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and a quarter west of this village ; when this old tower was 

 pulled down in 1775, 226 gold nobles of Edward III., Richard 

 II., and one of David II. of Scotland, were found. Near the 

 vestry is the mutilated figure of a knight in armour ; his 

 legs, though broken, I saw in 1845, but they had evidently 

 been bruised up to sand the floor. This is a remarkable 

 effigy ; the knight is resting his head on a tilting helmet, 

 the crest on front had been a lion, the head is gone, but 

 the plume, which is on the front of the helmet, was said by the 

 late Rev. Charles H. Hartshorne, Rector of Holdenby, a person 

 most learned on this subject, to be unique certainly in England, 

 if not in Europe. This is supposed to be the figure of Sir John 

 de Felton, who was lord of the manor of Matfen. He was 

 Sheriff of Northumberland in 1390, in the 14th year of the reign 

 of Richard II. He is mentioned by Eroissart as being at the 

 battle of Otterburn, which was fought in August, 1388, and he 

 says, "he was deputed by the King, August 20, 1388, to go 

 with Nicholas Dagworth and Q-erard Heron to the Exchequer of 

 the King of Scotland, according to articles of a truce concluded 

 between England and France, and forthwith to certify the 

 King what they should in the premises."* He died 1402. 

 On the south chancel wall is a monument to Dr Dockwray, 

 who died December 4, 1783, having held the living 23 

 years. On the same wall is a coat of arms and monument to 

 the family of Dixon, of Inghoe. This monument was painted 

 and emblazoned a few years ago at the cost of the Rev. Dixon 

 Brown, of.Unthank Hall. There is only one painted window in 

 the Church, beautifully executed by Messrs Clayton & Bell, Lon- 

 don, and placed there to the memory of two of my daughters 

 who died in 1868. 



At the east end of the south aisle is a representation of our 

 Lord on the Cross, with a dove above, and on one side is a figure 

 of the Virgin Mary and St. Andrew, and on the other St. John 

 and an Archbishop. This is a very rude piece of sculpture, and was 

 found lying below the old floor, and had no doubt been a reredos 

 to an altar in a chantry chapel. The remains of the parclose of this 

 chapel and a piscina are still there. This part of the Church in 



* Vide Eot. Scot, ii., 98, for a fuller account of their mission. The date 

 given there is 3d July, 1389 ; and their object was to obtain the oath of the 

 King of Scots to the articles of truce and abstinence from hostilities.— J. H. 



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