The North Transept

The arms on the shield are those of Sir William Blakiston, married 1575. If, however, the Mason’s mark on the slab: I OOO is that of John Cheyne, a fourteenth century mason , and if the two shields of Langton and Fulthorpe  (behind the head) are considered, the figure is more likely to be that of Sir Roger Fulthorpe, who died in 1337. Sir William Blakiston probably took an existing monument, erased the arms on the shield, and used it as his own! 

The North Transept was originally known as " The Blakiston Porch" and contains the burial vault of the family, beneath the floor. A survey of 1555 tells of money given by Sir William Blakiston at £4 p.a. for twenty years, for a mass priest. This was probably his chantry chapel where masses would have been offered for his soul. 

Note the broken Piscina, or basin and drain situated near an altar for the emptying of water used in washing sacred vessels. This is evidence of an altar here, presumably that of the chantry.

The stained glass windows behind the knight show the three saints of the North: Cuthbert, Aidan and Bede.