HADDON : THE HALL, THE MANOR, AND ITS LORDS. 1 9 



arises from the prevalence of Richards, which renders it difficult 

 to distinguish one from another, as seven Richards occur from 

 the first, who married Avice Avenel, in the latter half of the 

 twelfth century, until the year 1450. The marriages of these 

 Richards have been a source of much perplexity, sometimes the 

 father and son being assigned to the same wife. 



It is not probable that there were ever any interments in the 

 chapel at Haddon, but that such were contemplated appears 

 from the following note amongst the Woolley MSS. (Add. Ms. 

 6669, p. 308, Brit. Mus.) : — "A Burying Vault ordered to be 

 made in Haddon Chappell. Lady Rutland's 3 children buried 

 in the Quire at Bakewell, between Sir Geo. Vernon's Tombe 

 and Sir Jno. Manners. She wanted their bones to be removed. 

 Query if done." 



The three children were George, Edward, and Roger Manners, 

 infant sons of John, eighth Earl of Rutland, and Frances, his 

 wife. 



When Bakewell Church was restored in 1841, three small 

 lead coffins were discovered between the tomb of John and 

 Dorothy Manners and that of Sir George Vernon, which no 

 doubt contained the remains of the three children alluded to. 



Haddon Hall was surrounded by a park, enclosed with wooden 

 pales, which must have been of considerable extent from a view 

 of the deer taken in 1637, when it contained 597 bucks and 

 does. 



Ubc IRecor^s. 



Inventories. 



There is a very interesting series of Inventories at Belvoir of 



the furniture, silver, pewter, linen, and effects at Haddon, taken 



at intervals from 1623 to 1730, with the names and contents of 



all the room.s, from which the following extracts have been 



taken : — 



1622. 



Silver Plate. 



Guilt Basons & Ewers 2 



Guilt Canns . 



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