The church of St John the Baptiste at Danbury has three very rare oak carved effigies of Norman Crusader Knights which date from the 13^th century. Interestingly, they can be dated with some certainty due to the armour that they are wearing. The two in the North aisle date from between 1272 to 1307, and the one in the south aisle from a little time later. The fact that the knights have crossed legs is indicative that they had been on crusade or less likely that they were church builders. As the last crusade was in 1270, it may be assumed that the effigies represent members of the St Clere family who first endowed the church and were responsible for the rebuilding of the north aisle. Apparently one of the north wall effigies was selected by Nikolaus Pevsner for inclusion in the exhibition of European Gothic Art staged in the Louvre Paris in 1968.