door of which are the figures of a trout, and also a grayling, well portrayed."

The Beresford family trace from John Beresford, of Beresford, in the Parish of Alstonfield, in the County of Stafford, in 1087, and from him the descent has continued in a direct line to the present time (Glover's Derbyshire, and Lyson's Derbyshire).

The bulk of the Beresford Estates were sold in the year 1681, but bought back that year into the family by John Beresford, of Newton Grange, in Derbyshire. A portion of these estates, including the fishing-house, was sold in 1825 to Viscount Beresford, and shortly after that date the fishinghouse was was repaired, and its appearance now corresponds externally with the earliest descriptions and pictures known of it. In the reign of King Henry VI. a younger branch of the Beresfords settled at Fenny Bentley, about two miles north of Ashbourne, and the Manor was held by the family for many generations. In the chancel of the church are various monuments, erected to members of the family, including one of particular interest to Thomas Beresford, who raised a troop of horse consisting only of his own sons and retainers to fight for Henry VI. in his French wars. The present head of the house

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1 The monument consists of a square alabaster altar-tomb with figures of two bodies enveloped in shrouds, and upon the sides twenty

of Beresford is the Rev. Gilbert Beresford (see Burke's Peerage for further information of the family).

In October 1901 the fishing-house and other adjoining property was sold to Mr Green, of Treasurer's House, York. A letter appeared about that time in the Field newspaper suggesting that the National Trust for the Preservation of Historic Buildings or some other like body should purchase the fishing-house. It has been stated, however, in the Press, that "this property, is preserved from being broken up and developed for at least some considerable time to come."

Tissington Hall is the seat of Sir Richard FitzHerbert, Bart., whose family has intermarried frequently with the Beresfords, and certain estates of the latter were acquired by the ancestors of the present Baronet.' The Waterford Beresfords are a younger branch of the English Beresfords, tracing from the sixth son of Thomas Beresford before mentioned, whereas the English Beresfords trace from the fourth son.

In 1808 a copy of The Complete Angler, with the bands of the book made of wood from the

one similar effigies for sixteen sons and five daughters, with a long inscription in hexameter verses. There are seven other mural monuments to the same family, dating from 1516 to 1815, and a brass to Richard Beresford (1733). Three new windows have recently (ie., in 1895), been erected by the Beresford (English) family.

1 Tissington has been in the Fitz-Herbert family since 1466 (see Burke's Peerage). The word was originally spelt "Tiscinctuna."