II. THOMAS DAWNY, 1683. Inscription within a slightly ornamented border, with shield above. Size of inscription plate 17 by 9 inches, of shield plate 5 by 6 inches. On floor of north aisle, the shield much worn. Here lyeth the body of THOMAS DAWNY late of SELBY Esq, son of THOMAS DAWNY Arms: on a bend cotised.... three annulets . . . . DAWNY. III. GEORGIANA BIGLAND, 1820. Inscription only. Size of plate 12 by 9 inches. Inserted into a much defaced casement of an old brass on the nave floor. BENEATH Are deposited the Remains of GEORGIANA BIGLAND Who died on the 14th March A.D. 1820 GEORGE BIGLAND ESQR COUNTY of LANCASTER. IV. MARION CHRISTINA LLOYD, 1821. Inscription only. Size of plate 13 by 7 inches. Inserted into the ledger stone of John Yarburgh, 1653, on the floor of the vestibule at the west end of the church. MARION CHRISTINA LLOYD Obiit June 16: 1821. V. R. AND A. HARRISON, 1822. A small plate, 4 by 2 inches, inserted into the same slab as No. i. R. & A 1822. ST. MICHAEL, SPURRIERGATE. I. WILLIAM LANGTON, RECtor, 1466. A chalice, 9 inches in height, with an inscription, 26 by 3 inches, to William Langton, rector, 1466, originally on the floor of the chancel, but recently removed into the north aisle. The chalice, which is of good proportion and well engraved, consists of a long thin stem rising from an octagonal base and supporting a round bowl, the stem itself being ornamented with a bold knot of interlaced work. Above is the inscription: Orate pro ai'a magistri Will'i Langton quonda' rectoris istius LIVI°. This peculiar type of brass seems to have originated in Yorkshire, in which county are the earliest examples, viz. at Ripley, to Richard Kendale, rector, 1429'; Bishop Burton, to Peter Johnson, vicar, 14602; York, St. Michael, 1466; and Leeds, to Thomas Clarell, vicar, 1469.3 All are probably the work of York engravers. In the first quarter of the sixteenth century such brasses are common in Norfolk, and are all of local origin, probably the work of Norwich engravers. The York example is engraved in the Rev. C. Boutell's Series of Monumental Brasses, with the inscription reversed, and a note (p. 53) saying "The inscription in this example is reversed in consequence of the slab immediately adjoining the eastern extremity of the church." It is also engraved in the same author's Christian Monuments in England and Wales, p. 111, but with the inscription below the chalice; and in the Reliquary, N.S., vol. v, p. 65, together with the chalices at Bishop Burton and Leeds. William Langton, rector of St. Michael, Ousebridge, by will dated 13 December, 1464, proved 14 August, 1466, desires to be buried in the choir of his parish church, between the high altar and the lavatory, and amongst various bequests leaves to his church his missal, manual, chalice, and three vestments.5 1 See the Yorkshire Archeological Journal, vol. xv, p. 39. 2 Engraved in the Yorkshire Archaological Journal, vol. xii, p. 219. 3 Engraved in the Yorkshire Archeological Journal, vol, xv, p. 32. 4 An old rubbing in the possession of the writer shows the inscription reversed. The stone has in recent years been shifted farther to the west, and the brass relaid. It has again been recently removed into the north aisle. 5 Test. Ebor., vol. ii, p. 90 (note). |