The  brasses  have  been  inlaid  with  colour ;  the  alderman's  gown  of  the
father  with  red  enamel,  and  its  fur-lining  indicated  by  white  metal ;  the
tabard  of  arms  of  the  son  is  also  coloured  according  to  its  proper  heraldic
blazoning— ^^,  between  three  eagles  displayed  argent^  gudtk  de  sangue^  a

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TTu  MenkaKis  c/  tiu  StiddU  Ag£s.
tesae  tr.  T^  •:x±:i:sxA  inscipboo  nms,  **  Here  lyeth  John  Feld,
KaMnux  »V^TTTM-i  M  Loc-'so,  a  toechant  of  the  stapull  of  Caleys,  the
vfakh  iitcoitA.  tbe  xrj  dxr  of  Au^ioat,  in  tbe  jrere  of  our  Lord  God
mcccdxxii:;.  Al^o  ber  Imh  John  his  son,  squire,  y  which  deceased  f
iiij  <L^  of  Ifajr  y*  Tcrc  at  *  ....  Tlie  moanmental  slab  is  oraameated


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JUonumenlal  Braii  of  Alderman  Field  and  his  Son,  >


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with  four  shields  of  arms  :  the  first  of  the  city  of  London,  the  aecoad  of
the  merchants  of  the  staple,  the  third  bears  the  aldennan's  merchant" s-mait,
anil  the  fourth  the  arms  which  appear  on  the  tabard  of  bis  sod,  the  esquiie,
to  whom,  perhaps,  they  had  been  specially  granted  by  the  College  of
Amis.    The  father's  costume  is  a  long  gown  edged  with  fur,  a  leather


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girdle  from  which  hang  his  gypcire  (or  purse)  and  rosary,  over  which  is
worn  his  aldennas's  gown.  The  son  wears  a  full  suit  of  armour  of  the
time  of  Edward  IV.,  with  a  tabard  of  his  arms.  The  execution  of  the
brass  is  unusually  careful  and  excellent.
