c. 1600. wch weare eye wittnesses) did most iniuriously burne* & Roll, cōsume ye same in hir fire in the notable contempt & disgrace of all auncyent & goodly Reliques. Further on the West syd of ye Citie of Durhm there was a most notable famous & goodly larg Cross of stone worke erected & sett vppe to ye hono" of god & for ye victorie had thereof, shortly after ye battell of Durhm in ye same place where ye battell was fowghte called & knowen by ye name of Neivell Crosse* wch was sett vpp at ye cost and charge of the Lo Raph Nevell being one of ye most excellent and cheiffe in ye said battell & feild, wch crosse had 7 step? aboute yt euy way . 4. squared to ye Sockett that the stalke of ye crosse did stand in, wch Sockett was mayd fast to a . 4. squared brod stone, being ye sole or bottom stone of a large thicknes that ye sockett dyd stand vpō wch is a yeard & a half square about euy way, wch stone was one of ye steppes & ye viijo in number. Also ye said Sockett was maid fast wth Iro & lead to ye sole stone in euy syde of ye Corn of ye said sockett stone wch was. 3. quarters deppe & a yerd & a quarter square about euy way. And ye stalke of ye crosse goinge vpward Conteyned in length . 3. yerde & a halfe vp to ye Bosse, being viijo square about all of one holl (24) peece of stone from ye Sockett yt yt did stand in, to the bosse aboue, into ye wch Bosse ye said stalke was deply sowdered wth lead & sowder. And in ye mydest of ye stalke in euy second square was ye Nevelle crosse* in a scoutchio being ye Lo: Nevells armes fynely cut out & wrought in ye said stalke of stone. Also ye nether end [part, Cos.] of ye stalke was soudered depe in ye hole of ye sockett yt it did stand in wth lead & sowder, and at euy of ye. 4. Cornt of ye said Sockett belowe was one of ye pictures of ye . 4. evangelist(* being Mathewe, Marke, Luke, & Johne, verie fynly sett forth & carved in stone mason worke, and on ye hight of ye said stalke did stand a moste large fyne Bosse of stone, being 8. square Rownde about fynly cut out & bordered & mveylous Curiously wrought. And in euy square of ye neither syde of the bosse in ye mason worke was ye Neivells Crosse in a scutchiō in one square, & ye Bulls head having no scutchiō in an other square, & so c. 1600. Roll, contynued [conteined, Cos.] in euy square after ye same sorte Rownd about ye Bosse, & on ye hight of the said Bosse having a stalke of stone being a crosse standing a litle higher then the rest wch was sowdered deply wth lead & sowder into ye holl of ye said bosse aboue, wheron was fynely cut out & pictured on both sydes of ye stalke of the said Crosse the picture of o savio christ crucified wth his armes stretched abrod, his hand nayled to ye crosse and his feete being naled vpo ye stalke of ye said crosse belowe, almost a qzter of a yerd from aboue ye Bosse, wth the picture of or Lady the blessed Virgen Mary of ye one syde of him & the picture of St John the Evangeliste on ye other syde most pitifully lamenting & beholding his torm' and cruell deathe standinge both on ye highte of ye said Bosse. All wch pictures was very artificially & curiously wrought all together & fynly carved out of one hole entyre stone some pt therof thorowgh carved worke both on ye east syde & ye west syde of ye said crosse, wth a cover of stone likewise ou there head being all most fynly & curiously wrought to gether out of ye said holl stone, wch cover of stone was coued all ou very fynly wth lead. And also in token and remébrance of ye said battell of Durhm & to ye ppetuall memory & hono❞ of ye L. Nevell and his posteritie for eu &1 was2 temed by the title & name of Neivell crosse; wch so did there stande & remayne most notorious to all passingers till of laite in ye yeare of or L. god 1589. in ye nighte tyme ye same was broken downe & defaced by some lewde & contemptuous wicked (25) psons there vnto encouraged (as it semed) [seemeth, Cos.] by some who loveth christe ye worse for ye crosse sake, as vtterly & spitefullie dispising all aucyent ceremonies and monume. And further in ye said place called the Read hill lying on ye north syde of ye said neivell crosse, a litle distant from a pece of grownd called ye flashe* aboue a close lying hard by north Chilton poole* and on ye north side of ye hedge where ye maydes bower* had wont to be where ye 1 MSS. Cos., L., C., and H. 44 have "and," but editions have "it." paper. said por* & Mounk standinge & making ther praiers to Roll, god with ye holie Relicke of St Cuthbert during ye tyme of c. 1600. ye said battell, & after ye said battell finished & victorie S atchived [there, Dav.] was erected & sett vp by ye said por & Mounk a faire crosse of Wood* in ye same place where they standing wth ye holie Relike made ther praiers in token & Remembrance of ye said holy Relique of St Cuthb: wch they caryed to ye battell, wch being a faire crosse of wood fynely wrought & verie larg & of highte two yeard wch there long stoode & contynued by ye remembrance of many now lyving, wher ye said P'or and Mounk eu after, in memory of the said holy Relique after the said victorie atchived dyd (in there tymes of recreac❜ō as they went and came to & from Bearepke* to ye Monasterie and Abbey of Durhm) make there humble and sollemne praiers to god and holie St Cuthb: at the foote of ye said crosse* in ppetuall prays & memory for ye said (victory) and recoverie of the said battell. Tyll it was nowe of