220 ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET. 



prayer. The inscription below is finely cut in old English 

 characters, and is as follows : 



vacate some t$me of tbis towne a fr^nfce anfc 

 fatber of w poore t 

 Hnfc founder of JSa^l^e bowse, b$e fceatb to l$ffe S 



gone before* 

 So beare not fceafc but la^fc to sleepe be Ifoenr^e 



Ifoelme bis corps fcotb rest, 

 <3ot>s worfc $s true let no man Doubt, tbe fagtbfull 

 are for ever blest* 



f b$s Decease recorfcefc beare 16 



JBtbolD ^e tna^ tbe Da^ anfc peare* HO 2)nT t 1581. 



WILLIAM BENETT. 



Position. On a slab at entrance to chancel. 

 Size. 8f by 2J inches. 



Description. An inscription not mentioned by Haines, of 

 pre-Reformation date, in old English characters as follows : 



fbere l^tb w$ll$a benett on 

 Mosle sowle o^e bavemerct. 



LANGTON-LONG-BLANDFORD (OR LANGTON). 

 ALL SAINTS. 



Brasses not mentioned by Haines. 



Position. Mural on a slab in nave, formerly on floor near 

 entrance of chancel. 



Size. Effigies 18, by from 6 to 6J inches wide; scrolls 

 were 10J and 12J inches in length ; inscription is 25 by 2f 

 inches ; shield, 5J by 4| inches. 



Description. Three effigies, John Whitewood and his two 

 wives, described with another memorial (possibly a lost 



