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Richmond, and Sir John Lumley (Lord Lumley) which his father,
Thomas Bellingham, had farmed of the crown; he was succeeded by
his son, James Bellingham, who erected the tomb in the
Bellingham's chapel. There is an altar tomb of one of them (viz.
Alan Bellingham) dated 1577, with a flat brass arms and
quarterings; and in the window their arms alone, argent, a
hunting horn sable, strung gules. In the Strickland's chapel are
several modern monuments, and another old altar tomb, not
belonging to the family: on the side of it, a fess dancette
between ten billets deincourt. This tomb is probably of Sir Ralph
D'Aincourt, who, in the reign of King John, married Helen,
daughter of Anselm de Furness, whose daughter, and sole heiress,
Elizabeth D'Aincourt, was married to William, son and heir of Sir
Robert de Strickland, of Great Strickland, Knt. 23 of Henry III.
The son and heir was Walter de Strickland, who lived in the reign
of Edward I, was possessed of the fortunes of Anselm de Furness
and D'Aincourt in Westmorland, and erected the above tomb to the
memory of his grandfather, Ralph D'Aincourt. The descendants of
the said Walter de Strickland have lived at Sizergh, in the
neighbourhood, ever since, and this chapel is the family burial
place. In Parr's chapel is a third altar tomb, in the corner, no
figure or inscription, but on the side, cut in stone, an
escutcheon
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