24 THE CHURCH OF ST. HELEN'S, DARLEY DALE. 



to that on the other slab, but the gown is square cut at the 

 breast, and the skirt is gathered up in folds in front by two 

 short clasps or fasteners attached to each side of the girdle at 

 a little distance from the centre buckle. The following is the 

 marginal inscription : — " Hie jacet corpora Johis Rousley et 

 Agnet ux ejus, qui quidem Johes obiit xxvi. die aprilis an dni 



mcccccxxxv., et predict Agnes obiit die anno dni 



mcccc. — ■ — quorum animabus propicietur Deus, Amen." A 

 few words of this inscription are now lacking, but we have 

 supplied them from Reynolds's copy, taken in 1758. The 

 blanks left for the date of the death of Agnes prove that the 

 monument was erected during her lifetime, and the particulars 

 were subsequently omitted to be added. The John Rollesley of 

 this monument was the eldest son and heir of the one previously 



mentioned. He married Agnes, daughter of Hybald, of 



Ipsley, Warwickshire. Between their heads is a shield of 

 Rollesley quartering Cheney, and at their feet, on another 

 shield, two lions rampant, impaling Hybald. The arms of 

 Hybald were : sa., three leopards' heads, jessant-de-lis, arg. 

 See plate III. 



The heir of John and Agnes was John Rollesley, who was 

 buried 16th February, 1557. He had issue by Elizabeth, 

 daughter of Edward Eyre, of Holme, a son of the same name, 

 who married Margaret, daughter of Robert Shakerley of Long- 

 stone, and was buried 18th November, 1562. John and 

 Margaret had one son, who died in his infancy, a few days 

 before his father. On the death of father and son the only 

 daughter, Matilda, inherited the manor of Little Rowsley, 

 which she brought by marriage to Sir William Kniveton, of 

 Mercaston. Their son, Sir Gilbert Kniveton, who was bap- 

 tized at Darley, 8th February, 1582, sold the manor to Sir John 

 Manners. 



Against the north wall of the chancel is a monument of a 

 later date, but sufficiently remarkable and costly of its style to 

 warrant a brief description. Two figures in marble are repre- 

 sented in the centre of the stone, kneeling opposite to each 



