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NAME TYPE MATERIAL DATE Kenelme and Anne Digby Recumbent knight and lady Alabaster by Royley 1590:1602

Depicted in armour, bareheaded with curly hair and a beard, Kenelme is depicted bareheaded, wearing a double chain round his neck and his feet on an unidentifiable animal. Anne (née Cope), whose head rests on a cushion, is depicted wearing a ruff and headdress and contemporary dress. She has four rings on her left hand and is holding a book. By the side of her left leg is a collared dog. Her feet are now missing. The tomb-chest carries the effigies of their two sons and seven daughters, as well as two other infants in swaddling clothes. At the west end of the chest is a shield bearing the arms, Azure, a fleur-de-lis argent (Digby) impaling Argent, on a chevron azure between three roses gules slipped proper, as many fleurs-de-lis or (Cope) The motto Nul que Ung means 'None but One'. Around the bevel of the chest is the inscription: Here lyeth the Bodyes of Kenelme Digby esquire which Kenelme deceased the 21 of April 1590 and of Anne his wife, which Anne deceased the [     ] Although the date of Anne's death is left blank we know from the parish register that she died in May 1602. The tomb must therefore have been made prior to this date, in all probability on the orders of Anne. 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.