Sessay is a small, linear village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is located about four and a third miles (seven kilometres) south-east of Thirsk, and just under two miles (three kilometres) west of the A19 road.
One time vicar of Sessay, Thomas Magnus died on 18 August 1550, and is buried in Sessay church, his epitaph reads "Here lyeth Mr Thomas Magnus, arch-deacon of the East Riding in the metropolitan church of York, and parson of this church, which died the 18th day of August, anno domino 1550, whose soul God pardon."[1]
In Sessay church, "there are three funeral brasses in the chancel to members of the Kitchingman family, and one to Mrs. Smelt. Another and more interesting one is that of "Master Thomas Magnus," on which he is depicted in his priestly robes. At the time of the dissolution of religious houses he was master of St Leonard's Hospital, York, and was subsequently appointed to the rectory of Sessay, where he died, in 1550, and was buried in the chancel."[2]
Dame Kelly Holmes referred to Sessay as "the place I like to go when I want to forget the world, and just watch good cricket".
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