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a legend of a hideous toad in a dungeon near at hand which was 
supposed to have been the death of two nuns immured therein, 
the antiquarian imagination being apt at giving a reason for most 
things. Some small clerestory windows pierce the south wall, 
but are wanting on the north side. A stone screen of Perpen- 
dicular date, on which are coats-of-arms of the Berkeley family, 
separates the nave from the chancel. The chancel arch, of a pecu- 
liar form, is said to be of the same date as the nave. The east 
window, large and broad, filled in with modern glass in memory 
of the great Jenner, is of Perpendicular date. On the south side 
is the mortuary chapel of the Berkeleys, built about the year 1450. 
At the east end is an altar tomb with two recumbent figures, a 
man in armour with a mitre at his feet (the Berkeley crest), and 
a woman in Court dress, date early in the seventeenth century. On 
the south side is another tomb with two figures in alabaster, one 
that of James Lord Berkeley, who died in 1463, and the other 
that of his grandson, Lord Thomas. The bosses in the groining 
of this chapel represent various subjects and scenes, both sacred 
and profane. Amongst the latter may be enumerated the not 
uncommon representation of a fox in a pulpit preaching to geese, 
and a mermaid with a glass and comb in her hand. Under the 
second arch of the south aisle is another tomb with recumbent 
figures of a man in armour of the fourteenth century, and a female 
with an extraordinary head-dress and corset, representing Thomas 
Lord Berkeley (d. A.D. 1360) and his second wife, Lady Catherine. 
An examination of the fine square Norman font, supported on four 
_ small shafts, the fine western entrance beneath the five-lighted 
window, and the detached tower at the north of the churchyard, 
from which the Church seems to have run away to its present 
site, was sufficiert ex more antiquo to exhaust the energies of 
some of the members before lunch. Accordingly a return was 
made to the hostelry, and right» well did Mr, Gregory maintain 
his reputation for good viands. Much strengthened and supported 
thereby, the members were enabled to proceed to the outer 
