230 The Churches of Devizes. 



Lord St. Amand, 1 temp. Henry VII. ; and the occurrence of the 

 shackle-bolt 2 amongst its architectural ornaments, its foundation 

 may be ascribed with tolerable certainty to the same individual. 

 This statement seems further confirmed by the fact of several 

 members of the Beauchamp family having held, at various times, 

 the Castle and Manor of Devizes. 



NORTH PORCH. 



This is eleven feet in length, by eleven in width; both the 

 doorways are without shafts or capitals, and are ornamented with 

 mouldings. The roof is gabled and covered with tile. Over the 

 outer doorway is a small trefoil-headed niche, and above it an 

 unglazed window divided by a single monial into two lights. On 

 either side of the doorway is a low massive buttress. The roof of 

 the interior corresponds with that of the nave, and on either side 

 is a stone seat. 



SOUTH PORCH. 



This is modern, and unworthy of a description. 



Church Terriers (Canon 87). — Two of these (taken in 1704 

 and 1783) and possibly others, are preserved in the Registry at 

 Salisbury. 



Church Plate. — The plate belonging to this parish, in 1783, 

 is described in the terrier above alluded to as follows: — 



ozs. dwts. 



Flagon, the gift of Sir Edw. Ernly weight 63 15 



Cup „ 9 7 



Ditto, the gift of Elizabeth Imber ,, 9 0 



Salver, marked Jno.Sawer Sen. and Jno. Powell ,, 10 7 

 Ditto „ 8 13 



1 Richard Beauchamp, of Bromham, was the son and heir of William Beau- 

 champ, Lord St. Amand. He inherited the family estates at Bromham, Market- 

 Lavington, Whadclon, Steeple-Ashton, &c, on the death of his father in 1475. 

 These he held until 1508, when, dying without issue, the Manor of Bromham 

 devolved to his cousin, John Baynton, Esq., son of Sir Robert Baynton of 

 Falston, near Bishopstone, from whom descended the well known Wiltshire 

 family of that name. 



2 A device used by the Beauchamps. It is to be found in the chapel at Brom- 

 ham, and is also figured in Gough's Sepulchral Monuments from the tomb of 

 Bishop Beauchamp (1481) in Salisbury Cathedral. 



