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I T is no uncommon thing to find the early history of a place neatly packed into its name unpack the name, o f and you have the opening chapters your history . ’ STO KE D A BE R N O N belongs to a class o f composite local names of which we have nu merous examples , Hurst

- Monceaux , Holme Pierrepont , an d the like . ” STOKE is as S axon as Saxon can be . I n Domesday “ ” our Manor is known as STO CKE . The name arose from the ston es o r tree trunks forming the stockade with which villages were fortified i n days of insecurity and “ ” - o f sem i independence . Stowe , a village name frequent o f occurrence , is said to be another form the same word , “ which meant simply village . ’ B - D A ERN O N is as un mistakably Norman French . The present spelling first appears in the parish Registers under 1 D awburn o n the year 73 3 . Formerly it was written , ’ ’ d A ube rn oun d A ubern on , or ; for some years early in ’ d A lbom e this century the spelling is found , apparently o f A ubern o n without authority . No place bearing the name has been known ; but there is an Aubervilliers near Paris , o f U S and the river Aube , a tributary the pper eine , gives its name to a department . That is quite outside the ancient Duchy of Normandy , yet near enough to make o f some connexion possible . Be this as it may , we hear ” D awburn o n one Roger , described as the Normand , in the days of the Conqueror, and to him , after the Conquest , o f a grant was m ade this Manor with the advowson , as M oulse also of the Manors of Fetcham , Aldbury , and y . He did n o t hold from the King direct but from the tenant ih - G . chief, Richard Fitz ilbert , known as de Tonbridge The Manor o f Stoke would thenceforward bear the name ’ o f d A ubern on its im mediate holder, , and so , like Stoke ’ G fa Po is G E if rd , Stoke g ( famed by ray s legy) , Stoke

Damerel , and the like, it became distinguished from other

Stokes with or Without surname . — n First Saxon , then Norman such is the tale u folded E from the name . Can we go no further back ! xam ine the wall o f the Church and yo u will find in the mason ry 6 M UC H IN A NAME . MANO R .

of some flue tiles which speak Roman times . That there

was a Roman villa n ear at hand is possible ; and , but for of the industry the earth worm through long centuries , we

might have other evidence . Other remains , if such there fo r be , are all safely buried the present . So we must be conten t to begin m idway between those ur o f days and o own . At the close that Saxon period E represented to us by the name Stoke , under dward the Brixi Confessor, we find the Manor held by one , and

‘ fifteen hides N o assessed at , acres . Church is

mentioned ; but the Domesday survey , made within

the twenty years that followed the Conquest , found a “ ” Church al ready in the parish of Stocke . We shall see presently where it is that some part of that building

may possibly still be seen . The Church an d M anor House stand close together o n E the banks of the M ole . O riginally called mlyn Stream , that river now runs under a modernized name that lends ‘ o ex- arl—c o itself readily t p f a l derivations . From the Latin O A — o r it s M L , say some doth it not turn a m ill two in ! E mole — n ot course From the nglish , say others doth it r burrow and then eappear once and again P Let that pass . o f it— Poets have sung Spencer , Milton , Drayton , Pope , o f Thomson . Rising among the hills Northern Sussex ,

it passes Box H ill where it runs awhile under ground , of thence, winding through the picturesque vale Mickleham h E by Leather ead , it slowly glides along past Stoke to sher

Place ; then , losing spirit and beauty , it creeps sluggishly o n n o w M oulse , and then with divided stream , till at y ’ e o r ( M ole s y islet) , opposite Hampton Court , it j oins the

Thames and links us to a wider world . Here , beneath “ Church and M anor House , it flows fair and softly by so ( Camden saith , and our eyes see it) , making its own

contribution to the quiet loveliness of the spot .

As , however, we are more concerned with the Church than

o f be n efic e . with the Manor , we pass on to the history the o f E I t is a Rectory , in the Deanery Leatherhead (once well) , f f o . o Archdeaconry Surrey The county Surrey is , since 1 8 2 7 , shared by no less than three dioceses ; our parish

falls under Winchester . I n the taxation of Pope Nicholas , b n fice o f e e 8 5 d . the was valued at £ 1 3 . 4 ; in the valor ’ ”

E . dward I at thirteen marcs , in the King s Books at “ “ 1 1 5 1 1 d 1 5 1 £ 3 3 . . I t pays in tenths £ 7 . 5d ; procura “ — 6s 2 5. 1 8d . d . tions . synodals interesting survivals of

days gone by . The Advowson has always passed with 1 6 the Manor till late in the last century . I n 74 it was

8 B F . TH E ENE ICE . THE CH URCH

O f 00 included with certain lands i n a term 5 years , created by the marriage settlement of Sir Francis Vincent for raising portions for younger children ; sold under that on e authority about thirty years later, it was purchased by o f Paul Vaillant, Sheriff London , an eminent bookseller 1 1 of Huguenot origin ; and in the year 80 the Rev . Philip Vaillant was presented by his kinsman in succession to ’ the Rev . Richard Vincent ; upon the patron s death in the following year the advowson once more changed hands

C he C hurch .

Village Churches have no written history ; but the loss of an O ld Parish Church is as grievous as it is irreparable . Undying associations cling about it : those walls are the O f only , the loving, though silent , witnesses the j oys and O f sorrows , the faith and worship , the lives and deaths generations that have passed to thei r rest . Ye t there is a history that is writ in stone ; and this

Church , as we have it , represents three main periods

N A ! I . The VE is N O RMAN .

E R E G . I I . The CHANCEL is A LY N LISH

R D R . I I I . The C HAUNT Y is T U O

- a I . We have seen that there was Church here in Saxon 1 866 times , and , when the building was extended in , some to masonry , which it was found structurally necessary remove , was believed by som e to be Saxon . I f anything Of the kind is left above ground it must be in the wall E W o f at the . Of the porch ; the S . corner the unrestored

Church .

