Notices of the churches of Warwickshire. Deanery of Warwick. [The architectural descriptions &c. by M.H. Bloxam]. Under the superintendence of the architectural committee of the Warwickshire nat. hist. and arch. society, Volume 21858 |
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ætatis aged Alcester altar ancient angle Anno appears Archer architrave base moulding belfry window beneath Bishop Bishop of Worcester buried buttresses chamfered chancel Chantry Chapel Church Claverdon clerestory consists contains Coughton County of Warwick daughter Decorated window departed diagonally died doorway Dugdale Dugdale's Earl of Warwick east wall east window Edward effigies Elizabeth erected Esquire feet foliated following inscription Font Gent head holy table hood moulding inches jambs John Knight Lady late lieth the body Lord lyeth manor marble tablet Mary memory monument mullions nave north aisle north and south north side north wall parapet parish piers plain pointed present principal lights Priory quarter round quatrefoil Rector Richard Robert Throckmorton roof round Rowington sculptured Sir William Dugdale slab sloped set-offs south aisle south side south wall Spernal stone surmounted Tanworth Thomas tomb tower tracery trefoiled Vicar Warwickshire west end wife William Worcester Wren Wroxhall
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Page 62 - What doth the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love mercy, to be in charity with your neighbours, to reverence your holy Redeemer, and to walk humbly with your God?
Page 34 - In wedlock's bands all ye who join With hands your hearts unite : So shall our tuneful tongues combine To laud the nuptial rite.
Page 33 - ACCORDING to a former Constitution, too much neglected in many places, we appoint, that there shall be a font of stone in every church and chapel where baptism is to be ministered ; the same to be set in the ancient usual places : in which only font the minister shall baptize publicly.
Page 62 - April 9th, in the year 1810, Aged 63 ; And next are deposited the Remains of her Husband, The Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D., Who for 39 years Was resident and officiating Minister of this Parish, And who died on the 6th of March, in the year 1825, Aged 78. Christian...
Page 137 - Sacraments, and the same sum to the glazing of the east window of the south aisle with the representation of the Seven Works of Mercy. He also willed that the image of our Lady should be set on the north side at the end of the altar, in the south aisle, and the image of the angel Gabriel on the same side of the aisle, at the pillar between the aisle and the chancel, with a roll in his hand of greeting looking towards our Lad)' ; and at the south end of the same altar the image of St.
Page 11 - Of an ancient and honorable family, That came over with William the Conqueror, And settled in the county of Warwick In the reign of King Henry the Second, From whom his ancestors obtained The grants of land in the said county. He married Sarah the daughter of James West, Esq. of Alscot, By whom he has left issue Four daughters. To perpetuate his fair fame, This Monument is erected by her Who knew and loved his virtues.
Page 84 - Electricity," written by Jago, but whether published we have not been able to discover. In 1755 he printed a very sensible and seasonable discourse, entitled "The Causes of Impenitence considered, preached at Harbury, May 4, 1755, on occasion of a conversation said to have passed between one of the inhabitants and an apparition, in the church-yard belonging to that place.
Page 137 - Mercy. He also willed that the image of our Lady should be set on the north side at the end of the altar, in the south aisle, and the image of the angel Gabriel on the same side of the aisle, at the pillar between the aisle and the chancel, with a roll in his hand of greeting looking towards our Lady ; and at the south end of the same altar the image of St. Raphael, painted and gilded ; and that in the north aisle, at the north end of the altar, the image of the Trinity was to be ; and at the south...
Page 46 - God anu our Lady, beginn and performe a chapell of our Lady. She remembred her thereof, and thought it but a dreme, and toke noe heede thereof. But not long to, another night following, came the same voice to her againe, and gave her the same charge more sharplye.
Page 93 - There is a church and four acres of meadow. In the time of King Edward it was valued at 405.