T H E PA RIS H A N D CH U RCH OF GODALM I NG .

Pr e fa c e .

H E primitive c h u rc h of an ancient parish which h as long since grown old in a sa cred service invariably s to few if possesses an intere t which , any, other

structures can lay claim . Having escaped the

oblivion which involves the remote past, it sur vives in the light of the present time a s the sole remaining witness of the sentiments and the handiwork of its f f f l its orgotten ounders . I t o ten contains a so within walls evidences of the doings of its guardians of every succeeding age. Such a of e c a n f to relic, with its long roll years and memori s, scarcely ail or s of impress any observer, to engage the sympathie those who f live around and are amiliar with it. of f old The writer the ollowing pages , as an resident in the a of a s of p rish Godalming, and also an architect and a member the ae h a s Surrey Arch ological Society, shared , in common with every other parishioner, in the interest with which its parish church is of regarded . But whatever the degree his interest in the church of o may have been , he had no intention writing a book up n the f f abric . The whole o his ea rlier investigations were made entirely of r of for of on account the att action the subject , and the purpose satisfying himself upon certain statements and theories that had 6 Pr gfa c e.

r to u been advanced in egard the struct re . During this process, on one f a w however, he came up or two unsuspected e tures hich supplied the clue to some of the diffic ulties that had presented f themselves to his mind . These eatures were new to him , and he l h is so fa r thinks they will be new a so to readers , because ( as he has been able to discover) n o reference has ever been made to them in any notes or papers published upon the church either f f or f o o of 1 8 . be ore , at the time , a ter, the restorati n 79 f u r f r Having met with the eat es re erred to, d awings illustrating f them were made, and some notes were written with re erence to f f in thereto, and the in erences that might be drawn there rom c f onnection with other known acts .

a o This was done some years g , and upon the paper and f ae sketches being seen by one or two riends interested in arch ology, these gentlemen strongly advised that the whole shou ld be pub lish ed in a small book . The writer, being well aware that the

was f f paper but a ragment, and that much urther labour and investigation would be required to make it sufficiently complete for of publication , was obliged to lay the whole aside on account f more pressing duties . I n the years that have ollowed he has, at a s long intervals , during very scant leisure , added some items opportunity offered. of Since the idea printing the paper has been entertained , an e to s a r e end avour has been made avoid unnece s y technicaliti s, and to make th e subj e ct a s clear and interesting as its character would f e is admit o . For the sam reason some information which not n e w be eas e e r e e , but which may not ily accessibl to ev yon , has b en e f u gath red rom vario s sources and embodied in this work . The writer wishes to call attention to the distinction between the facts stated in regard to the church and the deductions which he has drawn from them . The latter are the conclusions he has e c Prf a e .

f c f of f s arrived at a ter are ul consideration the act , and these experts (if they should rea d and consider the facts at all) will follow or

reject as the premises may seem to them to require. Although

su f the writer has expressed his own views , he believes he is fic ien tly desirous of elucidating the actual truth to welcome from any quarter any new facts or deductions that would tend to that if r to f end , even such should make it necessa y modi y his own a conclusions upon any of the points tre ted on .

f to Rev . . . of He eels greatly indebted the T S Cooper, Stone

f l h n f o o . t of hurst , Chidding old, one the va ued secre aries the ae for of r Surrey Arch ological Society , not only several items histo y h a s for which he kindly contributed, but also the warm interest he has manifested in the subject since he first became aware of its

Rev to . . . u th e being dealt with ; also especially the L H B rrows, e of th e for for th e est emed Vicar parish , the like interest and facilities that have been kindly accorded for the prosecution of the of of f work . The sources the various items in ormation given are x generally mentioned in the te t.

n C o n t e t s .

CH APTER PAGE 1 TH E PARISH 1 or 1 . THE SITE THE CHURCH H - n ". T E ELEVENTH CENTURY CHURCH v - x . THE TWELFTH CENTURY CHURCH v - . THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH

- V) . THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH Vi F FT St EENTH ENTURv ". THE I EENTH AND C CHURCH v ENT Rv m . THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH C U CHURCH

xx N i N E - . THE ET EN TH CENTURY CHURCH x . SUPPLEMENTARY

x". PRINTS

x1 1 . COATS or ARMS q . MONUMENTS XlV . THE PARISH REGISTERS xv S . THE LAND xV Lrvm c J . THE x e . THE VICARS

I llu t r a t i o n

1 . MAP OF PARISH V A 1 1 . M P OF TOWN SITE Ill F H H v . PLAN O C URC V A T TO W ST LOOK lNG SOUTH I . SECTION E S E K TCH SH WlNG SUPP S D T W R V. S E O O E O E

V K VI . SECTION THROUGH TOWER AND TRANSEPTS LOO ING 4 S K VII . SECTION THROUGH NAVE AND AISLE LOO ING EAST VIII . TOWER ARCHES K Ix. WINDOWS FOUND BLOC ED UP IN WEST TOWER WALL x APEx GAELE . THE SAME AND OF x I C T OP R FS . JUN ION OO xII R . P IMITIVE STONE CHURCH

v xIII. C CHUR H, SHOWING FIRST NORMAN ADDITION a xIv . CHURCH , SHOWING FIRST AND SECOND NORMAN ADDITIONS v xv - . THIRTEENTH CENTU RY CHURCH xvI D . MOUL INGS

xvII . PO PLAN OF RES ND , NORTH NAVE ARCADE xvIII . TOWER ANGLES xI x. TOWER ANGLE (PLAN) xx - P . TIE BEAMS AND OSTS AND BRACES xxI - OUT . SPIRE TIMBERS SHOWING TIE BEAMS CUT

xxII. or P SPIRE TIMBERS, PLAN OSTS W xxIII. STONE IN CHANCEL ALL xxIv F - . OURTEENTH CENTURY CHURCH v xxv . CHURCH SPIRE AT BARNSTAPLE xxvx F . CHURCH SPIRE AT CHESTER IELD Illu str a ti on s .

PLATE xxvII PIPTEENTH SIxTEENT — . AND H CENTURY CHURCH SOUTH WE EW ' ST VI xxvIIi AND T — . SEVENTEENTH EIGHTEENTH CEN URY CHURCH SOUTH WEST VIEW v xxIx . GENERAL OGLETHORPE xxx T OP K . IN ERIOR NAVE LOO ING EAST - or 1 8 I 6 NORTH EAST VIEW CHURCH , POR R P I 8 APPEAL SUBSC I TIONS, 39 NORTH- EAST VIEW OF CHURCH AFTER 1 840 ’ J xxxIV . SANCTE L CHURCH AT ST PETER S PORT, WITH BE L - OP C I 8 NORTH EAST VIEW CHUR H , 79 OF C 1 8 NORTH VIEW HURCH, 99 xxv II E v x . THE SAMU L SPEED

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a e ’ “ 6 , footn ote a n d a te XXXIV o 4 . r P g , P St. Peter s Port r d P - P , ea St. e te r r l f o t. a e 6 ine 2 P g 5 . 4, or Dea n e bold r ea d D a n l f e sh old . a e 6 in e 2 ” P g 7 , I , or Vic c a ra e r ea d W ic c a r l f g ag e .

—A e e e is f s Sp aking g n rally , It ound that pari hes on th e south and east coasts a re much smalle r than those in th e a f th u For e O e to th e e . e wild p rts co ntry north and w st xampl , on e parish in Y orkshire may be mentioned a s having an area Of

- six s e e In th e e Of thirty quar mil s . sam way the divisions the e e S u HOlk s e counti s call d hundreds in , E s x , and Kent, are also e e e much small r in area than many to be found els wher . The re cannot be m u ch doubt that the same cause produced e e h e f h th s variations both in t area s O t e parishes and the hundreds. The y a re re sults which point to th e fact that th e east and south coasts were more t hickly populate d by the i n coming tribes in early times than those parts of th e country more difficult Of access and e for mm se more unsuitabl i ediate ttlement and cultivation . of 1 4O , The county Surrey contains about 3 ld parishes and e is their av rage area about acres each . Whilst this is the c s Of n s ase, the pari h Godalmi g contains acre , or did contain . 2 T/ze P a i M z o r s/z and ( a r c / f Godalming . that quantity until the County Council rece ntly robbed it of a portion . t be e h a s I will seen , ther fore , that this parish an area much to th e beyond th e avera e for th e county Of Surrey . When e is a ddegth e e th e of f abov area ar a Of present parish Chidding old , th e e Of s of and ar a the pari h Haslemere , both Of which were Of s Of originally a art the pari h Godalming, the disproportion es p becom muc greater still . The re a re reasons for this which a careful study of all the facts

e e h is u be . may mak cl ar, but t is a p rsuit which cannot followed here e be Of I t may , how ver, further pointed out that the county Surrey itself affords a remarkable illustration Of the disparity referred to in the areas and ou tlines of parishes in certain districts . On the Of th e f line ancient British trackway, along the North Downs rom e Of east to west, lies a regular s ries compact and comparatively small parishe s posse ssing (for parishes) a striking uniformity th t ' it would be vain to look for else where . 2 e ee n s e c om B tw Croydon and Guildford , upon thi arly line Of m u n ic a tion e e e ea of , are eighte n of th m , with an averag ar about e s e f u acr . Their ave rage l ngth rom north to south is abo t ee e e e a e to es one thr mil s, and th ir av r ge width from ast w t about

e e s e u . mil . The road cross th m in abo t the centre Their extreme le ngth Of about thre e and a half miles from north to south at the e aste rn e n d Of th e serie s ta pe rs down to a point at the western end d e th e W e . Of it, towar s the ford ov r y at Guildford Th e parish es on the continu ation Of this route to Fa rnh a m have th e e h a th f k Of e of much sam C ar cter . On e lan s this lin Compact parishes to the north and south lie others which are ve ry extensive e m in ar a and ost irregular and eccentric in outline . These occupy th e e se Of e e e wild h athlands , or tho parts the county wh r the surfac e r u e e is v y much broken p, or where it may hav b en densely e e e ffi u ea Oc c u wood d or marshy, and cons qu ntly more di c lt of rly u patio in force . In a paper which h a s bee n printed and private ly circulated I made some atte mpt to accou nt for the boundaries of th e Godalming

. Of m e e e a s f parish Some the points ntioned wer , bri fly, ollows

I . That the Shape and area of this parish preclude the notion that it can have be e n de libe rately se t ou t by The odore or St . u n D stan for ecclesiastical purposes . T/ze P a r is/z .

2 s e . That in adopting o p culiar an area for a pa rish regard must have be en ba d to boundaries that had be come fixed u pon the e land b fore Christianity wa s introdu ced . e e h f u f 3. That b for the adoption of C ristianity o r divisions o e h e h e e v iz . t e the land had b come fix d , and t ir boundari s known , , limits of th e e arly se ttle m e nt or vill ; th e limits of the tithing ' Of th e e th e l s or the limits hundr d , and imit of the lord s ham manor. The are a of the h u ndred and the area of th e m an or may have

e e e n ot e e so. been id ntical in som instanc s , but were n c ssarily Whe n Christianity wa s introdu ced it had to make room for and th e s a n d e adapt itself to condition the areas alr ady in existe nce . In a parish like Godalming th e original boundaries of it a re ’ more like ly to have followed those of th e lord s manor than those f su e o any othe r area. Upon ch an hypoth sis it is possible to a u f i s cco nt or t pe culiar shape and great area. Its boundarie s for th e most part follow the stream or valley or othe r promin e nt natural obj e cts that in th e earlie st instances were generally adopted s to de fine the divi ions of se parate te rritorie s . ’ Th e lord s manor is al so th e area wh ich most probably became ’ th e e u se th e e e es u e parish , b ca in arli st tim , pon the lord s conv rsion h e o e th e e e e K to Christianity , f llow d xampl of his chi f or ing and introduce d and maintained a priest a s missiona ry within his own domains . Small and compact pa r ishe s we re probably the areas of on e e e e e e t s u s a s e Singl arly S ttl m n , but ch a pari h Godalming must hav contained many e arly se ttle me nts groupe d unde r th e powe r of one lord . Chapter ij .

/zu r c /t T/ze Site of t/ze C .

H E parish of Godalming having by some such process a s that suggeste d obtained its are a a n d b e its s e e u e oundari s and mi sionary pri st, r q ir d a or s e th e u f of church , at the least a it for pli ting the cross and th e assembli ng of th e pe ople . There is a spot in th e parish wh ich h a s a ve ry e e f h e c a n suggestiv nam , but I ear not ing definit e e e f th e Lla na wa ver be ascertain d re arding it . I r er to name y Lla n a wa h is n o e r a n d xe or y Cross. ame is not m d n , was not fi d , be e f . c a n e like those we at pr sent use , by ancy or caprice I t trac d ba e of th e f e u so e is ck to the arly years ourteenth c nt ry , that th re every probability of its having been handed down from far earlie r It s f e e . s times Cymric prefix Llan , igni ying an nclosur , and more or W s often the sacred enclosure church , is very common in ale , f h e a but is very foreign and solitary in this part o t country . W s there e ve r a cross he re in th e days of the Ancie nt Britons during u th e a n d the Roman occ pation , and did Saxon conquerors spare r th e e le of enslave , or mar y enough of ar i r inhabitants this place to e e u s a s e of th e e pres rv and continue this name to , w ll as that riv r and the hill n ot fa r from the same spot " I f we could a nswe r these qu estions we might have to revise our Vie ws as to the site of r Bu t ou earlie st Christian worship . no certainty on such a point is ever likely to be attained . r z T/ze Site of tbe Cf m c f .

In f e fe e to I ea u to o a the paper be or re rr d , end vo red sh w th t the spot first chosen for the Christian Church was often the same as that which had been sacred to th e deitie s of the people during th f is n to e time o their hea the n worship . This k own have been ’

e e e . u at the case, among oth r plac s , at Chich ster, at St Pa l s , and

e ee e . Westminst r , and in thirt n heathen t mples in Rome itself e e is u e a s But th r still greater reason for the s gg stion , it was thus “ e e Gre r f e el r on order d by Pop y, that a t r mature d ibe ation the ’ ff of En lisfi e th e a airs the g , he r solved that idol temples in that ‘ ’ u to nation o ght not be destroyed , but only the idols within them ; a fter which the te mples be ing purified with holy water F r if we re to have altars erected and relics placed in the m . o those te mple s are we ll built it is requ isite that they be converted f s of of God rom the wor hip devils to the service the true , that n e m v the ation , not s eing those temples destroyed , may re o e th e God error from their hearts, and knowing and adoring true , may the more familiarly resort to the same places they were

wont . Now of d f th e , in the parish Go alming, and about a mile rom t - e e e of Tu e sle e own to the south w st , li s the villag y, and this villag is alle ged on good authority to have got its name from the heathe n od Tiw th e of g , as Tuesday, third day the week , has also done. It may be reasonably su pposed from the name of this hamle t a of Tiw od that the ltar or Tew , the g of war, was in its Vicinity ; th e more so as it was th e custom of the Saxons to place th e s of th e e of e e th e altar their gods in bord rs their settl m nts, and Tu esle y valley and th e hill sloping towards it formed the most e xcelle nt natural boundary for the mark of the earliest settlers of t h e town site . e h e th e N ar t is haml t is a field which was called minster field, and it h a s long bee n known that a church of some kind existed

. e s t a o th e there Its sit was di covered some thir y years g , when foundations of a small Church were uncovered and some skeletons A . n ow were dug up cross set up in the field marks the spot . Th e following note has refe re nce to this church : e e in e to o e a Th r is also a fi ld belonging Godalming, v r ag inst Tewsle e e w y, a Chapel dedicat d to the Bless d Virgin , here first e was situat d the Church of Godalming . Celebrations are held 6 T/te Pa r is/t a n d C/za r c a o f Godalm ing .

e e s th e e th e th rein only three tim in y ar, on Purification , the th e o of e s Vigil of Assumpti n , and the Nativity the Bl sed Virgin ; and this is done solely on accou nt of th e reverence which

attaches to that place . The re h a s e xiste d also on the sam e spot ” - s a burial ground from the time of yore . i h s t e e s . e to This an extract from R gi ter of St Osmund , r lating a visitation made to Godalming by Dean Wanda in 1 2 20. I t e stablishe s the fact of th e first parish ch u rch known to u s having e Tu esle th e e th e e been in a field n ar y, and discov ry in minster fi ld e for u s th e e a th fix s xact site of this church . Th t e first Church of th e parish (in Saxon times) was there in the borde r of th e early e e a Tu esle e s ttlem nt , and so near to the h mlet of y, r nders it very probable that th e early Christia ns he re acted in th e manner rec om e e e u se of e e to m nd d by Pope Gregory , and mad the Shrin sacr d a e Te w for e the he th n deity th ir own worship . The foundations which were discove red in the minste r fi eld on e e 2 1 1 e e e , 4, S indicated oblong apartm nt by f t and anoth r imilarly a s th e e u t placed to a chancel , but as wide first apartm nt and abo 1 h e 1 e . e u t e fe t long Across this apartm nt , in abo t centr , was a f u th e s e 2 1 o ndation dividing space into two part , ach about by e th e e x e e e n d e e s e 5 fee t . In the compartm nt at tr m nine sk l ton w re f n e to e a t e e n d ound , lyi g ast w st , and the oth r of the building, in

e e e two e e e n . the apartm nt first nam d , wer crush d sk l to s The exact characte r and the date of these founda tions have not 1 2 h e e . e e 20 t e been det rmin d Th y were probably anci nt in , when practical abandonme nt of this spot as a place of regular worship ffi Th e e wa s seems to have bee n o cially recognised . sit no doubt e th e e originally woodland , and whilst admirably adapt d for c ll of e ee e e e on e th e e e a solitary , cannot hav b n a v ry conv ni nt for p opl “ of Godalming when they had e ntirely e mbraced th e n e w faith . The first se ttle rs upon the town site may not have be e n m ore numerou s than those of several othe r groups within th e area of th e pa rish but th e position of this group a t th e j u nction of a rive r and a a n d e th e e e e re stre m , at a ford ov r riv r, soon s cur d for it a p e e It wa s e e e e e se th e min nce. vid ntly v ry arly r cogni d as most e a s e its e th e e important centr , it gav nam not only to whol parish ,

“ Th e Old u r at Bu sbrid e as th e a e Godelm n a e Old ch ch g , Ch p l in y g c ll d

M nster th e e e er n r u wa s ra te wa r . La u re e y , with c m t y lyi g o nd it, g n d by Ed d VI to nc Elliot as a cha pel .

