Corinium Museum, Cirencester; Medieval PeriodReplica brass of Reginald Spycer (d. 1442)This depicts

Corinium Museum, Cirencester; Medieval PeriodReplica brass of Reginald Spycer (d. 1442)This depicts Spycer and his four wives, Margaret, Juliana, Margaret and his widow Joan, a vivid testimony to the mortality rate amongst women. From Trinity Chapel, Cirencester Parish Church my notes;Monumental brasses are a kind of memorial which grew in popularity during the 13th century, allowing detailed representations of the dead to be made for much less money than full stone or wooden effigies, which could be laid into the floors and therefore take up much less space. They were a favoured style of funerary art until the 16th century across Europe, the vast majority of these brasses survive in England (totalling around 4000). A great many of these are found in the eastern counties, although there is a large concentration of them around Cirencester, Northleach, and Lechlade. -- source link

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