36 l^otes on the ChurcJies visited in 1892. 



the fourteenth century windows of the nave are coeval figures of 

 angels in situ. The easternmost window is filled with fragments 

 collected from diverse subjects — some of which can be traced, 

 amongst them being, in the centre light, a kneeling female figure 

 (the red robe seems to indicate this as representing the donor or 

 founder) with the legend " sce Nicholas ora pro nobis." In one 

 side light is another part of the same subject — one of the children 

 in a tub. There are also various figures of bishops and the head of 

 a female with nimbus. In the right hand light is a kneeling male 

 figure wearing a red robe (probably the companion to the figure 

 named above) with the motto " . . . . nobis " and underneath 

 " oiBUS BNi FACTORIES." Other symbols such as the rose, chalice 

 and wafer, &c., are in the tracery. There is a bit of fifteenth 

 century glass in the quati'efoil of the early Decorated window in the 

 aisle; and in the window of the chapel is glass coeval with the 

 window, representing a pelican and young, S. Anne teaching the 

 Blessed Virgin Mary to read (or the Virgin teaching the Holy Child 

 to write), S. Catherinie with the wheel, the head of a female saint, &c. 



Aubi'ey (Jackson's Aubrey, p. 277) records the arms of Swynnow 

 and Baynton in the windows, and states " In a north window is 

 only 'orate pro aia .... militis benefactoris ' " ; (this 

 appears to have been since lost, and he does not mention the pieces 

 described above). He quotes an inscription on the great bell — viz. : 

 " JESUS nazarenus rex judeorum miserere nobis " with a crowned 

 head between each word. He also states that "in a close adjoining 

 the churchyard are yet to be seen the ruins of an old seat of the 

 Duke of Lankaster's and a Chapell : it is now called Court and 

 Chappell Close " : these ruins seem to have disappeared. 



The chancel arch and east window, also the inner arch and 

 windows of the south porch, are modern. 



Outside the north wall of the nave, east of the porch, is a curious 

 piece of sculpture of a very debased type. 



All Saints'. Kemble. 



Kemble formerly belonged to the Abbey of Malmesbury by grant 

 made in 682 by Cedwalla, King of Wessex. 



