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THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
sufficiently so to give the rock a conglomeratic appearance; 
these concretionary nodules are rich in phosphates; indeed, 
they might perhaps be ground and employed with advantage 
as a dressing for other lands. Phosphoric acid is, however, 
met with in most parts of the Rock-bed, and as has been 
pointed out before, it is probably the cause of the bluish 
appearance of the unweatliered stone. This is the more 
evident from the fact that two or three times I have found 
pieces of the Rock-bed coated with a bright blue incrustation, 
which, on analysis, proved to be nearly pure phosphate of 
iron (Vivianite). I have found such stones in the neighbour¬ 
hoods of Thenford and Edgcott. 
Lime.— Sometimes the Rock-bed is burnt for lime, though 
I know of no instance in which it has been in Northampton¬ 
shire. The presence of any considerable quantity of argil¬ 
laceous or siliceous matter would no doubt be detrimental to 
this mode of treatment, but where these were not consider¬ 
able, the lime produced might reasonably be expected to be 
more valuable for agricultural purposes than that made from 
the ordinary Great Oolite limestone of the district, because 
of the phosphoric acid present. 
(To be continued.) 
THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
.BY E. W. BADGER, M . A. 
(Continued from page 275.) 
WELLESBOURNE-HASTINGS.— Sir Thos. le 
tStraunge, Constable of Ireland , 142G, with SS. collar. Haines. 
This particularly neat, soldierly-looking, effigy is about 
2ft. long, and lies in the chancel. The knight is clad in a 
complete suit of plate armour , not a link ol mail being visible ; 
compare the brass at Wixford. The most noticeable features 
of this brass are the collar of SS. (see description of the 
brass at Baginton), the skirt of six overlapping plates called 
taces, and the shield-shaped plates at the armpits, which take 
the place of the usual roundels. 
At the four corners of the stone are shields, two plain 
and two emblazoned with the arms of Le Straunge, gu., two 
lions pass, in pale arg., crowned or. 
