Oldest Stone in Churchyard
116 (TS) heir lyis ane honest man callit Iames Brounlie wha decessit the last day of October 1604 (arms with initials IB BB DB also crown, hammer + pincers for a blacksmith with initials MS) (Stevenson P 105 for photo + comments; Ancient monuments p29 51(3) – book at the library at Society of Australian Genealogists in Sydney. Illustration of arms.
"A shield on the slab is parted 'per pale:
dexter, on a chevron between two roses in chief and a fleur-de-lys in base, a mullet:
sinister, a fess between two mullets in chief and a crescent in base.
The shield is flanked by the initials I.B. and B.B., and below are the initials M.S. above it, flanking a smith's hammer and tongs, the former emblem being oplaced beneath a crown and two together forming the badge of the Hammersmith Incorporation."
