A HISTORY OF ESSEX 



are traces of a third original window near the east end 

 of the wall. Between the third and fourth windows 

 (counting from the east) is the original north doorway, 

 now blocked. On the west wall of the nave there is 

 another original round-headed window, and there are 

 traces of two more. The western window on the south 

 wall of the chancel dates from the 13th century: it has 

 three grouped and graduated lancet lights. About the 

 middle of the 14th century the chancel arch was re- 

 built. The splays of the east window also date from this 

 century, which suggests that the original arrangement 

 of six small windows was then first replaced by a large 

 window. The roof of the nave probably dates from 

 the 14th century; it is of four bays with king-post 

 trusses. In the i 5th century the weather-boarded bell- 

 turret and spire were added. Early in the i6th century 

 the present western window was built in the north wall 

 of the chancel. It is of three lights of brick with four- 

 centred heads. It may have replaced an earlier window 

 which matched the opposite window on the south wall 

 of the chancel. It is not possible to trace any of the 

 effects of the supposed attempt in 1554 to pull dowTi 

 the church walls (see above). It does not seem likely 

 that much damage was then done. The roof of the 

 chancel is mainly Jacobean.*' In 1752-3 two dormers 

 were added on each side of the nave roof in order to 

 give light to the gallery.*^ An engraving published 

 in 1796 shows the north side of the church.*^ There 

 was a north porch, apparently of brick. A path leading 

 to a north door in the chancel shows that the door 

 was then in use. At the east end of the north wall 

 of the nave there is depicted a two-light window 

 approximately in the position of the present east 

 window. Another window is shown, partly obscured 

 by the roof of the porch. This was apparently in 

 the position now occupied by the second window 

 from the east. Although little can be seen of it the 

 window appears to be large and pointed. It is not 

 unlikely that both these nave windows were con- 

 temporary with the 13th-century window in the 

 chancel. It was probably soon after this that the main 

 entrance was moved from the north to the west end of 

 the nave, for in May 18 14 the parish vestry, which 

 had for some time been considering plans to provide 

 additional seating accommodation, resolved that the 

 north door should be closed and a pew placed across 

 the entrance, and a new west door be opened.** In 

 i860 the church was restored and refitted at a cost of 

 £'Joo, defrayed by voluntary contributions.*' At the 

 same time a stained-glass window by Chater & Son, 

 St. Dunstan's Hill, London, was placed on the north 

 side of the nave in memory of Richard Noble, at 

 the expense of his family.** In the following year the 

 vestry was built.*' In 1876 the pavement of the 

 chancel in front of the altar rails was relaid with 

 encaustic tiles, interspersed with white marble, at the 

 expense of the Revd.T. M. R. Barnard, a parishioner.** 

 In the same year memorial glass was inserted in the 

 western window on the south wall of the chancel by 



Edward Sammes in memory of his wife.*' In 1884 

 the south aisle was built. It is divided from the nave 

 by an arcade of four arches.'" The Society for the 

 Protection of Ancient Buildings opposed the altera- 

 tions. Their objections were answered in a vigorous 

 letter by the architect, C. Rolfe." This correspondence 

 shows that the old south wall of the church contained 

 two 'ancient' windows and a doorway of original 

 Norman work, an injured 14th-century window and a 

 piscina at the south-east corner of the nave. 



In 1908 a stained glass window was placed in the 

 west end of the aisle in memory of Lilla Tanner.'* 

 Miss L. W. Tanner (d. 1920) left her residuary estate 

 in trust, the income to be paid to her aunt for life, and 

 thereafter towards the beautifying of the parish church. 

 In 1935 the capital amounted to £■^,2^0 and in 1950 

 the income was ;^i I3.'3 In 1929 the glass in the east 

 window was installed in Miss Tanner's memory.'* 



A new organ was installed in 1896, replacing one 

 that had been in use since 1835.95 The present vestry 

 was built in 1917.'* 



In 1284-5 John the clerk of Ongar was killed by the 

 clapper of the church bell, which fell upon him while 

 he was ringing. The value of the bell and clapper as 

 a deodand was returned as 8/. 2</." The church now 

 has two bells. The first was cast in 1672 by Anthony 

 Bartlet, the second in 1737 by Richard Phelps.'* 



There is a paten dated 1705, and a cup and a paten 

 dated 1728. All these are of silver gilt and were given 

 by Elizabeth, wife of Richard Turner and daughter of 

 Thomas Goldsborough. There is also a silver-gilt 

 flagon, dated 1729, and a brass almsdish which was the 

 gift of Miss Groves." The parish registers survive 

 from 1559.' In the chancel there is a monument to 

 Nicolas Alexander (17 14) and floor slabs (i) to Robert 

 Hill (1648) and Anne (King) his second wife (1668) 

 and Anne Greatherd his daughter (1683); (2) to Jane, 

 wife of Tobias Pallavicine and daughter of (Sir) Oliver 

 Cromwell of Hinchingbrook, Hunts. (1637); (3) to 

 Horatio Pallavicine (1648). In the nave are floor slabs 

 to (4) John King (1657) and Elizabeth his wife (1661) 

 and Joseph King, his son (1679). The later monu- 

 ments include one of 1776 by Nollekens. Among the 

 graves in the churchyard are those of many members of 

 the Boodle family, including that of Edward Boodle 

 (1722-72) founder of Boodle's the club in St. James's 

 Street, London.* 



Ralph Jackson, a 'serving man' of Chipping Ongar, 

 was burnt at the stake at 

 PROTESTANT Stratford in June 1556.^ 



NONCONFORMITY John Larkin, or Lorkin, 

 who became minister of 

 Chipping Ongar in 1659 or 1660, was ejected for re- 

 fusal to conform in 1662.* No nonconformist con- 

 venticle was registered under the second Declaration of 

 Indulgence (1672) as being held in this parish, but in 

 1690—2 there was a congregation at Chipping Ongar 

 that was said to consist of 200 hearers, 'but poor'.' 

 Their minister was a Mr. Tyro, 'a worthy man, but 



" The date 1647 is carved on one of the 

 principals : E.R.O., T/P96 : Ongar W.E.A. 

 Survey 1951. 



82 Vestry Bk. 1743-75, at the rectory. 



" Gems. Mag. Feb. 1796, p. 113. 



8* E.R.O., D/P 124/8/2. Cf. ff kite's 

 Dir. Essex (1848), 431 : 'at the west end 

 a new porch has recently been erected'. 



" R. I. Porter, Notes on Chipping Ongar, 

 10. 8« Ibid. 



" Ibid. «8 Ibid. S" Ibid. 



»» E.A.T. N.s. xiv, 115. 



" Letters at the rectory, Chipping 

 Ongar. 



02 E.R. xviii, 165. 



»3 Char. Com. Recs. 



»■• E.R. xxxviii, 151. The glass was 

 designed by Mr. Leonard Walker : E.R.O., 

 T/P 96: Ongar W.E.A. Survey, 1951. 



95 E.R. V, 67. 



96 E.R.O.,T/P 96: Ongar W.E.A. Sur- 

 vey, 1951. 



164 



97 E.A.T. v.s.m, 188-9. 



98 Ch. Bells Essex, IS°- 



99 Ch. Plate Essex, 139. 



' Essex Par. Recs. 166. Those for 

 1 559-1 750 have been published by F. A. 

 Crisp, ParisA Regs, of Ongar (1886). 



^ N. & Q. 29 Apr. 1939, 301. 



3 T. W. Davids, Evang. Nonconf. in 

 Essex, 44-46. 



* A. L. Gordon, Freedom After Ejection^ 

 322. 9 Ibid. 39. 



