"Antique and Curious Painting in the Church of Towcester Northamptonshire. This Painting of the Pelican in a Gothique niche on the South wall, feeding her young with her own blood on a wreath in the form of a crest, in all probability was placed there in compliment to the memory of William Sponn Rector of this Church in the Reign of Henry VI for his Parental care not only in a Spiritual but in a Temporal sense in his donations to the Poor and benefactions in general to the Town and inhabitants of Towcester, it is well preserved and is certainly a curious relique, the Tablet to the right contains nothing remarkable, the staircase to the South gallery is introduced to shew the local situation."