Gerard of Gerard Hall, though there is no record of any grant of arms to a Mossoke, and these charges really belong to Huckley. But these three families lived within a stone's-throw from each other, and no doubt in those non-locomotive days frequently intermarried. In Dugdale's identifications below, he could not make out No. 5. On Nos. 6, 8, and 11 he mistakes Bickerstaffe for Rigby, though no one conversant with the genealogy of the family could do that. He fails to identify the 1st and 4th quarters of No. 15 and the Stanley quarterings.

Of the escutcheons on the other pontomb of Peter Stanley of Hooton and Elizabeth Scarisbrick, Dugdale only shows the four on the south side. This pontomb adjoins on the south side the one above described, and there can still be indistinctly traced an escutcheon under the heads of both husband and wife, not shown on the drawing. That under the head of the man is-Quarterly, 1 and 4, grandquarters; 1 and 4, Stanley; 2, Lathom; 3, Warren; 2 and 3, Man (all as before), with an escutcheon of pretence, "Azure, a lion rampant Argent," for Montalt; and under the head of the woman-Quarterly, 1, Scarisbrick; 2 and 3, Bickerstaffe; 4, Atherton (all as before), but the 1st quarter is very indistinct. Of the four escutcheons shown in the drawing No. I is Quarterly, I and 4, Atherton; 2 and 3, Bickerstaffe (all as before). No. 2, Quarterly, 1 and 4, grand-quarters; I and 4, Stanley ; 2, Lathom; 3, Warren; 2 and 3, Man, with the escutcheon of pretence for Montalt (all as before). No. 3, Quarterly, 1 and 4, Atherton; 2 and 3, Bickerstaffe (all as before). No. 4, Quarterly, I and 4, grand-quarters; I and 4, Stanley; 2, Lathom; 3, Warren; 2 and 3, Man, with the escutcheon of pretence for Montalt (all as before). The end under the feet is a plain slab, and the four escutcheons on the north side are quite new and without

any heraldry. There is an incision on the east wall of the Bickerstaffe Chapel, the exact length of this pontomb, which proves that the present north side of it was let into this wall, whilst Dugdale's superscription shows that the other pontomb stood in medio predicti Chori. The Bickerstaffe cross on Nos. 2 and 3 has not the five mullets shown on Nos. 6, 8, and 11, and the escutcheon of pretence for Montalt on Nos. 2 and 4 is not shown on No. 7 of the other pontomb. All these are, no doubt, oversights, as there can be little doubt that all were meant to be alike.

These two pontombs furnish a perfect display of the maternal ancestry of the present Earl of Derby, and of the evolution of the Bickerstaffe estates from the original Bickerstaffes, through the Athertons, Scarisbricks, Stanleys of Hooton and Cross Hall to the Derby family.

THE DERBY CHAPEL

This chapel covers the much smaller area of what was called, until 1572, "The Chauntrie at the alter of o'r Ladye," or The Lady Chapel, which was endowed 29th September and 21st December 1366, by subscriptions in the church; the names of the 476 subscribers forming the earliest directory of the district.

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The will of the 3rd Earl of Derby ordered "the erecting and bylding of one Chappell, and one Monumente and Towmbe at Ormschurtche." body lay at Lathom House for six weeks in 1572, whilst the burial vault alone was constructed, but the chapel itself was not finished and dedicated, as its heraldry shows, until circa 1575.

Plate 3, Nos. 1 and 3.-These two monuments, and another, almost a replica of No. 3, and probably for that reason not shown on the drawing,

are enclosed in panels, No. 3 being oval, and the other two square, and all the three are commemorative of the dedication of this sepulchral chapel, and are not monumental. No. I is on the south wall, and the two others on the north wall of the chapel, and Dugdale has omitted the adjuncts of them all, which largely aid their identification, whilst the whole of the charges are now much

worn.

Plate 3, No. 1.-On the south wall is Quarterly, 1 and 4, "Gules, a cross potent crossed next the centre Or," for Chaderton; 2 and 3, "Argent, a chevron Gules, between three fleams Or," for Chetham, in chief the second sign of cadency, floral mantling, and Esquire's vizor (these three are omitted on the drawing) with, on a wreath of the colours, the Crest, "A demi-griffin, segreant Gules [charged with the second sign of cadency], for William Chaderton, D.D., Archdeacon of Richmond, Yorks.

