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admired. It has eight mufical bells. It had antiently but five. 

 The other three were added by the corporation, who had the old 

 great bell new-caft at Colchefter. It weighed 3129 Ib. The church 

 is well illuminated. The eafl or altar-window was antiently 

 adorned with curious paintings in glafs, of the twelve Apoftles, 

 and the Seven Deeds of Charity, done at the expence of the pious 

 and munificent Roger Thornton, the elder, who built the window, 

 in which was this infcription, 



Orati pro anima Rogeri de Thornton, et pro animabus 

 Filiorum et filiarum (y). 



In the organ-gallery is a double organ ; the prefent organift, the 

 ingenious Mr. Avifon, author of a late Efliiy on mufical expreffion. 

 On the north fide of the organ is a porch called St. George'?, porch 

 (z). It is vaulted underneath, and fealed above ; and was anti- 

 ently adorned with curious carvings in wood, and the windows 

 with paintings in glafs ; fome of the latter ftill remaining in the 

 eaft-window, particularly the portraiture of St. Laurence. It is 

 fuppofed to have been one of the antient chanteries, and to have 

 been built by one of our Engll/Jj monarchs (a). 



Nine chanteries were found in this church, in honour of 



St. John the Bapttft ; The Eleffed Virgin ; 



St. John the Evangelift ; St. Margaret ; 



St. Catharine, two ; St. Cuthbert ; 



St. Peter and St. Paul; St. Lyra. 

 St. Thomas ; 



(y) Grey 5 Chorographia, inter collebn. Oxfordiana. Vol. iii. 

 (z) Bourne's Newcq/Jh. 

 fe) Ibid. 



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