has a rich and pleasing appearance on entering the church from the
eastern door, {48} through a porch which was once a chantry chapel, and
connected with the transept by a fine Norman arch.
The triple windows of this and the corresponding transept are filled with
small full-length figures in stained glass, bearing their respective
insignia, and judiciously placed within ovals of chaste mosaic patterns.
The centre of the middle light has the arms of King George the Third,
with the following inscription:
GEO. III.
REGUM • OPTIMUS •
GENTIS • BRITANNICAE •
OLIM • DELICIÆ • NUNC • DESIDERIUM •
MORTALITATEM • EXUIT •
MENS • JAN • DIE • 29 • A.D. 1820 •
ANNO • ÆTAT • 82 . REGNI • 60 .
On a scroll at the top,
_Among many Nations was there no King like him_.—Neh. xiii. 26.
On another at the bottom,
_His Heart was perfect with the Lord all his Days_.—1 Kings xv. 14.
Above these arms is the figure of the Virgin Mary, and below is St.
Andrew. The dexter lancet window is occupied with the figures of St.
Philip, St. Bartholomew, and St. James the son of Zebedee, and the
sinister with St. Simon, St. Thomas, and St. Matthias. At the bottom is
the following inscription:—“IOANNES BRICKDALE BLAKEWAY, A.M. HUJUS
ECCLESIÆ JUDEX OFFICIALIS ET MINISTER INSIGNIA REGIA P. C. ANNO MDCCCXX.
RELIQUAM FENESTRÆ PARTEM EXORNAVIT EJUS VIDUA M.E.B. ANNO MDCCCXXIX.”
The lower portion of the walls are ornamented with interstitial divisions
and monuments.