ANCIENT MEMORIAL BRASSES OF DORSET. 275 



Those on the palimpsest arc as follows : — 



" Ibic jacet Sobcs CF^apman ffvscbinoocr ct aiicia 

 ujor eius Qui qln^m 3obcs obiit Septimana pascbc 

 Hnno &ni /lbocC(ICoX|*i*3o ciuor' alab3 ppicietur 

 &eu5 amen." 



*'1bic 5acet HlcjanOnam Marnb\? qui obiit iiiio Me 

 mes mci ■- Hnno b'i /lbo(rC(ICXJ*il*lDi cui' ale 

 ppiciet Deus." 



** ©rate p aiab3 Gobi's IRewpton et XTbonte neupto. 

 qo' aiar' ppiciet' &'5." 



PUXCKXOAVLE, Sx. MaRY. 



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

 by his wife Anne, dau, of W"" Shelton, Esq., of Ongar Park, ho 

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

 aisle. — Hahies. 



The brasses are upon a freestone monument, ha\ing an arch at 

 the top. 



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

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

 lyfin. by 4in. 



Description.- W™ Napper, dressed in Elizabethan armour, very 

 similar to Nicholas INIartyn, 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 IMartyn's ivife, INIargaret. 



There are two heraldic shields above. 



* Mouth of March ; the former word has the old 6, the latter is sj^elt as given, 

 but apparently has a second t, or perhaps a ":* — See Mi-. Mill Stephenson, F.S.A., 

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

 plate altogether." 



