34 THE CHURCH OF ST. HELEN'S, DARLEY DALE. 



to the porch relics. The base of a pillar was found a little to the 

 south of the south arcade of the nave, which seemed to corres- 

 pond with those of the north arcade, thus confirming the supposi- 

 tion that the north arcade was the older. There was probably a 

 similar one on the south side which required renewing in the 

 fourteenth century. The one recent action with regard to this 

 church that seems regrettable, is the removal of the good fifteenth 

 century font to a sheltered position in the churchyard, to make 

 way for its rude Norman predecessor, which has been recovered 

 from the vicinity. It might have been better to retain the 

 good font and to have merely kept the still older one beneath 

 the tower as a relic. 



It seems only right to reproduce the long list of Darley rectors 

 from the Lichfield Episcopal Registers, from the fourth volume 

 of Derbyshire Churches, as I am able to slightly amend it and 

 supply four previously missing names : — 



THREE RECTORS. 



(1279). Richard de Launcercombe (Derbyshire Archceological 

 Journal, xiii., 76). 

 ,, Walter de Foderingye. 



1300. John de Brentingham. On the resignation of Walter 



de Foderingye. 

 1304. Nicholas de Kinelworth. On the resignation of John 



de Brentingham. 

 1 313. Henry de Berleston. Dispensation for a year's absence 

 for study. 

 ,, Marmaduke de Horunngwoode. 



13 16. Thomas de Ledenham. On the resignation of Marma- 



duke de Horunngwoode. 



131 7. Elyas Ponger. 



1325. Thomas de Podenham. 

 1329. William de Hoticote. 

 I 33 2 - John de Melton. 



: 333- John de Scrubby. On the resignation of John de 

 Melton. 

 „ John Leghe. 



