94 THE CHURCH OF NORBURY. 



figures of Saints Peter, Andrew, Philip, and James the Great; 

 in the lower part of the two lights to the left are Saints Thomas, 

 John, Bartholomew, and Simon ; and in the lower part of those 

 on the right are Saints Matthew, James the Less, Jude, and 

 Matthias. These figures of the twelve Apostles were taken from 

 either the north aisle or the clerestory windows. There were 

 only ten heads left when the removal was effected, and much of 

 the drapery of some of the figures was either missing or broken 

 up in the process. Over their heads were the different clauses 

 of the Apostles' Creed in Latin, in accordance with the early 

 tradition that attributed each sentence to a different apostle; 

 but these have got confused and wrongly arranged in the course 

 of transfer. In the upper part of the side lights are four saints, 

 which are probably intended for Saints Chad, Margaret, Fabian, 

 and Edward ; they were removed from the south-west chapel. 

 In the tracery lights of this great window are six coats-of-arms — 

 Cotton impaling Fitzherbert, Pole impaling Fitzherbert, Fitzher- 

 bert impaling Babington, and two others, about which there is 

 some uncertainty. 



The eight large windows in the side walls of the chancel 

 still retain, for the most part, their original glazing. They are 

 filled with grisaille glass, covered with scroll-work and leaf 

 ornament, and admirably conceived interlacing patterns, relieved 

 with occasional colouring in red and blue, and having a shield 

 of arms inserted near the top of each of the main lights. In 

 1842, certain parts were found to be missing, and they were 

 clumsily reproduced on the cheap by mere brush daubing, which 

 has already worn off in parts. The window that contains most 

 of this smear work is the easternmost window on the south 

 side. The patterns in the tracery lights, except most of the 

 effective borders, are modern inventions, save in the second 

 window, counting from the westward, on the north side. 



The due identification of the heraldic shields in each of these 

 lights, together with the probable explanation for their presence 

 at Norbury would take up more space than can be spared.* 



* I should now be able to make some slight corrections and several 

 additions to the account given in vol. iii. of Churches of Derbyshire. 



