60 CHURCHES IN THE RURAL DEANERY OF DORCHESTER. 



convenience of riding ; round the neck is an upright neckguard of 

 plate, and on the feet broad-toed sollarets. He is armed with 

 sword and dagger. Except the sollarets the armour is of an 

 earlier date than 1523, which is the date of the "brass; 1500 would 

 be about the date of the armour. (See monumental brass to 

 Sir Humphry Stanley in Westminster Abbey. Hewett's "Ancient 

 Armour in Europe " supplement, page 58.) 



The memorial in white Carara marble, erected in 1762 to the 

 memory of Mary, the wife of James Frampton, executed by 

 Peter Matthias Van Gelder, of Amsterdam, should be noticed for 

 the exquisite carving, in the border, of flowers, which are treated in 

 a naturalistic, not conventional, manner. An engraving of this 

 monument is given in the earlier edition of Hutchins' "Dorset." 



In the west window of the nave, and in the east window of the 

 north aisle, are heraldic medallions in painted glass. On comparing 

 the arms represented in them with the descriptions given in the 

 first edition of Hutchins' " Dorset " of windows in the old mansion 

 house, it will be seen that these windows must have been removed 

 to the church from thence. The painted glass belongs to the latter 

 half of the 16th century ; one of the medallions is dated 1585, and 

 from the character of the painting it is clear that all of them were 

 painted about that time. The method of painting employed is the 

 enamel. Enamel colours were invented about the middle of the 

 16th century. Their first use was to give depth and detail to 

 mosaic glass windows ; it was not until some time after their 

 discovery that glass was painted wholly in enamel colours. These 

 paintings, therefore, are not late in the style. 



18. MONKTON. 



NORTH SIDE : PORCH ARCH, late Decorated. CHURCH DOORWAY, 

 Norman. WINDOWS, generally 15th century, much debased. EAST 

 WINDOW, 15th century. QUOINS OF CHANCEL, externally 12th or 

 13th century. Under the east window is a 13th century buttress, 

 the top of the buttress has been cut off, it looks as if originally it 

 was continued up the gable with a 13th century window on each 