laite wthin thes xxxv° yeres soddenly defaced & throwne downe by some lewde disposed psonns, who dispised the antiquetie and worthynes of monument after the suppressio of Abbeys, and the collection of this memoriall Antiquetie was in the yeare of (our) Lord god A thowsand five hundreth Nyntie & thre. John Fossour* was the first* por that eu attempted to el be buried wthin the abbey church out of the Centorie garth* he was buryed in the North plage [vnder the North window in ye Lanterne Alley, H. 45] before the alter of St Nicholas and St Giles, being the last of the iij Alters in the North plage toward the North, [ye furthest North of ye former before named, H. 45] over whome was laid a curyous and sumptuous mble stone [beinge coued wth a faire Marble stone, H. 45] which he had prepared in his liffe tyme ingraven in Brasse with his owne Image and Immagerie Wourke [in brasse, Cos.] upō yt, with the xij apostiles devided and bordered of either syde of him wth there pictures in Brasse. This word is partly destroyed and not legible in the Roll, but what is left hardly looks" victory," which is the reading of MSS. Cos., L., C., and H. 44, and of the editions, Roll, (26) (XVI.) The South Alley of yo Lantren.* c. 1600. * Johne Hemmyngbrowghe, por of Durhm, lieth buried in ye south plage on the right hand as yow goe to ye Revestre vnder a faire mble stone, with his picture Curiouslie ingravě vpō it, (having the xij Apostles pictured, of either syde of hym vjo in brasse with other Imagerie woorke aboue his head), before the alter of our Ladye, alias Howghels Alter,* being the first of the iij alters in ye south plage [in ye walke, H. 45]. * Will'm Ebchester* Prior of Durhm lyethe buryed in the south alley vnder a faire marble stone before the Ladie of Boultons alter,* wth his vercis or epetath ingraven vpon the saide stone in Brasse, which stone was taiken vp there & removed, and lyeth nowe before the queir door, the said alter being ye second of ye iij alters in that plage ou ye wch alter was a m'veylous lyvelye and bewtifull Image of the picture of our Ladie socalled the Lady of boultone, whiche picture was maide to open wth gymt [2 leaves, H. 45] from her breaste [breasts, Cos.] downdward. And wth in ye said image was wrowghte and pictured the Image of our saviour, mveylouse fynlie gilted houldinge vppe his handes, and holding betwixt his handes a fair & large crucifix of christ all of gold, the whiche Crucifix was to be taiken fourthe euy good fridaie,* and euy man [Moncke, H. 45] did crepe vnto it that was in yt churche as that Daye. And ther after yt was houng vpe againe within the said immage and euy principall Daie the said immage was opened that euy man might se pictured within her, the father, the sonne, and the holy ghost, moste curiouslye and fynely gilted. And both the sides wthin her verie fynely vernyshed with grene vernishe and flowres of goulde whiche was a goodly sighte for all the behoulders therof, and vpo the stone that she did stand on in under* was drawen a faire crosse vpō a scutchon cauled the Neivell cross the wch should signyfye that the neivells hath borne the charges of ytt. Robert Ebchester* P'or of Durhm lyeth buriede vnder a faire mble stone with his picture and his versis frome the waiste vpe in brass before the said La: Boulton alter, Next to the Lady of Bowltons alter on the southe Sacte fides alter and Sacte Thomas thapostel beinge thirde alter in the south plage. There ys [was, H. 45; is, L., C.] a Lybrarie* in the south angle of the Lantren whiche is nowe above the Clocke* standinge betwixt (27) the Chapter house and the Te Deum wyndowe being well Replenished" with ould written Docters and other histories and ecclesiasticall writers. In the north end of ye allei of the Lantrene ther is a goodlie faire larg & lightsum glass wyndowe havinge in it xij faire long pleasant & most bewtifull lights being maid & buylte wth fyne stone & glas wch in the ould tyme was gone to decaie, and ye por at that tyme called por castell, dide Renewe it, & did buylt yt all vp enowgh againe called the Wyndowe of the iiij Docters* of ye churche wch hath vj long fair light of glas in ye upp pte of ye said wyndowe [of the upper parts in the same window, Cos.]. And therin is pictured or blessed Ladie wth ye picture of or savio christ in her armes, and the picture of holie Sacte Cuthb: of ye weste syde of her both wch pictures standing in ye myds of ye said wyndowe in most fyne coulored glass, and of ye east syde of or Ladie is ij of ye Docters of ye church pictured, & other ij of ye Docters pictured on the west syde of Sacte Cuth: all being larg pictures & verie fynely & curiouslie sett furth in fyne coulored glas. And ye picture of por castell who did make ye hole coste of ye buylding of ye said windowe both of stone and glasse as is aforesaid, sytting on his kneis in fyne blewe glas in his habitt, & holding vp his handes to or Ladie vnder ye feete of ye said blessed virgin marie whose Immage standing abovee (?) his heade savinge [sayinge, Cos. ; saying, L., C., H. 44, and edd.] Virgo mater dei miserere mei. And other vj faire leight in the foresaid wyndowe vnder or Ladie, Sacte Cuthb: & ye foresaid Docters beneth theme being verie fynly glaised wth I all ye instrument of Christ death sett in rownde [redd coulered, H. 45; round, L., C.] glasse & wrowghte in fyne coulours in the said glasse wyndowe, being all but one wyndowe |