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EFFIGY FOUND AT NORMANBY. 



A very notable discovery, already recorded, was made late 

 in the autumn by Mr. Hughes's workmen at the Normanby 

 Brick Works. The sculpture which was found there formed the 

 lower portion of a monumental effigy of a knight, clad in chain 

 mail and with rowell spurs, the date being about 1310-1320. 

 There is nothing remarkable about the sculpture itself, which is 

 quite of the usual type, and two almost perfect and very similar 

 effigies may be seen in this district in Ingleby Arncliffe Church, 

 and a third at Crathorne. 



"What is remarkable is that the portions of the effigy 

 should have been found where they were, and at some consider- 

 able depth below the surface of the soil, and in the clay. It 

 appears that other small portions were found not far oflf a few 

 years ago, but they were, unfortunately, buried again under a 

 rubbish heap, and are now lost. These consisted of the arms 

 and hands, or portions of them. The portions recently unearthed 

 show the feet and legs, with the lower folds of the surcoat and 



