There is also an interesting retroscript brass, in two pieces, having three inscriptions:—
- 1.—Johes Chapman, ffysch mōger, 1471.
- 2.—Alexandriam (?) Warnby, 1486.
- 3.—Johis Newpton et Thome Neupto.
Lytchett Matravers.—Thomas Pethyn (als. Talpathyn), rector, in shroud, c. 1470.
Margaret Clement, “generosa, specialis benefactrix reedificacionis huius ecclesie,” 1505.
A matrix of a very large fret (the arms of Matravers), with marginal inscription, to Sir John Matravers, 1365.
Langton.—John Whitewod, gent., and his two wives, Johanna and Alicia; three effigies, with inscription, bearing dates 1457, 1467, and portion of scrolls.
Melbury Sampford.—Sir Gyles Strangwayes, 1562, in tabard. Two shields, with thirteen and fourteen quarterings respectively, and inscriptions to Henry Strangwayes, Esq., who “died at the syege of Bolleyne,” and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Lord George Rosse; and to Sir Gyles Strangwayes and his wife, Joan, eldest daughter of John Wadham, Esq. There are also strip brasses around recumbent marble effigies of Sir Gyles Strangwayes the elder, and William Brunyng, and a rectangular brass plate to Laurencius Sampford, miles, and another to John and Alicia Brounyng, with three coats of arms.
Milton Abbey.—Sir John Tregonwell, D.C.L., 1565, in tabard, with heraldic shields and inscription.
John Artur, a monk of the Abbey. A small brass of about the middle of the fifteenth century.
Milborne St. Andrew.—John Morton, Esq., 1521, son of Richard Morton, and nephew of John Morton, Cardinal. Brass plate on altar tomb, below matrix of a knight in armour.