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Dhe Hevalvte Stained Glass tw Ashburne 
Chureh, Derbyshire. 
By THE Rey. Francis Jourpain, M.A. 
¥A\ HEN we consider the very considerable alterations 
which have been made in the fabric of this Church 
from time to time, and the destructive process of 
“Restoration ” through which it passed in 1839-40, it is satis- 
factory to the Archeologist to note that twenty-eight ancient 
shields have survived to this day, and appear for the most 
part to be in good preservation. From S. George’s Visitation, 
in 1611, now preserved in the Herald’s College, we learn, 
however, that at that period there were in all sixty-one coats 
of arms. As the catalogue appears to have been made with 
tolerable care, and is certainly more correct than that made by 
Elias Ashmole (quoted in Cox’s Churches of Derbyshire, vol ii.), 
we proceed to give it zz extenso, attaching to each shield the 
name of the family, where such may be fairly identified. 
“In Ashburne Churche in com. Derb., the 19th day of 
August, in A° Dom. 1611. All these thereunder in the wyn- 
dowes very ould sett up.” 
I. Quarterly France (3 Meur-de-lis), & England. Royal Arms of 
England. 
2. Ditto, with a thorough label, ermine. John of Gaunt, Duke of 
Lancaster. 
3. England, with a thorough label, avgen¢. Duchy of Lancaster. 
4. Gu. 12 Bezants 333, 2, and 1, a canton, ermine. Zouch. 
