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| + | I do not know of any work dealing entirely with the Brasses of Somerset; various references occur in county and village histories, such as Collinson's "History of Somerset" (1791), the Victoria County History, and Kelly's Directory. | ||
| + | An exhaustive list of Somerset Brasses (some 43 in all), with details of costume (whether in armour, civilian or priestly dress) and dates, is given in “Monumental Brasses,” by H. W. Macklin (Allen and Co., 1913, I think 2s. 6d.). The best brasses in the county are following :— | ||
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| + | *llminster : Sir W. Wadham (in armour), with his wife, under a canopy, 1440. | ||
| + | *Cheddar: Sir Thomas Cheddar (armour), 1442. Isabel Cheddar, 1460. | ||
| + | *S. Petherton : Sir Giles Daubeny (armour) and wife under a canopy, 1430. | ||
| + | *Swainswick: Edmund Forde (civilian), 1439. | ||
| + | *Burnett (Keynsham) : A curious quadrangular plate to John Cutte and his wife and family, Mayor of Bristol 1575. | ||
| + | *Wells : Priest in cope, 1465. | ||
| + | *Langridge: Eliz. Wallche, 1441. | ||
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| + | This latter has been filled with black enamel and will hardly rub, besides being fixed on the wall. | ||
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| + | There is a brass mentioned as being at Hemington, but no traces of it exist. I hope this may be some help to your correspondent.—V.R., Freshford. | ||
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| + | In addition to the sources already given, special attention should be paid to the articles entitled, " Monumental Brasses in Somerset” in the proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological Society. Parts I. and II. have appeared in the volumes for 1931 and 1932, and the former of these has a very valuable introduction.— A.T.W., Monkton Combe. | ||
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Query #24 - Somerset Brasses
15/07/1933
Can any of your readers give sources of information on Somerset Brasses?—E. V., Bath.
Replies
22/07/1933
There is perhaps no complete list of Somerset Brasses which is easily accessible (if one exists I hope the reference will be published). E.V. will, however, get a good deal of information—and discover at least the location of over 70 brasses —if he will pool the details to be obtained from the following sources:—
- Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological Society, Vol. 52 (for 1906) contains an index of over 30 Somerset brasses described or referred to in the first 52 volumes of the Proceedings.
- Macklin's Brasses of England (County index end of book).
- Suffling's English Church Brasses (County index).
- Rambles about Bath (Tunstall-Peach).
All the books mentioned may borrowed from the Bath Municipal Lending Library. J.F.B., Bath.
22/07/1933
I do not know of any work dealing entirely with the Brasses of Somerset; various references occur in county and village histories, such as Collinson's "History of Somerset" (1791), the Victoria County History, and Kelly's Directory.
An exhaustive list of Somerset Brasses (some 43 in all), with details of costume (whether in armour, civilian or priestly dress) and dates, is given in “Monumental Brasses,” by H. W. Macklin (Allen and Co., 1913, I think 2s. 6d.). The best brasses in the county are following :—
- llminster : Sir W. Wadham (in armour), with his wife, under a canopy, 1440.
- Cheddar: Sir Thomas Cheddar (armour), 1442. Isabel Cheddar, 1460.
- S. Petherton : Sir Giles Daubeny (armour) and wife under a canopy, 1430.
- Swainswick: Edmund Forde (civilian), 1439.
- Burnett (Keynsham) : A curious quadrangular plate to John Cutte and his wife and family, Mayor of Bristol 1575.
- Wells : Priest in cope, 1465.
- Langridge: Eliz. Wallche, 1441.
This latter has been filled with black enamel and will hardly rub, besides being fixed on the wall.
There is a brass mentioned as being at Hemington, but no traces of it exist. I hope this may be some help to your correspondent.—V.R., Freshford.
26/08/1933
In addition to the sources already given, special attention should be paid to the articles entitled, " Monumental Brasses in Somerset” in the proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological Society. Parts I. and II. have appeared in the volumes for 1931 and 1932, and the former of these has a very valuable introduction.— A.T.W., Monkton Combe.