. Archaeologia cantiana. ous brotherhoods of Londonand Kent, to celebrate masses for his soul, and the souls of allthe faithful. Item, he ordained, for one window to be made in the northpart of the Church of Eyghtham, near the altar of St. Mary, xxl1 Item, for repairing a road from Crepehourste ... as faras Colverden crouche, xlk. 1 Over Sir Thomas Cawnes monument, on the north side of the chancelof Ightham Church, is a window, of which we have given a representationin the annexed cut. Its position would indicate it to be that which waserected in fulfilment of Sir Thomass Will. We cannot, howe
. Archaeologia cantiana. ous brotherhoods of Londonand Kent, to celebrate masses for his soul, and the souls of allthe faithful. Item, he ordained, for one window to be made in the northpart of the Church of Eyghtham, near the altar of St. Mary, xxl1 Item, for repairing a road from Crepehourste ... as faras Colverden crouche, xlk. 1 Over Sir Thomas Cawnes monument, on the north side of the chancelof Ightham Church, is a window, of which we have given a representationin the annexed cut. Its position would indicate it to be that which waserected in fulfilment of Sir Thomass Will. We cannot, however, identifyit with certainty, because, although some of the details may appear tocorrespond in date with that of the Will, there are other parts which, aswell as the general character of the masonry, seem clearly to belong tonearly a century later; and these remarks will apply even to some MISCELLANEA. (t The remainder f the sale of all the foresaid manors, to bedistributed for the soul of the foresaid Thomas/1. parts of the monument itself. It may be that the instructions of the Willwere not carried out immediately on the death of Sir Thomas, and thatremovals and repairs may have modified the original composition of thework. Be this as it may, with the Will before us, we have felt justifiedin introducing the cut. In this connection it cannot be without interest,and may well engage the attention and investigation of the archaeologist. 1 The above document is written upon paper, in a hand of about theend of Ed. III. ; and is torn off at this point. There may have beenmore declarations in it, but it seems complete. Although no date is given, we have the pleadings of writs de cui invita in which Lora, as the widow of Sir Thomas, recovers these manorsfrom the feoffees.—47 Ed. III. We therefore date it conjecturally as above. MISCELLANEA. 225 From the document itself and the notes which we have supplied, thefollowing pedigree may be educed :— Sir Thomas Morant =p (Testament of
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