[13a] There were in 1856 only two pinnacles on the north aide, and three on the south side of the tower.
[13b] Of the description usually called a Newel staircase.
[14a] See Frontispiece.
[14b] The figure of the Virgin with the dead Christ in her lap, is usually designated a “pieta,” and it is said that the sculptors of the fifteenth century were very fond of the subject. It is mentioned in the Gentleman’s Magazine, vol. lxii. p. 893, and vol. xliv. September, 1855, p. 296, in noticing the Proceedings of the Archæological Institute. A view of the church is also engraved in vol. lxii. p. 898.
[17a] Dugdale’s Monasticon, vol. vi. part iii. p. 1426. Dukes’ Antiquities of Shropshire, p. 34, and Appendix xxxv. Leland’s Itinerary, vol. iv. fo. 181 a.
[17b] Dukes’ Antiquities of Shropshire, p. 34.
[18a] “Quandam placeam terræ cam omnibus ædificiis super-edificatis, infra dominium de Adbrighton-Hussee, juxta Salopiam, jacentem in campo qui vocatur Bateleyfield, in quo campo, bellum inter nos et Henricum Percy defunctum, et cæteros rebelles nostros, super extitit, et per Dei gratiam victoriam habuimus et triumphum; quæ quidem placea terræ fosso includitur, continens in longitudine et latitudine duas acras terræ, unacum duobus ingressibus et egressibus; uno, viz., extendente in longitudine de Hadenallestone directè super terram Recardi Hussee domini de Adbrigton-Hussee, in comitatu Salopiæ,” &c. &c. In another part of the charter is the following passage: “Habendum et Tenendum dictam placeam terræ, fosso sic inclusam,” &c. &c.—Dugdale’s Monasticon, vol. vi. part iii. pp. 1426, 7.
[18b] “Idem Bogerus nuper de licentiâ regiâ habuit, ex dono et feoffamento prædicti Ricardi.”—Dugdale’s Monasticon, vol. vi. part. iii. p. 1426.
[19a] Dugdale’s Monasticon, vol. vi. part iii. p. 1426.
[19b] “et animabus illorum, qui in dicto bello interfecti, et ibidem humati existunt, et animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum celebraturis imperpetuum.”—Dugdale’s Monasticon, vol. vi. part iii. p. 1427.