T/ze e o th e C/za r c iz Sit f .

but also to one of the eleven divisions of the county known a s

the Hundred . e of The accompanying map (Plate I I . ) will show the sit the e original town and its surroundings . The r lative importance of the place in ve ry early times would le ad us to e xpe ct that the Clergy and the pe ople would soon realize th e nece ssity of placing a its e to church in immediate vicinity . Some att mpt accomplish n in th r this might have be en made in the eighth or th e centu y . of a e e of Churches that g were gen rally constructed timber, having e ither a ske leton wooden frame cove red with a wattle or e e or f e of hurdl enclosur , were otherwise orm d upright Slabs , the

f n of e e e . roo s bei g always timb r , and gen rally thatch d is f n e o It recorde d o St . Dunstan that upon o ccasion he put h is shoulder to the corne r of a church and pushed it into a true e I . f is e e e r Ori ntal position this not pur ly l g nda y , it must have e a e referr d to such a Church s above describ d . e s b le e e r Th e tim er, watt d, and thatch d church s , from their ve y e u be th e e e e t natur , co ld not enduring . I n days of fr qu nt strif hey we re th e most te mpting obj e cts for the e nemy to plunder and set wa s s fire to . During the Danish inroads this con tantly done . This dange r was one of the cause s that le d to the desire for more substantial buildings in stone, although there were doubtless other u th n d ca ses that operated to e same e . ii Chapter j .

f T/ze E/e v ea t/z - Cen tury C/zu r c /z Sax onj

H ERE was a stone church erecte d at th e Godalming

settlement at a comparatively early date . The following pages are devote d to an e xam ination of e e u the pr sent structure , and contain som acco nt of an e ndeavour to trace th e ea rly church by th e vestige s of early work Still remaining in the

building. fa r a s e a re ea e s So I know, th re no rly docum nt that throw much Th e e light upon the history of this church . only ancient r cords e known to me are in the building itself, and to rightly deciph r these it is necessary to exe rcise a great deal of patie nt investiga tion . It will not do hastily to found a theory of th e bu ilding upon e f e s for s th e som solitary eatur , or to as ign dates its con truction by e n present app arance of an arch or a window or mouldi g, and e e we see is without consid ring wh ther what really original , and whethe r ou r conclusions a re consistent with all the other facts and t circumstances which bear upon h e same matte r. s u a s The illustration (Plate I I I . ) hows a gro nd plan of the church

- it exists and is known to us to day . to e a s fa r The problem be d alt with is to trace as possible , by o u the vestiges which this church c ntains , the original b ilding and u e fi wa s any s bs quent modi cations of it . An attempt made to do 1 8 u e this in 79, d ring the tim of the last restoration , when many fe e e e ancient atures before hidd n were brought to light . Th s chie fly consisted of portions of e a rly windows and th e base

’ z - t Ma t T/ze Elev en t/ Cen ury ( rei ( Sax on) . 9

n - l f of o e door jamb in the present chancel wa ls . Remains o

a b 6 . the windows may be seen in the section (Plate I V. ) at , , of to At the same time , the western wall the tower was said be e h e in a dangerous condition , and was str ngthened by having t re iron rods passed through it , by which it was bolted up . This

PLATE IV . wea kness was said to have been caused by this side of the tower AS of v u Old . ha ing been built pon an gable a proof this, a gable - e e e f of th e coping stone , discov r d on the astern ace wall , and a

of e wa s e e to. portion which may still be s en , ref rr d The position e r / /za r I 1 0 T/z P a i s z and C c / qf Godalming . of this gabl e coping - stone is shown in tra n v e rse section th rough ’ e a t a Th e 6 e tow r (Plate stone is about inch s thick, and at present is flush with th e wall surface . e e e s e th e e u t In consequenc of th s di coveri s , th ory p forward and published anonymously in 1 8 79 as to th e primitive church wa s : That it consisted of on e Oblong apart I h __ me nt e nclosed by the pre se nt walls of th e Chance l and th e tower ; that th e we ste rn wall of th e towe r wa s the weste rn e n d of this e th e primitiv Church , gable of which had been subsequently raised to form th e we ste rn towe r

wall . It wa s alleged that th e towe r had been c on structe d upon this end

wall , and on the two return side - walls of the th e old church , and that e e e fourth , or ast rn sid e e of the tow r, had b en form ed by bu ilding a n e wwall and arch across th e E church at . The ske tch and out e a e lin pl n (Plat V . ) will e A te PL TE V . indicat what was sta d e to hav been done . e e e n ew The old church being thus conv rt d into a chanc l , a nave was u e e e th e s e s pposed to hav b n built at ame tim . The towe r bu ilt in th e way above describe d was re ferred to as a re markable instance of engineering skill displayed by th e Norman u b ilde rs . e e e To this th ory , upon consideration , som s rious objections PLATE V I .

T/Ie Elev en t/z- Century C/za r c /z Sax on)

t e th e of presen th mselves . First , the old windows and part a door discove re d in th e Chance l wa lls are u ndoubted Norman h e e e . e e t work I t would th refor follow , according to th ory stat d , n s u n u that the Norma s fir t b ilt a plai oblong ch rch , and then ove r th e ir own ch u rch constru cte d a towe r in th e way de scribe d for th e towe r is by this write r al so de scribed as Norman h m work . I t was not a like ly thi ng to have be e n done by t e Nor ans a n h u h u s e on e e . to y c rc , but l ss so to of th ir own building S ppo ing e e e s e e th e it to hav b n done, it may be a k d why they mad archway th e ffe e th e e " into nave di r nt to that into chanc , and why both of ff th e e th e e e se e e . e th s di er from sid arch s ( Plat VI I I ) also , why t was e t th e e e n d eas wall mad hicker than sid or walls , and why th e was e so e e tower mad irregular in shap , non of its Sides being

- Old Ila vc a rd ' z d zc mwlCl1 l émn s ora rc qh .

PLATE VIII .

n n equal and none of its a gle s right a gles . All these points present th e e difficultie s to th e acce ptance of th ory .

wa s th e - At th e same time there gable Coping stone in th e we st of th e be e e wall tower to account d for, and although it was a slend r u e u in poin t to fo nd such a th ory pon , what other way could its existence the re be e xplained I t occurred to me th at if this were e a s e e u u th e really a gabl coping, all g d , it wo ld run all thro gh wall f Bu t s and show on th e other side o it . this other ide of the wall could not be inspected it was just that part of it which seemed im ’ 1 T/ze Pa r i s/z C/za r c fi 2 ana of Godalming .

of ou t of . possible access, and which was sight above the nave ceiling e th e wa s e e e e Some years ago, wh n church b ing cl an d , an un xpected ffe e m n e t Opportunity o r d itself, and I a aged to g through a small trap th e e e e e Th e - is door into spac ov r the nav c iling. trap door at the e e n d of th e h e e of th e f extrem western the nave, so that w ol l ngth roo e e to e h u had to be trav rs d reach the towe r wall . Having cr pt t ro gh e e th e of e the long avenu of timb rs , which had dust ag s lying thick e as e th e e upon th m , soft as velv t to touch , I look d long and

u - care f lly at the wall for the gable coping stone . No indication of wa s to be s e u such a thing een , high or low, but very clos p th e e s of th e na Ve th e e e under til roof, in v ry rough ston work , e e e th e e e th e s of th e th r app ared irr gular lin s , marking rai ing wall

f . rom an old gable Looking closer, the extreme point showed

i ' Ins de Ou lS i dc . X PLATE I .

e e e e e signs of having b en tak n down and r built , and ther furth r e e e of two app ar d , v ry indistinctly , some sign round holes having s be en filled up . The e , on full examination , I found to be two

e e e s . e e e e e circular windows , lik two y hole Th y w re p rf ct in shap , and th e rough plaste r was still u pon them (Plate Whe n all this was care fully measured and draw n to scale it appeare d that th e lines of this rough gable - point we re some fee t an th e - s e th e e s e highe r up th coping ton on oth r id of the wall , also that the two e ye holes we re higher up tha n th e same coping ; it appeared also that th e ou tside of th ese two little windows was e t i n side e wa s the eastern or b lfry side , and tha the of th m the western or nave side . This discovery is shown on th e two a c c ompa n ymg ske tches T/ze Elev en t/z- Century C/za r c fi Saxon 1 3

IX W e e . e (Plat s and Th se two little windows, as ill be s en

e 800 e a o. further on , w re blocked up nearly y ars g For all that, they le t a good deal of light into my mind on the inquiry in hand . e a s e e f to th e First th y indicated that , th ir outsid ace was east e e e to th e e th e u e and th ir insid fac w st , primitive ch rch which th y e on th e e e th e e s e s light d was w st sid , and not on ast id of thi wall , e e e h e e 1 8 e e w as had b en sugg st d in t pamphl t of 79. N xt th y sho ed th e e e of e th e e me that east rn fac the wall , b ing outsid was originally to i t e open l gh and air, and not Shut in at this h ight by a church on th e e th e se e sit of pre nt Chanc l . W e wa s th e e on its f e hat, th n , gabl stone in this wall outer ac and under the two small windows

~w¢ ¢ E a s t S i d e

e e Now, wh n a roof abutt d against a wall , built up higher than was a to e th e e itself, it usu l proj ct a stone in wall a littl distance ove r the roof line as a weathe r or drip - stone to make th e junctio n s be tween roof and wall more secure . What this upposed coping stone really indicate s is th e fact that there was once a span roof e e th e e e und r it, low r down than two windows, and cov ring som Th e h apartm e nt eastwards . highe r gable and t e windows Clearly wa s v indicate that the re also a highe r roof o e r som e apartme nt

e . e e e e a s in th e e w stward So we hav th s two facts Cl arly, n xt e e X I : one f e one e Sk tch (Plat ) higher roo going w st , and low r r goin e ast from this pa ticular wall . But this is e xactly th e thing wh ici always happe ns at th e wall betwee n th e nave and th e chance l of a small Church . ’ 1 Ti P r sfi C/za r c fi o . 4. m a i a Go a mi na f d l ng

e I t may be concluded , then , that the primitive Church her had a nave and chance l the nave to the west and the chancel to e of e th e the ast this wall, as indicat d on last sketch . th e h a s ee e Now, in Godalming church nave b n length ned twice, th e ee e e e fe e e and points from which it has b n l ngth ned , by a r r nc h e a re e be e t . e e e e to plan , Cl arly to s en B for any l ngth ning took place it wa s about 30 fee t long ; this le ngth comprise s the first es e of th e w Th e u two arch w st to er. Space p to this point was of our first nave . The walls th e towe r itself make e xactly the u e o tline s of a chanc l appropriate to such a nave . Regarding these of e" e u a e as the walls the first chanc , all those p c li riti s in the odd of e shape the tower, its unequal sides and the varying thickness s

PLATE XI .

f f r f e fe be o . of its walls be ore r rred to, can satis actorily accounted its e ou t For instance , lying obliqu ly and of square with the nave, as shown on the plan ° this wa s done of se t purpose in some e th e e e church s , and was said , In laborat symbolism of those same th e of or later times, to indicate the inclination of head the

Sav iour upon th e Cross . Th e arch be twee n th e nave and chancel was an old round on e ffe e e e headed and plain , and the di rence b tw n it and that in e e e e th e e the e ast rn tow r wall is at onc account d for, latt r having been made afte rwards when th e new Chance l was built . This wall appears to have been thicke ne d ou t on its we ste rn side to form the - I T/ze Eiev en t/z Century C/za r c /z ( Sax on) . 5

e of r cess in the jambs and archway , and to bring the walls the e towe r ove r it more n early squar . m a th e e e a e e I t y, I think, from pr mises stat d , be s f ly conclud d h s th e of th e e e e t at thi was form primitiv church , and that it has b n found to lie in th e heart of th e pre se nt buildi n g . I t was not u ntil afte r the se concl u sions h a d be e n arrived at upo n th is line of reasoning th at I saw for th e first time some notes ’ e v ills h e th e e of of Mr . N , in which stated that during alt rations 1 8 79 on the towe r wall and unde r th e drip - stone were traces of an old roof ; and also that at one of the easte rn corne rs of th e nave an an gle stone was fou nd in such a position as to indicate a wall e e two f c on going westward . Th s acts exactly coincide with the elusions arrived at . th e u e e Now , q stion aris s as to when this primitive church was e e H ea le s on built , and how arly it r ally is . Major , in his paper th e 1 8 66 e wa s t church in , said the tow r the oldes part , but that 1 1 AS u n e o e 0. ot ther appeared n thing earli r than about 7 he co ld , th e of h is e e e of e at date pap r, hav the b nefit mor recent dis c ov er ies h is e to guide him , statements upon this point n ed some to f adjustment make them accord with the acts now known. My opinion is that this chu rch was built be tween the years

1 000 1 0 0 . u and 5 The two small windows which I fo nd would , I

t e . e a re e th e think , warran this early dat Th y lit rally what Saxons e ea th r ls e e e e e e call d y , or y hol s, and w r not mad with wrought ’ In e . f stonework or pr pared for any glass addition to this act , it h a s already bee n shown that this Ch u rch e xiste d be fore th e long e wa s chancel , and that chanc l , without question, Early Norman I e w w . t a s ork follows that the church its lf, to which it an addition , wa s e e e e e e s still arli r , and if arli r, almost of n c s ity Saxon . Church building be cam e v e ry active soon after the dawn of the

ma be a e e a th e r u a r s s P a IX It y ll g d th t two ci c l window hown in l te . have no distinctive fea tu res so pronou nced as to wa rra n t th e inference tha t they a re of Sa xon r a s a n d t a e r f r a nd se u be er s r a t wo km n hip , h t th i o m ction wo ld not v y di co d nt wi h th e r of a u a er e . u s be e e e er a e cou ld wo k m ch l t tim It m t conc d d, how v , th t th y ha ve been ma de a t a very ea rly date ; a n d it will be seen that th e argu ment for their r rests r r r a ntiqu ity he e on othe g ou nds than thei ou tline a nd deta il . Au thentic exa mples of Sa xon circu lar Windows a re too sca rce to ena ble a nyone to spea k with r on th e r u of e r s ru B ce ta inty g o nd th i imple const ction alone . u t it a ppears certa in in this ca se tha t these were th e windows of a chu rch which existed before th e er an d a e ere e u al of th e er e ra se a e e tow , th t th y w block d p to low tow b ing i d bov th m . ese s era s ass for e a er ear a Th con id tion ign th m v y ly d te. 1 6 T/ze Paris}: and C/tn r c /z of Godalming e e e e e f e u of e e l venth c ntury , and many church s b or b ilt wood w r e u e e then r b ilt in stone . From the fact that chart rs befor that e e e th e e n d th e e e time oft n r f r to approaching of world, it has b n u h wa s e e e th e e 1 000 tho ght t at this day of doom xp ct d in y ar , and e e e e e that wh n that y ar had b n saf ly passed , and Doomsday had not m e e e u e e b e u . e r ally co , ston ch rch s b g an to b ilt This is rath r f is e e e e of anciful , but it , n verth l ss, a fact that church s, and many h s e e th e th e e e e t em In ton , w re built In first half of lev nth c ntury, e e ea e u insomuch that Glab r, a writ r of that day , sp king of this f at re e e e th e not only In England , but ov r Europ , r marks that world “ ’ appeared to be putting on a white Robe Church building wa s “ e u e th e much ncouraged by Canute, who b ilt church s in all “ e e h e e n plac s wher had fought , and it went on with incr asi g h s u e vigour durin the re ign of t e Confessor. The mall ch rch s of that time h a gmostly a nave and a short chancel such a s th e one found here. h i e e Th e e . ts sk tc , then (Plate X I I in main outlin s may be tak n e e e Th e ou r to r pr s nt our primitive stone church . church In which e a th e red for or e of Saxon anc stors worship , for the rit s baptism , aI wa h marriage or bu ri s something like this sketch . Edward t e e of to th e Conf ssor, as lord the manor, may have contributed m e n building of this church . I t was standing here when the of to e the Royal Vill followed Harold S nlac , and was so found by th e Normans when they first came upon th e scene and took

Th e n th - e be possession . two small wi dows and e drip ston will see n in the sketch to fall into their proper places over the chancel roof

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- - T/ze Twefi t/z Century C/za r c /z ( N orman) .

