THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
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]n English: Here lietli Margaret Cotes wife of John 
Cotes (son and lieir of Thomas Cotes of Honingliam, Esq.) 
late daughter of Thomas Shuckburgh Esq, Lord of Shuck- 
burgh : whose soul God pardon. Amen. 
Below this is an effigy, about 20in. long, representing a 
lady in a flowing dress. Only the plate bearing part of the 
dress remains ; the rest of the figure has been incised in the 
stone recently, and w T as doubtless copied from Dugdale’s 
engraving of the original figure. 
The shield does not properly belong to this memorial, and 
the inscription should be in its usual place at the feet of the 
effigy. See Dugdale’s illustration. 
II .—Tomas Shukburghe Esq & w. Elizabeth. 1549 (or 
1560?). Haines. 
At the head of the tombstone is a shield, 11 in. long, with 
the arms of Shuckburgh quartering Napton arg. on a fesse, az., 
three escallops of the first. 
Below this are the figures of a knight and lady, about 
22in. long. They are evidently by a provincial artist, and 
should be compared with the brasses at Aston, Compton 
Verney II., and Solihull I. The knight’s hair is long and 
curly, his armour is of the ridged type, with pass-guards, 
roundels at the elbow joints, three tuilles, and cuspidate 
genouillieres. He wears sabbatons, a liawberk of mail, and 
gauntlets which leave the fingers exposed. Upon his breast¬ 
plate (or possibly hung to a band surrounding his neck) is a 
small crown. The same feature will be noticed in the brass 
of B. Verney, already referred to ; indeed, the absolute 
similarity of the brasses is most striking. The lady wears 
the kennel-shaped head-dress, an outer dress with puffed and 
banded sleeves, and a flowing skirt which is caught up under 
the left arm and reveals an under-dress 
There is no inscription, but the following, upon a plate, 2ft. 
by 4in., which has been assigned to other effigies, doubtless 
belongs to this brass. See Dugdale. 
Ibfc 3acet ftomas SbuhbuFqbe annfcjer Si BU 3 abetbe \?£or 
ef quonba | bn’s Si patronus_be supfou Sbufcburqbe quf obfft 
Snno bnl | /UMllestmo qufqetesfmo.fj (l£ ?) prio’ bfe 
mensfs | ©ctobris (^uoru ammab' propftietur beus. amen. 
Translation: Here lie Thomas Shuckburgh Esq. and 
Elizabeth his wife, late lord and patron of Upper Shuck¬ 
burgh, who deceased a.d. 15.9 (or 1560) on the first day 
of October. Whose souls God pardon. Amen. 
