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have north towers ; St. Blazey has only a south door in the 

 tower, it was built against the country, and there was no room 

 for a door, except on the south. The majority have three or 

 four stages, ending with four large pinnacles, or bases for them ; 

 some have only battlements, and, from some towers, pinnacles 

 and spires have been thrown down. The Grand tower of Probus 

 is well known, and is said to have been built by the Master 

 Mason who built St. Mary-Magdalen's at Taunton, but this con- 

 jecture must be regarded as very doubtful. Fowey tower, as 

 pointed out by R. Carew, in 1602, is marked by the badge 

 of the Earl of Warwick, the king maker, who was connected 

 with the place, and thus gives a date to its erection. Some 

 church towers were entirely isolated. The spires which remain 

 are few (as I have said), and, with the exception of Lostwithiel, 

 are not remarkable. 



DEDICATION, FITTINGS, &0. 



On the subject of the dedication of the churches of Corn- 

 wall I shall not enter further than to point out the intimate 

 relations between many of them with Ireland and Wales on 

 the one part, and with Brittany on the other. One, Falmouth, 

 is dedicated to King Charles, the martyr. 



Church plate in Cornwall can show several 16th century 

 specimens, at Lamorran, Mabe, &c., and the Paris-marked 

 chalice at Kea, dated about 1514-15 or 1537-8, is of a rare type. 



Of interior fittings, I have to point to some good remains 

 of carving in more or less perfect screens and bench-ends. 

 These are, in some cases, dated about 1 600, and show bold, deep 

 carving of a characteristic kind. Many (which are much older) 

 contain the emblems of the passion, grotesque figures, or coats 

 of arms, which are of especial value, as showing date of 

 execution. At Altarnun we have the screen still stretching 

 across the whole church. In many, the upper part has been 

 cut away, leaving the lower part only. 



A fuU history of our church bells has been written by E. H. 

 W. Dunkin ; but I must mention the fact that, when Lanhydrock 

 church was restored and the bell was taken down, the inscrip- 

 tion, which was formerly said to be illegible, was discovered by 

 the Eev. W. lago to be a legend cast backwards and partly upside 



