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panelling being known as the * linen pattern.' The altar is well 

 raised, and the whole appearance of the sanctuary from the west 

 end is of an elevating and devotional character. The east 

 window is bold and impressive, but not old. It was placed there 

 by the Rev. Sir William Palmer, a former vicar, 1846-1885. The 

 altar rail is of the same date as the pulpit. One of the most 

 striking features is the highly-decorated lomb of Sir John 

 Jeffery, of Catherstone, with a recumbent figure of the knight, 

 whose casque hangs overhead. Hard by is the smaller and less 

 sumptuous tomb of John Wadham, of Catherstone, a kinsman of 

 the founder of Wadham College, Oxford. There are remains of 

 stones with matrices of missing brasses in the floor of the 

 sanctuary. The old registers indicate that in this Church lie (in 

 a nameless grave) the remains of a gallant sailor, Sir George 

 Somers, born at Lyme Regis in 1554, the famous admiral who 

 annexed the Bermudas in the reign of James I. No stone now 

 marks the site, but a movement is on foot for erecting a tablet 

 or brass to his memory. 



The fine carved pulpit, which is Jacobean in style, was pbced 

 here in the time of James I. It serves to mark an epoch in 

 the history of the church. Similarly-carved pulpits exist at 

 Netherbury, Lyme Regis, and at Wootton Fitzpayne. 



The north transept bears the date of 1128 on a small wooden 

 cross built into the upper portion of the east wall. It was 

 intended to include the shrine of S. White or Candida, around 

 which such interest gathers. Here too stood, formerly, two 

 altars, one under each window, lighted by two small lancets. 

 Very good specimens of foliated capitals to the arcade are 

 deserving of special notice, particularly that representing a leaf 

 of the water avens, or herb bennet. The north wall, it is 

 probable, was originally of the same design as the bays of the 

 east wall, with a lancet window, replaced later by the three-light 

 window. 



Beneath this window is the recessed tomb which is the 

 reputed resting place of S. Wita, or Candida, and locally known 

 as " the saint's shrine." The monument consists of two parts. 



