26 INCISED SLABS IN CROXALL CHURCH. 



the sons and daughters is a figure of a barrel, or tun, with the 

 word " hor " upon it, being a rebus for Horton, and on its top 

 is a popinjay rising — representing the crest of the Curzons. It 

 will be observed that the dates of the month on which John 

 and Anne Horton died are omitted. The shield in the canopy 

 above John Horton is Horton, Sab. a buck's head, caboshed arg., 

 impaling Curzon, with a label, gules, on a bend org., 3 popinjays, 

 sab.; over Anne Horton is a quartered coat of Curzon quartering, 

 possibly, Ashby, her mother being of that name, but now almost 

 quite illegible. 



The second of these monumental slabs lies on the south side 

 of the chancel, and is to the memory of George Curzon and 

 Katherine his wife. The following is the marginal inscription, it 

 is in Roman Capitals. 



Hie jacet Coepus Geoegi Curzon de Croxal Armiger qui 

 obiit die March anno Dom et Katherina Uxor 



eivs que obiit die augusti an. dom. 1605. esto 



Memor Mortis. 



George Curzon is in plate armour ; his wife Katherine in the 

 French hood, ruff, pointed stomacher, and embroidered petti- 

 coat. Here also the dates of death are omitted. This slab was 

 evidently erected by George Curzon, who must have survived 

 his wife, as the year of her death, 1605, is stated, but, curiously 

 enough, not the day of the month. The month of March 

 is stated to be the month he died in, but neither the day nor the 

 year is given. I take it that the workers in alabaster were given 

 the order to make the slab, but were not given the respective 

 dates, and so left blanks. R. U. 



