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St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.
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St Michael Stanton Harcourt is a treasury of medieval art and architecture. The present building is Noman in origin remodelled in the C13 when transepts were added and the chancel enlarged. The Norman features c. 1150 include the north and south doorways. The chancel c. 1250 has three graduated lancets with internal clustered shafts with stiff-leaf capitals. In the C15 the Harcourt chapel was built on the south side of the chancel, c.1470 sometimes attributed to William Orchard. The nave roof is of c. 1400. The font was made in 1833, A rare mid C13 chancel screen has C15 squints pierced through it and a C15 painting of a saint. On the north wall of the chancel is part of the shrine of St Edburg removed from Bicester Priory by Sir James Harcourt during the Dissolution. The upper part is 1294-1317 while the base is constructed from a C15 tomb-chest, Statues of Field Marshal William Earl and Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Effigy thought to be Maud, wife of Sir Thomas Harcourt c.1400 in the chancel. In the Harcourt Chapel Sir Robert Harcourt d. 1471 and wife. Sir Robert Harcourt knight c.1490. In the south transept tomb-chest, Sir Simon Harcourt d. 1547. Large Baroque wall-monument to Sir Philip Harcourt and wife. Several C15 and C16 brasses and some medieval stained glass. Next to the church Pope's tower c. 1460-71. Banner thought to have been used at the Battle of Bosworth.