Upon the tablet over the mural monument in the chantry of the Holy
Cross, is the following inscription:
Godfrey Foljambe, Knight, and Avena his wife, (who afterwards married
Richard de Greene, Knight,) Lord and Lady of the Manors of Hassop,
Okebrook, Elton, Stanton, Darley, Overhall, and Lokhawe, founded this
Chantry in honor of the Holy Cross, in the 39th year of the Reign of
King Edward the 3rd, 1366. Godfrey died on Thursday next after the
Feast of the Ascension of our Lord, in the 50th year of the reign of
the same King; and Avena died on Saturday next after the Feast of the
Nativity of the blessed Virgin Mary, in the 6th year of the reign of
Richard 2nd, 1383.
N. B. The Dates are taken from the Escheat Rolls, which contain the
Inquisitum post mortem, 50th Edward 3. No. 24.
_In the Vestry_, there is an effigy in alabaster, of sir Thomas
Wendersley de Wendersley, who was mortally wounded at the battle of
Shrewsbury, 4th Henry IV., 1403, and was buried at Bakewell, where
formerly were several shields of the arms of his family carved in wood.
(See Brailsford’s “Monumental Inscriptions of Derbyshire.”)
Adjoining the vestry are several handsome monuments of the Vernon and
Manners’ families.
In the centre is the tomb or cenotaph of sir George Vernon, inscribed
thus:
Here lyeth Sir George Vernon, Knight, deceased, y^{e} daye of
An^{o} 156 and Dame Margaret his Wife, dowghter of S^{r} Gylbert
Tayllboys, deceased the daye of 156 and also Dame Mawde his
Wyffe, dowghter to Sir Ralphe Langfoot, deceased the daye of
An^{o} 1566, whose solles God p--don--.
On the right is a monument to sir John Manners, with this inscription:
Here lyeth Sir John Manners, of Haddon, Kn^{t}. Second Sonne of Thomas
Erle of Rutland, who died the 4th of June, 1611, and Dorothy his Wife,
one of the Dawghters and heires of Sir George Vernon, of Haddon,
Kn^{t}. who deceased the 24th day of June, in the 26th yeere of the
Rayne of Queene Elizabeth, 1584.
To the right of the window, on a mural monument, is the following:
Heere lyeth buryed John Manners, Gent^{n} 3 Son̄e of Sir John Man̄ers,
Knight, who dyed the 16th day of July, in the Yeere of our Lord God
1590, being of the Age of 14 yeeres.
To the left is an elegant monument to sir John Manners, with this
inscription:
George Manners of Haddon, Kn^{t}. here awaits the resurrection of the
just in Christ. He married Grace, second daughter of Henry
Pierrepoint, Kn^{t}. who afterwards bore him 4 sons and 5 daughters,
and lived with him in Holy Wedlock 30 years, she caused him to be
buried with his forefathers, and then placed this monument at her own
expence, as a perpetual Memorial of their conjugal faith, and she
united the figure of his body with hers, having resolwed that their
bones and ashes should be laid together. He died 23rd Ap^{l}. 1623,
aged 54--She died - - - aged - - -.
Beneath this monument, on an alabaster grave-stone on the floor, are
some figures engraved round them, with an inscription, now obliterated,
and the arms of Eyre impaled with Mordaunt.
_In the Chancel._
Upon an alabaster tomb, repaired, and the inscription cut, and filled up
with black in 1774, (by Mr. Watson.)
Here lies John Vernon, son and heir of Henry Vernon, who died the 12th
of August 1477, whose soule God pardon.
_August, 1827._