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‘ 1 4 0 r of of Hertfordshire contains chu ches , and in nearly consequence the floors the church having been 9 0 of them are to be found various brasses of more or less raised and the authorities neglecting to have the stones ’ n interest to the antiquarian , and any one who has time removed . At St . Andrew s , Hertford , an i scription at his disposal will find that a study of these memorials was dug up i n co urse of excavating which was visi ble

1 0 0 . of bygone times will bring to light many curious and in 7 I n one village I enquired of the church clerk , of i interesting features . I have a collection rubbings who is a tradesman of respectability and intell gence , of i n 1 84 6 these brasses which was commenced the year , if there were any brasses in the church , and he answered and I have added thereto several withi n the last f e w No and on my expressing an opinion that I thought years , and h ave increased the number as opportunities there were some , he rather indignantly asked me if I n hi m occurred, and I have succeeded in making my collection doubted his word , wh e of course I told that he w ffi now complete for the whole county . The brasses are ought to kno , being an o cial . However , I obtained of n on tw o on e mostly mentioned in the County Histories Cha ney the keys , and searching I found shields and a n d Cussa n s i n , from which books I have derived much inscription and the indents of another and took rubbings ’ ’ Boute ll s of to mto formation , as well as from and Haines works them and returned the clerk and showed the him “ on a n d . fi n d Monumental Brasses other sources I and he was astonished , as he said he had never seen a n d w that many persons ha ve no idea what brasses are , them , he also told me he did not kno where the and are quite ignorant that at their feet in our churches missing plate was as it had been removed when the e ffi i e s of are to be seen g those who flourished in their organ was put up , and I went to the village carpenter 20 0 to 5 00 h district from years ago . In some instances and found it in his workshop , and he said he s ould be to of a d to perhaps only a short inscription tells us all we can glad get rid it , n I advised him return it to

w of on r . kno the individual whose name is inscribed the the church , which he did a short time afterwa ds At “ plate ; sometimes the figure on ly of a ma n with i n scrip another village the pew opener said there were no ” on h tion ; and sometimes he is accompanied by that of his brasses there , but furt er inspection on removing w of ife, and occasionally two wives ; and in many instances the matting , where there was plenty dust , of f of the whole the amily , comprising man , woman , and we found a capital brass a man and family and a n d children , are pourtrayed , often also accompanied by inscription , etc . In all probability many brasses are shields showing the quarterings of the families from hidden by pews as they are o ften discovered whe n d a n d . n which the man wife have escended These brasses church e s are reseated, and at times whe repairs are of z on n are various si es ; at St . Albans A bbey is a very going the brasses are apt to be k ocked about , and large on e to the memory of oAbbot Delamere larger than often get removed from their stones and occasionally ’ f fi n d li e size , and we them full size , half size , and are lost , and bricklayers labourers are not the most n on e i n sometimes very small , but the less interesting careful individuals , and in nearly every church can be their details . seen indents in the stones from which the brasses have a n d n o w n w I t requires perseverance when hunting for brasses in been removed , only th e outlines remai to sho our of churches , and it is very easy to overlook some where , in some cases , there originally existed curious m h them , as sometimes they are lying on the original slabs and splendid speci ens . Some brasses are very muc securely fixed , and often are placed for security against worn and disfigured and partly defaced in consequence the walls and in vestries after getting loose from the of their having been laid where they were being or of floors from having been removed in course altera continually walked upon , and it requires great care and or n tions repairs to th e church . I n o e instance the a certain amount of perseverance to decipher some f d whole of the brasses belonging to a village church o the inscriptions , as in the early ones th e wor s have m t of were found in a box in the to wer when the church was been contracted very uch , and abbrevia ions many a rebuilt , and are now f stened to the walls of the building . descriptions are very general , and it is very easy to make h l or At anot er village the church was ately restored , mistakes i n translating those in Latin early English , and the brasses th erein were removed from their stones and occasionally a word is thought to mean something the t on of and are now at rectory , to be replaced at a future totally different from wha it really does , account

. of time At Sawbridgeworth several have been buried in its peculiarity construction , and it is quite necessary f a ll of to to be very care ul when taking rubbings , so th at with the date her death , leaving his be filled in a n d hi s marks contractions are correctly copied , as an when time came , but very often this was neglected . omission of a stroke may alter the sense of the i a These inscriptions are useful to the compilers of county or of scription . histories pedigrees , as they show the notabilities of the of hear sometimes brasses being restored , and we the neighbourhood at various periods , some whose a t have an instance at W tton in the large one of Sir names are still in existence in the district , al hough

Pa le toot 1 8 4 6 t . John de , which , in , had los the legs often altered and corrupted I n many brasses between ‘ from the knees downwards and part of the canopy , but the figures is seen a scroll with a sentence upon it , as the 1 8 50 of when church was repaired about , the legs and if issuing from the mouth , and those ecclesiastics “ ” m a n d canopy were ade complete an inscription added , are sometimes accompanied by a bleeding heart . a n d i t is diffi cult n ow to discern any difference betwee n The oldest brass of which we have record in this

a n d . e ffi i e s u A D . 1 28 0 to the old new parts The g engraved pon the county is one at Much Hadham , , now lost ,

a n d of of . brasses vary m uch in shape , style of dress , position . the memory Simon Flambard , a rector that place of We find priests in full canonicals as they were dressed The oldest existing are at Great Berkhamsted ,

fi A. D . 1 34 9 1 3 5 6 when they of ciated at their services , sometimes Richard and Margaret Torrington , , . N e rde n surrounded by a canopy decorated with emblematic The earliest extant brass is found at , North

d 1 23 1 . G figures , sometimes holding in the hands a chalice to Germany , ated I n loucester Cathedral is a fine

. of . w ho denote their calling . The fine Delamere brass at St brass to the memory Rev Herbert Haines , died ha s hi s 1 8 73 a n d of on Albans Abbey a large figure of the Abbot with in , who was the compiler a work brasses , v u the of pastoral staff, and dressed in priestly vestments , which which is very al able to antiquarian as a book a re f very elaborate , and surrounded by figures of apostles, re erence . n e of t of martyrs , and others . We also have knights in armour , O the interesting fea ures brasses is that some n n in full fighti g costume , with their helmets at their of them are palimpsests , that is , they have bee used h eads , and also merchants in robes , and civilians in twice ; and when a brass is found loose it should have

n a e the &c . the a n d their various style of attire betokeni g the g in which pitch , removed from back thoroughly they lived , moved , and had their being , sometimes a examined . Those at Bayford have the reverses chased , a n d hi s of man only , sometimes hand in hand with wife , and on one is part of a shrouded figure a much n n f and at Sta don we see a m an a d his son and family ; earlier date at St . Albans Abbey the back o a portion fi the occasionally the figures are kneeling , and often we find of one is engraved with a gure with an animal at e fli gi e s of women encased in shrouds tied at the head feet ; w hile at Wa lkern a small plate with an i n scrip a n d a n d r on A. D . 1 5 8 1 ha s feet ; many figu es have at their feet the tion the one side dated , on the reverse

a m . .D 1 A . 3 0 a n im ges of dogs , hedgehogs , and other ani als part of an inscription with the date 7 , d the Many of the brasses hav e inscriptions fixed in the name of the man to whose memory it was originally ih stones with them denoting and describing the placed on his tomb in a church in London , and several di vi dua ls whose mem ories they are intended to per others there are engraved on both sides . I t seems to e tua te h o i p , although a great many are missing from their ave been a comm n practice in former times to ut lise

a . d of positions , and only indents in the stones show whence the then existing br sses The head resses some they have been removed . These inscriptions are very female figures are also very fine , and the different of m various and often very laudatory the virtues of the odes of wearing the hair , both in males and females , out of a a n d of deceased , which seem particularly pl ce to readers are curious , denote the fashion the time ; also o f n u of the of the ineteenth cent ry . Som e the old inscriptions wearing ornaments , rosettes , wimples, kerchiefs ,

r a n d a . are w itten in Norman French , some in L tin , and other articles I n some places crosses only were the and the words are characterised by many abbreviations fixed in stones, sometimes simply plain and some

the . fl ori a te d of bu of h m which puzzle unlearned S ome commence with , large size , t most t e have dis J a ce t of old Ici Gist , and progress with tim e to Hic , appeared and have gone th e way metal , and the " ” “ l e th and Here y to Here lieth ; some have matrices now only remain to show their former position . O “ ’ ” or An ima bus a s the . a n d . 5 9 1 rate pro Anima , case may In Dr Brewer s Phrase Fable , p , it is “ n the a M E be , the defunct evidently wishi g that posterity would stated under he d of onumental ffigi e s do for them what they had perhaps n eglected to do for In the age of chivalry the woman in monumen tal ’ e ffi i e s h themselves , and some inscriptions wind up with an ex brasses and g is placed on the man s right and , pression somewhat similar to that w hich a j udge but when chivalry declined she was placed on his left a makes use of when he has sentenced a criminal hand side . Figures with their hands on their bre sts d t “ w to ea h , such as the Latin for on hose with chalices represent priests , and those with crozier , ” ma a G od . n i fi ca ls a r on t e . soul y have mercy , etc , but we occasio lly mitre , and p , prelates Figures with find that this l a st phrase has been cut from armour represent knights ; female figures with mantle the l n l a n d p ate and sometimes o ly part y removed chased and large rings represent nuns . Brasses are for th e

to m a . through , so as coincide with the views h eld at ost p rt subsequent to the thirteenth century the of the time of Reformation . Sometimes th e date of Capital letters and Latin inscriptions are th e first the m d i h death is found to be o itte , especially where the twelve centuries ; Lombardic capitals and French ' i n ma scri ti on s wife died before her husband , which case the n s p are of th e thirteenth century ; German text ’ . t name , etc , would be inserted first and his wife s follow inscriptions are of the four eenth century English and to f h r of t to Roman print inscriptions subsequent the ourteent remainde the sen ence be added after his decease ,

i n . century . Tablets against the wall came with the which was not done Where a wife died before her ” Reformation . husband it is found that a brass was engraved and fixed t e fii i e s There are many interesting peculiari ies relating to with the g of the man , his wife, and perhaps some a n d to of brasses which a collector of rubbings cannot fail to children , an inscription the memory ’ of ul on ma n f notice . The position the male figure sho d be the and his wi e , with the date of the wife s m of the left side of the female , but at Great Berkha sted the death , and a small space left for the date ’ a n d s ma n s to figures are reversed , also at Digswell , and at Letch the decease be inserted , which has often A x to worth, St . Albans bbey , Furneau Pelham , and I ckle been neglected be done , as at Broxbourne , f ford . At Great Berkhamsted and Stanstead Abbotts we Buckland (wife) , Hitchin (wi e) , Kelshall (both man ’ wi fe s ha n d have examples of the man holding his . although and wife) , Aspenden (wife), Ware , Standon , Stevenage ,

of a rm . at the former place part the is lost, yet the Watford , Shephall Many inscriptions are missing , and ’ hands are in each oth er s , and at the British Museum , many more are m utilated . w here can be seen a collection of rubbings in the Print At B roxbourne tw o small mottoes alone remain ’ i n 1 8 2 w Room which were taken 7 , and were bequeathed belonging to a fine brass hich is engraved in Haines

. 1 8 4 0 . by Mr . D ouce , this fine brass is perfect At Standon book , and was in existence in Three servants on on e on e is we find brasses of a man and his son , and (I think are engraved brass at Watford, brass used f or this is the only instance in the county) each have children , a m an , wife , and children at Essendon ,

as on e . two Wi There are several br ses to men with wife Stanstead and Watford , and man and ves at ‘ c n w on and at Aldenham , Ri kma sworth , Great Hadham , Rickmans orth , but generally each figure is a ’ ’ ’ w “ , , . At Abbott s Langley , King s Langley , Newnham Rad ell separate brass v Albury is engraved a death s Offi e t ma n on y, Ware , Sawbridgeworth , Barkway , and Bren head above the figure of a , and at Hunsdon a ’ two Hi tchi u r of Pelham , we find them with wives while at , death s sign brass is a figu e a skeleton striking a ’

Offi e e ffi i e s of ma n . y, and Aldenham can be seen g three wives , with a dart At Aldenham and King s Langley of buri a l of ma n and it is noticed that there is a similarity of features we read the date the a , and at Great ’ among the plurality of wives betokening that the B erkhamsted we are informed of the cause of a person s ’ ’ ma i n Deceased Wife s Sister s Bill y hav e been opera death in an inscription , and at Hunsdon we meet with ’

t . of ion in those days . In Salmon s History of Herts are the same circumstance Inscriptions to the memory ma n do n ot on e mentioned brasses to a and four wives at Standon , the deceased show that more than christian

. B n me n or but they are not now to be seen At rent Pelham the ame was in use for either women , and these a n d two wives are without a husband , at Aldenham the are very similar , and at Baldock a modern inscription has

tw o . of ma m on on husband is lost and the wives remain Children been fixed to the memory a , a stone which is i s f are found in abundance th e e ffi ge o boys are placed the upper portion of the figure of a w oma n . The arms of of L on m under the man , and the girls at the foot the woman , of the city ondon are shown a brass at Hadha a n d A a n d and mostly ranged step by step . At Aldenham one lady (Great) , the Royal rms at Sawbridgeworth a n d has a solitary daughter , another family consists Standon . of twelve children ; and at Wormley we fi n d eleven Some of the figures on the brasses are show n wrapped

- w . Hi tchi u and t elve children respectively , and many other in shrouds or winding sheets At are several a n d of places have as m any more , while at Ware a these , and also at Aldenham , Digswell , B aldock , ’ m d . a n d . an s two wives each has five sons and five aughters Sawbridgeworth , Hunsdon Great Berkhamsted When children die before their parents they are shown Animals are engraved at the feet of many of the ’ on . . e fii ie s. the brass as lying down , as found at St Peter s , St g At Digswell is a pelican , at Sandon , a bull

. h of re re Albans At Essendon the father , mot er , and children (which is also on the coat arms of the man p Hitchi u are kneeling with a table in front and books thereon , sented) ; at Digswell also , a hedgehog ; at , a

and at Wyddial a lady is holding an open book inscribed hawk ; at North Mimms , a stag ; at Digswell , a leopard

with a text . At Rickmansworth a m an holds a book and at Hemel Hempstead , a wolf ; at Watton , a lion and a

. a staff A woman kneeling at Cheshunt . Man , wife and dog ; dogs also at Sawbridgeworth , Albury , Little ’ . children all kneeling at Aspenden , Ippollitts , Furneaux Hadham , S t . Albans Abbey , St . Michael s and St ’ Pelham , Redbourne and Harpenden . Some of the figures Stephen s , St . Albans , B roxbourne (missing), Baldock h d ave been surrounded by a canopy , but they have mostly (missing) , Great Berkhamste , Kimpton , Sandon ,

ot . . n g sadly mutilated At St Albans Abbey the Abbot Harpende , Wheathampstead, Hemel Hempstead , and

. f n D elamere has a very fine one At Royston is a single Furneaux Pelham . Swans are ound e graved on the ” on e of a n d , and also at Flamstead , while portions double collar at Digswell , at Broxbourne are suns , also

a t b . canopies are Watton , North Mimms , Great Berk at St . Al ans Abbey and roses at Aston Scrolls with ha mste d of t or of , Furneau x Pelham and triple ones at inscrip ions labels issuing from the mouth , generally

. . St. .Cheshunt and S t Albans Abbey priests , are at Albans Abbey , Broxbourne , Hinxworth , fi Inscriptions are often found un nished , as at St . Digswell , Buckland (lost) , Clothall , Hunsdon , and

b As d n . Albans A bey the Delamere brass was evidently designed pe e At Letch worth were three scrolls , only two b t a i t n y the Abbo Del mere , and was e graved during his now rem ain . At Walkern was a scroll with a hand , n lifetime and fixed in all probability to the stone , and a ow lost . At Flamstead a circular scroll from the of portion of the inscription only was placed on it, leaving the mouth of a priest and from the mouths children , all . u a t of i lost , also at Furneaux Pelham Hearts are fo nd The age the deceased is not often m ent oned , but

Sawbridgeworth , St . Albans Abbey , Letchworth , can be found at Hitchin , Hunsdon , Cheshunt , Aston , ’ Hitchin , Willian , and Stocking Pelham . Crosses are Bennington , North Mimms , St . Peter s , St . Albans not very numerous . At Royston is a plain one without (lost) , Ardeley , Walkern , Essendon , Tewin , Albury , inscription , and many other places have stones with Abbotts Langley , Bishop Stortford , B aldock , Great fi matrices , showing that they formerly possessed them . Hadham , Hat eld , Watford, Ashwell , Newnham , ’ m At St . Michael s , St . Albans , is a s all figure of a Brent Pelham , Bovingdon , Radwell , Ippollitts , Wyddial ,

. t on man in a portion of the head of a cross The figures and Barley . No deformi ies are pourtrayed the “ of i hi s or sa nts and evangelists are engraved on the large brasses , and a man and wife . wives , are nearly

. t ff . D elamere brass at St Albans Abbey, and at Nor h always of the same height . A di erence exists at St ’

. G ci e re s on Mimms and Knebworth . At Digswell and Broxbourne Michael s , S t . Albans yp are worn figures are shown the emblems of the evangelists , and the lamb at Aspenden , Baldock , Kelshall , B uckland , Standon ,

. . w and cross at St Albans Abbey The Holy Trinity at Aldbury , Great Gaddesden , Rad ell , and Hinxworth . l W ormle bur or t Clothal , y y, and Flamstead (lost) . Mer Figures have been repaired res ored at Watton h ch ants are designated by the trade mark showing they and Rickmanswort . Quaintness an d peculiarity of “ ” of t \Vormle to & c . belonged to the Staple Calais , at S andon , Hitchin , expression are at y, Passed God , ; “ ” . li tf e All D igswell , and St Albans Abbey and other trade Bennington , Chaunged his ; Hertford ( m “ ” “ Hi & c . st &c . e marks at Great Hadha (Mercers) , Standon (Merchant Saints), Trespassa, , Icy gy , , ” “ n x . & a n d a ce t c . Tailors) and Hi worth A huntsman at Hunsdon j , Aldenham , Departed gone B uck ” . h u of and Baldock A sergeant of stag o nds is mentioned land , Resteth th e body Great Hadham , ditto ; ” . l e th at Shephall Kelshall , Her y the bones of Kings Langley , ” l e th of Many brasses and inscriptions are lost which a few Here y interred the corps ; Walkern , e rmibus da tur m years ago were in existence , as at Broxbourne , Great V esca (given as food for wor s) ; W d “ Berkhamsted , alkern , Eastwick , Aldenham , Wormley , Sawbri geworth , ditto ; Walkern , Exchanged this ” “ ” A ot . t . l e th Layston , and y St Lawrence More care is now life for immortality , Here rests , Here y lti e t &c . Se u taken of them than formerly , and when they are buried , Standon , p in gratia misericordia ” ” r &c . loose , on a church being repai ed , it is usual to fix them Dei Watford , Gave his soule to God Barley , ” on l u a wa l , as seen at Wyddial , Essendon , Bayford , East Yielded p her spirit ; Wyddial , Made a most ” wick , Watford , Baldock , Bennington , Walkern , Amwell , godly end , Departed this world Hatfield , ” . F n n i sh ta ll l fe On Great Berkhamsted , Hatfield , and Clothall At Saw y e d th e course of this mor y . bri dge w orth some brasses have been buried with the brasses with e fii gi e s of the children of the deceased the h ’ . r stones to whic they are fixed , and at S t Andrew s , boys are generally d essed alike , and the girls also wear n o w m wn Hertford , an inscription was found buried , and is si ilar costumes to each other , but a difference is sho ’

. . . Offl e . fixed in the floor of the centre aisle At St Peter s , at St Peters , St . Albans , y, and Newnh am A s . i n cu a St lban , and at Royston , some are found a p The method of t king rubbings of brasses is very

i n the . board vestry Those at Flamstead were once simple . The Douce collection i n the British buried , and disinterred about thirty years ago . Bene Museum seems to have been made by squeezing damp or of of factors to churches founders them have brasses at paper into the lines th e brass , and thus taking an As e de n the Great Berkhamsted , Cheshunt , Barley , p , and impression , and when dry lines were blackened with

. u . Furneaux Pelham Palimpsests are found at Walkern , ink ; the r bbings are perfect and accurate , but they ’ . k t Bayford , St Albans Abbey , Great Ber hamsted , King s show white paper wi h black lines only , whereas the ’ Langley , and St . Peter s , St . Albans . At St . Albans usual m ethod of the present day is to lay a sheet Abbey a knight in armour is shown with hi s helmet a t of white paper on the brass and rub it with S t ’ . A . b or ouchba ll n his head , and also at Michael s, St lbans , Little heel all , p , which gives a black impressio

Hadham , North Mimms , Sandon , and Aldbury . At with white lines . Another collection in the British on Redbourn the helmet is on the floor , near a man kneel Museum has been done common wall papers , the “ ” . n The ing At Bayford a shield has a tun upon it for patterns of which are to be seen o the backs . “ ” Knighton at Tewin a shield with three picks Society of Antiquaries also possesses a large number of “ M ’ . u . for Pigott at St ichael s , St . Albans , a shield r bbings “ ’ with a peacock for Pekok at Redbourn also The names of the man s parents are mentioned at St . “ ” ” ’ f St. A1ba n s. both o at Wormley a shield with a cock for Cok ; at Peter s , ~ Brasses to children of a ” m ’ Hitchin a shield with two hearts for Hert , and an s wives are seen at Ware , Kings Langley , and “ ” “ ” Offi e a n d on e f . a shield with a h awk for Sparrowhawk ; at y, to wi e only at Newnh am Baptism is “ ” ” . of Watton a shield with a tun for Acton mentioned at Aldenham . Names children are given b Brasses to servants are at Watford , All Saints , Hert at Sandon , Barkway , Al ury (l ) , Hertingfordbury ’ o d l . . S t. f rd , Aston , North Mimms (missing), and Stan on Knebworth , St Peter s , Albans , Ware ( ) , Watford ,

d h . Rosaries are seen at B uckland , Stan on , Wormley , Newnham , Bennington , Berk amsted , and Digswell

Hinxworth , and Radwell . A brass to a child formerly At Clothall is an inscription to a lady who had si x sons

. a a n d was at North Mimms Br sses are found at Hitchin , and ten daughters , the same is mentioned in the

Offi e &c . y, , which were engraved by the same artist,as inscription of her h usband , who m arried again and was ’

ca n . 1 be seen from the similarity of the figures on them buried in Walkern Church 8 years afterwards . The ' u h hi s w ff Ra ufi e Di sce ssi d of trade of the man is mentioned at Alb ry , Hitc in , St . y the which the xxv day ’ . . n Thowsa n d Albans Abbey St Peter s , St Alba s , Walkern , September the yere of our Lorde Gode A v . of cccclx x x x ii Hunsdon , Aldbury , Ashwell , and Ippollitts The day j on of two the week upon which the deceased person died is noticed The figures the ladies are small , and they f n at Hatfield and the place of death is mentioned at both wear kerchie s ha ging over their shoulders , and m ’ B raughing . The uncertainty of the time of death is gauntlets . Haines entions the husband s brass as

h . m of i n 1 8 6 1 1 8 8 2 . found at Hitc in The ter duration of married existing , but it was gone in if a t . On loor o n a ve l e is seen Hertingfordbury and Essendon At . “ f f ma n Braughing a is described as a batchelor , at — “ I I . Man and two wives and inscription . Wheathampstead , Shephall , and Radwell , a gentle ” “ ” Here lieth the bodie of Thomas Cogdell of this man , and at Wormley a yeoman . Similarity of pa rri she yeoman w ho had 2 wives viz Jane Alice . dresses between man and wife are found at Hitchin and Hee deceased ye 1 2 daie of February Ano Dn i 1 6 0 7 Wheathampstead . The name of the sovereign reigning beinge of ye age of 8 3 ye a re s who lye th here i n peace at the time of decease is mentioned at Hitchin , i n the state of corruption untill Jesus Christ shall come As e de n e Braughing , p , Wyddial , Harpenden , Eastwick , to restore y same in the glorious libe rti e of all his ” Standon , Essendon Aston , Cloth all , All Saints, Hertford , f v n Saints to i mmorta liti e and li e e e rla sti ge . T w o and Wheathampstead . children belonging The man is bareheaded , and has a beard , and wears to a family are found having the same Christian ’ a long garment ; the two wives wear hats , and are n ame at St . Peter s , St . Albans , Sandon , and Newnham . ussa n s a n exactly alike in features and dress . C gives i on W he a tha m R ngs worn the fingers are found at p illustration of on e of them as an example of the dress . stead, St Albans Abbey , and Furneaux Pelham . of a wife of a yeoman i n good circumstances i n the Figures wearing armour are seen at Albury , Bayford , early part of the reign o f James I . As e de n p , Broxbourne , Great Berkhamsted , Digswell , — “ . 1 5 0 I II Haines gives No . I II . , a lady about 7 , Little Hadham , Knebworth , St . Albans Abbey, St . of a n d i n ’ ’ but the brasses the husband , three sons , . . n Sa w ” Michael s and St Stephen s , St Alba s , Sandon , scription lost . None of these are to be seen . bri d e w ortb M i mms W a tton g Standon , North , , Redbourn , — . i n sc1 i ti on IV . Haines also gives No . IV , an p , Aldbur H e me l e m ste a d a n d Wheathampstead , y, H p , Fur 1 3 Clutte 1 buck i which noticed by C hanney and , but s n eaux Pelham . A separate inscription is found at Shep 1 now missing , and an indent of a man in armou only f of he r hall to the wi e a man , name being also m e ntioned i rema ns . i of “ in the inscript on th e husband . Children wearing Ne vll w ff the Here lieth Robert y and Elyn his y , swords are at Wormley . Brasses to ecclesiastics are de cce sse d 28 th of e a re which Robert the Aprill , the y of at Amwell , Ardeley , Broxbourne , Buckland , Cheshunt , va n i t e oure Lord God 1 4 75 . This world is but a y ; Clothall , Little Hadham , Great Hadham , Hitchin , - to day a man , to morrow none . Knebworth , Letchworth , North Mimms , Royston , St . Robert Nevill was connected with the Manor of Ste ve n a e W a tton Albans Abbey , g, . Flamstead , Wormley M i ckle fi e ld Ri ckma uswmth 1 4 75 . l Hall , , in (lost) , Radwe l , Hinxworth , Willian , and Barley . u As e de n Heraldic dresses are fo nd at Aldbury , p ,

Furneaux Pelham , and Sawbridgeworth . Brasses to a man and wife and their son (a priest) at Radwell ALBURY . and Hinxworth . Inscriptio n s in Norman - French are 0 72 soa tk w a ll. at Cheshunt , Hertford (All Saints) , Hertingfordbury , — of ma n h I . Brass a and his wife , wit inscription North Mimms , Great Hadham , Watton , and Hemel over Hempstead . The position of the grave wherein the Vn a fi de s f ae dvs u vn vm con i vn x i t vtros a q q deceased is buried is mentioned at Ippollitts . A br ss to M ors vuo tvmlo i vn gi t e t una dvos a widow is seen at Watford and Furneaux Pelham . vos i vn x i t n on se i vn it vn o Brasses fixed dur ing the lifetime of the person are at Sic q amor , mors g at i a ce n t tvmvlo i a cve re . h d Ecce qui toro St Albans Abbey , Stevenage , and Kels all . The ate S n e rae fi de i fvi t e t of y c alter , altera testis th e year is omitted in inscriptions at Ickleford and ” ra Cha rvs vte r : g tvs vte r : . Berkhamsted . Brasses to a lady and he r husband and qviris qdeo

of On e fi ve . a friend the same name as he r husband (perhaps hi s son and daughters under , and inscription on obi tvm cla riss: : Le ve n thor i father) were formerly one stone at Watton , and to In viri Tho p de tw o Alde bur vi com: : He rtf : wives without a husband at Brent Pelham . Half y armigeri bis com l ° . n i 8 n ii A Dn i 1 58 8 JE ta tis svze 6 ength figures are at Ickleford , Great Hadham , Letch De fvct die Jv worth , and Wyddial . N e cn on cha riss svae con i vgis Do rothe fi li E t coha rae dis Will : Ba rle e de Alde bvr v ’ Armigeri de f n cti O . A BB TT S LANGLEY ° Qvae qvi de m Dor : obiit 4 Ja n ua rii 1 5 74 . a n a i s 0 72 floor of ch ce l le . This Th omas Le ve n thorpe was twice High Sheriff of ’ — Le vn th r s I . the w a s e o e Two women , inscription under , three boys and count and connected with the p w ho bu d three girls . are ried at Sawbri geworth ; and perhaps his “ Ra uffe Horwode E li ssa be th Joon e Le ve n thor e a w ill 1 59 4 Here lieth and on , also Thomas p , by dated v ga e some proper ty in London to the vicar and poor of ALD BURY .

. — Albury I . f a n d u . ' Man , wi e , children , fo r shields The se N e a r ul it p p . brasses represe n t Sir Ralph Verney and Elizabeth h i s

—~ M a n h f a n d . h II . in armour (wit dog at his feet) and his wi e . and their nine sons three daughters T e y a n n a n a n d wife , with crest above and four d ughters under eath are fixed upo altar tomb , are in a good stat e th of . On of e lady . The inscription and brass of the sons are preservation the sides the tomb w ere g h a one . originally six shields , which , wit the inscriptions , are s Cu sa n s . R i n has an engraving , omitting the children , and missing Sir alph is represented as being a co m he le te m h n says that the crest resembles that of the Fanshawe p suit of ar our , wit his head resting upo a

o w m . family , but h e could not trace any c nnection bet een hel et , and his arms are engraved on his tabard The ’ - b a that house and Albury . The lady s head dress is lady is d ressed in a long robe , with a mantle ela or tely m h m similar to that o f Lady Say at Broxbourne , and he emblazoned with the ar s o f W ittingha and also of 1 4 5 gives the date as about 7 . her father , Edmund Lord B ray , and the mantle is fastened at her neck by a cord reaching to her feet On oor o n a ve . fl f - with two tassels ; her head dress is plain , and has lon g —A fi a r i n II I . brass engraved with the gures of a man in strings behind . The nine boys e all dressed alike d w armour with his wife , and one child stan ing between plain robes , and are all sho n of the same height , “ E dw a rde m them , who was evidently Master mentioned instead of the usual plan of graduating fro large to

w . . T he belo . At the top corners of the stone are two shields , small The three girls are also plainly dressed r and under the figures is an inscription . four shields all bear in various forms the qua terings of l e th I hon 1 54 6 —7 Q Here y Scrogs , Gentleman Verney and Bray . Haines gives th e date , and r- of e n The sonne of Frances Scrogs Esquire Clutte buck , in his History Herts , has a good v Le vi n e i ss e w s . the g Ed ard Scrogs He graving of brasses . vvs 1 of Deceased th e 1 8 o f A g t 5 9 2 . The family of Verney held the Manor Pendley

a . T he Above the brass is lso a skull with inscription under , in this parish , and lived at the Manor house “ - . 1 5 4 6 the Memento mori above named Sir Ralph died in April , , and

The Scroggs family were numerous in the neighbour Manor came to his eldest son , who died without issue , Cussa n s 1 1 0 hood , and mentions th e nam e as late as 7 and it then fell to th e eldest surviving brother . Sir

1 3 7 of . d 1 1 th . 1 599 . and 7 , and gives a pedigree them They lived Edmund Verney , who sold it , and ied Jan , “ ’ the Cussa n s At n at Patmore Hall , in parish of Albury . There was says King s La gley Church is a J 1 6 7 9 of a Lord Chief ustice Scroggs in . mutilated tomb to a member the Verney family and to his wife , which was erected Sir Ralph Verney , On sou th w a ll o cha n ce l. f of l of second son Sir Ra ph Verney , Lord Mayor — n . 1 4 65 IV . Two shields and inscription u der London in , and his wife , and was originally ’ of n E s ui r the of Anne Barley daughter He ry Barley qe erected in old church King s Langley , and was late w yf e of Phillip Gunter of Lond e Skyn n e r deceased removed to this church on the demolition of the former

ve n re ce ve d on e . 1 4 8 7 . hath gy for ever to be y out of h alf of building In Ralph Verney , Esq , was appointed ’ ye lande of ye Manor of Bromley Li e n ge in the pish e keeper of the parks of Berkhampstead and King s

o f . . s n . Standen iii pound a yere viz . lij shilling ye re ly La gley The burial place of the family was originally n A th x i . e n ce e by j _ p every Sunday in bread to ye poore of at the Mo astery of shridge , but bodies in the h r 1 5 5 . s re a for a se r this pish e 1; vi shilling to a p c i mon at vault were removed to Aldbury Church in 7 , accord c I I x i . a n on . . Easter j pence to ye vic r of this pishe , l; vi . pe ce ing to an inscription a brass plate (See No I h m a yere to eith er Churchwarden of this pishe for t eir A brass in Quainton Church , Bucks , is to the emory ” di stribuci o n e re l of e fi 1 5 0 9 on e paynes to see ye of ye said mo ey y y. Marg ry , wife of Sir Rau Verney , , with

a . This money is now all given nnually in bread , fuel , son and th ree daughters She was daughter of John w a rdb of i n and clothing for the poor . It formerly was distributed I y, Esq . Several the name are buried

every Sunday according to the bequest on th e tomb of Compton Verney , Warwickshire . 0 72 n or th i e r o cha n ce l the donor . p f . — . n n On n or th w a ll o cha n ce l I I You g man , and i scription f . Hic j a ce t Job e s Davers fi lii he n ri ce daver V — d of ° . , a n M e i u i Three shiel s arms which , ccordi g to rce r lond o q quide i ch e s obiit x x vi j O e of Le ve n thor n ° ° ° ° An stii iTi i i e t . ussan , are those p impali g Barley , die gu Ad M CCCC viij cui aie pp c de , d , i h a n d Gunter an Lytton show ng that t ese families were The figure is very small , is that of a young man all connected by m arriage . n n a lo g robe ; he has pointed shoes , and wears a ” Cussa n s i vi s , c e re . Cus a n Da e notices all these brasses and Haines gives gyp s s gives the n ame as , but

