In the chancel, which is a fine ont stmcftirally, is a plain piscina, with tliree 

 stalls of the Early English period, into one of which at some barbarous time 

 the altar rail has been fixed. With equal taste, or rather want of taste, has 

 the other end of the rail been placed in a recess, which contains a recumbent 

 effigy in stone, much defaced, apparently representing some ecclesiastic, 

 probably one of the Priors of Norton, or it may be the founder's tomb. Here 

 are also some monuments of the Hastings family. Lord Donington is now 

 patron of the living, and his son, the Earl of Loudoun, is lay rector. Perhaps 

 the memorial of the family most interesting to an antiquarian is a tablet on the 

 east wall, bearing the date 1647, about tlie time I suppose when anagrams 

 were much in vogue. It is thus inscribed — 



" In memoriam vere nobilis 

 Ferdinandi Hastings filii tertii 

 honorandissimi Ferdinandi 

 Comitis Huntingdonise 

 qui hauc vitam mutavit 

 anno nemo cetatis suce 

 Anno Domini 1647 

 Octavo Maii. 

 Ferdinando Hastinges 

 In God he stands in fear 

 as of his name the anagram 

 so of his pious mind 

 the happy character." 



On the south wall of the chancel is a brass tablet, inscribed, " Here lyeth 

 William Fox, son and heire of Simon Fox, and Helen, his wife, both buried 

 the 20th day of July, 1585," and followed by these lines : 



' ' That fatal! scyth, which cutts in two 

 Most nuptiall knotts, this closer drew. 

 Life made them one ; death left them so. 

 A love more constant who can show ? " 



I should like to add a word aljout the exterior. The south side has battle- 

 ments, but tliey seem to have been removed from the north side. On the 

 exterior of the south aisle are two niches with canopies, in which figures 

 formerly existed, and on the nortn side of the chancel can be seen the priest's 

 door. 



The tovver and spire, which rises to a height of iSo feet from the ground, 

 have lately been repaired, and raised about 3 feet, at a cost of £l2,^. 



The oldest Register dates from 1539, has an index, and is in good preser- 

 vation. 



