. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE it ring with grotesques at the angles and in the centre of each face of the tower. The stair-turret rises above the parapet and is also embattled. The south porch is old, probably of the 15th century, and has a dropped two-centred entrance archway of two orders. The walls of the nave externally show the uncut imall flints, in wide-jointed courses, of 12th-century work. Some of the courses are set in herring-bone pattern, and mixed with the flint are some large blocks of freestone, one of them being a
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE it ring with grotesques at the angles and in the centre of each face of the tower. The stair-turret rises above the parapet and is also embattled. The south porch is old, probably of the 15th century, and has a dropped two-centred entrance archway of two orders. The walls of the nave externally show the uncut imall flints, in wide-jointed courses, of 12th-century work. Some of the courses are set in herring-bone pattern, and mixed with the flint are some large blocks of freestone, one of them being a piece of 12th-century moulding re-used in the 15th century when the walls were raised. The masonry of the tower is also small, and has been much faced with cement. There are the remains, in the chancel archway, of a rood screen of the 15 th century, which has been Quarterly (1) and (6) : Quarterly fessewisc indented ermine and [azure], for Lacon ; (2) Three cheverons in a border engrailed ; (3) A ragged cross ; (4) A bend cotised, for Harley ; (5) Three buckles, for Remevill. On the south wall of the chancel is a large mural monument, with busts and inscription below,of Thomas Wilson, 1656, and Lucia his wife. Above ii a shield of the arms : Sable a leaping wolf or and in the chief three stars or ; with the crest of a demi-wolf or. On the same wall are monuments to John Chapman, vicar of the parish, 1624, and his wife Anne, 1633, and to Matthew Thorley, 1634 ; the former having small kneeling figures in a circular head niche and the latter being simply a tablet. In the east window are three pieces of heraldic glass which are said to be 17th-century work. These. restored with plaster. It is of three bays, the centre being the entrance way, with a four-centred arch, and the side bays similar but traceried. The central doors have been removed to the porch. Set against the south chancel wall are the remains of another similar screen restored with plaster. The stalls in the chancel
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