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Identifier: devonnotesquerie04amer (find matches)
Title: Devon notes and queries
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Amery, Peter Fabyan Sparke, d. 1907 Amery, John S Rowe, Joshua Brooking, 1837-1908
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Publisher: Exeter, England : J. G. Commin
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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wasmade by re-seating various parts of the Church, whichappears to have taken five years to complete in 1516.In this Prideaux was the leading spirit, and advancedmoney from time to time as required. He secured an ableforeman in John Mayne, most probably from Exeter, anda local carpenter, John Soper, whose descendants are stillcarpenters at Ashburton. We find in 1511 the sum ofxiiis iiijd was paid by the wardens on account of the seat-ing, and in 1512, when Prideaux went out of office, thesum of ijB vjs viijd in part payment for seating beyondthat allowed from account of Thomas Prideaux. In 1513 paid iiiju xvjs iiijd to John Mayne toward the paymentof xu for seating beyond iij11 paid before. 1514, paidJohn Mayne ij ixs beyond the vij xvs viijd in part pay-ment of xju for making the seating (le sege) of the church.1515, paid John Mayne ivs jvd beyond x11 vs viijd paidbefore in part payment for xju for making seats (sedilem)of the church, also ij xixs iijd for timber work for the church.
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Panels on the North side of theWindow. Panels on the South side of theWindow. Devon Notes and Queries. 225 This seating most probably included a certain amountof carved work in the chancel and chapel stalls whichwere locally made, as different woods are used to definethem, the timber having been purchased separately. Itmust be borne in mind that the back of Prideauxs pre-mises opened on the Churchyard, and his outbuildings wereconveniently situated for workshops, where John Mayneand Soper, with doubtless younger apprentices, workedunder the masters eye. Prideaux had retired from thechurchwardenship in 1512, evidently finding it invidious torepresent the parish and be chief craftsman doing work forthe Church at the same time. The time had now arrived to bring the fine old churchof S. Andrew up to date. It is very probable that a screendividing the chancel from the nave, of the usual Devon-shire open tracery pattern, then existed. The days forroodlofts had arrived, and much consultation

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