No. 3, on the north wall, is an achievement of eight quarters: 1, Stanley; 2, Lathom; 3, Man; 4, Warren (all as before); 5, "Gules, two lions passant guardant Argent," for Strange; 6, "Argent, a fess and canton Gules," for Woodvile; 7, "Or, a cross engrailed Sable," for Mohun; 8, "Azure, a lion rampant Argent," for Montalt; with over all, in honour point, an escutcheon of pretence. Quarterly, I and 4, "Chequy, Or and Azure, a fess Gules," for Clifford; 2 and 3 "(Barry of ten, Argent and Gules), a lion rampant Or (ducally crowned of the second)," for Brandon, encircled by the ribbon, motto, and mantle of the Garter. Supporters: "Dexter, a griffin; sinister, a buck, both Or, ducally collared and chained Azure, the buck attired of the last." Motto: "Sans changer." On an Earl's vizor (none of these adjuncts are shown on the drawing), an Earl's coronet, and the Crest,

"On a chapeau Gules, turned up Ermine, an eagle, wings endorsed Or, feeding on an infant in its nest proper, swaddled Azure, banded of the third," for Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby.

The achievement next this on the north wall (not on the drawing) is exactly the same, except in its surroundings, which are-Supporters: "Dexter, a monkey; sinister, a wyvern, wings endorsed proper, both ducally chained and collared Or," with floral mantling, and on a Knight's vizor the Crest, "Two hands clasped, couped at the wrists proper," for Ferdinando Stanley, Lord Strange, afterwards, for seven months, 5th Earl of Derby. The distinctive escutcheon of pretence, on both these, is for Margaret, daughter and heiress of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland, wife of Lord Derby, and mother of Lord Strange, and the differentiation between the two achievements is in the crests, supporters, vizors, coronet, and garter adjuncts.

The Earl, his son, and Dr. Chaderton were Queen Elizabeth's principal agents in Lancashire for hunting recusants of all types, and the approximate date of the dedication of this chapel is got by a comparison of these three panels. From them it is plain that the father of Lord Strange was alive when they were erected, and that he was then a Knight of the Garter, with the insignia of which he was invested, 20th May 1574, and that Dr. Chaderton was not then created Bishop of Chester, as there is no mitre above, or impalement on his arms for the See. He was promoted to this bishopric 9th November 1579, therefore the consecration of this chapel must have been celebrated in the five years between these dates.

The barry and crown on the lion of Brandon are not shown on the drawing, and are now too much worn to be distinctly recognisable, but the sign of

cadency is now on the Chaderton panel, though not shown by Dugdale.

Plate 4, No. 16.-These arms: Sable, a fess Ermine, between three cinquefoils Argent," for Edward Potter, have not been in the church for many years, and I have been unable to trace him or account for his burial in the Derby Chapel, though Dugdale's superscription "high up on the east wall of the south aisle" would be that of the Derby Chapel.

THE EFFIGIES

In figure-drawing Rouge Dragon is not up to his usual high standard, for the heads of all these are poorly drawn.

Plate 4, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4.-Of these effigies Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are coeval in date, ruder and more worn than No. 4. The men, as shown by the armorials, are of the Stanley race, both wear a collar of SS, a surcoat charged with the Stanley quarterings, and are in armour.

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The charges on the shoulders of No. 4, are Quarterly, 1 and 4, grand-quarters; 1 and Stanley; 2, Warren; 3, Lathom; 2 and 3, Man (all as before), but on the skirt they are displayed as an impalement-Dexter, Man; sinister, Quarterly, I and 4, Stanley; 2, Warren; 3, Lathom, which latter arrangement is repeated on the waist. On No. I there is no Warren charge, and the others are differently arranged. On the shoulders, Quarterly, 1 and 4, Lathom, impaling Stanley; 2 and 3, Man. On the skirt and the waist, an impalement ; dexter, Man; sinister, Quarterly, 1 and 4, Stanley; 2 and 3, Lathom, though most of the charges on both the figures are now difficult to trace.

The ladies, Nos. 2 and 3, carry no armorials and are dressed practically alike; both wear necklets