Brass rubbing, in black heel-ball, on white paper, Lady Elizabeth Scroope, in heraldic mantle, triple canopy with super canopy, 4 shields, 1537, St Mary's Church, Wivenhoe, Essex, by Herbert Druitt, 1876-1943
'She wears a heraldic cloak, originally filled with coloured enamels, bearing the arms of the Scroope quartering Tiptoft. Round her neck is a gold chain with a crucifix which has been defaced. On either side of her head are coats of arms for each of her two marriages...After the death of William, Viscount Beaumont, in 1507, Elizabeth married John de Vere and became Countess of Oxford and attended with her husband the court of King Henry VIII' (Source: www.terrygarland.co.uk/wivenhoechurch)
'She wears a heraldic cloak, originally filled with coloured enamels, bearing the arms of the Scroope quartering Tiptoft. Round her neck is a gold chain with a crucifix which has been defaced. On either side of her head are coats of arms for each of her two marriages...After the death of William, Viscount Beaumont, in 1507, Elizabeth married John de Vere and became Countess of Oxford and attended with her husband the court of King Henry VIII' (Source: www.terrygarland.co.uk/wivenhoechurch)
