. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. and for a long period itremained a discreditable evidence of the apathy of successive Dukes of Norfolk,rather than a monument to record the honours and glories of the race. It isnow, however, in progress of restoration; itsclaims upon the noble family have beenrecognised; the inroads of time have beeneffectually arrested; and it is undergoing suchnecessary changes (at the cost of the presentDuke) as are dictated by judgment and goodsense. The church occupies an elevated positionnorth of the town, and nearly opposite t
. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. and for a long period itremained a discreditable evidence of the apathy of successive Dukes of Norfolk,rather than a monument to record the honours and glories of the race. It isnow, however, in progress of restoration; itsclaims upon the noble family have beenrecognised; the inroads of time have beeneffectually arrested; and it is undergoing suchnecessary changes (at the cost of the presentDuke) as are dictated by judgment and goodsense. The church occupies an elevated positionnorth of the town, and nearly opposite theprincipal entrance into the Castle. Its exteriorhas many traces of antiquity, and not a fewremains of early beauty. Age, and the slovenlyhands of stonemasons, have, however, materiallyinjured its venerable character and imposingeffect—its principal injury having been sus-tained by the addition of a wooden spireplaced above a low square tower which rises from the centre of the church is of large size, and consists of a double arcade, dividing the nave from1. ARUNDEL CHURCH. the aisles, above which are placed, in what in the architecture of the age wastermed the cleoestory, a row of circular windows enclosing quatrefoils—a shape ofrare occurrence. The south transept was, we are told, formerly occupied by theparochial altar; it now contains the communion-table and the font; the latter beingoctagonal upon an octagonal shaft, with a corresponding pedestal. It is composed ofSussex marble, and is of very early date. In the north transept was the chantryof St. Christopher, commonly called Salmons—to which was attached a priest whoseendowment was the appropriation of the Church of Rudgwick, with two acres ofland, one in Rudgwick for his use, the other in Arundel for the site of his foundation of this chantry was created by the benefaction of Edward Mille, first incumbent, William Baynton, took possession of the benefice on the 9thMav, 1440. * Th
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