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appears to have liad no issue, as this Sir William Coffyn. by his 

 will, dated 1538, and proved in the follnwing year, devised all 

 his manors and lands in Devon lo his nephews. \A'illiam 

 Coffyn and Margaret, his wife, are described in various 

 deeds in the possession of the Duke of Rutland, as of Haddon, 

 where they probably resided during the minority of George 

 Vernon, who was only three years of age at the time of his 

 father's death in 15 17. 



Margaret, the widow of the said Sir William Coffyn, and for- 

 merly the wife of Kichard Vernon, married thirdly, in 1539. 

 Richard Manners, Esq., son of Sir George, and brother of Sir 

 Thomas Manners, first Earl of Rutland. She died in 1550. 



Sir George Vernon was the last male of the Vernons who 

 dwelt at Haddon. Camden, alluding to him, says : " Insomuch 

 that Sir George Vernon, Knt., who lived in our time, for his 

 magnificence, for his kind reception of all good men, and 

 his great hospitality, gained the name of King of Peak among 

 the vulgar." 



He was twice married ; firstly to Margaret, daughter and co- 

 heiress of Sir Gilbert Talboys. Shortly after her death, and 

 on or about the 25th of March, 1558, he married secondly 

 Matilda, daughter of Sir Ralph Longford, of Longford, co. 

 Derby, Knt., by wliom he had no issue. 



Sir George Vernon died 31st Aug., 1565, when Margaret, then 

 the wife of Sir Thomas Stanley, and Dorothy, the Avife of John 

 Manners, Esq., were found, from an Inquisition, to be his heirs, 

 Margaret being aged twenty-five, and Dorothy twenty years of 

 age at the time of his death. (Inq_- p- m. 8 Eliz.) 



Sir George was buried in Bakewell Church, under a large 

 altar-tomb, upon which are the recumbent effigies of Sir George 

 and his two wives, with an inscription, which has not been com- 

 pleted, the dates of the deaths being left blank. 



When the Vernon Chapel and other portions of Bakewell 

 Church were re-constructed in 1841, it was found neces.sary to 

 disturb the remains in the chapel, and in the report of these 

 proceedings, it is stated that three skeletons of adults were 



