Brabant Chest Tomb at St Michael, Bishop Middleham (Bishop Middleham)
Brabant Chest Tomb at St Michael, Bishop Middleham 2006
Brabant Chest Tomb 2006
Chest tomb. Circa 1683 to John Brabant, vicar. Rusticated sandstone ashlar sides and moulded top, with long well-cut inscription: 'Johannes Brabant, Vicarius/obiit 28 Juni Ao Dni 1683/nuda Sacerdotis docti bene/credere inertam/ Verba docent Populum/vivere vita docet/Elizabeth his wife died the 4th/of August 1684/Blessed are the departed which die/in the Lord' according to Surtees; now partly eroded.
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