We are safer when we follow the ground plan . The two Nave , up to the second column westwards and some o r three feet beyond , ( the third bay and all beyond that having been added in 1 866) is in all probability o n the l ines O f the Old Saxon structure : a piscina at the E . end E o f the S . wall remains to shew where the astern wall

O f . the then Church , with its altar, originally was Within - two these modest limits , some thirty by twenty feet , the

the a ua 1 8 of the e s o o a o et it is a med as a o In M n l ( 47) Eccl i l gic l S ci y cl i S x n , but the limits o f the two styles (if indeed there are two styl es) are n ot every ’ “ ” r r o are sa d to where cl early d efined . In Parker s Glossa y some po ti n s i am be n ed Sax on . — 9 ARCHITECTURE NAV E A N D CHANCEL .

Church remained till the middle o f the thirteenth century . a o f The N . aisle , containing no fe tu re interest , except a - w in good square headed windo inserted Tudor days , is f probably o later date .

I I . The earliest undoubted addition to the original building was the Chancel . This appears to have been built about the middle o f the 1 3 th century by the first ’ d A bern oun o f Sir John , a man , as documents shew, considerable wealth and influence . His Obj ect was no doubt partly to dignify the plain little building inherited from Saxon times , partly to provide a nobler resting place fo r himself and his successors ; and o n the floor o f this — Chancel are three memorials one of the founder himself, O f —O f another his son , the third probably Of his grandson which we have more to say anon . We may place the building Of the Chancel in the “ ” f - O first 1 2 0. middle the pointed period , say before 5 The founder lived over a quarter Of a century to worship

1 2 . in the Church he had enlarged , his slab being dated 77 E E The roof, as a specimen of arly nglish work , is hardly excelled in any small p arish Church . I t is finely groined o f the ribs are supported by triplets colu mns , gracefully E clustered . The Western bay is connected with the astern

- by a transverse rib with dog tooth mouldi ng . The former has a boss at the intersection , the latter has none . The ribs and the wide splayed lancet windows alike point to ea rl , E E arly nglish . The mural painting , which we shall c w des ribe on a later page , m ay have covered the hole Of E n o t the . wall . This did suit the sixteenth century with its cry for more light ” so wal l and picture were broken through , and a debased Tudor window inserted , which lasted until the recent restoration . The present three light lancet is quite in harmony with the rest .

The slant o f the Chancel towards the N . must n ot pass o f un noticed . A feature this kind may sometimes have to to been due accident or the necessities of the site . But very seldom . For remember the spirit in which the lines o f l an O d church were laid down . Men would trace upon o f the ground , at least in thought , the blessed form their C ruc ified out King , and then work it in stone, with the arms outstretched to N . and S . in the transepts , the feet

E . westward , and the head in the Above the head they t : would sometimes , as at Can erbury , set a crown He was “ reigning from the tree o r it might become a Lady to chapel , setting forth a picture dear the heart of the thirteenth century—the sacred Body taken down from the B 1 0 MYSTIC S LANT . CHAUNTRY .

slz ktl turn ed as in slee Cross , with the head resting, g y p , ! upon the lap o f the Virgin Mother .

I I I . The Chauntry is entered from the Chancel through

an iron gate , and from the Nave through a screen Of o ak ; the latter is enriched with coats o f arms in stained

glass , those Of the Diocese an d Province being newly ’ d A bern on s added , those Of the and their descend ants being remains of the former E astern window of the Chancel .

Dedicated to S . J ohn Baptist and S . J ames , this o f Chauntry was built in the days Henry VI I . by N o rbui‘ 1 0 Sir J ohn y ( d . By his will , dated 5 4, it was endowed for two priests to say masses for the ’ founder s soul in perpetuity . The en dowment was liberal ; for i n 1 553 we fi nd J ohn Glover and Thomas K n e o f eu y g , late Chauntry priests this parish , in the o me n t O f on e 6 j y pensions , amounting , the to £ , the other — h to £ 5 no small sums i n t ose days . As the founder n o o n e died a bachelor , with brothers and only sister, and that sister already well married , the endowment ought to have been liberal . There is an opening for a fireplace in the Tudor style a style well represented in the tracery o f the windows .

The latter were once fitted with stained glass , some O f fragments which , placed in the Baptistery , we shall describe o n a later page . A bit Of some interest is left

m i e . in the Chauntry , representing a y , . , an instrument for crushing flax , the cognizance of the Bray family . A D t the S W . corner of the Chauntry is a ROO R a STAI CASE , which m y have been approached by a separate door from outside and a slip in the Chauntry . The stairs wind up through a pier till they reach an

- aperture , where was the Rood door Opening upon the f Lo t . Of Loft and Chancel Screen (if Screen ever existed) all trace is here lost . I n some Churches the displaced Rood has been succeeded by the Royal Arm s , n o t O f a thing beauty i n any situation , albeit rich in — meaning , but here hideous and monstrous . For such intrusion we have usually to thank the Stuart period , N r E . o rastian , if ever a period was does the like appear to have been wanting to this Church ; for , high up over o f the Western side the Chancel arch , could be seen ,

“ O r is it the hea on the ross bowe s ewa s the act o f d . d C , d id y in ying ee tra e (S . J ohn xix . T he very nails and wo unds o f the fee t have b n c d

some Wester a s e w do ws an d the er ed s de the h os o e. in n i l in , pi c i in lyc n c p '

Han dbook o E n /is}; E ccleszo/o 1 8 . 2 1 1 . f g gy , 74, p R D . 1 1 OO STAIRS F RESCO HAPP ILY D ISAPP EARED .

of within living memory , the traces a rude heraldic U painting. Peace be to that Lion and n icorn , whose ' age - long contest has now happily faded from the wall

i tl i S a n y h story. f Be ore dealing with the Monuments , which form not the o f least interesting feature the building , it will be well to give the merest sketch of the families who have successively f held the Manor and le t their mark in the Church .

