GRAVESTONES AT 6T. PETERS CHURCH, DERBY. 5$ 



succeeded him, was at Derby School in that year, and he mar- 

 ried Cantrell's widow, by whom he had four sons. Blackwell 

 died at Market Bosworth on the 5th April, 1730. This stone 

 was copied by Bassano, and it is probably still underneath the 

 present pavement. 



XVI. 

 Here lyeth the Body of Mary Allsop. 



This was on a broken piece of sandstone of very ancient date, 

 near the east wall of the chancel, north. 



The writer is indebted to Mr. John Xorcross for copies of 

 these inscriptions, which he made by permission of the Vicar 

 and Churchwardens, except those of Elizabeth Willoughby and 

 Dr. Willoughby, and Elizabeth Eyre and Dr. Jackson. 



This completes the list. It has of late years become a 

 common practice to grass over our churchyards. It is not 

 the intention of the writer of this article to enter upon the 

 question of the desirability or otherwise of the practice. One 

 thing, however, may be said. When these places are so trans- 

 formed, it seems only right and fair that a record should 

 be kept of all monuments and gravestones thus covered or 

 removed. 



In vol. xxi., p. 90, there appeared a notice of the taking down 

 and removal to Loughborough for repairs, etc., of the old bells 

 of St. Peter's Church, Derby. They have now been returned. 

 The following is a list of the peal as it now is, together with 

 the weights of the bells. Several are new, and two have 

 been re-cast. The inscriptions are as follows :— 

 cwt. qrs. lbs. 



No. I. 4 I 25. " Venite, Exultemus Domino." The gift 

 of Sir Henry Bemrose, M.P., 1900. 



„ 2. 4 2 13. " Te Deum Laudamus." The gift of 

 E. T. Ann and R. B. Chambers, 

 Churchwardens, 1900. 