. . “ . , N o . . n on Nos I and I II while Channey m entions I Haines calls it D avers . I t is indisti ct the only . “ plate , but is probably th e latter , and may have been ha the of a s Haines says t t at British Museum is an connected with the family Verney , a brass is ‘ ’ to Alde bur inscription John Bowes , rector of y. in Compton Verney Church with inscription to t he the of o f — . 1 53 6 W but list vicars A lbury does not give this name , memory of Richard Verney , Esq , 7 , and his ife

. as the records are imperfect Anne (daughter of William Davers) . — ~ — A . A . two on e on I I I brass plate and inscription , fixed in the I I civilian and wives , either side of 1 5 5 i t t m 1 5 chapel in 7 , when was buil by Ed und , great him , and at the foot of one wife a small brass of on e n of gra dson of Sir John Verney , and the tomb and bodies son , and the second wife are two daughters The m t of bu . . his ancestors were then removed fro Ashridge to inscription is gone , Haines No V states the date

1 5 25 . h this chapel . as about B ot the women are habited alike i n “ 1 o This Monument was placed and erected in the the d ess of the period , and the one n the right hand Aushe ri tch m M on a ste rie of . by Sr Robert Whittingha , has lost part of the head — A on e of ri vi e coun sa i le . Knight , the p to Kyng Henrie the II I man in the robes of a civilian , without a x t T re a soure r the w a rrs Fra un ce i n sc1 i ti on s in in under the head , the p also missing . Haines No . I I . duke of Bedford Regent there for ye said King Henrie says abo ut 1 5 20 . — A e he w e sla i n e . of his N p , which saide Sr Robert was after at IV wo man with brass a child and part of b r n e l the Battel of T e ux u i e in the Cou ti of G ow ste r inscription . ’ M a re t and Sr John Verney knight who married dame g , e of Jone Warner late ye da wghte r sole heyre of this saide Sr Robert Jone de ce ssyd the viii th ‘ M ° Whittingham knight , was after buried in the saide f our Lord God Cussa hs of Tombe , with dame Margaret his ladie And S r Ralph has no mention this brass , but Haines “ a fore sa ide . VI I . 1 53 5 or 1 5 3 8 Verney knight sonne and h eyre to the Sr No states Jone Warner , , and u 1 5 3 1 m John Verney dame Margaret was buried in the same daughter and her h sband William , ( ost) and ” l w h u i i c . tombe with dame Anne his Lady tombe bodies , scription m tilated Channey gives inscr pt on “ l l e th W i f Edmund Verney the third son of Sr Ra ph Verney the Here y William Warner and Joan his , on e r cha un ce ll m 1 5 3 1 1 5 8 8 on y g knight which lieth buried in the of which Willia died and Joan , Ald uri h i h x vii e a re e b e removed from Aus e r tc e the j . y of whose Souls Ra i n e of Sove ra i n e — Q V . A f the g our g Ladie ueue Elizabeth civilian a n dwife . The feet o the man are va w lt and made this Chappell with th e wherei n they . Cussa n s two broken off gives engravin ogs of the 1 58 8 la i e d t be lon s lie And after in the year buried there figures , and says that th e cos ume g to the latter w fe ’ in dame Audrey Carewe his late y so in this sort part of the reign of Henry VII . The man s hair is ca wse d it to be erected as due to the said Edmond who very straight and cut across the forehead . Haines L n e a ll disce n t s t a e rta n e th . . 1 5 20 i n scri by y y able to prove y pp y to No I gives the date about , and says the p hi s B la w full him eires , as heyre to the saide Syr tion is lost . i Robert Whittingham kn ght . — A VI . woman , without any inscription . This brass Cussa n s a ll Haines and mention the above brasses , Cussa n s is in a very perfect state , and has an engraving

I . but Channey only refers to No . , and calls the name of of the ” of it , and says the costume is that a lady of . this place Albury 4 1 4 80 1 4 9 0 . middle class about the years Haines , No . 1 535 VIII . , gives the date about , and mentions that fi the gure was engraved by a London artist , and shows ALDENHAM . f — the front o the skirt turned up and fastened by a band I . A hi s man in the dress of a civilian and wife , & c. passing round the hips, w ho w has a ruff round her neck and ears a brocaded — VII . Man and th ree wives , inscription , and children . dress with inscription under . ha d d hi s “ The man seems to have chil ren by all wives , Here under this stone lye th in hope of a j oyfull and n ow n E dwa rde Brisk o but nothing remains of the brasses but portio s glorious resurrection , the bodie of of of two of the wives . Haines No . VI . gives the Or a rha ll a ri sh . he i re of g in this p e gent sonne and — n . E dw a rde Bri sk o k some umber of children by each wife nineteen in all gent . who was li ewise and beire Cussa n s of a n d de se n de d also mentions the brasses the third wife of Edward Bri sk o Gent . of th e familie of th e the all children , but after the church was repaired in Bri sk oe s of Bri sk o Crofton in the County of Cumber 1 8 8 2 w . E s vi e rs w ch me n ti n e d w Brisk o ha ve i n e th ese ere found to be missing Haines calls the land q first Ed ard g 1 5 25 man a civilian of the date about . issue by Helen his fi rste wife E dw a rde Bri sk o his only ’ — two sonne and b eire who in th e invocation of God s holy VII I . Man and wife , sons , and six daughters . name and full a ssvre a n ce of his m ercie ended this life The man is dressed as a civilian , and has his hair very x vith A 1 6 0 straight . The four brasses are well preserved , and the daye of prill Anno 8 . Cussa n s E dw a rdus Bri sk o patri optimo e t ca rri ssi mo states th ey were found under the p ews when ” i h 1 11 1 8 4 1 Pi e ta ti s e t obse rve n ti o M P th e chu c was restored . He gives the date as ergo .

1 4 5 0 . 1 5 2 0 . The Briscoe family resided in the neighbourhood of about , but Haines No . II I about — m . Aldenha for many years , and the name appears IX Inscription , arms , and shield l the Chow n e i G e n ti lma n a n d frequent y in registers of the church , and also at Nicholas s buried heare a free t “ f n ci tti e Great Berkhams ed . and Channey says that the manor O Haberdashers companie , in famous Lo don of i n E liz a be the w f a l ve Pickets or Newberry this parish was held by Who lefte his y , and children fower y on e of he m 1 e vi ve William Briscoe , of the yeomen the Guard , and Which wedlock had by her , his name for to upon his death it came to Edward Briscoe hi s son and In lyf time he was loued well and Chrysti a n li e he Died the i n ho e heir , who is present possessor hereof Whose soule faithfull Abrams brest we p dothe ” Haines N0 . X . now abide . The brasses of the ma n and wife and four children canton a lion rampant ; differenced with an annulet for

of 1 58 0 M a n k e s. mentioned by Haines No . XI . the year , are l e th M a n k e s missing . The four coats of arms are all alike , and Here y interred ye body of Anthony , ’ of l 28 have upon each three thatcher s rakes , which are also vicar Amwe l , who died the of August,

Cussa n s 4 th 1 8th . upon the shield with crest . notes that chapter of Proverbs , verse (in Greek)

how n e 1 1 56 9 M a n k e s 1 6 8 3 . Nicholas C was buried l th August , , and Anthony was instituted as vicar in that a Jane Chowen was married to John Puckering Un de r tow e r n 2 1 —9 o 568 ‘ l st February , , and a Thomas , son of George — A II I . small figure of a man (with head missing) , 1 5 8 3 . Chowen , gentleman , was baptised on l st Dec . , a n d d of X — a wife on each si e of him , and figures seven . Man and six sons and five daughters , th e wife n o childre , f ur boys and three girls , by the first wife , and inscription gone . Haines No . IV . says he was a and the matrix only of one child by the second wife 1 52 , civilian of about 0 . but nothing to show who they represent . — of XL Small figure a woman in a winding sheet , Channey mention s the following as being extant at with inscription , the last line of which has been cut i the time of h s writing the history of the county , but off . they are not now to be seen , and are probably covered Here under this marble stone lye the Lucas G oodye re over by pews O De t d t. le a s d p y and gone y p y the Lord God in ctobre Infra j a ce t se pultus G uli e lmus Hawling huj us x i n h ld De ce ss d w thout th , h c y a ui th e day she eying y bed y Ecclesi e Vicarius ; q obiit Febr . 7 Anno Sa luti s n l e the aye , and Edmond hir lytle sone hir by 1 6 8 2 3 An n o ZEta ti s su y , qDomini ae 75 . H Am Thomas assel , Vicarius w e lle usi s ac

. . 1 547 i n fi n i ta n fi n i Haines No IX gives the date as , and Channey pro i ta m tu ba be s vitam aliam spi ra vi t m 1 5 3 Re s i ra vi t a n n . gives the last line Anno Do ini 7 . p os 8 4 E x spi ra vi t

On Sowl s . v c 1 6 5 7 . JE te rn a m e t va le a t whos y Jesu ha e mer y anno In vivat .

1 54 7 . 1 6 6 0 William Hawling was appointed vicar in , and — XI I On e a n d of a ll 1 5 9 9 shield part another is that Thomas Hassell in . The latter has noted in the remains on a large stone upon which is the m atrix of B urial Register that the parish wa s infested with a f Cussa n s o . 1 6 0 3 be the brass a man in armour states that the plague in , and that buried a large number of stone originally formed the cover of an altar tomb , and m the inhabitants who died fro its ravages . on t ’ that the arms the shields are those of S epney , None of the above are m entioned in Haines s ” which family were lords of the manor i n the l 6th of l Manual Monumenta Brasses . century . Channey gives an inscription from Weever w hich may h a v e belonged to the tomb

l e th Ste n . Here y Ralph p y Esq , the first Lord of ARDELEY . thi s of the Lordship of Town Aldenham and Patron On w a ll o cha n c f e l. of 3 1 544 on this Church who dyed December, , whose — I . r ” Figu e of a priest in robes of office , and i n Sowl Jesu have Mercy . Amen . scription . I . . . Channey only notices Nos . , IV , XI . , and XI I , ‘ Hi e a ce t M e tca lfi e m ba ca la but gives in addition (now lost) j philippus legu ri us dudum hu us a l e th the h n vicarius j ecclesi e qui obiit xxix . die Here y buried Body of Jo n Lo g . Salter ° ° ” n i A d x Ju i mM vc v. a n e ro i ci e tur cui de n s. Citizen and Alderman of London and Dame Margery p p hi s w i fe w hich John died the 6 th day of July The last four words have been defaced to render ” ca n M VCXXXVI . , . , whose soul Jesus pardon them illegible but they be traced as above “ 1 4 92 1 5 1 5 Haines says the b rasses of th ese person s are lost Philip Metcalfe was vicar from to , and the n he M r. . . but a rubbi g is in t possession of J . B Nichols was one of witnesses to the will of Leonard Hyde ,

E s r. of , , i n 1 5 0 8 1 50 9 . He mentions a ll but No . XII . q Throcking , Herts who died or — . I . V . a n d . . Un de r cha n ce l a rc Nos VII are in the south chancel aisle h. w h — . . t e No XII is ithin altar rails , and the remainder . A ma n hi s II and wife , with four sons and two

. d are in front of sacrarium steps aughters , and inscription . The man is clothed in a

long plain gown , and the woman wears a figured petti a ff coat , pe ked stomacher , and ru .

GREAT AMWELL . l e th Shotbolt Here y the body of Thomas , late of

E s r . a n d th On w a ll . this Towne of Yardly , q, Mary, his wife , e u Sr — seconde Da ghter of John Boteler , of Watton I . . 1 4 0 0 . Small brass to an ecclesiastic Date about V V oodha ll w ho f ow re There seems to have been five vic a rs of this church , Knight , had issue sonnes and two vhte rs tll da . i x of 1 392 1 4 09 a n d g He died the day June in the ye a re between and , probably this brass com of our 1 59 9 e a re of me m ra s Lord God , and in the y his age o te one of them . of Shotbolt Also arms and crests and Boteler .

Ove r ve str door . y/ Thomas Shotbolt in 1 54 5 held property at Ardeley — . A . of a n d I I small brass plate with arms and inscription the value of forty shillings upwards , and was n i s oill s o Withi a bordure charged w th eight e t e ; n a liable to contribute towards a subsidy ta k e n up in that e . s £1 0 r t 0 0 y ar His land were worth at that time , and he insc ip ion was incorrectly pied by him , showing that w a s i . w a s e a freeholder resid ng in the county of Hertford it p rfect at that date , but no trace of the name Bote le rs old i n w i n ussa n s The were an fam ly co nected ith Watton appears the neighbourhood , and C does not

and the neighbourhood . mention it . Corn e r o a is le Channey mentions a brass inscription to John Clerke f . if of — and Elizabeth , his w e, which John Clerk was Lord . I I Man and wife , both kneeling ; the form er is a of ll di the Manor Cromer Ha in this parish , and ed i n knight armour , and his surcoat is emblazoned with of about the beginning of the reign Queen M ary , the a rms of Cliff ord the lady has on an elaborate the i i of . l fet me his father , George Clerk i on cloak , having upon it also the arms of Cl fford the Hi e li e n s of n j acent Johan Clerke and E zabetha uxor j one side and those B arley o the other . At the feet ” a ro iti e tur u . of quorum animab s p p D e s of the knight is the indent about two children , pro o t a re of i li of , f At Benning on brasses W l am , son George bably sons and at the feet the lady are two daughters i 1 5 9 1 n r i i . of m Clarke, who d ed , and Joh Cla ke , who d ed kneel ng From the month the knight for erly was l 1 6 0 4 . a scrol inscribed W i lli e lmn s Cott sme re Benedicta e t Sancta Trinitas Hic Jacet y quondam Vicarius ' i sti us a ui m i and from the lady s mouth is a scroll inscribed Ecclesi e , qobiit in Festo Sanctoru Ph lippi ” m 1 3 e cc a toribus. t An Do . 4 S: M a r rum 7. Jacobi y . Miserere nobis p s of Cujus Anime propi ti e tur D eu . A shield on the left hand has upon it the arms the

on e on ha n d . i of knight, and the right those of the lady Sir Hen ry Channey , the h storian Hertfordshire , a il in 1 1 9 a An inscription p rtly mut ated died at Ardeley 7 , and there are sever l memorials ' Syr Robt Clyfi ord late k n yght for the r to . in the chu ch the Channey family e body to ye m oist excellent prn ce kyn g henry y W I . Hai nes notes I . and I I . and maister of hys ordyn a un ce also dame E lysa be th hi s w yf w yf to St Ranfi e J osse lyn k n yght w hi che syr Robt Clyfford w a s the thyrde son of Thomas “3 late 1lord Clyfi ord 5 the seid syr Robt de ce sse d the x v day of March in the xxiii yer of the Reigns of kyn g i . Inscript on onl y ‘ he n r9 de ce sse d vrr. e of h l ye 1; the said dame Elisabeth the l e th body Jo n Se l , late Here y y — M C da of i n . C CCC o f e u of y l Ashwell in y Co nty Hartford , Around the edge of the tomb is also an inscription Mercer who de pte d thi s life ye 26 of Credo quod redemptor meus vivi t e t in n oui ssi mo 1 6 1 8 5 5 e a re of . May A about ye y his age surre cturus E t vide bo ’ die de terra sum in carne mea how livd hi s Aske he and thou shalt know end , T e de t a m ” Deum sa lva tore m meum . ni am meam vitae to i to i . ” He dyed God a sa nt , poore a fr end s me e . l f r John Sel was a bene actor to the pa ish , and gav e some Cussa n s gives a description of the doings of this Sir for use of ill 24 th land the the poor by his w dated May , Robert Clyfi ord in connection w ith his designs to upset of e 1 6 1 8 . Th e name Sell is oft n found in th e parish n ot to to Henry VI I . which do appear have been much of . O s registers liver Sell was rector the neighbouring his credit . He seems to have betrayed his a sociates to of 1 66 0 — 1 6 9 church Hinx worth from 7, and a Sussex w ho be the king , pardoned and rewarded him , and after

f 0 9 . Sell held the Manor o Hinxworth in 1 7 Channey wards appeased his conscience by adding an aisle to Cussa n s i i f and ment on this nscription , but it is omitted As e de n w a s i . p church , in which he bur ed His w i e was

u . . , , of of by Haines A token was issued by John Sell j nr the daughter William Barley , the neighbourh ood , 1 6 1 0 about . which name occurs in man y of the surrounding parishes . i n 1 9 3 Several stones in this church denote where brasses The missing scroll was in existence 7 , when the os e l n s u originally laid , and Channey describes one inscription church was surveyed . The J c y are fo nd at to a w ho 1 4 Thom s Colby , was vicar , and died th Sep . V Sawbridgeworth and Wyddial e be 1 4 8 9 on e to I illi a m , d , . t m r an also D akins N s. o I . and I I are both mentioned by Haines ,

who i 1 8 th 1 5 9 8 . another vicar, d ed February , n Cussa n s e Cha ney , and , the latt r giving an engraving

of & 0 . the figures , E ASPEND N . A STON . On w a ll o n a e f v. n a e Floor of v. of i I Man and wife and portion inscript on .

— A w . ma n a licie uxoris eius qui quidem I . man and his ife and inscription The

dui CCCCCmO is bareheaded , and wears a tunic with short sleeves , and m illesimo quorum . ’ d h as on hi s breast a large Tudor rose with imperial The m an is wearing a merchant s ress , and has a his a n d h crown and ha s a sword at side , is represented gypci e re suspended from is waist ; the lady is in plain , as standi ng on a pavement of tiles wit h an oval patte rn m i t . i the costu e , w h a straight head dress Ha nes gives ’ ” ha t n d ff . h on them . The woman wears a ru name of the man as Thom as Goodric , and Salmon s t i n 1 28 o bod e of , history , writ en 7 , states the same name , but the Here ly th buried the y John Kent late 1 0

E dwa rde ue e n s On oor o n a ve . servant to Kinge the Sixt , Q Marye , and fl f ma ri e d of — , V. An n Queene Elizabeth who Marye ye daughter inscription fixed in the stone, upo which is s , . the of Thoma Saunders and had issue by her v sonnes and No. laid brass a woman , VI . th . w hi che i ii of , a R v. E m s v daughters John deceased the j day ce t e d un du P m A. B . Hic j y , , Au ust i n e a re of our 1 59 2 ae ta tis m . g , O . e t the y Lord God li Christi Coll Cant Rect . de Radwell suae . o ob . . ri s hoc in c m. qui xix die Octob Dn i ze ta ti s . The parish register , which is well preserved , contains Anno MD C C CVII . LXXXI II of of of m the names several members the Kent family , and The Rev . Edmund Pym was rector Radwell fro a a 1 1 8 6 he . the name is lso found mentioned at Watton , Steven ge , 777 to 7 , when resigned the living — hi A . and Weston , w ch parishes are all adj acent to Aston . VI . woman The husband and inscription are

. 1 4 1 0 missing Haines gives the date as , and says that

i holls . m . . . c of J B N , Esq , has a r ubbing the ale figure The woman has her head covered with a handkerchief O . u ussa n BALD CK falling pon her shoulders . C s says that this wa s a n d brass removed from another stone , was cut and

On n orth w a ll. placed where it n ow lies when the inscriptio n to the 1 l l Rev . Edmund Pym was fixed I — to . Man and woman in shrouds , but nothing o t No . Haines n tices all the above excep . IV indicate who they represent . They are mentioned by Haines as about 1 4 8 0 (Addenda A B RKWAY . — i s a . . . , On w a ll o sou th a i sl I I Man and woman The man civilian and f e . has a large purse suspended from his girdle . The . two I Man , wives , children , and inscription . . . . inscription is lost Haines No I I I gives the date as l e th bur e d P o n a rd w h che Here y y Robert y , y 1 4 8 0 l m , and says perhaps the brasses represent Wi lia o De c e ssyd ye xvi . day f September i n the yere of 1 4 8 3 or oa n e hi s Crane , , and Margaret J , wife , and gives ur X o M C C L . i vs C C J who . w e lord God , had j y , of of an engraving the upper part the woman , wearing J Br d e tt sa de Br d e tt ohne and y g , and by the y y g he - a horned head dress with a veil behind her head . ssue iii . dow hte rs r ude the “ had y j g , Ma tha , J , Rebeka , Ch anney gives inscription : Prey for the Sowlys of and Francys . hi s W ffe s William Crane , Jone and Margaret y The man is wearing a civic robe trimmed with fur , — 1 4 8 3 which William dyed on whos - and his feet are encased in slippers ; he is bare headed , ” — . on A . , , I II . man and woman The man is dressed as a and wears a beard His first wife Johne his i or , c , civ lian , and was evidently a huntsman park right hand wears a plain dress with a neat ap f rom i s of of , h showing the costume the time the early years keeper as he has a horn hanging left shoulder ’ of hi s f . and a small sword at his side at eet was a dog , Queen Elizabeth s reign The second wife is of which was fastened to hi m by a cord close to the sword dressed in the costume a somewhat later period , of , , at hi s waist . The lower part the man is gone , as and is also neatly attired and at her feet partly in

. 1 1 . , , well as the inscription and the dog . Haines No front are shown her four daughters with long hair

‘ 6 g s , . . V n te r 1 4 1 says the figures represent Wm y , , and hangin over their houlders and dressed alike The n of 1 4 1 1 of inscription is very explicit , and gives the ames the Margaret, his wife , , and has an engraving the n , . man ; and Cussa n s also . Cha ney gives the following four children and states to which wife they belong Po n a rd a n d 1 n scr1 pt1 0 n Robert y is mentioned as being a freeholder l 1 5 1 n ot 6 . W ili e lmi V n te r e t living at Ashwel in This brass is mentioned Orate pro y generosi Mar ’ in Haines s book . It was found , when the church was garete con sortis suae qui quidem W ilie lmus obiit N or d restored , under the floor . oes Channey notice its 2 J un i i 1 4 1 6 e t ob Octob. 1 4 1 1 , , Margareta , , . a n i ma bus a re n tum a micorum Be n e fa ctorum existence corum , p , , On oor o clai me d . omn i ote us ro fl f snorum D eus p p sua magna misericordia — ” . . ti tur II Inscription propi e . Amen . Hic j a ce t Anna n upe r uxor Johis h n te r of A Jo n Vy was rector Clothall , and died Rowley , generosi , que obiit nono 1 4 04 . Fe brua ri i Dn i die , Anno r o a e l n ; w a s On floo f ch n c . John Rowley was bor at Brent Pelham he

f of 1 6 5 0 1 6 6 94 . sherif Herts in , and died in 7, aged IV An inscription . He was buried at Barkway , as was also his second wife, a r a re tae suae ii simaa M g Benett matri p whose inscription is on the slab with her husband . At a n a n o of M r Qu e obiit in Domino mense ovembri Brent Pelham is a brass to the two wives . i 1 Robe rtus E isco us m of D n 5 8 . 1 6 2 1 62 7 Benett p p Francis Rowley , 5 and 7, and any this ” svi i e ta ti s o t. n Hereford p nomine p ame are buried in that churchyard. At Wyddial is a Cussa n s to c c - of of and C hanney both mention this inscription , slab the daughter and heir John Rowley ,

O e h . of d and ussan says t at Dr Benett was a native Barkway , who ied This inscription is noticed

. n . Baldock ; but it has been omitted by Haines by Cha ney , but not by Haines BARLEY . BARNET .

. On n orth w a ll o a sl I An ecclesiastic , and inscription under f i e . a c e t ae Hic j Andreas Willet , Doctor Saer I . Inscription . The olo i ae a li ua n do hui us a mi n i st g q ecclesi e ‘ l e th W fi e w -e r toti us a a Here y Elinor Palmer , y unto Ed ard magnum ver e ecclesi e ornament t ° E s ui e r w fe to - ae ta ti s suae 5 9 a n D0 5 1 6 2 1 Taylor , q , And after y y John Palmer , um , obiit Anno , ' E s ui e r of Ke n ti she tow n e on e of e dow hte rs l q , , and y g of De ce mb 4 . w a Che se ma w ho cofe ra r to te i tur se ulchro Ed rd , was kinge Henry Vivus in hoc g (lector mirare) p ’ e vi th w e h E l n o d d tow of me dow e W i lle ttus fun e ra a dhuc y j y y gene Acares sua post vivus ’ row n d i n Ke n ti she Vin ubi n n uc ha bi te t cognoscere con sule sumptu g towne holden of ye p hende of ca un te lous ye of of M a gn i fi co structa m scripta polita domum unto use the poore this towne and of Ke ti she de ce a sse d I n te re a a tule run t towne for ever , which said Elynor partem hanc eius quam fat “ h 29 f Dom hic u bi paulis per fle ris abire potes t e daye o Februarie in Anno Thou that ere whi le didst such strong reasons frame This inscription is mentioned by Haines , Channey , Cussa n s. : and The latter also says Eleanor Palmer , as yet great Willet are the popelings shame , of of 1 558 Nowe by thy si ck e n e s thy death hast made widow John Palmer , Kentish Town , gave , in , two of w acres meado land called Fortis , in Kentish Strong arguments to proove that mans a shade . - f or of w de e e Town , two thirds the use the poor of this Thy life did she thy p divinity , ” - f or of parish and one third the poor Saint Pancras , Death only taught us thy humanity . London . The meadow land has long since been built This priest is dressed in his ecclesiastical robes , with on m of , and the inco e is derived from the ground rents ff he a rd Re v. cap and ru , and wears a . The Andrew - i n w i n Willet was rector of this parish from 1 599 to his death thirty four houses Portess Terrace , t enty houses Forte ss a Forte ss i n 1 6 2 1 to Grove , and st bles and rooms called , and seems have been a learned m an and the of n of Mews , leases which property expire betwee author several works , including one named Synopsis ” 1 9 10 and 1 9 22 . With the accumulated rents derived Papismi . He was owner of the Manor of G re e n bury on of from this estate a piece of ground was bought B arnet in this parish , and was probably a son a Thomas ’ on i n 1 8 23 ms Common , which were built al houses for W who 1 571 to 1 598 . Cussa n s illet , was rector from m me n a n d . £9 8 says that Andrew Willet was killed by falling from his six aged six aged women per annu n ot is received from the property in Kentish Town , which , horse when riding through Hoddesdon , but he does the i n with other m onies , is distributed weekly among seem to have discovered this brass which is in the ” of . n habitants Barnet church , and a small e graving is in the Add . M S S . in the British Museum . He gave a house and half an l acre of and for the poor . B AYF ORD . Ne a r a lta r ra i ls. I — of . Man in armour , having a skirt mail with II . Inscription . tassets strapped over it , and gauntlets lying at his feet , of Brow n ri e Here resteth the body Ann gg, of supposed to represent John Knighton , who was Lord w of Doct : Brow n ri e of the ife gg, Rector this AD 1 545 the Manor . . of Cholme l of church , the daughter William y, — f . u o E s ui e r w ho 2 3 e e re of II Man in armour , s pposed to be the brass Sir Highgate, q , in the y ‘ Kut. of a e on 2 of 1 6 30 m George Knighton , , son John Knighton , and her g, the day May , , in uch ho Nov. 1 2 1 6 1 3 w died th , , and has a monument with faith and comfort ye e lde d up her spirit inscription to hi s memory i n the church . into the hands of God . — of a m bid . A , I dead , and my life is with Christ i n I II portion of the figure a woman probably

f . God ; whe n Christ who is my life shal a ppe a re the wi e of one of the above ” — A of n a e a re lV . then shall also pp with him in Glory . shield arms belonging to the Knighto Bro o . w n ri e of . n tun D r gg was rector B arley from 1 6 2 1 to family Barry of eight , a canton , a paleways 1 6 4 2 he of of 4 1 4 on , when was elevated to the bishopric Exeter . for Knighton , impaling quarterly ; and , a ’ d 1 6 59 de mi luce or He ied in , and was buried in the Temple Church , pale a conger s head , erect couped for

. 2 3 or . London Gascoigne and , three picks for Pickett Pigott

Cussa n s . . i n of gives No II only , but Channey notices both (Three picks are to be found the arms Thomas

. . . I . P ott . n I and II Haines gives No , but omits No . I I . , and yg at Tewin church ) The brass of John Knighto n on of also adds an inscription which is give by Channey as is chased the reverse , and has part a shrouded under figure showing a naked foot . The shield and small

a ce t Robe rtus Bri ck e t G e n e rosus . Hic j , qui portion are also palimpsests di e J un i i An n 1 54 6 f old obiit decimo Dom , e t These brasses were all ound in a box when the ZE ta t suae w i n 1 8 0 h . church was pulled do n 7 , and are muc

1 4 . two i n a re This brass is not now to be seen , but it existed in 7 7, damaged The figures of the men armour ’

i n . . Cussa n s of . and is mentioned Add MS S at the British Museum . engraved in History the County They are Cha un c a Bri k e a n h n o y dds that Robert c t gave ouse not mentioned by Channey , and inscriptions were ” 3 . . . rented at £ per annum to the poor of this parish . discovered with them Haines mentions I I I . and I II 1 2

“ O . o. . s 1 34 9 BE NNINGT N Haines N I give the date , with canopy and ” a of m rginal inscription nearly all lost . Part the On oor o n a ve . fl f ’ man s arm is gone , but the hand remains clasped in I . Inscription only the . I n n William Clarke the 4 sonne of George Clarke that of woman a collectio in the British m 1 8 0 . Museu , made in 7 , the figures are shown perfect x iii i . of 1 59 1 Chaunged his liff e the x day May , “ . o o th ra n se Who was as thou art, 1; is as thou shal be Floor f s u t p t. 8 O 1 556 George Clarke by will dated th ctober , , gave — of II . Figure a man in armour similar to that on £2 1 0 8 . f h , Cussa n s for the poor o this paris and also other sums the Torringto n altar tomb . gives an engraving for the parishes of S tevenage and Sandridge in this n o of . Cha un c it , but there is inscription extant y coun tv. gives an inscription which may probably belong to i t a ce t ui I I . Inscription only Hic j Johannes Raven Armiger qobiit ” l e th of of M a rtii Here y the bodie John Clarke , this XV die Anno Domini MC C CXCV . “ Covn cill who of No. Towne Bennington at Lawe Boutell states ( A man in armour , about a ri e d of Da vhte rs of ' M g 1 36 5 . Edith one the R' obert inscription gone ; perhaps John Raven , Esq , of Ba r e holt Covn t of Svfi olck Cole g in the y 1 395 . i ssve on e n e a a lta r tomb gent who had by her sonne amed N r . W illm Three Da vhte rs named Anne Edith — of n g I ll . Figure a woman in a plai dress , with a th f vue 1 60 4 . x i o - Elizabeth He died ye D ay J . n o reticulated head dress There is inscription , but “ . Aged L . 1 3 0 . Haines No . I II mentions A Lady about 7 — of of i n I II . Upper portion the brass a priest found Canopy and Inscription lost perhaps Margaret Briggs,

8 1 a n d fi on . 1 8 , af xed now a pier in the chancel 1 3 74 .

