ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET. 237 



" 1bere l^etb buried tbe fourtb baucjbter of 3obn 

 Strauowa^es Esquier wbo bieb tbe 24 of ffebruar$, 

 in tbe scare of our Xorb (Bob 1583 t wbo l^etb bs 

 ber ^ranbfatber Sir (Biles Straugwa^es, (\>i3, t tbe 

 gottnoer).* 9 



" On a brass plate in the pavement," says Hutchins, "on the 

 south side of the altar-tomb" at the entrance to the north 

 transept, was the following inscription : 



"1bic jacet Xaurencius Sampforb miles bus be 

 /Belburg Sampforb, uepos (Bilberti Staunteseg milif 

 & fbawssa uj* ef filia biti be Basset, ac Malter' 

 jfoliot, miles bus be /Ibelbur^? smoub, et Elba u^ f 

 eius, filia et beres prebicti Xaureue; quor' auimabus 

 p f p'cietur H)eus* amen," 



In the pavement south of the last brass and near Sir Gyles 

 Strangwayes' tomb, on a brass pate, was the following : 



"1foic jacet 3obes Xroungng filf Sobis 3Broum?u0 

 et aiianora u^ ef filia et uua bereb Ubome 3fit3 

 1Fl)}Cboll biai be 1bull iu 3Berftele ac Tlilliltoir 

 Xronngnd fili' p'bicti 5obis et Ikateriua uj f ef filia 

 Xaurene 9 Bru be Soutbcote iur 1Reb\?ug (Quorum 

 auimabus ppicietur be% amen." 



The two foregoing inscriptions are now fixed on a mural slab 

 in the north transept. 



"At each corner of the stone is the matrix of a brass shield 

 now gone," but of these, three are fixed to the slab on the wall 

 of the north transept, two above* the Brounyng inscription, and 

 one above Sampford, and they bear the following arms : 



First shield : Quarterly, ist, Sable, a fret or, a label of three 

 ermine, Matravers. 2nd, Barry wavy of six argent and gu?es, 



