Rubbing2024.10 - Christopher Kay and Jane Nichollson
Title
Rubbing2024.10 - Christopher Kay and Jane Nichollson
Description
Inscription:
"Christopher Kay buried Oct the 23d Anno Dom 1689 Mrs Jane Nichollson Bu June the 4th 1690/ confined in a bed of dust/ hear doth a body lye/ raised again it will I trust/ into the heavens high/sin not but have a care/ to make you calling sure/ omit those things which trivial are/ prise that we will insure/ hange not your mind on secular things/ each one doth fade apace/ riches the chief of we hath wings/(insertion- A matron grave is here interr'd/ whose soul in heaven is preferr'd/ aftwher grandson lost his breath/ she soon surrender'd unto death)/ keeping no certaine place/ Addict your selves unto his conversation/ your purchase heaven for your habitation"
Notes on the Parchment: Masham
Description of Rubbing: This rubbing is mostly all inscription minus a shield with flourishes around it at the top center. The first letter of each line in the inscription minus the insert spells out his name "CHRISTOPHER KAY" making it an acrostic
"Christopher Kay buried Oct the 23d Anno Dom 1689 Mrs Jane Nichollson Bu June the 4th 1690/ confined in a bed of dust/ hear doth a body lye/ raised again it will I trust/ into the heavens high/sin not but have a care/ to make you calling sure/ omit those things which trivial are/ prise that we will insure/ hange not your mind on secular things/ each one doth fade apace/ riches the chief of we hath wings/(insertion- A matron grave is here interr'd/ whose soul in heaven is preferr'd/ aftwher grandson lost his breath/ she soon surrender'd unto death)/ keeping no certaine place/ Addict your selves unto his conversation/ your purchase heaven for your habitation"
Notes on the Parchment: Masham
Description of Rubbing: This rubbing is mostly all inscription minus a shield with flourishes around it at the top center. The first letter of each line in the inscription minus the insert spells out his name "CHRISTOPHER KAY" making it an acrostic
Source
Ross, David. 2020. "Masham, St Mary's Church ." Britain Express. Britain Express Limited. March 5, 2020. https://www.britainexpress.com/counties/yorkshire/churches/masham-st-mary.htm.
Date
Christopher = 1689, Jane = 1690
Format
Parchment 30cm x 59cm
Rubbing 20cm x 41.5cm
Coverage
Masham St. Mary's Church, Yorkshire
Files
Collection
Citation
“Rubbing2024.10 - Christopher Kay and Jane Nichollson,” Exhibits, accessed April 15, 2025, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/29233.