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probably about tbe year 1300 ; but he should not have 

 thought them so early. The chancel roof was remarkably 

 nice, and the beauty of the part over the altar was in 

 accordance with the custom of decorating that part more 

 richly than the rest. The nave and aisles, and the chancel- 

 arch, which appeared to belong to the nave, seemed to 

 have been rebuilt late in the fifteenth Century, probably in 

 the time of Henry VII. The pulpit also was of the same 

 work. The roof of the nave, h& thought, had been very 

 creditably restored. The iron-work of the door was very 

 remarkable, and was of the fourteenth Century. The 

 pedestal of the poor-box, which was very beautifully carved, 

 probably formed a portlon of the screen, and was made 

 use of for its present purpose after the Eeformation. The 

 tower arch was hidden by the gallery, and he could not say 

 much about it. Mr. Freeman said that he would Supple- 

 ment Mr. Parker's facts by a little crlticism. There were 

 bad architects in the fourteenth Century as well as now. 

 If the chancel was examined minutely, it would be seen 

 that it was a freak, and had many faults in it. If a modern 

 architect were to bring him such a chancel, he should call 

 him all sorts of names. The tracery of the east window 

 was a corrupt Imitation of one of the very prettiest forms 

 we had, and which was found in perfection in St. Mary 

 Redcliffe and one or twor other churches — it was that 

 which we should term the spheric Square. The architect 

 appeared to have got hold of some form of the sort, but he 

 evidently did not appreciate the beauty. He made a 

 spheric Square (if that was the correct mathematical term) 

 but made it much too flat, as if some one had sat upon it, 

 and then he threw up a perpendicular mullion into it, pro- 

 ducing a raost pecuhar form. One window was of exceed- 

 ingly beautiful design, but it was almost spoiled by being 



