Lawrence Raudon, or Rawdon, merchant and alderman of York, married Mary (the inscription says Margery), daughter of William Barton, Esq. His daughter Mary, baptized in St. Crux, 21 June, 1608, married in the same church, 5 February, 1625-6, Roger Jaques. afterwards knighted, lord mayor in 1639. Sir Roger died in 1653, and was buried at Elvington. His widow, Dame Mary, was buried in St. Crux, 13 November, 1657. Her will, bearing date 29 August, 1656, was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 31 December, 1657. Her daughter Elizabeth, the "grandchild" of the inscription, was baptized in St. Crux, 16 March, 1631-2, married by licence, 11 June, 1649, to John Robinson, of Ryther, and died without issue, 22 October, 1651, buried in St. Crux on the 26th of the same month.1 VII. SIR THOMAS HERBERT, 1681. Size of plate 44 by 20 Inscription, with shield of arms above. inches. Now in a frame hanging on the wall. POSTERITATI SACRUM Heic sitae sunt reliquiae THOMÆ HERBERT e nobili et antiquâ HERBERTORVM de COLEBROOKE Cui ineunte aetate, tam intensus peregrinandi fuit ardor in lucem edidit, quas maturâ aetate, consummate perpolivit. Historiarum et penitioris Antiquitatis indagator sedulus. (ex Archivis Regiis, Authenticis Chartis aliisqz indubitatae et armorum, Sigillorum et Tumulorum Ectypis, Serenissimo Regi CAROLO, martyri, per binos ac ultimos vitae contexuit exindi per illustrissimum nunc Regem CAROLVM IIUM in gradum BARONETTI merito evectus est. 1 Yorkshire Record Series, vol. ix, p. 118, and Dugdale's Visitation of York shire, with additions, edited by J. W. Clay. LVCIAM filiam GVALTERI ALEXANDER Equitis Aurati quae fatis cessit A° Dni M.D.C.LXXI ex hac PHILIPPVM, HENRICVM (Paterni honoris haeredem superstitem) filiasqz quatuor suscepit; TERESIAM, ALEXANDRO BRAFIELD de HANSLAP in Agro BVCK. nuptam ; ELIZABETHAM, ROBERTO PHAIRE de ROSTBLON in HIBERNIA; LVCIAM, imprimis IOHANNI FROST de CLAPHAM in comitat. SVRR; deinde GVLIELMO HERBERT de CALDECOT in agro MONVMETHENSI et ANNAM, provectiori aetate defunctam. Postea cum ELIZABETHA filia GERVASII CVTLER de STAINBVRG in Comitatu EBOR. EQVITIS AVRATI modo superstite secundas inivit nuptias; e quâ ELIZABETHAM trimestrem Feb. xx1 Ao Dñi MDCLXXIII extinctam genuit tam celebris et charissimi MARITI moestissima VIDVA ut amoris sui, et virtutum tam insignis Viri Longaevum praeberet Testimonium, Hocce Monumentum L.L.M. posuit. ex hac luce pientissime emigravit 1o die MARTII A° Dni M.D.C.LXXXI Etatis suae LXXVI. Arms HERBERT, Per pale (az.) and (gu.) three lions rampant (arg.), on a canton the badge of Ulster, impaling on the dexter ALEXANDER, Per pale (arg) and (sa.) a chevron between two mullets in chief and a crescent in base counter-changed, and on the sinister CUTLER, (Az.), three dragons' heads erased (or). HERBERT. Crest: A sheaf of arrows tied round the centre. Sir Thomas Herbert married as his first wife Lucy, daughter of Sir Walter Alexander; she died 19 December, 1671, and was buried in St. Crux. For his second wife Sir Thomas married Elizabeth, daughter of Gervase Cutler; she survived him, and subsequently married Henry Edmunds. Sir Thomas died at York on 1 March, 1681-2, and was buried in St. Crux on the 3rd. For a full account of his life and services see "A Memoir of Sir Thomas Herbert, of Tinterne, in the county of Monmouth, and of the city of York, Baronet," by Robert Davies, F.S.A., in the Yorkshire Archæological Journal, vol. i, pp. 182-214. At p. 203 is a photo-lithograph of the brass. Inscription only. slab as No. iii. VIII. CATHERINE VANE, 1758. Size of plate 11 by 83 inches. On the same HERE