DERBYSHIRE

 
Longford  - St Chad
Sir Nicholas Longford (1610) & Wife (1620) Alabaster.
There is a whole 'alabaster corner' in the church, with the effigies laid on the floor.

Norbury - St Mary

 Left & Right: Sir Ralph FitzHerbert (1483) & Wife. Alabaster. The photographs show the effigies on the tomb chest with weepers and the lion - together with the bedesman - which will be familiar to the longer standing members of the Society - at Sir Ralph's feet. There is also - not shown - an incised slab to Elizabeth (1491), Sir Ralph's wife - a shrouded figure.

 Sir Nicholas FitzHerbert (1473) Alabaster. Photographs show the effigy on the tomb chest with weepers, a close up of the figure and the lion at the feet. The is also an incised slab to Alice ( c 1460), wife of Sir Nicholas fitzHerbert.



Radbourne - St Andrew
German Pole by Grinling Gibbons & Arnold Quellin in 1683 John de la Pole & Wife (1491)  Alabaster


Sudbury
All Saints
  John Vernon Esq (1600) & Mary Alabaster. Note the inscription.

With many thanks to John Davis and to Clare Hartwell for providing the above photographs

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