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details, which distinguish it, also, clearly, from French 

 work of the same period ; and with the altered style came 

 altered tools and altered modes of working them. The 

 neat diagonal dressing was abandoned, and, in place of it, 

 there was used the claw tool, the strokes being usually up- 

 right where the surfaces are fiat, but following the lines of 

 curves and mouldings as in Norman work. 



These changes had, no doubt, been shadowed forth in the 

 later period of the Norman style, but, nevertheless, the con- 

 trast between characteristic specimens of the two styles is 

 so clear and sharp as to be altogether unmistakable ; and 

 although you will find instances of the claw tool being used 

 during the Transition period, I can call to mind scarcely 

 one instance in which the diagonal dressing was used after 

 the advent of the pure Early English style. Now whence 

 did this claw tooling come ? It was not an invention of 

 the thirteenth century. You may trace it back ages before 

 it was known in England, through Italy and Greece to 

 Palestine. I can trace it no farther eastward." 



Writing of tool-marks, reminds me of masons' marks on 

 the exterior of the chapel. The following are some of 

 them : — 



There are also the following forms of the cross incised on 

 the exterior walls : — 



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In conclusion, let me briefly dwell on the dissolution of 

 the Order : it is an interesting fact that both the preceptor 

 of Garway, and one who was some time a chaplain, are 

 personages who figured at the time of the inquisition. 

 Philip de Mewes was the last preceptor of the Templars at 

 Garway. He was seized and imprisoned in the Tower. 