LYES THE BODY OF CATHERINE VANE DAUGHTER OF LYONEL WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 30TH OF OCT 1758 AGED 72. IX. BETTY MACKGIBBON, 1762. Inscription only. Size of plate 12 by 6 inches. Screwed into the ledger stone of Christopher Hewley, gent., citizen of York, died 1670. HERE LYES INTERR'D THE BODY OF BETTY MACKGIBBON LATE OF GLASGOW, WHO DIED AT YORK X. THOMAS WILLANS, 1809, Inscription only. Size of plate 15 by 10 inches. WILLIAM BOWES, SENIOR, AND WIFE ISABEL, 1435. Inscription only. Four shields lost. Size of plate 26 by 4 inches, of indents of shield 7 by 5 inches, of slab about 11 feet by 4 feet. Now on the floor of the south porch. Et Orate pro Ai'abz Will'mi Bowes senior' q'nda' Maioris Ciuitatis die mensis sue qe obiit XXI° die me's' Julii A° d'ni M° CCCC° IIIV° q°r' Ai'abz p'piciet' d's Ame'. Lettering neat, the work of a York engraver.1 William Bowes, senior, merchant, chamberlain in 1399, sheriff in 1402, represented the city in Parliament in 1415, 1422, 1425, and 1430, lord mayor in 1417 and in 1428, died in 1439. In his will, dated "in festo pentecostis," 1437, proved 6 August, 1439,2 he desires to be buried "in ecclesia mea parochiali Sancti Cuthberti in Peseholme." His wife Isabel died 21 July, 1435. II. EDMUND HUNGATE, 1614. Inscription and two shields of arms. Size of inscription plate 201 by 8 inches, of shields 74 by 6 inches. Chancel floor. The dexter shield bears the arms of HUNGATE, (Gu.), a chevron engrailed between three hounds sejant (arg.), the chevron charged with a martlet... for difference, and the sinister HUNGATE impaling BELL, (Az.), a fess ermine, cotised (or) between three martlets of the last. Edmund Hungate, gent., fourth son of William Hungate, Esq., of Saxton, married Jane, eighth daughter of Richard Bell, gent., of the parish of St. Cuthbert, by whom he had an only daughter, Katherine. He died intestate 23 December, 1614, administration being granted 10 February following. His widow in 1616 married William Greenbury, alderman; he died in 1634, and she died at Thorgamby in 1642. III. ROBERT HUNGATE, 1619. Inscription and four shields of arms. Size of plate 22 by 14 inches, of shields 6 by 5 inches. Chancel floor. 1 For illustration see p. 49. 2 Printed in full in Test, Ebor., vol. ii, p. 69. HERE LYETH BVRIED THE CORPS OF ROBT HUNGATE ESQ COVNCELLOVR AT LAWE, WHO BY HIS WILL FOVNDED A SCHOOLE IN SHEREBVRNE IN YE COV'TIE OF YORKE, AND GAVE THIRTY POVNDS YEARELY TO THE MAISTER TO THE VSHER, AND FOVNDED THERE AN HOSPITALL OF TWENTY AFTER HIS DEATH, WHO DYED 25 IVLY 1619, & THIS THI- THIS STONE WAS LAYD IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE SAYD ROBERT AT YE COST OF THE SAID HENRY DARLEY. Arms (Upper Dexter.) apparently the (Lower Dexter.) Concealed by benches and pipes, but same as the upper sinister. HUNGATE, with a crescent for difference, a cross patonce. HUNGATE, but only a small fragment (Lower Sinister.) Lost. Robert Hungate, second son of William Hungate, of Saxton, by Anne, daughter of Thomas Stillington, of Acaster, counsellor-at-law of Lincoln's Inn, 1579, of Sand Hutton in 1605, by will dated 24 July, 1619, proved 8 November, 1620, founded the grammar school and hospital at Sherburn,' and was also a benefactor to the church of St. Cuthbert and to the churches of Sand Hutton and Saxton. His niece Margery, a daughter of his eldest brother William, by Margaret, daughter of Roger Sothaby, of Pocklington, married Henry Darley, of Buttercrambe, in 1619-20, and died in 1624. 1 For an account of the foundation see W. Wheater's History of Sherburn and Cawood, 2nd ed. (1882), p. 57. |