A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



and the chancel was completely restored during the 

 19th century. Thus the church as a whole presents 

 a complete series of examples of architecture from the 

 earliest to the latest of the English styles. 



The east windows of the chancel are three modern 

 lancets. The arches opening into the chapels are also 

 modern. In the north wall is a modern single lancet, 

 and in the south wall is a 13th-century piscina with 

 shafted jambs, and to the west of it three sedilia of 

 the same date separated by detached shafts. Both the 

 piscina and sedilia are much restored. 



The material of the two-centred chancel arch is of 

 13th-century date, but it has been rebuilt late in the 

 14th century. The nave has a north arcade of the 

 13th century of three bays, with two-centred arches 

 of two chamfered orders. The columns, with their 

 moulded capitals and bases, are octagonal. The bases 

 are much mutilated. At the east and west ends the 

 inner orders rest on corbels on the faces of the 

 responds. The easternmost capita! was cither recut 

 or inserted in the 15th century. The south arcade 

 is of the isth century, and is of two bays with semi- 



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lights similar to that 

 visible in the wall above the modern doorway in the 

 east wall of another window of like date and detail. 

 The south doorway is of the 1 2th century, and has 

 been much restored. It has a semicircular head and 

 shafted external jambs, the outer order being con- 

 tinuous. The south porch is of two stages, of early 

 1 ;th-century date, and has an entrance archway with 

 a two-centred head, the inner order supported on 

 semi-octagonal responds and the outer continuous. 

 The ground stage has a two-light window with a 

 quatrefoil in a pointed head in the east and west walls. 

 The vaulting is on the original springers, but is 

 modern. The upper stage is approached by a stair 

 from the aisle, its lower doorway opening to the west 

 of the south door. The stair turret projects externally 

 in the angle of the aisle and porch as one side and a 

 half of an octagon. The upper stage of the porch 

 has one two-light window in a square head in the 

 south wall. Immediately above the doorway to the 

 parvise stair io the aisle is one jamb and part of 

 the rear arch of a semicircular-headed 12th-century 



In a wide recess with a 

 dropped two-centred head and 

 simple continue, moulding i. 

 a line recumbent effigy in Pur- 

 beck marble of about 1220, 

 possibly that of William de 

 Lanv.dey, who married Hawise 

 de Bocland. The legs are 

 crossed and the hands are 

 clasped on the hilt of a great 

 sword. The figure is clad in a 

 fine mail hauberk, with a coif 

 and chausses without knee-cops. 



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■ted 

 above the knees, and on the 

 left arm is a long kite-shaped 

 shield reaching from the 

 shoulder to below the knee. 

 The left leg is broken, but the 



plain with one execptio 

 The clearstory windows, 

 correspond with the bays 1 

 each of two foui 

 centred rear arch and squar 

 The north aisle has two 

 the north wall and a simils 



irder. The abaci are 

 lich is cable-moulded, 

 on each side, do not 

 he arcades. They are 

 light! with a dropped two- 

 e external head, 

 windows of three lights in 

 r window of two lights in 

 the west wall. All are of late 15th-century date and 

 are much restored. The pointed north doorway, 

 which is to the west of both the north windows, is of 

 late 14th-century date, and is of two continuously 

 moulded orders. The south aisle has in its east wall 

 a modem doorway to the south chapel, and in the 

 south wall is a late 15th-century four-light window 

 in a four-centred head. The entrance to the rood 

 stair is from a splay in the north-east angle of the 

 south aisle by a doorway some height from the ground. 

 The stair is intact, and the upper doorway to the 

 rood loft is visible from the interior of the stair, but 

 is quite hidden by plaster on the nave side. In the 

 west wall of the south aisle is a window of three 



On the so 

 rather westward of the 

 and so now included in the south aisle, are the 

 remains of a rood of very early date, about 4 ft. 6 in. 

 high, carved in chalk. It probably indicates the 

 position of the original south doorway of the 

 nave, over which it stood, and affords additional 

 evidence of the pre-Conquest date assigned to the 



The west tower is of three stages with an embattled 

 parapet and spire. The tower arch is original work 

 of the 14th century. The west window is also of 

 the 14th century, and has net tracery in a pointed 

 head. The bell-chamber has single-light windows of 

 the 15th century. On the plinths of the tower are 

 several consecration crosses worked in scappled flints 

 and chalk. 



The roofs of the nave and aisles are 15th-century 

 work, almost entirely plain. The font is of the late 

 14th century and is made of clunch, octagonal in 

 shape and roughly moulded. It has plain sides and 

 angle shafts. 



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