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Excerpt from Monumental Brasses in the Bedfordshire Churches In the Bedfordshire churches there are no very remarkable brasses; the best examples are found at Wimington, Bromham, and Elstow. Those at Wimington are in an excellent state of preservation, being on altar tombs, one of the brasses (that of Sir Thomas Brounflet, 1430, pincerna' to Richard II.) being life-size, and one of the largest in England; while under a fine double canopy are the brasses to John Curteys and his wife, 1391. At Bromham there is one of the three examples of a palimpsest in this county, representing Sir John Dyve with his mother and wife under a triple canopy, the two exterior finials of which are mutilated; the border inscription is in a like condition, otherwise the brass is a fine one. At Elstow is discovered one of the two remaining brasses to abbesses in England - that of Elizabeth Herwy - bearing her wand of office. At Biddenham are found two small examples of the shroud brasses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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