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NAME TYPE MATERIAL DATE Everard Digby Recumbent knight Alabaster 1540

The effigy lies on a tomb-chest beneath a castellated arch with turret-like pinnacles (which show signs of repair and restoration) supported by Renaissance-style balusters with the Digby arms in the spandrels. Very worn and defaced, the effigy's head looks as if it has been deliberately damaged. The figure is depicted in armour, with the arms Azure, a fleur-de-lis argent carved on the shield (a very late manifestation of having the arms on a shield) and his feet on a lion. The tomb-chest carries the Digby arms on the head and foot and repeated three times on the side. Lying under a gabled arch, although the effigy's inscription has now almost fully disappeared, it was fortunately recorded by James Wright in 1684: Hic jacet Everadus Digbi, Milis qui obiit undecimo die Aprilis Annon Domini MCCCCCXL cujus anime propicietor. Amen. (Here lies Everard Digby, Knight, who died 11 April 1540. Please pray for his soul.) In the nave there is an inscribed slab to the memory of Everard's wife, Jane, who died a few weeks after her husband. 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.