I . ci rca 1 5 70 Haines mentions , a lady , part gone ; Cha n ce l ste p . t II . some children ; but says nothing abou any other — of n ot IV . Half figure a priest ( mentioned by

s or . Cussa n s l ci rca 1 4 0 0 . bra s inscriptions ) . Boutel says the date is 1 38 5 A John Milton was instituted as rector in , and GREAT BE RKHAM STED . 1 3 8 6 who ma John Creeton in , was succeeded by Tho s

a n se r . Un de r tr t a e k Br dde w ho i n 1 4 0 6 . p y , resigned the living — f of I . o . r n e Figure a man holding the hand his wife N orth t a s p t. The man is habited in a long loose tunic , buttoned to - V . of i n i w h f Figure a man loose robes w th narro t e throat , with close sleeves and cuf s ; his feet are girdle and fur lining at the chest ; he has long hair , on . n resting a lion The woman wears a plai dress n rt cut straight o forehead, and inscription , pa ly broken on with long lappets , and is represented as standing off

. th on two dogs B o the figures have their left hands t Ri a rdus W e stbrok e Hic j a ce c qui obiit (di—e mensis) the breast , and were formerly under a double canopy ° ° ’ ’ Se pte bri s Ao dui millmo ccc lxxxv Cui (aia ppc t and surrounded by a border with an inscription , nearly deus) a ll of which is lost . The only words remaining are ’ ” Suppli ca n s vobis ex ca rita te vra p aia s(ua pat E t Margareta obiit xxix . n ostr ave) ha un c C y gives the inscription , and also Clutterbuck a l I n ch p e . Hic j a ce t Ri cha rdus Torrington e t Margareta - Uxor e us quiquide m Ri cha rdus obiit quarto VI . Woman in shroud and inscription j ’ mensis Marcii Anno Domini Millio C C CL Here lye th burye d und this stone the bodye of t W f of e t Ka te ryn e sum yme the y Robert Incent gent sexto Margareta obiit xxix die mensis ’ n Cmo of Maii Anno Domi i Millio CC XL nono . father and mother unto John Incent docto ye lawe Who hath done many be n yfi t ornamente gyve n Channey also states that this Torrington was supposed V of of of S a n t V h che to be the founder the church , and was a m an Unto this Chapell y John y sayd P la n ta a n e t of Ka te r n e of special favour with Edward g , Duke y dyed the xi day of Marche ye xii yere the r Re n e of i C Co nwall , whose father , Richard Plantagenet, died at yg Henry the vi i ( uj us — B erkhamsted Castle . Boutell gives an engraving VI I . Inscription only ’ fi r l e th bur e d of of the gu es , and says They are Richard Here y y und thys stone the body ’ rr n ton or G e n t lma n s va n t T o y g and Margaret his wife , the founders Robert Incent y late unto the ” at least the re builde rs of this church . The wife Noble pryn ce sse lady Cecyle duchesse of Yorke of of of iii was a member the family Incent , several Mother unto the worthy king Edward the j and tw o of th rde wh ch d whom are buried in the church , and shields Richarde th e y y sayd Robert Incent yed s e t n s k n sse arms of Torrington and I ncent remain , but were at the grete w y g y e e the fyrst yere of the re n e of vi sowl s reversed when they were relaid , and Channey remarks yg kyng Henry the ] upon whose y “ ” of Jhfi that the same coats Torrington an d Incent are have mercy . Amen . on on of round the church every pillar, and the woodwork This inscription is curious , as it denotes the cause m on f . hi the side of the church , and is thus blazoned the death o Robert Incent Channey describes b or on of t of He eareth , a Bend Gules a Rose the Firs in as being the Secretary to the D uchess York , and ’ i n i s a of a a n d the Honour point a D ove Sable . states that under the nscriptio coat rms, 1 3

e fii n s n of n o i o f above is his gyin full le gth in bras , either which which has inscr ption . The name Sir John

f . Corn e w a llis o f are now to be ound The I ncent family seems to have appears in the register the parish , May

. 1 st 1 54 4 b een somewhat famous in their generation The , , as h aving been buried . He was a knight ’ of & c . w Grammar School was benefited by th e gift land , , of Prince Ed ard s Council . ’

n of . 1 5 23 by Dean Ince t , St Paul s, about , and he Channey states that a gravestone has upon it full re - ' “ built the school at his own cost and died a year e fii ie s i n Hi e a ce t length g brass , and inscription , j afterwards . There is a large altar tomb in the north E dw a rdus De la hay Armiger qui obiit i n de cimo quinto transept called the Incent tomb , and upon it are i n i M X . mens s Ju i Anno D om . VC Cuj us He had on of recumbent figures , and the sides are shields £ 4 hi m and two gowns bequeathed to by Cicely, the Incent and also Torrington , sho wing a connection of i n 1 4 9 5 D uchess York , who died . These b rasses . n two i . b etwee the fam lies ml ssm are g. “ Ve str w a ll. y . 1 4 0 9 Haines gives (No . V ) Edmund Cook , with — ’ ” . t & c . Cha un c VII I Brass ablet , with inscription Anelace, y says that a gravestone has John W a te rhous Gent D eceased the xi daye of this inscription E dmun di Cook qui obiit 1 5 58 w i e f 24 Ju n ii n of August in Anno , and Margaret his die mensis A no Dom The head f J a n n a rii e fifi ha s D eceased the x day o i n Anno dicto the gyis broke off, but a label this inscription ‘ Which John and Margaret ha d Issue viz Jesu fi lii Dii miserere Clut terbuck says the w e fii i e s John Thomas William Ed ard g were those of a monk, but no trace of the brass ” 1 Arthur and Charles . rema ns . — IX . Tablet and inscription B I S H O P S T O R TF O R D . Here under lye th the bodie of the w orthi e ladie Dame r h Margaret Waterhouse deceased daughter of Thomas On f loor of chu c . Spilman of Chart in the Cou n ti e of Kent Esq . in I Inscription m E dw . emorie of whose virtues and his dearest love Sr Here lye th the body of Charles D enny W a te rhous ’ Knight her husband h ath caused this Preacher of God s Worde M r of Arte of 6 o f monument to be erected . She died th e day July 1 2 ye a re s sta n di n ge one th e Senior Ff e l 1 5 8 7 ZE ta tis svae 38 1 3 O EE ta ti s and hee ye of ctober lowes of Kin gs Colle dgin Cambridge svae 5 5 h w th and liet buried his last wife D ame G ra n son n vn to le Sr ” the Right Hob Anthony the M a n n or of W orde church . D ebora at in Kent D enny Knight who w a s Pryvy Counceller t Channey mentions both hese inscriptions and de To Kinge Henry the Eight and se a ve n th the of scribes coats arms belonging to them and S t E dw n Sonn to . D enny Knight gentlema

Cussa n s . 1 53 1 . . (p , part , vol I I I ) gives an elaborate Of Qve e n e Elizabeths P ryvy C hamber m H a i ri e s pedigree of the Waterhouse fa ily; does not And of the Lady Margarett his w yfe . i notice them Some tyme mayde of hon or vn to her Mat e i t a e t Sd 2 9 On w i n dow s ll i n n orth r n s p . The Charles deceased the of

. D ce mb. 1 6 35 be m 3 8 e a re s e , g y of age X & c . on a Inscription , , f ce of brass Oi youre charite pray for th e soule I I Inscription H mf f ’ Of Thomas u re late o londo An epitaph on the death of Thom a s h s w ff e e goldsmythe and Jone y y the dou Edgcomb y sonne of Richard Edgcomb m a n tu w h h ghte r of W yllya b y bruer yc Of Moun t E dge n c omb Kn ighte and Dame

d sse ss d ii i . hi s Jone y y the j day o f december Marye wife , who dyed the r on 1 4 Insc iption reverse 22 th of Maye Ano 1 6 . Ecce sub hoc t umulo con j un x ux orque Ja ce mus Optimum Cito Mori d t i u Aeternam pacem onet u r qe D eus E dgcombe an infant bor n of gentle race Nil quiqua m a bstuli mus si quid be n e fi ci mus ulli For this che e fe cause to live did but beginne i Est qui pro me r ti s pra e mi a digna dahit By b a ptism to be cle n se d and by grace Est ta me n una salus Christi mi se ra ti o quam qui From that f ovle spot of origi n a ll sinne ” ’ a mbobus re cor th l sta i n d Transis sepe precare p . W hose happy sovle w a ctua l sinne not n a ll This brass is a palim psest , and has been reduced in By shorte li fe here e te r blisse hath gainde Cussa n s ’ n size , as Haines and both state that the figures Ye parentes morne not fix yo j oye , herei H umfre de bte of Thomas and wife and five sons and two The pmise made to faithfull scede is daughters were originally engraved upon it , and dates As by t hat sweet i mbra c e Christ gave was seene ’ 1 50 0 . Cussa n s e le c te about 1 4 6 5 or says the Latin inscription Yovprocreate to n ombe r God es w a s vre to John Waterhouse (mentioned above ) , and was Angelles and sovle s alike p essence be ’

i n . n . formerly upon a tomb S t Catherine s Chapel . Th e An d new borne babes as pvre in ext degree of n the initial letter the first inscriptio represents S t . Lady Margaret Denny , th e m other of above

Jerome and a lion . named Charles Denny , h as an inscription on stone to — f he r i n XI . Brass shield , with lower hal gone , bearing the memory the church , stating she was descended on a n m the of the E d e combe s of arms of Cornwallis , fixed the top of alta r tomb fro Antient family g Mont 1 4

” d - s Corn e w a ll a n d s E ge comb in , there are everal other The family of Mayne held the Manor of Westbrooke

. 1 5 30 1 6 8 0 monuments to the D enny family Anthony Denny was Hay , near Bovingdon , from about to , when f o i . of m i n Member of Parliament for the County Hertford in t was sold Several the are buried this church . 1 54 7. Hill D enny was rector of Eastwick i n this or i 1 05 1 19 Neither Haines Channey mention the above n county from 7 to 7 . scri ti on s Cussa n s ” p , . I . . . H of f us and gives Nos , III , and IV , Turnor , in his istory Hert ord , tells that . . . w a s and says No I I is described by Clutterbuck I t is Sir Anthony D enny a great friend of Heur VIII . , n ow of on the floor the chancel . Clutterbuck also who bestowed upon hi m the site o f He rtf or Priory n to of gives an inscriptio Richard Gold and wife , and also the Manor , with the advowson the Church of 1 53 8 . Saint John , Hertford , in the year H e seems of to have been present at the death his royal master, U B R A G H I N G . of and w as an executor his will , and he died at On oor o n a ve 4 9 fl f . Cheshunt in 1 5 . of I . Small figure a lady , with inscription un der Haines does not mention the above inscriptions , but ’ ’ ’ i a ce t u x Cha un c s Cussa n s s Hic Barbara Hanchett nup Thome Hanchett they are found in y and histories . Armigeri que obiit apud Alde buryin Festo Pe n the coste s ° ° ” DiTi M CCCCCLXI . Anno Sed hic Sepulta est. O O of Alde bur B VINGD N The place death is here given as y, fe w m On oor o ch ce l which probably means Albury , which is a miles fro f l f a n . b u Braughing, the place named Ald ury being pwards of Inscription ” . Cussa n s twenty miles distant gives it as Aldenham , Here lye th the body of John Hall M a ss which is clearly an error . Thomas Hanchett was lord of of Artes , sometime of Trinitie Colledge i n m several m anors the neighbourhood , and left the to in Cambridge who departed this life hi s w ho son Thomas , was a magistrate and sheriff of 1 6 Fe brua ri 1 6 1 the th day of 7, being 57 yea Hertfordshire . Thomas Hanchett w as a freeholder of of res age , and had to wife Alice the of i n 1 56 1 the parish B raughing , and he had to supply h d of Fi tz will daughter of Ric ar Long on e light horseman on the occasion of a levy made by w home iams of this parish by he had 1 5 2 of ” Queen Elizabeth in 7 , for the purpose suppress 2 6 issue so nnes and daughters . or i n o r ing any tumult disturbance the kingdom , r e Channey gives an inscription to John Long and hi s ” m sisting any foreign invasion . wife as existing in Aldenha Church , a fe w miles from

. on l , . I I Inscription Bovingdon but the brass is now gone ’ Ri ca rdus fi li t ohfi s I I Inscription [Hic Jacet ] e heres J Grene n u si t un a fi li a rfi a ce t p Mercia Henricus tumulo hoc j Maines ° [obj i it x iij di e mensis De cébris Qui cum se rvi e ra t deo potenti ” gni Elizabeth regine quarto . denote va rii sqe um be a ra t lorvm n fi This inscription is partly hidden by a pew , but Coe dominus bo is ve n te r “ 0 Haines mentions it as N . IV . , Richard Grene Gent cum vitam patientia stupend a John Grene was a freeholder in the parish of lon ga m tra n si e ra t senex pe ra cto u 1 56 1 Standon , near Bra ghing , in the year . tandem ci rcui tu occidi t quiete sic dulci radio cadit serenne I II . Inscription and shield of arms e sol cum fi n i e rit svos labores Here lye th bvrye d y body of Rich Obiit Maij Grene Gent a Ba che le r of the age of LXXVI I J e a re s w ho I II . Inscription y deceased this x x th of J a n va r Here lye th buried the body of life the y F un e ra ll Andrew Mayne the eldest sonne Weever , in his Monuments , states that in 1 6 3 1 of James Mayne who died the x vii th was to be seen this inscription e l e th s o f daye of August in the ye a re of H re y Thom as Greene the o n n e o 2 1 4 8 4 our Lord God 1 6 2 1 and was of Nicholas Greene who dyed March . the age of se a ve n te n e e a re s y ‘ l e th w fi of Rust wanting five days at the tym s Here y Joan late y Thomas wyn n e da w te r of Ni chola s of 1 4 0 0 . his death . and Greene who dyed d “ m a , of n oce mortui . And he a ds Here are many monuments the Ad tub e resurgent ’ ” I Greene s quite defaced . Nicholas Greene is described V. Inscription as being a resident at B raughing , and by trade a Here lye th buried Mary Mayne ” 1 4 8 0 maltman , about , who was allowed to expend the daughter of Joh n Andre wes 4 0 8 . t of over per year . gen , the wife James Mayne — . w home . m of Esq , by shee had 4 IV S all figures man and wife ; inscription

5 N o . f sonnes and daughters , shee lost . Haines I . says A civilian and wi e , about i 1 4 th w s departed this l fe the of The lady ears gauntlet , but both figures

rm 164 1 . . September Anno D o , are much defaced

- 1 6

? 1 58 6 1 59 3 wh . Octobri s to , en he resigned the living He left Octavo m oriens mutans terres tria celis £ 2 of e n a ? annually to the poor Buckland . luce t rde transit ad astra 2 On loor o n o s e Aux i li a re le is i chola s cu f f . prece qui p g hec N tut sihe — re ste tur ? II . Figure of a ma n in civil costume having a sanctis p vita per hennis a n d “ ci e re w . r rosary gyp suspended from his waist , ith Haines No I . says that Nicholas Dixon was recto t of 30 re - inscrip ion under , and brass of six sons and indent for years , a benefactor to th e church and builder a of b rass o f four d ughters . of the chancel , Baron of the Exchequer and Canon

O . aT t Jo hfi G ll ui a n ua r 1 4 the q J ii 4 8 . rate p y obiit xxiv die Lincoln , Channey states that he built '‘ ° ’ ’ A dn i M CCCCLXXXXI X a i n 1 4 4 8 . ussa n s cuj T e ppi ci e t deus . church and died C says that he built Amen . it on the site of an older edifice about the year 1 4 20 .

u . This Joh n Gill seems to have been a noted person at He held the Manor of B rston , St . S tephens , S t 1 4 3 6 Buckland , and made various bequests to th e parish , and Albans , in . a d h of the name ppears often at the a j oining paris On loor o a i sle s. V f f ‘ ddi a y ll . — ’ II . Figures of a man (in merchant s habit) and his - I II . Inscription only f of wi e , with inscription . The head the man is gone , O ai a J oha n n a a G ll O ii di e ’ rate p _ y que b t and the woman s face is much worn . ’ ’ ’ dm u i c i ci e t de . A Milimo j a e pp amen Hic j acent Willms Pyke qui obn t x vn die Mens . w G ll Probably the wido of the above John y . Fe brua ri i Anno DE M illfi i o CCCCXLI X e t Elen a

oor o d . i i Ame On La Cha e l ux e a bz c e tur . fl f y p . . j us quor pp Deus — “ . F n o bu IV igure of a priest in robes , wearing a cope , It does t appear who these people were , t there is and holding a chalice and wafer (stated by Haines to the n a me of John Pyke mentioned as a ye oman of

. 1 4 80 n t n o be the only known instance) Inscription under Cheshunt in in connectio wi h o e f the manors . ' a ce t di i s m uodm i sti us — Hic j Will s Langley q Rector . of II I Small brass a woman kneeling at a desk , ' ° Ecclesie qui obiit quarto decimo die més Aprilis A and inscription ’ ’ ” dmM CC CLXX I I I . m C V ci e t a . C uius aie pp de é Here lye th bvri e d the body of Eli O of ver the head was a circular scroll , which only a z a be a th Garnett ye wi fe of E d small portion remains . William Langley was appointed w ard Collen Citizen and fre e ma so 1 4 4 5 e rector in . of Lon dd who dyed y 2 4 th daye of

. S e tébe r 1 6 0 9 3 3 of V Figure of a female , and inscription under p beinge yeres age . a ce t J obfs n u e r Hic j Alicia quondam uxor Boteler p IV . Inscription only Vi ce comi ti s lon doii m J a n ua rii — que obiit xxi die ens Hic j a ce t Agnes Luthyn gton quondam uxor ’ n d l s CCCCLJ . u a ie i ci e tur A no u Mill C ius pp de Jobis Luthyn gton Armigeri que obiit xxix m ” a é . di e Mensis J ulii Anno D omini M i lli m Bote le rs f ’ ’ ’ , CCLXVI I I ci e t The were a amily living at Woodhall near CC cuj Anime pp de Amen .

Watton , and several brasses are found belonging to - of . V. Figure a woman without inscription Haines i n f a e them the church o that vill ge . A Dame Alic NO. VI II . says perhaps it belongs to the follo wing Boteler was governess to the infant child Henry VI . , inscription mentioned by Clutterbuck V . 1 4 2 2 . son of Henry , for some years from Hic j a ce t Constantia vere n upe r n upta Johan i Parre Cussa n s n of Cha un c mentio s all the above brasses y Ami e ro t g que obii decimo die mensis Augusti , anno ’ . I . . ” notices Nos . , I I , I I I , and IV . ; and Haines gives m ro i i e tur l 5 0 2 cu us c . Domini , j ani e p p deus . Amen Nos . I I . , IV . , and V . only . — m VI . S all figure of a woman , much worn , perhaps n o w Joan Clay . I nscription lost ~ Je ha n n e a C HESHUNT . I cy gist damoiselle Cl y qui ’ M CCCCLI I l n d r a lta r ta ble Trespassa l an de grace I s XXII U e . O e ve s ue — Jour de ctobre j our Saint Melun q. I A tw o h . portion of a triple canopy and s ields , m . V. fi 1 520 Haines also entions No , a female ef gy , , - - h n . e ffi i e s eac e graved with a Fleur de lys The g are ’ n o w loose , which is missing . Channey gives Nos . V . missing , but inscription rem ains . Nos. I I I . I . ? and VI , but says nothing about I I . and V O miserere ihu famuli Dixon Nicholai Cui bre vi us ’ bospi cifi tumulus p stat satis a rtu ? ' ? I stud qui f a n ii te rde n i s re x e ra t annis Ad cui O CL THALL . fabricam bursas ppri a s alienas ? ‘ On cha n ce l loor . Solvi t t a lle x it quo cre vi t in ardua te mplu ? P ulchri i f ‘ ? — Ca n ce llii n on e lli o I . of a h on th tibi dat pia virgo B rass an ecclesi stic abited in a cope , e ’ la uda ris e o suff ra i a ste s ? hi c h h D u famulo g p Cleric c ancel floor , and an inscription fixed in the sout wall subthe sa ura rius ? of a i t pipe vide the small ch pel , which probably belongs to B aro Se cii se j uste ge ssi t ubiq? Pacem pa upilz Of youre charite pyfor the soule of M aster Thomas dans c e da t di vi ti s itas ? Da lyson ba che le r of lawe and sumtyme parson of Larga manus re le va t quos pa upi e s fera pre ssi t? this churche and master of the free Chappell or Anno M i lle n o C quater his his de ca ‘ Xpi ? H ospi ta ll of Saint Mary M a wde le n e e difi e d 1 7

situa t a r she of Clotha lle Ba ldok l e th bur e d Bra mfi e ld the w ffe in this p y next , Here y y Anne late y ° of W illm w hi che deceased the i x th day of May An Dri i M XLI On l J he su B fe l on e of Da w hte rs CCCCC . whons Sou e have of Clothall the g of John e ll 0T mercy . Y Asshe ll This Thomas Da lyson was instituted as rector in w e G e n tyllma n who had yssue be twe n e 1 5 1 9 n m s x te n e , and the then patro of the living was a George the y Da l son Da li son of Ch ldre n s s x e c y . A Thomas was vicar Standon y that y to saye y s ones and tenne 1 4 8 6 1 4 89 da w hte rs in , and resigned the living in and a Roger g Da l son a n d ) e d vth of Dn i y was instituted vicar of the sam e place in 1 5 36 . y the daye November Anno — 1 5; I l . Ecclesiastic in robes and inscription ’ the Hic j a ci t dirs Job e s Wynter quéd Rector hui In Walkern church is an inscription to above m Bra mfe ilde t e ccli é qobiit V die mentioned Willia stating tha he had ° ‘ ’ w M ens ffe bf A dfi i M illrn o CCCCVI I cui a i e two wives , and had issue by his first ife Ann six sons ’ ha d ci e tur and ten daughters as stated above , and also five pp deu . 1 59 6 n 1 36 8 daughters by his second wife Mary ; h e died in , John Wy ter was appointed rector , and was 6 5 l of h the aged , so it is presumed he removed from Clothall a so rector Bygrave , w ich living he resigned in when he married his second wife , and took up his abode a . V n e te r i n 1 38 5 s me year Henry y was vicar of Ware , . Cussa n s of 1 3 8 V n te r at Walkern gives a long pedigree the and died 7 , and a Lucas y , gentleman , lived E a t 1 8 yll family of Ashwell . Ickleford about 4 0 . - Cussa n s a ll Nos. I . V I I — Haines , , and Channey mention I . Ecclesiastic in robes , holding a large chalice with wafer from hi s mouth issues a scroll with i n O . ’ t C TTERED scription Seta trinitas uni de n s. par of On loor o cha e l. n f f p which is hidden by a pew , and in the left ha d corner of the stone is a small engraving in brass of the Holy I Inscription l e th of Trinity . Underneath the priest is an inscription Hereunder y buried the body Litton P ulte r E s uie r he i re of hi c j a ce t Johi s W ryght cli cus i n de c re ti s ba ca la rius q sonne and Edward a ma rr e d colle gii sine P lter , Esq who was y to Penelope ’ of Sr Aule sa n cte Trinitatis Ca n te br quon dm Magri Capell eldest d aughter Arthur Capel i ssve sine custos ac e ci a m Knight by whom h e had Margaret , Anne ’ hui e ccli e de Clothall quondam Re ctori s qui obiit John and Henry which said Lytton e xii die Maii A° D eparted this life y xxvi day ’ — ii M llllHO ui n e n te simo us a i e i ci e tu r of fr Dhi d i q g xix . Cuj pp June A o ” Pulte r m of D eus . Amen . The fa ily were inhabitants this parish , w a s 1 4 8 of Broa dfi e ld He instituted as rector in 7, and was also and held the manors Cottered and , and of n ow w of m 1 4 53 1 4 69 , ear Layston fro to , when he resigned lived at the Manor house a portion which only h the living . remains . There are several inscriptions in this c urch the of Pulte r of 1 — of bearing n ame various dates, and they V . Ecclesiastic in the costume the time of n l m seem to have been connected with some of the same Quee Elizabeth , with a scrol issuing fro the mouth inscribed name w ho are buried in Hitchin church according to brass inscriptions th ere , and also were related by Chri stvs mihi vita a n d e m arriage to the Lytton family of Knebworth , with Mor mihi lucrum , A P ulte r and inscription under th e Gb an h oye and others . rthur by his will of 1 6 8 9 gave some money for apprenticing poor children Heare under lye th buried the bodye of William of of a the parish , and the patronage the rectory was in Lucas M ister of Arte , and sometime parson o f this of m 1 6 1 3 1 76 2 . of sa de the gift the family fro to parrish church Clothall . Which y William H of l ve d n n e ti e e a re s aines has no notice this brass , but Channey y y and six y , and departed this ° O e h n ow uotes it in full , and ussan gives all t at remains life the fifteenth daye of Fe brva ry An D omini q of . 1 6 0 2 forti th a re f the it , and in th e five and ye o t aig a s of our sove ra i gn e Lady Queene Elizabeth m emento mori DATC HWORTH .

N e a r a lta r ra i ls . Blessed are the dead th at dye in the Lord . — A on old I . This rector was instituted to th e living in 1 56 8 . small brass which is engraved a tree with The inscri ption and part only of th e figure can now be a serpent entwined round it, and a dove surrounded

i i i . with rays of gl ory at the top , and nscr t on under seen , as the choir stalls cover the remainder p . ' vé v1rt - m I n cl ta ve m n a tvra i V . the q dedit qprov da Brass of a woman with a s all plate on left , y vtri tt mi ve m docve re i W . B. i n scri N , q at the top of the stone , inscribed , and an p Ao chor ” i e lmvs ae e m Occidi t h l , , , tion Virtute nulla possessio aior , ic Paine vit Artis Amori on a t NV A ra ta rvn t and the right , the top , one inscribed . . , with Gloria , p mors fera terra polys t vi x i t le thvm M ore . E sic ter felix , ter amabile inscription est mihi lucrum ” m sa tvra ta . Inscription under , which is all that can now be seen Tam trinis coeli ens bonis 1 8

A W Wa s 1 6 0 0 1 622 m of illiam Payne rector from to , Essex , and see to have been some importance in

. n Cussa n s . 2 3 a n when h e died Neither Cha ney or Haines mentions their time . (p 5 ) gives elaborate

. m 1 4 1 5 1 9 h i Lockle s this brass pedigree fro to 6 7 . T ey l ved at y ,

near W el wyn . D IGSWELL . — . A i n f IV man dressed civilian costume and his wi e , On oor o cha n ce l fl f . with inscription under and figures of four sons and 1 — A tw o . large brass , with figures of a m an and woman eight daughters , also shields at top charged with ’ of tw o the on e and a portion an i nscription , and shields . The mercers arms , and at the bottom shield with a ma n t of a n d on e is represented in a complete sui armour , double headed eagle thereon , and with a lion w - a s pennon bearer to Rich ard I I . and master of the rampant . The inscription reads of At a ce t e t M e r rus . ce horse to Joanne , Queen England his feet rests Hic j Thomas Hoore nup Civis ’ Lon doii e t a panther or a leopard . The lady s dress is peculiar ; Alicia ° she V e us ui dfn ii wears a long robe with ery long sleeves , and has uxor j qui q Thomas ob t xx die Mensis a n extraordinary head - dress w ith her hair elaborately Maren A nno ° dii M i llimo CCCCLXXXXV a plaited at her feet is a hedgehog , and on her collar is i quorum Animab s i ’ m of w e ci e tur a é . the figure a small s an . Clutt rbuck gives the pp de of following inscription , but only a small portion remains : From the mouth the man is a scroll inscribed ” Hi Pe r n t i ci us e j acent Johannes ye Armiger pro corpore Deus pp esto michi peccatori . ’ Regis Ricardi Se cun di e t P e n e ra ri us ej usde m Part of a scroll only is left from the woman s mouth Regis e t armiger regis Henrici quarti I e t inscribed ’ Ar mige ti a m Regis Henrici quinti e t Magister Séa Trinitas [unus deus miserere ’ E uor fi li e Na va rr e t q Johanne regis Regine - V. Figure of a man and his wife with inscription , An li e e t s g qui obiit Johanna uxor e j u and four sons and six daughters under ca i ta li s Domi cilla x i i ’ quondam p que obiit j Of cha r te u of ’ ’ yo y pray for the so les Roberte D n i M CCCCXV Aprilis a . Ba ttyll and Cussa n s has an engraving of this fine brass , and states Margaret his w f e and William his sonne Which that the knight came to England with Edward the y Robarte de ce sse d Black Prince . ° ‘ ye fyrste day of Novébé A M V LVI I on whose — Pe r e n t II . Man in armour , supposed to be John , y Soules Jesu have mercy . Esq . (son of the above) . Part of his inscription is The foresaid William hade by Johan his i t " missing , but Channey gives thus W fe i i v dow h y i] Sonnes and j gte rs . a ce t P e r e n t Hic j Johannes y Armiger Fil ius Haines says that this inscription does n ot belo n g to J oha n n i s Pe ri e n t Armigeri qui o biit ij die , . . ’ ’ the figures but mentions it separately as No VI I Nove mbr ii M illi mo Anno d i (C C C C quadragesimo On e of the six daughters named Joan married Thomas

An i mae rO i ti e tur . secundo cuj us p p Deus W i lshe re of 1 5 2 i n 2 , Welwyn , in 7 and died 1 6 2 . i on f n This nscription is a dif erent stone to that o which Aff a be ll Ba tte ll was rector of Digs well from 1 6 8 5 to i n the figure is laid, and the man i n armour h as an 16 8 7 , when he resigned the living , and was succeeded scription affi xed at his feet w hich belongs to another Ba tte ll 1 29 by William , who died in 7 . Ralph Ba tte ll On of of h brass . either side the head t is knight are of d 1 6 6 2 1 0 1 was vicar All Saints, Hertfor , from to 7 , o f . . , B t l the emblems St Matthew and St Luke and most and Mrs . Mary a t e l was sometime organist at the h of c 1 likely t ose the other two evangelists were pla ed at 69 8 . same church , and died in the feet, but are lost . — I . I I . VI Inscription only (see No . ) — i n two I II . Man and woman winding sheets , and Hic j a ce t Thomas R obyn son quoda m Civis e t ’ shields and inscription Lon ddn e t ’ m ercer uodfn . E a tus ’ Hi e a ce t i q p ’ ° j Will ns Robert Auditor i x x ‘ e Se te b ’ ' M aria uxor que obut j die p r A dn i e t fi e ia m ’ ’ ' Wynton Joyes j qui quid Will s obiit M CCCCLXXXXI I drn ’ q q mi M CC e t fa ta d C C ° ° die A p A dui M ’ ° Thomas obiit die CCCC x x v e brua ri i A Drh i Joyes obiit n die F ’ ’ ’ o a i a bs ci e t . qu r pp de Amen . M CCCCLXXXI I I I qr a i a bs ppi ci e t — Cussa n s says that these two figures represent Thomas VI P Inscription only two of SP Robinson and his wife , whose inscription is at the feet Here sleep sisters daughters Alexander t P e ri e n t . K of John , Junr , but both Robert and Robinson Cave ’ of r Li vd ve r vo s were related to the P e ri e n ts. Robert was auditor Ma garet and dyed a t u maid ; Martha x tll d the bishopric of Winton , and when his wife died had (his chil e) i s how he f of Cha m n e s of the shrouded e tfi ge fixed presumably to see Was the wi e John p , rector this i n the w ho w ould look when he should be laid grave , and church by his descendants seem to have omitted the date of his Her had i ssve on e sonne one da vghte r Jvsti n i a n P e r e n ts or Pe ri e n ts of decease . The y , , were lords the and Mary of m O hoc sororfi e ode m di e Manor of Digswell for several years , and some the biit par pariter viz xxix j an h of e ochce chri sti a n a e were elected s eriffs for the counties Hertford and An p MD CXXXVII . Foe lice s n imi vm dvle i oti tis queis morte p E SSEND ON . Sancta qui e s posi tis con ti gi t e x vvij s — I . A m man and wo an kneeling at a table , with the Io champ me m vx ori s dolci ss e j usq sor ) figures o f nine sons behind the ma n and three daughters cha riss : ' at the back of the woman . All the children are on e of Sir Alexander Cave s wife was Anne , the two kneeling , and books lie upon the table . Above d of of aughters Sir John Brocket , B rocket Hall , Hat on e two of are large and small shields arms , and i n field . Channey states that a tomb the churchyard underneath is this i nscription m of h Cha m n e s was erected to the me ory Jo n p y , rector , Here lieth buried the bodies of William Tooke w ho 1 2 died in 6 6 . late of Popes in the Coun ti e of H e rtf E squi e r — h of the o VIII . C anney and Clutterbuck both mention the Auditor Courte f wardes and liveries and following inscription which is not n ow to be see n of Ales his wife on e of the daughters of Robert Hic j a ce t Johannes Feld e t M a rge ri a uxor e j us Ba rle e late of Bi bhe sworthe in the said Coun ti e uidm E s ui e r l to e a the r e a re s qui q q , who weare mar ed g LVI y ’ ’ Johannes obiit xvii die mensis Jun ii a o D ui and had issue betwen them p yne sonnes and three ’ i ‘ f of m ll mo daughters . And a ter he had ben officer the ’ e t M a r e ri a u of x lii i e a re s i C C C C se ptua ge si mo I III . p fata g said Co rte by the space j y he d ed i ii Dfii 1 5 8 8 obiit xxiii die the j daie of Decembre , Anno and in ° ’ ’ De ce bris A Dn i M CCCCLXXXV quar a i a bus the xxxi ye a re of the re ign e of Queue Eliz a beth ’ ” m . n o f fo w e rscore e a re s . p pi ci e tur D eus . A en whe he was the age of y — — And the said Ales died the daie of in i I . . n Nos. I . . . Ha nes notes Nos VI Cha ney I II ‘ the ye a re of 0 1 Lord Cussa n s . V . and all the above This William Tooke was Lord of the Manor of

of . hi s Essendon in the reign Edward VI , and descendants lived at Pope ’ s and in the neighbourhood EASTWI CK . of Essendon and at Hertford for several generations . “ ' m 1 6 29 — s n s k re ctor of d f I . Cu sa A Walter Too e was Essen on ro states that in the chancel is the matrix ’

1 64 2 . o of . till his death in Pope s was a large mansion , of f a brass to Robert Lee , and two shields arms The o which only the foundations are now to be seen , on the brass t his wife remains , and above and below the ’ w a re farm called Pope s Farm , at West End , near Essendon . oman two shields , both alike , and inscription " under I t was pulled down about thirty years ago . The f B bb sw orth . Robe rt_Le e E squye r his bodie is burye d here Manor o y y is near Kimpton , Herts “ W ho k n e fi rste — h m served wt y g Edward a sewer menie I I . T ree shields , all si ilar , with modern a ye a re inscription k n e of And after to y g Philipp and Mary queue late Near this place was buried Henry Courtney , elder of our i n of And last Queue Elizabeth Noble Prince son of Henry Marquiss Exeter , by Gertrude , f of m state his second wi e daughter Willia Blount , Lord a n n ci e n t And of the Bagley howse in Cheshire Montj oy by Elizabeth his first wife , daughter and

be - of born was co heir o f Sir William Say, Bedwell Park i n n t M And this Tomb with Joan his wife here buried K . , which Elizabeth Lady ontj oy was also bothe they be buried in this church as appears by the will of

on e a rthe 1 1 1 5 35 . And whose good vertues the and there Lord Montj oy proved February , These deserved fame Arms were taken from a stone below when this i s This good remembrance after deth shall still renew church was repaired 1 778 . The first quartering

the same . of Henry Marquiss of Exeter , son of William 23 1 5 6 4 Which Robert died ye day of January Courtney , Earl o f Devonshire , by Katherine and the sayd Jone dyed the of seventh daughter of King Edward IV . Second of ; O e a 1 8 0 n the quartering of Courtney ; the third Say and ussan wrote th e above bout 7 , and whe . c re - i f f i fourth of Redvers , Earl of Devon hurch was bu lt a ew years a ter noth ng was i i f d h preserved of the brasses except one shield and the last This S r W lliam Say was the oun er of t e Say Brox bourn i n h fi of Chapel at Church , where he was buried two lines of inscription , whic are xed on the wall of 1 529 . Henry Courtenay , Marquess Exeter , was the tower . Haines mentions the wife and inscription , 1 5 39 a n d , of executed in , and his arms those of Gertrude and Channey gives the inscription only , and th e date r h 1 0 th 1 5 9 5 a n d his wife , can be seen in the a ch of the west door of the death of the woman as Marc , , Essendon Church , which may have been repaired or states her Christian name was Jane . Salmon says that the plate was a palimpsest with inscription re - built by him .

