A HISTORY OF SURREY 



the shallow transept at the western end of the south 

 wall is spanned by a four-centred arch of similar section 

 to the arcade on the north side ; it rests on the pillar 

 between the two west arches and has thrust this arcade 

 out of the perpendicular. The east window of this 

 shallow transept is of three trefoiled lights under a 

 pointed head filled with net tracery ; the tracery 

 and outer stonework are quite new, but the inner 

 jambs are old, and it is possible that they are the 

 stones of the traceried west window of St. Mary's 

 Chapel (mentioned above) re-used here after the fall 

 of the chapel. 



A large archway spans the west end of the chapel 

 and a smaller one that of the shallow transept, both 

 springing from a partly-restored octagonal pillar with 

 a moulded base and capital (both old) ; the arches' 

 are of two moulded orders divided by a large three- 

 quarter hollow and with moulded labels ; the larger 

 arch is old, the springing stones of the smaller arch 

 above the pillar are also told, but the rest of the arch, 

 is modern ; it is obvious from the old springing 

 stones that there has been an arch here formerly, but 

 it is not at all certain that the present one is an 

 exact reproduction of the old. The two arches in 

 the west wall of the transept are of like size to those 

 opposite but are of much plainer detail. The pillar 

 and smaller archway are entirely modern in con- 

 ception and workmanship, but the larger arch, which 

 is of two hollow-chamfered orders like the nave 

 arches, is old. The large six-light traceried south 

 window and the doorway beneath it are both modern. 



The nave arcades each consist of four bays with 

 octagonal pillars having simple bases and moulded 

 bell capitals, the arches being two-centred and of two 

 hollow-chamfered orders ; both arcades may be said 

 to date fn m the beginning of the I5th century, but 

 there are slijht differences in detail which point to 

 the work not having all been carried out at one time. 

 The north pillars are more slender than those on the 

 south side, whilst the easternmost pillar on the south 

 side is of greater diameter than its fellows ; this 

 pillar has no base (unless the base is buried), and it is 

 not improbable that it may have formed part of 

 some earlier arcade ; all the capitals, though generally 

 similar, have slight differences in their depths and the 

 sizes of their bells. Above the arcades is a clearstory 

 lighted by four windows in either wall, each of three 

 trefoiled lights and tracery under pointed segmental 

 arches ; they are modern excepting the inner jamb 

 stones and rear arches. The west doorway is a 

 modern one set in a very thick wall under a gable 

 head ; the wall thins again below the west window, 

 which is also a modern one of four lights and tracery. 

 All the aisle windows and the north doorway are 

 modern as well as the north porch. At the east 

 end of the south aisle is a small modern transept or 

 aisle to the south transept containing a modern south 

 window. 



The upper part of the tower is of brick with a 

 plain parapet and pine-apple corner-pinnacles ; the 

 older walls, immediately above the roofs, are of flint 

 with an admixture of freestone ; the ashlar angle 

 buttresses are modernized. The windows to the bell- 

 chamber are modern. In a panel on the south side 

 is the date of the rebuilding of the tower 1708. 



The roof of the chancel has a low arched barrel 

 vault divided into panels by moulded ribs ; the 

 transverse ribs spring from corbel-capitals in the 



moulded cornices, and the intersection of each 

 alternate and larger rib with the ridge is covered by a 

 foliage boss ; the work appears to date from late in 

 the 1 5 th century. 



The south chapel roof has plain old rafters (formerly 

 plastered) with collar-beam trusses, and three principal 

 trusses supported on stone corbels carved as angels 

 with shields, some of which may be old ; the roof is 

 also of the I5th century. The north chapel has a 

 flat plastered ceiling divided into panels by large 

 moulded timbers, apparently old. The nave roof is 

 modern with hammer-beam trusses and more recent 

 tie-beams ; the north transept roof is also modern. 

 The south transept roof is for the greater part modern, 

 but the southernmost truss, at least, is old and has 

 traceried spandrels and rests on carved corbel-heads 

 which are also old. The aisles have modern roofs. 

 The gable roofs are covered with slates. The altar 

 table, oak quire seats, carved stone pulpit, carved 

 stone and marble font, deal pews, and other furniture 

 are all modern. 



There are a large number of monuments in the 

 church, of which the following are worthy of notice : 

 On a slab formerly in the south chapel, but now 

 standing upright against the west jamb of the chapel 

 arcade, is a brass figure of a man standing on a mound 

 or hillock dressed in a fur-lined tunic reaching to the 

 ankles and having loose sleeves with tighter wristlets 

 and cuffs ; his waist is encircled by a belt with a 

 pendant reaching to the knees ; his hands are in 

 prayer ; on his right is the figure of his wife in a covered 

 horn head-dress, a tight-fitting gown, over which is a 

 loose cloak fastened across the breast by a cord ; the 

 inscription faces towards them so that it is now reversed ; 

 it is in black letter and reads : ' Roberti cista 

 Skeni corpus tenet ista, Marmoree petre coniugis atqj 

 sue. Qui validus, fidus, discretus lege peritus, Nobilis 

 ingenuus perfidiam renuit Constans sermone, vita sensu 

 racione Committi cuiqj iusticiam voluit, Regalis iuris 

 vivens promovit honores, Fallere vel fall! res odiosa 

 sibi, Gaudeat in celis quia vixit in orbe fidelis Nonas 

 Aprilis pridie qui morit? Mille quadringintis dfil 

 Trigintaq} septemannis ipsius Rex miserere Jesu.' 



In the north transept is set a small gravestone with 

 the brasses of a headless man in a long cloak girdled 

 about the waist, and a lady in a tight-fitting dress and 

 a butterfly head-dress ; both are kneeling ; over them 

 are the indents of two shields and of a central figure, 

 possibly a Trinity, to which their prayers are ascending; 

 the black letter inscription below reads : ' Hie jacent 

 Jofies Hertcombe GeSosus et Katerina uxor ei' qui 

 quidm Jolies obiit xxii" die Julii Anno dm millio 

 CCCCLXXXVIII Et p'dicta Katerina obiit xij die Julii 

 anno din millio CCCCLXXVII" quor' alabj propicietur 

 deus Amen." 



Below the first window on the south wall of the 

 south chapel is an altar tomb in a recess to Anthony 

 Benn, formerly Recorder of Kingston and afterwards 

 Recorder of London, who died in 1 6 1 8 ; it contains his 

 recumbent effigy in his lawyer's robe and ruff collar 

 and cuffs ; his hands which were in prayer are broken 

 off. The arch of the recess is a coffered round one of 

 alabaster ; the base is low and has shields, one of which 

 is faded ; the other is charged quarterly I and 4 a 

 griffon on a chief or (?) three molets sable ; 2 and 3 

 or (?) two bars sable between nine martlets sable, three, 

 three and three ; the colours of the shield are in- 

 distinct. On the north wall of the chancel is a monu- 



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