“who departed this life, September 28th, 1760, aged 77. He served 50 years in his Majestie’s regiment of Carbineers, and carried and brought off, with honour, the standard, at the memorable battle of Malplaquet. His gallant behaviour as a soldier, and his private virtue as a member of society, gained him the esteem of every brave and honest man.”
[259a] Ormerod’s Cheshire, vol. iii. p. 311.
[259b] “Henry Trafford, D.D., built the chancel, 1522; made the tomb north of the communion rails. He was a younger brother of the Traffords, of Trafford.”—Parl. Reg.; see Ormerod’s Cheshire, vol. iii. p. 311 (note p). Is it possible that we are intended, by the above passage, to understand that he made the tomb on the north side of the communion rails, in anticipation of his own death?
[261] A portion of a large pillar at the head of the tomb, appears to have been cut away, as if to admit of part of it being placed there.
[262a] Lysons’ Cheshire, p. 451.
[262b] By his death, since this paper was read, the advowson now belongs to his son, Sir Humphrey De Trafford, Bart.
[263a] He died in 1856, having, not long before his death, sold the estate.
[263b] Ormerod’s Cheshire, vol. iii. p. 311 (note).
[264a] Ormerod’s Cheshire, vol. iii. p. 311.
[264b] See Chapter II. p. 26.