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Gabriel under a late Decorated canopy, is probably part of a reredos 
which contained the Annunciation. (See vol. xi., p. 183.) 
The altar tomb in the chancel is a singularly good one (see 
drawings, vol. xi., pp. 185, 186). It is probably a little later than 
the erection of the present nave, and it may have been set up to 
commemorate the benefactor to whom the building owes its existence. 
On the mensa are the recumbent figures of a knight and his lady, 
with the feet of each resting on an animal resembling a hound, 
The knight wears plate armour, and his head rests ona shield. The 
lady wears a square head-dress and mantle, and a cordon round her 
neck to which a cross is suspended. Her head rests on a pillow. 
Around the. sides of the tomb are the figures of their twelve children. 
There are no arms to assist us in identifying the knight, but Canon 
Jones concludes he was a member of the Malwyn family, who were 
lords of the manor at about A.D. 1400. I learn from a report in 
the Devizes Gazette commemorating the re-opening of the Church 
after restoration, that this tomb has passed through many vicissitudes. 
“Tt was first in the nave, where its presence was felt to be an in- 
trusion, and it was shouldered out to make room for modern pews ; 
it was then removed to the old chancel, where its size made it an 
inconvenient addition, and it was threatened with banishment to 
the churchyard. However it remained at rest, jostled by the school- 
children, scratched and picked by their knives, and used for the 
accommodation of boys’ hats on Sundays.” On the re-building of 
the chancel it was placed in its present position, under an arch in 
the north wall. 
There is a2 monument to Gertrude, relict of Edward Ernle, who 
died 21st April, 1662 ; and another to Sir Walter Ernle, who died 
16th July, 1732, et. 56. 