H E n e w Norman owne rs we re not likely to be long satisfied with such a Church as that describe d . After th e necessary disturbances of conquest and s e as h e e ettlem nt, and as soon t ey f lt thems lves e n ew e securely established in th ir properties, th y undertook alterations and additions on a scale in e accordance with th ir own ideas . I n this part of the country th e Saxon incumbe nt of the time of the Conquest may have remained in posse ssion until his death . e e of t e Howev r that may have be n , the lapse twen y y ars saw Duke William in peaceable possession of th e manor of Godalming inste ad of Edward the Confessor Ranulf Flambard in possession of e of Tu esle the church inst ad of Ulmer, and the manor of y of Leofwin of a instead ; Odo, Bishop Baye ux, in possession of the manor of Fa r n c om be instead of A n sg ot ; and Tez elin in possess ion of the manor of H u rtm e re instea d of Alwin . f was f Ranul Flambard young at this time, but grew amous , e a of of and b came also the De n Christchurch and Bishop Durham , u e u of e Justiciar to William Ruf s, a gr at b ilder church s, priories, e u castles, bridges, etc . As he gazed upon the simpl Saxon ch rch it may easily be imagined that h e formed an early resolve to try h r 1 0 1 0 his own and upon it . Between the yea s 93 and 99 he e was busily ngaged upon the priory at Christchurch , Hants , and f may not h ave begun here in earnest until a ter that time . ’ 1 8 le s i C/zn r c /z o Ti Pari i ana f Godalming .

b He egan his work in the way most usual at the time, and in on th e the way , whole , that was most reasonable and convenient ; t d in short , in such a way as sentimen and circumstances woul Th e for dictate . old nave was large enough and good enough its t of th e e - purpose , tha accommodating conquered and ov r borne e wa s v f for its Saxon laity . The old chanc l small and ery in erior h v iz . s e purpose, , the accommodation of Norman priest . He t er fore de cided first of all to build an e ntirely new chancel eastward of of the original one , and this comparatively magnificent propor as om tions . This was a convenient arrangement, the work took s e to be time do, and the old church could used without much inter th e e A t th e t ruption all tim . same time a shor tower constructed over th e old chancel walls would just give that hint and suggestion of the Norman castle which it may have be en thought prudent to e - to as as to supply as an obj ct lesson the alien parishioners, well e of provid a stronghold in the event emergency . When this chancel and tower are built the building presents the appear ance shown in the next sketch (Plate A buttress of was t to existed at the end the Saxon chancel , or then buil the west of the n e w doorway to make a proper con nection be tween a s e as to e the new and old work , w ll add strength aft r forming the archway in the e ast wall of the Old chancel . This buttress l of th e remains to the present time , a so parts three windows and

e Of - S the bas one of the door jambs shown in this ketch , to indicate e with c rtainty all these features . I have no doubt that a tower was built during the erection of or i h e . t as this chancel , immediately after it As been stat d , the w of alls the old chancel roughly formed a square, although this h to n c ancel was a little longer east west tha north to south, and two of its no sides were equal and none angles truly square. But as of unequal and misshapen they were, the walls this Old chancel s ffi to e on were thought u ciently good carry up the tow r , and b of e dint some doctoring and twisting and asing it was done . With a ll m e ot e the sche ing, however, the tow r was never g truly squar , a nd the di vergence is sufficie nt to be seen by the e ye with out l in - app y a test . Any Observer may notice that the south east

0 e th e - e angle the tower is obtus and south west angle acut , the result of having to contrive the erection upon the ancient rh om

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boida l e was n ot t r s to es chanc l . The tower at firs ai ed its pr ent to t w height, but tha sho n in the Sketch only. r to f r th e wa ll I n aising the chancel walls orm this towe , gable of th e a Th e o n ve was used as its western side . extreme p int was off wa s w fe to taken , and then it that the little indows re rred in the foregoing pages were blocked u p and forgotten until discovered and brought to light again a few years a go u nder the circumstances b before descri ed . It is quite possible that if the builders of that time had contem plated carrying up such a tower and spire a s were afterwards n ot w erected , they would have trusted the old gable wall ith the w . e to as weight of it Wh n the next addition the tower made, the knowledge that this had ever bee n a gable wall may have been

t. of 1 8 los As the author the pamphlet published in 79, to which r f h as e to h e e erence been made, app ars ave thought that the tow r its f t was carried to ull height by the Normans, and that the ower a re e of n lights model exampl s Norma work , it may be stated that a e of e of car ful examination the masonry , esp cially on the inside the

f e to . tower, is quite su ficient to convince any obs rver the contrary in e of There are the inner angl s the tower, at the height which be a as or two may t ken that of the first Norman parapet, or three e ax d quoin stones of the same kind as those in the outer angles . A bov e these the inner facings of the walls are much more truly l il u t.

w w as The tower indows , too , hich were mentioned good spe cimens of the Norman (I suppose in consequence of their being to u a e e or thought have Circ lar he ds) , w re r ally not Norman circular e headed at all . Some , through having be n clumsily mended , are more depressed than Circular, whilst some others are still distinctly pointed . Their outline has been m uch interfered with by the slips that have been plastered on to the jambs to hold the louvres . H ea les as Major , in his paper, rightly described them lancet windows . n ew e With the Norman chanc l and this first tower complete, I f think nothing more was attempted for some years . Be ore long the possibility and advantage of transepts must have suggested t themselves o Ranu lf Flambard or h is successors . These would m l r ake the Church cruciform on p an , and much mo e imposing in e e app aranc . They we re the next structural work undertaken . 2 0 771 6 Pa r i s/z a n d C/za r c /z of Godalming .

Had th e tower and transepts bee n planned together at one w th e time and as one ork, it is tolerably certain that transepts e n w as we wou ld have b e made as ide the tower, whereas the to r 1 6 e e n 1 2 e 9 , 4 is fe t inches wid and the tra sept f et inches (both e m asured inside) . The reason for this will be seen by a glance at l the ast sketch .

on f - The nave projects a little from the tower the le t hand side,

- and the buttress doe s the same on th e right hand side . The is e so transept tucked in between thes two projections , and be comes narrower than the tower by the thickness of its side walls . e e as Aft r the trans pts had been built , the church appeared shown in th e next Sketch (Plate Th e small side windows two th e e in of transept walls still r main . The chancel , transepts , e e of n and tower p rfected the pur ly Norman work the buildi g, and ’ realized Ranulf Flambard s conception for th e improvement of the of h is primitive Church parish . In the absence of record it is not easy to date an old building a s n ow m e e exactly , especially works done in onths then ext nd d

e ea . e e . ov r y rs The date can , how ver, be stated approximat ly The work now described may have been begun be fore the yea r

I 1 00. I think that the chancel and towe r were certainly done ’ e a 1 1 28 e b fore R nulf Flambard s death in . The transepts are mor likely to have bee n done by his successors within th e fifty years f ollowing . The question may he re arise a s to whether the Normans did n e w e not, in addition to putting on a chanc l , a tower, and r e th e e of t ansepts , also construct narrow aisl s on north and south sid

- f th e w e . nave, ith low lean to roo s and cler story windows over The e of nav walls are high enough for the purpose , but if anything this

w e no m . kind ere don , vestige of it re ains Some of the arches still existing on th e south side of the nave and in the tra nsepts a re very w f th e s early ork, and this fact rather avours view that they are al o s e th e e the first which were con truct d in these positions . At sam e th e l a s time, som of the arch stones of south chantry arcade ook if e f e of th e they had b en used be or , and a portion hood moulding looks as though worked ou t to fit an arch with a sharper curve than that to which it is now fitted .

v Chapter .

Tao Tni r teen tn- Century Cfia r c b ( Ea r iy E li t ng si ) .

N the yea r 1 1 5 5 an event happened which ma y have f indirectly affected th e future of th e abric . At that e time Henry I I . , b ing in possession of the manor o al i of G d m ng, and having more need of a castle at e e th e Deviz s, th n in the hands of Bishop of Sarum , e x e e mad an e chang , wh reby the manor of Godal th e a ming came into h nds of Jocelyn de Bohun , a s Bishop of Salisbury . Within this manor, named under the e wa s head of the Church lands and livings, th re a rectory manor of u 00 e e th e abo t 3 acres which Henry I . had alr ady grant d to See of a th e al f e S lisbury , together with advowson of God ming , and a t r ’ Flambard s death prese ntations to th e Church we re made from r - Sa um . This rectory manor pa id a sma ll quit rent to the ma nor of a n d wa s e . Godalming, otherwise independ nt Church building procee ded ra pidly in all pa rts of the country in the twelfth Century , and before the end of it the Early English e m w e a style had volved itself. The ste Norman ork c ased to s tisfy n e w th e of e the owners of living and lords the manor, who w re so e a a soon to raise magnific nt a pile as S lisbury C thedral , and e e e w they proj ct d furth r orks . I n the four recesses made by th e angles of th e cruciform Church e e l th e e . e to additions w r planned and carri d out , viz , a south ais 2 Ti m Pa r is/z Ci mr c z 2 and i of Godalming .

o - a n d nave and a n rth aisle to match it, also a lean to north chantry - e a n d to r a span roofed south chantry , and during thes works , c own th e was e the whole, tower raised and a spir of wood constructed u e e pon it . Th s works large ly converted the church from a purely u - o- Norman structure into an p t date Early E n glish church . This work was going on whilst the ba rons were extorting the Great f f n of th e f Charter rom King John , and rom the remai s work le t u s it could nearly all have been carried out between th e years 1 200 1 2 2 e e e wa s and 0. Th r is gr at probability that this period u e as e n 1 2 20 e the act al tim , D an Wa da, in , mad the visitation th e a s to old before referred to, respecting which entry the parish Tu esle wa s church in the y field made . a 1 200 s a m At, or rather e rlier than , the year , one Ma ter Willi e n a n d o of r signed the livi g of Godalming, Saveri , Archdeacon of r e h is e Northampton and Treasurer Salisbu y, grant d to belov d de th e a r of clerk , Richard Chiddingfold, Vic age of his church l wa s th e of Goda ming. This Richard instituted by Bishop ’ t a 1 2 20 was Winton o the living . At Wanda s visit tion in it e recorded that he, Richard , had be n Vicar a long time , but had f e w never resided . I t is there or probable that all the ork done in converting the Church from a purely Norman stru cture into one of an Early English character wa s carried ou t u nde r this Richard de f h i e Chiddingfold or some o s representatives . During the sam years a fine new Early English church was being erecte d in Chiddingfold itself. I have name d the chantries on th e north and south of the e on a n d th e chanc l , the aisles the north south of the nave , raising t as f of the ower, and the building of a spire, all alling within this

. m early period At the sa e time, in my opinion , a new roof was n put on the ave. The church then appeared as shown in sketch (Plate I n stating a ll the se additions to have bee n made within the first of th e e do not for e t a m quarter thirteenth c ntury, I that I at a r e e l v ianc with conclusions that have b en , and t at may certain y f r of of be, drawn rom a supe ficial survey some portions the church F as n ow . or c existing example, the spire Shown in the sket h r is not that now to be seen , and the a cade on the north side of the nave is evide ntly considerably later in date than that on h e h e t . r t south side Taking the seve al arches within church , and — - E . PLATE XV . THIRT ENTH CENTURY CHURCH

- t n 2 T/zi r teen t/z Century C/za r c i ( Ea r iy E g lis/z) . 3 leaving ou t of consideration th e two we ste rnmost arc hes of th e on a s es n ow xi s is nave each Side late additions, the old t e ting the was on e Norman arch betwe en the towe r and the chancel . There th e b u t was e still older between the tower and nave , this r moved 1 8 two of a e s in 79. The next in point g are the north and outh

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e e e tower arches , Op ning into the north and south transepts ; th s e th e wer the first pointed arches made in e church . Following thes on come the western arch , south transept the arches the south side of th e nave ; the two on the north side of the chancel the eastern e th e we e e e t n arch , south trans pt st rn and ast rn arches, nor h tra sept l 2 . le P a r is/z C/ mr c /z 4 Go m in . Ti ana of dal g

th e two arches on the south side of th e chancel ; and last of this h " t e th e e of th e e . series , two arches on north sid nav From th e fact that the two last - named arches a re of the latest e th e a no dat in above series , it may be thought th t there is evide nce l e ft us of the re e ve r having been a north arcade and th e to aisle similar to those on south side , as I have stated have e f e . o be n the case I n support my statement , how ver , it may be alleged that a n early north aisle was extremely probable for when three other of the angle s forme d by the cross plan were bein e h e s is fou rtfi fill d up by aisles and c antri , it hardly likely that the would be left unoccupied ; th e presumption would be Strongly in

favour of there having be e n a north aisle built at th e same time . And what appears so probable a s having been th e case becomes ce rtain whe n the following points are n oted Th e pie r and re sponds of the two early and corresponding e of e a re arches on the south sid the nav circular, and have a diameter of 2 feet 2 inches the pie r and responds of the north arcade a re octagonal . Th e ce ntre pie r is also 2 feet 2 e i n inch s width , and each of is 1 1 its sides inches wide , but the responds arepeculiar. Each whole face is only 1 0 of 1 1 V inches wide instea L T . d P A E X II e inch s , and the returns on of n to each side , instead goi g back at right angles a north and u e e so th axis, splay out , as shown in sketch (Plat Thes e t a peculiariti s occur in both responds, and mus have some speci l

e a s e be so f . caus , they would scarc ly built rom Choice By the circular line s on th e plan enclosing the lines of the e e if e e r spond, it will be s en that these r sponds wer originally

