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THE CHURCH AND PARISH OP 
During the fifteenth century, the church was greatly enlarged, 
(see Planj its size being nearly doubled. The additions were 
made to the east end of the church, and did not interfere with 
the then edifice until nearly complete. The north chapel 
with crypt was the first of the additions, then the chancel was 
extended with its south aisle, to the east end of which the 
east window of the Decorated aisle was removed. The old 
.chancel was taken down, and the new work connected to 
the old. Subsequently the Early English south aisle of nave 
was widened to correspond with the south aisle of chancel. 
The windows are of a different design, and on the exterior the 
masonry of the new work butts against the earlier work and is 
not bonded with it. (PI. II. P"ig. 2.) Two of the buttresses have 
trefoiled-headed panels containing shields, one with the arms of 
Vavasour, still traceable, and the other worn away, but said 
by Gent to have borne the arms of Gascoigne ; so this later 
work was built about 1460. Sir Henry Vavasour, knt., of 
Haslewood, succeeded his father in 1452, and married Joan, 
daughter of Sir William Gascoigne, of Gawthorpe, and widow 
of Richard Goldsborough, of Goldsborough. The family of 
Vavasour gave magnesian limestone for the erection of the 
Minster, and Sir Henry Vavasour may have been a similar 
benefactor to the church of S. Martin. On the east side of 
doorway in the interior of this aisle is a stoup for holy water, 
with an octagonal basin sloping to a corbel, having a carved 
head. (PI. III. Fig. 1.) The church consisted of three gabled 
roofs stretching from east to west, which made the interior 
dark. In order to admit more daylight, a clerestory was 
added to the nave, with tall arches to the tower (PI. III. Fig. 
2) and chancel. The ashlar masonry of the clerestory is 
carried over the nave arches by relieving arches. The nave 
roof is of very low pitch, approaching to flatness, and covered 
by lead; the underside is panelled, having carved bosses with 
shields at intersections. 
The thirteen Perpendicular windows (PI. IV. Fig. 1) were 
filled with painted glass, the six lights in the tracery of each 
having figures of saints and bishops, whilst the three long 
lights below were occupied with scriptural subjects: of these 
magnificent windows some fragments of the stained glass 
remain. 
