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 236 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL those cathedrals were originally erected in open spaces, and the houses gradually crowded round them. The excuse for this unworthy site, which can never do justice to this costly pile, was the desire to incorporate with it some portion of the old church, and the finely built S. aisle of 7 bays was retained for that purpose. Each bay has a 4-light window, and the E. window is of 5 lights ; the boldly moulded double plinth is separated by traceried panels, whilst the summit of the wall has an enriched cornice and battlements. It retains a good wagon roof and some old stained glass. Other relics of the old church are the good octagonal font of Caen stone, with well- carved panels, the inlaid Chippendale polygonal pulpit, and Charles I. letter. Monuments of old church have been placed in N. transept ; they in- clude a brass inscription to Thomas Haselle, 1 567 ; an elaborate monument with semi-recumbent effigies to John Robarts, 1614, and his wife ; the monument to Owen Phippen, 1636, commemorating the capture by him and ten fellow Christian captives in 1627 of the ship in which they were confined by the Turks ; and a variety of more recent Vivian tablets. In the crypt are two 17th cent, life-sized kneeling alabaster effigies, removed from the E. end of the old N. aisle, and unidentified. (Registers, 1590.) St. Tudy (St. Udd). — Chancel of 2 bays, nave of 4 bays, aisles, S. porch, and W. tower. This was probably a cruciform Norm, church, but in addition to many tooled stones of that period, there is nothing