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work of timber. In Its north wall, under a very blunt o-othic arch, 
lies perhaps the founder of this edifice, which, from the fliape 
of its arch, may be deemed no older than the latter end of the 
reign of Henry VII. The tomb was examined fome years ago, 
but contained nothing except the fcull and thigh-bones of a large 
tall man, and the bones of a youth or woman, lying in a very 
irregular manner, without any efcutcheon or other token to afcer- 
tain the names or rank of the deceafed. The grave was very 
fliallow, and lined with ftone at the bottom and on the fides. 
From the eaft wall projcft four ftone brackets, which I con- 
clude fupported images and crucifixes. In the great thick pilaflier, 
jutting out between this tranfept and the chancel, there is a very 
ilrarp gotbic niche, of older date than the prefent chantry or 
church. But the chief pieces of antiquity are two narrow ftone 
coffin-lids, which compofe part of the floor, and lie from weft to 
eaft, with the very narrow ends eaftward : thefe belong to remote 
times ; and, if originally placed here, which I doubt, muft have 
been part of the pavement of an older tranfept. At prefent there 
are no coffins under them, whence I conclude they have been 
removed to this place from fome part of a former church. One 
of thefe lids is lb eaten by time, that no fculpture can be dif- 
covered upon it; or, perhaps, it may be the wrong fide upper- 
moft; but on the other, which fecms to be of ftone of a clofer 
and harder texture, is to be difcerned a d/fcus, with a crofs on it, 
at the end of a ftaff or rod, the well-known fymbol of a Knight- 
T mplar °. 
This order was diftinguiffied by a red crofs on the left fiioulder 
of their cloak, and by this attribute in their hand. Now, if tlicfe 
o See Diigdale, Monajlh on Angllcam'.m, Vol, II. where there is a fine engraving of a 
Knight-Templar, by Hollar, 
ftoiies 
