Church of St Mary the Virgin

A Grade II* Listed Building in Gayton, West Northamptonshire

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St Mary: externally Decorated church though windows much renewed; east window with curvilinear tracery
St Mary: three-stage west tower; base Norman but heightened early c18; lancet window above doorway
St Mary: nave with c13 or c14 arcades; octagonal piers; double chamfered chancel arch; restored 1874 & 1883 when chancel was rebuilt
St Mary: c13 coffin lid detail with foliated cross
St Mary: tomb chest between chancel & north chapel with ogee arch; ogee arched crocketed panels below
St Mary: tomb chest from the north chapel; wooded effigy of knight placed on top
St Mary: oak effigy of knight believed to be Philip de Gayton, d.1316; head on lozenge cushion; round filleted helmet & camail
St Mary: stone effigy of lady in tomb recess believed to be Scholastica de Meaux (nee Gayton), d.1354; tiny effigy of girl above
St Mary: Scholastica de Meaux (nee Gayton), d.1354; head on square cushion; veil & studded fillet; mantle fastened by cord
St Mary: early c14 small effigy of Mabila de Murdak, a granddaughter of Philip de Gayton; flowing veil across forehead
St Mary: c.1500 Perpendicular tomb-recess in chancel with indent for missing brass
St Mary: tomb chest with shield & lozenges to Francis Tanfield, d.1558 & wife Bridget (nee Cave), d.1583
St Mary: east side of tomb to Francis Tanfield, d.1558
St Mary: incised alabaster slab to Francis Tanfield, d.1558, & wife Bridget Cave, d.1583
St Mary: Francis Tanfield, d.1558, ornamental suit of plate armour
St Mary: Bridget (nee Cave of Stanford), d.1583, wife of Francis Tanfield, d.1558
St Mary: children from the incised slab to Francis Tanfield, d.1558; eight sons & ten daughters, some in swaddling clothes; greyhound & sleeping lapdog at feet
St Mary: c18 memorial to Richard Lockwood, d.1697, wife Susannah (Cutts) & long list of descendants