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squares ; under her head two cushions supported 

 by angels ; a dog at her right foot. The inscrip- 

 tion above referred to, with others to the family 

 of Cornwall, having been partially obliterated 

 from the dampness of the church, were renewed 

 in 1791 under the direction of the then resident 

 clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Ingram, at the cost of 

 the llight Rev. Folliott Herbert Walker Corn- 

 wall, of Diddlebury, co. Salop, at that time Canon 

 of Windsor, but afterwards I3ishop of Worcester. 

 The original Inscription, in black letter, ran thus : 



" Here lyetli the bodie of the noble princess daufrhter 

 of John of "Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, own sister to King 

 Henry IV. ; wife of John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon 

 and Duke of Exeter, after mamed to Sir John Corne- 

 wayll, Knight of the Garter, and Lord Fanhope. She 

 died in the fourth year of Henry VI., a.d. mccccxxvi." 



The first husband of this Princess Elizabeth 

 was John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon, and Duke 

 of Exeter, and half brother to Richard II. He 

 was attainted and beheaded in the first year of 

 Henry IV. for plotting the death of that prince. 

 Her second husband. Sir John Cornwall (grand- 

 son of Richard de Cornubia, a natural son of 

 Richard, Earl of Cornwall, second son of John, 

 King of England, and brother to Henry III.), was 

 born at sea, in Mount's Bay. He was at the 

 battle of Agincourt, and took Lewis de Bourbon, 

 Count of Vendome, prisoner, for which service he 

 •was created Baron Fanhope and Millbrooke by 

 Henry VI. Ho died in 1443, at Ampthill, co. 

 Bedford, and -was buried in the chapel of the 

 Blessed Virgin, founded by himself, in the church- 

 yard of the Black Friars in London. 



Within the communion rails, against the north 

 wall, is a pair of folding doors, on which are 

 painted the figures of saints, coats of arms, &c., 

 and on the panels of the interior are represented 

 the likenesses of three members of the Cornwall 

 family ; at the feet of one of them is inscribed the 

 artist's name : ' 



"Melciiior Salaboss 

 Fecit. AS. Dm. 1588." 



Can any of your correspondents point out where 

 any particulars of this artist are to be found ? 



At the feet of the above is also a painting of a 

 corpse in a shroud, measuring seven feet eight 

 inches long, which is supposed to represent Ed- 

 mund Cornwall, more fixmiliarly known in the 

 district as the " strong baron," and of whom from 

 his extraordinary stature and strong muscular 

 powers, inany strange tales are still related by 

 tradition in the surrounding neighbourhood. He 

 appears to have been equally eminent for his in- 

 tellectual qualities and the virtues of his heart, 

 for Habingdon, the Worcestershire antiquary, who 

 was intimately acquainted with him, speaks of him 

 thus: 



" He was in mynd an emperour, from whom he de- 

 scended, in Avytt and style so rare, to compryse in fewe 



lynes, and that clearely, suche store of matter, as I scarce 

 sawe any to equall hym. Hee was mightye of body, but 

 very comely, and excelled in strengthe all men of his 

 age. For his owne delyght hee had a dayntye tuche on 

 the lute ; and of so sweete harmonye in his nature, as, yf 

 ever he offended any, weare he neaver so poore, he was 

 not frynde with hj^mscalfe tyll hee was frynd with hym 

 agayne. He led a single lyfe, and, before his streangthe 

 decayde, entred the gate of death." 



This Edmund Cornwall died in the year 1585, 

 aged fifty. He served the office of high sheriff 

 for the county of Salop in the year 1580. 



On a pillar above the figure are the following 

 lines in gilt black letter : 



" For as you are so once was I, 

 And as I am so shall you be ; 

 Although that ye be fair and young, 

 Wise, wealthy, hardy, stout and strong." 



There was formerly in the possession of a Rev. 

 Mr. Wood, of Tenbury, a walking stick or staff, 

 said to have belonged and been used by this cele- 

 brated baron, a description of which is as follows : 



" It is five feet long ; the head, Avhich is of iron, con- 

 tinues about two feet down the four sides, which is square 

 for that length ; the remaining part is round, and the 

 bottom is shod with iron. It bears his initials, and the 

 head is inscribed 'Jw my defence, God! me defend.'' On 

 one side of the staff is a flat hook, as if for the purpose 

 of being attached to his girdle. Its weight was eight 

 pounds." 



Can any of your numerous correspondents state 

 in whose possession this extraordinary piece of 

 human furniture now is ? 



The wooden tomb noticed in Vol. ix., p. 62., 

 now standing in the centre of the chancel, was 

 originally placed in the Baron of Burford's pew, and 

 had on it the following inscription, which, on ac- 

 count of its being obliterated and lost, appears not 

 to have been renewed in 1791 ; but the present 

 Vicar of Dilvvyu, co. Hereford, has kindly handed 

 me the inscription which was copied into the 

 register book of the parish of Dilwyn, between 

 the years 1651 and 1698, by the then vicar: 



" Here lyeth the bodye of Edmonde Cornewayle, sonne 

 and heire aparante of S'' Thomas Cornewayle, of Burford, 

 K"*, which Edmond dyed in the year of his age 20, and 

 in the year of our Lord God jidiii." 



This tomb has been attributed to other members 

 of this family, but the inscription thus preserved 

 in so curious a manner appears to set the matter 

 at rest ; his father. Sir Thomas Cornwall, was 

 High Sheriff of Shropshire in 1506, and assisted 

 as a knight-bachelor at the funeral of Arthur, 

 Prince of Wales, in 1502. He was at the siege of 

 Tournay, where he was created a banneret by 

 Henry VIII. He married Anne, daughter of Sir 

 Richard Corbet, of Morton Corbet, co. Salop, 

 which Anne died a.d. 1548, aged seventy- eight. 



In connexion with this family there is an in- 

 scription on a painting of Henry IV. still in ex- 

 istence at the beautiful residence of the present 