Th e ar u s u s of th e ar a es are s on Pla te XVI. a nd v io mo lding c d hown , these will ena ble readers who are conversa nt with th e su bject to form their own

u s s fa r as ese s ars a a i u . Th e ar s es V u ss rs concl sion o th p e d t g ve a n y cl e ch ton ( o oi ) of th e a r es th e u s a s r a u two ch on so th ide of th e nave sc a rcely look to be o igin lly b ilt. ese a r es e th e a r th e es of th u ra se s s of ree Th ch , lik ch on w t e so th t n pt, con i t th e ers ea bu t e on e th e ress a th e C a fers or s a s th e m mb ch, giv imp ion th t h m pl y on two u er s es t r i pp ton on each side ha ve been ma de at a su bsequ en pe od. - E r E n is Tfii r teen t/z Century ( Ma reit ( a iy g l fi) . 2 5

r 2 f e 2 e a e e e of s circula and e t inch s in di m ter, lik thos the outh e of arcade , they would , upon b ing cut down to octagon shape, e e e th e e n ow — is th e n c ssity tak form which th y have that , return sides would splay out to th e width of 2 fe e t 2 inche s at th e junction w th e th e f 1 0 e Of ith wall , whilst aces could only be inches inst ad

1 1 w be th e e . inches ide, having to cut within original circular lin e s It may then be inferred that thes respond were once circular, n h matching those o the south side of t e nave . The correctne ss of this infe rence Is proved by observing fu rther on e of th e that the bases of the responds is still partly circular, masons fortunate ly having omitted to reduce th e returns from the a e circular to the str ight line . This bas is the only one of the three w Of th e e r l hich matches those south nav a cade in its mou dings , s the other two base being more mode rn . a e e e I t appe rs, I think , fairly clear from th s obs rvations that the centre pier was taken down and rebuilt to the full size in octagon e e form , but that the responds , b ing ngaged with the walls and not so s e th e ta ea ily remov d , were cut down from the Circular to oc on as n e e folg shape e arly as could be done . The inf r nce must also ow a its e wa s that the north arc de , with circular pi r and responds, first to th e e u th e a e similar that on south sid , and of abo t s m date , and e that it gave access into a corre sponding north rn aisle . But on furthe r re fere nce to th e Vie w he re give n of th e church v th e th e at this date , it will be Obser ed that windows of south transept and south chantry are not now as they are here shown . be n Th The windows now to see n are more recent insertio s . e rema ins of earlier ones in the south chantry very cle arly indica te the windows shown in this sketch . It will also be Observed that the tower and spire here Shown a re th e e to not like tower and spir now be seen . A close examina tion of the tower and spire have convinced m e that the present n t th e e s e of spire was o first that xisted on thi towe r. Som the points which led to this conclusion a re a s follows : w ll to a s. e First, as the Ther appeared in each angle of the tower walls on the inside some Sign of th e stone work having bee n pinned In under the pla te of th e spire timbe rs In th e way shown In sketch (Plate XVI I I . Is 1 5 e or e n e This indication very slight , but mor l ss discer ibl In w e all the com ers . I t ill be se n also by refere nce to the se ction 6

T ti een t z- Ce C/zn r c /z E a r E n /i iz 2 i r t / ntury ( iy g s ) . 7

h e e were built up with masonry to fill t e spac s alr ady enclosed . This would account for the line s at th e inne r angles of the tower h e . e e e before allud d to At the sam tim , it is admitt d t at these ’ ou terstrin u w th e f lines and the g , coincidi ith level of the ra ters f of e su e e eet, would not thems lves be ci nt evidence to stablish the statement that there was once an earlier Spire than the present f e h . one upon this tower, alt ough they distinctly avour that Vi w An examination of the timbers yields further and much more important evidence. Th e first thing to notice is that there are two wall - plates for

of oa k 8 8 on e e . the Spire, each , about by inches, abov the other Running down the towe r wa lls below the plate level for a distance of about 1 2 fe et a re eight oa k o - A n e ach

The present tie f .If th e posts are ramed t instances it is no so. e n lower plat , the ce tre other and more rece nt

ch (Plate XXL) . The f e C I o these lower b ams,

u i - e a re t e b ams , some com I n the cases where the " 1 ite removed and the old z s : a m 2 8 T/ e Pari } and Gn r c a of Godal ing .

re - u se th e e posts d , posts hav been lifted and blocked up at the feet (where not c u t for th e be ll - frame ) to m a ke them rea ch up to e tie - e the upp r b ams . Sim ilarly from each of the eight posts bra ces are framed in f th e - on e e rom same to the tie beams , as shown sk tch (Plat e e e e e ori in a l is if Wh r th s brac s are old and g , it clear that the original tie - be am has bee n re moved and they have to fit into a tie e m 8 e e too for b a inch s higher up , th y would be short the purpose e e e is without som alteration and r fitting . I n s veral instances it easy to see how this difficul ty was met by th e e arly carpenters .

PLATE XXI .

' a e f th e a t a The br ce has be n li ted a little higher in mortice , and h a s been blocked up at that point . e a th e Furth r, the eight posts , as they have to fit gainst wall on one side and point obliqu e ly across th e towe r to the octagon e e e a re s angl opposit (see sk tch , Plate played at the back n e th e B xt wall , as shown at , Plate XXI I . is th e se e of e th e e e This case with v n th m , but ig hth is shap d s C e as hown at , Plat XX I I .

th e - Now , this is exact section of the hip timber of the octagon e e e on e spir , and this one post cl arly app ars to be of the old hip T/zi r teen t/z- Ce C a o}: E E n lisit ntury h r ( arly g ) . 2 9

of a S e te - e pieces the origin l pire its lf, us d in this position . These e to h , et e th e I points wh n taken g with indications n the stonework , make It abundantly clear that a n earlie r spIre than a n d the present existed , that this ea rly spire was most probably in the form shown in the sketch . With regard to the timbers in the tower below of the spire, some them are r old ve y , and many have been inserted at various times to strengthen the’ work . They seem to have been put in mainly with a View to relieving the west of wall weight, and trans ferring it to the north and south walls . There are Six large beams ru n n Ing north and south that have t - been inser ed just below the tie beams of the spire, and for which

f th e - a e off some o lowe r original tie beams pp ar to have been cut . of th e u e e - fr old The joists floor j st und r the b ll ame are very , f e and many of them more than h al rott d away . They have many m ortices and tenons cut on them they appe ar to be pie ces of a n old - e bell frame . There are thr e main beams running north and ff south which carry the se joists . The centre one di ers from those

e . at the sid s, which look like later insertions From its appear c c th e , I think it probable that centre one with its braces may have been th e truss of the origina l Norman or a very early roof

e e . over the low tower, shown in an arli r sketch The three beams above mentioned have bee n stre ngthened by two e fe e e e v ry in rior on s, which hav be n subsequently put in under e es e two e them , and which run ast and w t, and th se again by a v ry e e large and mor re cently inserted b am running north and south . From the foregoin data I think it may be reasonably assume d En lisi e e 1 2 20 for that our Early g church app ar d at or about , and e some tim after, as shown in the Sketch (Plate 30 771 8 Pa r isiz and C/Iu r c /z of Godalm ing .

Th e its n ew f e church , with aisles and chantries, bel ry and Spir , was e f fairly complet , and must have existed some time a ter these e e e additions without mat rial alteration . Some new windows w r ,

e u t . of r how ver, p in All the original windows the south chant y e e e t e of th e ee are gone . Two oth rs wer put in b fore h end thirt nth

- e e th e f e century , and the two square head d on s during ourte nth

e f - ce ntury . Th re are two windows also o this last named period th e r e of now in north chant y, which were originally at the w st end Th e e n d th e r th e . a e aisles window at the st of south chant y , is e of e be e which an arly example a large trac ry window, may dat d e e a t abou t 1 260. The ast and w st e nds of the Church also prob e e ably had new and enlarg d windows inse rted in th m . V Chapter j .

- /zu r c /t D ec te T/te Foa r teen t/t Cen tury C ( ora d) .

H E RE is no e vide nce of great struct u ral alterations

th e f ee e . e again until ourt nth c ntury By this dat , n e w e a s a styl , commonly known the Decorated , e e Th e e had been dev lop d . chancel , and specially th e e astern end of it, did not any longer satisfy, for e e e and , som reason , n ith r did the tower and "

e . too spir I think , , that more accommodation

was . e wanted in the church I n my opinion , the earli st aisle on th e north side of the nave wa s taken down at this time and rebuilt e of th e e e e e . wid r The north arcad nave was then r n w d , and the col u mn and responds made octag onal in th e way be fore de scribed . e e e its a n d I also think that the chanc l was l ngth ned , walls raised ,

- w a new and more Sharply pointed roof pu t on . The tower as e e s e wa s e alter d , and a new and much mor lofty pir construct d and covere d with lead .

Au brey mentions tha t there h ad been in h is day ( 1 676) a long - sta nding ra a u r a V e s r th e bellwas r fr th e er a n d a rr e t dition, th t d ing iol nt to m th own om tow c i d a wa e fe th e r er an d a u se a r so a er u s a long y, wh n it ll into iv c d whi lpool , d ng o th t r u s a r a s ra h as h a d th e u s ra u u a no swimme d r t pp o ch . Thi t dition u almi c lo s dditions a e a er- i e e bu t is r a e e u a is f u e m d to it by wond lov ng p opl , it p ob bl no gh th t it o nd d,

e a O ers fa . Th e fa s s a e see s a e ee a a t lik m ny th , on ct ct in thi in t nc m to h v b n, th t some past time th e spire h ad been stru ck a n d damaged by lightning in a grea t s r is a e r ra s er th e e e es a ex s S to m . It not wo thy t dition , con id ing vid nc th t i t to how a th e ea rles s re for s e rea s wa s re e a nd a se on e ere e th t i t pi , om on , mov d cond ct d w r f r r f r h r ithin a pe iod o a bou t a hu nd ed or ra the more years a te t e e ection of th e r first stru ctu e. 3 2 771 8 Pa r i sit and C/zu r c /z of Godalming .

n of th e u of But the alteratio the tower, and constr ction a n ew e f e so and still mor lo ty spir upon it , was considerable a work u e u that it co ld not r adily be carried out witho t preparation , and some adequate space as a base of operations near or close to th e f n tw f e foot o the tower o at lea st one or o Sides o it . These spac s e u n roofin th e wer , I think , obtained by g the north chantry and th e also north aisle of nave, and possibly the north transept and the chancel . wa s e e of Assuming that this don , the oth r parts the church could have been e nclose d for a continuation of th e services . The north aisle would then be rebu ilt on the comple tion of the spire .

e e e u . It was , I think , made a littl wid r at the tim of reb ilding it Th e north chantry and transept wo u ld also - the n be made good and the chancel . W to e e e ith regard the chanc l , its walls w r raised and a more - f e f e s e . e harply point d roo put on I t was also l ngthened by som e t , n a new east e d be ing the n built . I think th e se dilia we re formed in the south chancel wall at this time . th e n e w e th e of e I n connection with aisl on north side the nav . e ee w the old arcade may hav b n rebuilt , o ing to its having been e damaged by the works that had been carried ou t. The centr e as e e u e as e pi r and b e wer r b ilt in octagon shap , now xisting, and the n the old circular responds we re c u t down to match the new th e f e centre pier in manne r be ore xplained . e e e The arch s over thes were r built at this time . I also think that th e two arches of th e north chantry we re re newed at th e same h e e t e . eas tim , but not pier or responds und r them The tern respond of this arcade was ce rtainly cut down from th e circular to e f octagon shape to match that on the other sid o the chancel . I t wa s e a s th e e tr ated r sponds of the north nave arcade had been , e m e t and most probably at the sam ti and by h e same workmen . Th e evidence s of some of the works here named a re not so full and Clear a s those already give n for othe r alte rations . Particulars ha ve already bee n given of th e proofs still existing that th e spire of this period was th e se cond and not the earliest structu re of th e h e Of kind upon t tower. the raising and lengthening of the chancel there can be as little doubt . In f of th e e f th e the outer ace wall , and n ar the oundation in angle made by th e south wall of the chancel and the east wall of T/te Fou r teen t/z - Cen tury C/tu r c /z ( D ec orated) 3 3 th e s c a on e two s e s e m ou th h ntry , are or ton which app ar to ark the original easte rn e n d of th e Chance l (se e Plate X XI I I ) Th e e e s e e n d pr sent a t rn , with its diagonal s e th e buttres es, cl arly belongs to four h te e n t ce ntury . For the work done to the se veral arcades it is necessary to mak e re fer e nce to the mouldings and to th e original tool - marks whe re the se still m In re a . I t will not be questioned that th e circular col u mns and responds in this Ch u rch a re e arlie r than those which r e If a e octagon in shap . anything e th e f were r quired to prove this , act e e e e re that thr responds hav be n PLATE XXIII . du c ed from the round to the octagon at some period subsequent to the ir erection wou ld be su ffic ient . A glance at the variations of th e mouldings of the ba se s and caps of th e pie rs and re sponds of th e arcades on the north and so u th s ides of the chance l (although the differences a re slight) is s u fficie nt to convince th e observer that those on th e north arcade a re e are th e e arlie r of th e two . Th e base s of this arcade like thos

u e a re of th e . of the so th nave arcad , and probably about same date Whilst both of the re sponds of th e north arcade of the chance l e e a so be w r built Circular , and one still rem ins , it will noted that both of th e responds of th e sou th chance l arca de we re bu iltoctagon

e s e c u t w th e . shap from the fir t, and have not be n do n from round This south arcade may not have been constructed until some time f e th e ee a t r south chantry had b n built . There is a sq u int Ope ning in th e wall be twee n this chantry th e w f for s e and Chancel , hich avours the notion that ome tim it t e u was a distinct apartm e nt . I t is true that h hood mo lding ove r this arcade is one that wa s early and almost universally bu t h a s ee e e e used , it b n befor hint d that som parts of it appear to

have been made for some other arch curves and use d before . th e we e On whole , I think cannot be wrong in placing this arcad on th e th e c e a s th e s e f south of han l last of the serie b ore given , ' C f with th e e xce ption o that on th e north side of the nave . It was 7

— - V . F E C N C C H PLATE XXI OURT ENTH E TURY HUR . T/ze t e - Ce t u r c D ec te Four e n th n ury C/I /z ( ora d) . 3 5 to othe d Chisel was also used in th e still late r addition s to th e e u church in the following c nt ry . e th e th e se s e th e e u of th e Aft r construction of cond pir , r b ilding e a th e e e " north aisl and arc de , raising and l ngth ning of the chance , e s e e e v e e a ll e e and oth r work r f rr d to , which may ha e b n compl t d 1 th e th e e e th e n e before 37 5 , church had app aranc shown in xt Ske tch (Plate A diffe re nce will be noticed in th e spire of this ske tch to that a s at prese nt ex isting near th e base— I me a n in e e e wa s th e parape t . I cannot bring mys lf to believ that ther no parapet placed around the bas e of this spire when it le ft th e hands I th e f of th e bu ilders n ourtee nth century .

th e e f of e e . As Spire is l t now , it is a v ry nondescript charact r e e e e to th e as Spires were g n rally made ith r drip wall , shown in th e e e e e e e former sk tch , and w r th n call d broach spir s , or they e e th e e e wer mad to stand within parap t , in which cas the hipped s e corne rs we re not requ ired . This spire at pre e nt app ars to do e th e e e th e e neith r one nor oth r, which giv s rise to great st suspicion In e a s that it is not as first designed . Being gr at doubt to the u e e th e e e e th e e s gen in n ss of hipp d angl s , I xamined timb r and construction of them . th e s e se f m e e Whilst pir is, of cour , ra ed In oak , veryone of th se Is e ou t e s e h a s ee e hips pack d with common d al , om of which b n us d

e e . s se 1 5 e th e a b for Thi of it lf a strong point against th m , but f ct that th e Spire pitche s we ll within th e walls is an argu m e nt Still s is more in favour of a parape t . Thi Spire now an inte re sting and fe u es of e e uncommon at re . Spir wood and cov r d with ornamental e e e e th e e th e e e n l adwork w r common aft r middl of thirt th century ,

b u t e s e e . e e is on e s a e hav mostly di app ar d Th r at Barn t pl , a good s e e e e e e p cim n , of which I giv a Sk tch (Plat anoth r at s u e e e e 1 2 0 e Almond b ry , Glouc st rshir , of dat 5 . Ther is another “ s e ou r e e fi till more lik own , xc pt for its twist, at Chester eld , of V a s f w which I give a ie w (Pl te XXVI . ) from a ke tch made a e h th e e e e e . y ars ago, w n I had opportunity of xamining this spir I ts date 1 5 abo u t 1 35 0- 7 5 The re wa s a wooden Spire of the same ’ w u k b u t o . u e s 20 e kind on u St Pa l s ; this to red p into the y 5 f et, was struck and set fire to by lightning . Many other church and e e cathedral tow rs once had wooden spir s, but so few have survived the dange rs of fire and decay or re storation that we are fortunate 6 Ti m Fou r teen t/z- Ce t C/zu r c /t D ec te 3 n ury ( ora d) . in retaining th e one here into this century . These le ade d spires e e for during the Civil wars wer much resort d to the lead on them , which was the n required for other purpose s . We shall want ” e e m some lead , writ s the Lord G neral to his co et the steeples ” have plenty . — xxv . S I B PLATE P RE AT ARNSTAPLE.

