Britton, John: Chronological history and graphic illustrations of christian architecture in England: embracing a critical inquiry into the rise, progress, and perfection of this species of architecture (London: Nattali, 1835)

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ckurekvard, ver^ strangely out tkrougk a ver^ tkiek kuttress : /, altar nieke ; A,
two small square recesses in tke wall. Lkis er^pt is tkirt^-six feet in lengtk, and
twenty-one feet in widtk.
Ir'rnv Ononcn, OL/b^/r?>e.—In tke Domesday Look I6le^ appears to Ke
noticed under ike name 6K'r)eZe§Zer, wkiek at tke time of tke survey was keld k^
Lari ^lkericus. In different writing it oecur8 also under tke appellations of
I^ZZeZe, and Hie ckurek, wkiek i8 a ver^ euriou8 and well-
preserved specimen of ^nglo-l^lorman arckitecture, i8 8aid k^ barton to kave
keen " erected kz^ a Liskop of Lincoln, in tke twelftk centuryt>ut Ke kas not
mentioned Ki8 autkorit^ for tkat 8tatement, nor Ka8 tke present writer keen akle to
trace it. It wa8 certainly kuilt previously to tke decea86 of Lenrv tke 8eeond,
wkiek occurred in 1189, 8ince tke ekarter of Llenr^ de Olinton, granted to tke
Lrior^ of Austin Oanons at Lenilwortk, in ^arwiekskire, in tke latter part of
Henry's reign, 8tate8, tkat tke ckurek of I(/ZeZe and a virgate of land at Lkr/eZe
(Oowle^, near Oxford) were given to Ike 8aid priory k^ 9uliana de 8aneto
Lemigio. Lenilwortk Lrior^ wa8 founded k^ Oeoifre^ de Olinton, Henry's grand-
fatker, (Lord Okamkerlain and treasurer to Idenr^ I.) and it presented to tki8
ckurek, at lea8t, a8 earl^ a8 1217.^ Lke ekurck at 8tewkle^ (L'Z/r-ecZc) in
Luekingkamskire, a8 barton Ka8 remarked, i8 exactly in tke st^le of tkat at Itlle^,
kut witk 8ome variations in tke ornaments; and it is ratker curious tkat tke
patrons of tkat edikce were also tke monks of Lenilwortk, to wkom it kad keen
granted k^ tke second OeoKre^ de Olinton, in Lenr^ tke 8eeond's reign, and
confirmed k^ William Lipard.^ Lke west door-wa^ to tke ckurek at Lenilwortk
is also ver^ analogous in st^le and ornaments to tkose of like^ and 8tewkle^.
^.n account, witk views and a plan of L'ZereZrZer/ will Ke found in vol. ii.
of tke ^.rekiteetural Antiquities.
IKe^ Okurek is of small dimensions, kut forms an interesting suk)eet kotk
for kistorieal inquiry and grapkie illustration, and it is to Ke regretted tkat so little
is known of its precise origin; altkougk considerakle pains kave keen taken in
researek, on tke present occasion, not an^ tking more of its earl^ kistor^ can
^2 " History ok Xi66inAton," p. 11, 3r6 e6it.
Henry's 6kurter is preserved in tlie IteAister ok ti>e ?rior^, nov in tile Dritisll Nnseunr.
OuZdaie's " Antiquities ok V^arvvielcsinre," p. 157, n. edit. 1657.