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of the staircase leading' to it still remain, and until very recently part 

 of the old screen itself was in existence, and occupying its original 

 position. This was the age of large windows, and, in obedience to 

 the prevailing fashion, the eastern triplet was walled up or removed, 

 and a Perpendicular window of three lights substituted. The next 

 addition was a south chantry, probably erected by the representatives 

 of Sir Richard Brydges and his wife, whose tomb stands in the 

 archway which communicates with the Church, and is dated 1558. 

 The chancel has recently been restored with the ancient triplet. The 

 body of the Church has been re- seated, and it is hoped some day to 

 re-roof both the nave and the south chantry. 



In the chancel east window are the arms of Henry Chicheley, 

 Archbishop of Canterbury. Henry Chicheley, born about 1362, 

 was an intimate friend of Mitford, Bishop of Salisbury, who gave 

 him several preferments in Sarum Church. He was Archdeacon of 

 Dorset, 1397, and of Sarum, 1402 . He had for sometime the vicarage 

 of Sherston, North Wilts, and Melcombe Bingham, Co. Dorset. 

 He became Bishop of St. David's, and afterwards Archbishop of 

 Canterbury, 1414. He died 1443. He was founder of All Souls 

 College, Oxford. 



The presentations to the Rectory of Ludgershall, as recorded in 

 the Sarum Registers, run in the name of Budesden, or Biddesden, 

 from 1306 to 1446; in the names Ludgershall and Biddesden till 

 1465 ; after which Ludgershall alone appears. Biddesden belonged 

 to the Ambresbury (Amesbury) Monastery. There is still a " Chapel" 

 Copse and a " Lady " Lawn. At a later period it belonged to 

 General Webb, the great friend of the Duke of Marlborough. He 

 was at the siege of Lisle, whence he brought home the great 

 bell which now hangs in the turret at Biddesden House. He was 

 killed at the battle of Malplaquet in 1709. 



In September, 1708, Marlborough was besieging Lisle, and would 

 have been obliged to raise the siege but for General Webb. A 

 convoy of provisions — seven hundred waggons — was on its way, 

 which the French wanted to intercept. General Webb, by an action 

 at Wynendale, saved it. Marlborough wrote to the English Govern- 

 ment thus : — 



