THE OWNERS OF SHALLCROSS. 1 23 



VIII. — Anne, born December 2nd, 1708, named after her 

 mother, died in 1776, unmarried; she was co-heir with her 

 sisters, and the last surviving member of the family. 



Portraits of Margaret, Frances, and Anne, the latter being 

 a copy from the original at Tissington Hall, are in the possession 

 of Major FitzHerbert, of Somersall Hall. 



On the floor of the chancel at Taxal,* carved in bold letters, 

 are several ledger stones, usually covered with a removable 

 boarding, bearing these names : — 



No. I. — " Roger Jacson, of Shallcross, Esq., Dyed November 

 the 12th, 1743, and was Buryed under this Stone aged 58 years." 



2. — "Elizabeth, sister tO' John and Ljetitia Shallcross, 1730." 



3. — " Laetitia Shallcross, sister to John the younger, 171 7." 



4. — "Richard Shallcross of Shallcross, 1675. Anne, 

 daughter of Sir John Arden, 1729." 



5. — " John Shallcross of Shallcross, son of Richard and 

 father of John and Lsetitia, 1733." 



6. — "John Shallcross, Junior, dyed in the 21st year of his 

 age, In his father's Life Time, 1709." 



9. — "Frances Jodrell of Yeardsley, Esq., buried 1756. Mrs. 

 Mary Jodrell, buried Feb. 8th, 1654." 



10. — "Edmund Jodrell of Yeardsley, Esq., f buried Oct. 13th, 

 1657. Edmund Jodrell of Yeardsley, Esq., buried 1713. Eliza- 

 beth, daughter of Sir John Mollenez, Baronight, at Teversall, 

 Nottinghamshire, died July 2nd, 1756. (The Jodrells had a 

 royal descent through Molyneux of Teversal.) 



John Shallcross died at his new Hall on September 26th, 

 7 Geo. II., 1733, '''■g^d 71 years. He probably died suddenly, 

 as no illness is mentioned in a letter written at Shallcross Hall 

 on September 9th by Mrs. Anne Gisborne to her husband at 

 Staveley. 



Frances Shallcross, the youngest daughter, was born 

 November 4th and baptized at Taxal November 12th, 1699. She 



* There are more in these graves than are accounted for in the 

 inscriptions. 



t Royalist, and cousin of Col. Shallcross, XV. 



