A HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND 



the fingers being seen distinctly. The thighs 

 are covered with plain plates and the knees 

 have knee cops, also small and plain. The 

 armour is of early fifteenth century date. 

 Built into the wall, close by this effigy, is 

 the crest of the Aglionbys (a demi-eagle dis- 

 played, gold). 



II. A lady with horned head-dress resting 

 on a pillow. The features are well marked 

 and strong. The upper bodice is plain ; the 

 waist is encircled by a girdle with buckle. 

 The under garment is shown at the wrists 

 buttoned up the arms as far as seen. The 

 hands are placed in an attitude of prayer ; 

 the ends of the fingers are gone, but the 

 thumbs are visible. The feet are broken off. 

 Around the tomb is this inscription : ORATE 



PRO ANIMA KATARINE DENTON QUE OBIIT A DNI 

 M CCCCXXVIII. 



These effigies, representing John Aglionby 

 and Katherine Denton his wife, were origin- 

 ally in St. Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle, but 

 are supposed to have been removed when it 

 was rebuilt in 1778. Bishop Nicolson, in 

 his Miscellany Accounts (p. lOi), writing of 

 St. Cuthbert's Church, Carlisle, says : ' In 

 the north isle, over against the middle win- 

 dow (in which are the Aglionbys' arms in 

 cross), lies a man in armour with his wife by 

 his side, and over her, Orate, etc. (as above).' 



III. A small red sandstone effigy 3 feet 

 long, now in the chancel of Ainstable Church. 

 The figure is clad in a loose robe or surcoat, 

 and the feet rest on a dog. The head, which 

 has been covered with a mitre or cap, pos- 

 sibly a bascinet, is much broken. On the 

 breast, suspended by a band round the neck, 

 is a heater-shaped shield 1 charged with a fret, 

 probably for Salkeld. 



BOWNESS-ON-SOLWAY 



Built into the wall of the rector's stable 

 is a red sandstone headless trunk of an ecclesi- 

 astic wearing a chasuble and holding a book. 

 The portion which remains of the original 

 effigy is 2 feet long by i foot 6 inches broad. 



CARLISLE CATHEDRAL 

 I. The effigy, which is of Purbeck marble, 

 is now in an arch in the north aisle on the 

 floor. It was placed in this arch in 1856, 

 at the time of the restoration of the cathedral, 

 and it only goes into it owing to the fact that 

 the feet have been broken off. The follow- 



1 Mr. Mill Stephenson, F.S.A., says : ' I think 

 the shield shows that this is a warrior in his 

 ordinary attire. The shield proves this. With 

 regard to the size, my own opinion on these little 

 figures is that they are placed over heart burials.' 



ing is a description by Mr. Bloxam, F.S.A. : 

 ' The effigy of a bishop of the thirteenth cen- 

 tury. He is represented bearded, with the mitra 

 pretiosa on his head, the amice about his neck, 

 and in the alb, tunic, and dalmatic, over 

 which is worn the chesible, which is long, 

 with the rationale in front of the breast. The 

 right hand, now gone, was in the act of 

 benediction. The pastoral staff is on the 

 left of the body. Above the head is an Early 

 English canopy, now much mutilated. This 

 is said to be Bishop de Everdon, who died 

 in 1254 or 1255. ' 8 



Chancellor Ferguson considered that this 

 effigy might be that of Bishop Ireton, 8 who 

 died in 1292. There is no evidence that de 

 Everdon had a monument in the cathedral. 

 The canopy has an angel with clasped hands 

 on either side. 



II. In the south aisle is a recumbent effigy 

 of a bishop in red sandstone. Mr. Bloxam 

 describes this figure thus : ' His face is closely 

 shaven ; on his head is worn the mitra pretiosa 

 with pendent infulae behind. The amice is 

 worn about the neck. On the body appear, 

 first the skirts of the alb, then the extremities 

 of the stole, then the tunic, over that the 

 dalmatic, over all the chesible, with the 

 rationale in front of the breast. The maniple 

 hangs down from the left arm ; the right 

 hand is gone, but was upheld in the act of 

 benediction. The pastoral staff, enveloped 

 in a veil, appears on the left side, but the 

 crook is gone ; the left hand is also gone. 

 The shoes or sandals are pointed, and the feet 

 rest against a sculptured bracket. The head 

 reposes on a square cushion. Above is a 

 canopy partly destroyed. The effigy appears 

 to be of the middle of the fifteenth century, 

 circa 1469.'* This effigy reclines on an 

 altar tomb between the south aisle and St. 

 Katherine's Chapel. The panels on the south 

 side are of original work. Those visible on 

 the north side are modern, having been carved 

 when the wooden screen separating the aisle 

 from the chapel was moved from the north 

 to the south side of the monument. In the 

 centre of the groining of the canopy is a rose. 

 On each side of the mitre are three roses of 

 the same pattern as the rationale and the 

 designs at the ends of the stole and maniple. 



2 Arch. Jour., xxxix. 449. 



3 It is more probably the monument of Bishop 

 Robert de Chause or Chalix (1258-78). Seethe 

 account of the fire of 1292 at Lanercost : 'ita ut 

 mausoleum improbi exactoris [i.e. Bishop Ireton] 

 flamma voraret, sed termini predecessoris sui, 

 Robert! de Chalix, ex omni parte intacti perseverent ' 

 (Chron. de Lanercost, Maitland Club, 1839, p. 145). 



* Arch. Jour., xxxix. 449. 



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