398 GILLING. 



placed under an arch in the north wall ; and said to 

 be a knight templar; but as the legs are not crossed : 

 it may admit of some doubt. The knight, if we 

 may so call him, is, contrary to the usual custom of 

 figures of this description, laid in a stone coffin, the 

 lid of which conceals the greater part of him, allow- 

 ing only the head and feet to appear. On his left 

 side are laid his sword, belt, and a shield, engrailed, 

 bearing on a bend three small birds, apparently 

 martlets or swallows, but in too imperfect a state to 

 be accurately denned; and on his right side a horse's 

 head and neck. 



In the centre of the chancel floor is a large flag 

 with a brass plate, bearing this inscription in old 

 characters : 



ORATE P. ANIM. MAGISTRI ROBERTI KELLYNGTON 



OLIM PREBENDARII P. BEND.E DE ULLESKELFE, 



EEC, S DE BOLTON PERCY, ET RECTOR ISTIUS 



ECCLI^E J QUI OBIIT XIIIIIO DIE MES FEBRUARI, 



AN. DOI. MO IIITIO. IHo. 



Pray for the soul of Master Robert Kellyngton, 



formerly prebendary of the prebend of Ulleskelfe, 



rector of Bolton Percy, and rector of this church ; 



who died xv of February, A. D. MDIII. 

 On the left of it, and nearer to the chancel door, 

 another flag bears this inscription : 



Nicholas Gouge, D. D., rector of this parish, 

 died 15 of October, 1755, 



aged 71. 



Still nearer to the south entrance of the chancel, 

 and adjoining the rector's pew, is an inscription to 

 the memory of William Dawson, rector of this pa- 



