Many of the ash chests collected by Henry Blundell for Ince Blundell Hall (Lancashire) came from the Mattei collection. By comparing the engravings in Monumenta Mattheiana (1778) with those published in 1803 by Blundell we can see what restorations and other changes were carried out between these dates. However, in one respect these changes are not as radical as it might seem, since apparent changes to the inscriptions are in fact merely the result of mistakes made in the production of the Monumenta Mattheiana engravings.