Adrian Stokes, second husband of the Duchess of Suffolk, widow of the Duke, soon laid his hands on the revenues that had belonged to the church. Not content with this, he then turned his attention to the church itself, stripping the lead from the tall spire in about 1555.  This, no doubt, caused the weather to play havoc with the underwork, so that some 35 years later (about 1600) the spire fell, greatly damaging the western portion of the Church. Many fine tombs were destroyed in this way. The result was that the greater part of the structure became almost a ruin. So it continued for several years, until Sir Richard Chamberlayne, who had come into possession of the Castle, came to the rescue, and set about the work of restoration. He pulled down the whole of the west part, including the nave, aisles, and transepts, also the side chapels of the choir. He practically rebuilt the tower, at the end of the choir, which then became the nave, and added a small chancel at the east end, thus forming the Church as it is to-day. All this work was carried out by him during 1607—8. It was at this time that the painted texts on the walls were done