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 174 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL and S. side of nave give evidence of this. In an angle of transept a few stones have been built up which form the jamb of a Norm, doorway. Chancel and transept were rebuilt at end of Dec. period, temp. Richard II. ; the ogee-shaped cinquefoil- headed piscina niche of transept and trefoil-headed niche of chancel are of that date ; the windows have been renewed. Late in 15th cent, a N. aisle was thrown out, with square-headed windows, a S. porch, and a W. tower. The three-staged tower is of granite, but moulded work of Roborough stone, near Tavistock. Octagonal Perp. font is of the same material. Pulpit is a well - carved early Jacobean example. In N. aisle an elaborate late brass with effigies of Peter Cory ton, 1551, his wife and 24 children, with 3 shields of quartered arms ; above it hang helmet, sword, dagger, and spur. In chancel is an imposing mural monument to William Coryton, 165 1, and Elizabeth his wife, 1656, with their kneeling effigies. Opposite to this a like monument with kneeling effigies of Sir William Coryton, 171 1, and his wife Susanna, 1695. (Registers, 1558.) Menheniot (St. Neot). — Chancel, nave, aisles of J 5 bays, N. and S. porches, and W. tower and spire. -'; supported by monolith granite piers. Whole church £• rebuilt c. 1450 ; all the windows good examples of Perp. work. Chancel retains sedilia and piscina in S. wall. Tower of 2 stages, 45 ft. high, has
 * Chancel projects a bay beyond aisles. Arcades are