were laid asleep about the walls. The church was an appendage to the
manor till the time of Charles I., who granted away the fee of the
manor, but reserved the patronage of the church to the crown, where it
continues to this time. It was valued l5 Edward I. at 10 marks; in
the king's books it is at 3_l._ 11s. 8d.; and the yearly tenths at 7s.
2_d_. The parsonage has much of the snug character of the glebe-house;
it was rebuilt in 1636, by the rector, the Rev. Abraham Sherman.

In the church are some monumental _brasses_ and a handsome tomb of
marble and alabaster. One of the former is to the memory of Nicholas
Ansley, or Annesley, Esq. who died in 1593; with the following
inscription:--

When the Quene Elizabeth full five years had rain'd,
Then Nicholas Ansley, whos corps lyes here interred,
At fyve and twenty yeres of age was entertayned
Into her servis, where well himself he caried
In eche man's love till fifty and eight yeres ould,
Being Sergant of the Seller, death him contrould.

Above is an upright figure (on a brass plate,) of the deceased, in
armour, kneeling at a desk. The latter monument is to Brian Annesley,
Esq. (son of Nicholas) gentleman pensioner to Queen Elizabeth. It
consists of an elliptic arch supported by Corinthian columns, and
ornamented with a Mosaic pattern studded with roses. Beneath lie the
effigies of Annesley, in armour, and his wife, in a gown and ruff;
their son, and three daughters.

In the churchyard, among the tombs, is that of Dr. Halley, who
succeeded Flamstead as Astronomer Royal at Greenwich, where he died