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the reign of Elizabeth or the beginning of that of James I. — the 

 pendants look more like the latter. 



The present tower was erected by Inigo Jones in 1645. It is a 

 good specimen of Jacobean Gothic, and it is interesting to bear in 

 mind that, at the time Jones was designing this, he must have been 

 engaged in carrying out two such different designs as the west 

 portico of S. Paul's (afterwards destroyed in the Great Fire), of 

 which Laud, then Bishop of London, laid the corner stone, and 

 Wilton House, the Wiltshire seat of the Earl of Pembroke. 



The present appearance of the parts about the crossing would 

 lead to the conclusion that the tower must have fallen at about the 

 end of the fourteenth century ; that the arches of the transepts and 

 the first bay of the nave had been then re-erected, and the capitals 

 afterwards re-modelled to suit the Renaissance taste of the time of 

 Inigo Jones; this would also be supported by the appearance of the 

 clerestory of the easternmost bay of the nave. Canon Duncan (to 

 whom I am indebted for information as to the date of 1628) informs 

 me, however, that he believes the date is confirmed by entries in the 

 registers ; it is probable, therefore, that Inigo Jones copied the 

 details of the arches from those of the late Decorated period already 

 existing between the chapels and the chancel, and re-worked the 

 capitals of the latter to match those of his own period. He appears 

 to have taken quite an independent course with regard to the 

 heightening of the low piers of the Norman tower, which were 

 probably not involved in the general ruin : the original capitals 

 have been left, and the later columns piled up on them in a singular 

 manner. 



The final additions to the plan of the Church are the second south 

 aisle and the vestry built in 1864, when the south aisle and porch 

 were re-built, the south transept extended, and the west end of the 

 nave re-modelled. 



The font is a good specimen of early fifteenth century work and 

 of ample dimensions. The iron-bound parish chest, with the three 

 locks, as enjoined by the 84th Canon of 1603, is worthy of notice. 



Passing round the outside I would call attention to the following 

 various evidences of the changes I have referred to : — 



