A HISTORY OF SURREY 



Inside the tower is an early 17th-century pulpit, 

 with ornamental arched and square panels, but spoilt 

 by being grained and varnished. Amongst other 

 slabs on the floor is one to Margaret Craydon, 1690. 



There is an old print in the vestry of the new 

 church which shows the original building to have 

 been a small, plain structure. There was a 15th- 

 century south window with a flat head to the chancel, 

 and there was a south porch. 



The new church of ST. MART is built not far 

 to the north of the old one, and dates from 1848. 

 It is in 14th-century style, and consists of a chancel 

 with a south vestry, nave of five bays, north aisle which 

 is extended eastwards, and has a north organ-chamber 

 and quire-vestry, and at the west end of the aisle is a 

 tower ; there is also a south aisle with a south porch, 

 and a new porch lately buih at the west end of the 

 nave. 



The material throughout is grey stone with ashlar 

 dressings and the roofs are tiled. 



There are several fittings inside which came from 

 the old church. The altar is a Jacobean wood table, 

 dated 1612, and has large carved legs, and the chancel- 

 screen is of late 15th-century date with cinquefoiled, 

 ogee-headed lights, and a moulded cornice with leaf 

 cresting. The solid panelling at the base has been 

 pulled out, and modern pierced work substituted. 



The font is also 15th-century work from the old 

 church. It is octagonal, each side of the bowl having 

 quatrefoiled panels inclosing square leaf ornaments, 

 and there are similar ornaments on the moulded base 

 of the bowl, while the stem has narrow, trefoiled 

 panels on each side. 



In the chancel are several mural monuments from 

 the old church, the most important being a large one 

 to Sir William Lewen, who died in 1721. On the 

 same tablet his nephew Charles and his wife Susannah 

 are commemorated. Below is a recumbent figure of 

 Sir William. 



At the west end of the south aisle are several old 

 brasses on stone slabs, placed on the walls. The first 

 on the south wall has the following inscription in 

 black letter : ' Pray for me lady Jane Iwarby sutyme 

 wife of S r John Iwarby of Ewell Knyght dought' of 

 Johfi Agmondeshm sutyme of ledered in Surrey sqer 

 which Jane dyed the viii day of May in y e yere of 

 oure lord m'v c xix of home Jhu have m'ci.' Above is 

 her figure kneeling in prayer, with a kennel head-dress 

 and a heraldic mantle with the arms of Agmondesham. 

 On one side of her is a scroll bearing the words ' lady 

 helpe me and you ' ; the scroll on the opposite side is 

 missing. Above are two shields, the first bearing the 

 arms : Quarterly (l) Argent a cheveron azure be- 

 tween three boars' heads sable with five cinquefoils 

 or upon the cheveron (Agmondesham) ; (2) Party 

 with a lion countercoloured ; (3) A cheveron with 

 three millrind crosses thereon ; (4) A cheveron be- 

 tween three martlets with five cinquefoils on the 

 cheveron. 



The other shield has Agmondesham impaling the 

 second coat. 



The next brass has the black letter inscription : 

 * Hie jacet Margeria Treglistan nup' censors Johannis 



| Treghistan que quidem Margeria obiit xxiii die | 

 Octobris Anno Domini m'Vxxi" cujus anime propicie- 

 tur deus Amen.' Above is a figure of a lady wearing 

 a long, loose head-dress and gown with fur cuffs. 



On the west wall is the following brass black-letter 



inscription : ' Of your charite pray for the soule of 

 Edmond dows gentilmS oon of the clerkf of the signett 

 with Kyng harry the vii whiche decessed the xiiii day 

 of May the yere of our lord god m'ccccc and x on 

 whose soule Jhu have mercy Amen.' 



On the return wall of the north side of the aisle is 

 a large stone slab on which are several brasses. Near 

 the centre is an inscription in black letter as follows : 

 ' Here lyeth the lady dorothe Taylare widow and 

 Edmonde | Horde her seconde sonne the which 

 Edmond deceassed the 29 day of October A 1575, 

 and she beinge ye dawghter of Thomas Roberdf of 

 Wylesdon in Mydellsexe Esquyre late the wyffe of 

 Syr Lawrence Taylare of doddington in ye countye 

 of Huntington Knyght and before wyffe unto Allen 

 Horde of ye myddle Temple esquire and bencher 

 ther, ye yeres of her age was Ixx and deceased ye xi' of 

 Maye A 1577.' Above is her figure with her five 

 sons and five daughters, with their names above them : 

 Thomas, Edmond, Alyn, William, and John, and 

 Ketheren, Elizabeth, Mary, Dorothe, and Ursula. 

 All the children are named Horde. Near the top of 

 the slab are two shields, both bearing the same arms : 

 three pheons, and in chief a greyhound collared 

 (Roberts). Near the bottom of the slab are the 

 figures of a man and his wife. Beside the man are 

 three boys, with their names, Arthur, Alyn, and 

 Edmond, and the initial ' f) ' after each ; and by the 

 woman is an indent of three girls, with part of the 

 name-plate over. When complete the three names 

 were Dorothe, Elizabeth, and Anne. Between the 

 man and the woman is a shield : Quarterly (l and 4) 

 Argent on a chief or a raven sable ; (2) Gules a 

 cheveron between three leopards' heads or with three 

 molets sable on the cheveron (Perrell) ; (3) Azure a 

 lion with a forked tail or (Stapylton) ; over all a fleur 

 de lis for difference. 



A brass, now lost, of which a rubbing is preserved 

 in the collection of the Society of Antiquaries, was 

 inscribed : ' Hie jacet Johes Tabard et Johanna ux9 

 e'fl q aiab} fpicief dt.9 ame9.' 



There is a ring of eight bells in the tower, the 

 treble and second being by Mears & Stainbank, 

 1890. The third and fifth are dated 1767, and, 

 together with the fourth, which is probably of the 

 same date, are by Lester and Pack. The sixth is by 

 T. Mears, 1 767, and the seventh and eighth are 

 re-casts from old ones, by Mean and Stainbank, 1890. 

 All the old bells came from the tower of the old 

 church. 



The oldest piece of plate is a standing paten of 

 1764. All the rest, consisting of two chalices, two 

 patens, three standing patens, a flagon, and a spoon, 

 date from 1 844. 



There are four books of registers, the first contain- 

 ing baptisms, marriages, and burials, from 1604 to 

 1641. There is one baptism of 1597 and one of 

 1600, and between 1604 and 1608 there is a gap. 

 There are also a few Kingswood marriages and bap- 

 tisms for 1638. The second book contains baptisms 

 and burials from 1669 to 1723, and marriages from 

 1697 to 1723. The third book has all three entries 

 from 1723, the marriages to 1754, and the other 

 entries to 1812. The marriages are continued on 

 printed forms in the fourth book from 1754 to 1812. 



The parish church of ST. ANDREW, KINGS- 

 WQQD, is a building of flint and stone, built in 

 1848-52, in the 14th-century style, by Mr. Thomas 



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