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Thomas, 8th Lord, one of the benefactors to the church already 

 mentioned, who died in 1361, and in whose time the murder of 

 Edwaed II took place. 



The tomb bears his effigy, and also that of the Lady K atherine 

 his second wife, who died in 1385. In the window near are 

 three small recumbent figures in stone, being those of three of 

 their sons who died in their infancy. 



It is ijrobable, from the quantities of fragments of stained 

 glass which were found under the floor during the restoration 

 of the church, that all the windows were once filled with stained 

 glass. They were most probably destroyed during the siege of 

 the castle in 1645, when the church, which formed part of the 

 defences of the garrison, was stormed and taken by the Parlia- 

 mentarians. Some interesting traces of these events are still 

 visible in the west doors, which have been pierced for musketry, 

 and are marked in many places by hostile bullets. 



During the restoration of the church some interesting relics 

 proving the Eoman occupation of the place were found at a 

 depth of nearly four feet beneath the soil in the chancel. One 

 of these, a Eoman brick or tile bearing the inscription 



DCLVI 



(Decurio Legionis Sexti,) 



has been preserved by being imbedded in the plastering of the 

 wall on the south side of the chancel arch, near the lectern. 

 There are also two large flat stones, nearly square, having on 

 one side circular mouldings about two feet in diameter some- 

 what resembling the bases of columns. These are at present 

 in the sepulchral chapel. 



The restoration of the church was carried out in 1865 and 

 1866, by Mr. Gilbert Scott, in a manner entirely worthy of 

 its fine original design. The expense was borne chiefly by 

 the late Lord TiTZHARmNGE, whose liberality to the church 

 forms a worthy sequel to that of his ancestors of the 13th and 

 14th centuries. 