First , we will take the ample pedigrees as given in M S S O ff the Harleian , and , by lopping the collaterals , pare the tree down to the barest outline . I t will be seen that between 1 3 59 and 1 61 0 there are no less than seven surnames ; but the line was preserved from the first ’ d A bern oun down to the last Vincent ; each o f the six changes was due to the failure of an heir male, no steps being taken , as in other families , to preserve the original name .

F A M I L Y S UC C E S S I ON . D E V OL UT I ON OF M A N OR .

’ Roger d A bern oun William the Co nqueror 1 066 O ’ J ohn d A bern o un William de Clare 8§ T onbridg e c . 1 070

’ ’ J ohn d A bern o un R oger d A bern Oun hei rs c . 1 080

’ John d A bernoun C rosyer ( 1 3 59) Norbury ( 1 41 8) a we 1 2 1 ! Braye 1 0 0 H lli ll ( 5 ) ( 5 5) W1111am d A bern oun L yfield V incent (c . 1 61 0) I ’ Eliz abeth d A bern oun Willi am C rosyer

Anna C rosyer H en ry N orbury

! Henry N orbury de S toke

‘ Anna I lorbury R ichard H alliwell J ohn N orbury (who succeeded but died J an e H alliwell Edmund Bray unmarried )

F rances Bray Thomas L yfield

J ane L yfield Thomas Vincen t

O ther Vincents. ! This person is styled j ohn in the minute genealogy given upon the

. wa o f the hau r T he om er of that e t er e t fied the father S ll C nt y . c pil i h id n i w th his own son or or the atter a to ether a e the ormer his i , , ign ing l l g , g v f ’ o — s n s n ame which a mounts to pretty much the same thing . We are n ot o f those harmo st ho wou d sa that bot/i are r ht an d wou sad e ni s w l y ig , ld dl a man of that period with a doubl e Christian n ame

”fl" . F F X 1 2 D E BENEFA C T A CON LUENCE O SA ON NORMAN .

N ow fo r our sketch I n the county o f Surrey there were but forty - on e —in - Norman tenants chief, a small number even for so small ’ : o n a county each Knight s share would in clude, the o f average , a goodly nu mber manors . And none was ' o n e a lzas rewarded so liberally as Richard de Clare, ( in ' alza s regard Of his chief grant) de Tonbridge, ( in regard “ ’ o f his many grants but regardless of gram mar a o

B en e aola . f M oreover, the Conqueror made hi m joint Jus

t iciar O f E . E r y ngland , and William I I gave him the a ldom f o . Surrey Though his principal seat was in Kent , he : M oulse A 1d held manors in Surrey among these were y ,

bury , Fetcham , an d Stoke , which he granted to Roger ’ ’ A rn n d A be rn o un as me mo tenant . The d be ou s made Stoke

their chief residence and gave the place its surname . ’ The name d A bern oun frequently appears in Parlia

ment rolls an d other records . Walter bore arms 26 against King J ohn . I n 1 4 Sir J ohn the first was 1 2 8 Sheriff Of Surrey and Sussex ( united counties) . I n 7 ’ 6th E o n e d A bern oun ( dward J ohn , succeeding to the ’ a o f m nor, is returned as holding one knight s fee the “ ” 20 value Of J 5: , and as such is distrained to receive

knighthood . This was J ohn the younger. His father , h who built the C ancel , had died in the previous year . ’ r I n 1 3 59 died the last male in the d A be n oun succession .

An inquisition was held , and the j ury found his daughter E 1 8 lizabeth , aged , to be heir ; she carried the lands to

C ro s e r. her husband , Sir William y ro r The second Sir Wm . C sye died without heir male 1 1 1 1 8 w in 4 5; until her death in 4 , his wido held the m O f manor ; then , through the previous arriage her

to o n e S ir . daughter Ann , it passed Henry Norbury N o w this Norbury fam ily represented a great house , “ S udele s o f G lin iall d esc é ded the y loster, who were y of

Harold whom William the Conqueror slew in the feild . “ And the Lady Ann , as we know , represented that D awburn on w E the Norm and , hich cam into ngland with O the Conqueror . S we have Saxon and N orman lines

converging fou r and a half centuries after Senlac , a typical o f c o m instance that process , so well summed up in the ’ osite d A bern o n E p name , Stoke , by which the nglish r nation has th ough long centu ries become what it is . Such is the moral pointed by the genealogy below the

L yfield brass . S ir O hn The third Norbu ry , J , who founded the Chauntry , 1 2 1 died , un married , in 5 , and was succeeded by Richard “ ” 1 3 A PRAGMATIC S ANCTI ON MATR IMONIAL .

Halei hwell g or H alliwell , of an honourable D evon family , of husband his sister Ann . But the male line O f the Hale ig hwells at Stoke did not

on e . even extend to generation One child , J ane , was left, in whose name centres a curious piece Of family diplomacy , singularly illustrative Of the times . There is a slight inconsistency between the records and the pedi grees which we shall not at tempt to reconcile . Broadly, the matter stands thus : O f Sir J ohn Norbury , foreseeing the extinction his family in the male line , entered into a contract with his neigh bour, Sir Reginald Bray Of Shere . I t was this Bray who o n had found the crown Bosworth field , and afterwards E negotiated the state marriage of Henry VI I . with lizabeth f ! o York . That must have given him a taste for match making ; fo r we find hi m arranging marriages for no less o n e O f than three Of his nephews , whom he thereby

o f . launched into a sea litigation His eldest n ephew , E dmond ( afterwards Lord Braye) , was about the same ’