— on e . . g pray for the soul of Elinor Pate wife to John I I I . Arms and crest The inscription is of of of . Pate and daughter Henley , the which Th ese arms are those Ralph Took a grandson of f o i n ( . Elinor deceased of February the yere o ur William Took , whose brass is this Church No — u the Lord 1 2 1 on whose Sowle Jes have m ercy . Channey gives inscription t of The body oi Ralph Took , Eldes Son Walter Amen . 2 0

’ of of fur Took , Eldest Son William Took (all Pope s costume, with sleeves trimmed with ; his wife has ’ - d Ha tfie ld . d in the Parish of Bisho p s , Esq ) being a plain ress and a peculiar head ress, and she has a

r 22th n . of aged about 77 yea s , deceasing the day of very small eck Under the figure the man are the e 1 6 35 l e th a n e ffi i e s of two two u of D cember , , y here interred, expecting g boys , and girls nder that the ” t happy Resurrec ion . woman . From each child originally was an inscribed the The arms were found fixed to a stone under scroll proceeding , but these scrolls are all gone ; the

w i n 1 8 8 3 of the . pe s when the church w as rebuilt , but the shields at each corner stone are also missing \ e of e inscription was missing . Valt r Tooke , th e father Haines mentions both these brasses , which som h m An e le tt W oodlifi e d f e w Ralp Tooke , arried g , whose father years ago were isinterred, having been buried a ' W of h e x i stin e rson s held the Manor of ormle y, and at her death it came years previously by orders the t en gp

i n h n n ot No . 1 1 . to th e eldest son Ralph Tooke , and as he died without aut ority . Cha ney does mention children he gave it to his younger brothers Ge orge and of Thomas Tooke . Several this n ame are buried in N GAD DESDE (GREAT) . W of Wormley Church , and alter was patron that On cha n ce l loom i n 1 5 3 1 5 9 8 h 1 6 1 0 l / living 7 and , Ralp in , and Ra ph

. , a n d 1 6 30 . 1 6 0 , , p Thomas in Thomas Tooke in 7 , and I Man woman three shields and inscri tion 1 6 85 Hic j acent Willms Croke e t Alici a filia W illmr Richard Tooke i n , left by will a house and land , ' o f of n fl a r n ton mili tis for the benefit the poor Wormley , bri ging i n an y g dic ti W illfii i e re fa tus m k £ 4 0 . income of about annually A Mary Tooke , uxor qui quid p Will s Cro e “ ” w i ddow e i , ob it xxix described as a was a freeholder in the ° e Octobris dn i M ui n e n te si mo d 1 6 2 1 . die m sis Anno q borough of Hertfor , g

. . . sexto Haines mentions Nos I and I I , but Channey notes I ma n e h only No . . , and says that the Manor of Bedwell was The is dressed in a garment trimm d wit fur , o f a n d granted to Sir William Say by Edward IV . Channey with a fur c llar and cuf s , his hair is long , he i re ha s a v g c e . also gi es : On a stone the e ffigi e s of a clergyman . wears a yp The lady a pl in dress with fur ” d , The brass is lost . cuffs and wears a pedimental head ress and a girdle t wi h a long end suspended from a buckle . The three of shields bear the arms Croke and Farington , and F L A M S T E A D . h of on e son one s ield is last . The brasses and three On cha n ce l loor. d f aughters are also gone . I — a n d of a A the s . Ecclesiastic and inscription , canopy three A lady the n me of gnes Croke was priores

- - - the . i n shields of priory of S t Giles the Wood , at Flamstead , ’ Hie a ce t ma i st e Oude b 1 5 23 of j g Job s y quondam Rector Herts , in , and held the manor Woodhall , near i sti us E cclié de Hemel Hempstead . Ba rou hb Li n colfi di od e t Ca n on i cus E ccli a I I — ma n ha s g y in . Man and woman . The long hair and be Collegiata Marie wears a robe with large sleeves trimmed with fur . The ' ’ ' a a e x te Comiti s d f in W rr ac Camer ri p Warr in lady has a plain ress with fur cuf s , and an ornamental ' S e ci o ii d d i Regis qui d d . o ’ girdle and pe imental hea ress The inscription is O me Ti s drTi M cccc x iiii 1 5 2 5 biit vij die Marcii Anno gone , but Haines gives the date as about . This

brass was loose in the vestry in 1 88 4 . i le a n d , Cha un c No . . or No . . Th s priest is dressed in ecc siastical vestments y does not notice either I I I ,

Cussa n s N o. I . wearing a cope , and originally had a scroll proceed and only found , W hile Haines gives mon th Cha un c ing from his which ysays was inscribed both No . I . and No . I I . M i se re re mi se ra tor quia vere sum pe cca tor ” re cor . Unde p licet reus miserere mei D eus M E A HAD HA (GR T) . The can opy above the head of the fi gure is partly

I n cha n ce l. a n d on t d estroyed , an indent remains the stone wi hin it

. which formerly ha d a brass representing the Trinity . I Inscription son e ha O th ld Priez pur lalme Alban p de dhrh . n each side of e canopy are the indents of a shie , i s and a shield is on eith er side of the figure bearing the This is all that remains of the inscription , and it ’ o the of supposed to refer to Alan de Feu , who was rector f arms of Earl Warwick , who was the priest s 1 3 2 the o l the parish in 7 . patron , and at fo t of the figure is a shie d showing

Coussa n s Un de r a lta r ta ble . a chevron between three lapwings . gives the

of 1 4 54 . - d ate this brass as I I . Half length brass of a n ecclesiastic in

Oude b of , l This Joh n y was also rector Barrowby in academica s wearing a cap , who was probably on e d a . Ou e b C 1 20 Lincolnshire A John y was h mberlain of the of th e rectors of the church about 4 . The i n royal treasury for the Earl of Warwick , and died in scription is lost .

1 4 54 . n oor o n a ve O f l f . — — The i . II . Man and woman and children . nscription I II Inscription only m l e th of m is gone , and th e brasses are uch worn and seem to Here y interred the body Grace Good an 0 ma n W idow e of of date about 14 5 . The is dressed in civilian late in habitant this towne 2 1

ob Covn t e of of s 0 My Hadham in the y Hartfort He was probably a son Clement Newe (N . f orme l w f to Who was y i e to John Goodman and appears have had no children by his second wife . ve f owr Esqs by whome she had i ss Sons VI I Inscription on e da vhte r l e And g she departed this ife y Here lye th Di a n i s Bvrtvn widow the eldest An o Six and twentieth daye of S eptember da vghte r of 1 6 3 1 fi ve D omini in the and fiftieth Kn i tvn ? of Ba fo ” John Esq rd in Ha rfordshe re r of . ye a e her age leaving issys on e of wa s m Perhaps her descendants John Good an , Marie Ladie Stanley of Patmore Hall i n the same 1 6 74 1 6 90 . who was rector from to covn ty - . 4 da s of Fe brva r An o D m 1 1 IV Inscription D eceased the y y o 6 6 . Joane G oldsmyth the eldest childe of Clement There are some brasses belonging to the Knighto n w s of 6 Ne e late Lond family in B ayford Church . r ma r e d FFra un c s G oldsm th Me cer , xviii yeres to — On e of y y y VI II . the oldest memoria ls in Great of Cra iff d Hadham Church is a stone which has this inscription of a t in Kent . Gent . after the blessing x children Hic j a ce t Simon Flambard quondam rector huins her age of xxxiii wt a e cle si e " , De td mooste assured fayth c, ardent zeale p this and it ha s upon i t an indent of a brass cross with a l fe ye xx ii day of Oc m a n d y thin ste a lion at the foot . Simon Flambard was 1 56 9 ce f orta ble re me bra c tober , leaving a as well i n 1 33 1 rector , but Boutell says the period was not 1 28 0 as hir vertuous q later than . os a n “ l fe of c t t t, , y as her godly end wherefore ye Haines states No . I . a civilian and wife about ” ” ra se d. 1 520 . h Lorde be p y Inscription lost . T is brass is either missing V — hi s i n . Man in civic costume and wife , with or covered over by pews .

of n Cha un c . a n d a n d scription under , and brasses eight so s and nine y notes Nos I . II I . only , Haines

. t0 s w of . I . I L . V. . Cussa n s daughters At the p are shield ith the arms gives Nos , , IV , , VI , and mentions o of the New e family , and beneath are the arms the all of them . of of Mercers Company and the City London , and also at the top , between the figures , is a barley crest . Here Resteth the boddye s of Cle me n tt Ne wce of M Muche Hadham HAD HA (LITTLE) . o n t e On oo o n a v in the C u t y of Hertford e squi e r somtyme s fl r f e . C tte z i n of t y and Mercer I Small brass an ecclesiastic , and inscrip ion f t morta ll t x x vu o London who lef this ly e the daye Here lye th buried the body of of Se pte mb ? 6 in y years of our Lord 1 579 . And Mary his w fe h No. . y who also left her This is very muc defaced , and Haines ( I ) e th e l fe x i s s of our 1 5 8 2 . n y y Augu t in y year Lord describes it as belo ging to Rich . Waren parson of ” ul 1 4 0 . Whose so es resteth Great Hadham about 7 in cope Much worn . ‘ ch l me n tt w e n “ G od. w C e 1; be t e Cussa n s With Mary had says the nam e is probably Henry Mard , “ ’ m 5 . of the viii sonnes ix daughters who was perhaps a former curate this chapel , but On e of n these ine daughters , named S arah , married neither of the names appear in the list of rectors of of a William Moore , Great Hadham , and the eldest Great Hadham , with which living it was united . G oldsm the daughter , Joane, was married to a Mr . y (as — do I I . Man in armour with gat his feet , and wife on e of above) , and the sons , Samuel , married into the and four daughters . The inscription is gone, but is

G ll of W di a l . y family , y A daughter , who is described H given by Channey and Clutterbuck . aines says about - of as Mary Hales,widow , probably a grand daughter 1 4 8 5 . ’ o . 1 720 Clement New e , sen , bequeathed by will , dated , Hic j acent Thomas Bawd fi li us W ill mi Bawd milit ’ £ 70 0 for of of . the use the poor the parish Thomas qui quidem Thomas obiit xxiii die Augusti Anno D n i s . ff of 1 6 1 6 Newe , Esq , was a sheri the county in . M CCCCXXX e t Maria uxor di oti Thome obiit x vdie — ’ ” . A two D ui M XXI I I VI man in civic costume between wives , Mensis Augusti Anno CCCC . ha n with inscription under , and six sons and seven daughters , Clutterbuck and C u cy also give an inscription , with arms at the top and bottom corners , and also at which is missing ’ ’ the top a barley crest . Hic j acet W i ll mus Baud fi li us Will Baud militi s ° ’ l e th N w of iii i A D h i 1 420 a s a ie Here y the body of William e oe late qui obiit j die Fe brua r i , w ” vcha dha m Covn t of W ho i ci e tur M in the y Hartford Esq , pp D eus . in his lyfe tyme had two w yve s and by the f orme r wife T he family of the Ba n ds held the Manor of Hadham se a ve n 1 2 0 1 505 had six sonnes and daughters and left this Hall before 7 to about , when a Sir Thomas ’ rva r 1 6 1 0 sovle Fe b D Arc . life the xxii of y , whose is B aud sold it to Lord y, who sold it to Sir Wm ’ at rest with the Lord through the merrit-ts m of ” Capel , fro whom it descended to the present Earl ovr S Je svs . of blessed aviour Christ Essex . 2

w ron e . t HARPENDEN . g, Esq , and daughter of Rober Dickerson ,

2oth 1 6 8 5 . n a s of d , , . , O e t w a ll of n or th tra n se pt. Hilling on Esquire died Sept mste d i tte w ron e a . Rotha Sir John W g, B rt , of and I . Man , wife , and inscription u 2 3 rd 1 69 3 . Stantonbury , B cks , died June , James Hic j acent Willms An a bull e t Isabella uxor e j us W i ron e of Rotha mste d . ° tte w g, , Esquire , died Sept ui quidem Willms obiit i iij mens Octobri s Anno W i tte w ron e of Rotha m ° ° 28 th 1 748 . qii i M illfii v , Thomas g, o CCCC l j 1 4 1 76 3 . n These figures are very much worn and the features can sted , Esquire , died June th , Joh Bennet , of i f otha mste d . o R , Esq , great grandson S r hardly be distinguished ; they are wearing plain dresses , \Vi tte w ron e . l oth ma n John g, Bart , died D ecember , and the has a dog at his feet . The inscription 1 78 3 . Thomas Lawes , _Esq . , died D ecember has had the concluding words torn off . 1 6 th 1 78 9 . w of of l of An n a bull , Sarah , wido John B ennet , The fami y lived at the Manor House , Rotha mste d . 7th 1 8 0 1 . 2 m , Esq , died May , Mary , about 5 miles distant fro Harpenden , and William widow of Thomas Lawes , Esquire , daughter of An n a bull held the manor of that n ame (which was also K n n e sbourn e 1 4 25 1 4 3 Thomas Bennet , Esquire , and great granddaughter called y ) in until about 7 , when f W i tte wron e . d o Sir John g, B art , died December it was isposed of . The coffins containing the bodies 1 otha mste d 1 1 th 1 8 6 . John B ennet Lawes , of R , of William and Isabella An n a bull were found in the , O 25th 1 8 22 . h Esq . , died ctober , Marianne Lawes , vault under the c ancel when the church was restored O 28 th widow of John Bennet Lawes , died ctober , i n 1 8 6 2 .

1 8 75 8 6th . On n a ve r , in her year fl oo . — Her remains are interred in the churchyard . The . l of ma n I I Smal figures a and wife, with an vault having been closed, a marble cross has been achi evement and two shields and inscription erected . Here under lye th burye d ye body of W illmCre ss e y — of L de kk e r IV . Brass in memory Gerard Wolfe y , E squye r w ch De ce a sse d ye 24 daye of Octobre in

. of ff rst of M . A , Harpenden Lodge , in this parish , Esquire , ye y yere Ouene Elizabeth . Grace J ohn s6 - - la w . P . f or u t barrister a t , J the co n ies of Hertford and his w yfe Dyed ye 1 4 daye of February 1 5 71 and - of u of Dow hte rs of Bedford , and Deputy Chairm an Q arter Sessions was one the g Robt . Da rk e n a ll of ” l oth 1 8 1 1 P e n sha rste coun tie of for West Herts , born at Rochester , July , , in ye Kente . 1 2 1 8 8 1 . died at the Lodge , February th , His remains The man and his wife are each kneeling at a desk with ’ lie in the family vault in the churchyard of St . Peter s , an open book thereon ; the former is habited in a long i St . Albans . robe trimmed w th fur , and the lady wears the dress of l the early E izabethan period . The achievement , of i Cussa n s n wh ch gives an e graving , shows the arms of . Cre ss e & HATFIELD c . y , , as also does the shield at the head of the ' n e a r cha e l o he a d of On p ie r of a rch p . m an , and ver the the lady is a plain lozenge . — of Rotha mste a d I . of O The Manor House , near Harpenden , Arms nslow and inscription under ’ of Cre ss s l e th bur e d fi ulk e On slow e of was formerly the abode the y , and Matthew Here y y gentleman ( 1 4 56 of On slowe s of O s coun fi e Cressy owned it about , and was married to on e of the progeny nslo w in ye y ' P e ri e n ts of Of w fe w ch f n n she d the Digswell, whose brasses are found in Salop). and Mary his y Mary y y

of he r of morta ll l fe . the church that place . course this y upon Monday Cussa n s be i n viii th of O of Haines , Channey , and all mention these two y gthe daye ctober in the yere

our 1 58 2 . ff ulke u brasses , and Channey gives an inscription to Matthew Lord God And the said p th hi s f 1 4 on be i n e viii of . 1 6 02 . Cressy and wi e , 78 . Sunday y g the day Aug of or un de r tow e r Several stones in the church show the indents On flo . brasses . — on e I I . Two shields at the bottom and at the left On w a ll o n orth tra n f se p t. of O i n scri — corner at the top , with the arms nslow and p . on e of . I II Inscription tion in the middle . The shield and figure a the of I n a vault beneath are interred remains Sir man are missing from the stone . W i tte wron e . of Rotha mste d sl n v r su John g, Bart , ; also Fulco On ow e armiger pe mae curiae of hi s a rli a me n ti r n ota ri vs di vtvrn o la n ve s e us those family and descendants , his ancestors P p o g c ° 6 idvvmAve ti a fi o re a ra tae sa lvti s 1 6 02 a having left Flanders , their native country , for the Morbo g p eta of ° A. D . 1 5 64 . svae 8 8 i n dvme n tvm hoc sake their faith , Mary , late wife tis mortale homo in of W i tt e wron e . f Sir John g, B art , and daughter o mortalem animam D eo intim a cha ri ta tvm vis

. . comme n da vit osve re Sir Thomas Middleton , Bart , of Chirk Castle , co cera amicis cvi p d A , 4 th 1 6 39 . M n vm n a mori s D enbigh ied pril , Jacob , son of Hoc o e tvm memoriae ergo W i tte wron e th 1 64 5 . vn ti ssim f a mili a ri ta te con sa n Sir John g, died March 7 , Conj c vs of W , i tte wron e N ov. vi n e vs e R i n a ldvs Anne widow Jacob g, died g j vs e g Scriven Cha

1 st 1 6 4 8 . , Elizabeth , second wife of Sir John ri ssi ma con jvx Eliz abetha . W i tte w ron e g, Bart and daughter of Timothy Cussa n s states that the advowson of the rectory of M of , O fi to On slowe . iddleton Stanstead Hall Essex , died ctober Hat eld was conveyed a Richard , Esq , in

6 th 1 6 49 . , f of e 1 5 6 3 w 1 6 0 7 . Eliz abeth , late wi e James Witt , and his son Ed ard sold it in The Manor

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ohn r of i n 1 4 84 HERTINGFORD BURY . A J Ward was Lord Mayo London , Pulte rs of n o a n e l and held the Manor of in the parish Hi x On f loor f ch c . Cha un c o worth . ysays he put a new ro f to the church , I Inscription on ly “ h li e and his coat of arms is engraved in wood , and that the P e p 1; Isabel fi lle s 3. Robert d ’ manor was sold at his death to John Lambard (Brass Louthe gi se t icy D ieu de 16 almes e i t m cy. N 0 . Clutterbuck and Channey add the following i n scrip On oor o n a ve . of fi f tion , of which only the matrix remains and also a — shield I I . Man , wife , children , shields and scrolls . These h b i se n t Robert de Low t e e t Jo ane sa feme g icy figures are very fine , and the whole forms a splendid ” of D ieu de ses aimes eut mercy . group . The man is dressed in the robes an alderman , At Tewin is an inscription on an old stone to a e laborately trimmed with fur ; he has a girdle fastened Louthe w ho r 1 3 1 2 w Walter de , was rector there f om to round the waist by a buckle , from hich is suspended a

1 3 56 . of Ludw k ci e re hi s . The Manor y , near Hatfield, belonged gyp and a rosary hair is cut short The brass the 1 3 29 or of of a to family in , and Roger de Luda, Louth , this figure , and also that the lady, is rem rkably m represented the county in Parliament from 1 336 to well preserved . The lady wears a plain dress trim ed

1 352 3. , and Robert was living at Hertingfordbury with fur , with an ornamented girdle suspended from

1 4 8 0 M P . he r about . Roger de Louth was . for Herts in waist ; her neck is bare ; her waist is small , and f 1 35 3 1 38 3 1 384 . u on , and Robert de Louth also in and her arms are partic larly slender , with fur cuf s her off d l — two hands ; her hair is brushed her forehea , and she I . Inscription and shields - Here vn de r this stone lye bvrie d the bodye s of wears a wired or butterfly head dress similar to Lady of Thomas Ellis Say on a brass in Broxbourne Church . At the feet of of Gentleman (Sonne of Stephen Ellis of Ke n n yn gton the figure the m an are small figures four sons, f i n the three o whom are of nearly equal size and similar of m ci e re Covn tye of Kent Gentlem an) and Grace his wife costume , and one the wears a gyp the other son of (daughter of is shown a larger size , and is dressed in the of w ho son . Owen Hawkins Ci tti z e n Mercer of London) who robes a priest, and probably was the eldest of lived toge a Under the feet of the lady is a small figure a girl n w ther ma n wife xlix ye a re s 7 mon e the s and odd with long hair ha ging down her back belo her waist he r dayes and and dressed similar to mother , and also a larger of w ho had i ssve betwixt them on e Sonne on lye named figure a female , probably the eldest daughter , fr Fra vn ci s (which wears a dress trimm ed with fur, laced up the ont ; f lived but three weekes three dayes after hi s she also has cu fs , and wears a necklace and a peculiar - m of fi h . birth) the ead dress with cap From the outh the gure of th tuus a fore sa i de Thomas departed this life the iiii dav of the man proceeds a scroll , inscribed In [Manus i me u e t a n d m Fe brva ry Domine] comm endo Sp n fro that dfn 1 6 0 8 a n d d of the lady inscribed Credo vide re bona in terra , the saide Grace afterwar s departed this ° the a re on e f th n D 1 Vi ve n tium. Above figures three shields , e 2 3 of A hi 6 1 2 . li e , day March Cussa n s of which bears the arms of Saint Alban , another one is says that Grace Ellis , widow , by will dated on e 2otb 1 6 1 3 2 of much worn and undistinguishable , and th e middle February , , left £ annually to the poor of Cha un c has upon it the arms the Mercers Company . At the the parish , and y adds , upon the Anniversary ” l of ha s n o bottom are a so three shields bearing arms, probably Day of her B urial for ever . Haines mention d on e of n m th e m an and his wife , and the mid le has the trade the above No . I I . , which is interesti g fro the

i s. m of of mark of a merchant . The inscription is gone , but ention the duration married life , the happy pair l given by Cha un cy as h aving lived together for near y fifty years , and in a O ro a n i ma bus oha n n i s few more months would have been able to celebrate rate p J Lambard C ivis M r ri r n e ce ac thei golden weddi g . Alde rma n n i London qui obu t 14 8 7 Annae uxori s suae que obiit WOR . HINX TH QuorumAnime per misericordiam De ri n pace eterna ” On i south w a ll o ha n ce l . re u e ca n t. f c qs Amen .

- I w . f of Pulte rs . Man and ife The m an wears a plain dress John Lambard was owner o the manor r of and has a rosa y at his waist his hair is cut short , and and Channey states he was master the Mercers

of 1 5 th . n on e of of he appears to be a civilian the century The Compa y of London , and the aldermen that a 1 8 l dy also plainly attired in a dress trimmed with fur , city . His son Thomas Lambard succeeded him in the t and has a kerchief falling over her shoulders from the manor . His name is given as Thomas Lambert , gen ,

Cha un c 1 54 5 . back of her head . The inscription is gone , but y as possessing land at Hinxworth in John Lam

of of 1 4 6 0 . gives it as barde was sheriff the City London in Stow , ” O Ele n ae suae of rate pro Simonis Ward uxoris in his Survey London , says that John Lam De ce mb 1 4 53 of f of qui quidem Simon obiit ii . Elena berde , draper, alderman , one the sheri fs London , 2 1 1 4 8 1 1 55 4 obiit Aug . Quorum who deceased , and was father to William Lam th on e five barde , Esquire , well known by sundry learned books wi shield at the top , and three sons and that he hath published , has a monument to his daughters at the bottom . The inscription is gone , but ’ M . N . o . . 1 4 9 0 . memory in St ichael s Church , Wood S treet The Haines says the date ( VII ) is Perhaps b 1 f 4 93 . wills o John Lambard and his wife , represented Thomas A bot and wife ,

. On oor o n a by the brasses, are at Somerset House fi f ve . — A On loor o cha n ce l V. f f . man in loose robes and his three wives , all — on l I II . Inscription alike in appearance and dresses with the exception of ff Here lye th buried the body of An dre w e Gray of one wife to the left of the m an , who has a di erent 8 d fe on . w u of H a rtf E s r . l sh aped girdle There is no inscription to show who Hinx orth in y Co nty q, in his y e 8 of time he was double reader of y lawe in y Inner the worthy man was who was so fond matrimony , Temple but perhaps the date is about the middle of the 1 6 th ’ e in London he cha un gd this lyfe for i mmorta lliti e y century . No mention is made of this brass by either

Cha un c Cussa n s . m a re 1 3 Ja n va r Afro Dfi i 1 6 14 JE ta ti s Svae 8 5 . Haines , y, or Si ilar ones at th day of y ‘ O e fil y. This Mr . Gray , whose Christian name is given by ” On loor un de r tow r Cha un c Cussa n s f e . y as well as as John , also possessed — of P ulte rs of . A 1 5th the m anor , having purchased it Thomas VI lady , about century , with face very

Lambard . indistinct . No inscription remaining . Not mentioned

Channey mentions all these three brasses ; Haines by Haines . a I . . n Cuss n s . . gives No I I o ly ; while gives No , and VI I . Shield with Inscription under totally ignores the existence of Nos . I I . and III . Here lye th Joh n P ulte r E squi e r late of Hitchin who deceased about the x x i fi ° An HITCHIN . D aye of June On loor o ha l It does not seem quite certain that the day of the month f f c n ce . — is given correctly . Haines says that this was engraved I . Ecclesiastic in cope , elaborately adorned , and 0 about 1 55 . havin g the sacred monogram on the breast ; at the top I n cha n ce l a i sle . - of left hand corner is a representation a heart with fiv e — is . p drops suing from it , and on the right another heart is VIII Inscri tion lli f P l r the Here lye th W i fi u te Esquire late of Hit missing, and also two shields at bottom . The e 2 3 n Cha un c chin wh o dyed y daye of Maye Anno inscriptio is gone , which is given by y “ e 1 54 9 thi rde e a re w . a ce t a cobus i n T he olo i a , f, ye y of Ed ard y , Hic j J Hert g Baccalaureus, Sixte f hvus a 2 The P ulte r family were Lords o a Manor at Hitchin 3 . ac Vicarius j Ecclesi e , qui obiit Jan ore me a d Pulte r ha s a n called M , and it was sold by Edward in B outell illustration of this brass , and gives 1 2 a t i n 1 6 0 8 i n 1 4 0 0 5 8 . Edward P l er was a copyholder and the date as about . Haines says it represents D 1 6 25 P ulte r B . . 1 4 9 , and an Edward was one of the gentlemen of James Hert , , who was vicar and died in 8 , 1 0 tw o u the county wh o was compelled to lend £ to King and notices the hearts as a rebus pon his name . of — Ch arles I . Several the family are buried at Cottered . II Man and wife , four sons , six daughters , and inscription in this county , where they lived . Un de r tow e r . hic j acent qa dmma rca tori s Stapule Ville l - Ca e si e . , I X Man and wife with features very indistinct no ? ° ° ° ° qui obi i t xix die men s A prilis ABni M CCCC LI I inscription ; probably dated about 1 4 80 to 1 530 . e ° E t a i e ux ? ci ? di e A Dn i p Alicie qobiit Un de r cha n ce l a rch. ° O O ° M C C — a n d X . Man woman in winding sheets , with four the of There is nothing to show nam e the m an to Cussa n s a n sons and four daughters . gives engraving wh m ose m e ory his widow fixed this brass , leaving the of the two figur es , and says that probably they are those dates to be filled in when it came to her turn to depart n o w to w hom the following inscription belongs, which is h this life , but her c ildren evidently forgot to have it b t Cha un c missing , u is quoted by y . of done The arms of the S taple Calais are found Orate pro a n i ma bus Ri cha rdi Edmunds fabri i sti us of Cussa n s in various parts th e church , and says it was a t a t a Villas, Johannis Web , M rgaretta uxoris corum i f the 1 5 72 probably built n the early part o th century by quidem Ri ca rdus obiit primo die Octobris Anno 1 4 . tha n ” the merchants of the Staple living at Hitchin . r i Quoram a n ima bus p opi t e tur Deus . l m On a ta r to bs. N e a r scre e n . — . A . d — of ma n II I man and wife The m an is ressed as a XI . Feet a and figure of a woman , very

, , civilian the wife wears gauntlets and both the figures much worn , and inscription under nearly illegible the v are shown with the hands touching at tips of the Hic j a ce t Job e s P a lter dra per qui obii t x x die

. . fi fingers The inscription is lost , but Haines (No . IX ) Fe brua rii A nno D i

u 1 535 . of E t P ulte r e us gives the date abo t The figures four sons Mil lo CCCCXXI . Lucia uxor j qui The and four daughters re main . lady wears a sash bris Anno Dfi i Millo CCCCXX ’ . passed through three rings The above describes the m an s trade , and the name of — ’ A f . . lte r IV man and his wi e , both dressed in shrouds , P u is repeated after the wife s Christian name 2 6

I n south a i sle . church must have been formerly paved with brasses, as

. XI I . Inscription there evidently were such a large number Here lye the the Bodye of John Parker late of

O . Lewes in the Countis of Sussex Gentleman who HUNSD N ’ de ce a sse d thi rti th of I - A n on on e the daye September Anno . m an with huntsman s horn ha ging 1 5 An n o s su domini 78 qtatis oe XLVII I . side and a sword on the other . He is shown on the e fii t - The matrix of the gy is remaining on the s one . brass as shootingat a stag with a cross bo w , and the of A Robert Parker was patron of th e living Hexton , figure of Death , as a skeleton , is striking a dart into 1 59 8 near Hitchin , in , and he is described as being a the man and also one into the stag . A scroll issues ” ’ ” of i n 1 60 8 m Pe r o . copyholder the manor of Hutchen . fro Death s head inscribed Sic g The ma n f w N e a r scre e n . figures probably denote that the lost his li e hile

of . — ha s he was pursuing his occupation hunting The XII I . Man and wife , dressed alike . The m an or inscription under states his hair cut very short , wears a fur skull cap . His L fe n t B eloved of all whilst he had y outer garme t is trimmed wi h fur at the neck , wrist Vn moe n e d of - of none when he did die bands and bottom , and he has an under garment n James Gray interred of his wife fur, as seen by an ope ing above his feet , sh owing hi m Neer to this Deaths - Signe Brasse doth lie to have been a wealthy merchant . The wife has Ye a re s thi rti e - f ve s - - y in good renown a heart shaped head dress , with h andkerchief falling Parke and house k e pe r in this towne over her shoulders . The inscription is missing , but ° “ O 1 2 De ce mbri s A Dn i 1 59 1 or on biit die there are the initials T . J . carved ti s .ZE ta - sve the side of the altar tomb , and Channey gives the ha s n o of following Chann ey mention this curious brass ; Cussa n s of Haines notices it , and has an engraving it M e rce ra s e t Hic j acent Thomas Abbot de Hitchen and an e n graving and description of it can be f ound i n e ’ Johanna Uxor j us qui quidem Johannes obiit ultimo n tle ma n s M a a z i n for 1 9 the G e g e 7 5 . B outell also ha s a n m on tulit ua rii 1 4 8 1 . c die J Anno Dom . qui ulta dona an engraving . huic Ecclesiae e t Fra te rn i ta ti N a tivi ta tis Beatae Mariae - u of II . Fig re a female and inscription Virginis e j usde m Ecclesiae i c fi x oha n n i s l a ce t H j acet Margareta S helley nup J She ley Hic j Thomas Abbot qui quidem Thom as erat ° M e rce ri n nup . civis londo , que obiit xxvii die Thomas . e t re di ctus Filius Abbot sen p Thomas obiit ° ° ° ’ M a r i A M C CLXX m c . C C XXV 1 6 1 4 93 e t 1 4 0 0 ensis j dhi cui Maii dicta die Mensis i fi e ppi c e t deus . This latter inscription probably belongs to N0 . IV . he r The lady is clothed in a shroud , with hair — . off . n XIV Woman , with feet broken She has very ha ging over her shoulders . The knot at the top of

long hair, naked arms and legs , and is wearing a shroud he r head and also at her feet is gone . From her mouth e of ti d above her hair and fastened in front with a wooden proceeds a scroll , part which is missing , inscribed ” . n . pin There is no inscription remaini g spiritus m . — XV . Woman in shroud . There formerly was a shield and also a representa tion

Cussa n of , . J s . a n d . omits Nos V VI . , IX . , XI I , and the Holy Trinity but these are both gone ohn Cha un c V . Channey I II . , IV . , . , VI . , IX , and XII . Haines Shelley is stated by y to have been a witness to of 1 4 76 V . VI N , . o . . of omits , , and IX . , and adds ( IV which a deed referring to the Manor Hunsdon in Cussa n s gives inscription quoted from Salmon ) and also Thomas Shelley . Nicholas Shelley was a f of i n 1 554 a ce t e t M a r e ri u x e um o , Hic j Johannes Beel g a . j us q burgess the borough Hertford and W i n of . iv M X 4 Marg . ob May CCCCL XVI I e t Johan 1 illiam Shelley was living the parish Cheshunt

i n 1 5 20 . The woman , No . XV . , m ay be this Margery Beel . The - of . brass her husband and inscription are gone . Haines I I I Inscription only a ce t W i llm? ri mo e mt ? . n (No . VI ) also adds (given by Cussa s as formerly hic j Gray p g henrici mi li ti s e t con sorti s existing Gray , Anne sue qui ) ° ° ’ u s ir 0 a M ca tori s a p vi llw ob t vii die Augu ti Anno d i M V pora Nicholai M ttok St ule ° ‘ a fe i i e t r ca le si e ac Civis t Pi sce n a rii Ci vi ta t London ac bone XVI I cuius pp c u deus . Amen . ‘ ’ m f 1; la n da bi li s Generose Elizabeth uxoris suae qquidem This Willia Gray was probably an ancestor o ’ ’ ° e n Nieh us Obiit die mens A D hi M CCCC James Gray m tioned in No . I .

