232 ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET. 



George Rosse ; and to Sir Gyles Strangwayes, and wife Jone, 

 eldest daughter of John Wadham, Esq., of Meryfylde." 

 Haines, 1861. 



Position. Mural on slab on west wall of south transept, but 

 formerly on a "large blue stone" (Hutchins, Vol. II., p. 677) 

 above the grave of Sir Gyles Strangwayes, below western arch of 

 tower, east and west. 



Size. Effigy in armour, 24 J in. by 10 in. ; inscription, 21 in. 

 by 4 in.; two heraldic shields, 11 in. by 13^ in., having 

 inscriptions over, n in. by 3^in. 



Description. Effigy of Sir Gyles Strangwayes, of Melbury, 

 Knt., in armour, having his head bare and resting on a helmet, 

 on which is seen his crest a lion, pass, in pale, paly of six argent 

 and gules. He wears two chains around his neck, but has no 

 pendant badge visible [cf. Sir John Tregonwell, Milton Abbey], 

 and a tabard carrying his arms, thrice repeated, as usual. 

 Quarterly of six, ist, sable, two lions, pass, in pale, paly of six 

 argent and gules, Strangwayes ; 2nd, or, a chevron within a bordure 

 engrailed sable, Stafford of Hooke ; 3rd, sable, a fret, or, Matravers ; 

 4th, per fesse azure and -gules, three crescents argent, Aumerle ; 5th, 

 argent, six lions rampant, gules, Greyvill ; 6th, argent, three bars 

 gemel sable. 



His sword hangs perpendicularly from his left side, and from 

 the right, his dagger ; generally, his armour is similar to that of 

 John Horsey, "esquier to the body" of Henry VIII. , 1531 

 (Clifton Maubank), and both are fine examples of their period. 

 John Horsey is unusual in his decorated cuirass, and Sir Gyles 

 in having a tabard over ; a slight difference from the former may 

 be noticed in the pendant tuilles which show below tabard, and 

 the Knight of Melbury is shown wearing- a pair of very fine 

 gauntlets, comparable to those on effigy of Sir Thomas Cowne, 

 Igtham Church, Kent, temp. Edward III. A small ruff is just 

 visible around his neck; he is wearing his hair short, and a 

 double-pointed, or, as it was called, forked, beard. 



A few words relating to the tabard may not be amiss. With- 

 out doubt, it descended from the Cyclas, a garment of somewhat 



