Collectanea de Diversis Rebus: Addresses and PapersEade, Peter, Sir
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Collectanea de Diversis Rebus: Addresses and Papers
Eade, Peter, Sir
English essays; Speeches, addresses, etc., English
The remains of a colossal fresco painting of St. Christopher and two
consecration crosses were discovered on the wall of the north aisle in
1723.
At the lower end of the Church stands an ancient stone _Font_; the upper
part, or basin, evidently of much older date than the base, which
consists of a pedestal and two steps. The outer part of the basin has
eight facets, carved with shields and flowers, and below these are eight
cherubs’ heads, with flowers between. The pedestal is carved out on its
sides into niches, having cusped tracery heads. There was formerly a
cover, which has been lost. Standing within the large basin is a small
leaden vessel and cover, a rough miniature copy of the font itself, made
about fifty years ago by Mr. Culyer, then parish clerk.
_The Communion Plate_ {97a} consists of six pieces, silver gilt, and
presented by Robert Snell in 1738, and of two brass bowls, presented by
Mr. John Gurney in 1869.
The reading desk and pulpit, the organ, the oak fittings, and the vestry
room were all added in 1866, when the whole Church was restored, and the
Chancel rebuilt. {97b} The building is thoroughly heated by hot water.
The Communion rail was added about five years ago.
The Church contains several monuments, besides mural tablets and
inscribed stones. The principal of the former are those of
Adrian Payne, 1686, the founder of Payne’s Charity.
Robert Snell, 1738, who gave the Communion Plate.
Alderman Churchman, 1742.
Dr. Offley, 1767.
Sir Thomas Churchman, 1781.
Dr. John Beevor, 1815.
The Stannard Family, 1838.
Slabs to the memory of Henry Crossgrove, printer, 1744, who published
the first Norwich newspaper in 1706; and to Elizabeth, wife of Colonel
Cobbe, of Sandringham Hall, 1698, may also be mentioned.
There are several brasses, the two principal represent Robert Baxter,
Mayor of Norwich in 1424 and 1429, with his wife; and Richard Purdaunce,
Mayor 1422 and 1433, with his wife. Both of these are figured in
Cotman’s “Brasses of Norfolk.”
Other and smaller brasses are inscribed with the names of John Smith,
Elizabeth Bedingfield, Margaret Landysdale, Thomas Hervey, and Rachel
Spendlove.
_The Room over the Porch_ contains some church standards of former St.
Giles’s Mayors; also a dilapidated ‘Parish Umbrella’; and the parish
‘Watchman’s Crake,’ or rattle.
_The Parish Registers_ date from 1538, and are very perfect. The Burial
Register shows distinct evidence of the presence of unusual mortality in
some of the well-known pestilence years. The first part contains a very
remarkable illustrated dedication.
_The Churchyard_ was altered and enclosed with a wall and iron railing in
1866–7. Taylor says that a Hermitage formerly existed in its south-west
corner.
There are several and important parish _Charities_; their proceeds being
partly for Church purposes, and partly for the benefit of poor
parishioners.
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