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brass rubbings

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
Scope Note: Rubbings made from monumental, memorial brass plaques found in churches; created by using ink, colored wax, or another material to transfer an image on paper. Creating and collecting brass rubbings was a popular hobby in Britain from 17th-19th centuries, although the term may refer to any rubbing made from a brass plaque in any time period or culture

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

Sir George Felbrigg, 1965

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115682], Folder: 01, Object: 15
Identifier: MSS09:02.01.15
Scope and Contents

Sir George Felbrigg, 1400. Heraldic plate armor. Black and white. Located at Playford, Suffolk. 27.5”W x 64”L

Dates: 1965

Sir John and Lady Joan de laPole, 1965

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115682], Folder: 01, Object: 05
Identifier: MSS09:02.01.05
Scope and Contents

Sir John and Lady Joan de laPole, 1370-1385. A remarkable brass showing couple holding hands. Ornate canopy. Located at Chrishall, Essex. 40.5”W x 97”L

Dates: 1965

Sir John Bernard and wif, 1965

 Item — Frame Framed: [Barcode: 35138007862664], Frame: 01, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS09:07.01.01
Scope and Contents

Sir John Bernard and wife, 1451. Located at Isleham, Cambridge. 34”W x 24”L

Dates: 1965

Sir John Compton and Wife, 1965

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115690], Folder: 01, Object: 10
Identifier: MSS09:03.01.10
Scope and Contents

Sir John Compton and Wife, 1420. Black and gold. Located at Dinton, Buckinghamshire. 22”W x 29”L

Dates: 1965

Sir John D’Abernon the younger, 1965

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115674], Folder: 01, Object: 10
Identifier: MSS09:01.01.10
Scope and Contents

Sir John D’Abernon the younger, 1327. Shows gradual introduction of plate armor and cyclas (knee length covering replacing surcoat). Located at St. Mary’s Church, Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey. 30”W x 98”L.

Dates: 1965

Sir John D’Aubermon, 1965

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115674], Folder: 01, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS09:01.01.01
Scope and Contents

Sir John D’Aubermon, 1277. 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. Located at Mary’s Church, Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey. 40”W x 98”L.

Dates: 1965

Sir John de Wyngfeld, 1965

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115682], Folder: 01, Object: 10
Identifier: MSS09:02.01.10
Scope and Contents

Sir John de Wyngfeld, 1389. Mixed mail and armor. Lion at feet. Black and white. Located at Letheringham, Suffolk. 22”W x 65”L

Dates: 1965

Sir John de Wyngfeld, 1965

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115682], Folder: 01, Object: 11
Identifier: MSS09:02.01.11
Scope and Contents

Sir John de Wyngfeld, 1389. Mixed mail and armor. Lion at feet. Black and white. Located at Letheringham, Suffolk. 22”W x 65”L

Dates: 1965

Sir John Flambard, 1965

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115682], Folder: 01, Object: 12
Identifier: MSS09:02.01.12
Scope and Contents

Sir John Flambard, 1390. Mixed mail, plate and jupon. Located at St. Mary’s Church, Harrow, Middlesex. 70.5”W x 25”L

Dates: 1965

SIr John Harpedon, 1965

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115690], Folder: 01, Object: 13
Identifier: MSS09:03.01.13
Scope and Contents

Sir John Harpedon, 1457. Plate armor. Scroll. Located at Westminster Abbey, London. 25”W x 64”

Dates: 1965