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these benolies ; but some are decayed tlirougli age^ and tlie 
rest much disguised by modern alterations.^ 
At the upper end of this aisle and running out to the 
north stands a transept, known by the name of the North 
Chancel, measuring twenty- one feet from south to north, 
and nineteen feet from east to west : this was intended, no 
doubt, as a private chantry ; and was also, till of late, 
divided off by a Gothic frame work of timber. In its north 
wall, under a very blunt Gothic arch, lies perhaps the 
founder of this edifice, which, from the shape of its arch, 
may be deemed no older than the latter end of the reign of 
Henry YII. The tomb was examined some years ago, but 
contained nothing except the skull and thigh bones of a 
large tall man, and the bones of a youth or woman, lying in 
a very irregular manner, without any escutcheon or other 
token to ascertain the names or rank of the deceased. The 
grave was very shallow, and lined with stone at the bottom 
and on the sides. ^ 
From the east wall project four stone brackets,, which I 
conclude supported images and crucifixes. In the great 
thick pilaster, jutting out between this transept and the 
chancel, there is a very sharp Gothic niche, of older date 
than the present chantry or church. But the chief pieces 
of antiquity are two narrow stone coffin lids, which compose 
part of the floor, and lie from west to east, with the very 
narrow ends eastward: these belong to remote times; and, 
if originally placed here, which I doubt, must have been 
part of the pavement of an older transept. At present 
there are no coffins under them, whence I conclude they 
have been removed to this place from some part of a former 
church. One of these lids is so eaten by time, that no 
sculpture can be discovered upon it ; or, perhaps, it may be 
the wrong side uppermost : but on the other, which seems 
^ Since this description was penned, considerable alterations have 
naturally been effected in the interior of the church. — Ed. 
^ There is no longer any vestige of a tomb in the north wall of the 
north chancel. — Ed. 
