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From a pamphlet provided by Lynne Watson in Dec. 2001
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"The parish church of St. Botolph, Saxilby-with-Ingleby, is 
of considerable interest since it has indications of buildings 
in our different architechural style over a period of some 450 
years.

The oldest part of the present building is undoubtedly the wall 
of the NORTH AISLE.  During restoration work in 1929 a doorway 
was discovered set in a rubble wall covered in plaster.  The 
doorway is believed to be Saxon but is more probabley Early 
Norman since it has a slightly chamfered arch.  It must date 
back to about A.D. 1100 and is best seen from the outside.

The CAPITALS of the pillars at either end of the ARCADE of the 
NORTH AISLE are in the Early English style, of about A.D. 1200, 
with 'stiff-leafed' foliage and a moulded abacus above.

The rest of the building, consisting of the DOUBLE CHANCEL and
CLERESRESTORIED NAVE, is the Perpendicular style, dating from 
A.D. 1350 to A.D. 1500.  The TOWER was rebuilt in 1908 and 
contains six bells, four of which were rehung and two added in 
1947.

The seven-arched CHANCEL SCREEN contains most of its original 
15th century tracery of excellent workmanship in oak.  The 
stairs which once gave access to the ROOD SCREEN may still be 
seen at the east end of the NORTH AISLE.

The NORTH CHANCEL is known as the DAUBENEY CHAPEL, as it was 
probably the Chantry of the family, descended from William de 
Albini who fought among the Norman invaders at Hastings in 1066.  
The D'Aubigny or Daubeney family held land at Ingleby until 1483, 
and was responsible for the enlargement of the little Norman 
Church in the 14th & 15th Centuries.  On a tomb chest of that 
period lie the figures of a knight and his lady in albaster, the 
former identified as a D'Aubigny by the faint outline of the coat 
of arms on his chest armour.  The effigies have been dated by 
experts not later than 1390, and they may commemorate Sir Giles 
Daubeney, who died in 1386, and Lady Alimore, who died in 1400.  
Almost certainly the effigies were brought from the private 
chaple at North Ingleby after it fell into disuse, and placed 
here on an existing tomb-chest.  The entire monument was removed 
in 1993 for cleaning and conservation by Harrison Hill Ltd at 
a cost of £10,500.  The monument was rededicated by the Bishop 
of Lincoln in 1994, in the presence of members of the Daubeney 
family, who made a considerable contribution towards the 
restoration.

The Daubeney arms also appear on the FONT, which dates from the 
same period as the Nave, and most of the other arms on it belong 
to families which had marriage connections with the D'Aubignys.  
They are thought to be (reading from the east side anticlockwise): 
Bigod, D'Aubigny, Tibetot, Umfraville, St.Liz, Folliot, Pigot or 
Pickworth and Blake.  In the Daubeney Chapel the alter now in use 
came from St Peter-at-Gowts Church in Lincoln.  There is also a 
17th Century alter table.

On the south wall under the tower is a list of priests who have 
served this church since 1209, and of priests of the chapel at 
Ingleby dating from the time of Domesday Book in 1086.

The church also posses a beautiful Chalice and Paten-cover dated 
1569, and a fine Restoration Chalice given to Broxholm in 1664.  
In the County Archives are some interesting Churchwardens' 
Accounts from 1551-1569 and from 1624 to 1790.  They are written 
in ink on a parchment, and the earlier pages cover an eventful 
period in the history of the Church of England during the the 
Reformation.  The vexed question of the use of ornaments in 
church is illustrated in detail.  The various articles discarded 
in the reign of the Protestant Edward VI (1547-1553) are
reinstated in that of the Roman Cathlic May I (1153- 1558), only 
to be thrown aside in the reign of Elizabeth I (1558-1603).

*-- last updated 30-July-2002 --*