Sir Henry Vernon’s eldest son is commemorated with a fine tomb. The lower part of Richard Vernon’s tomb was used as the altar during the eighteenth and early nineteenth century; it is made of alabaster. His wife, Margaret Dymmok, was the daughter of Sir Robert Dymmok ➚ (or Dymoke), the King’s Champion at the coronations of Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII. Her brother was Champion to Queen Elizabeth I. After Richard’s death, Margaret married Sir Richard Manners.

The inscription on the tomb reads:Here lie the bodies of Richard Vernon of Haddon, Esquire and Margaret his wife, daughter of Robert Dymmok Knight who had issue George Vernon. Richard indeed died on the Vigil of the Assumption of Saint Mary the Virgin in the year of Our Lord 1517 and the said Margaret died ?? day of the month ??. in the year of Our Lord 15??. on whose souls may God be merciful. Amen.

Richard Vernon is in plate armour of the early Tudor period and wears the SS collar (a linked chain of the letter ‘S’ to stand for ‘Soverayne’ and was given as a mark of distinction) while his helmet has the Vernon crest. An ornamented sword, a dagger and gauntlets lie at his side. His feet rest on a lion with a double tail. At the west end of the tomb is the figure of Sir George Vernon, their son, who is buried at Bakewell in Derbyshire, and was known as ‘the King of the Peak.’ (a fairly ruthless local landowner of the Peak District in Derbyshire).