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Surname	Brute family	Alternative Surname
First Name	of Llanbedr	Initial of Surname	B
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished
Year of Death
Biographical Details	John Brute I 1665-1730 Thomas Brute 1699-1767 Aaron Brute 1731-1801 John Brute II 1752-1834 At least 4 generations of a family of stonemasons from Llanbedr, near Crickhowell in Breconshire, who produced many ledger-stones, chest tombs, grave stones and naive rococo stone and painted wall monuments in Brecon, Radnor and Monmouths. John Brute I is described as a mason in family records, but does not appear to have signed his work. 76 signed monuments have been identified by his son, grandson and great-grandson, the most prominent of which are listed below. Literary References: Silvester and Pitman 1998, 29-34