Record

Level	Item
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)	MBS/1/BDF/32/5
Title	John Acworth, esquire, in armour, with wives, Alys and Amy, 1513
Extent	1 item
Date	nd
Description	Rubbing of brass effigies and foot inscription in English; marginal inscription in English and Latin, possibly in rhyming verse; eight sons and nine daughters; three shields and indent of another; representations of the four evangelists at the corners; helmet with crest possibly showing a hand throttling a serpent
Access Status	Open
Physical Description	Paper, folded Dimensions: 202.5 x 100 cms
Custodial History	Formerly in the collection of A. Baird; MBS 3950
Publication Note	This brass is cited and described in Mill Stephenson, 'A List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles ' (1964): Luton IX

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