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The arcliitectural and moiiiimeiital antiquities of many parts of England still remain almost miknown : the counties of Lincoln and Huntingdon especially a})pear to have been overlooked ; few notices of the interesting remains preserved in the parish chm'ches of those and other districts of our island have hitherto been published. A favourable occasion pre- sents itself through the assistance of the numerous corre- spondents of the Archaeological Institute, to form collec- tions which might sup[)ly a complete index of monumental effigies, sepulchral brasses, paintings, painted glass, and ex- amples of sculpture in wood or stone, existing in the churches of each county of England. Such a compilation would be highly serviceable to the student of ancient art and costume ; to the herald or the genealogist. As a contribution towards an index of this nature, the subjoined enumeration of sepul- chral brasses and incised slabs, which exist in Warwickshire, is oflPered to the readers of the Archaeological Journal. Warwick. St. Mary's. Thomas Beauchamp, earl of Warwick, and his wife, Margaret Ferrers. Repi'esentatioiis are given in Dugdale's Hist. Warw., Gough's Sep. Hon., and Waller's Sep. Brasses. a.d. 140J. Merevale Abbey Church. Chancel. Fine brasses of a knight and lady, probably Robert, lord Ferrers of Chartley, and his wife Margaret. Dug- dale has given only the inscription, which is now lost. By the inventory taken at the dissolution there appear to have been here six grave-stones with brasses, valued at five shillings. Dugd. Mon. Ang. new edit. V. 484. The figures measure in length 5 ft. 8 in., and are now placed north and south, on the step before the altar-table. a.d. 1407. Baginton. Sir William Bagot, the favourite of Richard II., and his wife Margaret. Dugdale gives representations of these interesting figures in their perfect state. a.d. 1407. Wlxford. Thomas de Crewe (ob. 1418) and his wife JuHana, (ob. 1411.) Their memorial, highly interesting on account of its fine design and pre- servation, consists of a large table-monument in the chantry of St. Milburga, founded by Thomas de Crewe on the south side of tlie nave. A representa- tion of the brasses has been published by the Can;ibridge Camden Society. A.D. 1411. Wellesbourne Hastang. Chancel. Sir Thomas le Straunge, lord trea- surer of Ireland, and as entitled in the inscription given by Dugdale, con- stable of Henry V. in that island. a.d. 1426. Hampton in Arden. Richard Brokes, bailiff of Hampton. (Dugd.; Gent. Mag. 1795, p. 988.) Date about a.d. 1430, Wro.xhall. In the church adjoining to the residence of the Wren family a brass has been placed, formerly to be seen in the church of Brailes, and VOL. ir. K k