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date. John Gardiner was churchwarden in 1569 ; he was also a 

 Governor of Sherborne School, and acted as Warden of it in 

 1591. The church-house was then, and is still, the property of 

 the Almshouse ; and it used to be rented by the parish for the 

 annual sum of i 6s. 8d. Besides the date above given the 

 church-house bears another date viz., W.S. 1701, with the 

 square and compasses. The "Unknown Portrait at Sherborne 

 School," represented in the same plate, is that of Sir Hugh 

 Smyth, of Long Ashton, Somerset. 



Let us now go back to page 238, where mention is made of 

 Alhalowes Church. I should like to add that it consisted of a 

 nave and two aisles, with lateral chapels projecting north and 

 south from the eastern bay of the aisles. From the old parish 

 accounts we learn that the north aisle was called St. Swithun's 

 Aisle ; the south aisle was called St. Stephen's. I would add, 

 however, that perhaps these dedications belong rather to the 

 projecting chapels than to the aisles, for the Leweston Chapel in 

 the Abbey, which is called also St. Katherine's Chapel, is 

 described in the parish account for 1586 as St. Katherine's 

 Aisle " Item we have solde the lie called or knowne by the 

 name of St. Catherine's He situate and being in the southe side 

 of the now used parishe churche of Sherborne aforesaide unto 

 John ffitziames of Lewston, Esquier, and to his heirs for ever." 

 Alhalowes Church had a western pinnacled tower, a ring of at 

 least five bells, and an organ. The great bell of Sherborne, 

 Wolsey's Bell, belonged to this ring, and not to the monks' 

 church. Nearly the whole story of the pulling down and sale of 

 the materials of Alhalowes can be made out from the parish 

 accounts. From the parish account for 1591 we learn that the 

 accounts for 1539, 1540, 1542, and 1544 were kept in the 

 Almshouse for safety's sake, because they contained evidence of 

 payment by the parishioners for the church, the lead, and the 

 bells of the Abbey. The accounts, however, for 1542 and 1544 

 are now in the parish muniment-room over the south porch of 

 the Abbey Church, but I should not be surprised if the other two 

 were, some day, found, among the Almshouse papers. It is 



