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Excerpt from Surrey Archaeological Collections, 1913, Vol. 26: Relating to the History and Antiquities of the County
The figure is inches in height and the inscription plate measures 12 by inches. N ow fixed to the back of the second choir stall On the south side of the chancel. The brass was in the nave of the old church where it was noted by Aubrey (i, 17 6) as at the entrance into the chancel. Mr. Waller noted it in the nave in 1837, and Allport, p. 125, as towards the centre of this aisle (the nave) though at some remove from its original position. The figure is engraved in D. Allport's Collections illustra tive of the History of Camberwell, 1841, pl. 11, p. 126, and complete in A short Historical and Topographical Account of St. Giles Church, Camberwell, published by G. F. Prosser, 1827, pl. I, fig. 4.
Michael Skinner, who died 13 November, 1497, was one of the younger sons of Richard Skinner (no. II).
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