612 Tisbury Church. 



" Decorated " light inserted in it. Above, and under the present 

 roof, is the line of the early roof.. The nave itself, which is "Per- 

 pendicular," dates from about 1450 I think. It consists of four 

 bays, with good pointed arches without hood moulds. Some. of 

 the arch mouldings continue down the shafts ; others stop 

 on small capitals which rest on columns ; . these terminate in 

 moulded bases. Above is the clerestory. The walls are entirely 

 covered with cement. The roof is a fine waggon roof of fifteenth 

 century type, with winged angels carrying shields under the 

 principals. Under these angels are curved brackets with carved 

 spandrils and pillars resting on stone corbels. Two or three of 

 these are earlier than the roof and have been re-used from an older 

 structure. The shields carried by the angels are now plain, but 

 very probably were originally painted with the emblems of the 

 Passion. Angels and all are now painted a dull yellow. There 

 are half-principals between, terminating in shields with coats of 

 arms above the wall plate, which is a double hollow with carved 

 rosettes. The ceiling is farther subdivided by one centre and two 

 side ribs, running horizontally, with bosses at the intersections. 

 These do not call for further notice. The panels between are 

 plaster whitewashed. The shields, reading from the south-east, 

 are : — No. 1 Neville, No. 2 Latimer, No. 3 doubtful if heraldic, 

 No. 4 ?; and from the north-west, No. 1 ?, No. 2 Stafford ?, No. 3 

 Willoughby de Broke, No. 4 Tewkesbury Abbey? Po'r the in- 

 formation concerning the identification of the shields I am indebted 

 to the Kev. W. Goodchild, of Berwick St. John, and to Mr. St. 

 John Hope. Of course, if the present white paint was removed 

 traces of the original tinctures might be found which would then 

 make it certain whose arms were intended. The window at the 

 west end is filled with poor-coloured glass. Near the west door is 

 a tablet to Arthur Charles Fitzgerald Homan, 1899. The font 

 stands in the north-west corner, and is a thirteenth century one 

 re-tooled. It stands on a central column and four detached shafts 

 and modern steps. There is a seventeenth century pyramidal 

 cover carved and painted, which is carried by a chain on a wheel 



