by Richard Sanders. When the church was active in 1945, its communion plate included a cup and cover dated 1634, and an alms plate inscribed 1700. Investigators looking through the church floor have found a crypt and have seen inside two sarcophagi and a chest; the crypt has not been opened in recent history but plans are underway to open it in 2011 as part of an inspection of the state of the church floor. Tradition There is a tradition that William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in the earlier church on the site, and also that Shakespeare's granddaughter Elizabeth Barnard was married there. However, as the parish registers have not survived, this cannot be confirmed. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the English Midlands References 12th-century church buildings in England Churches completed in 1692 17th-century Church of England church buildings Grade I listed churches in Warwickshire Church of England church buildings in Warwickshire Georgian architecture in England Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust