• 10 PARISH CHURCH OF WEAVERHAM

workmanship and was rcscued by mc from the stable loft at the vicarage in 1887. The font had evidently been trimmed in the seventeenth century to suit the style of the Pillars. The cross was cut into the font facc in 1877.'

The Aumbry was discovered by me in 1915, when I took down the panelling to repair it. It is evident that there was formerly a doorway here leading into what would be a priests' vestry beyond the east wall. When 110 longer used, this doorway was built up solid to a certain height and the stone pillar inserted to support the cracked doorhead, and the recess grooved for shelves and used as an aumbry. It was in the left opening I found the Horn Book.

There are no signs of a rood screen to this chancel, but there is mention of a meeting in 1774 " to give our assent and approbation to the taking down of the partition between the church and the chancel where the present Commandments are now wrote." This was taken down and a three-decker pulpit and prayer desk put in its place. This remained until 1854. There are marks on the outer member of the arch near the * pulpit and on the one on the opposite side of the nave which plainly show where the " partition " was. It is more than likely these marks indicate where the coving of the screen cut into the moulding.

The Holy Table is a fine example of the work of Thomas Chippendale and may be approximately dated to the year 1736. It has cabriole legs and claw feet. It was presented to the church in the middle of the nineteenth century, but no record of the gift has been found.

The Horn Book. Mr. J. J. Phelps writes with reference to the Horn Book :—

" The small oaken tablet 5$ inch long by 4$ inch broad,

having two sunk panels, which was found in a very fragile

" Mr. Crossley credits this font to the Restoration period, see pages 167 and 170 of this volume.