"Notes on Pouhhot." 319 



indeed the line of junction between the old and new work may be 

 traced in the plaister inside ; showing that it extended somewhat 

 beyond the large pointed window on the north. 



I must call your attention to the early grisaille glass which has 

 been inserted, without reference to pattern, in the eastern- 

 most window in the south wall of the chancel. You 

 will have doubtless noticed as you entered, the holy-water 

 rji stoup and the bracket above the door, which might 



* support a figure of St. Peter, our patron saint. The 



steps leading to the rood-loft are visible from the north 

 ^5^ aisle. 



J _ Of monuments we have none of any interest. Poulshot 



has not been favoured as the residence of any of the 



great of the earth. Many of its rectors have been non- 



^ resident, and, with some exceptions, their bones rest 



^ • ^ elsewhere. The small brass plate on the altar step is 



-^ curious for its punning inscription to one who was 



^Lik g " White in vertues as in name ; " — not a very interesting 



9 \* -*! person. The dole stone near the porch closely resembles 



fS f H one at Potterne, and may be regarded as a monument of 



f^JTi ^ the connection which once existed between the two 



• •fX ^ parishes. 



•^ We boast an archaeological puzzle in the inscription 



upon the first of our three bells; the oldest, and the 



M^ .S purest in tone of the three. The others bear the date 



— wj -^ 1606, and the simple inscriptions, "Serve God,^' and 



9*^ ^ " Prayse God," with the initials of the well-known John 



#^ Wallis, of Salisbury. I have endeavoured to get a 



^^i rubbing of the inscription on the first, which is in black 



^gj^ letter, and have arrived at the conclusion that the in- 



<g3k terpretation of Mr. Lukis cannot be correct. He reads 



t «< * it : — " Sane : ^ Johannes : Xpc." The rubbings are 



^|\ indistinct, as I had to work in a great measure blindly; 



and the letters and parts of letters do not lie in the 



same plane. The small Maltese cross would indicate 



the space between the beginning and ending of the legend ; 



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