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The lands and tenements belonging to the church are men- tioned in an ancient fiirvey of the manor made the 7 Hen. VIII. (1516) and were held in fee-farm of the duchy by the rents there mentioned. s. d. ii ob. et. JoKes Thurnafton Capelfs. Cantarie Sfe Katherine" ten~ lib'e un. Mefs". et iiij vergat. terr. nup~. Rob~ti. de Hichfield et poftea Willf. Bars et aF. terr. et fe6l cur ten. in Neuton et Wylnafton nup. WilFi Bars, et r. p'ann. CapelFs. Cantarie Sf i Michis ten. certa terr. et tent, et redd". p~ ann. The chauntry-houfe of St. Katherine is ftill remaining ; it is a very ancient ftone building {landing near the weft end of the church, and is now converted into a malting office. From the above-men- tioned furvey it feems to have been very liberally endowed ; a mef- fuage and four yardlands in Melbourne, and other lands and tene- ments in Newton and Wilfon, muft have been a confiderable pro- perty for John Thurnafton, the chaplain thereof. Defcriptton of Drawings from Melbourne Church. No. I. PL XX.- The Plan. A, B and C Walls, which at this time fhut out the communication of the Porticos with the church the windows of the ailes have been cut out for the admiffion of a fubfequent ftyle. E. E. E. Dotted lines, fhewing the ancient terminations of the eaft end of the chancel, and the north and fouth chauntries. F F F Gothick formed windows, fmce introduced. No. II. PL XXI. The Seftion from weft to eaft. D the wall which divides the chamber over the middle Porticus from the nave Rrs of