V — S C PLATE XX I . PIRE AT HESTERFIELD.

V i Chapter j .

i en lz Ce t Cfiu r c lz and S x te t n ury .

OM E fe w years be fore the dawn of the fiftee nth century Gothic architecture had entere d upon that f stage which was the last be ore its final collapse. The style commonly known as the Pe rpendicular lasted throughout the fifteenth and to the middle V I ’ r e I. s of the sixteenth centu y . H nry chapel at Westminster is perhaps th e best known ex of ample this style. f ’ u or . D ring this period, and most probably in be ore Henry VI I s to e re reign , the church was added and underwent considerabl

s ra e e e . to tion . The nav and its aisles w re l ngthened This le ngthening of th e nave is not only clearly to be seen by the pie rs and responds which exist on the we ste rn side of the second f th e e th e arches rom tow r wall on each Side, but may be traced in th e a s e e roof. The roof over nave it now xists is in thr e parts, ff u e ach showing a di erent construction . That part for abo t 0 e e oa k 3 feet n xt the tower has sixt en good trusses, with collars X e e . and curved braces fram d and pinned in , as shown in Plat e e e e of th e These , I hav imagin d , w r put on during the restoration e if e th e thirte nth century, and not then , must have b en fixed at f time of th e construction o the second spire . They were never e be v e intend d to covered up, and must ha e b en open to the View until the insertion of th e late r panelled ce ilin Th e second section of th e nave roof is afso constructed of oa k bu t u ff and of large scantlings , to q ite a di erent design , and with no 8 l e s i Cnu r c lz 3 Pari i and of Godalming .

a se intention pparently that it should be open to View . This ction e s of consists of ight trusses, and marks the fir t extension the nave n f which comprises the third archway o each side west o the tower. Th e of f of third section the nave roo is constructed yellow fir, - s h i 8 t e n 1 0. with king post trus es, and marks extension made 4 of one a I n addition to the lengthening the nave by rchway, a w west door ay was put in . The windows put into the western end Of the nave and aisles during the fourteenth ce ntury were probably re - d w two m inserte in the extended est end, as the windows re oved from the west end of the aisles and now in the north chantry If appear to be of that date . the western nave W indow was a e w was a on e of perp ndicular windo , it certainly an e rly its kind. u t Windows were also p into the north and south transepts. " The south chantry and the nave and north a isle had oa k of panelled ceilings inserted , with moulded ribs and coats arms of n f many noble families o the intersections o the mou ldings. There appears to be more difficulty in approximating the date of of e this restoration than the earlier ones , partly b cause the period during which perpendicular Gothic was in vogue was longer than of e f that the earli r styles, and partly rom the conflicting Views which f f have been ormed rom the many coats Of arms on the ceilings . I n a later chapter a list (from Manning and Bray) of these f coats O a rms is given . Dr . Manning infe rs that the panelled e of f 1 02 c iling was put up in the reign Henry V I I and be ore 5 , f f H R when Prince Arthur died, rom the act that . . crowned the ’ of s a n d Prince Wale s crest and the red and white rose conjoined, the arms of Englan d and France in a garter as born e by Arthur Prince of Wales a re among them ; also from the fact that there wa s f of ormerly in the east window the chancel the inscription, r e tim i Orate o anima Henrici S p R. a al to f On t e other h nd , my attention has been c led the act that there was in the ceiling a coat be aring the arms of Sir Thomas

. e ff of 1 0 s r of St Ledg r, Sheri Surrey and Sussex in 47 , E qui e the to wa r W e of Y Body Ed d I V . , hos sister, Anne ork , he married

1 . as f f d f 4 w o , a n in 73 He a bene actor churches ounded and s al endowed the Rutland Chapel , Wind or. He was eventu ly

Th e s u a s e e was r a treate th e sa e a er bu t as th e o th i l c iling p ob bly d in m m nn , r no e oof over th is a isle wa s su bsequ ently ta k en off (as expla ined on p. evidenc of th fa r e ct emains. Tbc teen tlt Si een t/z Ce C/zu r c Ffi and x t ntury lt. 39

1 8 . e , 4, executed at Exeter in 3 by Richard I I I From this dat of ea h e to his d th as had no son bear his arms, it is

e l e e e 1 483 . inferr d that the cei ing must have b en erect d b fore The daughter and he iress of Sir Thomas St . Ledger married of e a Lord ROOS , ancestor the Duk of Rutland , whose arms lso appear in the ceiling .

V — SO -WE V FIIIT EENTH AN D SIxTEENTH C PLATE XX II . UTH ST IEW, ENTURY .

of of 1 8 Again , the author the pamphlet 79, which has been s f f m discu sed in the oregoing pages , argues ro the heraldry that was a f s o . this re toration not c rried out until the reign Henry V I I I , to for and thinks that the exhortation pray the soul of Henry VI I . ’ a is not likely to have been put up until after that monarch s de th . 40 Tbc P ris i an Gnu r c lt o G a min . a i d f od l g

s f He al o mentions , among other acts , that the Howard arms were e e ncircled by a garter, and that the Earl of Surrey, the gallant h ro of was 1 1 . Flodden , not invested with the Blue Ribbon until 5 3 of f of Also, that the arms the amily Hull are among those on the f of ceiling, and that this amily did not get possession Westbrook 1 until 5 37 . I t will be see n that these various readings of th e he raldry give

for of l . rather a wide range the date this ate restoration There is , we on e a ll wn ho ver, weak point in the arguments dra from this e source, at any rat in those which are intended to show that the restoration did not take place until th e latest of the dates wa s mentioned . It may be right to say that the ceiling put up f 1 8 f 4 , be ore 3 because it contains arms not in use a ter that date but it cannot be safe to say that it wa s not put up until afte r 1 5 37 be cause it contains arms not likely to be affixed until that time . ’ I t is quite Clear that the Earl of Surre y s garter and the arms of e to the Hulls could hav been added an earlier ceiling, and there w e a is nothing to Sho that this was not done . Paint d gl ss and o e inscriptions als can , and are , often put into windows a long tim f Th e th e a ter the windows are made . e glazing would prov that was e f window th re when it was put in , but would be no proo that the window had not existed the re for some time before it was done . Th e e church , when it had undergone this r storation and e f m enlarg ment , had come as a building to ull aturity, and had re ceived th e last of those amendme nts which were given to it In its whilst Gothic architecture was a living art in the country . rise and de velopme nt Gothic archite cture owe d much to th e re li iou s communities which flourished during the period of its natura l gife There is a manifest sympathy in fortune and misfortune between the life of monastic institutions and the special art of ffe building which those institutions so e ctually promoted . Monas tic ism e f e as Its l , and the Gothic art which was so Clos ly sociated e w with it, both had their rise in the same early period ; they gr th e m e e e ro together to maturity durin sa medi val tim s , and p c eeded dissofu tion to old age and side by side in the same century . wa s e of I n its prime , this art a fitting and worthy outcom the best f of u r w li e the Middle Ages ; and when that life had been o tg o n , the art with which it had been throughout so closely identified em se s to have become impossible with it. v ii Chapter j .

Tile Sev en teen t/z and Eig /zteen t/z Century C/zu r c /z FTE R the Tudor restoration there is not any alteration or work Of this structure to Chronicle c a n to or that be said have a connection with , be f e la v n Of . e i the outcome , a living art A t r the hands of the masons of this Tudor perio the Church must have existed with little Change throughout the reigns of Edward V I . and Queens l Mary and E izabeth and King James I . Most probably nothing was done be yond the insertion of a gallery across the western end of the church until after the civil of 1 6 0 1 6 40. l wars to 5 By that time the ong sermon was much f in avour, and people required seats to sit down on . e e Ther were no supplemental church s in the parish in that day . Th e Statute had required every parishioner to attend Church, and the accommodation of the growing numbers was a serious problem for the churchwardens . The invention of the gallery must have been nothing le ss than a w e providenti l in their Vie , and its possibilities were t sted to the utmost. The gallery at the west end of the Church was not f to m n ot su ficient eet the increasing demands . Why should one be put over the south aisle The on" objection to such a course

- of the of was the sloping or lean to ro , and loss light in the nave e was which a gall ry would involve . How this got over in the closing years of the seventee nth or the beginning of the eighteenth century will be seen in th e next ske tch (Plate 42 re Pa r i siz an C/zu r c /z o G almin . Ti d f od g

th e - f was a off By this it appears that lean to roo t ken , that the on walls were raised, a span roof put , and three spacious upper e e f will windows , appar ntly with wood n rames , put in . I t also be noticed that two small windows were put in to light the spa ce n f u der the western gallery at this time or still earlier. A urther

A V - -W V . S H S AN D E C N Y PL TE XX III OUT EST IEW, EVENTEENTH IGHTEENTH E TUR .

e wit/tou t f was gall ry over the north aisle raising the roo put in ,

A . D . 1 1 6 two c u t f 7 , and dormer windows into the roo to light it . n f e I imagine that the parapet, havi g allen into d cay , may have a n les to been done away with , and the hipped g put on the spire m about the sa e time . The church probably received its first coat Sev en teen t/z Ei h teen /t e C/z r c t C u /z . 4 and g ntury 3

i of o . e stucco at this per d The b lls , which were originally five , 1 1 w s 4, e a e . were recast in 7 and the numb r then increased to ight These alte ration s were as ch aracte ri stic of the a g e as those of

e . dis any previous p riod Gothic art was not only dead , but in a e e es h a d repute. Ne rly a hundred years b for Inigo Jon put a ’

. a e e classic portico to old St P ul s Cath dral , and since that tim Sir W Christophe r re n had built many London Churches and a part of ’ new St . Paul s all in the same manne r. I nterest wa s largely transferred from the east to the west end Th e s f s of churches . e xteriors of ome o th em were tudiously ’ ’

, e f . , . plain as in Wr n s amous Church of St Stephen s . Walbrook The additions to th e church here we re remarkably plain and

AS - ff i . o to e ee ncongruous a set this , however , our ight nth centu ry predecessors determined to make th e inte rior of the w church in their Vie distinctly impre ssive . th e e th e e This was church to which cam the Elliotts , Walt rs, Dolliffe s th e th e e s th e e s of the , Barkers, Monro , and Towns nd Bu sbrid th e Tic h bou rn s Fra n k la n ds B e ; , Gills , and of ashing e e Godbolds e s Park ; t e Platts , Oglethorp s , Hodg s . and of W t l th e f m to brook , inc uding a ous old who was said have th e a e r e lived to g of one hund ed and two years , but r ally to about

- e th e of th e eighty eight, and app ared to inhabitants town in the a s s n e wa s last century hown o Plat XX I X . This also the f e t R v o e e h e e . church that xc llent man and minent scholar, Owen

w we n e u . Manning, to hom are i debt d for the co nty history

The n e xt ske tch (Plate XXX . ) shows what appearance the

e era e r e was a er fa m u s ar s er th e e h ee t e u r G n l Ogl tho p v y o p i hion in ig t n h c nt y, ’ e n r wa a n d for a long tim o e of th e Vicar s nea rest neighbou s. H e s not only a fa u s bu t a r m a n an d er e th e u e of P e refere e mo wo thy , m it d co pl t op , who, with nc to h is a u rs e a f of u a a u es th e es l bo on b h l h m nity, ll d to him in lin I e e s r e e e e of s u mp ll d by t ong b n vol nc o l , fl r To ee like Ogletho pe from pole to pole. Th e e r e fa u es r of Sir P a 1 68 8 e s Ogl tho p mily bo ght W tb ook John l tt in , th y old it r exactly one hu nd ed yea rs a fterwards to Christoph er Hodges. Fou r of th e Ogle r Me ers of r f r s re Th n r t r es e e Pa a e o a e e . e Ge e al W se r ra ho p w mb li m nt H l m , ho po t it is e was at th e a e of u e . H e u ere a h is frie s Wes e giv n , B ttl C llod n n mb d mong nd l y a n d fie an d Dr. a u e s . H e a r e t art th e f u Whit ld, S m l John on took p omin n p in o nding f e r a r Th s of h im is e fr of th e S a e o g A e a . e e p d a n Old t t G o i in m ic k tch co i ’om r s a s s e e a n ar s at th e sa e of D r. s s ra r p int, howing him k tch d by ti t l John on lib y in u 1 8 rea th e a id of s ec a es a t a n a a e age. 7 5 , ding witho t p t cl dv nc d

’ — X G AT S A DR. N S L B PLATE XXI ENERAL OGLETHORPE THE LE OF JOH SON I RARY .

— XXX or N E K AST E C . PLATE INTERIOR AV LOO ING E , IGHTEENTH ENTURY

— - PLATE X . N H V FROM I 1 8 1 6 . L XXI ORT EAST IEW, A PR NT PUBLISHED

ix Chapter .

i n eteen tlt- Ce lzu r c lt N ntury C .

H E Church continued in the condition las t described At e n for forty years of the present century . the d

of e th e m e Re v . that tim , during incu b ncy of the f c on Mr . Bull , a movement was set on oot for a fth side ra ble enlargement and re storation o e Church . th e rd 1 8 8 e On 3 day of October, 3 , a v stry m ee ting was held by th e churchwarde ns to make a h u e r e t e . ch rch rate of 3d . in the "I for the nec ssa y r pairs of Church A com mittee was also appointed to assist the churchwarde ns c a r r in e e e e c on in y out the r pairs to the st epl , which committ e Geor C s R v Tu r u r . e H . . no e on . e . sist d of t and E J , Mr Mar hall , R T . e e e . e e . Mr Jam s Moon , Mr . H nry ok r, and Mr Jam s ickn r On th e 7 th day of Nove mber following it was agreed to a sk th m . e e e e e Mr P rry , Surv yor, of Godalming, to r port on att r, and th e 1 4 e e on th of the sam month it was report d that no particular re pairs were required to th e stee ple v z 1 8 h 1 i . t e On the 7th day of April in the year following , , 39, at u e th e ee wa s e e e th e s gg stion of Vicar, a m ting held with ref r nc to e ee e improvem nt of the church , and a committ was appoint d , with

— th th to e e . e e e power to add th ir numb r viz , Vicar, churchward ns ,

. . e . e . a l , l , , the Mayor (J B We e) G Marshal H nry Roker R St dman , and James Moon . 24th for f On May the it was resolved to apply a aculty to carry u t al o terations that may be agreed upon . z th e n wa s e of th e 4 , On J uly the a me ti g held at which the r port 1 0

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a Dolnn ta rp S u bp m ptwn

— I . C FOR A FOR S B C I 1 8 R . PLATE XXX I OPY PPEAL U S PTIONS, 39 R T SUBSC IP IONS .

s. d 5 6 . Th e er R th D W V y ev. e ea n of Colonel ebb P a s u r a r 2 o o rs r er a n s ” S li b y ( t on) 5 Mess . B idg d Son Th e V a r 2 5 o 0 Mr M ic W oon u ea e Es . ed a l , q, S JohMn B l l t m n a yor 5 O o Pea cock r s u M W a r e L d V d e . C o i cWo nt i l ton l k . . . er Es . Bu s . er F B S ild , q H Rok r e Pa r 0 o o a b idg k 5 G. Holl nd

. . a es Es . 2 o o . r G C H in , q 5 J A nold . M r a s a Es . 2 o o rr s , q 5 . N WG h ll C o i . . H a 2 o 0 . u E Holl nd 5 G J . ll W . K ee 0 o o r n 1 . Tickne Ma r J . s a 0 P 0 0 . a rso . H 1 C . H W h ll n . s o o ea e H ood 5 J . W l . Perr o 0 W s a nd oer J y 5 ood R b ts . a es r S H in 5 5 o R . Bowle

. Ba lc h in O o . M r R 5 . W J C o ton . W . s o o . r w J C ood 5 H . B o n M ll r h H . e e s 5 o o Wh itbou rn Rev E u c . B llo k 5 o 0 Hu nt

