Image: ElizabethBourchier1548BrauntonDevon

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Description: Small monumental brass (c. one ft high), in St Brannock's Church, Braunton, Devon, of Lady Elizabeth Bourchier (d.1548), daughter of John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath & wife of Edward Chichester (d.1522) of Raleigh, Pilton. Gothic text inscription under: "Here lyethe Lady Elyzabethe Bowcer daughter of John Erle of Bathe & sumtyme wyffe to Edwarde Chechester Esquyer the whyche Elyzabethe decessyd the XXXIIIth day of August in the yere of O_r Lorde God M Vc (i.e. 5*c) XLVIII apon whose soule God have m(er)cy". The brass is a palimpsest, engraved on the reverse is the face of a knight, with helmet unfinished, apparently containing an artistic error which led to its abandonment & reuse. Casts of both sides displayed in St Brannock's Church, Lady Chapel.
Title: ElizabethBourchier1548BrauntonDevon
Credit: Self-photographed
Author: (Lobsterthermidor (talk) 21:41, 15 March 2013 (UTC))
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License: Public domain
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