About 80 ancient monumental brasses survive in Gloucestershire, many in Cirencester

Cirencester

Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...

 Church. They may be divided into three categories: Ecclesiastical, Military and Civil. Many have been lost to theft over the ages. The first complete listing of brasses in Gloucestershire was made by Cecil T. Davis, op.cit.

List of monumental brasses of Gloucestershire

Image(Drawing/Rubbing;Photograph)	Date	Location	Name
	c.1370	Winterbourne Winterbourne Winterbourne or Winterborne may refer to:*Winterbourne , a term for a stream or river that is dry through the summer months*Winterbourne Junior Boys' School in Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom...	A lady of the Bradestone family
	1396	TempleChurch, Bristol	Civilian, half-length
	1400	Deerhurst Deerhurst Deerhurst is a village near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England on the east bank of the River Severn. The Royal Mail postcode begins GL19.- Anglo Saxon church & chapel :...	Sir John Cassy (judicial costume) & wife Alice, with canopy
	c.1400	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	Wine merchant(?) and wife Margaret, imperfect with canopy
	c.1400	Northleach Northleach Northleach is a small Cotswold market town in Gloucestershire, England. It constitutes the major part of the civil parish of Northleach with Eastington.The nearest railway stations are Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham and Shipton on the Cotswold Line....	Wool merchant and wife
	1401	Chipping Campden Chipping Campden Chipping Campden is a small market town within the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its elegant terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century...	William Greville (civilian costume) and wife Marion, with canopy
	c.1411	Trinity Church, Bristol	John Barstaple
	c.1411	Trinity Church, Bristol	Isabella, wife of John Barstaple
	1416	Dyrham Dyrham Dyrham is a village and parish in South Gloucestershire, England.-Location and communications:Dyrham is at lat. 51° 29' north, long. 2° 22' west . It lies at an altitude of 100 metres above sea level. It is near the A46 trunk road, about north of Bath and a little south of the M4 motorway...	Maurice Russell, knight Maurice Russell, knight Sir Maurice Russell of Kingston Russell, Dorset and Dyrham, Glos. was a prominent member of the Gloucestershire gentry, the 3rd son, but eventual heir of Ralph Russell and his wife Alice. He was knighted between June and December 1385 and served twice as Knight of the Shire for Gloucestershire in...
	1417	Wooton-under-Edge	Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley Thomas de Berkeley, 5th Baron Berkeley the Magnificent was an English peer born in the Berkeley Castle, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England to Maurice de Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley and Elizabeth le Despencer....
	c.1430	Quinton Quinton Quinton may refer to:*Quinton Andrews, American football player*Anthony Quinton, a philosopher*A. R. Quinton, an English watercolour artist*Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, an American Mixed Martial Artist*René Quinton, a French naturalist...	Joan Clopton (vowess) with canopy
	1438	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	Richard Dixton in armour, with canopy
	1439	St Mary Redcliffe St Mary Redcliffe St. Mary Redcliffe is an Anglican parish church located in the Redcliffe district of the English port city of Bristol, close to the city centre. Constructed from the 12th to the 15th centuries, the church is a Grade 1 listed building, St... , Bristol	Sir John Juyn in judicial costume
	1440	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	Robert Page in civilian costume and wife Margaret, 6 sons, 8 daughters with canopy
	1442	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	Reginald Spyeer in civilian costume and 4 wives: Margaret, Juliana, Margaret & Joan
	c.1445	Newland Newland -Places:Australia* Electoral district of Newland, a state electoral district in South Australia* Lake Newland Conservation Park, South AustraliaFinland* Uusimaa, a region in Finland, literally meaning "Newland"United Kingdom...	Man in armour and wife, imperfect, crest of "free miner"
	1447	Northleach Northleach Northleach is a small Cotswold market town in Gloucestershire, England. It constitutes the major part of the civil parish of Northleach with Eastington.The nearest railway stations are Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham and Shipton on the Cotswold Line....	Thomas Fortey, imperfect, William Scors, both in civilian costume and their wife Agnes, head missing, with 2 groups of children and canopy, both imperfect
	1450	Chipping Campden Chipping Campden Chipping Campden is a small market town within the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its elegant terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century...	William Welley in civilian costume and wife Alice
	c.1450	Lechlade Lechlade Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable. The town is named after the River Leach that joins the Thames near here....	Wool merchant and wife
	1458	Northleach Northleach Northleach is a small Cotswold market town in Gloucestershire, England. It constitutes the major part of the civil parish of Northleach with Eastington.The nearest railway stations are Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham and Shipton on the Cotswold Line....	John Fortey in civilian costume with canopy
	c.1460	Temple Church, Bristol Temple Church, Bristol Temple Church is a ruined church building in central Bristol, England, which was founded in the mid 12th century by Robert of Gloucester and the Knights Templar....	A priest, palimpsest Palimpsest A palimpsest is a manuscript page from a scroll or book from which the text has been scraped off and which can be used again. The word "palimpsest" comes through Latin palimpsēstus from Ancient Greek παλίμψηστος originally compounded from πάλιν and ψάω literally meaning “scraped...
	1461	St Peter's, Bristol	Robert Lond, chaplain
	1461	Rodmarton	John Edward in civilian costume
