A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



nserted about 1180-90. The nave was at the same 

 time lengthened westward by a bay, and the former 

 north-west angle of the nave now forms the square 

 part of the masonr)' pier at the west end of the existing 

 north arcade. The arcade as built was of three round 

 arches, now reduced to two, of two orders, the inner 

 chamfered on both sides and the outer moulded. It 

 has a circular pillar and half-round responds with 

 moulded capitals and bases. The east respond of 

 the destroyed western arch now stands within a 

 recess in the modern wall and has the nail-head orna- 

 ment in its capital ; otherwise it is similar to the 

 others. The south aisle with its arcade was erected 



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in the 13th century, and is probably the first aisle 

 on this side, as there is no evidence of an earlier one. 

 The arcade was of three pointed arches, of which two 

 only remain, of two hollow chamfered orders resting 

 on a pillar composed of four shafts with fillet on face 

 and hollows between. The springing of the third 

 arch still remains, but the westernmost pillar is 

 octagonal and appears to be of later date ; it may 

 indicate a proposed rebuilding of the arcade from this 

 end. The cast window of this aisle is of two trefoiled 

 lights, with a trefoil opening over each, and in the 

 south wall is a piscina with a cinquefoiled head. The 

 three-light square headed window in the same wall 

 is apparently a 14th century insertion, and the south 

 doorway is of this period. The south wall may have 

 been rebuilt at this time. 



The chancel was rebuilt in the 14th century and 

 probably took the place of one which replaced the 

 1 2th century chancel referred to above. The windows 

 are contemporary with the rebuilding, the cast window 

 of four trefoiled lights, and two south windows, one 

 with three and the other with two lights ; below the 

 western of these is a pointed low-side window with 

 traccried cinquefoiled head, the sill of which is 4 ft. 

 above the ground. There is also a priest's doorway 

 on this side. On the north side is a modern window 

 of three lights similar in design to the others, and 



further west is a doorway to the vestry, and two arches, 

 one (modern) open to the vestry itself and the other 

 to a small chapel on the east end of the north aisle. 

 The vestry appears to have been originally a priest's 

 room, or sacristy, from which a circular stone stair 

 gave access to the chancel roof ; the uppc part of 

 this stair and the turret surmounting it still remain. 

 Above the arch opening to the chapel the rood loft 

 doorway rei.aains in the wall, and from the chapel 

 a squint is directed to the high altar. There are 

 two plain sedilia and a trefoil-headed piscina in the 

 usual position in the chancel, and on the north side 

 an aumbry. 



Towards the end of the 15th century, 

 or early in the 1 6th, if the evidence of 

 the rebuilding of 1881 is to be trusted, 

 the clearstory was added and the porch 

 and vestry built. The nave was at the 

 same time reduced in length by one bay, 

 a new west wall being erected in front 

 of the two westernmost piers. This wall 

 carries the east side of the tower, the 

 west front of which is set upon a lofty 

 external arch enclosing a two-light tran- 

 soraed window. The south porch has a 

 four-centred moulded outer arch on 

 attached shafts, and there is an octagonal 

 stoup in its north-east angle. 



The font is ancient and has a plain 

 octagonal bowl. 



The oak pulpit, lectern, litany desk, 

 and a seat in the chancel are all of i6th 

 century date, and are said to have come 

 from Barnwell All Saints.''* The other 

 fittings are modern. There is a mural 

 tablet in the north aisle to Robert Negus, 

 gent., d. 1657. The chancel arch is 

 filled by a modern rood-screen and the organ is placed 

 above the arch. 



The smaller of the two bells is a recasting by Taylor 

 of Loughborough in 1899 of a medieval bell which 

 bore the inscription : ' Dei genetrix, Virgo Maria, 

 ora pro [nobis].' The larger bell has four pairs of 

 letters, perhaps part of an alphabet, and appears to 

 be of pre-Reformation date from a Leicester foundry.*' 

 The plate consists of a cup and cover paten, the 

 latter dated 1569 and the cup inscribed ' For the 

 towne of Thorneing ' ; an early 15th century Florentine 

 chalice, silver gilt, with enamels on the knop and foot, 

 given in 1924 by the parishioners as a thankoffering 

 for the rector's (Rev. H. B. Gottwaltz) twenty-five 

 years' service ; a jewelled silver-gilt ciborium given 

 in 1900 ; a silver ciborium of 1908-9 ; and a flagon of 

 1 870-1, given in 1872. There is also a pewter flagon 

 and a plated almsdish. 



The registers before 1812 are as follows: — (i) 

 baptisms 1560-1804, marriages 1560-1641, 1666-1809, 

 burials 1560-1803; (ii) baptisms and burials 1809- 

 1812; (iii) marriages 1754-1812. 



The advowson was in 1318 held 



ADFOWSON with the Molesworth manor, for in 



that year the king presented to the 



church, because he had the custody of the heirs of 



Walter de Molesworth.** In 1403 Thomas Hethe, 



" The church of All -Sainti, Barnwell, 

 WM pulled down about 1825. 



" Owen, Cb. Bells of Huntingdonibirt, 

 137. There were retained by the church 

 in I {53 a chalice of lilver, two great 



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bells and a aaunce bell. F.xch. K.R. 

 Church Gds. bdlc. ii, no. 33. 

 " Cttl. Pal. 1317-21, p. 196. 



