THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
245 
The following is a rough version in English :— 
Thou, mother, gavest life and suck to me : 
And I, alas, give but a stone to thee. 
Oh ! might some angel roll the stone away 
That thou, like Christ, might’st rise again to-day. 
Vain wish: come quickly Lord, then shall she rise— 
Though now entombed—and ascend the skies. 
TANWORTH. I. — Robert Fulwode and, w. Margaret. 
1531. 
Unfortunately nothing remains of this brass (which is 
not recorded by Haines) except a group of ten children, and 
the following inscription (mentioned by Dugdale) upon a 
plate 2ft. 2in. by 3jin. :— 
©rate p aiab' IRoberti fulvvobe Bnmqen & flftarqarete 
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llli'oris suae, ©m q be | IRobert' tint B$cellenttfKe boctrinat' 
siue Ktterat' in cole lege Bnqlie et obiit | bte mentis 
octets Bo but mocccccojjno cuf ale pptcletur beus. amen. 
Translation:— 
Pray for the souls of Robert Fulwode Esq., and Margaret 
his wife. Which Robert was excellently well learned or read 
in the common law of England, and died the 20th day of 
the month of October, a.d. 1531. Whose soul God pardon. 
Amen. 
II.— -Margt. dau. of Simon Ralegh, Esq., and w. of Andrew 
Archer Esq. 1614. Haines. 
This is a mural brass 19in. by 13Jin., now set in an oak 
frame. The drawing is extremely delicate and refined. The 
lady kneels at a prayer-desk, upon which is an open book. 
Upon her head is a graceful Paris hood, underneath which 
her hair is brushed back. Her neck is encircled by a ruff, 
and she wears a bodice with tight sleeves, and a plain skirt. 
Over these is a loose sleeveless gown of brocaded material, 
open in front, and arranged in graceful folds upon the tiled 
fioor. On the lady’s right is a shield of arms with tasteful 
mantling: Archer, az., three arrows, or., impaling Ralegh 
Arg., a cross moline, betw. twelve crosses crosslet gu. Above 
the arms are the crests of the two families, respectively a 
dragon’s head arg., issuing out of a mural coronet gu., and 
a boar’s head erect, arg. 
