. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . mail, the rings of whichmust have been shown by paint, and are not carvedon the wood. His head rests on a diamond-shapedpillow, and is protected by a hood of mail. Of hisshield the strap only remains, it was doubtless cut ina separate piece of wood, and he wears a sword in a belt on the left side ; his legs are crossed and his feetrest on a lion. The work is very good and thedetails minutely worked where the decay of the woodhas not damaged them ; the figure rests on a wideplank cut out of the solid with it and is hollowed outbehind for lightnes
. A history of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . mail, the rings of whichmust have been shown by paint, and are not carvedon the wood. His head rests on a diamond-shapedpillow, and is protected by a hood of mail. Of hisshield the strap only remains, it was doubtless cut ina separate piece of wood, and he wears a sword in a belt on the left side ; his legs are crossed and his feetrest on a lion. The work is very good and thedetails minutely worked where the decay of the woodhas not damaged them ; the figure rests on a wideplank cut out of the solid with it and is hollowed outbehind for lightness. It dates from the second halfof the 13th century, and cannot represent John dePort, son of the founder, as commonly said. It isnow set on a tomb-shaped block of masonry, onwhich is a marble grave slab, and there are similarblocks and gravestones in the other three recesses, allof 13th or early 14th-century date. To the north andsouth of the altar table are set four similar slabs; thefirst is very like that in the south recess ; the cross on. Monk Sherborne Priory Church (used as Pamber ParishChurch) : The Tower the second is almost obliterated, but the other twohave leaves of late 12th or early 13th-century stylebranching from the stems of the crosses, and one hasan inscription running round its moulded edge inearly Gothic characters, some of the letters containedwithin others, as often in 12th-century reads:— # SI QUIS eris qvi transieris sta pereege PLORA 4 SVM QVOD ERIS FVERAM QUE QUOD ES PROME PRECOR HORA. At the foot of the cross shaft is an Agnus Dei. Near the font are a few old tiles, probably 15th-century work ; the patterns on them are almostobliterated. On the north wall of the presbytery below thestring some of the old painted decoration has been 237 A HISTORY OF HAMPSHIRE uncovered, showing a consecration cross and some wingedangels, with a few letters in black letter smalls; thewhole is probably of 15th-century date. On the samewall is the bras
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