Brass Rubbing: Jane Coningsby

From Horowitz. 2002. This woman wears a dress in the Jacobean style inherited from the previous reign of Queen Elizabeth I. She has a French hood, or Mary Queen of Scots Cap, with a veil over it and a ruff on the neck. Her sleeves have cuffs rather than frills. Jane wears a pointed stomacher (a long-waisted garment) and a skirt extended at the hips by the farthingale, a wired or wheeled component that was the precursor of crinoline. Her skirt is divided in front, displaying an unembroidered petticoat. The shoes are heavy and have shoelaces. Jane's inscription reveals glimpses of her life. She was born in 1541, the daughter of Sir Edmund Windham. She first married an Oxfordshire man named John Pope; her second husband was Humphrey Coningsby. She died childless 22 November 1608 at the age of 67, and a cousin from Somersetshire erected the brass in her honor four years later.

Horowitz, Mark R. The Monumental Brasses of England: The Horrowitz Collection. Morton Grove, IL: Portcullis Productions, 1980 (1979). p. 35-36. Horowitz, Mark R. The Monumental Brasses of England. The Horowitz Collection. New Edition, 2002. p.45-46.