[49] The following arms and inscriptions, now gone, are noticed by Mr. Holles, as being in this church when visited by him:

In FenestraAustrali.

Empaled. Arg. a crosse sa.

Empaled. Arg. on a crosse G. a bezant

Empaled. Arg. a crosse sa.

Empaled. Quarterly arg. and G. on the 1st & 4thquarters a popinjay vert. membred and beked G,

In FenestraOccidental, ex sinistra Campanilis.

Orate pro a’ia Joh’is Tott, Agnet,& Helene uxorum ejus, & specialiter pro Andrea TottArtium Baccalaureo, qui istam Fenestram lapidari, nec nonvitreari fecit.

Sup Fulchrum exp’te Australi.

Quarterly Ufford & Beke

Willughby.

3 Crosses portate

2 Chevrons betw. 3 roses

A crosse

A lyon passant

Domus mea domus Orationis vocabitur. 1591.

Harleian MS. No. 6829. p. 218.

[50] By the following extract it appears that in the time of Mr. Holles, the windows of this church abounded with stained glass, of which not a single vestige is now remaining.

In FenestrisOrientali Cancelli.

Quarterly. Verry a fesse G. frettyd’or

Marmyon.

Quarterly. Sa. 2 lyons passant arg.crowned d’or

Dymoke.

Empaled. G. a frett of 8 piecesd’or

Empaled. B. 3 garbes d’or

G. a lyon rampant d’or

Sa. a sword in pale arg.

Sa. 2 lyons passants arg. crownedd’or

Dimoke.

Arg. 3 flowres de lize betw: 6 crossecrosselets fitchy sa. a border G.

Hillary.

Arg. a playne crosse G.

G. a playne crosse arg.

Tumuluslapidus.

Hic jacet Anna fillia Thomæ Dymoke Militis D’ni .. . et Margaretis consortis suæ quæ obiit Ao.D’ni 1462 &c. &c.

Empaled. Verry a fesse G. frettyd’or

Marmion.

Empaled. Or a lyon rampant double queuesa.

Welles.

Inmuro boreali eræ sculptum.

Orate pro a’ia M’ri. Joh’is de Croxby,quondam Rectoris istius ecclesiæ, qui dedit annualemredditum xxs. annuatim impetuum, et in secunda feriaprimæ hebdommadæ quadragessimæ habitantibus inConningsby sc’am formam evidentiæ suædistribuendorum.

This charity hath ceased for many yeares, the evidence havingbeen sacrilegiously stolne out of that monument within the wall,as by the loosening of the plate of brasse may appeare.

In FenestraOccidentali Capellæ Orientalis.

Orate pro a’iabus . . .Hatcliffe . . . Uxis suæ . . . Fenestram.

Sa. 3 welles arg. bis

Wellis.

Empaled. Sa. 3 welles arg.

Wellis.

Empaled. B. 2 bars d’or over all alyon rampant G.

Hatcliffe.

Sa a. sword in pale arg.

Arg. a fesse daunce betw. 3 talbots headserased sa.

Arg. a fesse betw. 3 cootes sa

B. 2 bars d’or over all a lyon rampantG.

Hattecliffe.

Orate pro bono statu H. Wellis notoria publiciet sequelis eorum . . . hanc fenestram fieri fecerunt A’noD’ni 1460.

Hatcliffe uxoris suæ

In superioribusFenestris Borealibus.

G. a cinquefoil peirced betw. 8 crossecrosselets d’or

Umframville

Quarterly. Sa. a cross engrayled d’or

Ufford.

Willughby.

Quarterly. G. a crosse sarcely arg.

Beke

Willughby.

G. 3 waterbougets arg.

Ros.

Or a lyon rampant double queue sa.

Welles.

Arg. a crosse patonce G.

Arg. a chiefe G. over all a bend engrayledB.

Chequy or & G. a chiefe ermyne

Tateshale.

Ermyne a fesse G.

Bernake.

Arg. a chiefe G. over all a bend B.

Crumwell.

Sa. 2 lyons passant arg. crowned or

Dymoke.

Or on fesse G. 3 plates

Huntingfield.

Quarterly or & G. a border sa. bezanty

Rochford.

G. a crosse molyn arg.

Beke.

Quarterly or & G. a border sa. bezanty onthe 2d quarter a garbe arg.

Rochford.

Quarterly &c. an annulet on the 2dquarter

Rochford.

B. crucilly a lyon rampant arg. bis

Argent 3 shell snayles sa.

Dymoke Crumwell Holland

Quarterly France & England a label of 3arg.

Quarterly France & England a label of 3ermyne

In muro boreali eræ sculptum.

Orate pro a’ia M’ri. Joh’is de Croxby, quondam Rectoris istius ecclesiæ, qui dedit annualem redditum xxs. annuatim impetuum, et in secunda feria primæ hebdommadæ quadragessimæ habitantibus in Conningsby sc’am formam evidentiæ suæ distribuendorum.

This charity hath ceased for many yeares, the evidence having been sacrilegiously stolne out of that monument within the wall, as by the loosening of the plate of brasse may appeare.

In Fenestra Orientali.

Orate pro a’iabus fratrum, & sororum Gildæ be’æ Mariæ de Cuningsby, qui istam fenestram fieri fecerunt.

This is a fayre Window, adorned with the Genealogy of the Kinges of Israel and Judah, David lying along through the whole bottome, from whose roote branch out the several stems. In one part of it below the Picture of King Edward the first, crowned, &c. &c.

Edwardus primus regnavit annos