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the tomb, nor are there any notices in the register 

 books, or elsewhere, to determine to whose memory 

 it was erected.* 



* Since writing the above, I have, through the kind- 

 ness of the Rev. William Kay, son of the late Rector 

 of Nunnington, and now fellow of Lincoln College, Ox- 

 ford, been favoured with the following extract from the 

 MSS. of Roger Dodsworth, deposited in the Bodleian 

 Library; and which as it throws some additional light on 

 the monument in the church, and of the old Knight 

 Templar in particular, I shall not scruple to give it 

 entire. 



NUNNINGTON CHURCH. 



"In the south aisle, in an arch in the wall, a knight 

 cross-legged, having a shield on his left arm ; thereon 

 on a fesse, inter two cheverons, three mullets of six 

 poynts pierced. They say his name was Peter Loschy, 

 and Loschy-hill,-r now in manu (in the hands) of Mr. 

 Thornton, of Newton-park. He was a noble warrior, 

 and a man of great command. 



+ Thomas Nautcliffe saith it hath been a chapel. 



In the window of the choir. 

 Or, on a Fesse between two chevrons three mullets of 



six poynts peirced. aig. 

 Gul. A Lyon rampt. or. 



Next window. 

 B. a Fesse ent. Three cresents arg. 



North Window. 



Lord Roos -Lord Wake Lord Vessey Lord Percy. 

 Barry of tenar. and B. threechapletsof four roses or. 



In the middle aisle of this church, on a fair marble 

 stone, a man and his two wives in brass, with this in* 

 ecription. 



"Pray for the souls of Thos. Butler, gent., Agne 

 and Margaret his wives, special benefactors to this mo- 

 nastery, on whose souls their father's and mother's, "Mr 

 John Parker's Priest, and all Christian souls, Jesu 

 mercy, amen." 



* Nuiinbgton hath been a nunnery, and said 



