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 44 Devon Notes and Queries, f)ortentous size peepinjr through them, "castles" fore and aft, some propelled also by oars, one being probably a galley. These, although somewhat denuded by age, still shew interesting examples of the shipping of the period, and embody with considerable reality a little panorama illustra- tive of the principal occupation of the founder as an importer and exporter of wool and its manufactured products. Below this are the windows of comparatively plain character, two in the side and one of larger size at the east end, the spandrels filled with tracery containing emblems, among them the anchor, conspicuously repeated with, on each side, the founder's monogram. Between the windows rise staged buttresses, also covered with similar sculptures, and two niches wherein are figures costumed alike, of the period, one seated writing or reading a book, the other erect holding a label, probably representing Greneway both in his commercial and religious activities ; the buttresses are carried through the frieze and terminate in the pinnacles above the parapet. Beneath the east window is an arched recess, at its back are shields charged with the monogram, mark, and arms of the Founder. On the arch above is inscribed, *' Whilst we think well J atid think f anund, Time passeth away and Death* s the end.** At the angle is a large niche, and **Goi spe*d — /.G." and on labels below what appears to read '* Of y'r charitie pray for the souls of John Grenwaye and (Joan J his wyfe" — **An*o d*ni M^ CCCLCXVIjr The porch attached to the chapel of similar ornamental character is groined within, and forms part of the facade. It is embattled, and the frieze divided into six compartments, each separated by a figure. All are filled with sculptured subjects representing different scenes in the Scriptures. Beneath in the centre is a niche, from the canopy rises a tall ornamental cross, and within it are the arms of William Courtenay, Earl of Devon, 06. 151 1, quartering De Redvers and impaling quarterly of four, Plantagenet, Ulster and Mortimer, for Katherine his wife, youngest daughter of Edward IV, oh. 1527, crest, the eagle displayed on a bundle of sticks ; supporters, dexter, a man in armour treading on a dragon^ probably for St. George ; sinister, a female figure. On each side of this niche is a sunk panel, in the dexter a shield with the Drapers' arms, in the other the Drapers' quarterly, with