Nos . . E t dicta Elizabeth obiit vi ce simo sexto die Mensis I . and II are noted by Haines, and L , I L , ° ° Cussa n s Cha un c S e pte bri s A Dhi M CCCCLXXV and II I . by , but y only mentions

0 . . n r of N II aines also gives an e g aving a brass , formerly in L E F o n n of . this church , having a hawk at the feet a priest and c S e re ha wk e On n a ve oor . a spear , representing D r . John p , who was fl

. a n d i n scri ti on i n 1 4 5 3 . t n ow the I Man , wom an , p vicar No hing is seen but matrices “ n e of the figure and of two hearts at the top with scrolls Hic j ace t Thomas Somer t, Mariona Uxor ej u que ’ ' t ci o a i ? a i a bz . Cussa n s Mariona obii t Non r Janua quor over them gives several inscriptions that at ” on e ci e t di time were to be seen , and Haines says that the pp 2 7

’ - T he r soule s e vla st n l ff . The figures are half length , and the man is placed on y g y The which Rychard d d the right side of the woman ; he has a plain dress , his ye he a rd h our M CCCC hair is short , and he has a moustache and wit In ye yer of Lord The which w t o points . The lady is plainly dressed , has a kerchief Rychard Adane as ‘ on on ff . Le d l fi her head falling to her shoulders , and wears cu s y now say , y here hys ston in hys y day . The of with buttons . The last four words of the inscription yer our Lord was q 3 rd of truli e M . CCCC f ve th rtt are slightly defaced . The January is stated , but yan y l; y y Man yt be hove th the date of the year has n ot been given . ofte to have in Cha un c Cussa n s m n de e ve st wt on e y does not m ention this brass , notices y , that you g honde yat shalt you

1 4 0 0 . f n de it, and Haines gives the date as about y , for women “3 ch ldre n un k n de ben slowful b y bey y , Executors bey ‘ cove ytous 1; kepe all O . I P P L L I T T S ’ t. t l y yey ynde ; For our bothe soules unto ye t n yte On cha n ce l w a l . ’ ” se e th — y a [pat ut] for charite . I . Man , woman , children , and inscription Mr . Richard Adane evidently had a very poor Here lye th burye d the bodye of Alice Hughes late m opinion of his wife and fa ily and executors , who seem Wyte to Ryce Hughes Cytyz e n and Haberd asher of ‘ to have proved that his j udgment was somewhat correct s l; tw o London by whom she had Issue one sonne dau by neglecting to complete the history of his life by not r d l k w s i n ghte rs all deceased and lye bu ye y e y this ch h recording the date of his deat upon the brass , which h Cha un ce ll be n of urc at ye dore shee y gye daughter he was so caref ul to have laid do w n during his life Tho m 1 8 0 ti e . Haines (p . ) gives the above inscription in ma s B bsw orth w a rr she . y , an ancient D eller in this p y n . e full , and Cha ney also mentions it x vi th of 1 594 of Shee dyed y August , being age xxix w to An inscription , hich is supposed have been taken ers . m h Cha un c e fro this c urch , is mentioned by y as being Tri er bodie and bones y ground doth possesse - i n the of upon a chimney piece house Mr . Fordham , Her sowle to Heaven is gone for redresse Cussa n s n o of this town , and says it is w in the W ho li vi n ge in lyfe did dy unto sinne of . . possession Mr John Fordham , of Royston ' d i n ge De a the be n n e . l And y by to lyve did gy Of yo charite pray for the soull of J ohfi For The figures are kneeling each side of a table on which ‘ dhmEle ni l; Johan his w yfe s w hyche J ohii

w . are two open books ith clasps The man wears a de ce sse d the vi day of Marche the yere or 10 ° cloak and a ruff, has knee breeches and low shoes , and rd god MV XXVJ on wos soulls i hu have his hair is short his wife has a plain dress with girdle The Fordhams are an old and extensive family of the f w to and ruf , and ears a hat with round p, similar to Cussa n s neighbourhood, and gives an elaborate pedigree those worn by men at the present day . B ehind the relating to them , commencing with the above John ma n a small boy is kneeling , wearing a plain dress and Fordham and extending to the year 1 8 6 9 . f of ru f, and at the back the lady are her two daughters ,

f . plainly dressed alike , wearing ruf s and caps M O KI PT N . According to the inscription the lady was buried with On loor o cha n ce l. he r f f children near the chancel door , and was the daugh ter — I A . . of B bsw orth . lady Inscription gone Thomas y , whose family were connected The figure is habited i n a long robe with large with the parish of Kimpton . n sleeves , and has a high waist . The hair ha gs over n oor o n orth a isle O fl f . her sh oulders as far as the elbows , and is confined I I . Inscription d d , ‘ aroun her brows by a broad ban which is ornamented a ce t ? Po dre s l; ux e Hic j Robert y Alicia j with three j ewelled studs ; she has a similar band Anno dhi M illimo C CC C primo around the waist , and a small dog , with collar and Cussa n s This inscription is mutilated , and is noticed by , s n . Cus a s of ’ bells , is at her feet says the date the w ho 1 3 8 1 I o dra s says that in Robert y , with others , of costume is about 1 4 50 . Haines has no notice this on 1 2 O “ held an inquisition at Codicote th ctober . Cha un c h brass , but y says t at there is a gravestone

Ch un c . Cussa n s 0 3 y mentions No L , Haines and N . which has th e name of Margaret Bibbysworth inscribed gI I ” I an on e Upon it , so that it m ay belong to of this family , Bibbe sworth who owned the Manor of Great , the last KELS HALL . male representative of which died without issue in B bsw orth On oor o n a v 1 48 5 . fl f e . A daughter of Thomas y has a brass — d of d to her memory in the church at Ippollitts . I . a n Man wife , both them wearing a gir le

. and having long banging sleeves Th e brasses are ’ ’ to K ING S LANGLEY . much worn . The man s hair seems be cut close , n l a i sle and the woman has a kerchief over her head hanging On j loor of n or th cha ce . — I . down in folds over her shoulders . Inscription under Man and two wives , children , and inscription 3 f Her lyth th e bones of Rychard Adane bM a ryon his Here lye th the body of I c hu Carter late o ’ G ifre s 2 i W yff : God g ant , who had wives, by the first he had ssue 28

’ 4 n Sc 5 e of . son es daught rs , by ye second he had issue Here due descent from Skipwith s line late St 5 4 9 sofies daughters , he was buried ye of August , A lbans town . And married to that Cheyney ’ s heir a house of old The man and wives are represented as stan ding on reno wn footstools ; the former is wearing a large cloak and is Ful l ten years she i n marriage spent fi ve children

- bare headed , and the two wives are dressed in the was her share of of tw o of fi ve to costume the time Elizabeth ; th e children are all The Heavens have the , three left ’ old - dressed in the same fashioned style , and each wife father s care ha s e n ot a separate brass for her family . Her life so good , her death not ill I hop shall An Edward Carter was vicar of this parish from deny m i n "But tha 1 6 0 1 6 8 t i . 7 to 7, and the na e is frequently mentioned her soul in Jesus Christ shall l ve eternally 3 0 1 5 8 m com uta ti on e m a the registers . January 7 , secundu p Ecclesi e ' An li a n c ae . r o t ha n e l le g On f loo of s u h c c a i s . i of — Sir William Skipw th was lord a manor at Hemel II . Female , wearing a brocaded petticoat and a a 1 1 Hempste d in 5 7 . Rich ard and William are named on ds on l kerchief her head falling in fol her shou ders , 1 5 6 of at Flamstead 7 , and William held the Manor of about the year 1 6 00 . Puttenham in 1 530 . Thomas and his wife D orothy "— - . of , . 1 56 2 I I Female wearing a head dress and girdle , appear at St . Stephens , St Albans , in , as holding

of 1 50 0 . . of . 1 55 3 . the date about Somewhat defaced the Manor B urston , and Thomas at St Peters in — On oor be tw e e n cha n ce l a n d south a i sle . r n Cha un c a e on fl V . Insc iption give by y and C ss ns , — II I . Inscription brass of Pray for the soule of Jo . Here lyes the bodie Mary Marsworth Cite z e n and Bowyer of London which D ixon who departed this life Johan de l oth of July 1 6 22 being then but our od M C CCLx x x vii 3 e a re s of sw e e te in ye yere lord g C . y age to whose And on the back I S inscribed remembrance L B . for the love W illym Carter and Alys hi s W yfe she bore hir here dedicates hir the w hych W illym de ce sse d the ij of Apryll ya the self and this . M x x vii i yere of Lord V . C This well m ay serve to set my passions forth a“ of N O . n the The brass fem ale . I I may represe t above B ut greater piles must caracter thy worth Ca rte i of a f Alice , and the removal obj ectionable phr ses Af ection only consecrates this stone f orbe a re to from the inscription has destroyed a portion of that of That it should melt when I mone ’ n o the palimpsest . I see cause why either should plaine ’ ” Suns never set but tis to rise a ga i n e . IV . Inscription An i on inscript on stone to Lucian Dixon , a daughter Here lye th interred the corps of John the of Robert Dixon , adj oins above . Cheney Gent, who departed this life Cussa n s states that about 1 79 7 there was an in dent in the trve faith of Christ J e svs the of of tw o of Fe brva r Dfii 1 59 a brass a man and shields , and an inscription first day y Anno 7 . i n to n Lombardic characters appearing to belong the Clutterbuck gives a long inscriptio , which he says 13 e ffi i e s of i th century is under the g a lady n brass , and is to the of 3oth Phelippe l a Rila M e Ait Merci Amen . memory Margaret Cheyney , who died January,

Cussa n s Nos. . a of . , 1 5 78 . She w s the wife John Cheyney (No . IV notes all the above and Haines I and n . , No. . ) to and perhaps the brass of a lady (No . II . ) belo gs to III and adds ( I a very small brass Richard 1 4 9 7 . Newland , rector , but no such name is to b e found her . This inscription is not to be seen Haines

of n ow . m entions that a drawin g of a brass to Margaret in the list rectors , and the brass cannot be seen

Cha un c of . . y also mentions most them Cheyney , with five children , is in the British Museum The Cheyney family were of considerable note in the G ’ i of KIN S WALDEN . neighbourhood, and ment on is made them at l s 1 On cha n ce l w a ll a 29 6 . A denham early as Thomas Cheyne was a .

- h 1 4 3 1 I . o copyholder in Northc urch in , Henry Cheyney Inscripti n of a of d 1 5 4 of l e th the of Sibbill f lord the M nor Gad esden in 7 , Francis Here y buried body late wi e the of 1 6 20 1 6 50 of : 2 Manor Wiggington in and Tring in , Robert B arber Gent who had issue sonnes a n of 6 3 2 da vhte rs w a s da vhte r of W ill d a Robert was rector Puttenham from 1 6 to g . She g m 1 6 2 f of 1 6 20 7 , and Elizabeth , wi e Francis , died in and Sheppard ’ w a s r of Role w ri ht the Covn t of O E s r bu ied at King s Langley . Clutterbuck and Great g in y xon q Cha un cy give the inscription thus the sister of Timothy Sheppard who w as bvri e d ’ of 24 of D11 1 Loe here s interred a wife worthy fame here . She deceased the day May Anno W 1 1 4 hose vertu es great and honest life deserve the same 6 . Margaret was her name by marriage Cheyney hight This Timothy Sheppard has a tablet inscribed to his t Late w ife to Cheyney son to Chesham Boys by right emory fixed above the inscription o his sister . 2 9

N B O . f l of L tton s who K E W RTH ami y y , have owned Kneb worth to the m o present ti e . On cha n ce lfl or . Cha un c These are all noticed by Haines , y, and . Six brass strips inscribed O e I ussan . Hic procerum de Stirpe satum cum covj vge cla rae John H otoft iterum te lluri s con dimus urn i s LETCHWORTH. H ospi ti i Regis qui The sa ura rius oli rn On oor o n a ve Se x ti olle ba t fl f . Henrici merito p honore — I . w f of Sit lux pe tua sibi post hec horida lustra Man and i e and part inscription , which is p ’ s i ritib s Corpora p u . quoted in Salmo n s history of the county O t Salmon says that these lines were formerly on an bus Will verbury e Isabelle uxoris eius .

i . altar tomb , with brass figures of a knight and lady ; The four last words are now alone rema ning The - Cha un c c , on y states the same , and adds I n the hancel figures are half length size and the man is placed H oto Cussa n s of window are the arms of ft. states that the left of the wife instead , as usual , at her right H otoft . was a benefactor to the church , and may have hand The man wears a moustache and a beard with tw of 1 4 32 o , restored it . He was patron the living in , was points and the woman has a kerchief falling over of f M . P . f or , treasurer to Henry VI . , and the county in the her shoulders and both them wear cuf s covering

. reigns of Henry V . and VI . the hands to the fingers These brasses are much worn ,

of 1 4 0 0 . I L— A - on and Haines says the date them is about priest in a splendidly embroidered cope , n oo o a n e d on O l r ch ce l. which are represent , the left side , the Virgin and f f

. . dr on . n Child , St Peter , a bishop , and St An ew , and the II Priest in ecclesiastical robes , and inscriptio

e . a ce t dhs E cli é right sid St . John the B aptist , St Paul , an arch Hic j Thomas Wyrley Rector c de o of h w or h i i me s . Le c e t ri ii bishop , and St James , and the head our Saviour qui obiit j die Marcii A d i

. T o M CCCCLXX . is shown where the cope is fastened . w shields at V the top , and inscription under He is represented as holding in his hands a heart “ ” a ce t dii s i o e uon da i d m Hic j Simon Bache cl n q inscr bed with the words Credo q, and fro the T he sa ura ri ? on e h heart issue three scrolls , of whic has upon it the “ ” hospi cii illustrissimi Pri n cipi s dhi henrici quinti words de terra surre cturus sum ; another has the cha n on i c 2 s ca the dra lis vivi t Regis Angl ac colie sci words Redemptor mens and the other, which ul n pa i is nearly all missi g , only has the word in remain i ° london qObiit x im die Maii A dn i i ng . ° ° ° M CCCC XJJJJ This Thomas Wyrley was rector of Letch worth from

&c . off 1 4 69 1 4 5 . [Cuj us , , broken ] to 7

of w 1 4 0 4 of of . Simon B ache was rector Kneb orth in , and Channey has no mention either the above

ussa n s f Cussa n s of m. died in 1 4 1 4 . C gives an engraving o this Haines and give both the

1 84 6 . brass , but omits the two shields , which existed in Edmond Bache was an assistant of the borough of NEWNHAM . 1 6 62 m 1 6 2 Hertford in , and was ayor in 7 . John Bache On floor of cha n ce l. 1 6 89 . was mayor in — L Am an with two wives and four children . The n a e l oor O ch p f l . man is dressed in the robes of a civilian trimmed with — A ma n hi s . f III . in armour and two wives , with fur , and his hair is long His first wi e is plainly

of . three coats arms and inscription under dressed , with fur at her wristbands and collar She i n i - Rolandus Lytton Armiger qui s gn i te r has a wired or butterfly head dress , in vogue about the a rma ge ssit in end of the 1 5th century . The second wife is dressed m fe w bello dux fortis in pace optimus magistra tus somewhat in a si ilar manner, but of a period a

1 6 . obiit July years later , and in addition she has a long girdle x r r r U f 1 5 8 2 . U o e s habuit M a ga i ta m Tate e t nder the figure of the second wi e is one of a son , m An nam Carle with long hair and a plain costu e , and the figures of re li ui t B ton ex prima q Mariam , exaltera olandu e t three daughters , smaller than that of their brother , all ” m - Francisca . dressed alike , with long hair and pedi ental head dress

of r of 1 6 th . The man is represented in a full suit armou , with of the early part the century The inscription n his helmet behind his head . The two wives are habited is gone , but Hai es gives the date o f the brasses as ma n ma 1 4 90 . Cussa n s in brocaded dresses , and are similar in dress and features . about says the y have been - w The left hand figure and the inscription are partly Wm . Skip ith , who was for some years lord of the covered by a monument . manor . 1 M . P . for of Rowland Lytton , Herts in the time A William Skipwith was patron of the liv ng I L of of 1 5 1 James I . and Charles , was Lord the Manor in 7 , and seems to h ave been a member of a

. Knebworth . and was descended from Sir Robert Lytton , Lincolnshire family He was the eldest son of Thomas

1 4 9 3 . who bought the estate in his son Rowland was Skipwith , of St Albans , who was related to Sir Ralph

1 6 03 ‘ m knighted in . , and from the we have the noble Rowlet, Knight , of that place 3 0

— La d e i ht on e n d tw e n ti e fa ta ll II y, g children , shield , and inscriptio Who did not rawe full yere the lyne e Here lye th J oa n e Dow ma n y wife of James of La chi s thre e de e Dowma n da u ht he i re of Ye t a e a re , who was y g Henry did in tender youth pp a matrone both in G owlshull E squi e r sonne and he i re of Robert words and deede e G owlshull of Be f ord in How lde rn e s in y cc v Shee feared God and sought his pra yse a world it ‘ e n tye of Yorke Esql which Jc ane dyed y x th daye was to heare and see of Nove mb 1 6 0 7 : in ye lxi yere of her age ha How godli e shee did ende her dayes a myroure sure li e fi 6 ving 7 childre lyvyn gviz on e so e daughters . might shee be The lady wears an elaborately - embroidered petticoat I n birth to her he gave no place yet shee for blood a h f - f w oorthi e under an open robe , wit ruf and head gear o the m atche

of of I . he r son di sce n d of k n i htli e early part the reign James ; , whose He did g race and shee of whence name is given as Edward , wears a long cloak and has shee sprang did smatch - . of bra un che of of knee breeches , and his head is bare The names the Of clyve tree shee was a cut purpose

E liz a b. An e daughters are given as Marg . , , Jane , , ye may well saye a a ll w orldl e he a ve n li e Const , Marye , Susan , Susan , eight names in , but From y soyle to make the chaunge a only seven figures of girls are shown in addition to that place for to enj oye ' i n ur li of to of the son . I t is stated the inscription that she had And s e e what hir is said no whit him can i on e son di s ra se seven ch ldren living ( and six daughters), so be p y that probably on e of the daughters pre - deceased the In bym w a s suche foun da con la yd as did con tyn ue a lwa i e s mother . The three eldest girls wear hats and dresses since of h m foun de similar to the lady, and three the others only wear Eche wight in y suche vertue by tried a kerchief on their heads ; the remaining daughter truth for to explane d or trum e tte soun de for is ressed in more style , and her brass has been j oined F dew desert yee p to pronounce f hi to that o the other children . Perhaps she ma y have his w oort e fam e ’ f - f to died in her mother s li e time , especiall as another In earth y wight had ever care lyve upright in of of vll name Susan is given . The third gure the cy e sorte tw o of sta n de rt h of daughters has under it Christian names , Jane and He might all the eare faithfull Afi e i s l i . fre e n dsh Th s is an unu ua occurrence in brasses , unless pp by reporte in this in stance on e of the n ames is intended for a But shee did first be gyn the da un ce in fi owri n g d eceased child . ye a re s to passe the way Dowma n or s d l fe a dva un ce s The , Dolman , family belonged to Pock death othe y which he yn ce ” . Dowma n of k i n i o . lingtou , in Yorkshire James was patron w a l e t and both y

of 1 572 to 1 588 . the living Newnham from A peculiarity of the brass of the woman is the length

Cha un c 0 . Cussa n s i ymentions only N . I I and Ha nes of the lower part of her body in comparison with the

. 11 . notice both I and upper . This brass and inscription are n ot mentioned by

O Cha un c . No. . N RTH M IMM S . y Haines mentions them in VII , and Cussa n s gives engravings of the figur es and a copy of n a lls o ha n c l O w f c e . the inscription . The man seems to have been conn ected — of of W I . r f n a Man in armou , with his eet resting o a lion . with the family Boteler, Watton ood H ll , n to on Cussa n s t He is wearing a lo g sword in front his hair is long , according the arms the shields , and s ates - . n f and he is bare headed The inscriptio is gone , but that his wi e , Martha, was probably a Coningsby , as Channey gives it as under som e of the Coningsby fami ly intermarried with the ’ Bote le rs . Con i n sb s f a ce t rimo e n itus W illi e l The g y possessed the Manor o Hic j Henricus Covert p g . North Mimms and lived at North Mimms Place, which Covert , Senior , de Armig . qui obiit in 1 5 90 wh was built about by Ralph Coningsby , o was . m 1 . Do 488 festo Sti . Edri Regis in Anno . , cuj us ” knighted in 1 6 0 3 by J am es L ; they also liv ed a t a n imae prOpi ti e tur Deus . P otte re lls . The family are mostly buried in St . . . son of ’ aines quotes (No IV ) Henry , eldest of Catherine s Chapel , which is part the church . n of Wm . Covert , Esq ., and gives an e graving — Cussa n s h . of two n the brass (p . says t e date of the brass III Figure a woman and headless childre

1 5 1 0 a s f of m . of is about , denoted by the style o the armour . that the man is issing At the feet the lady is w a n d s a small dog ith a collar bell , and inscription — hi s of I I . Man in armour , with helmet at the back Hic j acent Robe rtus Kn olle s Armiger Qui Obiit his of , , c hi mo his head and wife in the ostum e Queen Eliza . D . Mill . ’ die Mens Anno d t ° ° beth s reign two shiel s and long inscrip ion under C CC C E t Elizabeth Uxor e j us que ob u t xxv111 n eath die Mens Nove mbri s Anno Dhi millmo ° houlde th O Ac ue ri e orde m This tombe enclosed fast a Martha both by C C C C Quinquagesimo ctavo . p . m ” a ro i ti e tur . na e and life Quorum animab s p p Deus . Amen I n love sure linkt while breath did last to Richard The date of the death of the man n ot being filled in s owse d w Butler p ife denotes that the wife di ed first . The prayer at the end

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e l e th m Also here y y body of Mrs Anne who represented the county in Parlia ent nine times , e d B 2 . B a n d owly y wife of Mr Francis owly was also sheriff of the county . A John de la Le e e 5 2 1 30 0 1 3 1 1 . who departed this life y day of also was sheriff in , and died in He held ° Avvst An h 1 627 E ta tis Svac 2 7 the n of g Do i Ma or Albury adj oining, as did also his li n on Se e tur. of n ou t 1 39 6 . Dormit moritur licet hic terra p successors the same ame , which died in a re of of f The brasses of the two ladies are small , and they Portions the brasses Rober t Lee and his wi e ba t ff of 1 564 i n w both sh own as dressed alike in , mantle, and ru Joan , , are East ick Church .

h h . the fas ion of the early part of the reign of C arles I I I Part of an inscription T he of the ' de ce a se d n of age is o ly given the second qui quidem J c he s Newport obiit decimo b i a n d wife, but oth evidently d ed young , perhaps both die mensis Junii Anno Domi n i M i le ssi mo were of the same age . Cha un cy gives the inscription in full as under n ff of 1 6 50 A Joh Rowley was sheri Herts in , and O a Joha n i s w m i rate pro Anim Ne port , ar igeri he re d s

d i n 1 6 6 7 9 4 . tw o ied February , , aged He had wives , Rober ti N e w Port armigeri Mari ae Uxoris e j us unius

i n . who were buried B arkway Church He was probably Filiara m Johannes Alyn gton de Horshe th i n Com a son of on e of the wives of Francis Rowley . Ca n ta br Hai n es mentions that formerly there was a brass ui w u Ar . Q quidem Johannes Ne port ob t primo die u 1 6 1 0 n i n to a lady , abo t , of which a sketch is see Mensis J un ii an ’ . i Cole s M S S The e ffi ge s are lost .

. 1492 A lso of Ralf Gray , gent , , and his wife Anne , This John New port w a s son and heir to Robert Cha un c i i n . 1 1 1 . of which y g ves the inscription as under Newport , mentioned No Ra dulf us G e n e rosus e t Hic j acet Grey, , Anna uxor The family of Allington held the Manors of Great e m a ulfus , R d m m 1 4 29 1 6 9 1 j us qui quide obiit primo die Mensis and Little Wy ondley fro to , and were

N ve m i s . o br . . An Dom connected with that of De Argentine , dating from about Cussa n s of 1 20 0 14 23 w of w ho says that the M anor Greys is so called to , and i th that Lord Grosvenor , m f , , f 1 6 . ro a former owner Nicholas de Grey lord o the sold the manors in 7 7 At Horseheath , in Cam i n 1 24 3 . h , brid e shi re of manor T e above Sir Ralph de Grey g , are brasses to several the D e Argentines to , , Alli n ton s Knight was descended from him and succeeded the and g . l i n 1 465 24 o d. n a ll o n orth a i sle manor , being years O w f . i s n o Only the first brass w to be seen . — . i n f a d I I I Man armour , wi e , children , n shield . ma The figures are small , and all are kneeling . The n i n m is dressed complete ar our , and wears long hair . PELHAM (FURNEAUX) . The lady wears a plain dress , and has a pedimental

I n cha e l . two of p . head covering There are boys at the side the n — m man , and three girls with the woma , all plainly I . . Man , wife , and double canopy The ale figure . h on o f of attired T ere was formerly a scroll proceeding from is placed the left h and his wife instead , as the mouth of both the man and his wife , also three on . o f usual , the right side He wears the dress a on e shields , but only shield remains , bearing the arms civilia n ; his robe is trimmed with fur and fastened at n of Newport . The inscriptio is also gone , but is given the waist by a girdle, from which hangs a short sword Cha un c a n d by y his hair is short, he has a moustache and pointed ' N w l of h a rd Here lieth Robert e port Esq Founder this e ; , his shoes are pointed and his feet are resting h um to of Chapel and Mary his wife, whic Robert died the upo n a dog . The cost e seems be the reign of 1 7th of November Richard II . The lady is plainly dressed as a widow , The family of Newpor t was connected with those of and has a ring on on e of her fingers . The canopy is . on e De la Lee and others mentioned under No I , The partly gone , and is a double , enriched with crockets the 1 6 8 0 held Manor of Furneaux Pelham until about , and pinnacles . There was originally an inscription and when it was sold . They also were lords of the Manor of h . one daughter and four shields , all whic are missing of 1 6 40 . w Ba rloe Brent Pelham until about Ed ard Newport Haines says perhaps the figures represent John , 1 6 22 . 1 4 20 hi s 1 4 1 9 was sheriff of the county in Robert Newport who died , and wife Joan , who died , M . P . 1 40 1 1 4 1 3 ha un c was in and , and the Robert Newport in according to an inscription given by C y, but this . . a f of 1 4 9 6 No II I br ss was sherif Herts in , and , seems doubtful , as the lady is dressed as a widow . according to the inscription , founded the chapel in the Cussa n s states that the figures are habited in the F u r . f n church of rneaux Pelham , where he lies bu ied costume o Richard IL , and probably they represe t w ho 1 3 0 Sir John de la Lee , died 7 , and Johanna his . 1 w of of RADWELL ife , and gives a long account the pedigree the n or o n a of O f lo f e e . families Furneaux , D e la Lee , B arle Newport , Le ve n thor e lon in to — n p and others , all intermixed , and g g I Man , wife , children , and inscriptio of S a wbri d e for of ohn e n t lma n the parishes Furneaux Pelham , Albury , g Pray the Soules J B ele g y Anne w fe s w h che ohfi de ce sse d worth , and other places in the neighbourhood . and Agnes hys y , the y J X This John de l a Lee was Member of Parliament for in the yere of our lord God M V C And V I . of f 1 355 T he the county Hert ord in , and left a son , Walter , man is dressed as a civilian in a plain robe trimmed O . wi th fur and fur collar , he has large sleeves , and his REDB URN f on — hair is long . He has a wi e each side , both of I . Man , four sons , and inscription whom are dressed alike in every respect , each having a Pray f or the soulys of Rychard Feoc k and E lsa be th hys f m e pedimental head dress , fur cuf s , and orna ented long w fe s x ii de e y , which Rychard dyed y j day of c be r in wi fe An n e t o , ( ) girdles . Under the left hand are w ye yere W i ‘ small boys dressed alike , and beneath the second fe of on lord M CCCCCXI J on whose soulys Jhi i have . a me are the indents only of two girls m ercy .

Mr . John Bele may h ave been a connection of the of The feet the man are gone , and formerly there were B ll family of Bill or y , of Ashwell and Clothall , near r two figu es of his wife and daughters . The man is ’ Radwell a pedigree of which is given by Cussa n s. , dressed in a civilian s robes trimmed with fur , and his brass and that of the sons is on a stone in the south I L— of on Lady and inscription aisle the church , but the inscription is fixed the

chancel wall . There formerly was a brass of a peacock l e th of Elizabeth Parker wife of Here y the body on the sam e stone . eldest da vghte r John Parker gentleman , e e hi s the covn t e A John P c k and wife Maud are buried in of An thon i e Gage of Stowe in the y ’ of . . l ve d the f church St Michael s , St Albans , and have brasses of Cambridge E sqre . She y li e of there . A Stephen Peacock was Lord Mayor of London odl e trve t of the G y , and dyed (in the fay h Christ) 1 5 33 . . P d in Mrs Mary eacock , of Redbourn , who ied ri hte o s 26 th of a n v the de a e th of the g v, the day J i n 1 8 3 7 £ 10 0 of . th , bequeathed to the poor the parish arye 1 6 02 in the x x vii ye a re of he r age . Cussa n s states that the family of this name is one of r s B Lo d , lessed are they that die in the for the f e oldest of Hert ordshir families . they reste from there laboures and there n w a ll o ha n ce l O f c . 1 3 . W e rkes follow s them . Re ve la con 1 4 Cap ver I L— i n m Man ar our and three boys , woman and i n , The lady is dressed an elaborately brocaded costume T he three girls , and coat of arms . . figures are all with and ruff cap of the Elizabethan period . m kneeling . The man and wo an each kneel at a desk of of The m anor Radwell was the property Sir Henry the with a book thereon , and the boys kneel behind i n 1 54 1 f of 1 53 7 . Parker , who was Sherif Herts in b man , and the girls are ehind the lady . The man h as He left a son and heir named John , who married the on hi s a suit of armour , and helmet is placed on the above named Elizabeth Gage . There is a monument i n floor . The lady is dressed the costume of the time i n to John Parker , Knight , and his wife this ch urch , of . h Cussa n s Queen Elizabeth T ere is no inscription . i . 1 5 95 w th inscription He died in . Sir Henry a n gives engraving of the brasses , and Haines gives the Odse Parker is mentioned in the Hundred of y as pos 1 5 6 0 date as about , and says they represent Sir Richard 4 0 3 . i n 1 54 5 . sessing property worth p er year A John ussa n s Rede and his wife Anne . C also says that Sir a fre e holde r 1 56 1 . Parker was of Hitchin in on u 1 Richard Reade died J ly l th , and held the — manor of the Priory at Redbourn , and gave an annual I II . Man , wife , priest , and inscription of u payment to the poor Redbourn , sec red on about ten

2 £22 . Hic j a ce t Willms W he te a k e r e t Joha ha uxor e j acres of land worth per year e le ac T horfi s W he te a k e r Capellan ? fi li e ordm q A Nicholas Rede was rector o f Great Berkhamsted " ° i n 1 35 . quidmThoms obiit x x vj die de e e br A dhi 7 ° ° 2 n oor o south orch me cce lx x x x i mbz i ci e tur ? O l f p . j , quo pp de Amen . f — m I II . S all brass engraved with figures of eight The man is dressed as a civilian in a short garment , m . Cussa n s on girls , five of the kneeling says that the ca his hair is long , and he has a hood or n on his right same stone are the indents of a m an and wife and one shoulder , with a long scarf attached hanging to his m . 1 . son , and also a peacock , as No The date see s to be ci e re . knees ; h e also wears a gyp and a rosary His - o f the about 1 4 70 fro m the head dresses daughters , W ife is plainly dressed she has f ur cuff s and a horned which are large . The Peacock family (see No . I . ) of h . eaddress the period , with veil at the back B etween o f h were originally muc importance , and a descendant , th e figures is the brass of the son named Thomas 1 64 7 . Richard , lived here in \Vhe te a k e r i n , dressed eucharistic vestments , and , hold Channey does not mention any of these brasses . i n ing the chalice his hands , and o ver his head the

indent of a scroll . M W O 1 T homas W he te a ke r was rector of Radwell from 1 4 77 RI CK ANS RTH .

