. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 1686 being on its west face. The only belfry- window which appears to be in its original condition is that on the east, with two cinquefoiled lights and a quatrefoil over. The west wall has been faced with ashlar in the seventeenth-century repairs ; and the west window is of the same date, of two uncusped lights under a square head. The tower arch is of a type not uncommon in the district, its peculiarity being that it has in the jambs between the two orders a round moulding which stops awkwardly at the
. The Victoria history of the county of Bedford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 1686 being on its west face. The only belfry- window which appears to be in its original condition is that on the east, with two cinquefoiled lights and a quatrefoil over. The west wall has been faced with ashlar in the seventeenth-century repairs ; and the west window is of the same date, of two uncusped lights under a square head. The tower arch is of a type not uncommon in the district, its peculiarity being that it has in the jambs between the two orders a round moulding which stops awkwardly at the capital, and has no corresponding member in the arch. The chancel has an arched plastered ceiling dated 1764. The only roof of interest is that of the north aisle which is of the fifteenth century, and has moulded timbers with carved bosses at the intersec- tions ; that on the eastern principal having the device of an eagle and hind. The stone corbels carrying this roof are also of interest, one showing a winged dragon, and another a cat playing a Plan of Sutton Church There are a certain number of sixteenth-century benches in the nave and some seventeenth-century panelling in the pews of the north aisle. Across the chancel arch is a fifteenth-century screen with a modern cornice, said to have come from another church in the county. In the chancel is a very fine mediaeval chest with ornamental lock plates, and the pulpit dated 1628 is a good specimen. The monuments in the north aisle or Burgoyne chapel are fine of their kind, especially the large monu- ment at the north-east to John Burgoyne, 1604, with a life-sized effigy under a canopy flanked by columns carrying a pediment with heraldry. There is also a monument against the east wall to Sir John Burgoyne, 1709, and in the floor is a slab with a brass cross, of which the base only appears to be ancient, and an inscription to Thomas Burgoyne, 1516, and his wife Elizabeth. Further west is the matrix of another brass, an
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