By C. H. Talbot. 



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the roof, has been cut away, for the insertion of a very rich window. 1 

 This runs down till it meets the chancel arch. It has been 

 suggested to me that, when the window was inserted, an older and 

 lower chancel arch was probably standing, and that it is the present 

 chancel arch that has cut into the window, and not the reverse. 

 Externally, this window is finished with an open parapet, which 

 follows the line of the window arch, instead of that of the roof, and 

 was surmounted by a niche, 2 of which only the base now remains. 

 The Lady chapel, 3 on the north side of the chancel, is of late 4 but 

 good Perpendicular work. It is vaulted with stone, and the vaulting, 



1 Of six lights. I think this window, which has a stilted four-centred arch, 

 is later than the Lady chapel. Internally the soffit of the arch is ornamented 

 with carvings, which have evidently been fixed on with metal pins, as several 



, are gone, leaving the holes visible. In the centre are two aEgels, apparently 

 holding the consecrated wafer. Next there have been two bosses, which are 

 i goue. Next, on the south side, an angel holding a shield, and, on the north 

 ] side, an angel accidentally reversed, with the head downwards. Next two 

 ornamental bosses. Next, on the north side, an angel holding some object, 

 j and, on the south side, a vacant space. Next the space for a boss is vacant, 

 i on both sides. Next an angel holding a shield, on the north side, and 

 | another angel, on the south side. In all there have been thirteen carvings. 



2 This niche, when standing, would serve to mask the end of the nave roof, 

 j I think it must have been taken down, to lighten the weight, as the figures 

 ! only have been removed from the other niches, probably in the time of 



Edward the Sixth. The window arch has been tied with an iron rod, which 

 indicates some failure of the work. It is noticeable that, on the south wall 

 of the nave, the half battlement, which is part of this work, is higher than 

 the rest ; and that, on the north side, the battlements and standards are of 

 the same character, which shows that the work extended over the north transept 

 arch. This was all thrown into confusion in 1861, but may still be made 

 out. The battlements of this part have the coping carried rouud them, which 

 I is not the case with the rest of the nave. 



3 Dingley, in 1684, calls it " our Lady's Chappell." I once heard it called 

 I " the Lady's Chapel " by an old inhabitant, now deceased, who must have 

 j derived the name from tradition, and probably did not know the meaning of it. 



4 I believe I have now ascertained the date of this chapel, within a limit 

 j of ten years. Over the east window, externally, in the base of a niche, there 

 i is a human figure, bearing a shield. The arms on this shield long defied 

 | detection, being apparently two straps in bend, linked together by two rings, 

 j They were so drawn by Dingley, in 1684. Since the visit of the Society, 

 j Mr. Brakspear, in measuring the building, discovered that the apparent bend 

 ! was really a saltire. This enabled me to identify the arms, without difficulty, 

 j as those of Robert Nevill, Bishop of Salisbury, 1427 — 37 (gules, on a saline 



