ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET. 79 



Inscription. 



Quercus sub petra jacet hie intra Johannes 

 Per preces celices poscens q'd sit sibi data 

 Pro culpa venia : per ipsum sepe peracta 

 Stultissime vita : nunc mundi periculosa, 

 Nunc socii vermes : sic jubet velle divinum, 

 Sie sc'is sociis anima Deus omne p'evum 

 Celsi mat'troni me viva semp' benedicta. 

 Q'd med delicta tradantur ut oblivioni, 

 Sic queso da veniam : ut indicet inmaculatus 

 Et sic permaneam : mundus ac purificatus 

 Ergo te, Rex Xpiste, precor s'cus tuus ut me 

 Angelus auxilii collocet vita perhenni. Ame'. 



(3.) Position. In the chancel near the Communion Table. 

 Size. 20ins. high by 14ins. wide. 

 Description. A tonsured figure of a priest with hands 



uplifted and joined in prayer. 

 Inscription. Hie jacet D Ricard' Chernok, alias 



Hogeson, quondam vicarius istius eccl'ie, cui' 



a'i'e' p'piciet' De.' 



LONG CRICHEL, ST. MARY. 

 The Church stands in the Manor of Crichel Govis. 



Position. In the chancel on a grey slab, near the 

 north wall. 



Size. 14ins. by 2ins. 



Inscription. 



Johan' Gouys gist icy 

 Dieu de salme eyt mercy. 



Description. This very early Norman-French inscrip- 

 tion has been inlaid in the broader end of a coffin- 

 shaped slab of comparatively modern origin ; 

 inserted about its middle is a shield bearing the 

 arms of Gowis or Govis of London. Argent, a 



