ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET. 275 



Those on the palimpsest are as follows : 



" ffotc jace't 3obes Cbapman ff^scbmoger et aiicia 

 nr.or eius qni qniom Sobes obiit Septimana pascbe 

 anno oni /llWCCCoXI'iS qnor' a"iab3 ppicietnr 

 ^ens amen." 



"1bic 3acet aier.anfcriam Warnb qui obiit iiiio oie 

 mes m'ci * anno 61 /nyCCCGX|*pM cui' ale 

 ppiciet oeus." 



" rate p aiab3 5obis IRewpton et TTbonte neupto. 

 qo' alar' pptctet' &'s." 



PUXCKNOWLE, ST. MARY. 



" W ra Napper, Esq., brother of Sir Robt. Napper, in armour, 

 by his wife Anne, dau. of W m Shelton, Esq., of Ongar Park, he 

 had 6 Sons. Engraved c. 1600, before his death, mural, south 

 aisle. Haines. 



' The brasses are upon a freestone monument, having an arch at 

 the top. 



Size. Effigy, roin. by pin.; heraldic shields over, the lower 

 7in. by 6in., the higher 3in. by 3m. The inscription below is 

 i7fin. by 4-in. 



Description W m Napper, dressed in Elizabethan armour, very 

 similar to Nicholas Martyn, of Piddletown, kneels before a 

 prayer desk. His sword on right hip has elaborate guarded 

 hilt, and his cuirass is of the pointed paunce type. His ruff is 

 large and carefully drawn, being nearly as large as that of 

 Nicholas Martyn's wife, Margaret. 



There are two heraldic shields above. 



* Month of March ; the former word has the old 6, the latter is spelt as given, 

 but apparently has a second i, or perhaps a ? See Mr. Mill Stephenson, F.S.A., 

 on Palimpsests, Trans. Monumental Brass Society, Vol. IV., p. 319 "A curious 

 plate altogether." 



