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The chancel, then, is clearly a Perpendicular erection. 

 The east window is of that style of five lights, containlng 

 twelve small compartments in the tracery ; on the north 

 side are two Windows of three lights each, and on the south 

 one of the same character as the east one, and bearing that 

 usual want of proportion to the chancel so commonly to 

 be found in Perpendicular work, and which, in my humble 

 opinion, renders every chancel containing it perfectly ugly. 

 A barbarous oak panelled wainscoting runs round the 

 whole walls above the altar steps, and prevents, at present, 

 the discovery of any of the usual appurtenances of the 

 altar, found in ancient Churches. The platform on which 

 the altar Stands, is raised two steps above the level of the 

 chancel, and the chancel again one step above the floor of 

 the nave. 



The west end of the chancel, on the north side, is opened 

 to the north aisle by a Perpendicular arch, and it is piain 

 that the east end of the north aisle was used as a chapel. 

 The whole pillar supporting the eastern side of this arch, 

 and forming the respond, has been cut away, except the 

 capital, which, with its corresponding cap, contains the 

 ordinary Perpendicular embellishments of foliage and 

 ßhields. 



The South side opens by an arcade of three Perpendi- 

 cular arches into the south aisle, which contains a small 

 door, of the same style, in the north angle of the east wall, 

 no doubt used by the chantry priest who performed the 

 usual Services in this chapel. There is in the south wall at 

 the east end, a small aumbry, which clearly proves the 

 former existence of an altar. There is some Variation in 

 the Caps of these pillars, and also öf the moulding of the 

 pillars themselves. The two caps to the east are perfectly 

 piain, but the next one consists of the body of a man 

 bearing the capital on his Shoulders (as far as my observa- 



