14 IIADDON : THE HALL, THE MANOR. AND ITS LORDS. 



prayers and almes deeds the soule ys delivered from everlastyng 

 dethe and payne therfor ytt ys that I wyll and bequethe that a 

 Covenable (fitting) preste shall syng for my Sowle my vvyffe 

 Sowle, my ffathur and mother and all my chyldern and all Crysten 

 Sowlys and say dayly wt ffull offes of dethe in the sayde Churche 

 of Tonge or in the Chappell when ytt ys made," &c. " Item. — 

 I bequeth and gyff for makyng of the sadye tombe and Chappell 

 c"." "Item. I wyell that my sayd tombe and Chappell be 

 made wt in ij yeres next after my deceasse or erst (sooner) 

 and the better and the more hona'ble for the blode tliat my 

 wyffe ys corny n of." 



John Vernon, eldest s(m and heir of Sir Henry, died in 1477 

 in his father's lifetime, and was buried in Bakewell Church. 

 The next in succession was, 



Richard Vernon, second son of Sir Henry, t'rom an Inquisi- 

 tion taken in 15 15, after the death of his father, he was found 

 to be thirty years of age and upwards. He married Margaret, 

 daughter of Sir Robert Dimock, Knt. (Mar. Sett. 7th Nov., 

 1507), and died August 14th, 15 17, surviving his father only a 

 little over two j-ears, and leaxing an only son and heir, George 

 Vernon {Jnq^. f. m. 16 Hen. VIII.), aged ten years and upwards 

 in 1524. 



There is an alabaster altar-tomb in the Vernon Chapel in 

 Tong Church, with recumbent effigies of Richard Vernon and 

 Margaret, his wife, with an inscription in Latin (translated) : — 



" Here lie the bodies of Ricliard Vernon of Haddon, Esquire, 

 and Margaret his wife, daughter of Sir Robert Dymmok, Knight, 

 who had issue, George Vernon. Richard indeed died on the 

 Vigil of the Assumption of Saint Mary the Virgin, in the year of 



our Lord, 15 17, and the said Margaret died day of the 



month , in the year of our Lord 15..., on whose souls 



God Almighty be merciful. Amen." 



It is \'ery probable that Margaret, the widow of Richard 

 Vernon, was not buried at Tong, hence the blanks in the dates, 

 as she married secondly Sir William Coffin, Knt., a member of a 

 very ancient family of that name in Devonshire, by whom she 



