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A HISTORY OF SURREY 



the west wall make this little building one of the finest examples of 



that period. i_ -i u a i 



The chapel of the archbishop's palace at Croydon, rebuilt by Arch- 

 bishop Bourchier in the second half of the fifteenth century, is a rare 

 example of pre-Reformation brickwork in this county, but the details 

 of the building are poor and uninteresting. It is well to bear in mind 

 that the archbishops held the churches of Lambeth, Croydon, Cheam, 

 Merstham, and East Horsley, and no doubt influenced more or less the 

 architecture of these churches. Archbishop Courtenay (1381-96) con- 

 tributed to the rebuilding of Croydon parish church, but the work was 

 probably not completed until the second decade of the fifteenth century, 

 in the days of Archbishop Chichele. Previous to the fire of 1867 



the coats of arms of these prelates were 

 to be seen carved in different parts of the 

 building. 



Lambeth parish church also owes its 

 present form to successive archbishops. It 

 was rebuilt between the years 1374 and 

 1 377, and further enlarged about the close 

 of the fifteenth century. 



The influence of Winchester and 

 Hampshire upon the rural church architec- 

 ture of Surrey must have been strengthened 

 by the presence of the castle of the bishops 

 of Winchester at Farnham. There still 

 remains here the original chapel of twelfth 

 and thirteenth century work (now used as 

 the servants' hall), and we can doubtless 

 trace in this the hand of Henry de Blois, the 

 brother of Stephen, and the founder of the 

 Hospital of St. Cross. The piers and arches 

 in the chancel and chapels of the parish 

 church are probably due to this bishop. 



Bermondsey Abbey held lands in various parts of the county, and 

 Warlingham church and its chapel-of-ease, Chelsham, were given by 

 Wilham de Watteville to this foundation (then a priory) in 1158, and 

 to Its mfluence we may ascribe with some confidence the graceful thir- 

 teenth century lancets and other features in Warlingham church ; while 

 the unusually elaborate piscina and other ornamental details at Chelsham 

 may be set down to the same connection. 



Chertsey Abbey owned more churches than any other of the religious 

 houses of the county, and it has left plainer evidences of its fostering 

 care upon them than any. In Bisley, Great and Little Bookham, 

 Byfleet, Chaldon, Chipstead, Chobham, East Clandon, Cobham, Coulsdon, 

 Egham, Epsom and Horley churches, out of the score or more in their 

 possession, we can clearly trace the wealth and artistic taste of this great 

 house. Abbot John de Rutherwick, a great builder, certainly rebuilt the 



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