222 



The Churches of Devizes. 



Bells. — These are eight in number. The inscriptions upon them 

 are as follows : — 



1 and 2. " The gift of Wm. Willy, Esq., Mr. Tris. Godwin, and Mr. Wm. 

 Adlam, Ch.-Wardens. Is. Burrough, Founder, 1747." 



3. " Vivat Rex et Floreat Grex, An<> Domini 1677. R.P. W.C. T.C." 



4. "J. W., 1610. Hope well." 



5. " 1610. J. W. Feare the Lorde." 



6. " Mr. James Sutton, M. Jer. Williams, Ric. Smith, Churchwardens, 



1697." 



7. "John Jordan and Mathew Figgins, Churchwardens, 1677. R.P. 



W.C. T.C." 



Tenor. "Richard Hillier, Mayor, Gnt., Charles Danvers, sqr., Recorder, 

 Anno 1677. R.P. W.C." 

 "Henry Johnson, Rector; John Jordan, and Mathew Figgins, 

 Churchwardens." 



Previously to the year 1747, the peal consisted only of six bells. 

 The two which now form the first and second were added (as appears 

 from the inscriptions upon them) in that year. They were presented 

 by William Willy, Esq., of London, at that time one of the repre- 

 sentatives of the Borough in Parliament, and cast at the foundry 

 of James Burrough in Devizes. 1 



The fourth and fifth were cast by John Wallis of Sarum, in 1610. 



On the sixth, cast in 1697, the initials of the founder do not 

 appear ; it was, however, probably cast at Aldbourne. 



The third, seventh, and tenor were cast in 1677, and came from 

 the foundry of Roger Purdue in Salisbury. 



THE CHANCEL 



is twenty-eight feet in length, and twenty in width. The walls 

 which remain on the north and east sides are of Norman date, and 

 exhibit, externally, specimens of the original pilasters and corbel- 

 table. The latter consists of a narrow fringe of plain masonry 

 with a chamfer, worked with the "saw-tooth or hatched" moulding 

 on the lower edge, and supported by a row of grotesque heads. 

 The former are of little projection, and on the north wall, under 

 the eaves, die at a level into the latter, dividing the wall, as it 



1 This foundry appears to have been situated on the south side of St. John's 

 churchyard. 



