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VI.

JOHN MOORE, Esq., 1597.

An inscription originally measuring 26 by 12 inches, but subsequently cut up and converted into a weathercock.

HIC IACET INHVMATVM CADAVER IOANNIS MOORE ARMIGERI CAVSIDICI DOCTI VIRI VERE PII PROBI PRVDENTIS MORVM NON MINVS SVAVITATE QVAM INTEGRITATE INSIGNIS QVI ET OPEM & OPES PAVPERIBVS LVBENS SEMPER IMPERTIIT CAVSAS MINVS IVSTAS NVNQVAM MINIS PERTINACITER DEFENDIT OMNI AVARITIÆ INIVRIE INVIDIE SVSPITIONE INVIDIA IVDICE CARVIT ATQZ HOC FRETVS BONE CONSCIENTIÆ TESTIMONIO PLENA IN SOLVM CHRISTVM FIDVCIA QVAM MVLTIS QVI MORIENTEM VIDERVNT TESTATISSIMAM FECIT AN° ÆTATIS SVÆ SEXAGESIMO PRIMO PLACIDE & QVIETE NATVRÆ SPIRITV' ANIMAM DEO REDDIDIT 21MO DECEMB: AN° DNI 1597 The accompanying illustration shows the two sides of the weathercock, with the restored inscription below. In the year 1645 an order was issued that all the "loose brass," &c., in the Minster was to be sold. In 1666 the fabric rolls show that the turret upon the Lanterne was built, and old prints prove that the turret was surmounted by a weathercock. In December, 1803, the turret was demolished, but the vane was preserved, and still remains in the vestry, where it was brought to the notice of Mr. J. Challenor Smith by one of the Minster attendants. Mr. Smith at once took rubbings of the various pieces, most ingeniously fitted them together, and identified the inscription.1

John Moore, barrister, of Lincoln's Inn, was buried within the Lady Chapel on 23 December, 1597. He married Katherine, daughter of John Holme, of Paul Holme, and widow of Marmaduke Constable, of Wassand.

CASEMENTS.

Drake, p. 492, gives a plan of the old pavement, showing the positions of the tombs and slabs about the year 1736, and prints a list of the monumental inscriptions from Dodsworth.

I.

In the back of a late canopied tomb in the north aisle of the choir are indents for a kneeling figure in mitre, 17 inches in height,

with curious shaped scroll from mouth, 9 by 1

1 The inscription is given in Dugdale's MS. in Coll. Arm., and by Drake from Dodsworth. Dugdale gives four shields of arms as then on the stone, two bearing

VOL. XVIII,

inches; a small

Moore, with one quartering, impaling Holme, and two with Moore impaling the unknown quartering.

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figure (?), 7 inches in height, with scroll, 9 by 1 inches, behind the principal figure; an inscription plate, 20 by 3 inches, below; and two circular topped plates, 5 by 4 inches, above, these possibly bore a representation of the Annunciation.

Probably for John Hatton, prebendary of Givendale, 1503, Ulleskelf, 1504, Archdeacon of Nottingham, 1506, Bishop of Negropont and suffragan of York, died 25 April, 1516. Drake, p. 501, quoting from Dodsworth, gives the inscription thus:

"Hic jacet dom. Johannes Nigropontens episcopus Eborum suffrageneus archidiaconus Nottinghamie et prebendarius prebende de Uskelfe qui obiit xxv die mensis Aprilis an. dom. 1516.”

II.

In the back of a late canopied tomb, formerly in the south transept,' but now moved into the north aisle of the choir, are the indents for a figure kneeling to a desk, 22 inches in height; an inscription plate, 21 by 4 inches; a device, 5 inches in height, possibly the Holy Trinity, and two shields, each 5 by 4 inches.

Probably for Brian Higden, dean, who died 5 June, 1539. Drake, p. 496, gives a rough engraving of the figure from a drawing in Dugdale's MS., showing him in a diapered cope, and quotes the following inscription from Dodsworth:

"Of your charitie pray for the soule of master Bryan Higden, sometime dean of this metropolitical church and residentiary of the same by the space of xxiii yeares, which departed to the mercy of Almighty God the fifth of June in the yere of our lord God 1539.”

ST. CRUX.

Church destroyed in 1886. The brasses and slabs now preserved in the parish room built on the site.

I.

HENRY WYMAN, 1411, AND WIFE AGNES, 1413.

Inscription only. Four shields lost. Size of plate 27 by 73 inches, of shield indents 6 by 5 inches, of slab about 11 by 4 feet. Orate p' ai'abs Henrici Wyman quondam maioris Civi tatis Ebor' et Agnetis uxoris sue filie Joh'is Barden qui

Henric' obiit ° die Augusti ð d'ní M° CCCCmo XIo et Agnes obiit XXEJ.

die septe'b' Anno d’ni M° CCCCmo XELJo quor' ai’abz p’piciet' deus.

1 Removed from west end of south aisle in 1798.

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Large bold lettering; a good example of the work of the York engravers.

Henry Wyman, goldsmith and merchant, free in 1386, bailiff in 1387-8, lord mayor in 1407, 1408, and 1409, died 5 August, 1411. His wife Agnes was a daughter and co-heiress of John de Barden, litster and alderman, mayor in 1378; she died 22 September, 1413. Both Henry and Agnes Wyman were members of the Guild of Corpus Christi, to which guild Agnes during her widowhood presented the mazer, commonly known as Archbishop Scrope's indulgence cup.1

II.

WILLIAM LAME, 1484, AND WIFE KATHERINE.

Inscription only. Four shields lost. Size of plate 16 by 4 inches, of shield indents 5 by 4 inches, of slab 7 feet 9 inches by 4 feet 3 inches. This slab was subsequently used for the Raudon brass (see No. vi), and as a memorial for the Rev. J. Overton, rector for 56 years, who died in 1838.

Hic iacent Will'ms Lame quonda' maior istius ciuitatis

qui obiit XXX die mens' Juni A° d'ni M° CCCC° LIXXEEEJ Et Katarina uxor eius que obiit XXVK die mensis

Junii quar' ai’ar' p'piciet' deus Ame'.

The inscription, which is now much worn, is the work of a York engraver, and, with the exception of the numeral xxvi and of the words in the last line, the lettering is neat and small. This numeral and line have been added by another hand apparently on the death of the widow in 1494, although only the day of the month and the month itself are specified. Katherine, widow of William Lam, made her will 15 July, 1493, and it was proved 7 August, 1494; according to the inscription, she died on the 26th of June.

William Lame, Lam, or Lambe, merchant and ironmonger, free in 1442, chamberlain in 1464, sheriff in 1469, lord mayor, 1475, died 29 June, 1484. Will dated 10 April, 1481, and proved 2 July, 1484.

III.

SHIELDS FROM THE BRASS TO JOHN SHAW, LORD MAYOR, 1537,

AND WIFE AGNES.

This brass originally consisted of a long, narrow inscription plate, 30 by 4 inches, in the upper part of the slab, with four shields, 6 by 4 inches, at the corners. Only two shields now remain, the lower

1 For an account of this mazer see the York volume of the Archæological Institute, a paper by Robert Davies on "Archbishop Scrope's Indulgence

Cup"; Register of the Guild of Corpus
Christi, pp. 239, 240, 291 (Surtees
Society, vol. Ivii); and Archæologia, vol. 1,
p. 146.

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