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NAME TYPE MATERIAL DATE Charles Noel Recumbent knight Alabaster 1619

Charles Noel is depicted in armour, ruff and spurs lying with his head on a rolled mat. The creation, which still retains much of its original colour, is topped with black obelisks and, in an open pediment, the Noel arms: Or, fretty gules, on a canton ermine a crescent sable for difference. The whole is decorated with strapwork cartouches and an inscription that reads: Carolus Andraei proles generosa Noeli Incolit hunc Tumulum corpore mente Polum In quo certarunt totas exprimere Dotes Natura et Virtus, Marsque Minerva, inas Esse pium tribuit Virtus, Natura Decorum, Mars fortem, ingenium clara Minerva dedit. Hic tamen eripitur prima no flore Juventae. Ut soleant raindo gemma perire Noto. Obiit Anno Do 1619 Aetatis suae 28. (Charles, the noble offspring of Andrew Noel inhabits this tomb with his body, the heavens with his mind. In whom Nature and Virtue, Mars and Minerva strove to model all their endowments. Virtue granted that he should be pious; Nature that he should be becoming; Mars that he should be strong; bright Minerva gave him genius. This man, however, was torn from the first flower of his youth as germina buds are accustomed to perish in the swift south wind. He died in 1619 in the 28th year of his age.) On the tomb-chest, which is also decorated with the Noel arms, is the following inscription: If gifts of mind and body might Make Death forbear to claim his Right, This compleat Knight had not by fate Enjoy'd on Earth so short a date: But Death, not partial in his Power Untimely cropt this blooming Flower. Whose hopeful youth, scarce in his prime, Did promise much for future time. Sepulchral Effigies of Leicestershire and Rutland Text copyright Max Matthews 2002. Selected text copyright Bob Trubshaw 2025–6. Images copyright Max Matthews 2002 or Bob Trubshaw 2002, 2025–6. No copying or reproduction without prior written permission. Published by Heart of Albion Press Back to top of this page This website does not gather or store any visitor information.