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CHIPSTEAD 





design. The inside jambs, however, appear to be 

 old in each case. Below the sill of the eastern of 

 these windows is a small splayed recess in the wall 

 with a square head and remains of colour on the 

 jambs, and on the outer face of the wall below the 

 second window are a few stones of what seems to be 

 the east jamb of a destroyed doorway. The existing 

 south doorway is of late 15th-century character, with 

 moulded jambs and four-centred arch under a square 

 head with a heavy moulded label. The modern 

 porch has quatrefoiled side lights and a south 

 entrance with moulded jambs and two-centred arch. 



The tower rises one stage above the ridge of the 

 nave roof, this stage being now mostly of brick, 

 only a few of the old stone quoins remaining. One 

 of the 1 3th-century lancets, however, still remains 

 in the west face above the roof line, and the jambs 

 of another in the same face and of one window in 

 each of the other three sides of the tower may still 

 be seen on the inside, though they are now blocked 

 up. The top stage has a modern window in each 

 face consisting of two trefoiled lights under a square 

 head, and is furnished with a modern stone parapet. 

 The date 1653 is shown on the west parapet of the 

 tower in Manning and Bray's illustration. 



The walls of the north aisle and west front are of 

 flint with stone dressings, and the main body of the 

 other walls is also faced with flint, but in the older 

 work the mortar joints are larger. All the roofs are 

 modern and are covered with tiles. 



Across the east arch of the tower is set a good 

 15th-century screen, with three cinquefoiled lights 

 on each side of the central opening, and a moulded 

 cornice on which is fixed an 18th-century carved 

 wooden achievement of the royal arms of England. 



The pulpit and reading desk are of late 1 6th-cen- 

 tury date and have moulded panels, and ornamental 

 pilasters and rails and a dentil cornice. 



The font is of 14th-century date and has a large 

 octagonal bowl, each side having a shallow sunk panel 

 filled with tracery patterns, all different. It stands 

 on a circular stem with moulded base. 



In the south windows of the south transept are 

 some small pieces of late 1 3th-century glass with figures 

 of St. Peter and St. Paul, and in the east window of 

 the chancel some fragments of 15th-century glass, 

 among modern imitations. 



There are also some old quarries in the windows of 

 the south aisle. 



On the north wall of the chancel is a small tablet 

 to ' Christopher Shawe Citizen of London embro- 

 dorer,' who died in 1618. 



In the churchyard, near the porch, is a coffin slab 

 with a double hollow-chamfered edge, and on the top 

 are traces of a raised cross, now almost defaced. Out- 

 side the east end of the south aisle are two fragments 

 of another large coffin slab on which was a raised 

 flowered cross with a stepped base. 



The tower contains a ring of five bells : the treble 

 and second by John Hodson, 1658 ; the third by 



William Mears, 1785; and the fourth and tenor by 

 Robert Eldridge, 1607 and 1595. 



The plate comprises a cup of 1664, with a stand 

 paten of 1714, and a silver mounted flagon. 



There are six books of registers, the first containing 

 baptisms from 1656 to 1804, the second marriages 

 from 1663 to 1754, the third burials from 1656 to 

 1 804, the fourth baptisms from 1 804 to 1812, the 

 fifth marriages from 1805 to 1811, and the sixth 

 burials from 1805 to 1812. 



The churchyard is large and contains several elm 

 trees, and a large yew on the north side. There is an 

 entrance on the west side with a lych-gate. 



The advowson of the church of 

 ADVOWSQN Chipstead has generally followed the 

 descent of the manor. Towards the 

 end of the I3th century Ralph de Monthermer, who 

 had married Joan widow of Gilbert the Red, and in 

 her right was called Earl of Gloucester, presented to 



MONTHEKMIR. 



eag/t vert. 



Or an 



AUDLEY. Gulci frttty or. 



Chipstead Church. 81 At the beginning of the follow- 

 ing century it was in the gift of Hugh de Audley, Earl 

 of Gloucester, 8 * through his marriage with Margaret de 

 Clare, and from their daughter Margaret the right de- 

 scended with the manor to the Earls of Stafford. 84 In 

 1402 it seems to have been leased to John Norton and 

 his wife Joan, and in the following year to John Frem- 

 ingham. 85 In 1422 it was mentioned amongst the 

 right and possessions of Sir Hugh Stafford. 86 



Sir John Bourchier presented in I 519," John Ledes 

 and Agnes his wife in 1552. M In 1558 Thomas 

 Matson conveyed the advowson in mortgage to 

 Thomas Copley, 8 * in the next year selling it to 

 William Frank. 80 It was then held in turn by the 

 Sackvilles " and by William and John Poyntz. 

 Edward Scott presented in 1571, Lord St. John and 

 Winifred his wife in 1573, and Lord Dacre in 1586. 

 The advowson was conveyed in 1613 to John 

 Huntley. After the resale of the property in 1615 

 the right of presentation no longer belonged to the 

 lord of the manor. In 1658 it was owned by George 

 Moore," and in 1664 was still held by his wife 

 Margaret, then a widow." The Crown presented in 

 1678, and Thomas Middleton in 1740. Anthony 

 Nott had the advowson in 1747 and 1753. William 

 Jolliffe bought it about 1790 and his descendant 

 Lord Hylton now holds it. Anne Aubertin pre- 

 sented in 1808 by agreement with Col. Hylton 

 Jolliffe. 95 



81 Index Winton Epit. Reg. Egerton 

 MSS. 2031-4, i, foL 61, 62; G.E.C. 

 Peerage, Gloucester. 



88 Ibid. ; Index Winton Epi. Reg. 

 Egerton MSS. 2031-4, ii, fol. 46, 47. 



84 Ibid. ; ftyke/iam't Reg. i, 232 ; Cal. 

 Pat. 1467-77, p. 543. 



85 Feet of F. Div. Co. Trin. 4 Hen. IV, 

 65 ; Wykebam't Reg. i, 241. 



88 Chan. Inq. p.m. I Hen. VI, n. 



33- 



87 Winton Epit. Reg. Fox, iv, fol. 3*. 



88 See Chipstead Manor, and Winton 

 Epit. Reg. Poynet, fol. 40. 



" Feet of F. Surr. Eatt. 4 & 5 

 Phil, and Maiy. 

 90 Ibid. Hil. I Eliz. 

 " Ibid. Trin. 13 Eliz. 



M Pat. 32 Eliz. pt. rvi, m. 36 ; Feet 

 of F. Surr. Mich. 1 1 Jat. I. 



* Parl. Surv. of Surr. Livings, Lam- 

 beth MSS. Cert. vol. 21, fol. 5. 



Feet of F. Div. Co. Hil. 1652; 

 Recov. R. Trin. 16 Chas. II, rot. 135. 



95 Intt. Bki. (P.R.O.), and informa- 

 tion tupplied by Lord Hylton. 



