Index of Middle English Verse: Inscriptions

Stratford-on-Avon: Mural Inscription on west wall

Saffron Waldon, Essex: Tombstone Inscription

Diss, Norfolk: Tombstone Inscription

Manchester, UK: MS Barrett, olim fortune cards

Old [or ‘Wold’], Northamptonshire: small window in south aisle

Heydon, Norfolk: olim ‘Blasphemy Window’ in north aisle

Canterbury, Kent: brass tomb of Ralph Brown (d. 1522), mounted on north wall

olim Bawburgh, Norfolk: triptych, formerly owned by Mr Clark of Beauthorp, Norfolk

Beverley, Yorkshire: painting on wall in south transcept

Wensley, Yorkshire: painting on north wall of nave

Great Bardfield, Essex: graffito on northwest face of middle pillar on north aisle

Heydon, Norfolk: olim ‘Blasphemy Window’ in north aisle

London: item BM MLA 96, 7-27, 1 (Bronze ewer, temp. Richard II), verses inscribed around neck of ewer

Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire: mural on west wall

Landwade, Cambridgeshire: graffito

Duxford, Cambridgeshire: graffito

olim Baldok, Hertfordshire: tomb of William Crane (d. 1483) and his wives Jane and Margaret Crane

London: brass tomb of John Shrow, stockfishmonger (d. 1487)

olim London: tomb of John and Anne Benson

Northleach, Gloucestershire: tomb of William and Elizabeth Midwinter (d. 1501 and 1502), brass tomb on floor, northeast corner of nave (east end of north aisle), in brass border

olim Romford, Essex: tomb of Elizabeth Hannys and Avery Cornburgh

olim Maldon, Essex: brass tomb

Higham Ferrars, Northamptonshire: tomb of William and Beatrice Chichele on floor at west end of south aisle, to right of Lady Chapel altar

olim London: tomb of John Barton, Mercer (d. 1460)

Norwich, Norfolk: portrait of Robert Jannys, Mayor of Norwich, 1517 and 1524

olim Lammas, Norfolk: North window, painted glass of Last Judgement, showing Virgin Mary performing seven works of mercy

olim Combs, Suffolk: glass in windows of side chapel, southeast corner of nave, farthest window to east, facing south

olim Brandeston, Suffolk: painted glass in south window next to porch, depicting corporal works of mercy

Cawston, Norfolk: gallery at north end, in tower

olim Norwich, Norfolk: painted glass

Thurton, Norfolk: painted glass, scrolls in roundels of left and right panels of the 4th window from the east on south wall

Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk: brass tomb of Henry Nottingham (d. 1405) on wall on south side of chancel arch

London: item BM MLA 96, 7-27, 1 (Bronze ewer, temp. Richard II), verses inscribed around neck of ewer

Barton Turf, Norfolk: Brass tomb of Thomas and Margery Amys (d. 1445), on floor of south chapel, beside chancel (south-east corner of church)

Carlisle, Cumbria: backs of choir stalls, painted

Carlisle, Cumbria: Prior’s Tower, ceiling beams

Isle of Wight: brass

olim London: brass tomb of Thomas and Joan Knowles

Buxted, Sussex: brass plaque marking tomb of Christine Savage (ca. 1450), chancel, underneath carpet

Flamborough, N. Yorkshire: tomb of Marmaduke Constable (d. 1520)

Kelshall, Hertfordshire: brass tomb on floor at eastern end of nave in centre, at entrance to chancel

Barton Turf, Norfolk: brass tomb of Thomas and Margery Amys (d. 1445), on floor of south chapel, beside chancel (south-east corner of church)

Burford, Oxfordshire: tomb of John and Alys Spycer (d. 1437), center aisle at east end, brass tomb, beneath kneeling figures

Northleach, Gloucestershire: tomb of William Lawnder, vicar of Northleach (d. 1530), on floor at base of south wall of chancel, before communion rail, in brass border

Burford, Oxfordshire: tomb of John and Alys Spycer (d. 1437), center aisle at east end, brass tomb, scrolls from mouths of figures

Thame, Oxfordshire: south-east corner of nave, tomb of Richard and Sibyl Quartermain, brass around edge of lid of elevated tomb

Frettenham, Norfolk: brass tomb of Alice Thorndon (d. 1420) on floor at base of north wall of chancel

olim London: cloister walls

olim High Easter, Essex: North Aisle, brass plaque on wall above tomb

Carlisle, Cumbria: Prior’s Tower, ceiling beams

Northleach, Gloucestershire: tomb of John Fortey (d. 1458), set in floor of north aisle between 2nd and 3rd pillars of nave, in brass border

Faversham, Kent: tomb of Richard Colwell

Dorchester, Oxford: memorial brass for Peter Idley, A.D. 1473, now destroyed

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk: tomb of John Baret, A.D. 1463

Oxford: walls in ‘painted chamber’

Sussex: inscription in pew

Lombard Street, London: epitaph, tomb of Richard Nordell and wife (A.D. 1500)

Ridgewell, Essex: graffito

Hart Street, London: epitaph

Hexham, Northumb.: inscription over door of house

St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK: tomb of William and Grace Victor, A.D. 1486

Cornwall: a wall inscription, no longer visible

Long Melford, Suffolk: wall paintings above chapel altar

Long Melford, Suffolk: wall paintings around edge of ceiling and on ceiling

Norfolk: Tomb of Sir Thomas Bettys, A.D. 1481, no longer extant.

