SECTION PAGE 1. Early parish churches in England 1 2. The monastic missionary settlements: church-building on private estates 3 3. The Danish invasions and the monastic revival 5 4. German influence on pre-Conquest architecture 6 5. Influence of the Normans on the architecture of parish churches 7 6. The parish church at the Norman conquest 10 7. Appropriation of churches to monasteries: ordination of vicarages 11 8. Relation of monastic owners to the fabrics of churches 13 9. The builders of medieval parish churches 15 10. The parish church and its rectors 17 11. Disadvantages of pluralism and litigation 18 12. Growth of the chantry system 20 13. Chantry chapels at Beckingham, Lincolnshire 21 14. Summary 22 CHAPTER II THE CHANTRY CHAPEL IN THE PARISH CHURCH 15. Chantries and colleges of chantry priests 24 16. Foundation of chantry colleges 27 17. Parochial chapels 29 18. Religious and trade guilds 30 19, 20. The chantry chapel: its influence on the church plan 33 21. Chancels of collegiate churches 37 22. St John Baptist's, Cirencester 39 23. Chesterfield and Scarborough; charnel chapels 41 24. Burford church, Oxon 42 25. St Michael's and Holy Trinity, Coventry 45 26. Importance of the work of lay benefactors 48 CHAPTER III THE TOWER, THE PORCH, AND THE CHANCEL 27. Subject of the chapter 51 28. The western tower before the Conquest 53 29. Survival of the older type of tower after the Conquest 56 30. Architectural development of the tower 59 31. The spire 60 32. The tower of the later middle ages: its relation to the clerestory of the nave 62 33. Western doorways and porches 65 34. Side doorways of the church 67 35. The porch: altars in porches 68