Christian monuments in England and Wales : an historical and descriptive sketch of the various classes of sepulchral monuments which have been in use in this country from about the era of the Norman conquest to the time of Edward the Fourth . C. A. D. 1310. Remains of a Bracket Brass, Great Brington,Northanrptonsk Remains of a Bracket Brass,Clifton Campville, Staffordshire. iii-effigy. See Poulsons lloklerness^. i. p. 281. — The crockets of the 140 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS neither is there any substitute flwhich, from Stothards admirableetching, is perhaps the best known,is the slab of Sir Wil
Christian monuments in England and Wales : an historical and descriptive sketch of the various classes of sepulchral monuments which have been in use in this country from about the era of the Norman conquest to the time of Edward the Fourth . C. A. D. 1310. Remains of a Bracket Brass, Great Brington,Northanrptonsk Remains of a Bracket Brass,Clifton Campville, Staffordshire. iii-effigy. See Poulsons lloklerness^. i. p. 281. — The crockets of the 140 CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS neither is there any substitute flwhich, from Stothards admirableetching, is perhaps the best known,is the slab of Sir William deStaunton, at Staunton in Notting-hamshire. The effigy is here re-presented in a suit of chain mail,with a sleeveless surcoat over thehauberk : the arms as well as theuplifted hands appear, with theupper part of the figure, withinan elongated cusped trefoil at thehead of the slab ; and towards theother extremity, and also within atrefoil, the feet are displayed rest-ing upon a dog. Upon the faceof the slab between these two ap-parent openings are sculptured ahelmet and shield, the latter bear-ing the arms of Staunton, ar-gent, tivo chevrons, sable, appa-rently within a bordure. Thesame charge was evidently de-signed to be considered as dis-played upon the surcoat. Roundthe edge of the stone runs the fol
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