124 THE MONUMENTAL BRASSES OF WARWICKSHIRE. 
She died in her 30th year, April 27th, 1594. 
Maria Hinton was the wife of Dr. William Hinton, Vicar 
of St. Michael’s and Archdeacon of Coventry. (Sharp’s 
Antiquities of Coventry, p. 12, and Poole’s Antiquities, pp. 
138-9, where an illustration of this brass is given.) 
II. — Ann, w. of Win. Sewell, Vintner, 1609. Homes. 
Like the above, this brass consists of two plates; the upper 
being llin. by 8|in., the lower 1ft. 4Jin. by 8Jin. The lady 
kneels upon a tiled floor before a prayer-desk. She wears a 
high broad-brimmed hat, wreathed round the crown. This 
is worn over the “ Paris head,” “ a kind of close linen cap 
projecting forward at each side of the face, often with ... a 
lappet dependent behind ” (Haines). Round the lady’s neck 
is a large ruff; her dress has tight sleeves, a plaited stomacher, 
and plain skirt. 
To her memory is the following inscription 
HER ZEALOVS CARE TO SERVE HER GOD 
HER CONSTANT LOVE TO HVSBAND DEARE 
HER HARMELES HARTE TO EVERIE ONE 
DOTH LIVE ALTHOVGH HER CORPS LYE HERE 
GOD GRAVNTE VS ALL WHILE GLASS DOTH RV 
TO LIVE IN CHRIST AS SHE HATH DONE. 
ANN SEWELL Y E WIFE OF WILLM SEWE LL OF THIS CYTTY VINT 
NER DEPTED THIS LIFE Y E 20 th OF DECEM I 1609 OF THE AGE OF 
46 years; an hvmble follower of her saviovr christ 
AND A WORTHY STIRROR VP OF OTHERS TO ALL HOLY VERTVES. 
Illustrations of the brass will be found in Bloxliam’s Mon. 
Arch., p. 254, and Poole’s Antiquities of Coventry, p. 138. 
III. — Inscription. Captain Gercase Scrope, 1705. Mural. 
This memorial, not mentioned by Haines, is upon a large 
plate, 2ft. 2in. by 1ft. 10in., within a moulded stone border. 
At the top is a small shield, with the arms of Scrope, az., a 
bend or., and the legend, non haec, sed me. Then follows :— 
Here lyes the Body of Capt n . GER VASE SCROPE of the Family 
of the SCROPES of Bolton in the County of York who 
departed this life the 26 th day of Aug 1 . Anno Dili 1705 
Aged 66 
AN EPITAPH Written by Himfelf in the Agony and 
Doloro v s Paines of the Gout, and dyed soon after. 
Here lyes an Old Tofscd TENNIS BALL, 
Was Racketted from Spring to Fall 
With so much heat and so much haft. 
Time’s arm for shame grew tyr’d at laft. 