H . a a r Es o o Ch a tfield Bl nch d, q, London 5

e e a II. 1 "N h mi h 7 ,

se e of sa re u s fr th e ra r s of H a n del a ar etc . A l ction c d m ic om o to io , H ydn , Moz t , , be erf rm e th e u r u es a m r th e a n d of r a t e e will p o d in ch ch on T d y o ning. Ap il, tw lv ’ r s O clock p eci ely. e s of a ss a fu a r u la rs of th e erf rm a e ma be Tick t dmi ion , cont ining ll p tic p o nc , y ’

Mr r f r I s . O a e a t . a s ar o . ea bt in d Stedm n Lib y ch A collection will be made a t th e doors a fter th e performa nce in a id of th e r e en s In u r p th e C . im ov m t h ch ’ s ar se e be erf r e in th e e e at six c e s a s A p d g , imil l ction will o m v nin ' o clo k tick t

ef re a n d a e for th e ee fu re a r of Dr . el s s r . b o , coll ction n d l p i B l chool oom

C P OF S C P L 1 8 . O Y UBS RI TION IST, 39

' ’ ' — IV . ST. C RC S r. PORT G N FROM PLATE XXX PETER S HU H , PETER S , UER SEY , A

S K E C 1 8 . T H , 93

T/ze N i n eteen t/z- Ce C/tu r c /z ntury .

the spire. The othe r was to cut away the Tudor ceilin of th e

- e - a n g- nave, and substitute the present waggon head d lath plaster i - e t e . one in its st ad , and put in iron rods e eak m of I n doing this, a v ry w i itation panelling was made ,

ld - f- m r fix o o e e e ed. and the coats arms , or some of the , w r Whether they e re all correctly re coloured at the same time may be ques tI (w on e Th e extraordinary deve lopment in the knowledge and practice of Gothic architecture which took place within the following thir ty f Th or orty years is we ll known . e advance during this period was SO marked that the re storation of 1 840 came to be regarde d in a ff light ve ry di e rent to that which its authors conte mplated . Condi s e e f e for e 1 8 e tion w r ully rip a Chang when , in 79, the late este med w t n o f . e o . Vicar, the R c or Alverstoke (the Hon and Rev Canon of Brodrick), undertook the serious task restoring the Church in a manne r worthy of its history and of the parish in which it had so lon e g exist d . Th e work of 1 8 79 was necessarily largely an undoing of the of 1 8 0 e of th e 4, , l , work and a r building sti l larger north and south aisle s of the church with an e xtension of the north transe pt for the c a rr In th e old purpose . I n y g out this work , Saxon arch that had done duty betwee n eig ht and nine hundred years at the eastern of e e end the nave was r mov d , and the new Early English arch

to wa s . now be seen inserted This operation , no doubt, it was old which revealed the latent weakness in this wall . The Norman e of e was e arch on the east sid the tow r also alt red , being raised f se veral eet. Th e ancient fragme nts of the earlier church discovered during e f e f to the works have been car ully preserved , and are l t exposed n wa s e Vie w. The church being still in the co dition in which it th n e to e of put, it is not necessary h re go into any detail d description fu f it. I t was a care l and success ul restoration carried out by the

a . as l te Sir Gilbert Scott, with whom Mr Ralph Nevill was sociated e f e wa s in the work . The cost, which was d ray d by subscription , about The two following illustrations (Plates XXXV .

- of th e and XXXVI . ) Show the north eastern and northern views church at the time of and afte r this restoration .

V — N E V FROM P X . PLATE XX ORTH AST IEW, A PHOTOGRA H DURING r 1 8 THE RESTORATION o 79.

Chapter xj .

Old s Print .

H E following is a list of old prints which I have

th e . met with , in which church appears I think it quite possible that there may be othe rs that a re

not known to me. 1 1 . A small print undated (probably about 7 showing th e east end (inaccurate) . 2 e . A print showing north and east sid s by e 1 800 e . P ak , date about much mor accurate)

. u blish e 1 8 1 6 . 3 A print p in , which is fairly well known

4. Cra c k low 1 8 2 . A print published by in 3

. 1 8 f 5 l 4, S , A print pub ished in 5 howing the north side but rom f th f 1 e e l o 840. a sketch made b ore a terations

6 . e M d w 1 ea ro . A sk tch of Godalming from , published 779

. e e 1 . 7 Anoth r sk tch , published 799 2 l S , , , . 4, I n a l these ketches except perhaps Nos and the artists of f m be have used a good deal reedo , and the sketches cannot e f reli d on for any eatu res in detail .

s A s Coat of rm .

’ 8 - - for s . Gules , a leopard s head jessant, a fleur de lis, Or, We t d lm in of Go e . brook, g u 9. Azure, three dexter hands co ped at wrists , Argent, occurs a s of at Hambledon Church taken that Hull , being in the centre e of the south Chancel aisl . "H ulls were not at Westbrook at the

f . time, but came in soon a ter " f r of 1 0. a o Fr nce impaling England in a garter, Arthur Prince Wales. 1 1 C e e u e . Argent, a hevron, Gul s , between thr e m llets pierc d for of Sh e e e o Sable , Warner p y, born by William of Westbro k , wh o married a coheir of Warner . f e for 1 2 . o Argent, three pairs shears, s rrated Gules, 1 Ch e u e e for m 3 . qy, Or and Azur , Warren, i paling, Gules , a for f lion rampant Ar ent, Mowbray borne by the Howard amily, f A r u n d f e tc o e . Earls ,

1 . on 4 , , , , , l , Argent a cross Gules five Or impaling Sab e ff é three hands with their backs a ront e Argent .

1 . . 5 Gules, three withes , Or f e 1 6 . e e Sable, a ess ind nt d , Or, between thr e fishes, naiant , for e of Godelm in of Argent, W stbrook g , being another bearing

f f . that amily, and sometimes quartered with the ormer

IN TH E NAVE F ROO .

1 . 1 e for 7 Quarterly and 4, Arg nt, a saltire engrailed, Gules, 2 i toft ; , a for e T p and 3 Or, a lion r mpant, Gules, Charl ton Lord Powis . 1 8 f f r . o Sable, a ret, Or, Maltravers (borne by the Howard family) .

1 . of f for 9 Barry six, Or, and Azure, a chie , Gules ; Manners s e th e of f f Lord Roo , b ing ancient coat that amily be ore the Royal t augmen ation wa s granted . fi 20. e e c roslets tc h ée Gul s ; on a bend b tween six cross , , Argent, e - an escutcheon , Or, thereon , a d mi lion rampant (pierced through e c ou n terflor the mouth with an arrow), within a double tressur , y, n f r " r ; o , of i ) all in a ga ter Thomas Howard Earl Surrey , and

2 1 . for Or, three Catharine wheels , Gules or Sable , Espec , of f R o OOS . being one the quarterings , who married a coheiress 1 2

i i C h a p t e r x j .

e s Monum nt .

H E monuments mentioned in Manning and ” r b u t f in sc rI H isto y are the following, the ull p e tions are not quoted her in every case.

On a black marble tablet, under a niche , with alabaster enclosure , and within the niche a lady kneeling before an altar with a book on it

mtmoriat 5 11 1 11 1 111 . Heere vu der lyeth th e Body of Jvdeth Ellyott la te Wife Of Willia m Elyott of

Bu sbri de Es . a n d e es a u ter of Sir Pe er Ca rton K t. Sh e e a rte s g q ld t d gh t , nigh d p d thi fe u o th e 1 da of Ma 1 6 1 th e a 1 st eere of h er a e a nd eftissve one li p n 7th y y 5 in y g , l a u r e v t d ghte na m d J de h .

' a a s a we a florde s r e Wh t Epit ph h ll thi Sh in , Tha t for tru e zea le might tru li c a lye tru est virtu es thine " ’ S ee erfe t s allsu mm d u ere su e Thy w t p c ion p w ch , AS H ea e s th ink e for ar th in k e to u e v n , I , E th did m ch , Earth c ovlde not yeilde more pleasing earthly Bliss ’ w a s r r s th one e e u t ee to s. Bli t B b , who bi th b o ght h thi Sweetly th ov sleepst vntilly° Lords gr ea t Da y f f Sha ll ra ise thy Body rom this Bedd o Cla y. Above are these arms

f r . 1 . o Azure a fess Or, Elliot 2 S ix . Sable , d gers , Argent, joined at the points with a knot ’

f c . Or ; crest, a wol s ead razed Or, ducally collared , Gules

f . . s 3 Argent, our bendlet Azure, a canton dexter, Ermine . Th e s C c o 4Pari an ur Go a min . 5 h d h h f d l g

On a black marble slab within a compartm e nt of alabas ter eere l eth e u r e e bod e of a e ar er on e of e a u ers of a H y b i d y y J n B k , y d ght Willi m ’ ar er of Son n in e e Cov of er Es . livin e u a rri ed e ar ed t s fe B k g in y B k, qwho g nm , d p t hi li e y u se of La re e Elyott of s Parrish e Esq. h er s s ers H u sba d u p ye in "h ho w nc thi i t n on i da of ar e th e eare of ou r r God on e th ou sa n de six h vndred a n d vi y M ch , in y Lo d fif r of h er e seventeene in ye one and tieth yea e ag . On a stone within the com munion rails Here lyeth bu ried ye Bodye of Ca therine one of ye dau ghters of Sir Willia m Eliot e th " a nd ar a ra h is fe of Bu sb rid e wh o e e ru a r 1 8 1 68 . a e t ree ears B b wi , g , dy d F b y y , r g h y an d three months a nd 1 3 da ys. On another W Here lyeth ye ody of dfrey s e of a E of Bu sbridge Esqr by B Go onn h illi m liot w er e 1 1 t 1 66 e th e th a of h i a ar ara h is wfe h o e o d s e. B b i , dy d Oct b y , 9b ing g y g On another ° ere l eth of ar th e son of Mr. ar ea er a nd a h is H y y Body Edw d, Edw d L v Ann fe a n d th e ra s of Mr . r s er re of ar a nt an d oa a wi , g nd on Ch i toph Go , London, M ch , J nn h i f f on h e 2 2nd of r D n i 1 6 s e ; e a rte s e t 9 , a e 4ears wi who d p d thi li Ap il Anno 5 g d y 5 months and 1 9days.

I n the north - west corner on a brass plate ar r B es a a de Pe rh w . . . a nes e LL . V e arro u u s H S E Joh n W n , In Eccl i icin pp m n sa r - a st ra e ex levit: Con sionator s es fidu s c ertu s ma nsu etu s em c o p o l p , Amici , Com , , , , Di bf i’i obiit 2 6t Nov 1 75 7 a nnu m agens

r : Over it, a ms Or, a bend dexter engrailed between Six roses , Gules . Within the rails also Here lyeth th e ody of E za be th e dau ghter of W a E t of Bu sbridge B li th h illi m lio a r ra hi fe e u h t 1 Es a s ; e t e 7 6 4, e 1 1 ea rs a nd 1 1 qby B b wi who dy d J n 7 b ing y n s ld mo th o .

e ffi ies of On another slab, the g an armed Man in brass, erect , and praying .

mars S au na Uitaz .

ere l eth bu r ed th e o of ar er Es u ier r son of a H y y B dy John B k q , thi d Willi m ar er a e of u th e u n of ar s Es u ier. H e e arte ou t of t s B k , l t S ning in Co ty B k , q d p d hi l fe e vn married v on th e r ee da of Av vste th e fo er nd t rt e y , b ing pp thi t nth y g in w a hi i th f h is an d th ea r of Ou r or 1 ea re o a e e e . y g , in y L d God 5 95 on Next, the north side

ere l eth th e of a s m e of a of Bu sbrid Es H y Body Willi m , o Willi m Eliot ge qby r h i f wh o e a u ar th e 2 1 668 h avein 1 a ara s e, 5 , e 4ee es. B b Wi di d J n y g liv d w k s Monument .

On a brass plate in black marble at th e south - east corner

' Nu er era nec su m Nec is aflero u a ne sis p m, n nci , ; u lI r Es modo qa s c a m ; su m modo qu alis eris. ere l eth bvried th e Bod e of ar one of th e dav h ters of a m H y y M y Eliott, g Willi

an fe vn to La vrenc e E . a Barker Esq. d Wi Eliott sqwho h ving h ad by h er sa id nn n v h t r e r e f ° 1 ° u s a so s a d da e s, a s e 4Novr . eare of H d 7 3 g d p d y h y y b n t thi li t ’ in ’ ° — or God 1 600 and eare of h er a e fortith . Ma tu r a a ns. O L d , in y y g f

Arms below Eliot impaling Barker .

1 an d I n the chancel pavement Arms , in a lozenge ; Q uarterly 4 — 2 two f Eliot, and 3, Argent, bars Azure, three crescents in chie .

morn milj i h u man.

Th e re u s and V rtu ou s Mrs. t th e e o e and e es dav h ter of ligio i Ann Elio , b l v d ld t g Sir W a a e of Bu sbrid e K n t a n d a e ar a ra h is fe es ere illi m Eliot l t g , D m B b Wi , ly h interred ; who (in hopes of a blessed and gloriou s resvrrec tion to Eterna l Life) c om e e h er r u o th e an s of wh o a e it Dec embris 1 1 An na Salvtis m nd d Spi it nt h d God g v , , D I is x M ta t . CC K. az lvii On a sma ll brass plate connected with the last

° ear u n h er S ster an d se to a leth Mrs. vdith th e sec o N to i Ann, clo y w ll, y J Eliot nd au ter of Sir a t K t a me ar ara h is fe e th e d gh Willi m Elio , nigh , by D B b Wi , who di d

V aztatis 1x. xi v day of Dec ember MDc c xxI . Anno Adjoining the foregoing

— r : 1 of Arms Qua terly ( ) Argent, the lion Scotland , Or ;

2 f Ch e u e , ; l ( ) Or, a ess , qy Azure and Argent (3) A sa tire engrailed f for ; 4 , between our roses ( ) lion rampant Stewart impaling quarterly .

91 1 l 8: a mbra stratu s. U der this sto e es bu ried Cap a a es S e art a n a b e and a ian c om n n i“li t in J m t w l v l t f H er a th e u ee a rea e u ra er of th e e ra e a n d ma nder o M j Ship Q n , g t nco g m mo bl e u 1 688 an d a str t and re u s r ter of P e a nd o happy R vol tion in , ic ligio p omo i ty G od fter a fa fu s r e h Ma nners a mong those u nder h is au thority ; who (a h ving ith lly e v d t e f Pr es K la th e . of r u s e r a nd H er rese t ra u s best o inc ing Wil i m III glo io m mo y, p n g cio f u e and ru r s a res Majesty Q u een Anne) with a bec oming ortit d t e Ch i ti n igna tion Ma rtii xx i. o Salu tis th e e a e str e of ea . su bmitted to in vit bl ok d th, vi Ann MDCCV aetatis liv. f ar f f a ta Here also are deposited th e beloved rema ins o B bara wi e o C p in James e art and one of th e dau h ers of Sir W a and Da e arbara h is fe ; St w , g t illi m Eliot m B Wi P ere so re ar a e a sh e e er h se o ess ru de e a nd H u y, , w o Go dn , nc , milit w m k bl th t n v r ef or r u e to h er u s a bu t a t was u a a e a nd u s c au sed a ny g i e t o bl H b nd, wh n void bl , j tly n d ara e fe. du e to th e Merit an d Memory of a n excellent a incomp bl Wi Obiit An Salu tis D . e tatis xxxv . MaItii xxiv. no M CCI i

M e s onum nt .

North - west angle of chancel

e e ta fe of e r a t e 1 st ar 1 6 rst ea r of h er a e . B n dic , wi H n y Wy , di d M ch, 33, 3 y g ef ree s s e r a r and W a and t ree a u ers e e e a L t th on , H n y, Rich d illi m, h d ght , Ann , B n dict an d Ja ne.

