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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 cruder came into Eng- 

 land early in the reign of King Stephen in 1113; and was dis- 

 solved in the time of Edward II. in 1312, having subsisted only 

 one hundred and thirty-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 between 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 meas- 

 ures thirty-one feet in length, and sixteen feet and a 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 moderate size, near each 

 other ; and in the north wall two very distant small ones, un- 

 equal 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 church and chancels have all covered roofs, ceiled about 

 the year 1633 ; before which they were open to the tiles and 

 shingles, showing the naked rafters, and threatening the con- 