Halei hwell o f d A bern on . age as J ane g , heiress Stoke S O o n e fo r , with the head Of fam ily bent on providing the succession , and the head of the other with a passion f for arranging af airs matrimonial , naturally enough these two Old gentlemen laid their heads together . The result was a contract drawn in the most solemn manner with had penalties attached . The young gentleman reached the mature age of thirteen , the lady was barely eleven . “ But between the t wo high contracting parties it was agreed and arranged that ' the said Edmond should was marry the said Jane . O n the other hand , Sir J ohn to settle Stoke and other manors o n the lady an d so an xious was he for a union between the families that he insisted E he upon this proviso , that , should dmond Bray refuse t E lady, his n ext brother , dward , was to have both lady and estates . O n the other hand , Sir Reginald settled E Shere an d other estates upon dmond and he , too , with the worldly wisdom that had commended him to a man

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He n r V I I . like y , made his stipulation , that , if the lady on should refuse her Bray , a fine was to be levied the le i h l Ha we l . g estates , and paid to him , Sir Reginald We are not told whether the young people had this explained

’ oreo er he is sa to ha e bee the des er an d ar h te t of . Geor e s M v , id v n ign c i c S g

ha e W dsor to the ost of wh h he a so o tr buted its . a s e he C p l , in , c ic l c n i in S i l bu t a ha e wh h bears his ame an d his e e is re eate the e . il C p l ic n , d vic p d in c iling “ to ether a otewor th man th s S ir e a Bra w th e er th Al g n y , i R gin ld y , i v y ing ha some about him his u era was e aborate to the ast e ree an d a nd f n l l l d g , sumptuous monument in Old Chel sea Church remains to shew what mann er f o man he was or was held to be . L f O O Y

B O F S IR J O HN D 'A UBE RN UN T HE I RASS O F RST .

A D . 1 277.

1 6 S TUD Y OF ARMS A N D ARMO UR .

GUI GE o r ornamental strap passing over the right shoulder to support the shield , enriched with rose and ” t he fylfot alternately, the latter a mystic kind of cross ,

former an emblem O f the Patroness of the Church .

OOI F D E J lI A I L L ES or “ chain hood protecting head and neck ( the crown no doubt having the additional O f protection a flat steel plate inside) .

HA UBE RE S or mail shirt ( mostly hidden by the urcoat) ,

with long sleeves Of mail , terminating usually in m ufflers

strapped to the wrists .

P OL E YNS o r knee - caps ( g en ouillieres) o f plate or

leather, richly ornamented .

’ C HA U E o f S S S mail encasing legs and feet .

- P R ID E S P URS i. e . , , single points , attached by strap ! u nder foot across instep but apparently fastened in front .

’ S UR C OA T BL I A US r or with f inged border, loose

without sleeves , tied round the waist with a plaited cord , below which it Opens in front and falls o n either side i n “ ample folds . These coats were usually charged with ” the knights arms , being introduced by the Crusaders to distinguish varieties Of nation and lineage serving under

the banner Of the Cross . — F OOT - RES T : a lion ( emblem of courage and generosity) ’ couchant , holding the knight s lance , the butt with his paws ,

the staff between his teeth . — A RM ORI A L BEA R I N GS : Originally o n two small o f shields at the head the stone , one alone remaining ,

charged like the large shield .

L EGEND , somewhat defaced , in Longobardic characters running along the four edges of the slab

!1! S ! RE J OHA N D A UBER NO UN C HIV A L E R GIST IC Y

D EU D E SA A L M E EYT : .M E R C Y

au rn u od o n Sir J ohn D be o n knight lieth here . G his

soul have mercy .

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m D ’ B E T HE E ND BRASS O F S J O HN A U RNO UN S C O .

A D . 1 3 27. 1 8 TRANS ITI ON ARM O UR .

of The inscription was bordered by a narrow strip metal ,

the letters being cut o ut o f the metal and let in separately .

Hence we can read the legend , though its brass work has wholly disappeared . We know that Sir John died 1 2 77 ( 5th Edward S O ea rliest E this is the sepulchral brass in ngland , though h as Belgium some older . I t is the only one of that reign

- which is not cross legged .

’ o f D A BE R N N E BRAS S S I R J O H N U O the S CO N D ,

probably son Of the preceding .

There are very few quite like this . I t is apparently by the same artist as on e at Westley Waterless in

Cambridgeshire . f The effigy is surmounted by a grace ul single canopy , in - o f cinque foiled ogee , which it is the earliest known

example . The armour is mixed , shewing the gradual O f change from mail to plate . The hauberk is banded mail ,

the skirt verging to a point above the thighs . Fastened to

the cam ail is a bascinet , also Of banded mail . O n the legs o r o n are j ambs greaves , the feet sollerets . Note the roundels at the shoulders also the arriere - bras and avant

bras . Over the hauberk is the pourpoint studded with

metal rosettes , having an escalloped border Of fringe . The chevron o n his shield does not reach to the top like his ’ was father s . The legend ( in Longobardic letters) not cut o ut but incised upon a fillet o f metal ; when such

o r o f . fillets were lost stolen , all trace the letters disappeared Here nothing can be read but the small strips that have

been recovered and replaced within the present year. But t tha little , as it now stands ( August , is curiously — E I complete and touching in its simplicity s ir M R C .

1 2 E Date , 3 7 ( last year dward

B RAS S ( vanished) Of S I R J O H N the TH I RD .

Side by side with the other two . The stone alone - N O remains with o n e corner shield in brass . inscription r r can be traced . I n all p obability it rep esents the grandson

Of the founder Of the Chancel , though it is barely possibl e between t o f it may come the other two , represen ing the son

o f . the one and the father the other The shield bears , “ o f above the chevron , a mark Of cadence it is a label four points and would usually signify that the knight was “ HRY M D ” 1 9 A C S O CHIL .

’ so n his father s eldest , as he no doubt was ( bearing the ’ o r father s Christian name) , and also that he died , at o f any rate had this engraved , during the lifetime his father.

r monumental B rasses in the Qi haunt y.

