Rubbing2024.17 - Edward Bulstrode and Cecill Croke
Title
Rubbing2024.17 - Edward Bulstrode and Cecill Croke
Description
Knight and wife
Notes on the Parchment: Upton 1599 Edward Bulstrode
Description of Rubbing: Edward is on the left. He has his hands praying and he is facing the right. He is in full armor with a cartwheel ruff but has no helmet. His hair is short and he has a thin pointed beard and mustache. His armor has embroidered or embossed doublet with long flaps. He has a long sword with a large hilt and round pommels.
Cecily is on the right. She is facing the left with her hands in prayer. She has a larger cartwheel ruff and is wearing a low winged headdress. Her gown is opened showing an embroidered petticoat.
The entire piece is very detailed with shading. Missing lines of English Inscription and children underneath
Notes on the Parchment: Upton 1599 Edward Bulstrode
Description of Rubbing: Edward is on the left. He has his hands praying and he is facing the right. He is in full armor with a cartwheel ruff but has no helmet. His hair is short and he has a thin pointed beard and mustache. His armor has embroidered or embossed doublet with long flaps. He has a long sword with a large hilt and round pommels.
Cecily is on the right. She is facing the left with her hands in prayer. She has a larger cartwheel ruff and is wearing a low winged headdress. Her gown is opened showing an embroidered petticoat.
The entire piece is very detailed with shading. Missing lines of English Inscription and children underneath
Source
Haines, Herbert. 1861. A Manual of Monumental Brasses. Oxford, London: J.H. Parker. https://archive.org/details/manualofmonument00hain/page/n7/mode/2up. Flint, Gary . 2019. "St Laurence's Church - Postcards from Slough." Postcards-From-Slough.co.uk. 2019. http://www.postcards-from-slough.co.uk/home/upton/st-laurence-s-church/.
Date
1599
Format
Parchment 75.5cm x 101cm
Rubbing 57.5cm x 86cm
Coverage
Upton Church, in library of the Society of Antiquities of London
Files
Collection
Citation
“Rubbing2024.17 - Edward Bulstrode and Cecill Croke,” Exhibits, accessed April 15, 2025, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/29254.