St Oswald's Church (Dean)

This is Dean 7, "Slab re-used as the internal lintel of the east window. Only about half its width is visible, and the decay of the stone, coupled with the awkward position of the slab, makes it difficult to interpret. Cross head with large late-type fleur-de-lis terminals, shield below, and base of some arched form. Border panel with traces of an inscription. Hughes (1968) states that a rubbing showed that the coat of arms had been 'fretty, with possibly a canton'; the 14th century arms of the Braithwaite family of Braithwaite Hall are said to have been 'Argent fretty and a canton Gules'.