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ARCHITECTURAL NOTICES. 141 i'!|l'^ij'l'i^!kl'Li_:.,|,, . , M.^. |lil:il!l|!'" Tower Arches, Iford. nally, the plaster prevents our forming any judgment from the masonry. The arches are round, of one order, without chamfer. The wes- tern face of the chancel arch has a torus at the edge ; that of the nave arch has a similar torus, and another broken by chevrons. The capital of the impost is an abacus, and there are no shafts. Both the nave and chancel have some foliated windows of one light, belonging to the De- corated and Perpendicular styles. The font is Early English, and consists of a bowl supported on a large central shaft, sur- rounded by four smaller detached ones. Its mouldings are bold and decided, but it has no other sculpture. We will next notice Poynings Church, a valuable example, as being mostly of one date, which seems to be pretty well ascertained. And if this is the case, it proves that the Per- pendicular st^de, to which it entirely belongs, was used, even in secluded villages, considerably before the close of the four- teenth century.^ Michael, the second Baron Po^mings, who attended King- Edward the Third in his foreign wars, and was present at Crecy, at the surrender of Calais, and at Poictiers, died in 1369, and bequeathed by his will 200 marks towards rebuild- ing the parish church of Poynings, and desired to be buried near the altar in the south transej^t, by the side of his mother. His widow, Joan, died' a few months after, also bequeathing 200 marks for the same purpose. It is supposed that the new church was begun in 1370, or soon afterwards, and completed for the 400 marks. The south transept is called the Poynings' - I am indebted for my information to a concise account of Poynings Church, drawn up by the late rector, Dr. Holland. VOL. VI. U