Installation of the Organ, Font, and Communion Table inside Lynsted Church
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Provision of an organ in Lynsted Church - 1842
Inscription found in the Parish Register (the handwriting was sometimes difficult to read!):-
An organ was erected in the Church June 13, 1842 by the Voluntary Subscriptions of the Parishioners and others at a cost of £117.10.0
John Hamilton, Vicar
Mr Thomas Eley - Churchwarden
Mr Hezekiah Baker - Churchwarden
Church Organ Subscribers | |||||||||||
£ | s | d | £ | s | d | £ | s | d | |||
Colonel Charles Tyler (Lynsted Lodge) | 33 | 8 | 9 | The Vicar (Rev. John Hamilton, Vicarage) | 10 | - | - | Samuel Creed Fairman Esq | 33 | 8 | 9 |
Mr. Thomas Eley (farmer, Loyterton Farm) | 5 | - | - | Friends of the Vicar | 1 | 12 | - | Miss F.C. Fairman | 1 | - | - |
Mr. Edward Strouts (farmer, Hole Street Farm, Kingsdown) | 2 | 10 | - | Lady Harly [unclear] | 1 | - | - | General Gosselin | 1 | - | - |
Mr. Edward Blaxland Junior (farmer, Dadmans) | 2 | 2 | - | Miss Harly [unclear] | 5 | - | - | Miss Gosselin | 1 | - | - |
Mr. Henry Matson (farmer, Old School House) | 1 | - | - | Rev. Alfred Baldwin (clergyman, Greenstreet, Lynsted) | 1 | - | - | Master Gosselin Esq | 1 | - | - |
Mr. John Tracy (surgeon, Greenstreet, Lynsted) | 1 | - | - | Rev. F.A. Crooke | 1 | - | - | Mr. Kemp | 5 | - | |
Mr. Thomas Wanstall (farmer, Greenstreet, Lynsted) | 10 | - | A. Friend | 1 | - | - | Mr Wilkins | 5 | - | ||
Mr. Hezekiah Baker (baker, Lynsted Lane) | 10 | - | Mr. Redman | 10 | - | Mr. Cockle | 5 | - | |||
Mr. Stephen Packer (grocer, Greenstreet, Lynsted) | 10 | - | Mrs Mary Vallance | 10 | - | Mr. Brenchley | 5 | - | |||
Mr. James Duncan (publican, Greenstreet, Lynsted) | 10 | - | Mr. George Maytum | 5 | - | Mrs. Byson | 2 | 6 | |||
Mr. John Mannooch (carpenter or painter, Lynsted Lane) | 10 | - | Mr. William Vallance | 5 | - | Mrs Mannooch | 2 | 6 | |||
Mr. William Wanstall | 5 | - | Mrs. Fryar | 1 | - |
Additional bracketed notes (Nigel Heriz-Smith)
A Handsome Stone Font with Oak Cover and Oak Rails was presented to the Parish by Colonel Charles Henry Tyler of Lynsted Lodge.
December the Sixth 1845.
A Handsome Carved Oak Communion Table was presented to the Parish by Samuel Creed Fairman Esq 1856