A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



hancel 25 ft. by 16 ft., 

 nave 39 ft. by 22 ft. 6 in., west tower \z ft. by 

 10 ft. 6 in., and vestry ; all internal dimensions. 



The chancel and nave date from the close of the 

 nth century, 10 the west tower was built about 

 1420-30, the vestry is modem. The church was 

 restored in 1 866. The walls are of flint rubble with 

 stone dressings ; the roofs are tiled. 



In the north wall of the chancel is a narrow 

 window of the nth century, with deeply splayed 

 jambs both inside and outside ; it is round-arched, 

 but a slight point has been given to the outer arch at 

 some later period. The other windows of the chancel 

 are all modern lancets. The doorway to the vestry 

 in the north wall has a massive 15th-century oak 



if three stages with an embattled 

 the octagonal timber spire is modern. The 

 f the 15th century; the arch ii 

 er mouldings being continuous, the 

 engaged shafts with moulded capitals 

 ases. The west doorway has a moulded arch 

 1 square head and traceried spandrels ; in the 

 jambs are the holes for the old wooden bar. 

 'hich is of 15th-century date, has tracery 



in the head. The v 

 foiled lights under a four-c 

 are of modern stonework. 



idow is of three cmque- 

 ntred arch ; the mullions 



second 



the ! 

 stage 



ath-v 



p lights 



■ of the tower. The 

 1 each face but the east; 

 each face of the belfry stage is a two-light window 

 with traceried head under a four-centred arch, the 

 mullions of which have been repaired. 



The font is modern. The oak communion table 

 is of early 17th-century date. The octagonal pulpit 

 is of oak with lozenge -shaped panels flanked by 

 herms ; the cornice bears the date 1696, but the 

 rest of the work appears to be earlier in the century. 

 It is said to have originally belonged to the chapel of 

 the archiepiscopal palace at Croydon." In the 

 tower is a modern screen in which 

 are incorporated I 5th -century traceried 

 doors from a former screen. 

 On the north wall of t 



brass with the figure 

 his two wives and se< 

 head of the male figi 

 riptio 



a civilia 

 childret 



with 



i the 



On the 



two plain square orders towards the west, sqi 

 jambs and grooved and splayed abaci not retur 

 on east or west faces ; it is probably of late 11 

 century date. On either side of the chancel arch 



th- 



t diagonally 

 earn of the 

 .pse roof is 



- to the 



round-arched squint, recently enlarged, 

 in the wall. The roof retains one tie-bear 

 15 th century ; the eastern part of the apse 

 domical and above it is a gabled roof. 



A sloping recess in the north wall of thi 

 the east end marks the position of the stai 

 rood-loft. In the north wall are two vvindc 

 of three lights with traceried head and the other a 

 single traceried light. In the south wall are a 13th- 

 century lancet with splayed jambs and a window of 

 three lights of 15th-century character. All these 

 windows are of modern stonework externally, but 

 their inner jambs are old. In the south wall is a 

 14th-century piscina with trefoiled head and moulded 



wall of the 1 



priest of I 5th-century dale, in alb and 



hood, without inscription. 



There are three bells : the treble 

 has neither date nor inscription ; the 

 second is by Robert Oldliild, dated 

 1612 ; the tenor is undated, but in 

 it is set an Elizabethan shilling. 



The communion plate consists of 

 cup and cover paten, 1620, and 

 another paten, 1736. 



The registers before 1811 are as 

 follows: (i) all entries 1559 to 1657; (ii) baptisms 

 and burials 1683 to 1791, marriages 1683 to 1753 ; 

 (iii) baptisms and burials 1 792 to 1 8 1 2 ; (iv) marriages 

 1754 to 1793 ; (v) marriages 1793 to 1812. 



A priest was among the tenants of 

 ADFOfFSON Half de Limesy at Amwcll in 1086." 

 The church of Amwell with all its 

 tithes was apparently given to Hertford Priory by 

 Ralf. It was confirmed to the priory by Alan son of 

 Ralf as the gift of his father," but was not definitely 

 mentioned in the foundation charter of the priory/' 

 A vicarage was ordained between 1291 and 1 349.'* 

 In 1399 a new agreement was made between the 

 priory and John Bodlet, then vicar." This was 

 possibly the result of a recent agreement between 

 the Prior of Hertford and the Bishop of London, 

 impropriator of Broxbourne, as to the exact limits of 

 the two parishes." Henry Johnson, vicar of Amwell, 

 in 1539 successfully asserted the right of the vicar to 

 certain tithes under the composition of 1399." 



325. " Lood. Epii. Reg. Grind*", *>L 



iii, 300. 95. 



17 Ncweourt, Rtptmriim, 1, tio. 

 . (R«. Com.), IS ; "Load. Epin. Reg. GrinJilJ, foL 



