XESTIXGHAM. 



if all others were wanting, of an antiquity prior t 

 the reformation. These stalls were used by the 

 superior clergy during the time of high mass : per- 

 haps by the priest, deacon, and sub-deacon. 



In the south wall of the church, in a pew called 

 Carrington-petu* which was once a part of the 

 south aisle, is another piscina ; which shews 

 that in this part of the building was a side altar, for 

 private masses : and were the whole building stand- 

 ing, it would have a west door, and a bason near it ; 

 which in ancient times was a common appendage 

 to churches. 



In the north wall of the chancel is a handsome 

 monument, placed there to record the memory of 

 some of the Shepherd family, of Dowthwaite-dale ; 

 and is thus expressed : 



SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF 



RICHARD SHEPHERD OF DOWTHWAITE DALE, ESQ. 

 WHO DIED DEC. 4. 1811, M. 85. YEAES : 



ALSO OF 



ANN, HIS WIFE, WHO DIED OCT. 25, 1781, JE. 44. 

 BETTY, THE DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE RICHARD 



AND ANN SHEPHERD, 



DIED JAN. 7, 1763, JE. 11 MONTHS. 



ELIZABETH, THE THIRD DAGHTER, DIED SEP. 



15, 1771, JE. 3 MONTHS. 



ELEANOR, THE SECOND DAUGHTER, DIED NOV. 14, 

 1780, JE.ll YEARS. 



* At Spaunton, in the parish of Lestingham, and not 

 far from it, was a castle which belonged to a family of the 

 name of Spaunton, and afterwards it is said, to a lord 

 Carritigton : who occupied the above pew ; The manor- 

 ial court is now held at Spaunton. 



