A HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND 



wrist. It is secured round the waist by a 

 belt from which hangs a gypciere or purse. 

 The head is bare and the hair is parted in the 

 middle. A collar showing traces of colour 

 encircles the neck. A long mantle is secured 

 by a cordon crossing from shoulder to shoulder 

 and the hands enclose a heart. The feet rest 

 on a dog and the head on a cushion with 

 tassels. 



The lady is habited in a close fitting 

 kirtle with tight sleeves, encircled round the 

 waist with a broad girdle and fastened across 

 the hips by other bands. Over this is worn 

 the sideless cote-hardi. The head is covered 

 with a peculiar kind of crown or cap with 

 a small rosette at the top and rests on two 

 cushions. Beneath the cap a veil falls grace- 

 fully on the shoulders. Round the neck is an 

 ornamental collar and a necklace from which 

 a pendent jewel rests on the bosom, while 

 from the girdle hangs a cord whose broken 

 ends fall nearly to the feet. A mantle also 

 falls from the shoulders and is held by a band 

 across the bosom, fastened by brooches. The 

 hands hold a heart. 1 



The effigies are on the south side of the 

 altar rails. Over them, resting on stout 

 pillars, is a heavy slab of marble in which is 

 embedded the brass of Sir John Ratcliffe and 

 Dame Alice his wife. There is very little 

 detail in the dress to help in the identification 

 of these effigies, but they are generally be- 

 lieved to be those of Sir John de Derwent- 

 water and his lady, who lived in the reigns 

 of Henry VI. and the three preceding sove- 

 reigns. 



CUMREW 



Effigy of a lady. A massive sepulchral 

 red sandstone monument found under the 

 floor of the old church near where the 

 chancel arch should have been. It is that of 

 a lady whose head reclines on a cushion, be- 

 hind which is a small dog with pendulous ears 

 and smooth hair, not unlike a dachshund. A 

 similar but larger and much broken dog is at 

 the feet. The lady wears a wimple ; a 

 coverchief is on her head and falls gracefully 

 on the shoulders. The hair is concealed. 

 The rest of the costume consists of super- 

 tunic and kirtle. The former envelopes the 

 entire person. It has no waist cincture and 

 its sleeves are loose and long hanging. Of 

 the kirtle nothing is visible but the tight 

 sleeves. The feet are large, in clumsy 

 pointed shoes. The hands, showing the 



1 History of Crosthtvaite Church, p. 60, published 

 by J. B. Nichols & Sons, London, 1853, where is 

 an illustration. 



thumbs, are in the attitude of prayer. This 

 effigy is now in the vestry. 



CROGLIN 



The much mutilated effigy of a lady, very 

 similar in size, about 6 feet, and in almost 

 exactly the same dress as the effigy at Cum- 

 rew. The lady's feet are visible and rest on 

 an animal. The face and head-dress are 

 destroyed. It rests in the churchyard on the 

 south side of the church and is nearly over- 

 grown with grass. The lady is said to be a 

 member of the Wharton family. 



Cumrew and Croglin are adjoining parishes, 

 and the same sculptor probably worked both 

 effigies from the same model. 



DACRE 



A red sandstone effigy of a man in banded 

 mail armour. The belts for shield and sword 

 are ornamented with crosses. The mail 

 mittens hang from the wrists ; as far as can 

 be seen, the left leg is crossed over the right. 

 This effigy is now on the floor of the north 

 side of the chancel. It is said to be the 

 monument of one of the Dacre family of the 

 time of Henry III. 



GREYSTOKE 



Jefferson in his History of Leatb Ward, 

 p. 364, says : ' On the north side of the choir 

 is a fine alabaster altar tomb on which recline 

 two knights. . . . The front is enriched with 

 angels in compartments, bearing shields em- 

 blazoned with the arms of Greystoke in pro- 

 per colours. On the end towards the nave 

 are two shields with the arms of Greystoke 

 (ancient) and Grymethorpe.' The front of 

 one tomb is still in the church. As the 

 knights are of quite different sizes, it is cer- 

 tain they were not originally on the same 

 tomb. Now they lie side by side on the 

 pavement in the west end of the south aisle. 



I. The larger figure, broken off at the 

 knees, is clad in the plate armour of the early 

 part of the fifteenth century. The head is 

 bare, and rests on a huge tilting helmet. The 

 pauldrons are massive and fluted, the left one 

 being larger than the right. The elbow cops 

 are ornamented as well as the knee cops. 

 He wears a collar of SS. Attached to the 

 skirt of taces are tuilles. The straps and 

 buckles of the armour generally are well 

 preserved. The large bawdric has a pattern 

 of quatrefoils. Another band is passed over 

 the right hip, but the sword which it supported 

 has disappeared. Traces of colour are still 

 visible. Mrs. Hudleston says : ' This figure 

 represents a Baron of Greystoke of about 



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