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Inscription: To the Memory of Bennet first Earl of Harborough, only surviving Son and heir of Bennet Lord Sherard of Stapleford, Baron of Letrim in the kingdom of Ireland by Elizabeth Daughter and Coheir of Sir Robert Christopher of Alford in the County of Lincoln Knight He married Mary Daughter and Coheir of Sir Henry Calverley of Ariholme in the Bishoprick of Durham Knight, By whom he had issue One Son who died an Infant. He was for many years to the time of his death Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the County of Rutland, Lord Warden and Justice in Eyre North of Trent. He Died the 16th Day of October in the year of our Lord 1732 Aged 55.
Rysbracks signature can be seen on the left of the picture.
Above the Roman effigies and medallion portraits is a shield of Arms: Argent a chevron gules between three torteauxes (Sherard) quartering the same with a chief. An escutcheon of pretence: Sable an inescutcheon within an orle of owls argent (Calverley). (Photo Sept 2015).