1 4 8 7. m W he te a k e r to Willia and Ellen h eld land in On f loor of n a ve . 1 5 4 Royston parish in 7 . A William Whittaker lived I — tw o a n d n r f . Man and his wives i sc iption under at Wat ord , and issued tokens as a mercer dated 1 6 6 8 . H e re lye th bvri e d vn de r this ston e . 1 . I L Cussa n s Channey mentions Nos and , Nos . I . A li ce

I L . . T he od of T h ma Da and , and Haines gives No II I as missing , but it b y o s y Joa e w re - e we d n was found hen the church was p , and an An d hi s tw o wife s A lic e J oa n e i n ‘ engraving is the Church Builder for January , ho ma s

1 8 76 . d vt S n These three no o b had faith in Christ their i es V . Inscription ? for to forgive Hi e Jacet Robtfi s White quondam prior i sti e An d they ca n tell that kne w them well y poore they loci qui obiit primo die Mensis Aprilis Anno ' re le i v ua rt did e . dri i Millesimo Qui n ge n te simo tricesimo q p, The man is represented as holdin g a staff with hi s

. a w a s box right hand and a book with his left , and wearing This plate in a in the vestry cupboard in “ . two 1 8 8 2 n of n ow cloak reaching to his knees The wives are , and Haines says a rubbi g the brass ( 1 5 34 dressed alike in the style of the period . The brasses lost) of Robt . White , prior , , is in the possession B of are much worn . of J . . Nichols , Esq . The last line the inscription Cuss a n s of off . gives an engraving the first wife , and says h as been cut that the figure of the second wife was stolen when the Inscription u 1 8 50 ha s fa re w e l fre n d s church was rebuilt abo t , and been reproduced ; Now my y all he o f w ho a b de the n o also gives a long pedigree the Day family , The tyde y man owned the estate of M i ckle fi e ld Green for nearly 20 0 I am de pte d hens and so ye shall years . Yn thys passage ye best song that I can Requie eternam now Jhu gra un te yt m e O That when I have e n dyd all myne a dve rsitie R YSTON . G ra un te m e yn P a ra dyse to have a ma si on On oor o n a ve . ” fl f m i on That shed thy blod for my re de pc . L— a of Ecclesiastic and cano py . The lower p rt t Haines says this pla e is loose , and the date is about n i n the figure and a portion of the ca opy , with the 1 50 0 that the same inscription , with slight variations , Cussa n s scription , are gone . gives th e inscription as orthle a ch 1 4 8 5 is found at N , Gloucestershire , about ; 1 74 7 under , as having been in existence in and that Weever states that the same occurs at B a ldock W llms T a be ra m hi c a a ? j acet sub m rm r strat a e in Herts and two or three other churches . C ssan D e Te rfi e ld quon da Rector Legista pba tus says that at on e time this brass was fixed under the S ca n de ra t hi c Aras Celov? Lumie Marci ” of the . ° tower church , but is now loose in the vestry An m . r . C C C C quart . se el M semel i bis e t x x te d Channey also gives the following The ecclesiastic is wearing a cape e ged with fur, and a Sub Lapide hoe re cuba t Leonardus hood and ac a demicals . H a mon dn s amandus T a be rha m of T he rfi e ld This William was rector , h h u Christe en ile tuum , dulce en ile s um 1 4 2 1 . near Royston , for a few years only , and died in did di e I n Peace live in Peace did , I L— tw o . of Man and wives The brass the first I n Peace doth live eternally . wife is missing . The m an is dressed as a civilian Leon ardus Ha mon dus qui Obiit d m , 2 . Do . in robes trimmed with fur and the la y wears an M aii 7 . An - angular head dress and has a long girdle . Nothing An Edward Hamond is mentioned in the parish of m to n of or hi s — re ains show the am e the m an wives , as 1 6 0 6 32 J Clothall in , and ohn Hamond was a free

0 . . the inscription is gone , but Haines (N III ) gives the of 1 56 1 . holder Pirton , near Hitchin , in

1 50 0 . d m . to V. . . ate as about Haines entions Nos . I , Channey Nos IV

On loor o cha n ce l V Cussa n s Nos. 1 . to . f f . and . , and IV — Across h . d I II , aving engraved upon it a blee ing heart and four bleeding wounds . Haines calls it a ” O . l the SAC MBE Latin cross brass , which is found on y in use in

l of the 1 5 the . ear y part th century , and gives date as I Inscription only 1 5 0 0 Cussa n s w a s Of of about , but says it probably placed your charite pray for the soule Eleanor Dod n ton over the tomb of an ecclesiastic during the 1 4 th or y g late 1 5 the w fe Dod n ton : th centuries . y of John y g Gent which eleanor de ce sse d On w a ll. — of of our od IV . Inscription the xix day November the yere lord g M VcXXX All ye that this Monument shall re d ra se G od f or p y ‘ ‘ our W ill a m who VI I on whose soule 1; all Cristian Soules I hri have Father y Chamber before his deper ” t ure by his last Will and Testament orde yn e d oon Ser mercy ' mon r l ? — ye e yto be p ched in this pishe churche of Roystc) I I . Inscription only on Roga con mun da ye by the Colle gyn e rs of Se yn t Here lieth buried the bodie of John D odington n Ca mbri e De te d of ovébe r of who Jeb s in g, who p the ii day N Sacome gentlem an deceased a faithfull ” of our vn th of Ja n va ri e i n the e a re of in the yere lorde God M CCCCCXLVI . Christian the daie y n ma n of n our 1 5 4 4 s William Chamber bei g a wealth and re own Lord God , and was husband to Elenor 1 54 n w i o n e d on in Royston had to pay towards a subsidy in 7, his D odi gton , hose grave is y here to his £ 6 6 ri hte whome se a ve n goods being valued at , and an Edward Chamber the g side , after he survived of of 2 m of e a re s had goods the value £ 0 . The na e James y and seven weekes and lefte alive at his Chamber is fou n d in a list of freeholders w ho lived at departure by her hi s on e li e wife three sonnes a n d

Hitchin in the year 1 56 1 . six daughters . Cygn e a qui terris modulati carmina mortis Symon Pratt was lord of the manor of Hide Hall in ’ ” m us ca n un t 1 5 24 . Dulce polo vita nunc elos q . 1 1 No trace n ow remains to show who John and Eleanor Haines and Channey only mention No . I . No . . Dod n ton l n ow y g were , but in all probability they ived at is in the church , having been found at the rectory the mansion in Sacombe Park in the parish , and the a few years ago . family were dispersed after the death of the father 1 in 5 44 . SAWBRID GEWORTH . Channey a n d Cussa n s also m ention these two i n scrip On loor o a i sle . mit f f e te d . tions , but they are by Haines The brass plates — I . w on of Large figures of a man and his ife , and two are fixed the riser the sacrarium steps , and iron hot shields . The inscription is lost , but Channey gives it water pipes are placed in front of them , which prevent r as the insc iptions being easily deciphered . r Hi e j acent Johannes Le ve n tho pe arm . qui Obiit 27 mensis M a n 1 4 33 Katharina uxor e j us SAN DON . qui obiit 5 die October 1 4 3 1 quorum

On oor n e a r ul i t. fl p p e The figures are life size . The man is in a compl te

. ur i of I Man in armo and w fe , four shields , six suit armour , with a dog at his feet ; the lady wears daughters , and inscription a kirtle and mantle , and has beneath her coverchief a a ce t ohe s G e ff re E t E lz a be th ’ Hic j J Fitz y Armiger widow s plaited coif , and a small dog is lying at her ’ ui dm ohe s m of Uxor eins qui q J Obiit tercio die mensis feet . C hanney entions the year the lady s death °

u n dhi 6 CCCC LXXX . E t 1 4 3 1 . 1 43 A gusti A no milli que as , but in the Harleian MS S it is given as 7, uidmE lz a be th q obiit die mensis which is probably correct if she was left a wido w . ° Anno dhi milli6 C C C C quor ? fi bus ppi ci e tur Channey also says that John Le ve n thorpe was on e of ” de n s a mé . the executors of the last will and testament of King on of The man is in full armour , with his h elmet under his Henry V . and the two shields remaining the five

of . ri i n a ll la ce d on head , and his sword hangs diagonally in front him His which were o g y p the stone are the arms

on . feet are resting a bull The lady is shown with very of Henry V . and VI . - thor e Shi n e small arms and waist , and wears a large head dress and John Le ve n p lived at gy Hall , near Saw

he r . of brid e worth veil , and has a very small dog at feet The date g , and was member of Parliament for

n ot i n the 1 4 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 422 . her death has been inserted inscription , Hertfordshire in , , and He came

he r . n thor e of showing that she survived husband The figures from Le ve p Hall , in the West Riding York h i n 1 392 d of three sons are gone , but Clutterbuck gives their s ire , , and married Katharine , aughter and n T w che t ames as heiress of y , and had two sons , Thomas Le ve n thor e s John , William , Thomas . and John , and one daughter , Anne . The p of The figures six daughters remain , with their names seem to have been a noted family for several genera n inscribed u der tions , and there are various brasses in this church

E li sa be th E li e n r a n e M a r a re tt. Le ve n thor e w a s o t . Agnes , Elisabeth , , , J , g commemora ing them A Robert p

of d . 1 4 25 Two these aughters bear the same Christian name member of Parliament for Herts in , and a Sir

The four shields have all engraved upon them a bull Thomas also in 1 4 6 7 . The name became extinct ’ similar to the one at the knight s feet . about 1 6 9 0 . This John Fitz - Geoffrey was grandfather to a Boutell ha s an en gravin g of these fine brasses and ’ - ff Francis Fitz Geo rey , who held a manor in Sandon the two shields , and they are also shown in Waller s “ ” 1 54 9 . h and sold it in , and was descended from a Bedford Monumental Brasses Boutell says that Sir Jo n - ff of or e shire family . A Thomas Fitz Geo rey was rector de Le ve n th p was a highly trusted servant to the

n 1 35 1 1 3 8 . Walli gton from to 7 when he resigned House of Lancaster , and held various offices under ’ for The Pa rki n s s O . w following extract is from rigines Kings Henry IV . V and VI hich accounts the ” - Ro ston i a n ae G e fi e r of n on . y John Fitz y, Lord Berk royal arms bei g placed the shields of G e ff e r h ampstead in Hertfordshire , was son y Fitz — M a n tw o I I . , wives , and inscription of the of n 1 1 6 5 l n e e t a n Piers , Earl Essex in reign Ki g John , Hi e j a ce t G a lfridus J os y katerina ac Joh a 1 2 1 6 of , who married Beatrix , daughter William D e G e ff n v ° ° ° , e r M a a ile XX Say descended from y de g , l st Earl Obiit xx die men sis Ja n ua ri i anno dn i M CCCCL of w ho 1 1 44 Roi si a ? Essex , died , and married , daughter ( n or of Roi si a ‘ All . de Vere . This is supposed by some to in on ” The an is dressed as a civilian , and has a wife . of have been th e origin of Royston either side of him . Both these ladies are dressed ” Cussa n s ha s n of “ - an e graving this brass , which is in ha s alike , and each a butterfly head dress ; their

. w f . i n scri very good condition dresses are trimmed with fur, ith cuf s The p

On oor o a isle . fl f . tion is partly broken n ow . sl n e s I I Inscription The Jo y (or , as the name is spelt , ? for sovl “ Of yo charite pray the e s of Symon d Jocelyn lived at Hide Hall and held the manor , Pratt and Jon e his w yf e w yth all ther ? and are descended from a Thomas Jocelyn of the time I I I e the childer soyles and all cristen . Amen of H enry an d from then to the pres nt time 3 6

i n . I n on manor has remained the family the church is having three crescents each side , and her head e fi i e s of n oe e l n is an altar tomb with the g Joh J y and dress is angular . She also wearing a necklace , with ” f 1 525 n a n i n m a n d his wi e Philippa , , and Cha ney gives orna ent , a long girdle , and has a dog at her scription i n brass feet . T he shields bear the arms of Le ve n thorpe and a dulfi oce li n a h Orate pro Anima R J quondam Militi also some crescents . Haines says that t ese brasses

v . hi s M a ora tus n t 25 Oct. m Le e n thor d i n 1 5 2 and j Civitatis Londo qui Obii represent Tho as p, Esq , who ied 7 ,

1 4 8 . 7 . and his wife Joan , daughter of George Dallison , Esq , c of of of T hi rb o w . . . This Ralph J elin was Knight the Bath at the and wido Alex St John , y, Beds u n h w n n m coronation of Q ee Elizabet , and was t ice Lord Cha ey o its to mention these brasses , but gives the osse l n e ve n thor e of . i n of L Mayor London A Philip J y was instituted as names a pedigree the p family , a nd

of on 22n d . 1 4 8 h f rector Sawbridgeworth Dec , 7, and was says that this Thomas was S erif of Herts and Essex

f Roothi n s i n 14 26 . of after w ards rector o High g. Several other He was lord the manor and lived at

m i n Shi n e m Nos 1 . memorials to the Jocelyn fa ily are the church , some gy Hall , and was descended fro . and III .

of . h w h of which are recent date He had three c ildren , John , Ed ard , and T omas . — I NK of tw o , on e — Shield arms and plates with twelve V. Man and wife and inscription

. Cussa n s boys and the other with six girls says there Here lye th bvri e d Edward Le ve n thorp E sqvi re who ? are sixteen boys , but only twelve remain , and they died in De ce mb oe e l n m . 1 55 1 Le ve n thor appear to belong to the Ralph J y na ed above . (being ye eldest sonne of Thomas p Haines does not notice them . E sqvi re and Eliza e At Aspe de n is an inscription to Robert Cliff ord and da vhte r of Ba rle e of Aldbvr “ ” beth his wife y g y of Sir his wife , D ame Elizabeth , late wife Ralph Esquire .

Kt. 1 5 Joceline , , who died The i re eldest sofi e was also Edward who married n oor o tow e r O fl f . Mary Parker the se da vhte r of S r - cond g Harry Parker Knight ye eldest III . Man and wife, two shields , and inscription 1i h . E u a ce t hi e utre do e t ? so e of Harry Lo . Mor e j pulvis , p vermis esca of ? The man is bareheaded , and is in a suit armour . Est Famulus mortis , nam vita j am caret ista f ha s . Hi e n e e re luce t? His wi e wears a ruff , and a long peaked stomacher nil scit , nil habet , virtus inde he r d vili us f ? reaching to her waist ress is distended by a large Cerne luto , horror , terror , etor orbis of ? farthingale , and is brocaded with patterns leaves , Oppobri um cun cti s ac est a bj e e ci o ple bi s ” 2 flowers and fruits , with insects flying about them . Hic Frater a spi ce te spira suff ra gi a p me Haines says the man i n armour was the eldest son o f Channey adds the following z 1 5 5 1 Le ve n thor e No . IV . , and although he died in , the plate was Hic j acent Johannes p arm . qui obiit 1 60 0 hi m ultima die Mensis Maii 1 4 8 4 Johanna uxor not engraved until about . Channey calls the second son . e j us qui obiit 29 Aug. The Barley family were residents i n the neighbour The man and woman are pourtrayed as envelop e d i n of hood , and are found at Wyddial and also at Kimpton . , d shrouds each them hol ing in their hands a heart f o f e w . hi i M é The village Albury is a miles distant inscribed with the words J y, or Mercy ” Jhu . i n scri — , which have been scored through The p VL Lady and inscription n &c e tion recordi g their names , . , is gone , and the six Here lye th bvrie d Mary y wi fe of Edward Le ve n thorp i f of l nes o Latin are placed in another part the church E sqvi re who died at Rome in Avgvst 1 56 6 and is

m . away fro the figures The shields are described by there a o Cussa n s — as being one France modern , quartering cordi n ge to his degree decently interred this Mary was ” e England , and the other France ancient , quartering y second da vghte r of S r Henry Parker Knight eldest . he i re e England sonne and appar nt to Harry Lord Morley , this This John Le ve n thorpe was eldest son of John Edward Le ve n thor e e fli bra ss be fore p (whose gy is in , mentioned , Mary had i ssve to the i re eldest sonne John . , of n hor No L ) and married Joan , a daughter Le ve t p. of Barrington , Barrington Hall , Essex . He also lived The lady is dressed in the costume of ladies of rank of Shi n e ha d n of at gy Hall, and possessio the manor . n the time of Quee Elizabeth . She is wearing a very on e . He left son named Thomas He seems , like his ff n - large ru rou d the neck , and has a long bodied ofli ce father , to have held some under his Sovereign , stomacher , peaked at the waist, and a richly embroidered i n n and was his favour and confidence , as show by his floun ce t skirt ; the dress has a at the wais , and the adopting the royal arms . The lady seems to have died f sleeves have plain cufi s ; the skirt is distended by a i n 1 4 4 8 - , thirty six years before her husband , according t far hingale , and the neck and arms are adorned with a Cha un c Cussa n s to y and Haines, but gives the date as w . necklace , pendant j e el , and bracelets Haines gives 1 4 8 8 . the above description and an engravi ng of part of the On oor o a i sle s fl f . 1 60 0 figure , and says the plate was engraved about . — A . . s u 1 5 6 6 IV lady and three shields The bra s of her C hanney says the lady died in Aug st , , but this on e , husband and shield is gone and the inscription is date seems doubtful , as her husband died at that time . '

. Le ve n thor . of also lost The lady is wearing an heraldic mantle , This Edward p, Esq was son Edward 3 7

ve s a n Le ve n thor e . . , i p , Esq (No and travelled to Rome Channey g ' inscription which he says is pre w ho W h . on e son where e died He left , John , was a served by eever , but the figures are gone - Hi e fi li us j ustice of the peace and a deputy lieutenant of the j acent Johannes ar . h aeres J oha n n is county of Hertford . He was knighted by James L , Channe 25 f 1 6 0 3 . 1 6 . : fi llii hae re dis W illi e lmi M ili i and was sheri f in He died in and was arm Channey t s, m T e dn a mbur buried in this church . The anor of y, quondam Ba ro i k r e te . n s S e n be ck i n . near Sawbridgeworth , was gran d by Henry VIII de p Com Ebor . Anna uxor to a w e us fi li a rum Le ve n thor e Henry P rker , Lord Morley , hose descendant , j una Johannis p , arm ,

- Lord M M i n 1 6 59 . ii a ii 1 4 9 Thomas , orley and onteagle , sold it Qui quidem Johannes , ob t 7 M 7 Anna 2 De ce mb 1 4 — . 77. Quorum Animab a s VII T wo shields and i n scription In the Harl . M S S . is sh own the figure of a man in Of your charite pray for the souls of W illm a shroud , holding on his breast a heart with the i n ’ ” ” on Jhi i m . Channey , whose soule have ercy Jhu scription misericordia , with the arms o f Channey All the words except the first and the names have been and inscription under

l . l e th a a of h scored through , but they can be easi y read The two Here y Thom s Ch nney Vicar t is shields are both bearing the arms of Channey a cross Church who de parted hi s li fe the 5 of Feb ° ma n a 1 4 25 fle ur on f . e fii of e y, a chie a lion p assant The gy a on wh ose soule God have mercy , Am n .

. w was once fixed on the stone , but has been lost The In Ardeley Church is a stained glass windo to the ” of H inscription is given by C hanney as under memory enry Carter Snell Channey , who died

1 8 6 8 . of Of your charite in He was the eldest son the Rev . Charles

. u Sey a Pa te r Nostre and an Ave Channey , of St Pa ls Walden , and a lineal descendant of For the Sowl of William Chaunce Sir Henry Channey , Knight , the historian , and the ” of . n , . O whose Sowl Jesu have mercy . last the name C harles Snell Channey Esq , died a t O 9 th 1 8 6 6 Dane End on ctober , , and is buried in P ishi obur The Channey family lived at y, and held Little Munden Church . 1 4 0 0 . de Cha un c “ the m anor from about A William y — a VI I I . Haines s ys a shield and another lately 1 34 3 i died in , and most likely th e above nscription t lost is all tha is left of the brass of Joh n Channey , hi m. ” refers to From him descended Sir Henry Channey , . 1 5 4 6 Esq , , and wives Elizabeth and Katherine . ha s the historian of Hertfordshire, who inserted a Channey gives a long inscription to their memory . d of the n pe igree family in his book , comme cing with 1 0 6 6 w ho m In the Harl . MS S . are also given the following a Channey de Channey , , came fro Amiens , inscriptions o n brasses in this church which are not n ow in France , with William the Conqueror . Sir Henry to be found , and may have been buried when the church lived at Ardeley Bury . There was originally a shield belonging to th e above showing a heart between two was restored Hi e a c e t Johi s Le ve n thor Ar mi e ri s two a ll j Agnes soror p g hands and feet in base , pierced and bleeding , ° De e e mb a 1 4 4 4 of qui obiit primo die cuj us anima representing the five wounds our Saviour , but this o pr picie tur Deus . Amen . is lost . There are several members of the Channey d This seems to have been a sister of the first Sir John family buried in Sawbri geworth Church , and there vn thor e Le e p . 3. Cha un c w ho . 5 th was Thomas y vicar there , died Feb , o ohi s Le ve n hor Hi e j a ce t Isabella nup . ux r J t p de 1 4 25 . of Joseph de Channey , prior the Hospital of ’ S a brid e wor th m . m w - g in com Hartford Ar ig quonda St . John s of Jerusalem , gave a d elling house in mi a Ro bti co t tu . 1 28 0 of uxor Southwell de eadem Ar , with land , to th e Vicar Standon . A John e t fi li a J ohi s B W ili n ton i n L Channey married a daughter of the first Sir John oys de g com incoln , a a di e Le ve n thor e 2 n d 1 4 Armigeri qu e qu edam Isabella obiit xx p , and died D ecember , 77 . Charles i ci tur ii 14 8 1 ro e . . Jul . Cuj us anima p p Deus Amen of 1 6 27 . of C hanney was vicar Ware in Several the m l r e i n A Sir Richard Southwell held the anor of Widford family lived at Arde ey Bury , and are bu i d Ardeley 4 4 E s . in 1 5 , and South well , q, was member C hurch , in which th ere are several monuments to their h o f i n 5 o f Parliament for the boroug Hertford 1 5 7 . memory ; they held the m anor until 1 72 1 . A John w R Cha un c of Sir Robert South ell , Master of the olls , is mentioned y was a benefactor to the parish Ardeley , and lV ddi a l. 1 6 9 1 on a brass at y Ann Channey in gave a communion plate to that ’ - S t. In Great Helen s church , Bishopsgate street , church . Henry Channey also gave a house and land Le e n thor E s . 1 5 1 0 . Lon don , the use , is a brass to John p q, for of the poor th ere . Joh n Channey was to w n H b ma n i n r k o f 1 6 6 3 of aines mentions a rass of a a mour , about cler Hertford in , and one the same name 1 4 8 0 m w d w 1 6 8 0 , said to be fro Sa bri ge orth , at Goodrich lived in that borough in , and was alderman and Court, Herefordshire . . j ustice of the peace Sir Henry Channey , the historian , t d a n d was educated at Bishop S ortfor , called to the bar 1 6 56 I n 1 6 8 0 in . he was appointed the first recorder of o t the b rough of H er ford , and was knigh ted by — . 1 6 8 1 . 1 6 84 Charles I I in He was made a j udge in , I Inscription

2 1 1 9 . e and died at Ardeley on May l st, 7 He published Yuder this marble stone h re lyes n 1 0 i e we ll his history of the cou ty in 7 0 . A of rich prise n v sda n e t o a t re di . fi of in the worlds y head , and his fingers are bent The ef gy his wife t vt v a a i n e of but e showd p it p g is gone , and also those his sons , six daught rs l e th da vhte r of n Here y Eliz abeth g remain . A marginal inscription o the stone is partly Ralph Al waye w ha dyed the x i x th gone ° ‘ daye of l a n va rye a n Dhi 1 6 1 8 6 6 [Ra ufi ll owla tt] Mcha un t of the Staple ss d being of 6 yeres and vardes . at Calais and Jane his w yfe whi che Ra uff de ce e Allwa the of of Haines mentions a brass to M r . Ralph y, of day in the yer 1 62 1 f our M Vc Canons , , and his wife Dorothy , with our lord God and the h l daughters , Mary , Anne, Dorothy , and Elizabeth . T is Boutel has an engraving of the man , and says He ' n o f H i n of is also noticed by Channey , and give by Clutterbuck was late olywell House , St . Albans , and 1 55 0 in his history of the county . C hanney says that Mr . Sandridge , and gives the date about . Haines “ ” m 1 5 19 . Ralph Alway was a zealous and religious gentle an . gives C hanney does not mention the brass , but of or f He held the manor Holmes . Canons , in succession gives an epitaph to a Margery Rowlet , wi e to Joh n

Alwe t of R ow la tt. to a John y, who was probably his fa her , who Maynard and sister Ralph Ralph Rowlett 1 54 4 G orha mbur purchased the same manor in . was lord of the manor of y, and sold it to n of Sir Nicholas B aco . He was member Parliament 1 4 for Hertfordshire in 5 7 . He was a lineal ancestor of of Sarah , Duchess of Marlborough , and the estates I — G orha mbury a hi m . Inscription and S ndridge were granted to by

I mon a ste r of . l e th of G e n t lma Henry VI I . at the dissolution of the y St Here y the body George Nodes y ’ Hob s Sa r e a n te A lbans . I n Sir Phili p y diary is m entioned , g “ e a 2 8 th boe k e houn de s I I I tll Mond y , the June th e marriage was of y to Kyng Henry the V , e Edw ard y VI th made and solemni zed between m e and Elizabeth Cooke . An thon e Queue Mary and to Queue E lyz a be th which dyed dauge hter to Sr y Cooke , Knigo h t . The sam e d i ’ the x vij ay was also her s ster Margaret , the Queue s maide , ° ma ri e d R R w ho Shortli e t of a h 1 5 64 w ff d to Sr alph owlet , Knight , af er daye May and Margaret his y yed ” t An the depar ed out of this lief . inscription in the school ° b daye of a h 1 5 states that Sir Ralph Rowlett was a enefactor to that I L— Inscription establishment . e — of of Here under lye th the b e dye of Margaret Noode s y I I . Lower portion the figure an abbot in f u p w e robes , with pastoral staff, surro nded by a cano y with of Gorge Noode s late of Shephall berry Sa rgya un t inscription under and with ornaments at th e sides . e of The upper part of the figure and the canopy have di s Bucke H oun de s unto Kin ge Henry Kinge Ed ward appeared - v - - - - - Que n e Meus vi it e t i a novissimo di e rus sum .

u de ce a sse Hie te i tur . Mary Q eue Elizabeth , which Margaret d quidam terra g , peccati solvens debitum h ‘ the viii Cui nomen n on i mpon i tur in libro vite sit cé scriptri .

s of our o This is supposed to represent John de la Moote , who was daye of January in the year Lord G d. 1 58 2 . - fi rst 1 39 6 - 1 4 0 0 The family of Nodes possessed the manor of Shephall thirty Abbot , from , and held various ofli ce s the of in monastery , and while he was cellarer he and lived at Shephall B ury . The first the lords of w a s i n th e manor of this name was the above named George put the pillory at Luton market by Philip de

of hi m or . Limbury , who did not approve his religion Nodes , and it descended through several generations of i 1 8 3 8 On the reverse of this brass is the lower part of a the family unt l , when it was sold . George Nodes female figu re with a dog at her fee t with collar and & c . was master of the buckhounds , , as stated in the to on n bells , which , according Boutell and Haines was inscription , and his brass is e graved the name of r a n engraved befo e that of the Abbott . Boutell gives & c . his wife , , but she also has a separate plate , and her of of 1 n n to engraving both sides the brass , which is loose ame is differently spelt the former on e . Elizabeth of i n 1 730 1 3 of the abbey , near that Abbott de la Mare, and Nodes , and John Nodes in 7 7, both on n Channey mentions the inscription only as being a Shephall Bury , left by will be efactions for the poor i t e tombstone n h church . of . the parish The church contains several monuments ’ to Abbot John de la Moote built the abbot s house at and inscriptions to the family, which seems have been Ti tte n ha n e r 1 4 0 0 of a g , and died in , and was buried in the some import nce in the county . At Biddenham , in “ Chapter House of the abbey . Bedfordshire , is a brass to Helen daughter of Geo . of W m Nodes of Shephall Esq . and wife . Boteler Esq . M a n I II . and woman and inscription under to This William Boteler was related the Hic j a ce t Thomas Fa yre ma n Bote le rs of ’ Woodhall , Watton . e 1 Ux . qui obiit p mo die mensis

M CCCCXI .

. T H E BB E Y ST ALBANS ( A . ) These brasses are very much worn , and the inscription L — Man dressed in a long robe trimmed with fur is broken and defaced . The man wears an anelace on with large sleeves , his hair is cut straight his fore suspended from his waist, and both figures are dressed

4 0

- 1 4 0 of . X X u n 1 milli mo ua dra i n 7 , and has an engraving the figure From the die mensis Aug sti Anno d q g " te ssimo vi ce ssi mo ai e i n dul e a t Alti ssi rii . mouth proceeds a scroll engraved with the words primo cui . g ” - Cor u . Rutlon d the mund m crea in m e Deus This Thomas was sub prior of Monastery , Be a un e r d 1 5 2 1 f The inscription under states that Robert held and die in . Round the ledge o the stone were various offices in the monastery during more than forty formerly the words years in con spe ctu tuo e g1 1 de de re cor ma j e sta te m ’ ‘ p Hi rn e j a ce t Frater Robe rtus Be a un e r qud . hui tuum ut tu Deus ’ M on a ste ri M on a chus dra i n ta - A qui q g sex annis . j XIV scroll , which was originally inscribed con ti n ui s vltra mi n i stra ba t in di vsis ofii cij s ' [S alva Redemptor plasma tuum] nobile ma i oribus mi n orbz o mon a ste n scri ti " ’ c vent ] p p Sign a tfi Se c) i ’ vult tu lumine vi de li z . ofiit cii s Ve rcii e o ua ri Re ff e ctora ri In p oris q j j [Ne e la ce ra ri sinas fraud ] e dae mon um ‘ ’ ' Sc I n r ’ ” ffi rma ri E t offi ci s subre fl e ctora i s e rii e x solvi sti fi a j in j j p pae . ’ ’ ' Propter quos mort o t a 1 ffun d c ven Pro cui a Fratres carissimi e p ces m for ' The words in brackets are issing , but the scroll di n e mi n i i n di e e m a lti ssi mfi i isimfi dmi 11 g ad p ih d h of i 1 3 ’ ’ merly belonge to t e figure a monk (wh ch also

ri stu . vt con ce da t e cca tor . e sibi suor veniam p amen lost) kneeling at the foot of a cross by which stood the — . of . X Half length figure a monk The brass is Virgin and St . Joh n .

, g — A w fi of loose and the remainin portion is gone Haines says . XV t isted scroll above a lost ef gy a priest , the date is about 1 4 70 . There was formerly a label with inscription f ° ’ from the mouth o the figure inscribed Te rogam te la udmn m at iha x pi

tua a d u va ba t . Misericordia , domine j me Ut intendas defendas nos a vere tristi . An ti ua 1 i e s 1 8 1 3 The account of the Society of q for V - X I . “ Inscription gives on page 1 0 : On a stone for a n abbot a brass ' ” pray for the Soules of W i llrn Stroder Margaret . figure and inscription , which are both gone hi s w f w hi c e m de ce sse d y , h argaret the xxv day of sa : oi - Ricard I ici den de alme merci our mvx vn on Marche , the yer of lord god , whose tus k e par ici passis pater e t ave pur ' ” soules j hfi have me y. lalme pries e tous e ffi i e s of ma n The g the and his wife are missing . ur : k . p . lalme unt tous - XVI I . Inscription (loose) — Orate pro an henrici G rymba lde c a pe lla n i XI . h . Kni ht in armour, with elmet at his head ’ g Octo br dm i of ui o biit primo die mensis A nno The inscript on is missing, but a portion it was as O O c M V XXI I a l e ro i ci e tur . under Cuius p p deus amen — k n yght son a n d beire to Edmond erle of Kent XVI I I . Inscription (loose) ’ d the fourth hole suster to our sovra i n e Pray for M a w de H a rrye s which lye th in this grave Lady the De syre God ha rte li e her sowle for to save of 1 4 8 0 W hi che a ua yere our Lorde A , and of the kyng deceased the xv d ye of Febr rie l e . n h i m k e ; on whose soule G od ha ve me rcy Amen . O whose sowle Amygt god have cye . “ e of the B out ll has an engraving this brass , and says Anno domini Millesimo C CC C C knight wears the Yorkist collar of suns and roses . He Tricesimo Septimo .

of G 1 i of . was brother to John Lord Grey oby , the first A Thomas Harris was living n the borough St h 1 6 04 . usband of Elizabeth Woodville , afterwards Queen of Albans , t — England , and with his brother fell at the ba tle of XIX . Inscription (loose) ’ S t Bernard s Heath near Albans , which was fought Ecce sacerdos eram iam factus vile cadaver .

1 7 Fe b . 1 4 8 0 . h y , T is knight was Sir Anthony de E t cito pulvis e ri t queso m emento mei d d of R uth n ‘ Grey , el est son of E mund Lord Grey , y ; Si ste grad i i qui me tetris hic funde pre ca t M n , e ut hi c otum. his mother was Catherine , daughter of Henry Percy deus levet , ducat ad usque p hi s Ri ° ° Earl of North umberland , and father was created ca rdus Stondon ob11 t die An MV ’ I V. , a Earl of Kent by Edward He married Joan This br ss was probably laid in the m onk s lifetime , of h W vl or W ’ de il e , hi s a d daughter Ric ard y , oodville Earl and on bre st were the wor s Jesu Christ , Mary s ” u o f . H me r , , c of . Rivers and sister to Elizabeth , Q een Edward IV son , ave y on the soul Richard Stondon hi s and to Anne , wife of next brother , George de Grey , — XX . Inscription t second earl of Kent . Sir Anthony died wi hout issue o ” Here ly th Agnes Skelton the youngest daughter of hi s during the lifetime of father . There were Robert Skelt o n by Joa n his wife deceased the x 11th h l originally four s ie ds placed round this brass , but only M da y of aye 1 11 the ye a re of our Lord Christ 1 6 0 4 . 1 e ma i n s t one now , which bears the arms of Grey wi h Rober t Skelton 1 s mentioned as being an inhabitant oth ers . f i n o of . i n 1 5 9 1 the borough St Albans , and as mayor — m e KI I . A a n . dress d as a civilian This brass is 1 6 1 1 a n d 1 6 2 1 .

u 1 4 6 5 . . . loose , and Haines (No VI I ) gives the date abo t Ha ines mentions all the above except Nos . XIX . and

- K . t . . . . V . I I I Figure o f a monk , wi h inscription (loose) XX Channey notices only Nos I I , IV , , and

l a m u . I . . V. Rut on d . . . Memoriale domini Th ome quond IX , and Bo tell describes Nos , I I , I V , , IX ,

X. . a hui mon a ste rii ha e mi ra vi t ...... Sup ris , qui ex luce g and XI Nos I I , VI , VI II , , XII , XVI , 4 1

X . X XI X. . of VII , VII I and XX are all loose , and are a man dressed as a civilian . The cross is partly i n of placed the chapel Abbot Wheathampstead near destroyed , and Haines gives the date as about 1 400 . ’ of . Cha un c G e n tle ma n s M a a z i n e for i 1 8 1 2 the brass Abbot Delamere y notices other The g Apr l , , contains a

n ow , of inscriptions which are not visible and Haines description and an engraving this cross and figure . “ says that there was formerly a brass cross with a On loor o f f n a ve . of i s head at the centre , an engraving which in ~— . ‘ ’ l ’ IV Inscription O d . 1 0 8 6 &c . Knight s England , fig , , and there was ' lye the W fi n Here Henry Gape and Florens his y a other which had only a head with inscription also W h ‘ o owte of this world cha yn e ge d his ly fi e in the choir of the abbey is a large slab with a n in dent In the mon e the of September the se ve n t day of of a foreign brass , probably Michael de Mentmore, The yere of sa lva cyon 1 558 the truthe to say t - 1 34 9 h wenty ninth abbot , who died in and t at there sowll w sshe ” Whos we y as love dothe hynde . is a chantry altar which had brasses at the side . ” H f n de In eaven withe Chryste a place to y . There are very many stones in the abbey which show Cussa n s says that the family of Gape have lived at by the remaining indents that they once contained . for 3 0 0 1 552 2 0 St Albans more than years , and in the brasses , and Haines says that these slabs number 7 . above Henry Gape was on e of the principal inhabitants . . 9 0 6 4 . 1 22a I n Add M S B ritish Museum , p , is a of t on e of the own , as his descendants is at the present of the of 1 50 0 sketch brass a civilian and wife , about , time . which was formerly in the north aisle , but is now lost . Haines mentions all the four brasses in this church , ’

S r . I CH E L S . . I I I . M A and says that Nos I . and are under pews , No . I I .

. . che st a l in the vestry , and No IV in the church ; but in On floor of ch pe . 1 8 8 2 on h they were all to be found the floor in various I Man and woman , s ield , and inscription of . Cussa n s I . parts the building gives Nos . , I I . , John Feoc k Maud sa femme gis a nt . a nd the a n and IV , Channey same , d adds another Ye i ci t a me . dieu de lour almes merci to ma inscription Richard Wolven , which y perhaps be The figur e of the man is shown a little taller than his covered over . of . wife , and he is wearing the costume a merchant ’ Sr . PE T E R s. The lady wears a handkerchief falling over her — I . . shoulders , and short sleeves with buttoned wristbands . Man and wife and children The inscription is a 1 3 0 On e , H ines gives the date about 8 . shield is miss gone but Channey gives it as under , being in existence on e when he wrote his history ing , but the that remains is quartered with the n a e t . arms of Feock a d Weyland . Memori e virtutis Sacrum P e cok of . John , Redbourne , was connected with the Here lies Roger Pemberton Esq sometime High of of . i n 1 2 6 , manor Windridge , St Albans , 7 , and married Sheriff this County who by his last will ordained of W m Six Alms Houses to be built near this Church for a daughter John de eyland , and fro them descended the man who with his wife is represented by six poor widows and hath given out of his M a n n or n of n of £ 30 these brasses . Lord Verulam ow holds the above Shelto in the County Bedford per T o m of annum for ever for their m aintenance . whose anor , and the late Countess Verulam was ‘ the of who pious memory Elizabeth his loving wife and Ralph descended from family Weyland , held it h fu son of 5 0 0 years ago . Stephen Peacock was Lord Mayor Pemberton t eir duti l Mayor this Town d n Executors of his last will have dedicated this of Lon o , and attended at the coronation of Queen 1 5 34 . Anne Boleyn in . Remembrance He lived well and departed this 1 3 . of 1 6 27 72 . of hi s On loor o n a ve un de r ha n r li fe the November the year f f c ce l a c/1 . of — age . Here now his Body rests in expectation a . A h I I man in armour with dog at his feet . T e j oyful Resurrection .

