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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 John Pecok, 1965

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115682], Folder: 01, Object: 08
Identifier: MSS09:02.01.08
Scope and Contents

Sir John Pecok, 1380. 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). Located at St. Albans, Hertfordshire. 13”W x 35.5”L

Dates: 1965

Sir John Tyringham, 1965

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115708], Folder: 01, Object: 04
Identifier: MSS09:04.01.04
Scope and Contents

Sir John Tyringham, 1484. Decorated jupon, sallet style helmet, Heraldry. Silver on black. Located at Tyringham, Buckinghamshire. 18”W x 33”L

Dates: 1965

Sir John Warkworth, 1965

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115690], Folder: 01, Object: 11
Identifier: MSS09:03.01.11
Scope and Contents

Sir John Warkworth, 1420. Plate armor. Gold and black. Located at Northamtonshire. 22”W x 37.5”L

Dates: 1965

Sir John Wynne, Baronet, 1965

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115716], Folder: 01, Object: 09
Identifier: MSS09:05.01.09
Scope and Contents

Sir John Wynne, Baronet, 1626. Lozenge shaped wall plaque showing head only. Framed. Located at Gwedyr, Wales. 17.5”W x 17.5”L

Dates: 1965

Sir Nicholas Hawberk, 1965

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115690], Folder: 01, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS09:03.01.01
Scope and Contents

Sir Nicholas Hawberk, 1407. Knight with large canopy enclosing early Christian themes – George slaying the dragon, Fish, Ascension, Madonna and child, small figure in the lower left possibly son. Ornate. Located at Cobham, Kent. 40.5”W x 93.5”L

Dates: 1965

Sir Owen Wynne, Baronet, 1965

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115716], Folder: 01, Object: 13
Identifier: MSS09:05.01.13
Scope and Contents

Sir Owen Wynne, Baronet, 1660. Lozenge shaped wall plaque. Located at Gwedyr, Wales. 15”W x 15”L

Dates: 1965
Sir Owen Wynne rubbing
Sir Owen Wynne rubbing

Sir Owen Wynne rubbing

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://spec.sou.edu/items/show/230
Dates: Other: Death 1660

Sir Ralph Verney, 1965

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115716], Folder: 01, Object: 05
Identifier: MSS09:05.01.05
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1965

Sir Robert De Bures, 1965

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115674], Folder: 01, Object: 03
Identifier: MSS09:01.01.03
Scope and Contents

Sir Robert De Bures, 1302. Acknowledged as one of the finest Military brasses in the country. Located at All Saints Church, Acton, Suffolk. 40”W x 83”L

Dates: 1965

Sir Robert De Septvans, 1965

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115674], Folder: 01, Object: 04
Identifier: MSS09:01.01.04
Scope and Contents

Sir Robert De Septvans, 1306. A crusader in the reign of Edward the First. Heraldic shield. Head not covered. Located at St. Mary’s Church, Chartham, Kent. 41”W x 68”L

Dates: 1965