COPTHORNE HUNDRED 



under a round arch on twisted shafts with volute capi- 

 tals ; the spandrels are filled with foliage, and there 

 are bands of foliage around the top and bottom edges. 

 In each bay is the seated figure of a saint, each fourth 

 figure repeating. Three out of each four have books, 

 but there is no distinctive feature to show whom they 

 are intended to represent. In two places on the top 

 are the attachments for the staples of the cover. The 

 font stands on a modern stone base at the south-west 

 of the nave. Opposite to it is a desk made up of I yth 

 and 18th-century carved woodwork, on which is a 

 large chained Bible ; the chain is an old one brought 

 from Salisbury Cathedral, but the Bible dates only 

 from 1795, having been given to the church in 1803. 

 All other fittings of the church are modern, except 

 that in the south-east window of the nave are some 

 fragments of old glass, including a seated figure of St. 

 Augustine in late 1 5th-century white and gold glass. 

 The rest is chiefly I 7th- and 1 8th-century work, and 

 is said to have been dug up when the excavations were 

 made for the new north aisle. There is a shield: 

 Argent a saltire sable, on which is an escutcheon 

 Argent a cheveron between three voided lozenges 

 sable ; a crescent for difference. A second has Party 

 cheveronwise azure and gules three covered salts argent, 

 the arms of the Sailers' Company ; and a third, Azure 

 a cheveron ermine between three scallops argent im- 

 paling a doubtful shield. There are small panels with 

 the Creation, the Last Judgement, the Works of Mercy, 

 and part of the story of the Prodigal Son. In the 

 south-west window of the nave is a shield bearing the 

 arms of Dacres: Argent a cheveron sable between three 

 roundels gules, each charged with a scallop argent. 



WALTON-ON- 

 THE-HILL 



There are three bells, the treble by William 

 EUridge 1 68 1, the second blank, and the tenor by 

 Robert Mott 1591. 



The communion plate includes a cup of 1568, a 

 standing paten of 1905, two plated salvers, and a 

 copper-plated flagon. 



The first book of the registers contains baptisms 

 from 1581 (a parchment copy of 1618), but the first 

 four pages and some of the entries for 1585 have been 

 cut out; they end in 1702. The marriages and 

 burials begin in 1631 and run to 1701. 



The second book' contains mixed entries from 1700 

 to 1754, and thence baptisms and burials to 1802 ; 

 there is a hiatus from 1743 46, when no entries were 

 recorded; the third book has marriages from 1754 

 to 1812, and the fourth baptisms and burials from 

 1804 to 1812. 



Walton Church is said to have 

 ADVOWSOK been founded by John de Walton in 

 the first half of the 1 3th century," 

 and the right of presentation has always belonged to 

 the lord of the manor until the latter part of the 

 1 9th century. 60 In 1880 the advowson came into 

 the possession of the Rev. H. J. Greenhill, who is the 

 patron at the present day. 



In the Taxation of Pope Nicholas Walton Church 

 wasratedat 13 61. 8</. 61 In 1428, when the church 

 paid a subsidy of l 6s. %d. to the king, the yearly 

 value was the same. 6 * Under Henry VIII the living 

 was estimated to be worth 12 6s. $\d., including a 

 house with 30 acres of land. 63 



Smith's Charity is distributed as in 

 , c , 



other Surrey parishes. 



69 Inscription in Walton-on-the-Hill 

 Church, but the inscription is of no 

 authority. 



* Chan. Inq. p.m. 23 Edw. I, no. 23 ; 



15 Hen. VI, no. 27; Index Winton 

 Epis. Reg. Egerton MS. 2031-4, &c.; 

 Inst. Bks. P.R.O. ; Clergy Liits, &c. 



61 Pope Nick. Tax. (Rec. Com.), 208. 



M Feud. Aids, v, 114. 



M V&lor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), ii, 37. 



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