Sir George Vernon, the ‘King of the Peak’ with one of his two wives
Last year we visited Haddon Hall in Derbyshire as part of our research, both for the upcoming workshop and the continuing trail of clues we follow as we look back through history. We learned a lot about the Manners and Vernon families who lived there and who were so important to the area. Following that visit, we went back to the church in Bakewell to visit their family monuments.
Monument to Sir George Manners (1573 – 1623), his wife, Grace Pierrepoint and their nine children.
We had already seen many faces at Haddon Hall, and learned the stories of some of the inhabitants, but in a side-chapel at Bakewell were the magnificent monument of the George Manners, his wives and descendents.

The Vernon chapel is part of the Newark, the chapel whose history had so intrigued…
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