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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ...ordinance, that the parishioners were divided in opinion respecting the new font, and quarrelling amongst themselves; and as he had given to the monks nearly a year to carry out the amendment and removal of the annoyances which arose on their side 8 Fig. 4, in tha margin of the general plan, is a section of the continuous molding of the inserted doorway. 9 It is worth remarking that this name is apparently the same as that of Richard Fowell, who joined in setting up tha new font, so that possibly a descendant of tho malcontent who was aggrieved at tho narrowing of the doorway, hag blocked it up altogether. towards the parishioners, we may easily imagine that delays and evasions on both sides helped to bring about the well-known violent termination of these disputes, which is recorded by Leland, as follows:--" This was the Cause of the Abolition of the Paroch Chirch there. The Monkes and the Tounes Men felle at variaunce bycause the Touues Men tooke privilege to use the Sacrament of Baptisme in the Chapelle of Al-Halowes. Whereupon one Walter Gallor a stoute Bocher, dwelling yn Shirburn, defacid clene the Fontstone, and after the variaunce growing to a playne sedition and the Townes-Menne by the Mene of an Erie of Huntendune, lying yn those Quarters and taking the Townes-Mennes Part, and the Bisshop of Saresbyri the Monkes Part, a Preste of Al-Halowis shot a Shaft with fier into the Toppe of that Part of S. Marye Chirch that devidid the Est Part that the Monkes usid from (that) the Townes-Men usid: and this Partition chauncing at that Tyme to be thakkid yn the Rofe was sette a fier, and consequently al the hole Chirch, the Lede and Belles meltid, was defacid." Leland's Itiu., vol. ii., f. 47. It may be a question whether Walter Gallor was...

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