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THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 167 Also two slate slabs engraved with effigies to John Maddern, 1620, and to Thomas Fleming, 1631. (Registers, 1577.) Maker (St. Macro). — Chancel and nave, with continuous aisles of 5 bays, further S. aisle of 3 bays, S. porch, and W. tower. The whole is 15th cent, granite. Restored in 1874. Old wagon roofs retain original plastering between timbers; chancel bay is enriched with carving ; on bosses are port- cullis badge, a crowned M, rose, fleur-de-lis, &c. The filled-up openings in arcades for passage to rood-loft may be noted. Each side of E. window of S. aisle is a trefoil-headed image niche. Font, a fine example of late Norm, of Caen stone, is of Bodmin type, and was brought here from church of St. Merryn. The buttressed three-staged tower is 65 ft. high ; a splendid panoramic view from summit. Numerous monuments to the Mount Edgcumbe family, from 1607 to 1839. (Registers, 1630.) Manaccan (Sis. Menaccus and Dunstan). — Chancel, nave, continuous N. aisle of 6 bays, S. transept, and W. tower. Originally a cruciform Norm, church, of which walls of chancel, nave, and transept yield evidence. There are two lancet- headed lights on S. side of chancel, and one in the E. wall of the transept; jambs of these windows are Norm., the E.E. builders probably substituting pointed heads at the time when they were glazed. Piscina niche, with credence shelf in transept, is