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By Rev. Reginald H. C. FitzHerbert. 



N the Reliquary, vol. xxi., 1880-1, is printed in exiensn 

 the will of the celebrated Judge Sir Anthony Fitz- 

 herbert ; and in 1885 Dr. Cox contributed to this 

 Journal a full abstract of " the long and remarkable 

 will of John Fitzherbert," Sir Anthony's eldest brother, together 

 with a very interesting list of the heirlooms of Norbury Manor 

 House attached to the said will. By the kindness of Mr Basil 

 T. Fitzherbert, of Swynnerton, who has lent me the original 

 Probate copy, I am now enabled to furnish an abstract of the 

 will of Ralph Fitzherbert, eleventh Lord of Norbury, and father 

 of the abovenamed John and Anthony. 



For information concerning the various persons mentioned in 

 this will, readers are referred to that valuable work which no 

 Derbyshire antiquary or genealogist can do without, namely. 

 Dr. Cox's "Derbyshire Churches," especially vol. iii , pp. 229-247, 

 where is also an engraving showing the south side of the testator's 

 tomb in Norbury Church. In Lysons' " Derbyshire," p. ccxxviii., 

 is a plate showing the north side of the same beautiful and 

 remarkably perfect monument. In Dr. Cox's description of this 

 tomb, p. 237, line 7, for "north" read '■'■south,'" and line ti for 

 " south " read '■'■ ?iorth," Both Lysons and Dr. Cox are in error 

 when they describe this Ralph Fitzherbert as a Knight. Neither 



