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a small round-headed light set about midway in its 

 length. 



At the north-east is a very beautiful two-light 

 window of c. 1300 with a quatrefoil in the head, 

 set in a tall arched recess which seems to be of earlier 

 date, possibly of the first half of the ijth century ; 

 adjoining it in the west wall of the tower is a smaller 

 arched recess, both being connected with the altar 

 which formerly stood at the north-east of the nave. 

 The recess in the north wall is much taller than is com- 

 monly the case, but there seems no reason to suppose 

 that it was ever intended to open to a chapel on the 

 north-east, as has been suggested. It may have been 

 heightened when the window was inserted. 



The south arcade, c. 1300, is of two bays with an 

 octagonal pillar and semi-octagonal responds ; the bases 

 and capitals are moulded, and the arches are two- 

 centred and of two chamfered orders. The west door- 

 way of the nave is an early 1 5th-century insertion, 

 and has double-chamfered jambs and a pointed arch of 

 two double-ogee orders with a label ; and over it Is a 

 1 5th-century window of three cinquefoiled lights with 

 cusped tracery in a two-centred arch. 



The south aisle has a piscina near where its former 

 east wall stood ; it has moulded jambs and a two- 

 centred arch with trefoiled soffit cusps, and a filleted 

 roll hood mould forming a straight-sided gablet over 

 the arch ; the sill containing the octofoiled basin pro- 

 jects and is moulded below ; halfway up is a shelf, 

 above which the recess deepens. The window west 

 of this piscina is contemporary with the aisle, and is of 

 two trefoiled lights with a cinquefoiled circle in the 

 pointed head ; the splayed jambs have hollow-cham- 

 fered edges, and the internal label is a scroll mould 

 with mask stops ; outside is a similar label with one 

 volute and one mask stop. The south doorway is a 

 pointed one with moulded jambs and arch, and has a 

 scroll mould label with corbel stops, and the west and 

 south-west windows are trefoiled lancets with soffit 

 cusps, all being contemporary with the aisle. 



The porch is a I 5th-century addition ; it has an east 

 window of two plain pointed lights in a square head, 

 and a broken holy-water stoup which was moulded 

 like a capital on three sides. In the west wall is a 

 tiny quatrefoil piercing the outer archway, having 

 moulded jambs and pointed head ; it has been much 

 repaired with cement. The porch is built of sandstone 

 ashlar, and contrasts with the rest of the walling, which 

 is of thin shaly rubble with stone dressings. There 

 was formerly an inscription on the porch," ' Orate pro 

 anima(bus) Thome Sander et Johannae uxoris eius et 

 pro animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum." This 

 inscription survived the Reformation, for it is noticed 

 in a MS. description of the church written on 

 12 December 1622 (now in private hands), but was 

 probably destroyed in the Civil Wars. 



The east wall of the old chancel is coated with new 

 cement. All the roof timbers are old, those of the 

 present chancel and south aisle being of the date of 

 the building of the chancel, c. 1500, while those of 

 the nave and old chancel are probably somewhat 

 earlier ; all seem to have been underdrawn with 

 plaster ceilings. Under the tower is a modern flat 

 panelled ceiling. 



Across the entrance to the present chancel is a fine 

 contemporary screen of eighteen panels (four of which 



are over the central opening) with ogee cinquefoiled 

 heads and trefoiled tracery. The cornice is painted 

 and gilded ; the lower part carved with a running vine 

 pattern, and the upper has the initials R.S. (for Richard 

 Sander, who died in 1480) several times repeated be- 

 tween pairs of winged dragons. Over the central open- 

 ing, which retains its double doors, are the letters IHS 

 and a crowned M supported by angels, and there are 

 also two shields on the cornice, with the arms of 

 Sander Sable a cheveron ermine between three bulls 

 or, tongued gules, impaling Carew Or three lions 

 passant sable. The lower panels of the screen are 

 plain and solid, and the middle rail is carved with a 

 band of quatrefoiled lozenges. 



The altar table is of dark oak, and is apparently of 

 late 1 8th-century date. The pulpit is an octagonal 

 one made up with ornamental carved cartouche panels 

 containing painted texts of about 1620, and seven 

 earlier linen panels probably of the 1 6th century. 



In the chapel is an ancient chest 4 ft. by I ft. 8 in. 

 by I ft. 8 in. with a three-sided lid, bound by plain 

 iron straps and having three locks. 



The seats are modern. 



On the south wall of the south aisle are a set of 

 very interesting wall paintings, for the most part 

 contemporary with the aisle. To the east of the 

 window by the pulpit are scenes from the story of 

 St. Margaret, arranged in bands one above another. 

 The highest shows the governor Olybrius hunting, 

 and sending his huntsman to bring Margaret to his 

 palace. Below, Margaret is being beaten and im- 

 prisoned, and swallowed by the dragon, whose body 

 bursts and the saint comes forth unharmed. The 

 lowest range, which is very indistinct, shows the 

 beheading of the saint. 



To the west of the window are some much- 

 damaged scenes, perhaps from the story of St. Nicholas, 

 with later paintings on a larger scale of the Three 

 Living and the Three Dead, and apparently part of 

 a St. Christopher or St. Edmund. The paintings 

 were in very fair condition when uncovered, but have 

 unfortunately been treated to a so-called preservative 

 process, and have suffered in consequence. 



The font is a small one with a plain octangular 

 bowl on a square shaft ; it appears to be modern. 

 In the west window of the former nave are some 

 fragments of ancient glass, a portion of the figure of 

 a saint, and several other odd pieces, including two 

 words of an inscription. Also in the first window of 

 the north wall are two small eyelets containing roses 

 and leaves. 



On the south wall of the chapel, or present chancel, 

 is the brass of Nicholas Sander, 1553, and his wife 

 Alys Hungate, with four sons and six daughters ; 

 there are shields with Sanders quartering Carew, and 

 another with Hungate, a cheveron engrailed between 

 three sitting hounds, a molet for difference. On a 

 separate plate is the Sander crest, a demi-bull holding 

 a flower. In the old chancel is a brass plate to Wil- 

 liam Jordan, 1625, and Katherine his wife, 1626, 

 and in the south aisle one to Nicholas Jeale, 1615. 

 Lost inscriptions to the Sander family are given by 

 Aubrey. 100 



There are six bells ; of these the treble and second 

 are by Thomas Janaway, 1764; the third, fourth, and 

 fifth by William Eldridge, 1697, 1668, and 1662 



" Recorded by J. L. AndrS in Surr. Arch. Call. *i. 



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