ARCH^OLOGICAL GLEANINGS. I07 



feet four inches in length, and upon three at least of them were 

 what appeared to have been swords and shields of arms, but these 

 crumbled away as soon as touched. 



The vault was afterwards filled with other coffins taken from 

 beneath the old square pews, and lying above the present floor 

 level, and a gravestone having been placed over the entrance, the 

 whole was covered with concrete. 



The registers of Heanor Church, commencing in 1559, contain 

 the following entries of the Zouches of Codnor Castle : — 



" 1607. An Zouche gent" Daughter of S' John Zouche Knight 

 was buried ye 8"" day of februarie." 



" 1 6 10. Sir John Zouche Knight was buried ye 3"" day of Aprill." 



" 161 1. Elianor wife of y" Righte Honorable Lord Edward 

 Zouch Barron was buried ye third day of Aprill." 



"John ye sonne of John Zouche esquire of Codnor castell 

 & Iszabell his wife was buried ye 15"' day of Januarij." 



" 1612. John ye sonne of John Zouche Esquire and Iszabell 

 his wife of Codnor Castell was borne ye first day of ffebruarij 

 and Christened the xxv"* of ye same moneth at ye Castall of 

 Codnor aforesaid." 



" 1630. George Zouch sonn to the Righte Worshipful! S' John 

 Zouch was buryed the xix"' Daye of Marche." 



" 1632. Isabell Zouch Ladye & wife of the Right Worshipfull 

 S' John Zouch of Codnar Castall was buried the Nintinthe Daye 

 of October." 



? "George Zouch son of the right Worshipful Sir Henry 



Zouch was buried 20"" day of May."* 



* The following additional entries from the Heanor registers have been 

 kindly supplied to the Editor by Mr. R. Burton, though there was no probable 

 affinity between these and the old family of Zouch, owners of the castle. 



1615. " Elizabetli Daughter of Zouche Day & Elizabeth his wife was 

 Chiistened ye vjth day of Aprill." 



1624. "Sampson the sonn to Zouch Coulclough was baptized the first 

 Daye of August." 



1625. " Zouch Wilde of Codnar Park and Ann his wife had their sonn 

 baptized Thomas the xvi Day of October." 



1632. "Zouch Brunte of Codnor Castell & Ales Stafford of the aforesaid 



Castell was maryed March the xxvth." 



1673. " '^I'- Zouch Wilde of Codnor Castle was buried July ye 5th." 

 The Wilde famdy of Loscoe used the name of Zouch for three generations. 



They owned a small estate at Loscoe, and leased minerals for their furnaces at 



