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8. James, Abury. 



or Eefusal, to be sent to Bridewell, or their Pay to be stopt. And further, if 

 you the said Officers do, or shall relieve any Poor Person, not Having and Wearing 

 constantly such Badge, you forfeit, for every offence, Twenty Shillings, to be 

 levied by distress. 



" Also, You are to take care, that you place out Poor Children Appprenticed 

 within your Parish, whose Parents are not able to keep or maintain them : And, 

 also (with the consent of Two Justices), to take order for the setting of the Poor 

 of your Parish to work ; and for the raising, by Taxation, a convenient Stock for 

 that purpose. 



" Lastly, All Eates and Assessments, for the Purposes aforesaid, are to be 

 confirmed by the two next Justices of the Peace, and Application (in all cases) 

 to be made to them where Eefusal of Payment of Eates and Assessment happen, 

 that Warrants of Distress may be obtained as the Law directs. Given under 

 our Hands and seals this 16th Day of April in the Year of Our Lord One 

 Thousand Seven Hundred fifty-five. 



[Sere follow the seals and signatures of~\ " John Talbot Q 



"J. Eolt Q" 



S I am in a position to give information upon two important 

 points in the history of this Church which were revealed 

 in the course of operations carried out before Mr. Ponting took 

 charge of the restoration, I beg to submit the following remarks. 



Mr. Ponting then, observes (p. 191 of the last number of this 

 Magazine) : " The nave probably terminated at the east end with 

 an apse" ; and again, at p. 193, he expresses his inability "to 

 discover any reliable indication of the original floor-level." 



But we found positive evidence upon both of these points in the 

 early stages of our restoration. Thus in excavating the floor of the 

 nave for the heating-chamber we found the original floor-level at a 

 depth of two feet below the present floor, which is that of the twelfth 

 century ; there we found a layer of mortar upon the virgin soil, as 

 a bed apparently for flag-stones, whilst that was covered by an 

 artificial accumulation of earth and stones up to the present level. 



Then we found the remains of the Saxon chancel in a wall of 

 about 12ft. in length, on the south side of the chancel, the inner face 



