NOTES ON THE EARLY HISTORY OF STONEHOUSE. 365 
Xo one matter occupies so much space in the book as the "setting 
of seats," which seems to have been the wardens' most important 
duty, and a matter of some revenue. Dr. Nichols and his wife 
paid 15s. in 1607; in 1624 there is the seating of "Mr. Eich 
Hall, Esq. ; " in 1641 we find the name of the Plymouth merchant, 
Thomas Sherwill. In 1654 thirty -three seats were set, at prices 
varying from 6d. to 8s. each. 
One remarkable feature of the book is that it gives no detail 
whatever of the joint occupation of the chapel by the Huguenot 
refugees of 1681-2 and the English inhabitants, which is stated to 
have led to much controversy until the former were provided 
with a special chapel of their own by the Edgcumbe family. 1 I 
am inclined to think that there must be some amount of exaggera- 
tion in the tradition. It is perfectly true that there is a long gap 
in the records betweeen 1672 and 1697, and that the existing 
French registers begin in 1692 ; but it is equally clear that the 
recorded services at St. George must have been in English ; and 
it is very remarkable that so few distinctly French names should 
occur in connection with the chapel. These are all I have been 
able to find : " John the Frenchman " is named in 1698. In 1702 
Mrs. Mourner pays 6s. 8d. for erecting a tombstone in the chapel- 
yard. 1713 — Joan Delacomb, S. Louson. In 1756-7, among the 
seat -holders, occur the names of Delacomb and Gilliard. 1772, 
among the seat -holders are the names of Guillard, Delacomb, 
Gruzelier, and widow Fouraille. To these we may possibly add 
that of Jefford. The names of Peter Bellinger and Henry 
Lemoyne as ministers, though French, can hardly be reckoned in 
this connection. 
We can gather from this volume several particulars regarding 
the old chapel removed in 1789 to give place to the present 
edifice. The building stood in a yard planted with trees, and was 
enclosed by a wall wherein were stiles, which had to be mended to 
keep the hogs out. It originally consisted of chancel, nave, and 
western bell-turret. There was a screen between the nave and 
chancel, which may be held to give colour to the suggestion that it 
was of Perpendicular date. About 1640 it was enlarged by the 
addition of a south transept, in which was the " lord's seat," next 
1 Vide " Parish and Vicars of St. Andrew, Plymouth." J. Brooking 
Rowe, f.s.a., f.l.s. Trans. Plym. Inst. v. 89. 
