. Essex naturalist: being the journal of the Essex Field Club. s shaped like a horse shoe, andtogether with other portions of the chancel has been recently restored by Sir J. H-Johnson. The vicar pointed out a monument prepared by an ancient worthy inhis own commemoration. On it he in his own lifetime caused to be inscribed,with special reference to himself, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord . .for they rest from their labours. The labours of this particular saint consisted,said the vicar, in hunting down old people and destroying them as witches. Theroof of the north aisle of this an
. Essex naturalist: being the journal of the Essex Field Club. s shaped like a horse shoe, andtogether with other portions of the chancel has been recently restored by Sir J. H-Johnson. The vicar pointed out a monument prepared by an ancient worthy inhis own commemoration. On it he in his own lifetime caused to be inscribed,with special reference to himself, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord . .for they rest from their labours. The labours of this particular saint consisted,said the vicar, in hunting down old people and destroying them as witches. Theroof of the north aisle of this ancient church merits special notice, being superblycarved in chestnut, each beam worked in a different design, and the wholeexecuted in the spirit of a true artist. A capital cold luncheon was served at the Lion Inn, after which anOrdinary Meeting (127th) was held for the proposal and election of-members,the president, Mr. E. A. Fitch, in the chair. The following were elected members of the Club : Messrs. S. F. Hurnard,W. du Flon Hutchinson, and G. Gateway of St. Osvth Priory.{Block kindly lent by Mk. ; The priory and grounds were then visited, by the kind permission of Sir J. It was originally an Augustinian monastery supposed to occupy the siteof an ancient nunnery founded by St. Osyth. The old nunnery was plundered b}the Danes, and, according to the legend already alluded to, St. Osyths head wascut off near the spring in Nuns Wood (in the present park). The spring, sajs I THE ESSEX IlELD CLUB. 257 tlie old stoiy as related above, arose at this tragic scene of martyrdom. In theyear 1118, Richard de Belmeis, Bishop of London, founded the priory, andup to the time of the suppression its endowment and possessions throughoutthe county were very considerable. After the suppression the site wasconverted into a seat by Lord DArcy, son of Roger DArcy, of Danbury,Sheriff of Essex, to members of whose family the handsome monuments andeffigies in the church w
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