By C. E. Ponting, FSA. 37 
pateree and angels with outstretched wings holding shields bearing 
emblems of the Passion and other devices,! twenty-two in all, one 
under each main rib. The greater part of the roof was doubtless 
open to the oak strips, widely spaced, with lead covering, but the 
easternmost bay was boarded under the rafters and collars and 
subdivided by ribs into panels painted alternately red and green. 
This had been removed and the mouldings of the circular and 
horizontal ribs cut away and the roof ceiled underneath (probably 
in 1592, when tiles were substituted for lead), but sufficient traces 
remained to enable a restoration of it to be made in 1895, when the 
roof was opened out. The whole of the cornice and the angels bear 
traces of having been richly coloured and gilded. 
The sanctus bell-cot remains intact—a simple erection of two 
jambs with a square-headed opening for the bell, and a crocketted 
and pierced finial over. The bell was rung from the north chapel, 
under the organ-loft, and there still exists a squint of quite unique 
interest in one of the mullions of the oak screen under the organ, 
through which the “‘ bedesman”’ in charge of the bell (who was also 
the organ-blower) viewed the priest at the altar, and the only 
position at which the priest could be seen through this opening is 
the centre of the west side of the altar. The opening is rudely 
_ chiselled through the mullion and measures Yin. high, by 2in. wide 
on the chancel side, widening to llin. high by 21in. wide on the 
chapel side. The grooves worn by successive ropes are visible on 
the stonework of the east face of the wall over the chancel arch, 
and the extent of the wear and tear of the rope may be judged 
_ from the entries in the churchwardens’ accounts, which record the 
purchase of a “new rope for the little belle’ on an average yearly.” 
1 Commencing from the east, on the north side :—(1) The Sponge, (2) Crown 
of Thorns, (3) Pincers, (4) Scourge, (5) Ladder, (6) a Scroll, (7) a Garment, 
(8) Staff and Book, (9, 10, and 11) a plain shield. On the south side, beginning 
from the east :—(1) The Mallet, (2) Spear, (3) Hammer, (4) Nails, (5 and 6) a 
plain shield, (7) The Cross, (8) plain shield, (9) open Book, (10) rent Garment, 
(11) plain shield. 
? The sanctus bell now in position has a curious history. It appears to be the 
original metal, but re-cast, and re-hung on the original bar. It may have been 
used at one time as a service call bell for the Vicar, the vicarage before 1865 
