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Image: RichardFortescueBrassFilleighLeftwardsKneeling

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Description: Monumental brass of Richard Fortescue (d.1570) in Filleigh Church, North Devon. He kneels towards the left. Another brass of matching design exists in the same church, showing his brother-in-law Sir Bernard Drake, who erected the monument to which both brasses were affixed, kneeling toward the right. The shield in front of Richard Fortescue shows the following quartered arms: 1: Fortescue; 2: Denzil; 3: de Filleigh ; 4: de Weare (or Trewin). See: File:RichardFortescueArms.png
Title: RichardFortescueBrassFilleighLeftwardsKneeling
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