A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



it ring with grotesques at the angles and in the centre 

 of each face of the tower. The stair-turret rises 

 above the parapet and is also embattled. The south 

 porch is old, probably of the 15th century, and has 

 a dropped two-centred entrance archway of two 

 orders. 



The walls of the nave externally show the uncut 

 imall flints, in wide-jointed courses, of 12th-century 

 work. Some of the courses are set in herring-bone 

 pattern, and mixed with the flint are some large 

 blocks of freestone, one of them being a piece of 

 12th-century moulding re-used in the 15th century 

 when the walls were raised. The masonry of the 

 tower is also small, and has been much faced with 

 cement. 



There are the remains, in the chancel archway, of 

 a rood screen of the 15 th century, which has been 



Quarterly (1) and (6) : Quarterly fessewisc indented 

 ermine and [azure], for Lacon ; (2) Three cheverons 

 in a border engrailed ; (3) A ragged cross ; (4) A 

 bend cotised, for Harley ; (5) Three buckles, for 

 Remevill. 



On the south wall of the chancel is a large mural 

 monument, with busts and inscription below,of Thomas 

 Wilson, 1656, and Lucia his wife. Above ii a shield 

 of the arms : Sable a leaping wolf or and in the chief 

 three stars or ; with the crest of a demi-wolf or. 

 On the same wall are monuments to John Chapman, 

 vicar of the parish, 1624, and his wife Anne, 1633, 

 and to Matthew Thorley, 1634 ; the former having 

 small kneeling figures in a circular head niche and 

 the latter being simply a tablet. 



In the east window are three pieces of heraldic 

 glass which are said to be 17th-century work. These 



restored with plaster. It is of three bays, the centre 

 being the entrance way, with a four-centred arch, 

 and the side bays similar but traceried. The central 

 doors have been removed to the porch. Set against 

 the south chancel wall are the remains of another 

 similar screen restored with plaster. The stalls in 

 the chancel are good work of the late i;th century, 

 with carved standardi, one being an elephant's head, 

 and one the head of St. John the Baptist in a charger. 

 On the north wall of the chancel is a brass of 

 Richard Golden, 1446, with the figure of a priest 

 in eucharistic vestments ; the inscription is broken. 

 On the same wall is a mural monument of Edward 

 Lacon of Willey in Shropshire, 1625, and Joan his 

 wife, 1624, with kneeling figures of the man in 

 armour, his wife and three children. Below is a 

 Latin inscription and above is the shield of Lacon, 



are shields of the arms of Chester impaling Berry of 

 Toddington, Cheney of Sherland quartered with 

 Shottesbroke, and Engayne impaling an unknown 

 coat. The shield of Cheney is surrounded by a 

 garter and appears to refer to John Lord Cheney, 

 who died in 1496. 



On the chancel floor are slabs to Richard Way, 

 vicar, 1673, and to Alice his wife, 1662. 



There are three bells ; the treble by Joseph Eayre, 

 1760, and the second and third by Miles Graye, 

 1662. 



The plate consists of a cup and cover paten of 

 1718 and a pewter flagon. 



The registers begin in 1558 and are contained 

 in three boob; (i) all entries 1687 to 1738; 

 (ii) baptisms 1739 to 1812, burials 173910 1812, 

 marriages 173910 1751 ; (iii) marriages 1754 to 1812. 



