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150 THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL design. Font, of Pentewan stone, is also coeval with church, though it looks modern, having been mercilessly retooled and cleared of ornament during a restoration of 1852, when much screen-work and seating was also swept away. At W. end of N. aisle is mutilated bowl of a Norm. font. Many mural monuments of 17th and 18th cents., including two of great size and some merit in N. aisle ; the oldest of all these memorials is to Philip King, town-clerk, 1636, and his wife, 1626. On N. side of church- yard the well-carved head of a mediaeval cross has recently been raised on a new shaft. (Registers, 1558.) Launceston St. Thomas and Launceston St. Stephen are entered under their respective saints. Lawhitton. — Church of St. Michael^ considerably restored in i860 and again in 1873, consists of chancel, nave, S. aisle, porch, and S. tower. There was probably a Norm, cruciform church ; base of three-staged S. transeptal tower is Norm., but it was added to in 13th cent., and completed in 15th cent.; it is unbuttressed and lessens in each stage ; squared stair-turret on E. side rises some- what higher than the battlements. S. aisle with "> arcade of 5 arches, supported on monolith granite piers, is late 15th cent. Porch has inner doorway and stoup of Polyphant stone. Square Norm, font with heads at angles is of same material. There are 7 old 15th cent, benches with carved ends. Pulpit, bearing the arms of Bennet, is dated i6$$*