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is a window, probably not a leper window, possibly one for 

 doles, clearly a very old one ; but, strange to say, there were 

 found traces of a much wider opening there, part of the 

 plaster of which, with a pattern of red lines, can still be 

 seen, as well as an indent in the present wall, which marks 

 its limit to the east. 



The seat of the sedilia was found to be formed of an old 

 tombstone, which accounts for the three seats being on the 

 same level. 



On the north side of the chancel a small door was found. 

 It is difficult to tell what it was for, as there are no signs 

 of a vestry. It is too low to allow any one to pass through 

 it, and there are no traces of a vault to which it might 

 have led. 



There is a strange irregularity to be seen all over the 

 Church. None of the walls are straight. They seem to be 

 out of the perpendicular, perhaps more so than they really 

 are, as they are tapered away. Scarcely any of the windows 

 are on the same level. Tlie capitals are not set straight 

 on the pillars. The capitals of the chancel arch do not 

 agree ; that on the north side has two different patterns. 

 There is not the same distance between pillar and wall on 

 the north and the south sides of the chancel arch. The 

 east window of the north aisle has been put in as though 

 too large for the opening. The chancel arch is all on one 

 side. The masonry is irregular and very rough ; but, of 

 course, it was meant to be plastered and probably painted 

 in fresco, for there are remains of colour on the capitals. 

 With this there are signs of very fine work. There are 

 good capitals, pillars of good design, some good masonry ; 

 the remains of the stained glass are very good. The alabaster 

 tomb must have been very fine. All this points to the 

 destructive hands, not only of the Scots, but of Cromwell's 

 troops, who devastated the property because it belonged to 

 the great Eoyalist general, the first Marquis of Newcastle, 

 and to the subsequent impoverishment of the family and of 

 the parish. 



On the roof are to be seen shields which bear the arms 

 of neighbouring families. Mr Cadwallader Bates made copies 

 of some of them. On the gatoway of the Castle there is 

 also a course of shields bearing the arms of neighbouring 



