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The rood screen that separates the chancel and Raleigh Chapel from the nave and South aisle has lost its coving and cresting while the spandrels have been filled with a variety of remnants from the missing pieces.

The panels in the lower section once depicted the Apostles and other figures, some of which have been restored to something like their original appearance. These images were added to the screen at the expense of Thomas Martyn who, when he died in 1510, left a legacy in his will for this purpose. Sometime later the images were obliterated with lime wash and red and green paint, while in Victorian times they were over-stained in brown.

There are the vague outlines of other figures in a couple of the northern panels eg. St Andrew. The expensive restoration process has been discontinued at present owing to cost, but the aim is to restore further panels in the future.


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01: St Philip, St Bartholomew

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02: St Matthias, ?

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03: St Jude, St James Minor



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