THE CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW, PLYMOUTH. 229 
an entry for its repair. I suspect it was cast forth before 1646, for 
in that year I find the charge, “‘ P* for a bason for the baptizing of 
children, 4s. 6d.” The one placed in 1662 is, I believe, without 
doubt the one now in the Church. We have the items of its cost, 
and as I am afraid we have seen the last of it to make way for a 
bran spic and span new one, it may be worth while to give the 
particulars :— 
William Houghton, for making the font and other charges, viijl. vs. vjd. 
Matthew Glanville, mason, work on the font, ixs. ivd. 
Ld. to eight porters, for carrying of the font to the church, iijs. 
Pa. Will Gayre, for moor stone and wood about the font, vijl. xviijs. 
Pd. Richard Featherstone, the joiner, for a cover to the font, viijs. 
Pd. Fohn Hall, for a pipe of lead to the font, iijs. 
The total cost was £17 6s. 10d. 
It is of black marble. Up to the time of the destruction in 
1826, it was rough, but Mr. Foulston thought he could improve it, 
and had it cut and polished. It was formerly raised upon two 
courses of granite, forming steps, and had a wooden cover, as above 
mentioned, with hinges secured by a lock. I am sorry that this 
font, two hundred and ten years old, is to be discarded for one 
supposed to be more in accord with the rest of the building. 
Historically, it is a link, having been placed in the Church by Dr. 
Ashton, immediately after the ejection of Mr. Hughes. It ought 
not to be lightly thrown on one side or discarded in the way pro- 
posed, as no new font can possibly have the interest of the old one. 
Surplices seem to be dear. The same year that the font was 
set up, two new surplices were bought at Exeter, and cost £5 14s. 
The year before, the king’s arms were painted as well as the arms 
of the town, and put up in the church. 
In 1665 the following entries occur : 
Paid to the colouring the ballisters in the vestry and the communion- 
table, and flourishing the town arms behind the mayor, and gave them 
in beer at the making of the rails, xxis. 
Paid for a stamp for the tokens, and for tokens to Fohn Fall, xivs, ixd. 
The Church was white limed twice this year, at a cost of £5 14s. 2d. 
In 1667 £12 was paid to John Chace for pointing the church 
all over; and in 1674 it was again pointed, the cost then being 
£13: 12s. -6d: 
In 1675, for new painting and fitting the king’s arms, and cleansing and 
washing the Commandments, and for setting them up again, and to 
the ringers when we thought the king was coming, xivs. viijd. 
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