The rather small Christ Child, who holds a red apple, is held on her right arm, his free hand resting on his mother’s neck. The pair stand within a painted niche elaborately canopied, its background patterned with scrollwork. Below them is an illusionistic painted corbel with a shield bearing the arms of Giffard (three lions passant argent). To the left are two kneeling figures, hands extended in prayer. The upper, male, figure wears a long hooded robe which was once striped red and green, and a black girdle. This latter has a purse with a lock, still quite visible, on it, and a prominently displayed dagger thrust through it. Below the man is a woman, conventionally dressed in a green robe and white headress, part of her figure unfortunately damaged.

Nothing is certain, but all the evidence suggests that these people are Thomas Giffard and his wife Margaret Mortayne, and that they are the donors of this painting, and indeed, quite possibly of all the 14th century paintings in the church (there is also some 15th century work here). The Annunciation at South Newington, which includes the arms of Mortayne, has been on the site for some time, as have the murder of St. Thomas Becket and the Execution of Thomas of Lancaster, a fascinating 15th century Passion Cycle and, newly on the site, St. Margaret and the Dragon .