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THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
Dugdale gives tlie same verses, modernised ; they were 
common on gravestones at the end of the fifteenth century, 
and a longer version will be found in Weever’s “ Ancient 
Funeral Monuments.” Whether our brass is in memory of 
Richard Brokes, bailiff, or Richard Stokys, salter, it is 
impossible to decide. Perhaps there were once two brasses, 
and the inscription has been misplaced. Too much weight, 
however, must not be given to the statement in the “ Gentle¬ 
man’s Magazine,” which is evidently inaccurate in describing 
the brass as that of a “woman holding a rosary and purse.” 
The words “ yyr y” in the fourth line of the inscription may 
be a misreading of “ yey,” i.e., “ they.” 
An illustration of the brass will be found in the Transactions 
of the Archaeological Section of the Birmingham and Midland 
Institute, 1878-9, p. 8. 
HARBURY. I. — Alice Wckj staff, 1568. Haines. 
This brass is noiv at the west end of the nave. It consists 
of several plates, one of which, 21 in. by 5in., placed at the 
head of the tombstone, contains this inscription:— 
Bles Magstaff sometime Savage wife, beare sleapetb tit tbe 
buste | IKllbose ffntage sboes wbereof we be, anb wbere unto 
wee must | Iber life well spent, a beatbe bib bt*pnge,agreable to 
tbe same | litllbose venues lit tbe bofce of llefe, recorbeb batb 
bee name | (3ob graunt all tbose tbat present be, or sball 
beareafter pas | Suebe gift of grace, suebe perfett llefe, as tit 
tbat matron was. | 
A plate, Bin. by lin., is lost from its position below and 
adjoining this larger plate. Possibly it contained the word 
“ Amen.” Beneath this is a space enclosed by three strips of 
brass, with the following inscription; on a fourth, loose in 
the Rector’s study, the words are illegible: — 
* IBebolbe tbe enbe nip cbllbren all, anb marke pt well or pe 
begpnne | tTo beatbe are pe subject anb tbrall, take bebe 
tberefor anb file from spnne | 
(Third live illegible) 
Bnb llefe agapne sball springe anb growee, wbere beatbe batb 
reapt anb also ntowen 
Within this enclosed space were the effigies of Alice 
Wagstaff and her children. The lady’s figure and a group 
of children are lost; one girl only is left, dressed in French 
hood, ruff, and gown with falling collar and tight sleeves 
