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more likely that the sides of the tomb, in order to save cost and 

 labour of transport, would be obtained from some of the marble 

 quarries of this county. As the' natural veins and fissures in the 

 two larger slabs correspond, it is obvious that both were sawn out 

 of the same block. 



On referring to the Rev. Dr. Cox's invaluable work on the 

 "Churches of Derbyshire," I find that this ancient tomb has 

 been noticed by three distinguished antiquaries : — Ashmole, about 

 1644 ; Godfrey Meynell, Esq., about 1814 ; and Sir Stephen Glyn 

 in 1852. 



Mr. Elias Ashmole writes : " Under the uppermost arch on the 

 north side of the chancel is a raised monument having a large 

 marble for the top-stone, whereon seems to have been ye 

 portraiture of a clergyman in his habitt, but ye Brass is stolen 

 away." 



Mr. Meynell made a sketch of it, now preserved with his 

 collections at Meynell Langley Hall, but this I have not seen. 



Sir Stephen Glyn describes the sides of this tomb as being of 

 alabaster, and having pierced arches, which are trefoiled and 

 hollow within. 



From Ashmole we learn that the tomb was in the same condi- 

 tion and position in 1644 as it was in 1855. It may have been 

 stripped of its plates by some of those marauding and officious 

 Parliamentarians who made such liavoc of Ashover Church about 

 that time. 



With regard to Sir Stephen Glyn's mistake about the sides 

 being of alabaster, we know that as the other Cantelupe monu- 

 ment with its recumbent effigy was once white7vas/ied, it is more 

 than probable that this memorial did not escape the attention 

 of the same talented artist ; if so. Sir Stephen must be pardoned 

 for his blunder. 



It seems taken for granted that the matrices on this tomb were 

 once filled with brass, and at this time nothing can be said to the 

 contrary ; probably they were, but I cannot forbear the observa- 

 tion that the ledger does not contain the slightest vestige of pitch, 

 in which the plates were invariably bedded, nor of the rivets by 



