THIS singular monument is in Scarcliffe Church, Derbyshire [Map]. The style in which it is executed shows it to be of the thirteenth century. The head is surmounted with a very elegant circlet, and rests on a couchant lion; the hair is disposed in braids; the tunic is confined at the neck by a large fermail or broach; a band appears to attach the mantle to the shoulders, and is held in the right hand; the mantle is caught up under the right arm. The left supports a male child, who displays a long scroll, on which has been inscribed in uncial characters some leonine verses, which are now much defaced.

HIC SV......MVLIER IACET INTVMVLATA:

CONSTANS.............:

...........PROLES RE....ERE HVMATA:

CVM PECC..............VACVATA:

CRIMINE PVRGATA CVM PROLE IOIIANNE BEATA:

.................DELOCATA. AMEN:

Details. 1. Profile of the head, showing the hair, &c. 2. The circlet enlarged.