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Alabaster chest tomb to Richard Whalley MP b1399 d1583, his 3 wives and 25 children. Moulded plinth, shield panels, inscribed top edge. Full size effigy in armour with his feet resting on a whale and his head resting on a whales head (the family crest). Inscription in English at the head: -Behold his Wives were number three: Two of them died in right good fame: The third this Tomb erected she, For him who well deservd the same. Both for his life and Godly end, Which all that knows must needs commend: And they that knows not, yet may see, A worthy Whallaye loe was he. Since time brings all things to an end, Let us our selves applye, And learn by this our faithful friend, That here in Tombe doth lye, To fear the Lord, and eke beholde The fairest is but dust and Mold: For as we are, so once was he; And as he ys, so must we be (Thoroton History of Notts vol 1)-. Possibly written by the third wife, Barbara, who commisioned the monument. An example of the English vernacular, but considered by Thoroton to be silly. (Photo Jun 2010).