[76] A third font (modern) formerly stood in the north-west tower.
[77] It is curious that the same story should be told of Roger de Mowbray, founder of Byland Abbey in this same county. (Murray’s Cathedrals.)
[78] Another suggestion is that the subject has some connection with the history of the Disobedient Prophet.
[79] Surtees Soc., vol. lxiv. p. 92.
[80] But for the label, these arms resemble those of John of Eltham (brother of Edward III.), who died without issue in 1334.
[81] It is pleasant to find in the church several indications of aid received from the other great ecclesiastical foundation in the neighbourhood.
[82] Taken by itself, the coarseness of the work in the tower and transept would suggest that these parts were later, and not earlier, than the nave. But (not to mention documentary evidence), if they were later, then the Rood Screen must be later also, which can hardly be the case, the stalls against it being dated 1489.
[83] Probably (as Walbran suggested) with money subscribed for the tower, the completion of which was perhaps the less pressing necessity.
[84] In the large mediæval churches there was usually an altar at the east end of the nave.
[85] It may have been put here at the time of the building of the present nave, than which it is perhaps slightly earlier.