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writing, to which allusion has been already made, are these : — 

 " An account of the gifts to the Parish Church of All Cannings." 

 " Anno Dom. 1680. Given by Wm. Blanch Lloyd grandmother to the present 

 Kector of the parish a fine damask cloth, and a napkin of the same 

 sort for the Communion Table." 

 " 1681. Given by Mrs. Jane Smith a large fine purple cloth with a sUk 

 fringe for the Communion Table. Mrs. Jane Smith was the widow of Mr. 

 Michael Smith, formerly Secretary to Dr. Sheldon, Axchbyshop of Canter- 

 bury. 



"William Bald wet, Hector. 

 " Jn. Duenfoed, \ 



"Jn. Beake, I Churchwardens. 



"Edwaed Nant, ; 



"N.B. — This memorandum was taken out of a register which was almost torn 

 to pieces in the time of Mr. Geo. Stoodly, Rector." 



The above extract is on the fly leaf of the register from 1710 

 —1773. 



Communion Plate. 



The Communion plate consists of a chalice, a flagon, and a 

 paten. The two last have an inscription stating that they were 

 the gift of W. Fowle, the Rector, A.D. 1757. 



The Church-yard. 

 There has always been a public footpath through the Church- 

 yard, beginning opposite the north porch, and afterwards winding 

 round the chancel, and so leading to the village school, and further 

 on to some fields. The church-yard is surrounded by walls, chiefly 

 of thatched mud, on every side excepting a small portion to the 

 east, where there is a hedge. There is one private entrance at the 

 west from the garden of Lord Ashburton's farm. 



Church Terriers. 

 There are, in the Diocesan Registry at Salisbury, four Terriers 

 of " all the Tythes, Glebe lands, houses, orchards, gardens, with all 

 the other profits and commodities belonging and appertaining to 

 the Rectory or Parsonage of All Cannings". They are dated 

 respectively 1608,— 1680,— 1704,— and 1783. They are all signed 

 by the three Churchwardens and three sidesmen, and, with one 

 exception, by the Rector for the time being ; the third being also 

 authenticated by the attestation of William Fowle, Sen., who a few 

 years afterwards was patron of the living, to which he presented 

 his son. They are for the most part copies one of another, varied 



