Standing erect, facing right, George is depicted in Roman dress, wearing a lorica
(a leather cuirass), paludament (cloak) and cothurni (boots). This fashion for classical
effigies
lasted from about 1660 to 1750. Over his head are the arms of Manners and the
inscription:
Here lyeth the body of George Manners,
7th Earle of Rutland of that name,
Lord Roos of Hamlake, Trusbut, and Belvoir,
which George succeeded
his brother Francis in that Earledome,
and married Frances the Daughter
of Sir Edward Carey of Aldenham,
in com. Hertford, Knight, Sister to Sir Harry
Viscount Falkland.
He departed this life at his house in
the Savoy in the suburbs of London,
XXIX Martii, Anno 1641 (17 Car.1) without issue,
and was burried in this place with his ancestors.