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breast. A paunce covers the lower part 

 of the breastplate and is scalloped at the 

 edges, running to a point and buckling to the 

 breastplate below the chin. There are three 

 taces with dependent fluted tuilles covering 

 the thighs. The legs are covered with cuissards, 

 knee cops and greaves. Part of one leg is 

 gone, but the other is fairly perfect. The foot, 

 showing the strap of the spur, rests on a lion, 

 whose head is gone, but whose long tail is 

 clearly seen. The sword has disappeared, 

 but traces of the hilt are visible. The sword- 

 belt is narrow and transverse, covered with 

 small quatrefoils. The outline of the dagger 

 is discernible on the right side of the slab. 



The armour is of a slightly earlier 

 date than 1500, but the monument may 

 easily have been executed before Sir Richard's 

 death, and then placed in its position under 

 the inscription, which was clearly drawn up 

 by Dame Jane, as there is no mention of her 

 decease. 



Dame Jane's head rests on two cushions. 

 At the back of these is a shield with arms of 

 Salkeld impaling those of Vaux of Triermain 

 (a red and gold chequered band across a silver 

 shield). On her head she wears a cap some- 

 thing like a biretta, as at Crosthwaite, with 

 a button in the centre of the top. Under it 

 is a coverchief, and under that her long hair 

 hanging down. She wears a collar of SS 

 and roses, with a jewel pendant, like her 

 husband. The lady's kirtle is seen at the 

 waist, where it is held in its place by a narrow 

 belt, tied at the right side with a long end 

 hanging down. A rosary is tucked through 

 the belt ; above the kirtle is the sideless 

 cfite-hardi. Over all is a mantle, open, but 

 fastened by a strap across the breast. The 

 feet are hidden by the skirt. 



In the heraldic collection of monumental 

 records in the Lansdowne MSS. of the British 

 Museum is a description of the tomb and 

 copy of the epitaph made in the reign of 

 Queen Elizabeth, when no doubt the tomb 

 and inscription would be perfect. 



Here lyes Sir Richard Salkeld, rgt Knyth 



Who sometyme in this land was mekill of myth 



The Captain and kep of Carlisle was he, 



And also the lord of Korbe. 



And now lyes under this stayne. 



And his lady and wiff dayme Jayne, 



In ye year of our Lord God a Thousand 



And Five Hundreth, as I understand 



The aighteen of Feweryere 



That gentill Knyth was berit here 



I pray you all that this doys see 



Pra for ther saulys for charitc 



For as yay yr so mon we be. 



Bishop Nicolson, in 1703, says the in- 

 scription was 'over the arch betwixt the Quire 

 and ye North Isle, and under it an old 

 monument whereon are laid two alabaster 

 bodies (male and female).' * After this the 

 effigies were moved within the altar rails, 

 where they remained until the restoration in 

 1882. They were then moved into the 

 Howard mausoleum, but Sir Henry Howard 

 (Mr. Philip Howard's second brother), our 

 ambassador at The Hague, objected because he 

 considered they spoiled the Nollekens statue 

 and endangered the vault beneath. The 

 tomb was then placed in its present position, 

 and the rector thinks it is the original one, 

 as the Corby pew formerly stood here. 



WHITBECK 



Effigy of a lady in red sandstone, which 

 has been sometime painted. Local tradition 

 calls her the Lady of Annaside. The head 

 rests on a pillow. A wimple is drawn over 

 her chin, and a veil covers her head and falls 

 on her shoulders. A large mantle covers her 

 dress and is tucked up under her left arm. 

 Her feet rest on a dog. The date of the 

 effigy is about 1300. Possibly the lady may 

 be one of the Hudlestons of Anneys. The 

 effigy used to be in the churchyard, where it 

 was much worn by heedless feet ; now it is 

 carefully preserved in the church. 



WORKINGTON, ST. MICHAEL'S 



SIR CHRISTOPHER CURWEN and his wife 

 ELIZABETH DE HUDLESTON, 1450. Two 

 effigies of grey limestone on an altar tomb, 

 7 feet 4 inches long, having on the west side 

 five niches with cinquefoil heads, each bear- 

 ing a shield. The arms at the head of the 

 dexter side are those of Curwen impaling 

 lozengy for Croft, being the arms of Chris- 

 topher's father and mother ; the next are 

 those of Curwen and Hudleston, his own 

 and those of his wife ; the third coat Curwen 

 only ; the fourth Curwen impaling six annu- 

 lets gold, for Lowther, their son's arms and 

 those of his wife ; and the last Curwen im- 

 paling the eldest son of a Pennington who 

 predeceased his father ; which last were the 

 arms of Christopher, the grandson of the 

 entombed pair, and those of his wife. 



The head of the effigy of the knight has 

 round its brow an embroidered band or cap, 

 and rests on a cushion with a tilting helmet 

 behind, bearing the crest of the Curwen 

 family, a unicorn's head erased silver, armed 

 gold. A large collar of plate protects the upper 



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