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The central portion of the church, the chancel and the nave, was built in the 1200s, the north aisle in the 1400s ( as was the tower ), and the south aisle in the 1500s, along with the lychgate and the south porch.
Hayes's entry in the Domesday Book ( 1086 ) makes no mention of a church or chapel, and the name of St Mary suggests a 12th century dedication as it was at this time that church dedications in this name first appeared in England.
The manor house formerly associated with the church was assigned to Canterbury Cathedral by Christian priest Warherdus as far back as 830 AD.
The site of the original manor house is not known, but it is likely to have been on or near the site of the building latterly on Church Road called the Manor House, parts of which dated from the early 16th century.
The brass to Robert Lellee, Rector somewhere between 1356 and 1375, is purportedly the oldest brass in Middlesex.
There are tombs in the church to Walter Grene ( 1456 ), Thomas Higate ( 1576 ), and Sir Edward Fenner ( 1611 ), Judge of the King's Bench.
Some partly uncovered pre-Reformation wall-paintings and a large mural ( dating from the 14th century ) of Saint Christopher with the infant Child are on the North wall.
A brass to Veare Jenyns ( 1644 ) relates to the Court of Charles I, while other Jenynses, who were Lords of the Manor, link with Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough.
Victorian restorers donated a number of windows, and more recent additions include windows to Saints Anselm and Nicholas.
The Coronation window is in the north aisle above the Triptych painted by the pre-Raphaelite Edward Fellowes Prynne.
The embossed roof of the Nave reflects the Tudor period with emblems of the crucifixion and the arms of Henry and Aragon ( the lands passed to Henry VIII as a consequence of the English Reformation ).
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