Coke memorial - St Andrew - Bramfield, Suffolk
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A grand memorial to Arthur Coke (d. 1629) and his wife Elizabeth. St Andrew, Bramfield.
Waymark Code: WMR3XG
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/09/2016
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On the north wall of the chancel is a grand memorial to Arthur Coke (d. 1629) and his wife Elizabeth. Arthur is kneeling in prayer, in a black arch lined with painted shields. Below him lies his wife Elizabeth, holding a small baby. She died in childbirth in 1627. On the wall on either side of the tomb are breastplates and helmets.
The inventory of Arthur Coke, of Bramfield, 1629 - (
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The memorial is by Nicholas Stone, probably Stone's best work in East Anglia. Arthur died in 1629. His wife had died in childbirth two years earlier, and it is her effigy that makes the memorial remarkable, because she lies lifesize with her infant daughter beneath his kneeling figure.