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in armour. The head rests on the helmet, which is surmounted by his crest, on a 

 wreath, viz., a sheath of arrows, the points downwards. He is bare-headed, 

 without bascinet, and his hair cut short and square across the forehead. Round 

 his neck he wears a collar, composed of alternate sini/le roses and suns, two of the 

 badges of the House of York, and to this is appended, as a jewel, a lion sejant. The 

 sword is broken away from the left side ; on the ri^ht the remains of a dagger are 

 seen. His feet rest on a lion. The whole figure is spare and thin for .so tall and 

 powerful a man. 



The effigy of the Lady Margaret is of the same length as her husband (Gft. 4in.), 

 and proportionally stout ; which, if correct, represents her as a woman of colossal 

 stature and prodigious power. Her dress is close-fitting, with tight sleeves, and 

 cuffs at the wrists ; a mantle overall. The feet rest on two small dogs, wearing 

 collars with bells on them, and holding the corners of the mantle in their 

 mouths. 



The sides of the tomb are filled up with projecting crocketed gables and pinna- 

 cles over niches. They are very fine, and quite as perfect as could be expected. 

 On the north side are nine niches, eight containing angels holding shields, whose 

 coloured heraldry has altogether vanished, and the ninth a small knight in 

 armour. The south side is irregularly filled up with angels and two figures in 

 armour — the wider panels probably formed the ends of the tomb. The canopies 

 at the head are supposed to have formed part of the old reredos. 



No. VIII.-SIR RICHARD HERBERT, OF EWYAS. 



An alabaster effigy of a knight in armour (Gft. Gin. long), under a recessed 

 arch with crocket pinnacles. The figure is bare-headed ; the hands being clasped 

 in prayer ; the head rests on a helmet ; a sword at his right side ; a lion at his 

 feet. He wears a large collar of SS., with a crop pa tee as a pendant. Around the 

 edge of the tomb is this inscription : — 



" Hie Jacet Richardus Herbert, de Ewyas, miles qui obiit nono die. 

 Anno Regni Regis Henrici Octavi 2d Cujus A~ia Propitietur Jes.— Amen.' 

 The first part of this inscription is modern, but the latter half is original. The 

 lower part of the tomb is hlled up with angels holding shields, and saints with 

 books. The arms of Sir Richard are given in the triangular space above the arch. 

 The carving at the back of the recess does not belong to the tomb. 



No. IX. -EVA UE BRAOSE (? 124G). 

 An altar tomb of freestone, with a recumbent female figure, 4 ft. G in. long, much 

 mutilated : older than the Church, and certainly not in its original position. The 

 head is uncovered, and rests on two cushions, the lower one square, with a tassel 

 at each corner, the upper one long, with a tassel at each end. The dress is a close- 

 fitting kirtle, closed with a single row of small flat buttons closely set to the waist, 

 and then becoming more full. The feet rest on an animal, probably a dog. The 

 right hand lies across the body at the waist, and the left hand held something. 



