By Mr. Edward Kite. 



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C0MPARTMBNT OF NAVE ROOF. ST. MARY'S. 



was, no doubt, originally filled with boarding as shown in the 

 engraving, but is now plastered over and whitewashed. The wood- 

 work appears to have been painted in bright colours. In the 

 second compartment from the east, the following inscription painted 

 in black letter, is still distinctly to be read : it commences on the 

 cornice of the north wall, continues across the tie-beam, and ter- 

 minates on the opposite side : — 



"©rate • pro • aia • CEJtllt • s'mgrf) • qui • iitu • ertltam • fieri • ferit • 

 qui • obitt • prima • Die • mrns'iS • iumi • anno • oni • millo ttctrrrfaf." 



[Pray for the so ill of William Smyth* who caused this church to be built: 

 and who died oil the first day of the month of June, Anno Domini 1436]. 



THE AISLES. 



North. 



This is of nearly the same length as the nave, and eleven feet in 



1 It U to be regretted that little has been preserved relating either to this individual or the 

 family to which he belonged. The name of Roger lc Smyth occurs in a deed of 1317. This may 

 IKi-~i!i]y have been an ancestor, and Robert Smyth, who was Mayor of Devizes in 1420, a brother of 

 William Smyth. William's sun, Thomas, was a chantry priest, and together with bis lather, be- 

 (pu-atlicd thi' annual lent arising from two houses in I )rvizcs, towards the maintenance of an obit, 

 three Si pulchrc tapers, and the Font taper, in this church. At a later date (1171) John Smyth was 

 instituted l/i the Kict'iry of Devices, and in laid another individual of the satin name occupied two 



ti'in iin-iit- and gwdeni Belonging to a chantry founded by William Ooventre In theohuroh. of St, Mary. 

 In the Begiaten of botb p»rithW| which oommenoe abort the middle of the sixteenth century the 



name Of Smyth is of such frequent occurrence that there is considerable difficulty ill tracing the 

 family of this particular individual. 



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