. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Ittiens misrrm promga ^ ijosptttlittsStc ijntatiilttius templtsi m fuJJtt epnts&{\XXtxtX MX celts nuas sequeretttt opespro tantis nientts siiii tjones regna iieataNee premat unta rogo s? iieet aula Jet. At the end of each of these lines is the figure of a pear as statedabove, and at each of the four corners of the inscription roundthe verge is a symbol of one of the Evangelists : viz., at theupper dexter corner that of St. John, an eagle; upper sinister, : an angel habited in amice and alb ; lower dexter
. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Ittiens misrrm promga ^ ijosptttlittsStc ijntatiilttius templtsi m fuJJtt epnts&{\XXtxtX MX celts nuas sequeretttt opespro tantis nientts siiii tjones regna iieataNee premat unta rogo s? iieet aula Jet. At the end of each of these lines is the figure of a pear as statedabove, and at each of the four corners of the inscription roundthe verge is a symbol of one of the Evangelists : viz., at theupper dexter corner that of St. John, an eagle; upper sinister, : an angel habited in amice and alb ; lower dexter : a winged lion ; lower sinister, St. Luke : a winged holding a label, the inscriptions on which we are unable togive. It is evident from the inscriptions on this brass that after her husbands death, and by his desire, the Lady Clopton became a Kecluse,^ at Quinton : Que tibi sacrata clauditur hie vidua 1 We said ante that Vows, referring to :religious vows, were diiferent inegree, a recluse or anchoress was only one variety of an ascetic life, and even. Brass of Dame Joan Clopton, Quji^ton^^^^^ r Effu;y and a Brass in the Church of Quinton. 169 ^^ilitr dc/uncto spoiiso pro te ihil fxdt ista. And her husband isdosoribod as a most religious, beneficent, and charitable do not know if any indication of the ladys cell exists. Wi> have seen in the Tnt^uisition taken on the death of SirWilliam Clopton that he left a son and heir named Thomas, overIC years of age. What became of him we know not. He musthave died under age and unmarried, for his sister Johannabecame her fathers sole heir. She married Sir John de Burgh, ofCO. Salop, to whom she carried the Clopton estates. It is shewnby the Inquisition taken at Gloucester, on the vigil of the feastof St. Bartholomew the Apostle (23rd August, 1471), that the saidJohn de Burgh, Knt., on the day on which he died, held, for theterm of his life, by the law of England, after the death of Johannahis late wife, of John
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