Newgate Street, inscribed stone

Inscribed stone, part of a mantel piece, taken out of an old house in Newgate adjoining the Empire theatre now demolished. 2 feet high x 16 inches wide. On it a shield divided into quarters, letters RM, AM and IM and the year (uncertain) in respective quarters. Donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne by Messrs Howe and Thornton, per Mr JS Robson.