Brass rubbing, in black heel-ball, cut-outs laid down on to white paper, Dame Mary Gore, Prioress of Amesbury, 1436, in kirtle,-out veil head-dress, barbe and mantle, in nave of St Andrew's Church at Nether Wallop, Hampshire, by Herbert Druitt, 1876-1943
'The full-face effigy of Dame Mary Gore is very severe and plain on this, the only brass still extant to a prioress. Around her neck she wears a plaited barbe and perhaps a wimple around her head. Certainly, over the latter she has the veil headdress. Over a kirtle of which only the sleeves are visible at the wrists, she wears a plain, floor-length gown with very long, surplice-like sleeves, and over all, a mantle which has been turned back to reveal its fur lining.' (Source: Google search engine, M.S.1 London:'D' series)
' On a mutilated scroll above her head are incised the words, 'Gloria et honor deo' (Glory and honour to God), and on a mutilated plate below the effigy is a three line Latin inscription in black letter: Hic jacet dni Maria Gore quanda istius dom' prioressa que odijt xiij die mensis Januari dni MCCCC xxvj cuius aie ppiciet deus ame. Translation: Here lies Dame Mary Gore, formerly prioress of this house, who died the 13th day of the month of January in the year of our Lord 1436, on whose soul may God have mercy. Amen
'The full-face effigy of Dame Mary Gore is very severe and plain on this, the only brass still extant to a prioress. Around her neck she wears a plaited barbe and perhaps a wimple around her head. Certainly, over the latter she has the veil headdress. Over a kirtle of which only the sleeves are visible at the wrists, she wears a plain, floor-length gown with very long, surplice-like sleeves, and over all, a mantle which has been turned back to reveal its fur lining.' (Source: Google search engine, M.S.1 London:'D' series)
' On a mutilated scroll above her head are incised the words, 'Gloria et honor deo' (Glory and honour to God), and on a mutilated plate below the effigy is a three line Latin inscription in black letter: Hic jacet dni Maria Gore quanda istius dom' prioressa que odijt xiij die mensis Januari dni MCCCC xxvj cuius aie ppiciet deus ame. Translation: Here lies Dame Mary Gore, formerly prioress of this house, who died the 13th day of the month of January in the year of our Lord 1436, on whose soul may God have mercy. Amen
