. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE four-centred arches; the? are all of early 17th- century date. The upper part of the north porch is of open timber-work ; the entrance has a pointed-arched open- ing flanked on either side by an opening with a cusped head; the barge-board has plain cuspings; the open sides have square bars at short intervals set diagonally ; it is of early 15th-century work. The earlv 15th-century tower, which is unbut- tressed, is in three stages ; the tower arch is of two orders, the inner order resting upon jambs w
. The Victoria history of the county of Hertford. Natural history. A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE four-centred arches; the? are all of early 17th- century date. The upper part of the north porch is of open timber-work ; the entrance has a pointed-arched open- ing flanked on either side by an opening with a cusped head; the barge-board has plain cuspings; the open sides have square bars at short intervals set diagonally ; it is of early 15th-century work. The earlv 15th-century tower, which is unbut- tressed, is in three stages ; the tower arch is of two orders, the inner order resting upon jambs with capitals and bases ; above the arch may be seen the line of an earlier steep roof to the nave ; the west doorway is of two moulded orders, the inner order forming a pointed arch, the outer being carried square over it ; in the spandrels are shields, all re- paired ; above is a window of two cinquefoiled lights with cusped opening in the head. On the north and west faces of the second stage are two-light windows, and at the belfry stage on each face is a The pulpit is hexagonal and of small dimensions; it has two tiers of plain moulded panels with a carved frieze above and a carved sounding-board over ; it is of early 17th-century date. In the chancel windows and in some of the nave windows are fragments of 15th-century glass, con- taining figures of six of the Apostles, white rose of York, fetterlocks, and Bowyers' flotcs. On the north side of the chancel is a recess with a depressed arch, having cusped and panelled sides and arch, and shields of arms to Francis Poynz, 1528. On the same side is a large canopied tomb to Sir Thomas Foster, with a recumbent effigy clothed in the judges' robes ; he died in 161 2. In front of the tomb is a richly worked railing of wrought-iron. 'I he Fosters were a branch of the Northumberland family. On the south side of the south chapel is a large monument to John Carey, third Lord Hunsdon, and his wife, the founder of the chapel erected by hi
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