[Collection of tracts by W. Bradbrook and others on the local history and parish registers of Buckinghamshire.] / [William Bradbrook].

  • Bradbrook, William.
Date:
[1903-1904]
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Credit: [Collection of tracts by W. Bradbrook and others on the local history and parish registers of Buckinghamshire.] / [William Bradbrook]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    lasted / noe vile reproach her vertues ever blasted / Her autume past expects a glorious springe / a second better life more flourisliinge. / Thomas Sparke filius natu maxim’ et moestissm’ posuit / Eccl. 39. 13. Harken to me ye holie children and / bringe forth fruites as the Rose. Lipscomb describes the above as being in the chancel and enclosed in a white marble frame, now gone, and which bore this inscription: HAEC MODO QIJAE TOTO RUTELAVERAT IGNE COMARUM PALLIDA COLLAPSIS DESERITUR FOLIIS. On the east wall of the aforesaid north aisle is fixed an ornamental escutcheon of white marble bearing these arms: “Argent two bendlets sable, in chief a martlet,” impaling “argent on a chevron between three roundels sable as many crescents of the field.” Tayler impaling Walker. This escutcheon, which is about 13 inches square, is all that remains of a “very whimsical and large mural monument ” formerly existing in the chancel on the north side within the altar rails. Cole gives a pen and ink sketch of it (Add MSS. No. 5821, p 172 (168), which conveys a better idea of its appearance than any written description. The inscription (extracted from Lipscomb’s History of Bucks) is as follows: — On a mural monumental tablet of black marble, with a border of white, profusely decorated with carving, tracery, emblems, etc.— Corona Eidei reposita est atque dabitur sed vincenti Over the above words was a large gilt diadem supported by two angels, the words being within a circle enclos- ing a cross formed by four sceptres. On the dexter side, a head traced in faint outline, with a crown above it, and the words “ Sepelitur Ars.” On the sinister side: Arg. on a chev. sa. 3 crescents of the field betw. 3 ogresses. Crest: The sun rising. Motto : Walk in the light. In the centre, the head of a woman traced