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shoulder of their cloak, and by this attribute in their hand. 

 Now, if these stones belonged to Knights Templars, they 

 must have lain here many centuries ; for this order came into 

 England early in the reign of king Stephen in 1113; and 

 was dissolved in the time of Edward II. in 1312, having 

 subsisted only one hundred and ninety-nine years. Why I 

 should suppose that Knights Templars were occasionally 

 buried at this church, will appear in some future letter, when 

 we come to treat more particularly concerning the property 

 they possessed here, and the intercourse that subsisted be- 

 tween them and the priors of Selborne. 



We must now proceed to the chancel, properly so called, 

 which seems to be coeval with the church, and is in the same 

 plain unadorned style, though neatly kept. This room mea- 

 sures thirty-one feet in length, and sixteen feet and an half 

 in breadth, and is wainscoted all round, as high as to the 

 bottom of the windows. The space for the communion table 

 is raised two steps above the rest of the floor, and railed in 

 with oaken balusters. Here I shall say somewhat of the 

 windows of the chancel in particular, and of the whole fabric 

 in general. They are mostly of that simple and unadorned 

 sort called Lancet, some single, some double, and some in 

 triplets. At the east end of the chancel are two of a mode- 

 rate size, near each other ; and in the north wall two very 

 distant small ones, unequal in length and height : and in the 

 south wall are two, one on each side of the chancel door, that 

 are broad and squat, and of a different order. At the east 

 end of the south aisle of the church there is a large lancet- 

 window in a triplet ; and two very small, narrow, single ones 

 in the south wall, and a broad squat window beside, and a 

 double lancet one in the west end ; so that the appearance is 

 very irregular. In the north aisle are two windows, made 

 shorter when the roof was sloped ; and in the north transept 

 a large triple window, shortened at the time of a repair in 

 1721 ; when over it was opened a round one of considerable 

 size, which affords an agreeable light, and renders that chantry 

 the most cheerful part of the edifice. 



The cjiurch and chancels have all coved roofs, ceiled about 



