Duffield Church: Monument of Anthony Bradshawe.
Anthony Bradshaw’s monument to himself, his two wives, and twenty children, was erected in 1600; he did not die until 1614, having had in the meantime three additional children. It stands against the east wall of the north transept of Duffield church, and is in a fair state of preservation. At the top of the monument is the Bradshaw coat—arg., two bendlets between as many martlets, sab., surmounted by the crest of a hart standing under a vine bough. Across the centre of the monument, between the inscription proper and the acrostic, are the small incised effigies (half length) of himself, his wives, and children distinguished by their respective initials. The following are the inscriptions:—
“Parvū monumentū Anij Bradshawgh interioris templi L. generos. (quarti filü Wi Br. de Bradshawgh in hoc comitatu Derb. gent.) nup. coron, ac subvic. com. ejusd. Ac etiam uni. atturn. cur. de banco apud Westmr necuon dep. slli totius feodi de Duffield Hic qui dnas hūit uxores & xxti liberos subscript. quibus et pro quibus (inter multa) ut sequitur oravit et [~p]cepit, Ac postea p’ult. volun. ac. testm. sua in scriptis remanem unam [~p]vam domum cum gardino sumtu suo proprio in Duffeld hic conditam pro hosp. quatuor pauperum istius ville (per heredes suos de tempore in tempus eligend. et locand.) inter alia volvit et legavit ac devisavit cum allocaoñ in dcō testō mancōnatis impp̄m continuand. ac per heredes suos manutend. modo et forma in eodem testō limitat, et content. et sic obüt hicque sepelit’ ... die ... Ao Jesu X̄r Salutis suæ....
“Griseld Blackwall (daughter & Heire of Richard Blackwall of Blackwall in this county of Derby Gent. & of Anne sister of Thomas Sutton of Over Haddon Esq.) was his first Wief by whom he had 4 sonnes Wm Fra Exupie. & John. Wch Richard was one of the cozeyns & heires of Mr. Boyfield of Barford in the countie of Northton Esq.
“Elizabeth the daughter of Richard Hawghton was his second wyfe by whom he had xvj children, viz. Jacincth, Antonie, Michaell, Elizabeth, Felix, Quyntin, Petronilla, Athanasia, Isadora, Mildrede, Brandona, Erasmus, Josephe, Millicent, Cassandra, Vicesim.
“Quorum cuique A. Br. dixit viz.
“Deum tunc Regem honora ac parentes cognatos cole magistratos metue maiore cede minori parce prox̄mum dilige sicut teipu et cum boni ambula.
“Dum fueris fœlix, multos numerabis amisos, tempora si fuerint nubila solus eris. Ergo sic utere tuo ut alieno ne indigens, ac semper intende [~p]. Dē. [~p]cede et regna.”
| Nam. | |||
| A | s God dyd give this man, | B | less them oh Lord with peace, |
| N | o small charge as you see, | R | esist there adverse fates, |
| T | o trayne them he began, | A | lways them well increase, |
| H | ere ech in there degree, | D | efendyng them from hates, |
| O | ft wishing them such grace, | S | uch lyvelode to them gyve, |
| N | o future course to take, | H | ere whylest on earth they bee, |
| I | njurious to there race, | A | s they may love & lyve, |
| E | Is end of lief to make. | W | ee praye O God qth He. |
| G. | |||
| H. | |||
| A.{Different tyme I wishe thee {Qth he which here doth lye | But put thy hous in order} B For surely thou shalt dye} | ||
It is of some interest to print for the first time a quaint Bradshaw pedigree, which is an exact copy of one in my own possession, in the handwriting of Anthony Bradshaw; it was too much worn to permit of reproduction in facsimile.