THE CHURCH AND VILLAGE OF MONYASH. 1 9 



Monyash. One was the coat just mentioned on the font, and 

 the other seems to have been in the windows. These two were 

 — arg., on a saltire engrailed, sab., nine amulets, or ; and arg., 

 on a bend, gu., three escallops, or. The first of these coats 

 is Leake, and the other was borne by several famiHes, but its 

 connection with Monyash has not yet been solved. •'^ 



When Bassano visited the church, in 17 10, he only noted 

 the arms on the font, and the last of the two mentioned by 

 Wyrley in the windows. 



Mr. Rawlins, who was here in 1827, says that "there are a 

 few pews built round the pulpit and reading desk, and also 

 towards the chancel, but generally speaking the open bench 

 prevails." 



Beneath the tower is an old chest of exceptionally large 

 dimensions; it is 7 ft. 2 in. long, 21 in. high, and 19 in. wide. 

 It is continuously encircled with iron bands throughout, which 

 are about 7J in. apart. The chest is divided into two unequal 

 parts, each with, its owri' lid. The age of this massive 

 receptacle points to- it having been probably constructed to 

 hold the vestments and altar plate for the fourteenth century 

 chantry founded by Nicholas Congesdon and his brother. The 

 chest -is now in a rather dilapidated state, and has been 

 coarsely mended ; it would tend to its preservation if it was 

 brought out into a better light and placed in one of the 

 transepts. 



Three bells swing in the tower; they are inscribed as 

 follows : — 



I. " J. Melland, W. Bateman, C. W. John Hedderley made 

 me. 1732." 



II. " Sea Maria o.p.n." (Sancta Maria ora pro nobis). The 

 elaborate bell-founder's mark, with initials T. B., show that this 

 is a bell of Brazyer, of Norwich. 



III. " Glory be tO' God on high. 1656," with the well-known 

 founder's mark of George Oldfield of Nottingham. 



There are no old monuments in the church. At the west 



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