S o f U C ros er. B RA S ANNA LADY N O RB RY , born y . e E f . On the . side o the tomb canopy Her ight n o f — children appear o the folds her robe curious , if not unexampled .

1 6 . Date, 4 4

E S O f E . B RAS LL N B RAY , infant

O f . On the W . side the canopy Monuments to little children were n o t uncom mon in the sixteenth and seven ’ te en th . G centuries . Westminster Abbey and S eorge s ,

Windsor, have notable examples from the seventeenth . chriso me I n this the child is represented in the baptismal , o f which swathes her as a shroud , a curious which “ custom ! h chriso me there are other instances . W ere the covers e the head it is marked with a cross pat e .

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01 Y EL D E B RAS S the L F S .

L felde b Thomas y , his wife Frances ( orn , Bray , and of Halei hwell daughter J ane g ) , and their daughter, afterwards Lady Vincent, all in the attitude of prayer. ’ I t completely links together four o f the names borne by o f n successive holders the Manor, and in the ge ealogy engraved below it ( o n e very striking feature of which we

o n 1 0 . have noted p . ) all seven names are worked out I n design and execution this brass is in marked contrast to o f those the older periods . h 1 2 t E t . Date , 59 ( 34 lizabe h)

ale T he chrisome was the n apkin used for wiping O ff the con secrated Oil at ba t sm an d e ue as a wh te esture s mbo z the o e e e . p i , nd d i v y li ing inn c nc giv n T he h d was wra e t t a mo th Old whe the mothe r at her hur h c il pp d in i ill n , n c c ing “ ” was t O f o er the C hr som an d other O er s . F rst P . B. Ed . V I . f y ff ing i , If the h e be o re the mo th the same ser e as a shroud . c ild di d f n , v d 20 M ONUMENTS O F ANCIENT RECTOR S .

®ther monuments .

U U E The C HA NT RY , its FO N D R and its FI RST E PRI ST .

A brass plate, found loose in the Church , now placed on E o f ! the . wall the Chauntry , records

T hys C ha unt r ie fo un d yt S y r J o h n No r b ur y T h e Fy rst Pre st wa s S yr J o h n Py n no k e t ruly ; Un d e r T hy s S t o n e li et h burye d Hys Bod y Of whose S o ul e J e s u h ave M e rc y He d e p a rt e d o ut o f T hy s Wo r l d a n d f ro m Us he is g o n e In t he ye a re of o ur L o rd fi ft e e n t we nt y a n d o n e T h e fy rst d a y of t h e M o nt h of A ug ust ’ — n In T he M a rc i e J h u C r i st He p ut t y s a ll His T r ust A me .

’ The Chauntry is n amed in the founder s will dated 1 504; e 1 2 the abov date is 5 1 . The body Of the inscription is t aken to refer not to the Priest but to the Founder. Note the present tense in the last line , thus implying that the deceased is alive unto GO D also note the title Syr ” E given to priests ( c p . Sir Hugh vans in Shakspere) as in “ ” D Pr ominus owd and Sire Richard below . The metre and rhymes ( especially the last) are o dd .

PR OWD E . S I R J O H N , R CTO R

n o f . A small brass plate o the S . wall the Chan cel He “ ” “ ” ro icietur is styled Dominus , and the usual p p Deus is added . 1 1 2 th Date , 49 7 ( H enry

EE E E . J O H N R V , R CTO R

O f n o w on E . A small plate glass , to be placed the window o f the Chauntry . Sacru m memoriae J o Reeve Rector p osuit 1 59 6.

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é u o i xa i 7 6 3 1; X e s !ca l 7 5 ( iWO Oa V v xe Oo s . . 2 1 . l £ 7 p p i O O U 21 THER M N MENTS IN CHAUNTRY .

R r d This ecto , who seems to have place his own epitap h , ’ takes a liberty with S . Paul s text , unless the second word ” be a slip .

D E U RI C HAR the LITT L , PARSO N of this C H RC H .

. Outside the Church , u nder the N wall near the Transept , an Old sepulchral slab in marble dating probably from early thirteenth or late twelfth century .

The inscription , somewhat mutilated , makes a rhyming triplet and reads probably thus :

le Sire Ricard petit , j adis lese Persone de ceste yg ci gist , Rec eyve la Alme J esu C brist

f . The letters are incised , but moss is bringing them i nto relie

’ E E d A bern o n NAM L SS , probably a , found beneath the o n foundations Of the Chancel floor the W . side Of the i c ri n o w . n s arch , placed outside near the preceding The p tion is quite obliterated .

S I R J O H N N O R BU RY—The original monu ment Was beneath the arch o r tomb - canopy between the Chauntry

‘ and the Chancel . This ould monument being by inju ry f de molisht o n o time , a new one representing a knight his knees at prayer was erected , with an inscription , from 1 6 which the foregoing words are quoted , in 3 3 .