No surviving witness.:

Horley, Oxon: mural on north wall, two scrolls.

: Sir Arthur Evans, a ring: Exhibition of Eng. Med. Art, London, 1930, Item 862.

London: Tomb of William Wever, A.D. 1409.

Location unknown: tomb epitaph of Sir Harry Wever and his wife Joan, ca. 1405.

London: Epitaph for Ambrose Cresacre, A.D. 1477.

: Inscription on a brooch.

London: cup.

Yorkshire: running around nave at tops of walls, below roof.

Bath, Somerset: dedicatory lines inscribed in east side of the porch.

Malvern, Worcestershire: a tile fixed in a pillar near the west end of the nave.

Salisbury, Wiltshire: a tile.

Broghton, Oxfordshire: wall paintings of Life of Virgin on chancel wall.

London: tomb of Jon Pickering.

Wooburn, Buckinghamshire: tomb of Sir Robert Drury.

?: tomb of John Woode.

No longer extant:

Royston, Hertfordshire: small rectangular brass on east wall of north aisle

olim London: epitaph of Simon and Agnes Street (d. 1440)

Norwich: No longer extant?

London: copper jug, temp. Richard II

olim Lakenheath Grove, Norwich: fifteenth-century glass fitted to eighteenth-century building, surviving in 1932; possibly (?)originally from Duke of Norfolk’s house in Newgate, Norwich

olim Cumberland: epitaph

Gunwalloe (south of Helston), Cornwall: epitaph

Cambridge: drinking cup

Melrose, Scotland: transept, well wall

Norwich: lectern inscription

New York, NY: inscription on a mazer [formerly belonging (in 1930) to Major Thorold]

Present location unknown: inscription on a mazer

Stone, Kent: Epitaph of Richard Bontfant (1459)

Canterbury, Kent: Epitaph of John and Joane Caxton (1485)

Snodland, Kent: Epitaph of Thomas and Mary Palmer (1407)

Norwich: tomb of Ann Flint, d. 1525 (no longer extant)

Salle, Norfolk: Brass of John Brigge (d. 1454) (‘an emaciated figure in a shroud’)

Abingdon, Berkshire: Object 13 (MS), ‘Forman’s Monument’

London: epitaph of Richard Payne (1463)

Dartford, Kent: epitaph (brass) on the tomb of Catherine Burlton and Richard, her husband (1496)

Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire: epitaph tomb of R. Stokys

Luton, Bedfordshire: Acworth brass (1513)

Witney, Oxfordshire: epitaph on the tomb of Richard Waynman

Great Tew, Oxfordshire: Brass epitaph for William Bosby (1513)

Brightwell, Oxfordshire: Brass epitaph for John the Smith, mounted on the wall

Barrington, Oxfordshire: a graffito

Campsall, Yorkshire: wall inscription

nr. Cobham, Kent: inscription on the eastern tower of the gateway

Bristol, England: The Pearl Sword, late fourteenth century

London, England: tomb of John Chamberleyn

Taplow, Buckinghamshire: brass tomb of Richard Manfeld, Isabelle Manfeld, and John Manfeld, A.D. 1455

Luton, Bedforshire: tomb of William (Wyvell) Wenlock (d. 1391)

St Alban’s, Hertfordshire: tomb of Richard Skipwith (d. 1416)

Dublin, Ireland: No. 1961.8: slate discovered at Smarmore, Co. Louth

Sittingbourne, Kent: epitaph, A.D. 1458

Coventry, Warwickshire: stained glass window

Bedford, Bedfordshire: inscription over arches

Romford, Essex: Tomb of Piers and Elizabeth Jon

olim London: epitaph of Joan Spenser (d. 1407)

London: tomb of William Wentworth, mayor of London, d. 1383

Stone, Kent: tomb of William and Anne Banknot, d. 1400

Buxton, Norfolk: tomb of Walter Stubbe, d. 1528, no longer extant

Great Linford, Buckinghamshire: brass tomb of Roger and Johanne Hunt, d. 1473

Norwich, Norfolk: tomb of Henry and Margaret Wilton, d. 1507 and 1500, no longer extant

Raveningham, Norfolk: epitaph for Margaret Willoughby, A.D. 1483

Norwich, Norfolk: tomb of Anna de Hem, d. 1503, no longer extant

Norwich, Norfolk: tomb of Thomas and Marion Sheef, 1483, no longer extant

London: inscription on a fourteenth-century jug (olim manor house in Norfolk; Robinson Collection)

olim Warwick: floor of nave, tomb of John Maners, d. 1492

Great Ormsby, Norfolk: brass tomb, A. D. 1440

London: [a Mandevill or Dacier tomb?]

olim London: copper plate

Middleton, Suffolk: baptismal font

Streatham, Surrey: tomb of Margaret Cantelowe

Hedon, Yorkshire: picture once hanging on wall

London: Epitaph, A.D. 1469, for Robert Dalusse

Pakefield, Norfolk: brass tomb of John Bowf mounted on north wall

Pickering, North Yorkshire: wall painting of martyrdom of St Edmund on eastern end of northern wall of nave