	1462	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	William Prelatte in armour and 2 wives Agnes & Joan
	1467	Chipping Campden Chipping Campden Chipping Campden is a small market town within the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its elegant terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century...	John Lethenard in civilian dress and wife Joan
	c.1470	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	William Notyngham in civilian dress, imperfect, and wife Christine
	1475	St Mary Redcliffe St Mary Redcliffe St. Mary Redcliffe is an Anglican parish church located in the Redcliffe district of the English port city of Bristol, close to the city centre. Constructed from the 12th to the 15th centuries, the church is a Grade 1 listed building, St... , Bristol	Philip(?) Mede in tabard and 2 wives
	1478	St John's, Bristol	Thomas Rowley in civilian dress and wife Margaret
	1478	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	Ralph Parsons, priest
	c.1480	St Mary Redcliffe St Mary Redcliffe St. Mary Redcliffe is an Anglican parish church located in the Redcliffe district of the English port city of Bristol, close to the city centre. Constructed from the 12th to the 15th centuries, the church is a Grade 1 listed building, St... , Bristol	John Jay, civilian, and wife Joan
	c.1480	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	A priest
	c.1480	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	Civilian and wife
	1484	Chipping Campden Chipping Campden Chipping Campden is a small market town within the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its elegant terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century...	William Gybbys, civilian and 3 wives: Alice, Margaret and Marion
	c.1485	Micheldean	Wives of Thomas Baynham(d.1499/1500): (1)Margaret Hody (left) and (2)Alice Walwyn (right)
	c.1485	Northleach Northleach Northleach is a small Cotswold market town in Gloucestershire, England. It constitutes the major part of the civil parish of Northleach with Eastington.The nearest railway stations are Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham and Shipton on the Cotswold Line....	Woolman and wife
	c.1490	Northleach Northleach Northleach is a small Cotswold market town in Gloucestershire, England. It constitutes the major part of the civil parish of Northleach with Eastington.The nearest railway stations are Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham and Shipton on the Cotswold Line....	John Taylour, civilian, and wife Joan
	1493	Tormarton Tormarton Tormarton is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. Its name comes from Thor Maer Tun meaning The settlement with the thorn on the boundary. It is one mile North-East of junction 18 of the M4 motorway, with the A46 road and close to the border between Wiltshire and South Gloucestershire. As...	John Ceysyll, civilian
	1497	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	John Benet, civilian, imperfect, and wife Joan
	1497	Sevenhampton Sevenhampton Sevenhampton may refer to:*Sevenhampton, Gloucestershire, England*Sevenhampton, Wiltshire, England...	John Camber, civilian
	1500	Fairford Fairford Fairford is a small town in Gloucestershire, England. The town lies in the Cotswolds on the River Coln, about east of Cirencester, west of Lechlade and north of Swindon. Nearby are RAF Fairford and the Cotswold Water Park.-Schools:...	John Tame(d.1500) in armour and wife Alice
	c.1500	Cirencester Cirencester Cirencester is a market town in east Gloucestershire, England, 93 miles west northwest of London. Cirencester lies on the River Churn, a tributary of the River Thames, and is the largest town in the Cotswold District. It is the home of the Royal Agricultural College, the oldest agricultural...	Civilian, imperfect, head restored
	c.1500	Minchinhampton Minchinhampton Minchinhampton is an ancient market town, located on a hilltop south-south-east of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, in the Cotswolds. The town is twinned with Nkokoto, in Tanzania....	Civilian and wife
	1501	Northleach Northleach Northleach is a small Cotswold market town in Gloucestershire, England. It constitutes the major part of the civil parish of Northleach with Eastington.The nearest railway stations are Moreton-in-Marsh, Kingham and Shipton on the Cotswold Line....	Robert Serche and wife Anne
	1505	Olveston Olveston Olveston is a small village and larger parish in South Gloucestershire, England. The parish comprises the villages of Olveston and Tockington, and the hamlets of Old Down, Ingst and Awkley. Alveston became a separate parish in 1846...	Denys brass Denys brass, Olveston The Denys monumental brass in Olveston Church, Gloucestershire, dates from 1505, and is one of only about 80 Monumental brasses of Gloucestershire surviving today. It was erected following the death of Sir Walter Denys in 1505, and shows the latter together with his father Maurice Denys, both ... , Maurice Denys Maurice Denys (Sheriff) Maurice Denys, Esquire, was twice Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1460 and 1461. The Denys family were stated by Sir Robert Atkyns, the 18th.c...  and son Sir Walter Denys, both in armour]
	c.1510	Lechlade Lechlade Lechlade, or Lechlade-on-Thames, is a town at the southern edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England. It is the highest point at which the River Thames is navigable. The town is named after the River Leach that joins the Thames near here....	John Twynyho (?) wool merchant
	1534	Fairford Fairford Fairford is a small town in Gloucestershire, England. The town lies in the Cotswolds on the River Coln, about east of Cirencester, west of Lechlade and north of Swindon. Nearby are RAF Fairford and the Cotswold Water Park.-Schools:...	Sir Edmund Tame I & wives (1)Agnes Greville, to his left (2)Elizabeth Tyringham, to his right

Source

• Davis Cecil T., The Monumental Brasses of Gloucestershire, London, 1899, reprinted Bath, 1969
• Davis, Cecil T., List of Monumental Brasses in Gloucestershire, Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, vol.6, 1881-2, pp.339-344, Transactions at Gloucester