Note 17 — THE CASTLES AND HALLS OF DURHAM By Henry R. Leighton

The tablet in the church which Surtees noted to the memory of William James has disappeared. There is a large marble tablet on the north wall to the memory of James Brack and his three wives, which reads rather curiously owing to the major portion of the inscriptions having been raised and the panel containing his name inserted last. At the foot the family arms have been emblazoned, a scarlet shield, having apparently a passant lion of the same colour on a silver chief, and impaling the sable shield with the engrailed fess and silver hands of the Bates. The colours are badly rubbed and will not survive many more cleanings.