88 THE CHURCH OF NORBURY. 



The epitaph that used to pertain to this monument has been 

 already cited. This monument now stands on the south side 

 of the chancel. On an alabaster slab is the incised effigy of 

 a lady with a reticulated head-dress. It is much worn, but 

 enough of the inscription remains to show that it was in memory 

 of Alice Bothe, the first wife of Nicholas Fitzherbert. 



The other fine alabaster table-tomb, on the north side of the 

 chancel, bears the effigies of Ralph Fitzherbert,* son and heir 

 of Nicholas, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter and heir of John 

 Marshall, of Upton. This monument is so precisely similar in 

 its whole treatment to that of Nicholas that it is not only 

 obviously the work of the same sculptor or school of Notting- 

 ham sculptors in Chellaston alabaster, but was also probably 

 executed at the same date, namely, subsequent to the death 

 of Ralph in 1483, when it would appear that John Fitzherbert, 

 twelfth lord of Norbury, gave orders for the erection of tombs 

 to both his father and grandfather. Ralph's effigy is very 

 similar in arrangement to that of his father, one of the few 

 points of difference being that the tip of the right foot is 

 sustained by the diminutive crouching figure of a bearded bedes- 

 man. The collar found by Edward IV. is also round his neck, 

 but with a boar as pendant — the cognisance of Richard III. 

 His lady wears a close bodice and gown, which have been 

 painted green, and a mantle painted red. The hair is arranged 

 in a pointed, reticulated head-dress, on which are some traces 

 of gilding. Encircling her neck is a chain, on the pendant of 

 which are the Blessed Virgin and Child. There are two small 

 dogs at the foot of her robe, and the cushion beneath her head 

 is supported by two angels. The east end of this tomb is also 

 blank, and at the west end are three angels holding shields. 

 On Ihe north side are six niches under crochetted canopies — 

 (i) A man in armour, with mantle of the Knights of Rhodes; 

 (2) an ecclesiastic with tippet or hood; (3) a pilgrim with hat 

 on left .shoulder; (4) a civilian; (5) a boy in a long gown; 

 and (6) two boys. On the south side are eight daughters under 



* He was not a knight, as stated in error in Churches of Derbyshire. 



