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THE BRASSES
THE BRASSES IN PEPER HAROW CHURCH.
By Major HEALES, F.S.A.
The several brasses at Peper Harow, though not striking in point of magnitude or design, are not without interest for various reasons. In the first place, there are two of them which commemorate the same person. In one of these, affixed to the wall, a lady is represented kneeling at a desk; the other is a simple cross upon the floor; their respective inscriptions prove the identity of the person commemorated. That on the mural monument is as follows:—
Ex vestra carítate Orate p aīa Johañe Addírley quōdm̃ uxor′ Johīs Addírley quōdem̃ Maíorís Cívítatís Londoñ et nup uxor′ willī Brokes,[1] Armígerí, Patroní ístíus ecclīē, qe quídm̃ Johaña obíít xvííjo díe Novēbr′. Ao dñi MoccccoIxxxvíjo cuí′ ate propícíet' d'.
That upon the ground runs thus:—
Híc facet J'haña Adderley nuper uxor Wíll'mí Brokes[1] (Armíger interlined) Cuíus Aníme Propícíetur deus Amen.
The peculiarity of two memorials to the same person is thus accounted for; that on the floor marks the place
