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THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
in liis head, lie afforded him a speciall licence . . that 
he should wear his bonnet at all times and in all places, as 
well in the king’s presence as elsewhere.” 
III.— Geo. Verney , Esq., 1574. Haines. 
This is a figure 1ft. lOin. high, representing a man in 
armour of the seventeenth century ; indeed, the effigy might 
be a portrait of one of Charles the First’s cavaliers. His 
1 1 air is long and curled ; he wears a deep falling collar and 
trunk-liose. The most noticeable features of the armour are 
the pointed breast-plate, the large tassets over the thighs, the 
escalloped border of the lining of the pauldrons, and the 
numerous rivets with which the plates are fastened together. 
The sword-belt is arranged diagonally across the body, the 
sword has the modern guard, and the dagger is at the back of 
the figure. Apparently the knight wears jack-boots (which 
meet the genouillieres) , with spurs and spur leathers. The 
brass was evidently, as Haines says, engraved about 1630, 
i.e., sixty years after Geo. Verney’s death. (Compare the 
brass at Barton.) 
Above the effigy is a fine shield, 8in. long, well engraved, 
with the quarterings of Verney, Lovell, Lucy, Green, 
Beauchamp, and others. 
There is also this inscription on a plate, 8in. by llin. :— 
Here lies George Verney | of Compton Esq: sonne of Sr | Bich¬ 
ard Verney Knight and | hvsband of Jane the davghter | of 
William Lvcyof Charlcot | Esq.bywhome heehad one | sonne 
AND FOWER DAVGH | TERS. HeE DIED THE EIGHT | DAY OF ApRILL 
Anno Dni 1574. 
Dugdale gives a fair representation of this brass, but with 
different armorial bearings. 
There are several tombs in the church, with brass shields 
bearing the Verney arms. 
Haines considers Nos. I. and II. the work of Warwick¬ 
shire artists, and No. III. by the same artist as the brasses 
at St. Columb, Cornwall. 
COUGHTON. I. — Sir Geo. Throkmorton enul w. 
Hath. c. 1500. Haines. 
Two effigies 3ft. high, of decidedly provincial workman¬ 
ship. The knight’s head rests upon his tilting-helmet, under 
which is a cushion. The helmet bears the crest an elephant’s 
head sa., eared or. The epaulieres have ridges called pass- 
guards to protect the neck, and upon the breast-plate is fixed 
a lance-rest. The coutes are heart-shaped and ornamented, 