1 3 8 0 . inscription is lost , but Haines gives the date as i n of ff hi s The man is habited the robes a sheri , and t of the Bou ell has an engraving knight, and says about wife wears the costume of the period . The inscription 1 5 s 3 8 . The bra s is very much like that in Great tells us what he did for posterity , and Channey says he 1 3 95 a n d ssa n s Berkhampstead Church to John Raven , , Cu ff 1 6 20 . was sh eri in His father , Lewis Pemberton , th says that e only inscription applicable to it is on e 1 6 1 5 f was sheriff in , as was also his grand ather in the quoted by Cha un cy same year , but died during the year he held the office . i e a ce t or a mus H j Thomas Wolvey ( Wolven) L to in The name of the grandfather was Sir Francis Pember n e c Pri n c i is arte non Armiger illustrissimi p Ricardi of the ton , Pemberton , in county of Lancaster, belong se cun di ua n da m An li a ob11 t ’ q g , . Regis qui an Dom ing to an ancient famil The childrens e fii gi e s are 1 4 30 Thomas M a rt ri s in vigilia Sancti y . Cuj us on ” a separate plate , an there are three sons dressed a n i mae ro i ti e tur . p p Deus Amen on e of n alike and three daughters , whom is clad in gow : Channey also says I t seems by this inscription that and ruffle and wears a hat ; the daughter standing next of this man was the master mason or surveyor the - of he r ’ is bare headed , and has the collar cloak open , to ’ King s stone works, as also Esquire the King s of f ” showing the bare neck , and in front her, at her eet , person . of on h re re is the figure a small sister lying a couc , p On loor o se a t/1 a i sle f f . — senting her as having died young . An inscription at . A fi ori a te d l II I cross , containing a smal figure the top 4 2

Filii di cti Roge ri Fili ae dioti Roge ri Which W illiam as her hit doth appet e t E li z a be thae e t E liz a be thae The ninth da of March past this present lytf ” s b . . . . On Thow sa n fowr Hun dr d R p , Robt . John Eliz Eliz Tecla and six yer y '

on of Of re se rva t fi . It will be seen that the brass the children Crist, whos grase be ther p y of two ma “ appear the names Elizabeths , which y lead Channey also says : This Church and Churchyard was l ho us to suppose that the chi d w died young bore this filled with the bodies of those that were slain i n the m to , v two u name and that the same na e was gi en the Battles fo ght in this Town , among whom Sir 1 2 ’ who . 88 E n tw se l n on of daughter is standing over her I n these Bertin y , fighti g the King s part , died a of , brasses were loose in the vestry the church and wound received in the first B attle , upon whose Tomb o on t , were found be very much worn and the back this inscription , inlaid in Brass , is yet to be read of of i , l h E n the brass the ch ldren is another inscription Here ye t Sir Bertin twyse l Kt . which was born

1 00 . showing that it had done duty years previously in Lancashire and was Vi coun t and Baron of Brykle k e to This inscription is nearly illegible , and is the i n Normandy and Bailiff of Constantine w ho died of 1 5 1 5 who f memory John Ball , brickmaker , , le t the 28 of May 1 4 55 on whose soul Jesus have 1 0 8 r for a n for f . yea ly obit himself, his wi e Elizabeth , mere “ J Chr st a n . and ohn and y y , his parents And he adds that these E n twyse ls were gentlemen of son w a s of u of ” , , &c . The eldest Ralph mayor the boro gh good account in Lancashire , ’ . n 1 6 27 1 6 38 w a s of St Alba s in and , and the father An e n graving of this brass is given in Nichol s h , w ho in Chief Justice Pemberton died at Hig gate in : of , ’ Leic showing the figure a man armour with 1 6 9 of . h 7 . I n the register St Stephen s paris is stated u of the f “ the pper part body and the eet missing , and a n 1 4 De r 1 60 1 that o th c . Master Raphael Pemberton shield at each corner of the stone and eight labels at m to M istre s M Con n i n ge sbi e of So w e ll was arried arie p the sides and above the head of the figure , which bear s of ” “ ” , , on of the elde t daughter Syr Richard Lee Knight and the word Jesus four them , and Mercy ” M of Con n i n e sbi e . n wydow Master Humfrey g istress o the others . 27th 1 6 1 0 , An tw i sse ll of d f Marie died in London March , and was A Philip , Cottere , was a bene actor of . f 1 buried in the chancel this church o the poor in that place in 577 . t f f n Haines says hat there are drawings o the oregoi g The only brasses now existin g in this church are i ure s of f n ow m of g in the British Museum , and our others those entioned first , Roger Pemberton and his {ost wife and family , but Channey gives several long and 1 1 4 1 0 r ( , t , , to a s ) A priest abou above an inscribed ose many short inscriptions others , n ow O f . at the Bodleian , x ord Ba bthorpe f to 6 22 M v Ralph Dapi er Henry died ay 2 Atk n lo e r 1 4 49 a n dW idow . ) , , , 1 4 55 f of a ( John y g Dame Joan , and his ather the same name squire ,

3 1 4 6 0 . ( ) A priest, , with chalice both of whom were slain while fightin g at St

4 . 1 4 8 6 . ( ) , n for n 6 Wm Mitor and wife Grace Alba s Ki g Henry and l e buried together . (1 ) Channey mentions this as follows Under Richard Skipwith gentlem an died 1 6 August 1 4 20 m e i n a arbl stone the Quire a religious man hath 20 two 850 . aged and his wives Joanna and Joannes , r o out , w r , Be ulle d 4 5 inter ed hose name is worn stolen with the Ed ward and Alice his wife 8 Jany 1 7 .

. On l the of i n Brass y Form a Rose remaineth , and Thomas Astry and Elizabeth 1 50 7 . of the turning the Leaves this inscription 3 1 4 64 . ’ John Lind Sep Lo somt m s of f mi o all that ere I spent y had I And four other inscription the a ly f We stby , AI a vto n ow , of 1 4 4 1 4 5 1 95 & . that I g good intent that hav I 7, 7 , 4 , c n or n ow That which I nether gav lent , that aby I , ’ ’ ST ST E P HE N S . . . That I kept , till , I went , that lost I An old translation from these Latin couplets following On loor o cha e l. e x e n di ha bui f f p Quod p , — n d f fi v b c I . a e . Quod donavi , abe Man wife , our sons , and daughters un i or of m Quod negavi p The man wears a complete suit ar our , except the ' e rdidl do f a Quod servavi , p . helmet, and has a gat his eet ; the lady has large

- l d . but There is a rose simi arly inscribed at Ashri ge House , head dress and veil The inscription is gone, is w w a s ur o hich originally in the ch ch f Edlesborough , given by Chan ney ' W illi e lmus u in B ucks . Hi e acet Robins armiger n pe r 2 n s n ot n h O 1on Si n e ti E dw a rdi n u e r n a ( ) Chan ey doe ote t is brass , but Haines ler s g quarti p Regis A gli e “ of t u illi e lmi : on n . e W : m says A shield , which was e graven a pair Katherina xor ej usdem qui quide

n o of W illi e lmus 4 die ove mbri s Dom. gloves , was placed over the figures ( w lost) John obiit mensis N an h n 1 4 8 2 a n i ma bus At y , glover , and widow , quorum (4) Channey gives the inscription belon ging to this This William Robins was Clerk of the Sign e t ; and brass C hanney says he always had the custody of the privy ’ i hi s w ffe G f or e st s Will am Mitor and y rase signet , as well sealing his Maj y private letters Under this Ston ben burye d her as other documents . I n B evyn good Lord grant them plase Channey also mentions the followin g in scriptions As thow them boght with thy Blood so de r Here lye th Robert Turbe rvil e a n d Dorothy hi s 4 3

t 26 of Fe b 1 5 29 d n of wife which Rober dyed the , and has a ouble chai gold round his neck , and h e n i D orothy the 7 of Octr 1 521 . Sancta Tri itas wears a rosary and gypc ére his train is thrown over unus D eus miserere nobis . his left shoulder above his head are the city of m e fii i e s of n tw o Here lye th John T urbe rvile Vicar of this Church London ar s , defaced, and g his childre , who died 1 5 36 sons and one daughter, are at his feet , and his trade on w ho te it a un x i t e t s mark a shield beneath them . His son , is called Quos g h ec Petra , j Thorns Domu una “ ” of , p Iam pulvis factus W i llus D avis nomine di ctus the Squire is wearing a com lete suit armour m w without hel et , and his s ord is suspended diagonally Cum Margareta Sponsali f oe dore j nuota i n front of hi m; his hair is long and his face close roe cor ora . Cum prece devota qui transis , sta , p , ’ shaven , as is his father s . Above his head is a shield , Hi e a ce t m j Johannes Gril quonda Magister of of bearing the arms the Staple Calais , which it is n uli a n i e t i sti us ae Sa cti J , Vicarius Ecclesi to presumed belongs his father, and at his feet are De ce mbri s 14 4 9 Qui obiit sexto die of tw o d m small figures his two sons and aughters , and C uj us a n i moe propi ti e tur altissi us . underneath them a shield bearing his arms . These of brasses were originally coloured, as traces the colours Cussa n s of N remain , and has a large engraving the STAND O . whole , highly coloured , representing the originals . a ll o ha n ce l. On south w f c hi s Channey mentions A man in armour and wife, — ” I . Inscription with inscription , which is clearly a mistake, this being ‘ q Hi e i a ce n t se ulti G e fa pi a c e Ru e w n m of hi s p in t D ei J h s gg y the very unco mon instance a man and son , and W i Armiger n o ves . ri A dhi E t x x vj die Octob s. nno John Field was an alderman of the city of London ma r e rl a u e 1 i 1 4 5 0 to g xor n . He lent King Henry VI . , and ° ' ° ob11t A ii M CCCC 1 4 4 die mens d i was elected sheriff of the City in 5 . He was a ’ T he of f n ot - on date the wi e s death has been filled in , and wool merchant, carrying business in connection with

. who i n the prayer for the soul has been cut from the brass Calais , similar to others are found buried I n a 1 8 6 1 of n h H ines, , the brass a man kneeling , with Hitchi C urch , and seems to have been a man having i n of hi s th e above inscription under , was existence , but is large estates in the neighbourhood Standon , and n ow to . gone , and it is also be found engraved in Add descendants are to be found in the county at the present

. . Cussa n s I n 1 3 8 n M S S in the British Museum Channey and day . 7 Joh atte Felde owned some property give the inscription only . at Standon , and probably was an ancestor . John Feld , Ru e w n a of f 1 4 8 0 John gg y was Member Parliament for o Standon , Esquire , is mentioned about entitled

n of f 1 390 to 1 39 7 ff 3 . 1 6 76 the cou ty Hert ord from , and sheri to spend 4 0 . upwards per annum In Edmund i n 1 38 6 1 38 7 . of in e M . P . of and He was possessed a manor Fi e ld , of Marden , Herts , was for the borough

a of 1 4 1 2 to 1 69 8 . the p rish Standon in , and seems have been Hertford , and was living in Several monuments of i n 1 71 9 a man repute and property . to the Fi e lde family are S tanstead Church , 1 8 0 5 Fi e lde of On f loor of n a ve . , and a Thomas was vicar that place in 1 76 1 79 6 — m of mm 7, and another Thomas in , and a descendant I I . S all figure a man in civilian dress tri ed of of Sa wbrid e h on e of the original Field was appointed vicar g wit fur , with coat arms. The inscription and m i h 1 8 6 4 . n o worth A Sir Tho as Field lived at Stanstead o e c oat f arms is gone . Haines says the date is 1 6 6 1 1 46 0 r Bury about . about , and the figu e probably represents John ’ Waller s “ Monumental Brasses contains an account Curte s fi shmon e r of 1 4 65 . T he y , stock g , London , Ci t P re ss of the above , and a description was in the y , remaining coat of arms h as on 3. Bend three Hawk ” l st 1 8 68 . May, lures within a Bordure charged with fourteen Roundles . On f loor of n a ve This is somewhat similar to the maternal arms of Wade

0 . u — (N William C rtis is mentioned in the parish IV . Man i n armour, three shields , and inscription t i n of 14 2 . Curt s . sla e Little Hadham in 7 John y , Esq , was Thy lymes O Wade y lately death hath of f 1 4 9 n te rre d Re ma i n e patron the living o Buckland in 0 . under thys stone e here a sl of bourde n On w ll of n orth a i e . Thy Sowle discharged here great — hath made her flight to god in his high seate . i n of two I II Large brasses , good preservation , w e con ve re con ve re d 11 11 Tho do st q and yet q art 1 , seven children , four shields , and inscription at e ’ s139 death yeld to y and thow vuto death s dart to re d e w orme s [Here lye th John Field sometime Alderman of Thy bodie is g y A pray t od i n Sta ull of G e thy soule wi h g heaven dwelle alway London a Merchant of the] p aley the '’ vivi t s fvn e ra vi rtvs w he ch de ce sse d of Avvst of p the xvi day g in the yere ° ° of Se te b An M VCI VI . I l e th the xv day p J our lord god M CCCCLXXV I . Also her y who John hys son Squire ye w he ch de ce sse d ye iiii day This brass represents a young man , probably was e h 0 . . s a re of M a y y ye re of connected wit the family of N I I , as the shield The first figure (John Field or Feld) represents a ma n bearing similar arms . ’ of 1 299 . i n a f ur . dressed n alderman s robes , trimmed with He A John Wade was a citizen London in 4 4

— ’ V. On e h Cha un v f of t ul s s ield and inscription over cy gi es a list o the treasurers S . Pa ‘ ' W illrn Cofi n sut me of of Here lieth y knight y ye Church , London , and among the names appears that vi e a w t sova i n e Sa x e . i n 1 56 p ch bre his g lord kinge Henry William y (No who died 7. ‘ e the ight M l of y horse vuto qve n e Jane ye most — . T wo on e of m of II I shields , the having the arms la w full w fe a forsa i d i y vuto ye kinge H the ght and Rok e sbur h u . of e 6 g The figures a man in armo r and his high steward of all y lybe rty manor of Stand6 in y wife are gone . Channey gives an inscription coif t e f wli1 W i llmde e ss ii y of hert ord c yd ye vj day of Rok e sbur h ° e Hic j acent Willms g armiger qui de ce mb A dhi x vcx x x vii j the xxx yere of ra ign e 20 1 4 34 e t y obiit die mensis Anno D om . . the i ht of kinge Henry g Isabella Uxor e jus quae obiit die A n no ff ” f c o . The latter part o the inscription has been ut 4 An ima bus ro i i e tu . 1 0 0 . m t r D om . quoru p p Deus Cotf n w a s of William y evidently a man good repute , It does not appear whether William Rok e sburgh ' and held appointments as stated in the above inscription , lived at Stanstead , but most likely he held the manor but his name does not appear i n connection with the house near the church known as Stanstead Bury . of parish Standon at any other time . — “ 0 . . m of VL — IV . Haines gives N IV , Evangelical sy bol Haines gives No . VI . Six sons and four ” St . John , effigy lost . i n of o daughters shrouds , part the brass f Philip Several other brasses are supposed to be hidden by t . 1 4 6 7 As ley , Esq , , and his four wives Lettis , Margaret , t th 1 1 0 ” the pe ws which were erec ed about e year 7 . b n o w . ha un Eliza eth , Alice , but nothing remains C cy states that he found the e ffi gi e s of the man and his i n of fi ve five four wives . brass , and sons and daughters, a n d gives the inscription STEVENAGE . Hic j a ce t Philippus Astley armiger quondam I . Priest , and inscription under Pri n ci i s n u e r D ’ Famulus illustrissimi p Ricardi p ucis Hic j a ce t M a gi st? Stephanus Hellard Ebor E bora ci Loe ti ti a e t , , Margaretta , Elizabetha Alicia di oce si s in de cre ti s Ba ca lla ri n s quoda Rector ux ore s e m j us , qui quide Philippus Obiit 2 2 die Mensis huj us ecclesie ac ceiam Ca n on i cus Ca the dra li s J ulii An . Dom . ? ecclesie a ssa ve n si s qui obiit di e me s This is the only instance in this county where we Anno dhi milli6 quin ge n te simo find brasses to a man and his four wives mentioned , n ot n ow and unfortunately these do exist . They are also of This brass is very fine , and is in a good state pre mentioned in the Add . MS S . in the British Museum. . of the i n — servation The figure priest is robed VI I . Inscription n eucharistic vestments , wearing a cope . The inscriptio Amon e st whome d g the mo eath in wonted wise ha s the of a blank space for date the decease , which re stle s to le hath cast from y and carking care ha s the Of not been filled in , denoting that worthy rector wretch ed world . Here Richard Emerson lies had the brass laid down during his lifetime . The to teache the rest that lyve even what they are co n cluding sentence of prayer to the Deity has been Thre tymes fyve hundreth yeres thre score and twelve cut off . Octobre on the ei ght and twenty day Stephen Hellard was rector of Stevenage from 1 4 72 he chaunged lyfe he cold not h ere re ma yn e t 0 6 of . o 1 5 , and was also canon St Asaph , and by t me His y was fixed for so the scriptures say 1 5 0 1 to n a deed in November , , gave trustees a teneme t m s r u e a t su e rste s . Vita mors p post mortem fama p ha d which he built , and which Channey says is called ” “ for of All Christian Soul House , the habitation A O STAN STE D A BB TT S : three poor folk without payment of any rent f or so N a r l t e p u pi . a n d — long as the house shall endure , moreover willed I . Ama n d he h f dressed as a civilian hol ing t and o that every on e that dwelleth in it shall say daily in the hi s ‘ . tw o 0 wife , whose head is missing The figures are name of the Holy Trinity Thou Blessed Trinity , th e . a n d a n d engraved on same plate The inscription is gone , Father , Son Holy Ghost , have mercy pity

two of . and also two shields , but shields arms remain upon th e soul of Master Stephen Hellard and upon all ’ 1 54 0 . Haines gives the date about C hristian souls , with three Pater Nosters , three Ave — ” . A n ff M . of I I man in legal robes and weari g a ru , with arias . and one Creed He also gave some land , a shield of arms at hi s head and inscription un der which the r e n ts were to be given to these tenants f or “ Cussa n s Here lye th buried ye bodie of Wi lliam Sa x a ye their use and benefit . states that there are —‘ of Ora 1 s n ow on the late In gentle three houses , occupied by six aged widows , of Sa x a e s e S onne Henrie y Citizen and Marchant it of the original tenement, who receive the incom e ” ve n te re r of of the he n ot l out London . land , but does re ate that they carry and Joyce hi s wife daughter of Robert Trappes the inj unction s of their benefactor by prayin g daily f or of ye same ci tti e his soul . This brass was removed from its original G oldsm the w hi che 1 8 84 a of y , said William died the position in April , , and fixed in nother part the

d Avvst i n w . i n con xxii aye of g the church , hich is much to be regretted and s of 1 58 1 n h two of n ot Year our Lord God , bei ge of t e sequence the first words the inscription are

a i e of x x ii e a re s . g j y . strictly correct 4 5

W . 1 6 16 TE IN in to a grocer in London . In 1 4 28 Joh n r m n of On a i sle f loo . Hu bersto was appointed keeper the park and of W a lke rn e w — warren , with wages of t opence per day . I . Figure of a man , arms , and inscription ’ 1 54 5 Hu mbe rston e s i n Here l e th buried the body of Thomas Pygott Gent In Thomas name appears the y l h £ 1 7 . whose ancestors have re ma yn e d dwe lli n ge in parish of Yard ey as possessing goods wort — 3 0 0 e a re s vw the . M a n s fi this towne this y p ards he died I I and wife , hield , ve sons and three 1 1 J a n va r 1 6 1 0 i n 70 e a re of of y the y his age daughters , and inscription under f e lefte be hi n de hi m 2 da vghte rs Rebekah the wi e Here lye th Burye d y bodye of Edward Humb e rstone of Henry B ull of He rtforde Gent Elizabeth the sonne of of m Humba rston n ho m r wife B eckingha Boteler of this towne John e Ge t . w a ye d Annas the ” da vhte r of T e wi n ge Gent . g of ' 2 The man is wearing long civil robes and has a ruff Ed w ard W elche 1; had I ssve by her v sonnes and of n da vhte rs ro und his neck . The coat arms has upo it three iii g e on m de ce a sse d of i n picks , which seem to imply a rebus the na e of and the xx daye May y yere of r i o . 1 58 3 . Pigott or P cott. lord God w 1 6 1 0 f ur Thomas Pigott gave by his ill ( ) the rent of a The man is dressed in robes trimmed with , and h n w shop at Hitc i for the benefit of the poor of Tewin , the lady ears a ruff and has a handkerchief hanging b u 4 w on which being sold and in vested yields a o t £ per do n her shoulders . The above brasses are all a of P ott i n scri m year . The f mily yg , according to the p palimpsests , and see to have been portions of a n on the n a t tio brass , seems to h ave bee somewhat ancient Flemish brass which an earlier period adorned some ’ a n d on e m . T he ma n old established in Tewin , and probably resided at else s to b figure of the has at the ’ u h old n i n of f Q een Hoo Hall , whic is an ma sion the back a plain , bold engraving a man s ace , with the ’ G r le ? i AW i lli a m u . w n parish . B ll was rector of S t Andre s , words y die ai fl an ornamented border . f 1 64 4 On of Hert ord , in , and perhaps was related to the the reverse of the woman , in parts a scroll and n w above named He ry Bull , who is mentioned as a free ornamented with a dragon and flo ers , are the words “ ” ” of h of f i n 1 6 21 ba v- la vlv S e vltve re l fa vlt holder the boroug Hert ord , and was , p , y The f ha s on also a j ustice o the peace . The Boteler family are inscription its other side a small figure of a child of of of two connected with the parishes Stapleford and Watton , and parts figures other children, and a of i n and resided principally at Woodhall Park . portion an inscription a scroll , with ornaments of

& c . . leaves , , with the words int ia The backs “ ’ of , WALKERN . the children have a wolf s head with a scallop “ fl ” & e ur c. on o a i shell and some de lis , The shield has On f loor f sle . its reverse leaves and flowers and part of a scroll , with — on e I . Man and woman , shield , and hand pointing CCCCLXXI I I I . inscription in bold figures, . , to a scroll . The man is dressed in the costume of a 1 4 4 this giving the date to the original brass of 7 , a n d civilian , wears a rosary ; the woman has a dress which was cut into eleven pieces and re - used at trimmed with fur, with a kerchief falling over her Walkern in 1 5 8 3 l shoulders . The scroll was inscribed w or w i v The wido Annas , Agnes , after ards married t, c . Lerne to dee lif Cha un c of George y, Gilston , and was his second a n d 1 8 4 9 n ow . was in existence in , but is gone There of wife . This George Channey was the grandfather n ow were originally two shields , but one only remains , n . Sir He ry Channey , the historian of the county

of . which has the arms Humberstone The inscription is w h Ed ard Welc , the father of Annas Humberstone , w gone , so that there is nothing to sho who these two or . n m lived at Much , Great , Wymondley Joh Welch , figures represent , but most likely they are a Hu ber 1 62 3 by will dated , left some money to the poor of the stone and his wife , as the remaining shield bears their n parishes of Great and Little Wymo dley . 8 0 . 1 4 but arms Haines gives the date as about , does — f W m i a . o not mention the shield or hand wi th scroll . I I I Figures a o an and children , with The H umbe rston e s lived at Walkern Park for several scription under m Here rests (i n hope of a i oyfull resurrection) the generations , and many inscriptions to their me ory are bodies of William C hapman ci tti z e n and haberdasher found in the church in brass and stone , the latest m 1 6 2 of , h f , h bearing the date of 7, after which they seem to London and Anne is wi e by w o he had A11 w i ssve 6 6 da vhte rs de te d have left the neighbourhood . Ed ard Humber sonnes and g , he p this life “ ' stone was an assistant i n the borough of Hertford the 2 7 of Se pe mbr 1 6 2 1 aetat suae 7 1 S he exchanged ’ V s 1 4 20 i mmorta lli ti e 2 3 111 1 6 3 6 1 6 3 . . i n 6 I n Henry reign , about , John this life for the of Aprill m m of ZE ta tis S uae Hu berstone is described as a yeo an Walkern , as ma n £ 1 0 . of able to expend per annum At B aldock the name Channey says there is the figure a also , and 1 6 1 3 t was used as a C hristian name in and afterwards . Haines gives the figure as being in exis ence, but it is

Hume rston i n n . The name of Humberstone , or , is found ow missing The lady is habited in a long cloak , and the register books of the parish of Aston , which is near wears a ruff . The six sons on one plate are all dressed m of i n Walkern . Willia Humberston , Digswell , was alike , cloaks and knee breeches , except one , who of W 1 6 1 2 u f i n of patron of the living alkern in , and sold it wears a r f addition , and are various heights ; 4 6

’ 0 11 m f . H umbe rston and the six daughters the other plate are also all or Hu berstone , for sa e keeping The e s ’ i n h m t of dressed alike plain dresses , wit caps and collars , also see to have been connec ed with the Bill s , on e f l h and of these has a ruf instead of a co lar , which As well , as a John Bill , of that place , who died in 1 50 3 perhaps denotes that she was the eldest, and they are , among other legacies named in his will stated , I ' v ” . l h humbston of do hte rs vi also of various h eights gyve to E izabet c one my g i . of A John C hapman was rector Willian , near — m of r 1 6 0 6 1 6 24 A VI I . Pali psest . Fragment an inscription at Walke n , in , and died in . Thomas of 1 5 1 the back a brass to Rychard Humberstone , 8 Chapman was a resident of Ste venage , and made a will 1 6 No IV . ) in 6 7 leaving property to the poor of that place . A Ve rmi bus da tur Love k n h of [ j esca y caro pulchra token was issued by T omas Chapman , Walkern , oh i s 1 6 6 [J a n n ] dated 7. Bi s u i ube n te O ii — [ j f it hic maj or iterum bis Rege [ b t] IV . Inscription only mille n o . . cu mse tua e n o &c [Aj uno ter C p g [Cuj . ] l e th bvri e d the Here y yuder this stone body off The two ends of this inscription have been cut , but of of Rychard Humberstone the sonne John i t w a s fi on enough rem ains to sho w that originally xed , De ce a sse d vi i th Humberstone who the day of 1 3 0 the tomb John Lovekin in 7 , and afterwards of March in ye yere of or Lord G od removed from it and re - fi x e d in Walkern Church Th e brass upon which this inscription is engraved is a in 1 58 1 . n ’ palimpsest , and upo the reverse is also part of an “ In Stow s Survey of London John Lof ki n is 1 3 70 inscription , dated , which is somewhat remarkable - fi shmon e r a n d described as a stock g , was four times 0 . . “ and interesting , and is described in N VII m of t of ayor London . He buil the Church St . This Richard appears to have been a brother of Edward Michael in Crooked Lane , and was buried there in . . in No I I , and lived at Walkern Park , and left a son u d t of hi m the Choir n er a fair omb , with the images n . ” amed John , who is mentioned in No VI . and his wife in alabaster . This tomb was probably m to Neither Haines nor Channey see have noticed t 1 56 2 h defaced abou , when others in this churc were this plate . desecrated . John Lovekin was Lord Mayor of London V - . Inscription 1 34 8 1 35 8 1 3 65 13 6 6 in the years , , , and , during the of m Bra mf e ilde f 34 3 Here lieth the body Willia gentle reign o Edward II I . In 1 he was chosen one of man svm ff 1 34 the sheri s of London and Middlesex , and in 7 and stvdie n t of who tw o w ve s 1 36 5 of tym Grayes Inn had y Ann he represented the City London in Parliament . and Marce and had I ssve by ye fyrste vi sonnes and In 1 36 5 and 1 36 6 he was appointed mayor by command

x da . of the King , as stated in the inscription A John 3 e vht rs D h r h g e . 1; by y seconde v a vgte s w o deceased Love k n of Love k n y , as executor Adam y , gave twenty viii th ma r 1 3 49 . ye da e s to the Abbey of St . Alban about The ° ‘ An 1 59 6 of a e - of December , beinge the g of LX of St. ” church Michael , Crooked lane , was demolished and V ye a re s. to m ake room for the approaches to London Bridge about f In Clothall Church , a few miles rom Walkern , is a 1 8 30 b . . It was built y Christopher Wren John n h brass to a woman , and inscription under , stati g t at Love k n a of Love k n y was a descend nt Edward y , a the first wife was buried at Clothall , and also that she n of n 1 30 9 tow sm an Ki gston , in Surrey , in , and they d u h ) Love k n had sixteen children (six sons and ten a g ters , which were both benefactors to that town . John y of is corroborative the facts mentioned above , and t to hi s a n d of lef several donations it by will , one his n W Bra mfe ilde r showi g that probably illiam emoved executors married his w idow and succeeded to his ’ _ W a e hi s from Clothall to lk rn after first wife s decease , . de business , having been his apprentice William and was buried ther e . The first wife was descended a w w ho of W l orth , was afterwards a Lord Mayor f of E of h f , h , d of rom t e amily yll As well an was a London , and the slayer Wat Tyler, was also buried B ll d ’ d h f ; , . aug ter o John Bill or y who by his will ated in St . Michael s Church 5 M 1 55 7— 8 m Bra mfe ilde on e of , I . . . n arch , n . a d na ed William as Haines o ly mentions Nos , I I , III , Channey ‘ , . a f m d h f Nos . . Cuss n s o his executors an is wi e was a legatee . I II V VI , but notices all the , — of . and gives the above account John Lovekin; with a VI Inscription (partly destroyed) ’

fa csi mili e of of . [Here lye th th e] body of John Humberstone ye sonne both sides the brass [of Rychard Hj umbe rston e l a te of W a lk e a rn e parke [who ha d two] w yve s he ha d i ssve by them bothe a n d the t O [ departed ] vi h daye of ctober in the WARE . [year of our ] lord G od o e a r ul i t On flo r n p p . This inscription seems to have been perfe ct at the time - n i I . A . o n Channey wrote his history , as he quotes i t in full . lady This brass is much worn , and h Th e Ric ard Humberstone mentioned here has an scription appears to denote who the figure represents . to h s he r h or n inscription his memory in this church (No . IV . ) In The lady a air plaited waved , and it ha gs 1 55 3 of s n an inventory the furniture and ornaments of down over her shoulders . She wear a lo g dress V W a lk e rn w a s the Church made , and articles were trimmed at the bottom with fur and buttoned down the ’

n of o e rston 14 00 . delivered i to the hands the above John H m , front . Haines gives the date as about two f . are plain , and the third figure wears a ru f ; they parishes of Rickmansworth and Sarratt A Thomas a ll of have beards and moustaches , and the middle figure Baldwyn bequeathed property to the parishes f n has a larger beard than the others and looks an older Wat ord and Great Berkhamsted, and Cha ney states

w 4 0 m . man , although there is a strong family likeness bet een the val ue to be £ per annu to each

them . It would seem that Anthony Cooper super n oor o orch O fl f p . intended the fixing of this brass to the memory of — IV . I nscription only his deceased fellow servants , and had his name inserted In memory u only , trusting that someone would do as m ch for him of . M Mr James oss , after his death as he had done for others , but the date W ho died the 2 7th of D ecember of his decease not having been filled in inclines us to 1 5 8 6 2 . 7 , Aged con j racture that the s urvivors did n ot he a r him long i n mm l He was Messenger to King George c the second and many years Servant . Ca ssi obur Richard Morrison , Esq , partly built y, near Hon ble W i llm of to the Rt . Earl Essex . f i n Wat ord , the reign of Henry VI II . , and his son , ussa n s fi ve C notices all brasses , but Haines only Sir Charles Morrison , finished it , whose descendants I I I “ . I . . . ; handed down to posterity the names of their faithful mentions Nos , I I , and also A civilian 1 53 0 Ca ssi obur and wife about , at y House , perhaps servants by means of this brass and inscriptions . Sir ” m . . I . . fro this church Channey gives Nos , II , . of Charles Morrison , Bart , was patron of the living I I I i n scri \Va tford 1 6 8 2 . , and IV . , and notes a number of p in , and the right of presentation belongs

of on . n o w I n 1 5 4 5 tions , some which m ay have been brasses to his descendant , the Earl of Essex . m of i n Haines says th at in the British Museu are sketches Sir Charles Morrison held the manor Cashio , and of to 1 5 79 hi s several brasses belonging this church which are grandson , Sir Charles , was high sheriff of Herts , of 1 now l ost . and the son the latter succeeded to the manor in 6 1 8 . I n 1 6 21 this Sir Charles represented the county in i n 1 624 1 6 25 1 6 26 Parliament and also , and in and he WATT ON . of . was returned for the borough St Albans , and in o r ha e l 1 628 of d d 1 6 2 On fl o of c p . for the borough Hertfor . He ied in 8 — a n f of I . of and left only child , Elizabeth , wi e Lord Capell Full length figure a man in armour, with

of . . 1 8 4 7 of Hadham , Earl Essex The Morrison family were single canopy , inscription , and six shields I n benefactors at various times to the town and poor all that was extant was the figure of the man down w k of of Watford , in giving to ards almshouses , education wards to his nees , and a portion the canopy above hi s i n 1 8 5 1 of poor children , paying fees for apprentices , and head , but when the church was restored of assisting the poor , providing preachers , and generally the missing parts the brass and inscription were

n ow . i n and generously devoting some portion of their substance renewed , and the whole is complete The n for the benefit of their neighbours . scription is given by Cha ney and Clutterbuck Icy gist Philip P e le toot Chevaler Qe morvst le On i e r o h n ” p f c a ce l. ’ M XI I I I j our de Aust l an de Grace ill C C CLXI . I II . Inscriptions only An en graving of this fi n e brass is given by Clutterbuck l e th of o fvll re svr b Here y in hope a j y and Boutell , and the latter descri es the figure as being of of of P a le toot rection the body Henry Baldwyn that Sir John de , and wearing chausses Re e dhe a th i of sofi e of o of in th e p sh Watford ( of studded mail , his j up n is plain , and th e mail his ” ovn e s e ti a l . Cussa n s Henry Baldwyn) a y gman of p haubergeon and camail is banded says , me e k n e sse la n n e sse and p y of hart , who gave The knight is represented in armour , under a taber his sovle to God in the flovre of his n a e le enriched with crockets and pinnacles ; on his O ovth A 1 6 0 1 Ja n va r y viz . y the last, he ma head is a plain elliptically pointed bascinet from which Da vh te r of . ried Alice , g of Henry Martyn depends a camail of chain protecting the neck The of Ivor had by her thre children , Henry , knuckles the gauntlets are armed with round knobs , f Joh n and Alice , John an in ant died . The chain mail is to be seen beneath the plate under the ’ l v ” ” w e a s re a . other live to God s good ill p . arms , bene th the hauberk , and at the insteps The ’ Behold a pa tte rn e playne of n a tvre s frayle estate sword is sus ended from the thigh by a n ornamental v o the stre n the w e a lthe or i rdl . When nether y nor g , nor , strap g with buckle and pendant The shields ’ On e ot of s vht of P e le toot thre e of d, qrmoment a tym can o g p long his have the arms p them are above ate . the canopy and three are below , and a lion is shown at Re dhe a th f fi re is about four miles from Wat ord , and is the feet of the gp . 5 0 0 Pe le tot of of a residence with about acres of land , formerly Sir Philip de was lord the manor

