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Lnecised Slabs ix Croxall Chureh, 
DRAWN BY Mary USSHER. 
all. the North-east angle of the Chancel of Croxall 
Church lies the alabaster Monumental Slab, a draw- 
ing of which accompanies this. It commemorates 
William Curzon, son of John Curzon, of Croxall, and Anne 
his wife, formerly Ashby, of Quenby, Co. Leicester. 
The inscription is :— 
Hic jacet Willielmus Ourzon 
filins Sobis Gurzon armigeri 
dni de Grosxball 
qui obiit festo Sci Swithini 
anno dni MCGCCLAAAVSS. 
ppiciet deus. Amen. 
The effigy is represented in a chrisom,* thereby denoting he 
died in infancy. His hair is confined by a fillet, and his 
_head rests on an embroidered cushion. The slab measures 28 
by 17 inches. 
CA oS 
* The Chrisom was a white vesture put upon the child by the Priest, 
with these words: ‘Receive a white, holy and spotless vesture, which 
thou shalt wear before the judgment seat of our Lord Jesus Christ, that thou 
mayest have eternal life, and live for ever and ever. Amen.” The Chrisom 
was provided by the Church, and returned, or a new one in its stead, by 
a the mother, with other accustomed offerings at her purification. If the 
child died within this period it was buried in its Chrisom. 
