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ON DERBYSHIRE PLUMBERY, GR WORKINGS IN LEAD. 



The next illustration is from 



the head of one in the upper 



court, of a far simpler design. 



The letters and date tell their 



own tale. Sir John Manners, 



renowned in romance for his 



marriage with Dorothy, second 



daughter and co-heiress of Sir 



George Vernon, resided here 



from the death of his father- 

 in-law, in 1577, to the time of his own decease, in 1611. 



He was succeeded by his eldest son, 

 Sir George Manners, who was married 

 on the 2nd of April, 1594, to Grace, 

 eldest daughter of Sir Henry Pierpoint. 

 Possibly the G, between the M I (for 

 John Manners) and the M on the pipe 

 below, as shown on this other head, 

 which is also from the upper court, 

 refers to Sir George, and to his wife 

 Grace. 



In the same court is another em- 

 battled pipe-head, evidently of about 

 the same date as the last, and which, 



by a simple arrangement of plain 



mouldings, produces a quaint carica- 

 ture of a human countenance, remind- 

 ing us somewhat of the well-known 



Norman " mask " so often used in 



the stone corbel-tables of our Norman 



churches. 



On the death of Sir George Manners, 



in 1623, he was succeeded by his eldest 



son John, who afterwards succeeded to 



the earldom of Rutland. Sir John was 



married, in 1628, to Frances, daughter of Edward Lord 



