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The residue of the premises are committed to the charge of the 

 churchwardens and other parishioners under-written : 



Sir THOMAS HARRYSON, Curate, 



WILLIAM TURNER. 



ROBERT MORE. 



NICHOLAS TRAVERS. 



HARRY TURNER. 



WILLIAM STEPHENS. 



ROBERT PRYNCE. 



(In the above extract the spelling has been modernised, 

 except in the names.) 



Notes. Pair of vestments would mean the whole suite of 

 vestments namely, the alb, girdle, stole, maniple, amice, and 

 chasuble. 



Dormax. A coarse damask made at Dormax or Tournay in 

 France. (Walcott.) 



Lyche Bell. Probably the small bell rung at funerals as a 

 signal to clear the way and to call for a prayer for the departed. 

 The Synod of Exeter enjoined parishioners to provide, amongst 

 other necessaries, " small bells for the dead." 



Outside the south porch of the Parish Church there is what 

 looks like an old raised tomb, but Mr. Pouting says he has no 

 doubt whatever that it was an old " Dole Table " on which 

 the charity loaves of bread were placed previous to their being 

 distributed. It dates probably about the i3th century, and is the 

 eleventh dole table that he knows to exist in Dorset. Another 

 one used to exist at West Milton, but it has been broken up. 



