Records, Historical and Antiquarian, of Parishes Round HorncastleWalter, J. Conway (James Conway)
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Records, Historical and Antiquarian, of Parishes Round Horncastle
Walter, J. Conway (James Conway)
Parishes -- England -- Horncastle -- History
In the centre is a small Norman font with plain bowl, supported on a
shaft of 8 clustered columns, resting on a square base. In the tower
above is a peal of 8 carillon bells of good tone, embracing the octave.
The north aisle has 4 lofty bays. In the north wall are four two-light
windows with trefoil and other tracery above. Against the west wall of
this aisle is a massive marble monument surmounted by a bust, probably
the old monument renewed, bearing in English the inscription, “In memory
of Joseph Banks, M.P. for Grimsby and Totnes, born 1681, died 1727,
married Mary Hancock, and had issue Joseph, and Mary, Lady Whichcote,
died 1726”; to the left, “Joseph Banks II., born 1695, died 1741,
married, 1st, Annie Hodgkinson, and had issue, &c.; Eleonora (the
youngest) born 1723, died 1793, married the Honble. Henry Grenville, and
was mother of Louisa, Countess Stanhope; married, 2ndly, Catherine widow
of Newcomen Wallis.” Right inscription, “William Banks, born 1719, died
1761, married Sarah Bate, and left issue, (1) Joseph, afterwards Sir
Joseph Banks, (2) Sarah Sophia, born 1744, died 1818.”
The south nave wall next to the porch eastward has two two-light windows
similar to those in the north wall, and next to the chancel wall a large
three-light window, flamboyant above, of coloured glass—the subjects
being St. James, St. Peter, and St. John, bearing the inscription below,
“Presented by the tenants of the Revesby estate as a token of esteem for
James Banks Stanhope, Esquire, of Revesby Abbey, 1892.” The pulpit is of
carved modern oak, being Flemish work, the subjects scriptural, resting
on a stone base; the sittings throughout are of oak with carved panels at
the ends. There is a good brass lectern, and oak fald-stool. The choir
stalls in the chancel are of massive carved oak with good poppy heads.
The panels of the sedilia are from the Abbot’s house; the encaustic tiles
are copies of the originals, the remains of which are preserved in the
bell chamber of the tower. The east window is of five lights with rich
flamboyant tracery above. It is filled with coloured glass by Messrs.
Heaton, Butler and Bayne, and erected by public subscription in memory of
the late Right Honourable Edward Stanhope. The subjects are two rows of
figures; in the lower row, in the two lights on the north side, are St.
Edward and St. Matthew, then St. Boniface and St. Wilfred; in the central
compartment, three figures, St. George, St. Martin, and St. Alban; then,
to the south, St. Hugh and St. Jerome, in one light, St. Thomas and St.
Lawrence in the other outside light. In the upper row, the central
figure is the Saviour, crowned, His right hand uplifted in blessing, His
left holding a sceptre; in the two compartments, on either side, are
angels with harps, viols, &c. In the tracery above are heads of angels,
and above all, the Angus Dei. The reredos is of plush velvet. A
jewelled cross stands on the super-altar. The communion table is covered
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