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was destroyed in 1842. I am informed that, with a skeleton of 

 an adult which it contained, were found traces of habiliments, 

 and " clouted shoes." 



In recesses in the south wall of the south transept are two 

 Stone Coffins, under elaborately ornamented ogee canopies. 

 The exposed sides of these coffins are relieved by quartrefoils, 

 and on their lids are recumbent figures of a knight and of a 

 lady. These tombs are so evidently part of the original design 

 of this transept that the whole building must be regarded as a 

 memorial of the personages represented by these effigies. This 

 building has scarcely received the attention, which from its 

 great architectural interest, it deserves. Internally, it is 30 

 feet in length, 16 feet in width, and 40 feet in height. Its 

 eastern side has seven buttresses, the spaces between which 

 contain six two-light windows. One-half of the western side 

 opens by an arch into the south aisle of the nave of the church; 

 the other half has four buttresses, and three windows of similar 



Pabke has taken an intelligent interest in all that relates to the antiquities of 

 the parish, and has also preserved a record of local events as they have occurred. 

 To him it is mainly due that the very interesting early churchwardens' accounts, 

 commencing in the year 1555, have been made public. Having found them 

 amongst the parochial records in a neglected state, Mr. Paeke carefully collected 

 and arranged them, and subsequently brought them to the notice of John 

 Beuob, Esq., Treasurer to the Society of Antiquaries, by whom a very interesting 

 paper on the subject, accompanied with numerous extracts from these accounts, 

 was communicated to the Society of Antiquaries, and published in their 

 Archseoligia, vol. xxxv. These accounts afford many illustrations of the manners 

 and customs of former inhabitants of our Cotteswold Hills, as, for instance, the 

 following items of medical practice in the seventeenth century : — 



"(1663.) Payd; for 1 yeard of rebbond for Jonathan Harris his child, that 



have the kings evill 5d." 

 " (1664.) Payd J for beare for Hi Her boy, being sick of the pox lOd." 

 " (1676.) Payd : Mr. Edward Barnard, for setting broken bones for the yeai-e 



1^" 

 It would scarcely meet the views of country squires of the present day to find 

 in their churchwarden's account such entries as the following : — 



" (1577.). Payed : for foxes hedes xvjd for a foxe hedd xijd." 



"(1582.) Payments: for iij foxe-heads iijs." 



"(1603.) Paid: for foxe heades and grayes heads vs." 



" (1634.) Payed: for the destroying of noysum foule and vaiuiints 14s." 



