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the reign of Elizabeth or the beginning of that of James I.—the 
pendants look more like the latter. 
The present tower was erected by Inigo Jones in 1645. Itisa 
good specimen of Jacobean Gothic, and it is interesting to bear in 
mind that, at the time Jones was designing this, he must have been 
engaged in carrying out two such different designs as the west 
portico of S. Paul’s (afterwards destroyed in the Great Fire), of 
which Laud, then Bishop of London, laid the corner stone, and 
Wilton House, the Wiltshire seat of the Earl of Pembroke. 
The present appearance of the parts about the crossing would 
lead to the conclusion that the tower must have fallen at about the 
end of the fourteenth century ; that the arches of the transepts and 
the first bay of the nave had been then re-erected, and the capitals 
afterwards re-modelled to suit the Renaissance taste of the time of 
Inigo Jones; this would also be supported by the appearance of the 
_ clerestory of the easternmost bay of the nave. Canon Duncan (to 
whom I am indebted for information as to the date of 1628) informs 
me, however, that he believes the date is confirmed by entries in the 
registers; it is probable, therefore, that Inigo Jones copied the 
details of the arches from those of the late Decorated period already 
existing between the chapels and the chancel, and re-worked the 
capitals of the latter to match those of his own period. He appears 
to have taken quite an independent course with regard to the 
heightening of the low piers of the Norman tower, which were 
_ probably not involved in the general ruin: the original capitals 
have been left, and the later columns piled up on them in a singular 
manner. 
_ The final additions to the plan of the Church are the second south 
aisle and the vestry built in 1864, when the south aisle and porch 
_ were re-built, the south transept extended, and the west end of the 
_ Rave re-modelled. 
The font is a good specimen of early fifteenth century work and 
of ample dimensions. The iron-bound parish chest, with the three 
locks, as enjoined by the 84th Canon of 1603, is worthy of notice. 
: Passing round the outside I would call attention to the following 
_ -various evidences of the changes I have referred to :— 
