II. THOMAS MOSLEY, 1624. Inscription with shield of arms in the right hand corner. Size of plate 26 by 6 inches. On floor of north aisle. HERE LIETH BVRIED THE BODIE OF MR THOMAS MOSLEY LATE ALDERMAN OF THIS CITTIE WHO DIED IN THE YEARE OF HIS AGE 85 IN THE YEARE OF OVR SAVIOVR TOGETHER WITH THE BODIES OF HIS ELDEST DAVGHTER MADE AT THE COSTES OF IANE HIS WIFE. Arms: (Sa.), a fess (or) between three trefoils slipped erminois.— MOSLEY. Lettering very poor and thin. The work of a York engraver. Thomas Mosley, alderman and mercer, lord mayor in 1590 and 1602, died in 1624. Will dated 17 June, 1624, proved 23 September following. His widow Jane, a daughter of John Wormeley, of Hatfield, laid down the brass, and under the same stone were buried his eldest daughter Mary and his second daughter Elizabeth, together with her son Thomas Scott. ST. MARTIN, CONEY STREET. I. THOMAS COLTHURST, 1588. Inscription and four shields of arms. Size of inscription plate 17 by 5 inches, of shields 5 by 4 inches. On wall of south aisle. Here lieth buried Thomas Colthurst of Yorck Arms, all alike: (Arg.), a fess between two colts passant (sa.). COLTHURST. Lettering very neat and good. The work of a York engraver. Thomas Colthurst, gent., of, York, will dated 18 June, 1588, proved 27 of the same month, died on the first-named date. He married Katherine, daughter of Richard Anelie, gent., also of York. II. CHRISTOPHER HARINGTON, GOLDSMITH, 1614. Small half-effigy, 8 inches in height, inscription plate 15 by 31 inches, and shield of arms 4 by 4 inches, partly engraved on the inscription plate. The brass lies on the floor of the north aisle, and is now much worn and dented. It is certainly the work of a local engraver, and may possibly have been made in the goldsmith's own workshops. The figure shows a man with short curly hair, probably bearded, but this is effaced, wearing a ruff, doublet, and overgown, with long false sleeves. Inscription below: The shield bears the arms of the GOLDSMITHS' COMPANY, Quarterly (gu.) and (az.) in the first and fourth a leopard's face (or), in the second and third a covered cup between two round buckles, the tongues fessways, all of the third. Christopher Harington, citizen and goldsmith, free of the city in 1595, died in 1614. His will, dated 11 November, 1614, proved 22 December following, is printed in full in the Reliquary, N.S., vol. vi (1892), p. 211, and at page 212 is a reproduction of the brass. He was succeeded by his sons Robert and Thomas, who carried on the business. III. VALENTINE NALSON, PASTOR, 1722. Inscription only. Nave floor, under kamptulicon. Valentine Nalson, M. A., pastor, succentor of vicars Mentioned in the Antiquary, vol. xxii (1890), p. 54. IV. GEORGE COPPERTHWAITE, 1760. Inscription only. Size of plate 14 by 8 inches. north aisle. HERE LIETH INTERRED THE BODY OF GEORGE On wall of SON OF GEORGE AND ELISABETH COPPERTHWAITE OF LEEDES WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AGED FOUR YEARS. V. MARYANNE CAMPBELL, 1806. Inscription only. Size of plate 12 by 8 inches. On floor of north chapel. In Memory MARYANNE CAMPBELL who died June 29th 1806 Aged 39 Years. R.I.P. ST. MARY, BISHOPHILL, SENIOR. Inscription only. Size of plate 14 by 12 inches. Chancel floor, loose in indent in 1902. The marble tablet, high on the chancel wall, gives the following names:-George Dawson, 1812 (?), Catherine Dawson, 1807; her sisters, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Wood, D.D., 1799, and Philadelphia Gore, spinster, 1808. "This marble was erected 1813" (?). ST. MARY, CASTLEGATE. Inscription to George, son of George Blanshard, gent., 1709, æt. 18 months; Sarah, widow of Timothy Wilkinson, gent., 1724, æt. 61; and Margaret, widow of George Blanshard, a daughter of Timothy and Sarah Wilkinson, 1731, æt. 46. North chapel. Mentioned in the Antiquary, vol. xxii (1890), p. 54, and in the Yorkshire Archeological Journal, vol. xv, p. 170, but now covered by the organ. Here lyeth the body of Frances wife of William J. Mann, Ebor., Sculpt. William Farrer, of Ewood, married Frances, daughter of Richard James, of Portsmouth. She died 16 January, 1680. |