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an incised patriarchal cross J on a triangular footing. What 

 does it suggest? It can suggest only one thing — viz., that 

 the consecrator of the church was an Eastern Patriarch. 

 Of this, in connection with Garway, there is no record. 

 From Dugdale we learn that Henry II. 2 gave his whole 

 estate of Garway to the Templars ; and in this reign 

 Heraclios, Patriarch of Jerusalem, visited England and con- 

 secrated part of the Temple Church, 3 London, 1184. Can 

 he be the consecrator of the Templars' church at Garway ? 

 Here it would be interesting to sketch briefly the conse- 

 crator's route as marked by the crosses : assuming that the 

 procession is formed in the church, we notice it going out 

 of the north door. The bishop as he goes out makes on the 

 right doorpost the sign of the cross, and here is seen a small 

 cross pattee encircled. Turning to the right, he proceeds 

 to the east end, where he again makes the sign of the cross, 

 and this time the cross patriarchal marks the spot. Still 

 keeping to the right, he comes to the west door, where he 

 for the last time makes the sign of the cross, and here again 

 a cross patriarchal marks the spot. Then the procession 

 re-enters the church. 



On entering the church the chancel arch at once arrests 

 attention ; and, standing by the font on the left, one sees 

 the striking contrast between semicircular Norman arch 

 and pointed Early English arch (in the background). In a 

 letter dated the 23rd June 1896 that eminent archaeologist 

 Mr J. T. Micklethwaite, F.S.A., wrote : " I return letter 

 and photograph. The latter shows a very fine chancel arch 

 of Transitional date, perhaps about 1170. The two outer 

 orders have late forms of chevron ornament, the second 

 being a rather complex one — characteristic of the time. I 



1 The patriarchal cross once more appears on a large stone (17 inches by 18 

 inches) on the exterior of the E. wall of the chancel, but with the addition of 

 crosslets on the two beams. This patriarchal cross is undoubtedly in memory of 

 the consecration of the church. 



* Henry II. had received absolution ( 1 174) for the murder of Archbishop 

 Beckett, on condition that he should proceed in person at the head of a powerful 

 army to the succour of Palestine, and should, at his own expense, maintain 200 

 Templars for the defence of Jerusalem. 



3 The venerable structure was one of the chief ecclesiastical edifices of the 

 Knights Templars in Europe, and stood next in rank to the Temple at Jerusalem. 

 Search in Addison's ' Knights Templars' (London : Longman, 1842). 



