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Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial (1890)

Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923, Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923 · London : Cassell · leaf 193

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the face and figure can easily be traced, nor is it difficult to decipherthe inscription running round the border. It was not always so, for the brasses 724 ABBEYS AND CHURCHES. [COBIIAM. suffered grievously from long years of neglect, until some five-and-twentyyears ago they were cleaned and… … ---■ re* :;!f*8 COBHAM, FROM THE NOUTH-EAST. alabaster altar-tomb which immortalises Sir George Broke, LordCobham, Governor of Calais, who died in 1558, and his wife. It is as remarkablefor its loveliness as the earlier brasses are for their antiquity. The two chieffigures (the faces, by the way,…

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