Ecclesiastical antiquities of Devon Author:George Oliver Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ionia, in the belfry of blessed Mary Major, and leaves 40s. for the repair of the tower. The nave of the present fabric is very respectable, and may have been... more » erected in the reign of King Edward III. The sculptured representation of St. Laurence's martyrdom, on the outward wall of the Chancel, was probably fixedthere at a comparatively recent period. No part of the church was named after St. Laurence. I cannot close my remarks on the church without commending the parishioners for their attention to the fabric. CURIOSUS. No. IV. CHUDLEIGH. TO TPB EDITOR OP THE EXETER AND PLYMOUTH GAZETTE. THE first mention that I find of Chudleigh, as belonging to the See of Exeter, is in a deed of Bishop Bartholomew (between the years 1161 and 1184) wherein he grants the profits arising from the bark of his woods there, to the Leper-house of St. Mary Magdalene, in Exeter. The Church of Chudleigh forms the subject of a deed of John, Bishop of Exeter, between the years 1186 and 1191. The Parish Church, under the patronage of St. Martin, though at various times since partially altered, was dedicated'by Bp. Bronescombe on the 6th November, 1259- It now consists of a Chancel, Nave, South Aisle, North Transept, and a Tower, which contains six harmonious bells. The greatest length of the Edifice in the interior, as we found by actual measurement, is 128 feet, and the greatest breadth 56 feet. In the South Aisle stood formerly the Altar of the Virgin Mary, before which Thomas Taylor, a Canon of Crediton Church, desired by his last will and testament to be buried. For the use of the said altar he bequeathed a silver chalice. The will, proved 15th December, 1452, may be seen in Bishop Lacy's, Register. In the North Aisle, commonly tailed Hunt's Aisle, I observed the Arms of Bishop ...« less