46 THE CHTJECH OF ST. CLEMENT. 



doorway appeared to have represented the Entry into Jerusalem, or 

 the Flight into Egypt ; and on the third window was represented 

 the Crucifixion. 



The Eont is the original one ; it is octangular, of decorated work, 

 and the panneled sides bear carvings of quatrefoils and cusped tre- 

 foils. It was discovered by the present Yicar, the Eev. C. M. Gibson, 

 in a ditch near the Church, where it had lain for about 60 years. 

 It was then cleaned, and restored to its former use ; but it was not 

 until some years afterwards that the shaft was discovered, supporting 

 the stove in the Church. 



The date "1326," surmounted by the letters "F. K. I." and by 

 some now illegible remains of a further inscription, which is cut over 

 the entrance to the first landing of the Tower, doubtless indicates 

 the time when the original Church, consisting of Tower, Nave, 

 Chancel, and Transept, was completed. The Aisle and Porch were 

 probably erected at some time between the middle of the 15th and 

 early part of the 16th century. On taking down the roof from the 

 Porch, there was found a copper coin of the reign of Charles II, 

 bearing date " 1672 " ; this corresponds with a date cut on a stone 

 in the north wall of the Chancel, which was rebuilt in 1810, as 

 shown by a date cut on another stone built into the same wall ; so that 

 since its first erection, in 1326, the Church has been enlarged, and 

 partly rebuilt, on three occasions previous to the restoration now in 

 progress, viz: about the 15th or 16th century, and in the years 

 1672 and 1810. 



The Vicar, the Rev. C. M. Gibson, has kindly fm-nished me 

 with the following List of Institutions to Saint Clement, from the 

 year 1261 to the present time; extracted from the Register Books 

 of the See of Exeter. 