. 1 30 8 . belonging to the Bald wyn family A John Baldwyn Watton Woodhall in , and probably lived there 1 5 0 f Pe le tot ~ lived and died there in 7 , and the last o them was Cussa n s states he was the son of Hugh , who

1 71 0 . Cussa n s Pe le tot Thomas , who died in gives an elaborate owned the manor also . Philip de had two of 1 5 39 m w ho " pedigree th e family , dating from , showing the sons , Willia and Thomas , died without issue,

of . descent of the Finch family the present day from and a daughter , Katherine , who became sole heiress

. of them The name is also found in connection with the She married Ralph , third son Ralph de Boteler , by 4 9

ha d w ho the m 1 366 1 38 5 whom she issue Philip , succeeded to fro to , and a Sir Thomas Ba rdolf was m 3 hi s i 1 39 1 4 0 0 . M anor and d ed in , leaving Sir Philip Boteler patron in Edmund Bardolph was . P . for

of 1 4 3 1 . son and heir . She afterwards became the wife Herts in The advowson of a chapel , which Bote le rs the us a l . C s n s Edmund Bardo ph The and Bardolphs says formerly existed at Whempstead , in the of of 1 28 6 a were both celebrated families in the neighbourhood parish Watton , came in to Isabella , d ughter Ba rdolf he r Watton , and their names are found on various brasses of Hugh , and son William died in 1 38 6 . Cussa n s and monuments in the church . Sir Philip was patron gives a pedigree of this family, who owned the of 1 329 1 35 4 of the living of Watton from to , and member manor Watton beginning from Thomas Bardolph , 1 3 1 2 1 3 37 m of Parliament for the county of Hertford in , , in the time of King Henry I I down to Willia , Lord

1 34 9 . P e llitott l i n 1 5 0 8 . and A John was vicar of Great Bardo ph , who died He was charged with

- l 1 4 9 1 4 8 1 . n Am we l 7 high treaso , and his estates were forfeited to the w n ha n ce l , . O f loor of c . Cro n but afterwards restored to him He died with out — n issue and the name became extinct . The Bardolphs II . Full le gth figure of a priest and canopy . This priest is represented as wearing processional vestments were also patrons of the living of S tapleford from 1 29 6 to 14 0 2 . and hav ing a plain cope at his feet is seen a lion , ’ On oor o n orth a i sle which is an unusual feature on the brasses of priests fl f . — V. A I . the canopy is of the same pattern as No . , and is much civilian dressed in a plain robe trimmed with m m dl fur his head is gone , and also his wife and inscription . utilated , and only the id e remains above the head ” O Jhe su of . , the figure , which is in a good state of preservation ver his figure is a label inscribed and over hi s . The inscription is gone , but Haines gives the date of the indent of wife one inscribed, but illegible h 1 3 0 t e 1 4 70 . the brass as about 7 , and says perhaps it represents Haines gives date as about Bri e n ha ll 1 3 75 Cussa n s John g , rector , but states the On loor o cha e l f f p . 9 . date to be from 1 4 8 0 to 1 4 0 — VI . Man in armour , achievement of arms , and four — of I II . Small figure a m an dressed as a civilian in shields . There formerly were brasses also of three a robe with sleeves trimmed with fur . Haines gives b i wives , and an inscription as given by Clutter uck n his the 1 4 5 0 . of date as about The figure the wife is lost, the h istory of county , and also by Channey ’ and also the inscription . a ce n t oh n e s u fi li Hic j J B tler , armiger , Katharina a n oor o sou th a i sle O f . a fi li a rum fl T hom e Acton , generosi , Dorothea una ’ - h . W ill m IV . Lady and s ield Th e lady is dressed in a Tyrrell de Gypping armigeri , Margareta ’ e ci a m fili a rum i plain robe trimmed with fur , and has a kerchief on her una Henrici Belknap a rm gi ’ ’ ’ ux ore s oh n i s a n te di t head falling over her shoulders . The shield denotes J Butler c qui quidem Joh nes '

n of d . mill mo her arms impali g those Bar olph Haines says obiit undecimo die mens Maij , anno dhi “ ° ’ ° Ba rdolf ui n e n te si mo x ii ii E t a that those are all the remains of Sir Edmund , q g d ca Marg reta xviii die 1 4 55 1 4 38 Au dhi millfn o , and his wife Joan , , with four sons and gusti anno d E dm Ba rdolf . three daughters and kinsman , Esq The figure of Sir John Butler is clothed in a suit of “ u i n - Clutterb ck , in his history of the county , says that armour , with the exception of a helmet . The brass on fla t on of n ha s the south aisle , a stone the floor , are the is in a good state preservatio , and been relaid e ffi i e s of he r . The g a woman and two husbands in brass , and in a new stone shields are charged with his arms , two shields over one of the men w ith this inscription quartered with those of each wife ; the achievement Hi e E dmun dus Ba rdolff m l e t E dmun dus j acent i es , also bears his arms , with those of Kilpeck , of which he ' ’

Ba rdolfl con sa n ui n e us e usd m E dmun di . armig . g j qui held the barony The first and second wives do not

’ ‘ ° ° ° ’ obiit p m die Aprilis a dhi M CCCClve t Joha na ux seem to have ha d the dates of their deaths recorded on ' ’ ’ e ° E mun di Ba rdolfl a rmi i a 1 5 1 3 . g qobiit xxiii die Maij the brass, but th at of the third wife is given as ° ° ’ ’ ’ ii XXXVI I I ci e tur de n s M CCC . d i C cuj a ie p p All of them predeceased the worthy . knight , who only ’ f e w . Amen . lived a months after the death of the last one the of Bote le rs At the bottom of stone , under the woman , are the Channey gives an elaborate pedigree the , arms of Bardolph impali n g The fact of commencing with a Botile r tw o generations before

Ba rdolffs I . n these two Edmund being husbands of the King Henry , and co tinuing to a Philip and 1 6 8 0 lady seems to be incorrect ; one only evidently had her Elizabeth Boteler about , since which time the

he n the . Bote le rs for a wife , and was the seco d named , first name has often changed to that of Butler The t a t named Edmund probably being his fa her . It is much principally resided Watton Woodhall , and held th e fi W l to be regretted th at the male gures are missing , as manors of atton and Bardo phs , and were an influential n 1 4 22 only on e other instance of two men being pourtrayed family in their generation . I dame Alice in brass on one stone is to be seen in this county , viz . Boteler was governess to Henry VI . , the infant child

. o . at Standon , a man and his son f Henry V and his consort, Queen Katherine of d hi m The Bardolphs were a noted family for many years Valois , and irections were gi ven to h er to chastise

\Va tton a . in the neighbourhood of , and their name is if occ sion required The Boteler family were con house n t d n a a n d perpetuated in a large farm and near the v illage e c e with the neighbouri g vill ges , a William ’ m. S i r 1 4 4 1 4 8 3 called Bardolph s Far Edmund Bardolph was Boteler was rector of Watton from 7 to , a

Pe le tot 1 56 3 8. patron of the living , in succession to Sir Philip , Thomas Butler in , and Charles Boteler from 5 0

of E t vn i ca fili a de e t 1 76 2 to 1 78 1 . The family were patrons the living Elizabeth corv Rici

1 2 as Ro la n do . of Watton from 1 4 1 1 to 76 . Philip Boteler was Ann w Graveley de Graveley Ar member of Parliament for Herts in 1 4 5 0 John Boteler vta qve obij t ante parentes die Febr 1 6 00 ” 1 5 3 . i n 1 58 8 i n 5 ; Philip Boteler , j un , James Boteler Sine prole . ' and John Boteler in 1 6 25 Peter de Botiller served on On e shield above the i n scri pti on is missing ; the two 1 30 1 m of f a j ury of inquisition at S t . Albans in ; Richard re aining are quartered with th e arms Boteler (o

h 1 2 m . de Botiller held land in C eshunt parish in 8 0 ; which fa ily a description is given i n No . VI ) and f William Botile r was vicar of Layston in 1 33 7 ; Joh n Graveley . The one that is gone bore the arms o Butler was sheriff of the City of Londo n in 1 4 20 ; M yn n e . The day of the month is omitted of the death

John Boteler was rector of Essendon in 1 4 4 9 ; John of the second wife . B oteler was vicar of Sandon i n 1 4 6 1 ; Sir Ralph I n Hertingfordbury Church are several monuments of i n of or M n n e B oteler held the manor Moor , at Rickmansworth , and inscriptions of the family Myn , y , and f i n 1 450 on on e 1 4 56 ; Philip B oteler was sherif of Herts ; Channey says that inscription Elizabeth , 1 4 9 0 1 5 33 w of M n n e John Boteler in ; Sir Philip Boteler in and wido George y , had for her second husband

1 5 56 . i n 1 6 1 4 1 5 78 ; Sir John Boteler in ; Henry B oteler in Nicholas Boteler , Esq , and died August , . A 1 6 0 3 ; Sir Ro ber t Boteler i n 1 6 1 1 ; and Sir John George Graveley is mentioned by Cussa n s as belonging 1 6 30 1 6 8 0 Offle 1 59 1 son - i n - la w of Boteler in and ; Sir Philip Boteler was lord to y in , and his was patron the i n 1 4 of 1 0 3 1 6 1 4 G ra ve le e of of 5 0 6 . the manor Aston , and in the registers living of that parish to Ralph de of I olli ts 1 24 1 that parish the names Boteler and Butler appear in held land in pp , near Graveley , in , and

1 5 76 i n 1 50 2 . births and burials , and also marriages , from to John Graveley lived at Stevenage i n t n h 1 75 6 . The family lived at the manor house known A stone Wa to churc is inscribed round the of as Aston B ury , where their coat arms can be seen borders on the building , and a John Palmer Boteler sold Sire Roberd de G ra ve le Gist I csvy De v the 1 778 ; of : Sa z m : e r manor in he also disposed the manor Pur Sit Mort De Al e Face : M cy.

Pa che n don . of , near Watton , at the same time A — of . two h of tablet in Watton church is to the memory VI II Lady , s ields , and part inscription . n of h 1 7 w n Joh Boteler , late Wood all , who died th The lo er half of the figure is gone , and an i dent only 1 4 9 0 of of July, 77 , aged years . A John Butler is seen the brass the man . The lady wears a dress of 1 5 9 1 6 0 6 Si r m fl was vicar Sarratt in 7 and ; with ornamented sleeves , and has s all ruf es round Botile r k John and Griselle his wife held the manor of her nec and at her wrists , and has an ornamental cap 1 54 9 h m wn . Lamer , in this county , in ; Sir Henry Boteler wit a veil hanging do fro it All that remains r 6 of held the manor of B a mfi e ld in 1 0 0 . At Buckland is the inscription is f of k n ht of W é dha lle wh ch de ce a sse d th an inscription on brass to Alice , wi e Joh n Boteler , yg late Lorde y 1 4 5 1 l of n f T w o m w dated ; a so Joh B oteler and his wi e at shields are gone , and the two re aining sho the M e sha ll 1 4 4 1 M m of Ki l e c T he m p , Beds , at North imms are the na es arms p and Boteler . date see s to be of B hi s f 1 56 0 1 5 6 3 1 5 50 Richard oteler and wi e , ; and in about , and the brasses were originally belonging Sir John Boteler bought the manor of Hatfield Wood to some of the family of Boteler in connection with h of . . VI I . of all , and lived there , and many th e family have Nos VI and , so m any whom are buried and fi inscriptions in Hat eld church ; a brass to Philip have inscriptions and monuments in this church . o 1 6 1 3 i n on e . I . . V. Boteler , , is Eton College chapel ; als to Haines mentions Nos , I I , III . , IV. , , and

f 1 6 1 8 n . O n . I . . VI . a n d . Sir liver Boteler and wi e , , at Shar brook , VI only ; Cha ney notices Nos , I I , , VI I ; n d uss . a C a n s a ll 0 . . h Beds and at Ardley is a brass to Mary, wife of Thos describes except N V C anney giv es Shotbolt 1 5 99 , second daughter of Sir John Boteler , also this inscription of 1 6 2 2 , i se n t M oli n ton e t ut s Sir Robert Boteler held the manor S acomb in Icy g Wat . Jana de G ce tri que ; when he died , and his niece Jane succeeded to it Sir dinr i n almes Anno C hristi 1 6 74 t ' Philip Boteler , who died in , lef by his will a n ow a n d Ha i n e s This is not to be seen , says that the of . field to the poor Stapleford , near Watton John ' very small brass of the figures is also lost . Clutterbuck she rifl 1 4 22 of t Tyrrell was in , and member Parliamen the w but n o has follo ing notice , the brasses cannot w be 1 4 27 a i n for Herts in ; T hom s Tyrrell was sheriff U e ffi i e s o f found nder the g a knight and his lady , 1 4 4 0 a n d 1 4 44 r 1 4 8 0 , and anothe Thomas Tyrrell in v with their se e n daughters , the sons gone 1 5 1 8 i n 1 4 3 6 i n and ; Edward Tyrrell , and his son ° f i n 1 5 1 3 1 5 28 1 50 3 XXVI II daye o Marche n a , and ; and Humphrey Tyrrell in and M CCCCCXLV f 1 50 9 and D ame Elizabeth his w i e . ° deceased daye of in a n

- VI I . Two shields and inscription of Kil e c . And shields with arms p , Boteler , and Drury Hic j a ce t Rici's Boteler de Stapleford The inscription probably refers to a Philip Boteler who ° Com He rtf : b 5 in hoc Armiger qui o iit die was sheriff of Herts , and m arried Elizabeth , daughter ° A Drh i 6 4 . of Ha le ste a d f . M aij j j of Robert Drury, , in Nor olk ’ “ E t Anna uxor civs vua fi li a rvJ ohn i s M yfi In Weever s Funeral Monuments mention is ° de H a rtin gfordbu ry Ar que obiit 1 2 die made of the e fii gy of a knight kneeling with i n scrip ° ri An mi 9 Octob s D j 6j . tion 5 1

Hi e a e t mi li tis e . j corpus Domini Philippi Boteler , daughters , all plainly dressed The shields bear the e t us a of w quondam Domini de Woodhall huj ecclesi e arms Hey orth . ’ patroni qui obiit i n festo S ci Leonardi anno Dom Cussa n sstates that John Heyworth was of the same 1 4 2 1 e t t con ue stum 3 2n d , regis Henrici pos q ultimo , family as William Heyworth , the Abbot of Saint ” ro i i e tur l mste a d c . W he a tha . cuj us anime p p Deus Amen A bans , and the predecessor of John of 2 of m w h 1 4 0 1 1 4 0 , Nothing can now be seen this effigy or inscription . Willia Hey ort was Abbot from to of The canopy mentioned in No . I I . has disappeared when he was consecrated Bishop Coventry and Li h 1 n 1 4 6 c fi e ld, 4 47 . h w since 8 . and died in A Jo Hey orth was a ussa n s monk of Saint Albans at about the same time . C gives an engraving of a slab of marble engraved with

the figures of a man and wife and children , all kneeling , WHEATHAMPSTEAD . “ and a n inscriptio n u n der to the memory of Joh n ” of M a ck e re E n d E s ui e r & c . Heyworth y q , He died On fl oor of tra n se pt. 1 5 in 58 . — — I . [ I L M a n f . Man and wife , one shield and inscription , wi e and six children These figures are ? e hi m 0 . Hi e pater hic mater soror hic j a c t e quoqfrater all very small , and are si ilarly attired to those of N

Q . n n h w P a stori spe coru m Prothoma rti ris a n glige n a rum I I No inscriptio remai s to s o who they represent , Q Cussa n s 1 5 1 0 Bostok hugo patri . Maery margareta q matri and gives the date as about . m e n i tus Q Nomen erat . si ile g trahit a genitore On loor cha e l Q f of p . Hi n c ui e rtra n sis . qp rogo femina vir puer an sis — ” m 15 0 0 . IV . Knight in ar our and lady , about These ui e sca n t. Vt pariter rec ubant . in pace precare q f . two u i n brasses must have been very fine when per ect All The fig res are dressed alike loose robes , trimmed n ow n with f ur at the neck and wrists and fee t ; the ma n is that is be see of the knight is the lower part of on e on . close shaven and has his h air cut short the lady wears of his legs , and also his two feet resting a dog C fi of a - h The lady is more omplete , but she is de cient the horned head dress , wit kerchief hanging over her upper part of her head a n d face . She is richly dressed t . n shoulders , and has a very shor waist Hai es gives m h i n a robe trim ed wit fur, and looped up into a knot the date as about 1 4 50 . T here were formerly four a rm h d on e of i n 1 8 46 under one ; she wears a necklace wit pendant , and shiel s , at each corner the stone , and on her fingers are several rings ; her hands are sho w n tw o on e . there were only , at the head of each figure on n ot h The on e above the lady is the only on e n o w to be seen as being her breast , and as usual flat to eac - the m of w M a ck re E n other . Her head dress was extensive , and similar to and bears ar s Hey orth of y d. on e i n . of tw o of Dame Elizabeth Say Broxbourne Church Boutell gives an engraving the figures , and l . h Cussa n s names a l four brasses Boutell mentions says th at t ey represent Hugo and Margaret Bostok , d Cha un c 1 . . a n W he tha mste de 3 3 rd Nos . and I I , Haines also , while y does the parents of John de , Abbot of of w not notice any them , but gives the follo ing Saint Albans , who was a distinguished ecclesiastic and p i 1 84 0 . presided over the Abbey of tha t city during the reign inscription, which was artly exist ng in m W illi e lmi G re tte we lle u m m 2 1 Do ini q onda of . 1 4 to his friend and patron , Henry VI , fro l si e e W he tha mste de a e Re ctoris i sti us E cc e de , 1 4 6 0 d a t O . , and in the Bo leian Library xford is an M S Ca the dra li s n . inscribed Canonici in Ecclesia Lincol Qui Mile ssi mo obiit Idus Febr . Anno Dom . C C C C Fra tribus Oxoni c da tur i n munus iste J ohn e m primo . W he thmste de . William de G re twe ll was instituted Rector of Per P a tre m pe corum prothoma rtiri s An glige n ” Wheathampstead in 1 39 1 . arum , M a ck re E n d y is a hamlet near Wheathampstead , and Cussa n s l states that John Bostock , who is cal ed John of W he tha mste de n . 1 , was bor there , and the Heyworth WILLIAN

. o cha n ce l family were also settled there On w a ll f . — — f I . I I . Man and wi e , four shields , inscription , and Priest and inscription ldon ud children Hie j a ce t dn s Ricn s G o qm re ° ° O a i bz i e n tilma n e t ? ii M CCCC XLVI rate p Job s heyworth g Elizabeth Mens Octobr. A d i ux is u m be t vi ce ssi mo i n ei s qui quide Jo s obii die The figure is shown dressed the robes of a priest , and de ce bri s holding bet w ee n the h ands a heart i nscribed with the ° ° ° A dn i m ui n e n te si mo e t q g xx anno regni Regis The inscription is imperfect , the end ' letters O 7 ) henrici Oc ta vi xi h aving bee n broken off to remove the obj ectionable m of . The man is dressed in long robes , elaborately trim ed phrase invocation to th e Deity h 1 4 1 6 with fur and having large sleeves his hair is long and Richard G oldon was rector of t e parish from

ha s 1 44 6 . straight . The lady a plain dress with an ornamented to his death in

Cussa n s , i girdle reaching to the feet , and wears a pedimental head C hanney and notice this brass but it s ’ of fi ve i n Cussa n s of . dress . The children consist four sons and omitted Haines book has an engraving it 5 2

S o r tl of so sc n e WORMLEY. b yt e is th e state man o it dothe

n or o hurch decay O flo f c . So all the glory of the worlds must passe and fade fi ve I Man and wife , children , and inscription awaye. ‘ Her lyth E mun d Ho wton 1; Annes his w yf ye In vita vana vita . w hi che J u Emu n in ye yere The man is dressed in long robes trimmed with fur , and O of oure lord God a M CCCCLXXI X on wears a large ruff round his neck . The lady has a a rufii e hi s , , of The man wears a plain dress trimmed with fur , and brocaded dress with elabor te and cap the

ha s e . , hair is cut short , and he a short rosary at his sid . period of Queen Eliz abeth The children are numerous f The lady is also habited plainly a n d has fur trimmings ; and comprise eight sons and four daughters six o the she has a kerchief on her head falling down over her sons are dressed alike in lon g cloaks and wearing a

t . d , d shoulders , and is shown with a very sh or waist There swor each an the other two are shown much smaller “ r an d e t h , d o were originally three daugh ters as well as the five sons , t an thei brothers have plain r sses reaching n h h n ow , on . T e whic only remain , and are all dressed alike four their feet the six eldest havi g knee breeches u on e , h of them are of an equal height , and a head taller . da ghters wear dresses similar to their mother wit

. of The inscription has been mutilated , the prayer for the the exception of the embroidery The coat arms

of W oodli fle . i n scri soul having been cut off . shows th e arms Tooke and The p he Channey does not mention this brass , and nothing tion is stated by Haines to often found in churches , on e appears to show where Edmund Howton and his wife and was a favourite in use after the Reformation . Cha un c resided , or what family th ey were connected with . y says that these brasses were upon an altar s , n Cus a n s states that in the seventh year of Edward VI . tomb , over which was a monument with an inscriptio , of of h , the Commissioners added to their inventory goods , whic is still in existence to the memory Angelet of of th H o h on , , , e of . R cha rde w t e f etc , in Wormley Church , y g , Took wi e Walter Took Popes in Parish ‘

. 3 1 st of 1 59 8 la te the cou n t e , , , y of Wormley , in said y , D eceased em Bishops Hatfield Esq S he died May ’ n u of W oodlifl e be ssille d ffrome Churche and was seco d da ghter William , away the of Wormley , a Challis , ” t on e Hustw ik e of . of the true weigh thereof we knowe not , Citizen and Mercer London The figure the ma n hi s . , of London , pewterer, is Executor This would therefore represent Walter Tooke and the n of who m i ndividual with thievish propensities was probably a son ame his son , Ralph , succeeded to the anor of

on of , or grandson o f No . I . Wormley the death his father is mentioned by w Channey as being on a brass at Essendon church , here On f loor of cha n ce l. several of the family were buried , it being the nearest ’ church to Pope s , although in another parish . A II Man and wife , ten children, and inscription Thomas and Richard Tooke each made a will in 1 6 70 l e th Here y John Cok , yeoman , and A 1 6 85 a n d for use of and , leaving money property the passed to God ow te of thys tra n ssi tori e th e poor of Wormley , which is still in existence . These Above the figures is a small plate with a representation on of th brasses , with others , are fixed the floor e of the Trinity , and at the feet is a sh ort strip of brass the of Chancel within rails, and are in a good state pre m showing so e trees , and dogs pursuing a h are ; and a . ’ servation on cock intended as a rebus the yeom an s name . The of On oor o church lower part of the figure the man is gone , but he fl f . r seems to have been plainly d essed , and had long straight — . hair . The lady wears a plain dress trimmed with fur IV Inscription only o the a ce t ohés u da 9 E ccli e , , q at feet shoulders , and wrists and she has a large Hic j J Cleve Rector hui ° - h W orme le x x 1 Octobf A dn i h ead dress of t e fifteenth century style . The ten de qui obiit j die O ° ° M CCCC i ii . a i e i e tur ds children are all dressed alike , and are sh own all of the j cui pp .

. Cha u n c The same siz e y omits to mention this brass , but last four words h ave been scored through , but can

1 4 90 . ha vi n be e n Haines gives the date as about be easily read , not gg thoroughly obliterated . The Cok or Cock family held a manor in this parish , - of - and we find the name spelt in various ways in many V. Haines gives an engraving a half length t r figure of a priest , which was formerly in his chu ch , parts of th e county . I n 1 5 53 Joh n Cock represented 1 84 5 the county in Parliament ; in 1 5 8 4 Henry Cock re pre but which was lost during repairs in , and Channey ri sented the county in Parliament ; and in th e reign of gives the insc ption Hi e a ce t Ri ca rdus Jam es I . Sir Henry Cock entertained his Maj esty at j Ruston quondam Rector i sti us i the Manor House , at Broxbourne . Ecclesie qui obiit xxv i die Maij , anno M CCCCLVI I domini , cuj us anime pro — ” II I . Man and wife , children , coat of arms, and i ci e t r . p u Deus Amen . inscription Richard Ruston succeeded John Cleve as Rector of Christ i s to m e as life on earth And death to us is the parish . gaie “ thorowe — t Because I truste him alone, salvation to VI . Channey says A Stone in the chancel hus obte yn e i n gra ve d 5 3

f of . f O your Charity pray for the soul Mr Edward and has long hair . His wi e is habited in a plain dress Sha rn brok e of h sometime Parson this c urch trimmed with fur , and has an ornamented girdle reach

of h of . and Prebendary the Mother Churc S t Paul ing to her feet, buckled at the waist ; she wears the d 23rd of - of d Of which eceased the day December Anno pedimental head dress the perio . the children , of Dom. the brass the sons is lost ; that of the daughters shows w a s to t i n n H e successor Richard Ruston , but his eight girls wearing caps and lo g hair , all dressed alike , n ot to f of on e scription is now be ound , and was lost at the and all the same size except , probably the

of who . On time the restoration . youngest, is much smaller a shield above the

— i s a of G ll . s VI I . Clutterbuck gives an inscription which lso figures are the arms y and Canon In cription missing under se Of yo for of Henri Gorgon gist ici De i). de alme Charite pray the Soule John Gille ” ci t E squ e r merei . y late Lords of of m Cussa n s h this Towne and Patron the sa e who and Haines mention all t ese brasses, and departed Cha un c . . V. . y notices Nos I I I , IV . , , VI this w orlde the x vday of Marche the x x x v1j yer of the Ra yn ge of cure WYD DIAL . Soue ra ygn e lorde kyn ge Henry the eight on whos — of ur I . Lower part a male fig e dressed in a robe i hu soule have mercy . trimmed with fur . This portion of brass is supposed John Gyll w a s Lord of the Manor of Wyddial for , to represent George Canon as by his will he directed , , of ’ some years and married Margaret daughter George S t. . Cussa n s that h is body should be buried in George s chapel Canon , mentioned in No I . gives a long is Cha un c in this church , where the brass to be seen . y of G ll or of m pedigree the family of y Gill , m any who p , of gives this inscri tion which is gone are buried in this church , and were patrons the Hi e a ce t Domi n orum m to l of i n j Georgius Canon nup unus living . They see have been a fami y note the i sti us a sumti bus Cussa n s Vill e qui istam Insulam propriis county and neighbourhood , and says they were c on strux i t 1 5 32 e t Se pte mbri s d i n 1 2 8 Anno obiit Quarto die settled in Cambri geshire 7 , near Royston , and Octa i us Anno 26 illustrissimi Regis Henrici v. Cuj i n the ” the name appears in many places county , as An i mae ro i i ur t e t . The rfi e ld B . p p Deus Amen Sandon , , uckland , Cheshunt , and Watton f of George Canon was lord o the manor Wyddial — . of G ll i n 1 52 i n 1 534 to hi s IV Shield (broken) , with arms y , and from 3 to his death , and left it scription who G ll 0 . . daughter, married John y (N II I ) He Under this Stone was buried G eorge G yll built the side aisle of the church i n 1 532 . E squye r beinge Lords of this Towne w hi che On cha n ce l w a ll. had II w ve s be w home he had xiii chyldre n — y I I . Lady , inscription , and four shields . The figure and Dyed the 29 day of October the 5 8 yere - of ruff r of 1 5 6 8 . is half length , full size , wearing a cap and , and of his age . I n the yere o Lorde God i n has an open book front with these texts inscribed The arms of the first wife are upon the shield with those l thereon of G yl . e 3 ’ I have chosen y way of truth I; thy j udgments to Cussa n s r ” The first wife , according pedig ee , was la de . P e ri e n t of have I y before me Gertrude , daughter of Sir John , Digswell Thy statutes have bene songes in the house of my ” (which family is represented by some fine brasses in th e . 1 5 1 54 5 pilgrimage church of that parish) , and died March , , and The inscriptio n under seems to have had seven of the above - named children ; l e th of W he thill Here y D ame Margaret the only daughter and the second wife was Ann , daughter Robert , he i re S t e vll G ll of Thomas N y knight Brother to the of Calais , and survived her husband . George y was Abur a ve n of r ve i n 1 55 6 i n 1 5 59 Lord g y and the p y y counsell to patron of the living , John , and Sir 1 6 1 6 kinge Henry the eight , who had to her mother G eorge from 1 6 1 1 to . Ka tha r n e F tz he we of Lords D ame y y daughter the On oor o cha e l. ' fl f p Dacres of the North to her fyrst husband Sl V . Arms and inscription Robert Sow thw e ll knight M r of the Rolls and to Hic re qvi e sci t qvod mortale fvi t Helenae he r last William Plumbe E squyre at whose Charge I osce l n e fi li ae se e vn dae I oha n n i s l ston t y this Monument was made , And af er she had Armigeri vx ori s I oha n n i s I osce l n e Arm1ge r1 fyn e she d the e ige of fyfti e and fyve years she made y ° e ude x x vth O 25 Fe brva ru An n o a most godly the daye of Decembre in biit gzzggtgéfég the yere of our Lorde God I n vi a mili ta vit armata gratia The four shields bear the arms of Nevill and others a H I n patria regnat coronata glori . with whom she was connected according to the i n scrip , i n i Cussa n s The Gulstons were lords of the manor of Wyddial tion , and given deta l by . i 1 which they purchased of the Gyll family n 6 28 . . On cha n ce l oor fl . G ossans gives a pedigree of the Gulstons extending to - 1 9 ce le bra te d i n 1 III . Man , woman , children , shield , and inscription . 7 7 , many of them being somewhat the r ’ mm G oulston s of i 1n a n i s f r . The m dressed in ornamental robes tri ed with u , day The were patrons the l v g from 54

1 66 4 1 9 s G oulston r of . r the a of G oule ston a n d Ke te rid e . to 7 7, when a Franci , a ector the The shields bea rms g

. Cussa n s the G oule ston 1 644 f place , died says that it is stated in This John died in , and his wi e pre

i n 1 2 G oulston . m i 1 n t 7 7 d hi n 6 30 ma n i c ; s e c o ra register hat Richard , Esq , gave to eceased 9 he ndly F ces h the churc various articles , and his son Francis gave . n e w i n VII Inscription only a pulpit the same year , and many monuments a t fvtvra and inscriptions are fixed to the memory of various Preterita pariter q T he osce l n s members of the family i n the church . J y mandent oblivioni v M svn t are probably connected with those of the same name at isto armore posita corpora As e de n I ohi s Armi i I oha n n e cha rissime con S awbridgeworth and p . The shield bears the Gille g vi s cvm s a civ 6 arms of Joscelyn and Gul ston . gg civs Qui per p xxxvii An r vi x e rvn t — er quam amice pariter Ambo mense . VI Inscription and five shields Octobri s 1 6 00 e tn a m v e svm ’ in itam J G oule ston eras quondam nunc hominis vltima tautii Christvm obdormi e rvn t i n pace re sta t Pars nudus scilicet iste lapis Re li n ve n te s dvos fi li os e t t fili a s q res . I n tumulum postrema tuum tibi Syllaba ce ssit

os. . N . . e I . Quae manet inversa est Luge o facta mihi Haines gives I I , I II , and IV ; Chann y , - . . . . a n d Cussa n s I . Pi e ta ti s ergo posvit moe sti ssi m fi li vs Ri cha rdvs II , I II , IV , and VI VII . N a tvma x imvs libe rorvm Joha n n i s G ovle ston ’ “ Armigeri vn ivs Prothon ota ri ori'cvri ae Ddi [Reference is made to Cha un cy s Historical Antiqui ’ “ e t I a n ae vx ori s fil iae oi t Clutte rbuck s of Regis de Banco civs ties Her fordshire , History ” ’ ” Ri cha rdi Ke te ri che Sovthm ms Cussa n s s of d de y Armigeri Hertfordshire , History Hertfor shire , ’ ” ’ ui svb hoe tumvlo se vl i of Boute ll s Q j acent p t Haines s Manual Monumental Brasses , m ” & Lu e o. c . g Monu ental Brasses, ]

— “ B rkh m . d o i e n cla G re a t e a ste d I . The ord K n Adde n da a n O rr g . V w y g i s omitte d ” h l l n of he n scr t on . Ad in t e a st i e t i i i V . d hi l p III Tw o S e ds. I X . Add Tw o

h ld h u N ve mbe ie s Octobe r s o ld be o r . S .

M i a — n scri tion s on 1 9 th Ce n tu r Bra sse s a re n ot ive n in thi s ublica tion I p y g p .

’ “ The E n ra vin s a re ta k e n b e rmi ssion from Ou ssa n e Histor of He rtfordshi g g y p y re .

1 e b n a n t risrti n ot : 1111 t e as e t a n t a wa its £ 1 ma n li th a to j h h te n s he n o mor , in gsh ll o , ”— n ot be ra i i n out of t e i l e l ii . 12 s h r s e p. Eob x i .