Box 05

This collection includes rubbings (wax engravings) of monuments which date from the 13th to 17th centuries. Scholars of Medieval Studies and Shakespeare and his times will find the rubbings useful. The collection contains eighty medieval monumental brass rubbings of the British Isles.

Medieval monumental brass rubbings dated 1524 – 1671

John Berners and wife, 1524. Wife wears Pedimental Headdress. Heraldic armor. Black/Green on parchment. Located at Finchingfield, Essex. 30”W x 44”L

Sir Thomas Bullen, 1538. Father of Anne Bolyn, who married Henry VIII. Grandfather of Queen Elizabeth. Gold on black. Located at Hever, Kent. 30”W x 71”L

Sir Thomas Bullen, 1538. Knight of the Garter armor. Father of Anne Bolyn, who married Henry VIII. Grandfather of Queen Elizabeth. Black and gold. Damaged on foot. Scroll. 22”W x 65”L

William Thynne and wife, 1546. Editor of first edition of Chaucer’s works. Wife wears Mary Queen of Scots Headdress. Located at All Hallows Barking Church, London. 31”W x 45”L

Sir Ralph Verney, 1547. Hearldic armor. Black and gold. Wife not shown. Located at Aldbury, Hertfordshire. 15”W x 30.5”L

John Wingfield, 1584. Late plate armor. Ornate and cumbersome. Brass is thin and poor quality. Located at All Saints Church, Easton, Suffolk. 26”W x 50”L

Civilian and wife with six sons and six daughters, 1590. Canopy. Mary Queen of Scots Cap. Located at Ruislip, Middlesex. 23”W x 26”L

John Lyon and wife, Joan, 1592. Founder of free grammar school at Harrow. Located at Harrow, Middlesex. 30”W x 39.5”L