This brass once covered the altar tomb of Roger Thompson.

[This] huge Flemish brass that formerly covered the altar tomb of Roger Thornton in the ancient Newcastle parish church of All Saints, Quayside, which closed for Anglican worship in 1959. It is believed to be the largest brass in the country.

It is pre-1429 and commemorates Roger who died in that year, his wife who predeceased him in 1411, and their seven sons and seven daughters. Roger Thornton was the ‘Dick Whittington’ of Newcastle, having arrived from the Cumberland area in a penurious state. He became a successful merchant in the town and was a great benefactor to St Nicholas’s and other churches and institutions. He was three times Mayor of Newcastle and several times Member of parliament.*

*From the Cathedral Church of St Nicholas guidebook.