200 St. Mary's Clmrch, Marlborough. 



seven tymes Maior of Marleborough Towne " (d. 26 Oct., 1570). 

 We have monuments of Edward Cressett, physician, " a loyal son 

 of the Church of England," 1693 ; Humphry Wall, 1719 ; . the 

 family of Savery, 1687—1766; Clavering, 1759; Francis, 1767 

 —1817; Griffiths, 1833; and Mrs. Marianne Maurice, 1840, this 

 last at the south end of the holy table, a simple design of chalice, 

 cross, open bible, and lily, a late work of Sir Francis Chantrey, as 

 Dr. Maurice assures me, executed by Termont & Co. The lower 

 part of the east window has been filled with carved panels in 

 stone, designed by Mr. Arthur Reeve, in memory of the late Mr. 

 and Mrs. Charles Perkins. 



ST. MARY'S CHURCH. 



Architectural Notes by C. E. Ponting, F.S.A. 



(Read at the Marlborough Meeting of the Society, 1905.) 



The history of the church, so far as it can be read from its stones, 

 may be briefly outlined as follows : — That there was a Norman 

 Church here has always been probable from the existence of the 

 doorway now in the west wall of the tower, and this has been 

 proved beyond doubt by the recent discovery of the western respond 

 of the Norman north arcade in situ. The Norman Church had a 

 north aisle, and probably also a south aisle (both narrow), but its 

 length is doubtful. If the Norman Church extended for the full 

 length of the church as it existed previous to 1653, the arcades 

 doubtless were of five bays. The arches were of three orders on 

 the nave side, and two on the outside ; the respond left has a 

 capital with circular abacus, scalloped carving, and moulded 

 base. Unlike the inside respond, the jamb shafts of the west 

 doorway have square abaci, but with carving of a similar type ; the 

 arch is of two orders of chevron, the inner carried down and the 

 outer stopped awkwardly (and not as originally) on the caps of 



