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Besides these two brasses, there is a third at Kirkleatharn, in 

 the middle walk of the nave. It is an inscription, in black letter, 

 on a plate measuring 21£ by 4^ inches. The letters are raised 

 instead of being incised, and the inscription is much worn, and 

 portions of it are very bad to make out. It seems to read in 

 four lines : — 



Orate pro ai'abz Thome Lambert et agnetis ux'is sue de 

 Keyrk letham 



qui quidem Thomas obiit qui'to (?) die mensis 



septembris Anno domini. 

 mill'mo CCCCLIIJ (?) et dicta agnes obiit die mensis 



Marcii 

 Anno domini mill'mo CCCCLIIIJ (?) quorum ai'abz 

 p'piciet d's amen. 



Thomas and Agnes Lambert were probably the parents of 

 William Lambert, Master of Staindrop Collegiate Church, to 

 which establishment the rectory of Kirkleatharn was appropriated 

 in 1423. William Lambert bequeathed in 1485 a silver gilt pix 

 for the Sacrament of the Altar at Kirkleatharn. 



Westward of this brass is a slab, bearing a much worn indent 

 of a large brass, of a priest in chasuble. Round the edge was 

 an inscription, at the four corners of which were the symbols of 

 the four Evangelists. 



At Guisbrough there is a brass plate, 19 by 7 inches, with the 

 following inscription in Roman capital letters : — 



A VEKTVOVS WIFE, THIS MARBLE STONE DOTH HIDE, 



Assvredly, A Saint in heaven shee's tryde ; 

 religiovs was hett life, the like her end, 

 In seekinc, Christ, she most hek time did spend. 

 If reader thov her namic desire to know? 



SvSANNA CHASTE THE SAME, PyOKERINO IOYN'd TOO. 



Cm it 22° Sept: A 1641. 



The remaining brass, with an inscription, is at Brotton. It 

 is much damaged and broken, and is fixed to a small stone cross 

 in the churchyard. The brass was probably cast out of the old 

 church when it was rebuilt in 1710. At the top of the brass 



