. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. ndsome, chiefly to members of the families of Childe, Rushout,Carter and Martyn. The earliest is of the date 1601. A veryhandsome mural monument of marble, in the style of the effigy of a man in armour kneeling at a desk within Corinthiancolumns supporting a pediment (or cornice). It is adorned withthree escutcheons of arms :—1. Gu. a chev. erm. betiv. three eagles,1 close, arg. for Childe. 1 This Brass, when Mr. Eyre published his Guide, had been removed intothe sanctuary with the blue marble slab above descr
. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. ndsome, chiefly to members of the families of Childe, Rushout,Carter and Martyn. The earliest is of the date 1601. A veryhandsome mural monument of marble, in the style of the effigy of a man in armour kneeling at a desk within Corinthiancolumns supporting a pediment (or cornice). It is adorned withthree escutcheons of arms :—1. Gu. a chev. erm. betiv. three eagles,1 close, arg. for Childe. 1 This Brass, when Mr. Eyre published his Guide, had been removed intothe sanctuary with the blue marble slab above described, but when it wasdetermined, a few years ago, to pave the sanctuary with tiles the Brass wastaken up for its preservation, but a portion only of the inscription was pre-served. The Brass was set up at the back of the middle seat of the sedilia,and the two small scrolls were set in the spandrils of the arch above. - Stretton was formerly, though itself a Rectory, a Chapelry of Blockley,and had no right of burial. 3 In this year Easter fell on 13th April. Plate Brass in Bloeklei} Church, - Worcestershire. Block ley Church. 31 2. Childe—impaling : arg. a lion rampant purpure crowned or, for Foliot. 3. Childe—impaling: arg., a chev. betw. three scaling ladders sa. for —An eagle with wings expanded argent, enveloped round the neck and body with a snake proper}On the monument is a long fulsome laudatory inscription, astriking contrast to the simple prayer on the Brasses we havedescribed above : Upon tvhose soul God have mercy, and Jesus,the object of my love, my life, the joy of the just. Be not far fromme, 0 my God. Blessed be God. The above-mentioned monument was piously erected by WilliamChilde, son and heir of William Childe, Esq., deceased in are several monuments with the same type of inscriptions,1 to other members of the Childe family. On one is the effigy of awoman reclining at full length, in the dress of the period. On itis a shie
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