IK HISTORY OF GLAXVILLE'S WOOTTON. 



instance of a chantry being built separate from a 

 church ; but there never was a rule without an excep- 

 tion, and we shall leave the question to the learned in 

 archaeology. 



The passage in the chantry is paved with encaustic 

 tiles, made by Messrs. Minton & Co., after the pattern 

 of some old tiles found in removing the floor, viz. : 

 Fleur-de-lis, Deo gracias, Pomegranates, Arms of 

 Bishoprick of Exeter, Arms of Edward the Confessor, 

 Arms of Edward I. ; Paternal arms of Eleanor of 

 Castile, consort of Edward I. ; Horseman ; Archer ; 

 the White Hart, which latter symbolise the local 

 legend of the King's Stag or the White Hart, and are 

 exceedingly curious. 



On referring to the chantry, in his ' History of 

 Dorset,' Hutchins says it is the most interesting part 

 of the church, the architecture being of the Decorated 

 period ; and it has two windows, with three lights 

 apiece, on the south side ; whilst another, of a similar 

 character, fills the east gable. A pair of massive 

 flying buttresses of three stages support each angle ; 

 and there is another between the side windows, 

 all which have hoed mouldings externally. Upon the 

 buttress nearest to the porch is a place where a sun-dial 

 formerly was. Internally the windows have a circular 

 column with moulded capitals and bases at the angles 

 of the jambs; and below each of these, on the south, 

 is a low segmental arch, now roughly built up, but 

 which probably contained altar tombs, and perhaps 