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r n 1 1 6 . Th e ta e h as a f a t , LL B. 1 Mc h. , a e 7 at o Anthony Wh o , 5 , 7 5 g ( bl t co r a n A ms d an Epita ph . ) i a 2 1 za e es r au er of a a n d e r Mc h . 66 Eli b th W tb ook, d ght Willi m El z b th, bo n 9 , 5 , M h 6 e 2 6 c . 1 66 . di d , s a e fi s ere a rest th e r e es T b b d d d , Whi n h wo l ni sh e f resa firs r e to e e es. , d , d hich o w t t i liv t’ h n i H er u rer sou e allvred ea e s t p l , with H v n ligh , - r e e a e sa wda a nd bad o t. F om wh nc it c m , y, go d nigh

Close to the north wall of the south Chancel is an altar- tom b with black marble top and a brass plate around inscribed : est r S u er a nd za et wh ic h e n e ease xv da of John W b ook , qy , Eli b h, Joh d c d y ° ru r x1 1 1 . a nd th e sa e a th e ere of ou r or M. v . a et deed. xxiiii F b y, y L d , id Eliz b h da y of Jan vary.

of One inscription , lost , but a copy which was in the manuscript of collection the Right Hon . George Earl Onslow is as follows : Loe e e ea er s a s a nd , g ntl R d , t nd till look, V n der s s e e Wi a Westbrok e thi ton li th lli m , e e a r h is Nativitie A G ntl m n bo n by , A v tic e of Pea ce by office an d dign itie ; Soe as h e e h is s a nd a e long liv d, to co t p in , ’ Th e poor Ma n s ca u se h e did ma inteyne Exec vte u s e merc ifu ll e e esse j tic with g ntl n , Svste n in th e ea a n d th e e r s y g w k n edy Opp e t. rr V es livein V r u u s Ab g , g i , ho in ic in ’ t o

ar of u st e to h t A pill J ic t e Commonwea l h sometyme . Ca th olik e of Fa ith I c a n no more say fr his Doth om Sovle desire yov to pra y. God at a e nowto h is ra e d g , hw h him c ll c To re a rd h is acts with a hea venly place ; In th e moneth of Jvnc th e thirtieth day Th e SOVlfrom th e body depa rted a way In th e yere of Ou r Lord God by cou nting even th v n o sa d f er h vn dred r a nd sc a ven . A ow , thi ty o as es r 2 . 1 T b ke, 1 Ap , 4. h m W t oo l 93

sa e a es r e 1 2 F . 1 . b , eb , 4 I b ll W t ook y 93 as Pu r k voc e et a na 2 Se . Thom Joh n , 7 p , c 5 8 Th e Parish and Chur h of Godalming .

erar re 2 Dec r. 1 68 2 a e 8 ears. J d Go , 9 , , g d 7 y e r u er Au . 1 1 a e 8 . Ow n C o ch , 5 g , 75 , g 3

l a e r u er fe 2 . 1 60 a e 8 . E iz b th C o ch , wi , Apl , 7 , g 5

Du n c u m 2 0 . I . Mrs. Ann , Oct , 733 a e e r e z u d a u er of a e r e of r a e a Eliz b th Ogl tho p , d ght Willi m Ogl tho p , No thg t H ll , f W l a f e f Y r in de E . se son o o e r es o s ea sq cond i li m Ogl tho p , W t Riding o k , l lly ’ fr Li u lfe Th eane of et r e . ar th e fess r s re scended om g Ogl ho p in St Edw d Con o ign ,

1 2 a e . z rd r . 4, 7 3 Nov , 7 g 3 f se a f r u es a u f Su s. a s o s o u e a t ter o L w on "widow Jo ph L w on" C mb l nd, yo ng d gh l a et r e 1 1 Oc t. 1 6 a e 6 2 . Wi li m Ogl ho p , , 7 3 , g d ia ec of rt a te a l re a te to ar als u r es e a t of r Will m C il, No hg H l , l d E l S i b y, d c nd n Lo d u r e e c r. , 1 4a e 6 . 7 , B l igh, di d 9D c 5 g 9 With inbrook e, ree a of th e t e 40 ears ere ra tsed P s , John F m n Ci y, liv d y h , p c i hy ick 80 e r 2 1 , 1 4, a e . di d Ap il 7 3 g v a e h is fe, 1 1 No . 1 4, a e . , 4 7 Eliz b th, wi g 79 1 1 e r er s, 1 4a . , , 6 rd ea r. H y R b y 7 3 3 y n o t J n W r a r of e u r 2 0 v 1 6 8 . e s , e No . , , a e 4 John Rob t , Vic itl y b i d 9 g 9

Mr ar a re erts fe of er s 1 Mc h . 1 1 1 . s. M g t Rob , wi John Rob t , 4, 7

ne on of a e u e 1 6 6 2 ears 2 a s of a e . ree , s M , , 5 , y d y g John G Wich l J n Ma r Sh ru bb fe Of a 2 8 Dec r. 1 1 1 a e 2 . y , wi illi m, , 7 , g 7

2 2 u . 1 1 2 e W a Sh ru bb, A , 7 , a 4. g g 7 illi m W M h . 0 2 an a a u er of a ru 1 8 c 1 a e 6 . H , d g S b, , 7 7, g n h htW illi m h l n d Ma r ar h u . 1 6 0 a 2 2 . a son of a a e S r bb, 4, , e Willi m, i li m g t Oct 9 g

W . . . son of la Sh ru bb , senr 1 1 4, a e , , 4 7 73 John , il i m Apl 5 g

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r e ro a r er u r e 2 1 eb. 1 6 6. Geo g (p b bly B idg ) , b i d F , 5

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r n of rs a 1 u 1 a 60. r u r r e , so , , 4, e A th B idg Ho h m J ly 75 9, g ra Ma 0 I 6 a e 4. Ez Gill, y 3 , 73 , g 3

r f u r s r en u r n r 1 8 a . a r e , t e a a d , u , 4, e Rich d Tickn o im W d with hono p obity 9J ly 7 g 79

f Ma 1 a . a er e , h is e , 4, e C , 7 y 7 3 g 73 th in wi W of a u as tz e of n OV. 2 1 1 a e . a . u as , 4, 4 C th L c , widow illi m L c , ci i n Londo , N 9 7 g 7 e e c a u as a u ter 2 Feb . 1 1 6 a e 1 . R b c L c , d gh , 3 y , 7 , g 5 a n d ish mon er Of 1 a er U er e . , 67 , a e 8 . W lt nd hill, Citiz n F g London, 3 Nov 9 g 5

f r r . au ter o e of s u r 2 1 . ar a s, , eo , 4a , , a e 20 M y Ad d gh R g g y 735 g m ' o B i tol S n J n an e Ra tc lifie o 2 c r. 1 a e 8 . J , wid w, 9D c , 775 , g 5 An n a ffe 28 e t. 1 . R tcli , S p , 7 5 3 . r M ellfr u r 26 Ma 1 2 1 2 a a e . . M. , , 7 M , 5 5 M y p om London b i d y 5

f 2 n r . 1 . 2nd fe o se t d Se , , a e 4 , , 4 Ann Chitty wi Jo ph Chit y p 7 5 g 7 1 e 6 . se t , e t, . , 4, a 7 Jo ph Chit y G n Oct 5 73 g 2 1 Au . 1 08 a ara h is fe, , 7 , e . S h, wi g g 5 9

2 2 Au . 1 0 . ar e r a u er, , 7 , a e 5 M y, th i d ght g 5 g

Sh ru b . 1 68 . a r a ret fe of a es b , Oc t , 9 M g , wi J m 9 b 2 . 1 son Of ar areta nd a es Sh ru b , 4an , 0 , a e . 7 4 M y 9 3 John, g J m J g es Sh ru bb u 8 1 1 0 a e 8 . Jam , J ly , 7 , g 7

r are au ter of a es a nd ar are Sh ru bb 8 . 1 1 a e . Ma g t, d gh J m M g t , Nov , 7 3, g 5 7 Monum ents.

ar a re a u er of a es a n d e Sh ru bb 1 Oc t. 1 1 1 s. M g t, d ght J m Jon , 3 , 7 3 , 3 month M r a a re a er 1 0 Ma 1 1 s. g t, noth , y, 7 7 , 7 month

a es Sh ru bb son of a es an M r r h ru b a . 1 2 a 6 1 . , d a a e S b, , 4, e J m J m g t 7 J ny 7 g

r . a e Sh u bb, 1 , 1 64a e . Eliz b th Oct 5 7 , g 9

a e Sh ru bb . 1 2 a e . , , , 4 Eliz b th Oct 3 7 7 g 7 h 2 S ru c h . a es bb M . 1 a e 2 1 , , 4, J m 5 77 g

a es Sh ru bb Dec . 2 2 1 a 6. , , 7 7 5 , ge 5 WJ m a Wes F b . e 1 1 6 a e 48 . illi m t, 7 y , 7 , g h i f 1 a r s e 6 a . 1 1 , , 4, a e . M y wi J ny , 7 g 73 On a tablet of white marble in the nave and on a headstone th e in churchyard . I n the nave

In me r of th e e . e a B. D a of mo y R vd Ow n M nning, . , F C non e r of Pe erh a row a r of s a r s u ar s of r - se e ears Lincoln, R cto p , Vic thi p i h pw d thi ty v n y , e ar e s fe Se r. 1 80 1 th e 8 1 3t ea r of h is a e du r e who d p t d thi li 9 p , , in y g , ing which tim ex e th e a st five ea rs e h e was de r e of S h e e s a r e ( c pt l y , wh n p iv d ight) dilig ntly di ch g d a llh is r fess a u es a n d was a th e m e of e f n h is a r s n ers p o ion l d ti , h ppy in od di yi g p i hio e r x a n n by cl a ly e pl ining a d el u cidati g th e eva ngelica l tru ths of th e Holy Scriptu res. th e est r u es r s a e r e a nd u ersa ar h is exam e In dom ic vi t , Ch i ti n d po tm nt, niv l ch ity, pl er fie th e a effe of th ri v i d h ppy ct e doct nes which h e expla ined a n d enforced. H is a es a n d era r a e known biliti lit y t l nts were no less conspicu ou sly eminent. With a modesty becoming h is Character h e di rected h is family to erect no u e h is e r bu t th e a a s of t s a r s ra efu l for h is mon m nt to m mo y inh bit nt hi p i h , g t e e t ser es a e e c a e s a s a u s r u e h is P e a nd rtu es min n vic , h v d di t d thi j t t ib t to i ty Vi , in r er a so r u o d th t mu ch wo th sho ld n ot rema in u ndistingu ished in th e grave. On a headstone in the churchyard This stone is erected a s a tok en of tha t respec t and esteem so ju stly du e to th e Me ry of th e d s gu s ed y rt y Man se Rema s are dep s ed ere. mo i tin i h l wo h who in o it h w M D . a f e r P erh ar Th e e . e an n B. o t of e o R vd Ow n ing, , C non Lincoln, R c o p ,

r f rs was a s . . . a n . A . H e arte a r of s a r s u a s o ea d . S e Vic thi p i h pw d 37 y , l o F R S F d p d

s fe 1 h of Se r . 1 80 1 th e S r st ea r of h is a e. thi li 9 p , , in y g h is r fess a u es ere d s ar e rea u tu a i an d effi a All p o ion l d ti w i ch g d with g t p nc l ty c cy, x R u of u a nd h is deportment throu gh life was a n a mia ble e a mple of tha t ectit de Cond ct a nd u niversa l Benevole nce so perfectly consistent with those Eva ngelica l tru ths which h e h ad so so ra a an d so f r resse U h is au ors . long, tion lly, o cibly imp d pon dit I n south aisle of chance l 6 D c . 1 a e . at a e Es . 1 e , 799, 9 N h ni l Godbold, q, 7 g Sou th aisle

. 1 1 8 0 a 0. a Sh ru bb a , 0 , e 7 Ann , J ny 3 g

2 . 1 2 a e . ar of ra , 9 , 7 7 , 3 M y , widow Ez Gill Nov g 9

u r 2 8 M h . 1 a 6 . ar s ster, a e , c , 797 , e M y Gill, pin d ght g 5 a es a n d ar h is fe. Willi m W t M y, wi

8 u 1 80 2 a 68 . Mrs. . e Eliz Chitty, J ly, , g

s R Th e Pari h egisters.

as il u 1 6 1 3 . Aprile the last daye w buried G ya n e Smith an o ld maide . 8 w dd f 1 6 1 . 2 G o widdo o 4. as l o Mar buried ou d y Peto the “ " J . Peto . in elw a n 1 A . a S o . 6 0. 4 m 3 p Joh n Smith g

r 1 6 6 ar 1 642 S From the yea 3 to the ye the sheets are igned ’

. G a n by N ico Andrewes Vic de od lmy . There is also a license to eat mea t granted by this vicar as follows : To all christian people to whom this present writing “ ’ shall come I Nico Andrewes Vic . de Goda lmyn in ye Cty of Surrey doe hereby give license unto Francis ye wife of John Porte r of ye Towne of Goda lmyn a foresa yd wh o now lyeth in child bedd Sick to eat flesh for and during ye time of her present sic k n es III f . witness whereo I have hereunto sett my han d ye on e and twentieth day of February in the yea re of Our Lord 1 639. ’ N ICO N D REWE S Goda lm n . A , Vic . de y

1 6 8 . . 2 6 . e v a a ren t on e r 5 Apl Hear was taken a g , Ma y Parker widow with a child and sh e was wipped according to la w of 0 ea res of , about the age 3 y , proper personage, and sh e was to goe to the place of her birth that is in Gra u v ese n d is iii in Kent, and she limited to j days and to be carried from tything to tything till She come to ” f e rn the end o the said j ey.

f a . e c . The Act r erred to in this entry was 39 Elizabeth , p iv , of which wa s repealed in the reign Queen A nne.

1 2 two of 666 . July 4William Smith and his Children ye great sickness .

- f f Abou t thirty our people are entered as dying o the plague . ” Some are said to be burried in ye garden . ” h e 1 668 t . . Cecilia Stoughton in church

f r Burying in the Ch u rch became common ourteen yea s later.

fi° 68 Ma . 1 6 8 . . Sep . ye Bells did ring his going by th Mati e 1 Y e . . 4. Sep ye Bells did ring when H is went by 6 2 Th e s C c Pari h and hur h of Godalming .

1 6 2 " . 1 0. 7 Oct . Thos . Hood killed w a bull .

1 68 . 2 . 4. , , Jany 9 Elizabeth daughter of Sir John Platt Knight ” h is and Rebecka wife .

e f 1 o . These wer the Platts Westbrook Sir John died June 7 , 1 705 .

1 68 S r 1 . e . P 4. ee te r . p 9 M r Cadman a trooper in the Church 1 688 8 . May , ye lady Ford came through ye Town and paid all du ty to ye Minister Clerk and Sexton for proffering to ” r bu y her . 1 2 6 . e th e . 7 H nry Porch a stranger, had black cloth 8 ” 1 . e . 74 . I nfant Thomas Musgrov Candles paid

1 . 2 2 77 3 June . On Tuesday the King went through Godalming 6 ’ to Portsmouth at o clock in the Morning .

1 . 2 6 011 a 7 7 3 J une . Saturd y th e K ing returned through Godalming from Portsmouth at e le ven in th e Morning . ” MA I G O . NN N , Vicar.

1 8 7 7 . On Saturday 2 n d May the King and Q u een we nt through ” Godalming to Portsmouth at nine in th e morning . 1 8 7 7 . On Saturday 9th May th e King and Queen returned through Godalming from Portsmouth at on e in the e aft rnoon .

0. MA I G . NN N , Vicar

e wa s of s Th re a statute Charle I I . that pe rsons Should not be b u rIed e e e th e In cotton or lin n, but in woollen . I t b cam custom for th e the poor to obey the law , and the rich to pay fine and evade it. V C h a p t e r x .

