2
Lady Cobham
Lingfield
Surrey
(Black on gold)
Brass very pitted.
Unusual headdress.
63” x 22”
28. 1407
3
Sir Nicholas Hawberk
Cobham
Kent
Knight with large canopy enclosing early
Christian themes – George slaying dragon,
Fish, Ascension, Madonna and child, lower
left, small figure (son?) Ornate.
29. 1408
3
30. 1415
3
Sir William Tendring
(See #81. Out of order.)
Lady – no name
Digswell
Buckinghamshire
30A.1417
3
31. 1417
32. 1419
33. 1419
40½” x 93½”
(Gold on Black)
22” x 79”
John Hadresham
Lingfield
Surrey
Plate armor
(Black on White)
24½” x 40”
3
John Hadresham
Lingfield
Surrey
Plate armor
(Silver on black)
30” x 38½”
3
Sir Thomas Charles
(or Sir John de Brok 1426)
All Saints Church
Suffolk
Easton
Lord of the Manor
20” x 40”
Lady Margaret Cheyne
St. Peter’s Church
Hever
A lovely brass with angels and canopy.
(Black on white)
(Scroll, not in box)
28” x 45”
Page 4
Kent
34. 1420
3
Lady Culpepper
Lingfield
Surrey
A lovely brass with flowing sleeves. Dogs at feet
were said by some to be a symbol of
domesticity.
26” x 57”
35. 1420
3
Unknown Lady
Surrey
Long gown, dog at feet
(Gold on blue)
(Scroll)
24” x 52"
36. 1420
3
Sir John Compton and Wife
Dinton
Buckinghamshire
(Black on gold)
22” x 29”
37. 1420
3
Sir John Warkworth
Northamtonshire
Plate armor
(Black on gold)
22” x 37½”
38. 1442
3
Knight – no name
Digswell
Hertfordshire
Plate armor
(Gold on black)
23” x 40½”
Sir John Bernard and wife
Isleham
Cambridgeshire
(Framed)
34” x 24”
39. 1451
40. 1457
3
Sir John Harpedon
Westminster Abbey
London
Plate armor
(Scroll)
25” x 64”
41. 1470
3
Civilian (merchant?) and wife
Hampstead
Essex
Condition of brass shows deteriorating
quality.
26” x 29½”
42. c1400s 4
Knight and wife
Hampstead
Essex
Knight and wife
(Black on gold)
(Scroll)
29” x 34"
43. 1478
Richard Fowler
Thame Parish Church
Oxfordshire
4
12” x 31”
44. 1478
Richard Quatremayns
Thame
Oxfordshire
Ornate plate armor, Italian influence.
Shows how unwieldly armor is becoming.
Sword now hung from waist, pointed
sabbotons (broad-toed shoes).
(Framed)
45. 1480
Sir Anthony Grey
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
Son and heir of Edmund, First Earl of Kent.
Plate armor.
(Framed)
Page 5
42” x 21”
45½” x 19½”
30” x 36½”
46. c1480
4
William Waldrund and
wife, Elizabeth
Childrey
Berkamstead
47. 1484
4
Sir John Tyringham
Tyringham
Buckinghamshire
Decorated jupon, sallet – style helmet,
Heraldry.
(Silver on black)
18” x 33”
48. 1488
4
Two of George Aynsworth’s
three wives – Isabelle, Joan
One son
Ladies wear Horned Headdress.
30” x 31”
49. 1488
4
George Aynsworth and
wife, Joan.
(Fourteen children - two shown)
Lady wears Horned Headdress.
30” x 35”
49A. 1488
4
George Aynsworth, his three wives,
and their fourteen children.
Ladies wear Horned Headdress.
(Scroll, black on white)
40” x 30.5”
50. c1500
4
Lady Catherine
Stoke – by – Nayland
Suffolk
Heraldic dress
17¼” x 45”
51. c1500
4
Ecclesiastic (Bishop?)
Cambridgeshire
40½” x 73½”
52. c1500
4
Lady – no name
Linton Parish Church
Cambridgeshire
31½” x 51½”
53. c1500
4
Reverend Prelate Tyndrall
Ely Cathedral
Queen’s College
Cambridgeshire
54. 1509
4
Lord and Lady Le Strange
Hillingdon
Middlesex
Mixed armor
31¼” x 71”
55. 1510
4
John Leventhrop
St. Helen’s
Bishops gate
London
Usher of the royal chamber of Henry VIII.
26¼” x 38”
56. 1514
4
John Kingston and wife
Childrey
Berkamstead
40½” x 91”
30” x 73”
Page 6
57. 1518
Ralph Hamsterly, Rector
Oddington
Oxfordshire
Shrouded figure in decay – a reminder of
immortality and to encourage good behavior.
