West Window (Left)

7" x 5.5" (18cm x 14cm) panel depicting a lady in farthingale and ruff. This is said to be Catherine, the daughter and heiress of Ralph Winnington of Offerton, who was married to Henry Bradshawe at Stockport on 4 February 1594.

They had four sons and two daughters: William, who died in his first year; Henry, a Colonel in the Parliamentary army, and inheritor of Marple Hall; John, Lord President of the High Court of Justice which condemned King Charles I; Francis, who was still living in 1637; Dorothy and Anne.

Catherine died in childbirth and was buried at Stockport on 24 January 1604.

The meaning of the lizard near Catherine's right hand is not understood.