T s h e L and .

th e earliest days of Christianity in our cou ntry it was usual for th e founder of a church to set apart ce rtain lands for the mainte nance of the Church h e e which founded . Ther can be no reasonable wa s doubt that this done here at the outset , because it appears that in the tim e of Edward the Confessor there were lands pe rtaining to the u e m ch rch h ld by Ul er of the King, and assessed at three hides u 00 e , £4 (abo t 3 acr s) and valued at per annum (equal to about 2 e 40 . g present valu ) a s V e These lands were held by Ranulf Flambard icar, aft r the f e u Conquest , rom the Crown . The disturbanc conseq ent on the

e 2 . Norman Conquest caused the value to d cline 5 per cent , but at the of f date the Domesday survey twenty years a ter, this depreciation e wa s e e had been recovered . The arabl land two carucat s , m adow

e e e u to . fift en acres , wood yielding thr swine (eq al feeding thirty) Certain lands and the advowson of the chu rch we re given by h is th e of r I. e e e Hen y , in the eight nth year of r ign , to See f e e f wa s Salisbury to ound a pr b nd . Ranul Flambard , the Vicar, wa to e e S a r u In . s hold the sam for lif , and to be a Canon of He e n of H e h tredb ric c u m Godelmin made Preb d g y g , these places be ing unite d . e Th se lands thus given by Henry I . to Sarum can scarcely be other than those describe d as pertaining to the church in the f Domesday Survey , and as held by Flambard and by Ulmer be ore

Th e L s and .

few f a acts only were known , and others equally important were

e - r f not . Our s venteenth centu y predecessors ou nd that the bridge ’ over the Wey was called the Bishops Bridge ; they understood that it had long since been built by some bishop, and that a suc s of w ce sion bishops had maintained it. There ere tenements also u e o e e in Ch rch Street of which the bishops had be n wn rs . Thes f of e were their acts the first order . Their next w re that there was th e of f of of Losele now in place the bishops the amily More y, and ’ that the heirs of this family now maintained the Bishops Bridge f u th e and took the rents o the Ch rch Street tenements . This Mores had done so long that the oldest parishioner could remember r nothing to the contra y . The conclusions from these premises seem to have followed ’ thus : The heirs of the More family have th e bishops ri hts and f e Now duties they have, in act, succeed d the bishops t e More family lives at Loseley ; therefore the bishops lived there be fore e a for th m . But if the bishops lived there, and had God lming their domain , it must have been a bishopric , and the Church Street t tenements must have been th e houses that be longed o the canons. If e e u s thes same p ople could now come back to , and find one e e th e r house in Church Str t called Church House, another Deane y r u su House, and another the Prio y , they might look pon these g iv a s f of e gest e names a urther confirmation their d ductions. 1 6 2 e D ea n eh old u I n 3 the R ctory Manor, called the , had a co rt r - for ba on , a court leet, a constable, a tithing man , also one Farn a n d for Tu e sle f e for combe , one y, an o fic r bread and ale, and a u - of f a po nder. Also quit rents reehold ten nts in Church Street, k f e 8 d 1 65 . 2d e . 2 value and in O ord Lan , value 7 . ; in Farn l 2 Tu u e 1 . 1 1 d 1 5 d s . . . ; e e , £ ; combe, value 7 3 in y val 5 s and in u f I S 6d f S a l a rston G ild ord, value . . Also the fishery rom West g to w of the town bridge , and along the meado and lands the Rectory to th e north - east bou ndary a lltithe s and tithings there of (except Ea sh in 2 0 of u e g) ; 5 acres wood , Coppice , meadow, moor, past r and a rable in various parts of the parish one messuag e and forty acres Tu esle w ; - in y tithing , kno n as Wood Farm a dwelling house and u e of appurtenances in the ch rchyard, and thr e acres meadow h i a s a adjoining . The rector and s ten nt had lso common rights for pasture and digging of clay in the Peasmarsh . 1 6 0 e for w a w I n 5 a surv y was made the Common e lth , sho ing 6 6 Th e Parish and Churc h of Godalming . th at the man or had been leased in the 9th year of Elizabeth by Bra dbr id e th e e u m William g , then Dean of Cath dral Church of Sar , Ffra nc is m z e a n th e to Bar an , citi n and dr per of Lo don , for term of e e e r e 0 e se th e ighty y ars at a y a ly r nt of £3 , with a r rvation of half u m e va l e of ti ber and und rwoods . The surveyors then estimated the value of the rectorial tithe 8 1 8 r f e w 1 2 0 . e at £ 5 p annum , and the rights of re arren at £ per

e of e . e e annum , and the proc eds land and tith , etc , tog th r at an

£406 1 08 of £30. improved value of 5 over and above the rental The inte rest in the lease was at that time confirmed to Duglas

Ca stillia n f 1 6 2 . for eighty years rom the Annunciation , 3 This Rectory Man or continued in the posse ssion of the Dean e u u 1 8 2 n a th e and Chapt r of Salisbury ntil abo t 4, whe it p ssed to m s s Ecclesiastical Com issioners . The lands have ince been old , and those in the Frith H ill district a re u tilized for bu ilding e Th e m e e purpos s . anorial rights are now own d by John What ly m Es Th e e . e Si monds, q. , the pr s nt lord of the manor advowson is e th e s th e e now vest d in bi hop of diocese . The rectorial tith wa s e r commuted for the sum of p annum .

“ See a a er Th e u r a f M. A . s o G a n . . K ers a p p Ch ch L nd od lmi g, by S W h w, , u rre r h S y A c aeologica l Collection . x v C h a p t e r j .

Th e L v i ing .

be th e ROM what has been said , it will seen that m th e e living fro first was a Vicarag . I n the time of Flam bard the lands pertaining to the church e e r £4 , w re valued at p annum and another church 1 2 5 m i . A ic u s at At the inquisition by , Arch e e 1 1 e d acon of Surr y , about 95 , these wer the appurte nance s of th e Vicarage of the Church of

— th e e th e Godalming viz . , whol of altar of that church , with the burial - grou nd and the offerings of e very altar also all tithe s of th e s of s e lord hip the par on of that Church and tenths of tith s , and e th e r - e a messuag near the gate of bu ial ground with curtilag , and e f th e e H u rtm e r half a mark of silv r rom chap l at , and half an ” Es m s acre of meadow land in t ede . The position of this mes uage “ f th e of existing in the days o Richard I . close to gate the burial “ ” c a n be e e th e e e e ground id ntifi d as the site of pr s nt Vicarag , - is e e th e e and th e half acre of meadow still gl b by riv rside . th e e wa s I n th e 20th ye ar of Edward I . Vicarag assessed at 1 d e 2 3 . 1 1 20 marks yearly. It was valu d at £ 3 7 . per annum in e th e e the re ign of H e nry VI I I . At the surv y made for Parliam nt “ 1 6 0 e e to th e e in 5 , r f rring Godalming, surv yors state that the r Vic c a ra g e the re is worth pe ann . wa s e e e The Vicara e ntitl d to the small tith , to all the tithes of o a e e be of Bas n orn h a pars n g g , and all the tithes hi g and N y, titlIe s ea e th e and all of p s, beans , roots, and s eds throughout w m 600 e r Th e e a s . parish . vicarial tith com uted at £ p annum I 4

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x 1 8 l 20 n Cro sa ll u 2 6 , 45 5 Joh , instit ted November died

1 20. . 1 , 5 Robert More, M A instituted 3 October

w r e . 1 6 Ed a d Mowle c ss 5 4. 1 6 resI n ed . e 1 , 4; George Stoughton , institut d November 5 g

a 1 8 . Robert Gr fton ; deprived , 5 7

r 1 1 8 . F ancis Taylor, instituted 3 September, 5 7

1 6 1 . ; 1 4, Caleb Taylor died December 3 - D D 1 6 1 2 1 6 . . . , 45 43 Edmund Mason , , instituted 3 died March

6 e e 1 6 . . D . 1 4 3 Nicholas Andrews , D , instituted 35 ject d - For tr ie 1 6 1 660 1 . , 4; , Isaac 3 died February

1 660 . Thomas Quincey, ; resigned - 1 66 2 2 2 1 68 1 2 . Samuel Speed, M . A . , instituted died January , A 1 8 1 68 2 nthony Wharton , LL . B . , instituted April , died March 1 5 1 e M 1 6 1 1 ; dled , ichael Woodward, instituted June , 7 5 Novemb r 1 1 7 7 .

- ff 6 1 1 8 1 20. John Gi ard, instituted March, 7 7 resigned 7 20 u Y u . . 1 1 ; Richard o nger, M A , instituted 9 May, 7 died Febr ary

C 1 2 1 1 . . ; , Thomas awton , M A , instituted May , 7 5 7 d ed October 1 6 1 7 . Th e h 2 e e 1 6 1 e o . e e , 4 , 7 p Mountjoy H ugh s institut d Nov mb r di d 1 6 October, 7 3. 1 6 , . D . 2 2 , ; 9 Owen Manning B , instituted December 7 3 died

e 1 80 1 . Septemb r, 1 8 0 1 1 80 . John Croft, resigned 3

u e 2 2 1 80 - 1 0 Charles Ekins, instit t d October, 3 . e 1 8 1 0- Rob rt Ekins, 33.

- . 8 . . 1 8 Charles Boileau Elliott, M A , 33 3

B A. 8 . 1 8 . , , 747 John Garwood Bull 3

- e . 1 8 6 , . , 47 . Edward Jacob Boyc M A 5 8 - 1 6 . William Duncan Long, M . A 5 75 H - on . 8 1 8 8 . Alan Brodrick , M . A . , 75 8 1 88 . Leonard Headley Burrows, M . A . ,

Th ere are not many of these incumbents of the earlier time s of k which anything is now nown . m r fa Ranulf Flambard , the first Nor an Vica , was a very mous e ee d of v man , and must hav b n possesse remarkable igour and 0 Th e s C c o 7 Pari h and hur h f Godalming .

s e to e m ability . From an ob cur origin he rose inence , and became, e th e in addition to b ing Vicar of Godalming , Canon of Sarum , e s r of r D an of Chri tchu ch , Bishop Durham , and the unsc upulous a th e u h justiciar of Willi m Rufus . Among b ildings whic he e u orh a m e H e e rected are Christch rch Priory and N Castl . di d 1 1 2 8 in . on e de de Of William , and of Richard Chiddingfold, and Roger

— e e f ed v iz . Basing, I have b n avour with the following notes , that M m e one aster Willia , having resign d the living (about S a v e r ic e m , Archd acon of Northa pton , and Treasurer of Salis u e e e de b ry, granted to his b lov d cl rk , Richard Chiddingfold , the Vicarage of his Church at Godalming . This Richard de Chid ding fold appointed Roger de Bas i n g to be parson of th e church 2 h . 5 e r n ou t t e of Godalming Richard had to pay 0 . p a num of e ee e e e Vicarage , and Rog r agr d to pay Richard thr silv r marks e e year by year in quart rly paym nts, Roger to provide a chaplain and be re sponsible for allservice s and for th e necessary re pairs to

the church . But whate ver chaplain appoi n ted by Roge r serves th e h e e m church , shall mak the sa e oath to Richard as to Roger, in orde r that nothing be done during th e lifetime of Roge r or afte r h is death against th e inte re sts of Richard in th e Vicarage by which th e less h e Should hold it peaceably without de trime nt should e di a e e e e 1 1 Rog r e . This gre m nt was made betwe n the y ars 95

1 204. and Th e next on the list of whom we have information is Dr. e is e th e N icholas Andr ws , and he known to us chi fly by papers e e Lose le e h is e e (pr s rved at y) r specting jectment . Thes papers e e A rc h molo ic a l v ol w re published in the Surr y g Collection , . ii

. 2 1 0 e e be e In . p , and may th r r ad full It 1 5 we ll known that th e Long Parlia ment appointed a Com i u e a s e e mission to hear complaints aga nst inc mb nts, and thes w re e i u e g nerally Royalists, t is not s rprising that a gr at many of the Clergy were cited to appear and answer for the mse lve s all sorts of s charge made against the m . I n reading any of these it is hardly necessary to sa y at th e present day that great allowances m u st be e e e th e mad on both sides for the intensity of party f ling , and bigotry and intolerance that existed and were perhaps inseparable f v rom a State of Ci il war. a me e e was so u e This P rlia ntary Committ a busy one , n m rous Th e Vic ars .

e to n e f were the complaints mad it . Proceedi gs wer o ten adjourned on u of - of i acco nt non attendance the clergy complained aga nst, and h e f if i e e s. t or e oth r reason After second third de ault, the ev d nc e e n e w appear d to warrant it, d privation ensued, and then a godlie and painful minister wa s appointe d to succe ed and referred to the Westminster assembly of divine s for a c e r tIfic a te of fitne ss on e - fifth of the tithe to go to the ej e cted incumbe nt or f his widow for mainte nance . And then often followed or hearing many complaints that parishioners would n ot pay tithe to the

- or on e - fifth t wa s to newly appointed minister, that par not paid

e e . the lat incumb nt , etc The Surrey clergy suffe red a good de al from this Commission . n n e B fleet I cumbe ts were dismissed in Abing r , y , Chiddingfold , e u s a r n h a m f d Cranl igh , Clandon , Ewh r t, F Godalming, Guild or , e t e e s e East Horsley , West Horsl y, Lea h rh ad , Wi l y, Albury, and Wor plesdon n Our Dr. Andrews was charged, amo g other things , with the f w of t e f ollo ing . That , being possesse several livings, an her ore “ d d wa s u h t ample means , he m c iven to his ease and leisure . Tha h e e oflon e very much disapprov d g s rmons , and would not preach the m himself or allow his curates to do so . That he required f Mrs . Buckle y to wear a particular kind o ve il (such as had been use d In Catholic times) be fore he would consent that sh e should b h e . e e churched That l nt a parishioner a choice Popish book, s e e e i and aid he lik d a man who chos his religion b fore t came , as h t e . e it was coming again , in land That he made the congr gation come up to th e rail to rece ive the sacrament . That he rode all th e way to Portsmouth with the Rector of Compton to eat fish on a e of old Friday and drink the h alth that honest man the Pope, as they called him . These and other items of complaint were m ade and supported th e w e : m of by follo ing parishioners, among oth rs Sir Willia Elliot Bu sbr id e h Me lle rsh e g , John Randall , John Smith, P ilip , Joshua Pe rr ior of th e e f m , gand John Westbrook (a barrister W stbrook a ily residing , I think, at the house now London and County Bank, ’ and Mr. Jones s shop) . Th e th e to Is on e result was that Doctor had go. He of those V ’ “ V h ite S e of s : mentione In C ntury Malignant Priests, thu The “ d n fic e be e s A e . th e . . e of Nics ndr wes D D R ctor of Parish Ch . of

— V . C or F O PLATE XXX II OPY RONTISPIECE To B OK BY S AMUEL SPEED .

V s Th e ic a r .

Th a a n h e h is te r e Ch pl i e pli d won d wo k , H e ra ed e a ri stia h e f u t e a Tu r p y lik Ch n, o gh lik k, r for th e K a nd th e u e of Y r C ying now ing D k o k , W a u a u a u ith th mp, th mp , th mp

fe e e e r e h e e in Although his pre rm nts w r conside abl , becam f u of volved in pecuniary di fic lties , which troubled the closing years f his li e. b 1 66 During his incum ency, in 9, Archbishop Sheldon caused a to of return be made all conventicles within the province, and in u e two— v iz this return , nd r Godalming, are entered

Att the h ouse of John Attended by 7 or Taught by th e

a on eon for m ist 800 n . . Pl tt, a N perso s said John Platt minister, a weekly con v e n tic le every Sunday in the time of Divine Ser

vice.

c on v en 4or u n Another monthly Atten ed by T e a c h e r d “ e th e h of ti le att ouse 5 00 persons . known .

k . Henry Gill , a Qua er

Th e first- wa s th e mentioned meeting held at Westbrook, and wh e e . o n of Mr Platt conducted it had bee the Rector W st Horsl y , bu t e f f 1 66 2 o Ac t o . was jected on the passing the U niformity, e on s He thereupon purchased W stbrook, and carried service there u 1 66 u ntil his death in 9. H is son , Sir John Platt, b ilt the present s house at We tbrook . Rev wh o The . Anthony Wharton , succeeded Speed as Vicar, was fa f D o . f r the ther Thomas Wharton . B . , Pro essor of Poet y in th e of f 1 1 8 1 2 8 th e f h of U niversity Ox ord, 7 to 7 , and grand at er wh o e f Thomas Wharton , held the sam pro essorship, and wrote the of H istory English Poetry . t The only o her to be mentioned here is the Rev . Owen n B D w . . h o of on e Ma ning, , was Vicar the parish hundred years a o. al of of Pe erh a row g He was so Canon Lincoln , and Rector p a n d f wa s h a 1 2 Chidding old . He born in t e ye r 7 1 became Fellow

u rre Arc hwolo ic al e s vol. xi . art 2 . 1 8 S y g Coll ction , ii , p , p 5