Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . the priests vestments. In other parts of the sacred edifice were two altars, onededicated to Saint John, at which were put up two crosses ;a second to Saint George, near which must have been anorgan, for we read of Saint Georges Organs. Wherethese altars stood, or the following image, is not indicated,viz. : Our Lady of Pity, before which was a glass window,within which the image was enshrined, while before herstood an iron candlestick. Independently of the organs
Adam's illustrated guide to Rye (with map) : Winchelsea, Northiam, Camben-on-Sea, and all places of interest in the neighbourhood . the priests vestments. In other parts of the sacred edifice were two altars, onededicated to Saint John, at which were put up two crosses ;a second to Saint George, near which must have been anorgan, for we read of Saint Georges Organs. Wherethese altars stood, or the following image, is not indicated,viz. : Our Lady of Pity, before which was a glass window,within which the image was enshrined, while before herstood an iron candlestick. Independently of the organsstanding respectively in the choir, the chapel of Our Lady,and near Saint Georges Altar, there was another calledthe great organ. According to Barr, organs were of twokinds, large and small; the latter (called regals) weremovable, and of very small dimensions, while the formerwere fixed, being frequently placed on the north side ofthe choir, and often in the transept. lhe smaller onesin the choir might have been upon the rood loft, a usualsituation, as the same author states. Several crosses besides that on the rood loft and. Rev. A. P. HOWE5, Vicarj Jof Rye). GUIDE TO RYE. 27 the two of Saint Johns are mentioned, namely—onestandino; upon the hearse, on which was laid a cloth ofyellow silk, another which was borne about every day invisiting the sick, a third called a cope-cross, and a fourthof latten. In the body of the church hung a the treasures were many jewels, for, in 1543, agreat basket was made to carry them in. From the old records we find that it was alwayscustomary to watch the sepulchre of Our Saviour fromGood Friday, the day of the Crucifixion, to Easter Sunday,that of the Resurrection ; and, accordingly, the annualentry appears in the churchwardens accounts of moneypaid for bread and drink found for those who watched thesepulchre at Easter. In the middle ages, it was thecustom to perform miracle plays, or religious interludes,sometimes in the nave
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