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 A HISTORY OF SURREY

��the shallow transept at the western end of the south wall is spanned by a four-centred arch of similar section to the arcade on the north side ; it rests on the pillar between the two west arches and has thrust this arcade out of the perpendicular. The east window of this shallow transept is of three trefoiled lights under a pointed head filled with net tracery ; the tracery and outer stonework are quite new, but the inner jambs are old, and it is possible that they are the stones of the traceried west window of St. Mary's Chapel (mentioned above) re-used here after the fall of the chapel.

A large archway spans the west end of the chapel and a smaller one that of the shallow transept, both springing from a partly-restored octagonal pillar with a moulded base and capital (both old) ; the arches' are of two moulded orders divided by a large three- quarter hollow and with moulded labels ; the larger arch is old, the springing stones of the smaller arch above the pillar are also told, but the rest of the arch, is modern ; it is obvious from the old springing stones that there has been an arch here formerly, but it is not at all certain that the present one is an exact reproduction of the old. The two arches in the west wall of the transept are of like size to those opposite but are of much plainer detail. The pillar and smaller archway are entirely modern in con- ception and workmanship, but the larger arch, which is of two hollow-chamfered orders like the nave arches, is old. The large six-light traceried south window and the doorway beneath it are both modern.

The nave arcades each consist of four bays with octagonal pillars having simple bases and moulded bell capitals, the arches being two-centred and of two hollow-chamfered orders ; both arcades may be said to date fn m the beginning of the I5th century, but there are slijht differences in detail which point to the work not having all been carried out at one time. The north pillars are more slender than those on the south side, whilst the easternmost pillar on the south side is of greater diameter than its fellows ; this pillar has no base (unless the base is buried), and it is not improbable that it may have formed part of some earlier arcade ; all the capitals, though generally similar, have slight differences in their depths and the sizes of their bells. Above the arcades is a clearstory lighted by four windows in either wall, each of three trefoiled lights and tracery under pointed segmental arches ; they are modern excepting the inner jamb stones and rear arches. The west doorway is a modern one set in a very thick wall under a gable head ; the wall thins again below the west window, which is also a modern one of four lights and tracery. All the aisle windows and the north doorway are modern as well as the north porch. At the east end of the south aisle is a small modern transept or aisle to the south transept containing a modern south window.

The upper part of the tower is of brick with a plain parapet and pine-apple corner-pinnacles ; the older walls, immediately above the roofs, are of flint with an admixture of freestone ; the ashlar angle buttresses are modernized. The windows to the bell- chamber are modern. In a panel on the south side is the date of the rebuilding of the tower 1708.

The roof of the chancel has a low arched barrel vault divided into panels by moulded ribs ; the transverse ribs spring from corbel-capitals in the

��moulded cornices, and the intersection of each alternate and larger rib with the ridge is covered by a foliage boss ; the work appears to date from late in the 1 5 th century.

The south chapel roof has plain old rafters (formerly plastered) with collar-beam trusses, and three principal trusses supported on stone corbels carved as angels with shields, some of which may be old ; the roof is also of the I5th century. The north chapel has a flat plastered ceiling divided into panels by large moulded timbers, apparently old. The nave roof is modern with hammer-beam trusses and more recent tie-beams ; the north transept roof is also modern. The south transept roof is for the greater part modern, but the southernmost truss, at least, is old and has traceried spandrels and rests on carved corbel-heads which are also old. The aisles have modern roofs. The gable roofs are covered with slates. The altar table, oak quire seats, carved stone pulpit, carved stone and marble font, deal pews, and other furniture are all modern.

There are a large number of monuments in the church, of which the following are worthy of notice : On a slab formerly in the south chapel, but now standing upright against the west jamb of the chapel arcade, is a brass figure of a man standing on a mound or hillock dressed in a fur-lined tunic reaching to the ankles and having loose sleeves with tighter wristlets and cuffs ; his waist is encircled by a belt with a pendant reaching to the knees ; his hands are in prayer ; on his right is the figure of his wife in a covered horn head-dress, a tight-fitting gown, over which is a loose cloak fastened across the breast by a cord ; the inscription faces towards them so that it is now reversed ; it is in black letter and reads : ' Roberti cista Skeni corpus tenet ista, Marmoree petre coniugis atqj sue. Qui validus, fidus, discretus lege peritus, Nobilis ingenuus perfidiam renuit Constans sermone, vita sensu racione Committi cuiqj iusticiam voluit, Regalis iuris vivens promovit honores, Fallere vel fall! res odiosa sibi, Gaudeat in celis quia vixit in orbe fidelis Nonas Aprilis pridie qui morit? Mille quadringintis dfil Trigintaq} septemannis ipsius Rex miserere Jesu.'

In the north transept is set a small gravestone with the brasses of a headless man in a long cloak girdled about the waist, and a lady in a tight-fitting dress and a butterfly head-dress ; both are kneeling ; over them are the indents of two shields and of a central figure, possibly a Trinity, to which their prayers are ascending; the black letter inscription below reads : ' Hie jacent Jofies Hertcombe GeSosus et Katerina uxor ei' qui quidm Jolies obiit xxii" die Julii Anno dm millio CCCCLXXXVIII Et p'dicta Katerina obiit xij die Julii anno din millio CCCCLXXVII" quor' alabj propicietur deus Amen."

Below the first window on the south wall of the south chapel is an altar tomb in a recess to Anthony Benn, formerly Recorder of Kingston and afterwards Recorder of London, who died in 1 6 1 8 ; it contains his recumbent effigy in his lawyer's robe and ruff collar and cuffs ; his hands which were in prayer are broken off. The arch of the recess is a coffered round one of alabaster ; the base is low and has shields, one of which is faded ; the other is charged quarterly I and 4 a griffon on a chief or (?) three molets sable ; 2 and 3 or (?) two bars sable between nine martlets sable, three, three and three ; the colours of the shield are in- distinct. On the north wall of the chancel is a monu-

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