Brass rubbing, in black heel-ball, cut out and put down on to white paper, Edmund Roberts of Neasdon in armour, 1585, with his two wives, Frauncys and Fayth, 4 sons and 5 daughters, church at Willesden, Middlesex, by Herbert Druitt, 1876-1943
'The subject, in full armour, is shown full face between his two wives, each of whom is turned towards him in a semi-profile position, his head resting on his helmet and his feet on a grass mound. He has short, cropped hair, a long moustache and a full beard. The armour itself, such as the scroll like pauldrons on his shoulders or the wide toed sabatons with overlapping plates fixed longitudinally, is in some ways more decorative than realistic. The usual rerebraces cover the upper arms; couters the elbows; and vambraces the forearms. To the breastplate, which seems to be of the peascod type, long rectangular tasses are hinged. A thin belt buckled at the waist supports the sword hanging vertically...At his right hip, he has a dagger, though there is no indication as to how it is attached. The leg harness is typical: cuisses of metal plate around the thighs, poleyns with side wings over the knees and greaves around the lower legs. One should note also the frills at Robert's wrists and the trunk hose worn beneath the tasses' (Source: Willesden's Memorial Brasses)
'The subject, in full armour, is shown full face between his two wives, each of whom is turned towards him in a semi-profile position, his head resting on his helmet and his feet on a grass mound. He has short, cropped hair, a long moustache and a full beard. The armour itself, such as the scroll like pauldrons on his shoulders or the wide toed sabatons with overlapping plates fixed longitudinally, is in some ways more decorative than realistic. The usual rerebraces cover the upper arms; couters the elbows; and vambraces the forearms. To the breastplate, which seems to be of the peascod type, long rectangular tasses are hinged. A thin belt buckled at the waist supports the sword hanging vertically...At his right hip, he has a dagger, though there is no indication as to how it is attached. The leg harness is typical: cuisses of metal plate around the thighs, poleyns with side wings over the knees and greaves around the lower legs. One should note also the frills at Robert's wrists and the trunk hose worn beneath the tasses' (Source: Willesden's Memorial Brasses)
