614 Tisbury Church. 



boss with a shield similar to the one in the south aisle, having the 



arms of the Abbey of Shaston impaling Elizabeth Shelford [?]. 



Behind is a crozier and the initials E s at the sides. The other 



half of the ceiling is plaster, that part having been damaged by the 



fall of the spire. I am told, however, some of the old beams remain 



under it. 



The North Transept. Under the north window is a list of 



benefactors painted on wood. At the east side, on either side of 



the window, are canopied niches for figures, the desigu of these 



niches being different. That on the north side is a little earlier 



than the other, I think. The niches on the south side have a 



piscina underneath. These niches date from about 1490 — 1535. 



The lower part of the centre light of the window — as has been 



mentioned in the description of the exterior — is solid, and has a 



trefoil head with ogee canopy above the small lights. Below is a 



pedestal which stands on the cill of the window. This window has 



lately had stained glass inserted, in memory of the Bracher family, 



of Place Farm. Underneath is a chase in which the altar stood. 



This transept was made the Lady Chapel which was founded in 



1299, 



" and endowed with the title of various tenements and fields now 

 called ' Chantry,' ' Doves', and ' Mockney ' ; the chapel was enclosed by 

 a beautiful screen of open woodwork of the date of the niches, whose 

 destruction many can remember." 3 



The ceiling is flat plaster. 



In the north-east pier of the nave there is a square hole cut 

 through ; it is not very old. Apparently it was cut to enable the 

 pulpit to be seen from part of the aisle, or to improve the hearing 

 of the prayers. 



The Church Plate is fully described in Nightingale's Church 

 Plate of Wilts, p. 63. 



3 Eev. J. F. Chanter, Parish Magazine, 1886. 



