A HISTORY OF SURREY 



wall to light the ground stage, and the west doorway 

 has jambs and a pointed arch of two very small cham- 

 fered orders, perhaps cut from a single order, and a 

 modern label in Roman cement. In the angles of 

 the tower are large posts framed and braced together 

 and carrying the wooden bell-cage above, independ- 

 ently of the tower walls ; they are obviously of con- 

 siderable age, but their date can only be conjectured. 



The tower is of three stages, but has no dividing 

 string-courses ; in the middle stage is a narrow loop 

 light on the north, west, and south sides. These are 

 of brick, but they are set in old, probably i jth-cen- 

 tury, jambs. The top stage is of brick with a window 

 in each face, and is crowned with an embattled para- 

 pet ; it dates from early in the last century. 



The roofs are tiled, all the timbers being modern. 



All the internal fittings are modern except two 

 Jacobean chairs in the chancel, which have carved 

 backs and baluster legs'and arm rests. There is also a 

 small table in the vestry, which is possibly older still. 

 The chancel screen was set up in 1897 in memory of 

 the Rev. Freeman Wilson, rector, who died in the 

 church on Sunday 1 1 October 1 896." 



There are several interesting brasses, the most im- 

 portant being a small one on the north wall of the 

 chancel, on which is represented a kneeling bishop in 

 mass vestments and with a mitre and his pastoral staff. 

 On a shield opposite him are the arms of Booth 

 Three boars' heads razed with a label. 



Below is an inscription : ' Quisquis eris qui tran- 

 sieris sta plege plora. | Sum q d eris fuer3 q3 q d es : 

 pro me precor ora. | Hie jacet Johs Bowthe quoda 

 Eps Exonien qui | Obiit v die mesi Aprelis A dm 

 M cccc LXXVIH.' 



On the north abutment of the chancel arch is a 

 brass demi-figure of a civilian of the time of Richard II 

 in a loose gown buttoned down the front with sleeves 

 and a hood. He has a forked beard and a moustache, 

 with short hair, and wears buttoned mittens. The in- 

 scription which is unfortunately lost, was as follows : 

 ' Hie jacet Robertusde Brentyngham, Prater Reverend! 

 Patris Thome Exon Episcopi. Cujus anime pro- 

 picietur Deus." Thomas was Bishop of Exeter from 

 1370 to 1394. 



There are also two brasses 

 of the Snelling family, one in 

 the north aisle having the in- 

 scription : ' Pray for the sowllis 

 of John Snellyng and Alys hys 

 wyfe the whych desecyd the 

 vin day of ffeveryll in the 

 yer of owr lorde M cccc 

 LXXXXVIII on whose sowllis god 

 have mercy.' 



Above are the figures of 

 John and Alice, and below are 

 those of their six sons and five 

 daughters. 



The other brass is on the south wall of the nave 

 and has the following inscription : ' Of your charity 

 pray for the soulis of Thomas Snellinge late of the 

 Parishe of Est Horsley smith and Jone his wife which 

 Thomas disceased the xxvm day of May in ye yere of 

 our lorde MCCCCCIIII. And for the soules ofthefaders 

 and moders of the foresaid Thomas and Jone with all 



SHILLING. Cults 

 three griffins' headt razed 

 or and a chief indented 

 erminois. 



theyr childerne on whoes sowlys Almyghty Jhu have 

 mercy Amen.' 



Below are the figures of eight sons and five daugh- 

 ters, but those of the parents are now missing, with the 

 upper part of the stone. 



In the north aisle are the alabaster effigies and 

 other fragments of a fine alabaster tomb of Thomas 

 Cornwallis, esq., and Lady Katherine his wife, daugh- 

 ter of Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton and 

 Lord Chancellor of England, and their two sons 

 Robert and Henry. She died in 1626 'and was 

 30 years a widdow.' Above are the arms of Cornwallis 

 impaling those of Wriothesley, with the crests of a 

 stag and a bull, which are also set at the feet of the 

 effigies. On the north wall of the aisle i: a monu- 

 ment to Henry Hildyard, eldest surviving son and 

 heir of Sir Christopher Hildyard, of Winestead, co. 

 York. He died in 1674. 



In the window near the Cornwallis tomb is a frag- 

 ment of glass dated 1573, and three quarries with 

 the crest of Acton of Worcestershire : An arm in 

 armour holding a sword on which is a boar's head, 

 with the motto ' Vaillance avance.' There are also 

 several small pieces of old heraldic glass, too broken 

 for identification. 



There are four bells in the tower, the treble being 

 inscribed 'Bryan Eldridge made mee 1 648'; the 

 second and tenor are by William Eldridge 1 703 ; 

 and the third is by Richard Hille of London, c. 1450, 

 and has a black letter inscription : ' Sit nomen Domini 

 benedictum ' with the ' cross and ring ' shield. 



The plate comprises a cup and paten of 1640, and 

 a cup, paten, and two large flagons of 1649. 



The registers are contained in three books ; the first 

 having baptisms from 1666 to 1752, marriages 1668 

 to 1752, and burials from 1666 to 1753. The 

 second has baptisms and burials from 1753 to 1787, 

 and one or two marriages ; and the third book contains 

 baptisms, marriages, and burials from 1788 to 1812. 



In 1666 the registers record the death of eight 

 persons from the plague. 



A small yard surrounds the church, which is entered 

 from the road on the west side, and there are large trees 

 on the adjoining property on the south and east sides. 

 The advowson of East Horsley was 

 dDfOtPSON in the hands of the archbishop, except 

 in 1 349, when the king presented 

 twice, 'because of the vacancy in the archbishopric."* 

 It was the year of the Black Death. Henry VIII 

 probably took over the advowson with the manor 

 in 1538. In 1551 it was granted to Thomas Fisher, 65 

 grantee of the Bishop's Manor (to which it had not 

 been attached before), and it descended for some 

 years with this manor. After the Restoration the 

 advowson was successfully reclaimed by the arch- 

 bishop, who presented in 1662," and continued to do 

 so till 1876, when it was transferred to the Dean and 

 chapter of Canterbury." 



Smith's Charity is distributed as in 

 CHARITIES other Surrey parishes. There is a 

 rent-charge on land called Bishop's 

 Mead, supposed to be the gift of Bishop Booth of 

 Exeter, who is buried in the church, for the relief 

 of the poor ; and another small charge on other land 

 for the same purpose. 



" The Rev. F. Wilson, rector of East 

 Horsley, died suddenly in church on the 



tame day on which Archbishop Benson 

 died in church at Hawarden. 



M Pat. 23 Edw. Ill, pt. ii, m. 20. 



352 



58 Pat. 3 Edw. VI, pt. vi. 



M Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.) 



" Liind. Gax. 4 Aug. 1876, p. 4370. 