E O f SARA H LADY VI N C NT , daughter Sir Amias f t 1 866 o n . O Paulet . I t s ood till the S side the Chancel , of blocking up the greater part the lancet window . The f epitaph af ects epigram , somewhat cumbrously

Re lli io n e n u m C a n d o r Pie t a s ue Fid e s ue g , I g i , , q , q , a e o u n ue h o o t r st P u ve r e a t a a c e nt H q i q i i l I j . T ot r e s c o ng e st as t umul o mir a r is in un o ; ‘ r A t mi r a r e ma gi s t ot fuit u n a S a a . ‘ A t S a r a n o st r a S a r a m n e e x o mn a rt e re f e r re t i p ,

Fe c e r un t vit a e t e mp o ra s o l a b r e vi s . Er g o A b r ae a lt e r i us s p o n s i g re mi um t e n et ; et q ua m D m V i va f re q ue nt a bat o o nt in et o ssa o us . “ ” 22 O O B A T HOS . C NCEITS , C NCEIT

A paraphrase will help to bring o ut the points ; imperfect as it is , it will serve the turn

He re lie in d ust

F V E S G N L V R UES I I A I T . S t ra n g e t h at o n e s e p ul c h re c a n h o ld t he m a ll! M o r e st ra n g e t ha t a s i n gl e S a ra c o ul d e xh i bit t he m ! ’ In o n e t hi n g wa s o ur S a ra l e s s t ha n A b r a h a m s H w f w e r d a y s e re e . Yet in a ll e lse t r ue S a ra s h e h a s re ac he d in Pa ra d se , , , i , ” B m f “ A r h T he o so o a s e c o n d b a a m, A n d a ll t h at of he r wa s mo rt a l wh r Re st s e e s he a s mo rt a l, r a y e d . , p

E S I R T H OMAS and LADY VI N C N T (J ane , born

' l o n the N orth L yfie d) wall Of the Chauntry . He died

1 61 1 61 . o n 3 , she 9 H e lies , like the Lady Vincent the ” adj oining tomb , head on elbow as if ( in the satirical words Of Ford the dramatist) he died 0’ the toothache 1” I t is good to have a monument like this in a building that lin ks the present to the past age after age tells here o wn a w its own story in its way . Mere estheticism is holly on at fault in such a place , though there is a beauty , wider o n e lines , that is always open to who has the eyes to see . o n e of ae To enj oy that , wants the spirit a broader arch ology that loves whatever will lay Open the feelings , habits needs , o r O i - w t aspirations men , ho ever dark and dead we hink their times to have been . And this monument tells the — “ — story O f its age the age o f the E nglish Solomon it speaks most expressively , and so eloquently , Of the tastes o f and feelings the times . The inscriptions are full Of the quaint conceits and conceited quaintness o f the age “ o f E o f the nglish Solomon , especially that Sir Thomas , n o t Of balaos which concludes thus , without a suggestion in the last line

firmel n n He y prayi g said his last Ame , c rown Is d by God and much renowned with men . P V I N C E T Q V I A T I T V R .

’ The lady s epitaph ( she died six years later) , though n o less fulsome , is better in style its Opening lines would not disgrace any poet

I f to be wise , virtuous , an d good o f bloud Be ye prime ornaments n oble , en si n es o f I f these be g a royal minde , ’ Thou ad st a lustre to thy sex and kinde .

24 V ARIA .

Surrey . Now they are in a similar turret surmounting

the new tower built at the W . end of the Church at the “

1 8 66. o n e enlargement in On is inscribed , Thomas

L field . y and Frances , his wife

On the S . wall , inside and outside , will be seen the o f o f marks what was the doorway , before the extension

the . O U P Church I t had a porch , within which was a ST f o r holy water still visible . The B UTTRES S ES o f the Chauntry bear the arms of Sir J ohn Norbury (say The LYCH - GATE is quite

modern .

Once more entering the Church , let us , before passing ’ on to things modern , notice the knight s H ELMET and

U O . tattered S RC AT , eloquen t Of days long gone by S There is also a PARI H CHEST wel l worth examining . o n e fo r o n e fo r I t has three locks , the Rector and o n e each Churchwarden , as is told ; yet such an assign m ent hardly consists with the constitutional position o f “ ” Churchwardens each Of whom is an inseparable moiety , not , like the parson , a whole man . However, the three ' c hest is on e locks are there . The very m uch like in ' C l m in y p g Church , Sussex ; the device in front strongly o n G resembles some carvin bg the front Of the Abbey ate ’ Ed mun d s O ld House at Bury St . I t is probably as as — the Chancel early E arly E nglish . The carvings have n been copied o the modern Clergy desks . I n the Baptistery is a small stained window made o f o f G up various fragments ANCIENT LASS , collected from various windows in the Church , some very curious , even ludicrous . Among them are two fine pieces Of ruby ; also an interesting picture Of S . Ann teaching the Virgin to read .

Ehe R estoration of 18 66.

o f . There had been a settlement the S wall , and cracks had appeared in the Chancel arch . After a careful survey m made by M r . Robert Hesketh , the co plete restoration of the Church was carried out by M r . Carruthers , Builder ,

Of Reigate . in The building was lengthened , to accom modate an creasing congregation and to give a j ust proportion t o N W the several parts . A tower was carried up at the . l of ang e , the upper floor which became the belfry, the lower part the baptistery . A S . porch and a transept were 25 MO D ERN D EC ORATION S IN CHANCEL .

. O ld w added The pe s were replaced by Open benches , and the lo w whitewashed ceiling gave way to a new and o f - graceful roof timber. Old column s were restored , and

o n . the windows the S . side were filled with stained glass

was spent without any attempt being made , at this time , to decorate . 1 59 768 4

D ecorations in 18 75.

RERE DO S .

The Reredos was designed by M r. R . Hesketh , and d executed , most elicately, by M r. J aquet, who did the ’ sculptor s work himself. o f O f I t is Caen stone , with shafts , Devonshire serpentine, o f re— upon a base red Mansfield ston e . The table , gradine

- or f rain e d ree n . or super altar, is o finely g g marble S it i i the The hafts divide nto n ne sculptured panels , ’ mouldings o n the upper edge being carved with dog s ” tooth , to harmon ize with the groined roof above .

The subj ects are from the life o f our Lord

. D . D . N S I E CENTRE . S . S I E T he en try Christ sink T he I n stitu é T he women Christ ' i nto ing under tion of the at the a ppearing to ’ erusa em . the r s L r u er em t tomb . the ost es . J l C o s. o d s S pp p y Ap l

ON THE S . WALL .

Christ meeting Christ washing ’ the Apostles the Apostl es on the way to feet . Emmaus.

