THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
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At the knight’s right side is his wife. Her head rests 
upon two cushions, the lower of which is plain, the upper 
being richly ornamented and tasselled, and set diamond-wise. 
The lady’s hair is dressed in two large plaits which are kept 
in place, one on each side the face, by a narrow ornamented 
hand, presumably of metal. Round her neck is a collar of 
SS. Her fur-lined mantle with its fermailes , the sideless 
dress and kirtle, are very similar to those of the lady at 
Astley (see above). In the present example, however, there 
is an ornamented belt encircling the kirtle. At the lady’s 
feet are two lap-dogs with collars of bells. 
An engraving of the brass with a mutilated inscription, 
and shields bearing the arms of the knight and lady, is given 
by Dugdale, who states that Sir Wm. Bagot was a knight of 
the shire in several of Richard II.’s Parliaments. At Boling- 
broke’s rebellion he remained faithful to Richard, with whom 
he was a favourite, and in consequence was imprisoned by 
the usurper, who, however, eventually set him at liberty and 
restored his lands, and, it would seem, decorated him with 
the collar of SS. It is said that Henry Bolingbroke slept 
at the castle of the Bagots at Baginton the night before his 
meeting with Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, in the 
lists at Coventry. Readers of Shakespeare’s “ Richard II.” will 
remember that Bagot is one of the characters in the play, 
and that the interrupted duel forms one of the chief scenes. 
BARTON. — Edm. Bury , 1558, and wife Elizabeth 
(Underhill ) . . . 1608, [eff. lost) and 3 children. Haines. 
This brass has been sadly interfered with. The effigy of 
the lady is lost, and the plates which are left have been re- 
laid in a new stone, without any regard to ordinary usage. 
The remaining effigy is 1ft. lOin. high, and represents a 
civilian with closely cropped hair, moustache, and pointed 
beard. Round his neck is a ruff, and he wears a gown open 
in front and reaching to the feet. The sleeves of the gown 
reach nearly to the knees, but are mere strips depending 
from the shoulders. Beneath the gown is a short doublet 
buttoned to the chin and belted; its sleeves are moderately 
tight and have no cuffs. Trunk-liose, hose, and low shoes 
complete the costume. The figure is well drawn and in good 
preservation. 
Opposite the effigy is a shield, 6Jin. long, bearing the 
arms of Bury : Arg., on a cliev., sa., three squirrels cracking 
nuts, ppr. [Kittermaster, Warw. Arms and Lineages, p. 16, 
puts the cliev. between the squirrels]. Below this, to the 
left, is a plate 7Jin. sq., engraved with the figures of two 