(Framed)
35” x 13”
58. 1520
4
Lady in shroud – no name
Berkhamstead
59. 1521
4
Robert Fairfax and wife
Two sons and two daughters
St. Albans Abbey
St. Albans
Hertfordshire
Brass restored October 24, 1921
(Black on white)
40” x 41”
60. 1524
5
John Berners and wife
Finchingfield
Essex
Wife wears Pedimental Headdress,
Heraldic armor.
(Black/Green on parchment)
30” x 44”
61. c1528
Acton Knight
Acton
Suffolk
(Brown/white, framed)
62. 1535
Lady in Heraldic dress – no name
St. Helen’s Bishops gate
London
(Framed)
41½”x 15 ½”
37½” x 15½”
63. 1538
5
Sir Thomas Bullen
Hever
Kent
(Gold on black)
30” x 71”
64. 1538
5
Sir Thomas Bullen
Knight of the Garter armor, Father of Anne Bolyn,
who married Henry VIII.
Grandfather of Queen Elizabeth.
(Black on gold, damaged on foot).
(Scroll)
22” x 65”
65. 1546
5
William Thynne and wife
All Hallows Barking Church
London
Editor, first edition of Chaucer’s works. Wife
wears Mary Queen of Scots Headdress.
31” x 45”
66. 1547
5
Sir Ralph Verney
Aldbury
Hertfordshire
Heraldic armor
(Black on gold)
Wife not shown
15” x 30½”
67. 1584
5
John Wingfield
All Saints Church
Easton
Suffolk
Late plate armor – ornate and cumbersome.
Brass is thin and poor quality.
26” x 50”
Page 7
68. 1590
5
Civilian and wife
Six sons and six daughters
Ruislip
Middlesex
Canopy
Mary Queen of Scots Cap
23” x 26”
69. 1592
5
John Lyon and wife, Joan
Harrow
Middlesex
Founder of free grammar school at Harrow.
30” x 39½”
70. 1593
John Hawtrey
Ruislip
Middlesex
Wife not shown.
(Black on red – framed)
33½” x 17”
71. 1594
Academic
Isleham
Cambridgeshire
Fur – trimmed cloak. Book in hand.
Late Tudor costume.
(Framed)
18½” x 42”
72. 1594
Wife of Academic
Isleham
Cambridgeshire
Excellent example of Tudor costume.
(Framed)
18½” x 42”
73. c1520
Lady – no name
Luton Parish Church
Bedfordshire
Pedimental Headdress
(Copper on brown cardboard)
(with framed brasses)
10” x 26”
74. 1626
5
Sir John Wynne, Baronet
Gwedvr
Wales
Lozenge – shaped wall plaque showing
head only.
(Framed)
75. 1628
5
Military figure and wife
Brass shows great deterioration and poor
quality. Cumbersome military costume,
ballooned pants, high boots. Both figures
wear ruff collar.
(Scroll)
76. 1632
5
Y Lasydn Wynne
Wife of Sir John Wynne
Gwedvr
Wales
Lozenge – shaped wall plaque showing head
only.
77. 1653
5
Maria Mostvm
Wales
Lozenge – shaped wall plaque.
14” x 14½”
78. 1660
5
Sir Owen Wynne, Baronet
Gwedvr
Wales
Lozenge – shaped wall plaque.
15” x 15”
Page 8
17½” x 17½”
30” x 24”
15½” x 15½”
79. 1669
5
13½” x 14½”
Katherine Lewis
Llamrost
Wales
Wall Plaque
Age 16 years and 8 months.
Eldest daughter of Maurice Lewis.
80. 1671
Dame Sarah Wynne
Wife of Sir Richard Wynne
Gwedvr
Wales
(not in box)
13” x 14”
81. 1408*
(Out of order)
Sir William Tendring
Stoke – by – Nayland
Suffolk
Mixed armor. Unusual, due to beard. Most
brasses were stylized figures.
(Framed)
29” x 87”
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85 Total Rubbings with 8A, 20A, 30A, and 49A added.
SOURCE MATERIALS
Bodor, John J. Rubbings and Textures, A Graphic Technique. New York, N.Y. Reinhold Book
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Clayton, Muriel. Catalogue of Rubbings of Brasses and Incised Slabs. Victoria and Albert Museum,
London, England reissued 1968.
Franklyn, Julian. Brasses. London, England. Arco Publications, 1964.
Macklin, H.W. Monumental Brasses. London, G. Allen and Unwin Ltd. Seventh Revised Edition 1953.
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Norris, Malcolm. Brass Rubbing. Studio Vista, Ltd., London, England 1965.
Portfolio of the Monumental Brass Society. Volume VI, London, England.
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Part 7
Part 8
Part 9
Part 10
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