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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MBS/1/HRT/41/2
TitleJohn Fitzgeffrey, esquire, in armour and wife, Elizabeth, 1480
Extent1 item
Date1939
DescriptionRubbing of brass female effigy wearing 'butterfly' headdress and with dog at her feet; foot inscription in Latin; six daughters with names inscribed below; shield showing hiefer and one shield missing. Rubbing made 22 Jul 1939.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionPaper, folded; very yellowed and brittle; foxing; damaged by rodents; repairs with paper on reverse
Dimensions: 199.5 x 56 cms
Custodial HistoryFormerly in the collection of J. F. & J. B. Williams (1114); MBS 1473
Publication NoteThis brass is cited and described in Mill Stephenson, 'A List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles' (1964): Sandon I
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