E AST WI N D OW

The arches are enriched with shafts of grey marble

- 15 . and dog tooth mouldings . The stained glass by Messrs Wei n rd Hughes , the subj ects bei g as follows

‘ - - - . D D G . S . S I D E G . N . S I D E L IGHT MI LE LI HT LI HT T he N ativity an d T he Crucifixi on an d T he Asc en sion an d hr st wee o er the a eara e to the Presen tation . C i ping v pp nc

m . ar a a e e . J erusale . S M y M gd l n

E o f The Reredos and . window are memorials the

Parents o f the Rev. F . Parr Phillips , and of M rs . Phillips , respectively . 26 F R ANC IENT ESCOES .

o n mural p aintings .

o n Several years ago , the Chancel walls , were discovered traces o f old painting dating from late thirteenth century.

u . O n the S . wall it had merely been a ro gh diaper pattern But E o f the . end shewed remains what was clearly a representa o f UD G : tion the LAST J M ENT , covering the entire wall the original Early English Chancel probably had no E . window. There was a window , however, of the debased 1 866 sixteenth century style; prior to the restoration in , the out o f f throwing which , it is to be regretted , had the ef ect of breaking up the picture . — The following figures remain quite distinct an Angel sounding a trumpet , numerous other Angels , some spirits

Of the Blessed , and David with his harp . I t was a delicate op eration to complete the design as far as the space left

al O ld . would low , and to blend the new artistically with the

But the result , it will be seen , is most successful .

Another painting, ancient and most i nteresting , found upon the W . wall of the Chancel arch , has quite dis a appeared , although happily copy was made by direction o f the Rev . F . P . Phillips , and is still in his possession as soon as it was exposed tothe air it began to scale o ff and i hO . A rchb s p could not be preserved I t represented an l h im d t with m itre and crozier , and , below , the , iminu ive o n figure of a Knight , his knees , apparently p raying for N o i pardon . w it happens that ith s parish had some connexion with the neighbouring priory of Newark ; more

O f d e . over, the Churches both were edicat d to S Mary , m o f and that Of Newark , at any rate , to S . Tho as Canter o f bury also . Two the priory seals are extant representing o f h o f the m urder Becket , wit a shield , bearing the arms ’ or r o n e o f Richard Bret B eton , the Archbishop s murderers , at the bottom O f which is a mon k supplicating the Martyr .

‘ We are thus left in no doubt : the Prelate in the Stoke painting was S . Thomas Becket and the suppliant Knight the aforesaid Richard . What special connection a Somerset shire Bret might have with the S urrey Priory or with S h toke , we leave to future researc . 27 MOD E R N WO RKS OF A RT .

e c I t m mural p aintings anb mosai s .

U O The ANN NCIATI N over the tomb canopy, between the Chancel and the Chauntry . P The BA TISM o f C HRIST in the Baptistery . f . R B S to o S BA NA A , a mosaic , dedicated the memory Bishop Harold Browne ( died 1 89 1 ) by his faithful servant ” . F. P Phillips , Rural Dean .

. R O W r S BA TH LOME , a mosaic , f om the same donor in o f e - R v. memory his uncle the J ohn Abbiss , sixty four

o f of . years Rector the Priory Church S Bartholomew , mithfi l S e d .

R C HA ITY , a mosaic , in grateful memory of J emima

O . Cooper ( died

( r a D g n .

1 8 w I n 73 , an excellent organ of full and s eet tone , built by Messrs . Walker, and selected for this Church by was D r. Hopkins , Organ ist of the Temple Church ,

of . presented by M r . and M rs . Cooper Stoke Lodge

mobern p ainteb IDinbovos.

The W . window , in memory of Wm . H . Cooper, a much 1 8 8 valued parishioner, who died in 7 , was erected by his

n . widow . I t is from the desig Of M r N . H . J . Westlake ,

P . .A . . S 8: . ( Messrs Lavers , Barraud Westlake) The subj ect , which is the Resurrection of the J ust, has been treated in a new and simple man ner, free from the grotesqueness d isfi ures that often g early work in glass . The text Of the design is Rev . xiv. And I heard a voice from ”

&C . o f u Heaven , At the base are the bodies the j st rising re - G from their graves and united to their souls , a uardian G Angel is leading each to the ates Of Paradise , where is

S . Peter with the keys ; and a glimpse is caught o f the o f choirs the Angelic Host. Above is the fine , martial figure E Of S . Michael , as conqueror of the vil One . I n the centre of the tracery Our Lord is seated in the act of blessing ; O f his action seems to speak the words Come, ye blessed 28 O THER MEMO R IALS .

My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation o f the world .

The memorial E . window has been described .

T O avoid contrasts and discord , all the windows on the

81 . S . side are by one fi rm , Messrs . Ward Hughes Their 66 date is 1 8 . The subj ects are as follows — I . Medallions The Miracle at Nain , and Christ bl essing

little children .

( A brass plate shews the above to be a memorial .)

2 O f . . The Agony, with the emblems the Passion

on 3 . Christ the Sea f ( The gift o the Viscou ntess Chewton) .

G 4. The ood Shepherd

( The gift Of Servants and Cottagers) .

5. Martha and Mary f E . . ( The gift O M rs . H elme)

T wo . other memorial windows , also by Messrs Ward and

Hughes, were presented by the Rector ( Rev . F. P . Phillips) and Parishioners in 1 875 i n 1 86 O ne memory of Bishop Sumner ( resigned 9 , died

: . G an d ab0ve Subject S Peter at the Beautiful ate ; , , ’ Christ s charge to S . Peter . to 1 —The other, commemorate Bishop Wilberforce (died The conversion of S . Paul above which is the Apostle preaching at Athens . A third Diocesan is com memorated by the mosaic o f

S . Barnabas , described above .

