Inscription
In Memory of the Right Honble. Lady Frances Kniveton (Wife of Sir Gilbert Kniveton of Bradley, in the County of Derby, Bart.) lyeth buried in the Chancel of this Church. She was one of the 5 Daughters and Co-heirs of the Rt. Honble. Sr. Robert Dudley, Kt., Duke of the Empire; by the Lady Alice, his Wife and Duchess which Robert was son of the Rt. Honble. Robert Dudley late Earle of Leicester, and his Duchess was Daughter of Sr. Thos: Leigh, and Aunt to the Rt. Honble. Thos. late Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh in the County of Warwick. And the said Honour & Titleof Duchess Dudley was by letters Patent of his late Majesty of glorious Memory, King Charles ye 1st allowed, and since graciously confirmed to her by his now Majesty King Charles ye 2nd, and she lived & died worthy of the honour.
Since the rebuilding of the Church this Monument was resett up by the Honble. Charles Leigh of LEighton in Bedfordshire 1738.
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