_Collar of SS._ (Vol. vi., pp. 182. 352.).--There is, in the church of
Fanfield, Yorkshire, among other tombs and effigies of the Marmions, the
original lords of the place, a magnificent tomb of alabaster, on which are
the recumbent figures of a knight and his lady, in excellent preservation.
These are probably effigies of Robert Marmion and his wife Lota, second
daughter of Herbert de St. Quintin, who died in the latter part of the
fourteenth, or early in the fifteenth century. The armour of the knight is
of this period, and he is furnished with the SS. collar of Lancaster, which
is developed in a remarkably fine manner. His juppon is furnished with the
vaire, the bearing of the Marmion, whilst the chevronels of St. Quintin are
evident on the mantle of the lady. Over the tomb is placed a herse of iron,
furnished with stands for holding lighted candles or torches.