Rubbing2024.1 - Archdeacon Thomas Magnus
Title
Rubbing2024.1 - Archdeacon Thomas Magnus
Description
Cardinal Wolsey's ambassador to Pope Charles V and ambassador to King Henry VIII and Parson of Sessay Archdeacon of the east riding and west warden of the college Sibthorpe,
Nottinghamshire Inscription In shield: "As God Wyll"
Three lines of inscription at bottom:
"Here lyethe Master Thomas Magnus Archdeacon of th'est Rydyng/ In the Metropolitan Chyrche whiche/ Dyed the EEVIII day of August an dni MCCCCCZ whose soule god p'don. Notes on the Parchment: Sessay Yorkshire, Archdeacon Magnus, 1550"
Description of Rubbing: This rubbing has 6 parts. There are quatrefoils with squares in the corners. The top right and bottom left are Agnes Dei (lamb of God) a small lamb with a flag on a spade ended pole. The top left and bottom right are lilies.
The shield in the middle is bearing the arms of Magnus. It is broken into four sections the top says "As God Wyll" the second is dark, the third is a lion and the last part dark as well.
The bottom piece is three lines of inscription in a gothic font (listed in inscription).
Nottinghamshire Inscription In shield: "As God Wyll"
Three lines of inscription at bottom:
"Here lyethe Master Thomas Magnus Archdeacon of th'est Rydyng/ In the Metropolitan Chyrche whiche/ Dyed the EEVIII day of August an dni MCCCCCZ whose soule god p'don. Notes on the Parchment: Sessay Yorkshire, Archdeacon Magnus, 1550"
Description of Rubbing: This rubbing has 6 parts. There are quatrefoils with squares in the corners. The top right and bottom left are Agnes Dei (lamb of God) a small lamb with a flag on a spade ended pole. The top left and bottom right are lilies.
The shield in the middle is bearing the arms of Magnus. It is broken into four sections the top says "As God Wyll" the second is dark, the third is a lion and the last part dark as well.
The bottom piece is three lines of inscription in a gothic font (listed in inscription).
Source
Druitt, Herbert. 1906. A Manual of Costume as Illustrated by Monumental Brasses. London: Alexander Moring Ltd. https://www.cuttersguide.com/pdf/References/A%20manual%20of%20costume%20as%20illustrated%20by%20monumental%20brasses%20by%20Druitt,%20Herbert%20Publication%20date%201906.pdf.
Date
1550
Relation
Also see Rubbing2024.31
Format
Parchment 76cm x 51.5cm
Rubbing 71cm x 45
Coverage
St. Cuthbert, Sessay Church, Yorkshire
Files
Collection
Citation
“Rubbing2024.1 - Archdeacon Thomas Magnus,” Exhibits, accessed April 15, 2025, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/29206.