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By the Rev. Chas. Kerry. 



|F all the ancient painted glass remaining in Derby- 

 shire, there is hardly any so perfect as in the north 

 window of the chapel at Haddon. As it is obviously 

 of the same period as the large east window, 

 executed at the period of the highest development of ihe 

 glass painter's art in England, it possesses some of its most 

 charming features. Its admirable preservation is, without doubt, 

 owing to its sheltered position in the south-west corner of the 

 courtyard. The other windows in the outer walls of the building 

 have suffered in proportion to their exposure. Some of the 

 finest portions of the glass were stolen in the year, 1828, and, 

 it is believed, conveyed to the Continent. Certain it is, that 

 the south window of the chancel is all but denuded, save a few 

 fragments in the tracery, whilst the large east window has lost 

 its two side lights, together with the heads of S. Mary and 

 S. John the Baptist in the second and fourth. The two latter 

 figures can hardly have suffered from iconoclastic insanity, 

 because the head of our Lord in the centre still remains. 



The north window consists of three lower and larger lights, 

 with six smaller ones or " batements " in the tracery above. The 

 ground of the main lights is composed of figured quarries, 

 within a narrow border of plain glass. The three principal 



