_Heiress of Haddon Hall._--Any one who visits Haddon Hall in Derbyshire,
the property of the Duke of Rutland, is shown a doorway, through which the
heiress to this baronial mansion eloped with (I think) a Cavendish some
centuries ago. I have been informed that in a recent restoration of
Bakewell Church, which is near Haddon Hall, the vault which contained the
remains of this lady and her family was accidentally broken into, and that
the bodies of herself, her husband, and some children, were found
decapitated, with their heads under their arms; moreover, that in all the
coffins there were dice. My informant had read an authenticated account of
this curious circumstance, which was drawn up at the time of the discovery,
but he could not refer me to it, and it is very possible that either his
memory or mind may have failed as to the exact facts. At any rate they are
worth embalming, I think, in the pages of "N. & Q." if any correspondent
will kindly supply both "chapter and verse."