Brass Rubbing: Thomas & Joan Bushe

From the catalogue, An Exhibition of Medieval Brass Rubbings by Kathleen H. cairns. "Thomas Bushe, 1525. In fur-lined cloak and jewelled belt. With wife, Joan, 1526, in elaborate pedimental headdress with lappeta hanging in front. Her jewelled belt ends in a pomander or scent box. They stand on a woolpack and sheep. Below the figures is his merchant mark. He was also a merchant of the Staple of Calais, a merchant's organization set up by royal decree which gave its members favored trade and tariff conditions with merchants on the continent. The members all became exceedingly rich. The figure stand beneath a mutilated double canopy. There is a pun on his name in the canopy. Three sheep gambol under a bush, above the bush his coat of arms. INSCRIPTION: Of your charity pray for the soul of Thomas Bushe, merchant of the Staple of Calais and Johan deceased the .......... day of .......... A.D. 1525."

Cairns, Kathleen H. An Exhibition of Medieval Brass Rubbings, December 7, 1969 through January 4, 1970. Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh. Catalog #21. Cairns, Kathleen H. An Exhibition of Brass Rubbings from the Collection of Kathleen H. Cairns, December 5, 1971 - January 14, 1972. Botetourt Gallery and Museum, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. Catalog #15. Felgate, T.M. Knights on Suffolk Brasses. East Anglian Magazine Ltd. Ipswich, Sufflok 1976. Spinke, Winifred. A Memento from Old England. Bury St. Edmunds, n.d. Cairns, Kathleen H. An Exhibition of Medieval Brass Rubbings, October 20 through November 19. Catalog #11.