A D D EN DA .

o f ir Brass S J ohn the Second ( p . The chevron ’ here is normal : it is the father s that is exceptional . T he outer robe , being cut short in front , is , strictly , the e e/as y , a garmen t which began to supersede the fuller surcoat j ust two years before the date of this brass . O G F — 29 L VIN SACRI ICE A NC IENT A ND MOD ERN .

(Jinnrluzimr.

A link among the days , to knit

The generations each with each .

We are somewhat wresting those lines in ap plying them for to the matter in hand . Yet not altogether, the history of a Church and the history of a family have many points

in com mon , as we have seen in tracing two such histories S side by ide . O nly it is the individual that is the link a

church o r family a chain . ff A chain , this , such as no nation can a ord to let go o r break ; rather let it burn every school history in the

land . No history equals that which is writ in stone . Has this Church any message of its o wn ! Has it anything to say not said as well or better by a hundred others ! — o Yes , this That there is no need to g back five or six centuries to find men and women who realize the “ ’ ” o f o f G privilege beautifying the place od s sanctuary .

Other churches knit the generations each with each , shewing, as in a cross section , the continuity of religious and n ational life . This church speaks more especially o f continuity in sacrifice . I t is a chain slung across the : o ld centuries it binds together , m iddle , and modern England ; it is coeval with the actual forming o f our nation during the past thousand years it brings back to of b , us the religious ha its and feelings vanished —ages drawing them into line with our own Victorian era all j oined in a unity of loving sacrifice that may well give us i heart of grace , may help us to look onward with a br ghter ’ o f our hope , to realize that the rich truth Lord s catholic manhood has only been gradually apparent in the history ” Of the world and that the whole is not yet told .

un us {(D R n t un riot to , Q) Q o to us,

me iv t e B ut unto EhvZi a g e h praise. A P P E N D I X A .

R UR G S I X R RECTO S D IN CENTU IES .

, D ate O I n stitution f . R ema r ks.

Richard le Peti t L ate twelfth or early t thir eenth century . ’ ho as de Ros 2 Edwd . . 1 2 6 Pr n ne Nic l ( 4 I ) 9 ( y s R ecord 111 . 683 )

’ — T he R e ster E amdon 1 1 66 is ost gi ( ) 345 3 l .

D ate o I n stitution . l s . f C o e R emarks .

R obert F raun ceys 1 3 74 Resigned R hard A umb esden 1 2 u 1 ic r J ly, 3 74 oh ose h 2 F ebruar 1 - 6 J n J p 3 y , 3 75 dam Po e ar h 1 - A p 7 M c , 3 75 6 hard A mbrusden 8 r 1 6 Ric Ap il , 3 7 Willi am L ylye h F ish de 1 2 M a 1 6 Jo n y y, 39 hard or e r de 2 6 F ebruar 1 6- Ric H n y Hy y, 3 9 7 Pett oh D omioelli 1 00 J ohn yj n , 4 28 J uly W am A mon desham 26 o ember 1 00 illi g N v , 4

T he R e ster B eau or t 1 1 —1 6 is o gi ( f ) 4 5 44 l st .

D ate I n stitution . l of C ose. R ema r ks.

Richard Wodehouse 1 447 D ied W am C larebur h 2 1 F eb uar 1 1 D ed illi g r y, 447 474 i rowd 1 ri 1 1 J ohn P Ap l , 474 497

r L an ton 1 2—1 i T he R egiste ( g ) 49 500 s lost .

at t . l D e o I n stitu i n os . f o C e R emar ks.

J ohn H urt 20 March 1 51 9 -20

h C o rn she 2 8 ar h 1 1 -20 J o n y M c , 5 9

r utto L L . B. 0 o ember 1 Richa d H n , 3 N v , 545

mu d ow er 2 O tober 1 6 Ed n C p 4 c , 55 hard Whate 1 F ebruar 1 8 - Ric ly y , 55 9 d alfe 2 r 1 61 J ohn Go s 3 Ap il , 5

R ee e . . 1 M a 1 8 J ohn v , M A 4 y, 5 9 — T he Register 1 61 6 1 62 8 is lost .

P P EN D I X c A .

S ome A utkorities consulted in re a rin i k Wor . — p p g tk s Z - Domesday Book incograph fac simile . — Domesday Book printed Copy .

’ - Bede s Anglo Saxon Chronicle .

Ancient Charters in the British Museum .

E e — ncyclop dia Britannica Articles Surrey and Armour. ’ E J . Romilly Allan s H istory of arly British Church . ’ Thomas Allan s H istory Of Counties of Surrey and S ussex .

’ i o f Aubrey s Natural H istory and Ant quities Surrey.

’ an s Manning d Bray s H i tory and Antiquities of Surrey .

’ Brayley and Britton s Topographical H istory of Surrey . ’ f Lysons Environs o London .

’ Walker s Su fferings o f the Clergy in the late times o f the

G I 1 . ran d Rebellion , 7 4

’ Boutell s Heraldry .

’ o f 1 1 8 Willis H istory the M itred Parliamentary Abbies , 7 . ’ e x . Sims I nde to P d—igrees and Arms Diocesan H istories Winchester . ( Benham .)

’ The only ancient Register o f Stoke d A bern on extending 2 from 1 61 9 to 1 80 . ’ E Ke mble s Saxons in ngland .

i lo a icus ZEvi axon ic i Codex D p m t S .

L o corum . . Index , Vol VI

’ Taylor s Words and Places .

Manual Of Brasses ( Oxford Architectural Society, English Ecclesiology ( Cambridge Ecclesiological Society 1 847) f First Prayer Book o Edward VI .

o f Various M S S . in the p ossession the Rev . F . Parr edi ree Phillips , in p g extracted from the Harleian

BE M RO S E 81 S ON S L T D . P r n ters 2 Old Ba le E . C . an d D e rb . , i , 3 , i y, y