12 I (ADDON : THE HALL, THE MANOR, AND ITS LORDS. 



'rrea.surer of Calais, Captain of Rouen, and Speaker in the 

 I'arliament at Leicester. He married Eenedicta, daughter ot 

 Sir John Ludlow, of Hodnet and Stokesay, oo. Salop, by whom 

 he had a large family. There is a rich alabaster altar tomb in 

 I'ong Church, with the recumbent effigies of a Vernon and lady, 

 which are supposed to be this Sir Richard and Benedicta,* his 

 wife. He was succeeded by his eldest son and heir, 



Sir William de Vernon, who was found thirty years and up- 

 wards in 1450. ijnq^. p. 111. 30 Henry VI.) Sir William Vernon 

 represented the County of Derby in the Parliament summoned 

 to meet in 1442, and was again elected in 1449 and 1450. He 

 had a grant of the office of Knight Constable of England for 

 life. He married Margaret, daughter and heiress of Sir Robert 

 Pipe and Spernore. Sir William and Margaret were married in 

 1435, when they had grants of her grandfather's lands. Sir 

 William died 30th June, 1467, and was buried in Tong Church, 

 where there is a fine altar-tomb, with slab inlaid with brasses, 

 having the following inscription (translated): — 



" Here lie Sir William Vernun, Knight, sometime Knight 

 Constable of England, son and heir of Sir Richard Vernun, 

 Knight, who sometime was Treasurer of Calais, which Sir 

 William indeed died the last day of the month of June, in the 

 year of our Lord 1467 ; and Margaret, wife of the said William, 

 daughter and heiress of Sir Robert Pipe and Spernore, Knight, 



which Margaret indeed died day of the month 



in the year of our Lord 146..., on whose souls may God be 

 merciful. Amen." 



Margaret Vernon was living in 1470. (Had. Chart.) 

 Sir William Vernon had seven sons and five daughters. By 

 his will, dated June, 1467, and proved in the Prerogative Court 

 of Canterbury, 27th June, 1468, he bequeaths his body to be 

 buried in the church of S. Bartholomew, in Tong, and directs 

 that a priest be found to sing for his soul at Tong for three 

 years, and that his tomb be made according to his degree. He 

 was succeeded by his son and heir. 



* Sir Richard and Benedicta erected the east window of Haddon Chai)e). 

 Both their name.s occur on the painted glass. 



