A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



splayed loop light. In the south wall of the south aisle 

 are four windows similar to those in the north aisle ; 

 there is no window in the west wall. The south 

 doorway has continuously moulded jambs and four- 

 centred arch. In the east jamb of the doorway, In 

 the porch, are remains of a roughly executed stoup, 

 and in ihe south aisle, a little to the east of the door- 

 way, is a plain recess, probably for a stoup. The south 

 porch has a semicircular arched doorway with flanking 

 pilasters and pediment over, and above is a shield 

 charged with arms. 



The roofs over the chancel and chapels have flat 

 panelled ceilings of early 16th-century date ; those 

 over the nave and aisles are of the 1 5th century, but 

 have been much restored. Over the east end of the 

 nave is a painted inscription recording that the 

 ceiling and decoration of the chancel roof was done 

 by John Bryce. 



octagonal plinth; it is of late lzth-ccntury date 

 In the chamber over the 



north vestry are two oak 

 chests, one belonging to the 

 14th, the other to the 17 th 

 century. In the south-east 

 window of the south chapel 

 is some 15th-century heraldic 

 glass. 



On the south side of the 

 chancel is the Purbeck marble 

 altar-tomb of Sir John Say and 

 his wife, dated 1473. The 

 sides of the plinth are panelled 

 and traceried panels, three of 

 which contain shields which 

 retain some of their original 

 colouring. On the moulded slab are fine brasses of 



Sat of Brorbournc. 

 "arty aw and gain 

 krtt chtvtrmi tr vtidtd 

 >arly gulti and atart. 



The west tower is of three stages and is buttressed ; 

 at the south-west angle is a turret staircase ; both tower 

 and turret are finished with embattled parapets. 

 The four-centred tower arch is of two moulded 

 orders ; the jambs have engaged shafts with moulded 

 capitals and bases. The west doorway has a two- 

 centred arch under a square head with traceried 

 spandrels. The west window is of four dnquefoiled 

 lights with tracer)- under a two-centred arch ; the 

 stonework is much decayed. On the north and 

 south faces of the second stage of the tower are 

 narrow trefoiled lights with square heads; on the 

 west is a clock face. The belfry windows are of 

 two cinquefoiled lights under square heads. 



The font has an octagonal bowl of Purbeck marble, 

 on each face of which are two plain sunk panels with 

 round heads ; the bowl rests on a circular shaft with 

 eight smaller ones under the angles of the octagon ; 

 the shafts have moulded bases and stand on a plain 



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the knight and the lady ; the knight is in plate 

 armour with surcoat charged with his arras, the 

 figure is now headless. The lady wears a sideless 

 surcoat and a mantle charged with her arms. The 

 figures are elaborately engraved and retain much of 

 the original coloured enamelling. Two shields still 

 remain with the arms of Say, and a brass inscription, 

 parts of which are missing, runs round the margin. 

 On the north side of the chancel is the altar-tomb of 

 Sir William Say, the builder of the north chapel j it 

 is of early 16th-century date. The plinth is orna- 

 mented with square moulded and cusped panels set 

 diagonally, in which are shields bearing indents of 

 missing brass figures. On the plinth is a slab of 

 Purbeck marble. Above the tomb, supported on 

 octagonal columns, is a canopy, the soffit carved with 

 pendants and fan vaulting ; under the east end is a 

 slab with indents of a knight and a lady. In the 

 ith chapel is the tomb of Sir Henry Cock and his 



