About 80 ancient monumental brasses survive in Gloucestershire, many in the parish churches at Cirencester and Northleach. Many have been lost to theft over the ages. The first complete listing of brasses in Gloucestershire was made by Cecil T. Davis, who stated that they may be divided into three categories: ecclesiastical, military and civil.Davis (1881–2), pp. 339–344.
List of monumental brasses of Gloucestershire
Image (Drawing/Rubbing; Photograph) Date Location Name Winterbourne A lady of the Bradestone family 1396 Temple Church, Bristol Civilian, half-length. Now in St Mary Redcliffe. 1400 Deerhurst Sir John Cassy (judicial costume) and wife Alice, with canopy Cirencester Wine merchant(?) and wife Margaret, imperfect with canopy Northleach John Taylour (wool merchant) and wife Joane 1401 Chipping Campden William Greville (civilian costume) and wife Marion, with canopy Barstaple House (former Barstaple Almshouses Trinity Chapel; now private residences), Old Market, Bristol John Barstaple(Picture on external site)
(Drawing of Thoma Adynet)
(Drawing of his wife)1409NorthleachThomas Adynet and his wife Barstaple House (former Barstaple Almshouses Trinity Chapel; now private residences), Old Market, Bristol Isabella, wife of John Barstaple 1416Davis (1881–2), p. 339 gives the date as 1401. Dyrham Maurice Russell, knight 1417Davis (1881–2), p. 339 gives the date of 1392. Wotton-under-Edge Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley Quinton Joan Clopton (vowess) with canopy 1438 Cirencester Richard Dixton in armour, with canopy 1439 St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol Sir John Juyn in judicial costume 1440 Cirencester Robert Page in civilian costume and wife Margaret, 6 sons, 8 daughters with canopy 1442 Cirencester Reginald Spyeer in civilian costume and four wives: Margaret, Juliana, Margaret and Joan Newland Man in armour and wife, imperfect, crest of "free miner" 1447 Northleach Thomas Fortey, imperfect; William Scors, both in civilian costume, and their wife Agnes (head missing), with two groups of children and canopy, both imperfect 1450 Chipping Campden William Welley in civilian costume and wife Alice Lechlade Wool merchant and wife 1459 Northleach John Fortey in civilian costume with canopy Temple Church, Bristol A priest and lady, palimpsest. Now in St Mary Redcliffe (resin replica of reverse side shown on right side of image). 1461 St Peter's, Bristol Robert Lond, chaplain 1461 Rodmarton John Edward in civilian costume 1462 Cirencester William Prelatte in armour and two wives Agnes and Joan 1467 Chipping Campden John Lethenard in civilian dress and wife Joan Cirencester William Notyngham in civilian dress, imperfect, and wife Christine 1491 St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol Richard Mede in tabard and two wives, to right Juliana/Anne Pauncefoot, left Elizabeth Sharp 1478 St John's, Bristol Thomas Rowley in civilian dress and wife Margaret 1478 Cirencester Ralph Parsons, priest St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol John Jay, civilian, and wife Joan Cirencester A priest Cirencester Civilian and wife 1484 Chipping Campden William Gybbys, civilian and three wives: Alice, Margaret and Marion Mitcheldean Wives of Thomas Baynham (d. 1499/1500): (1) Margaret Hody (left) and (2) Alice Walwyn (right) Northleach Woolman and wife 1493 Tormarton John Ceysyll, civilian 1497 Cirencester John Benet, civilian, imperfect, and wife Joan 1497 Sevenhampton John Camber, civilian 1500 Fairford John Tame in armour and wife Alice Cirencester Civilian, imperfect, head restored Minchinhampton Civilian and wife 1501 Northleach William Midwinter and his wife 1501 Northleach Robert Serche and his wife Anne 1522 St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol John Brook (or Broke) and his wife Joan, daughter of Richard Amerike 1526 Northleach Thomas Busshe and his wife Johane 1530 Northleach William Lander, priest 1505 Olveston Denys brass, Maurice Denys and son Sir Walter Denys, both in armour Lechlade John Twynyho (?) wool merchant 1534 Fairford Sir Edmund Tame I and wives (1) Agnes Greville, to his left; (2) Elizabeth Tyringham, to his right Bristol Grammar School Nicholas Thorne (centre), first wife Mary (right) with children (Jane, John, Francis, Robart, Mary, Johane, Nycholas, Edward), and second wife Bridget with children (Bridgett and John) 1636 St James' Priory, Bristol
References
Sources Davis, Cecil T. (1881–2). List of Monumental Brasses in Gloucestershire. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Vol. 6. Davis, Cecil T. (1899). The Monumental Brasses of Gloucestershire.