b'The Contents of the Church The Sykes family of Sledmere completely renovated Another thread that can be tracked through thethe church in 1858/9, although surprisingly there is Terriers is that of the contents of St Ediths. The firstno mention in the Terriers of all the work done to the few Terriers make no mention of the church building orfabric of the building, the levelling of the churchyard its contents; when the longer format is instituted frometc. The only clue to all this change is the much 1764, the following list is given: extended list and the grandeur of the additional items:1 Communion Table with a covering for it of Raven- a Communion table and Super Altar of oak with grey cloth, 1 linen table cloth for the same, 1 napkin, 1a covering of crimson cloth, consisting of a frontal, pewter flagon, 2 silver chalices (1 inscribed John Toddwith embroidered monogram and superfrontal each & Abram Rogerson, Churchwardens), 2 pewter plates,with a fringe, also a frontal of black, a Dossal cloth, 2 pine boxes to collect the oblations, hanging tables2 fair linen cloths, corporal, Paten and Chalice veils [boards] showing the 10 Commandments, the Lordsand covers; a silver flagon, paten and plate bearing Prayer and Creed, the Table of Degrees and the Kingsthe following inscriptions Presented by Mary Anne Arms, 1 old oak chest in the North Aisle of little use,Lady Sykes to Bishop Wilton Church 1859, a brass 1 folio Bible and Prayer Book, 1 smaller Bible for thealms dish, 2 altar service books and 1 book of offices Clerks use, 1 Pulpit, 1 Reading Desk, a Pulpit cushioneach having the following inscription on the inside covered with raven-grey cloth, a raven-grey cloth withcover Presented by Mary Anne Lady Sykes to Bishop the Darleys coat of arms hanging from the pulpit, aWilton Church 1859; a sedilia of oak within the church clock with a wooden dial on the south sideSacrarium, prayer desks and stalls in the chancel, a of the steeple, 2 bells with their frames, 2 parchmentPulpit of Caen stone with brass pulpit lights, a font of register books (one from 1613-1719, the otherstone with oak cover, 2 closets, 2 Glastonbury chairs beginning in 1719) and a paper register for Marriages. all of oak in the vestry, 1 harmonium in an oak case in This list of possessions stays pretty constantthe Organ chamber, 3 kneeling stools with oak frame during the next century. The colour of the communionfor the Prayer Desks and Pulpit, 2 kneeling mats for cloth has changed from raven-grey to green by 1825,the Altar, 3 kneeling cushions for Communicants and and to red by 1857. The old oak chest of little use200 hassocks, and a clock with a stone dial.does not vanish until 1849, although it has already been replaced by 1817 by an iron chest for theAn Act of Parliament was passed in 1812 registers. By 1825 all 3 registers are of paper ratherinstructing that 3 separate registers, for births, than parchment. marriages and deaths, must be maintainedFrom 1809 2 boards listing the local Charitiesand that they were to be stored in a dry well-had been hung up (see Bulletin 12) to join thosepainted iron chest, in some dry and secure which were already displayed. Such boards beganplace, either at the parsonage or in the church.under Elizabeth I after church walls began to be whitewashed instead of being covered with painted murals. The board for the Degrees of Marriage had gone by 1849, and the Kings arms became theLands owned by the ChurchQueens arms from 1849. There is no mention of any land owned by the A Dial and Dial Post in the churchyard were listedChurch until the 1764 Terrier, where it is described in the 1770 Terrier, but left out again from 1809how land in Aughton in the East Riding was onwards. The 1892 Ordnance Survey map has thepurchased with 200 from Queen Annes Bounty. symbol SD in the churchyard, to the south of the[From 1704 Queen Annes Bounty was a fund which church; on checking it appears that this symbolsupplemented the incomes of the poorer clergy means Sun Dial (see map, inset).drawing upon ecclesiastical revenues confiscated John Todd and Abraham Rogerson wereby Henry VIII.] These 2 closes, one of 10 acres and Churchwardens in 1754, we learn from the registers,one of 5 acres, brought in rent of 6/15/- per annum. which must be when they gifted the silver chaliceLater, other areas of land were bought with Queen engraved with their names. The clock with theAnnes Bounty, augmented by money from the wooden face is mentioned first in 1632, again in theincumbent at the time, the Rev William Metcalfe and registers. from the Sykes family, the Lords of the Manor. In 1789 The Pulpit cushion and valance embroidered with2 closes of over 10 acres were bought in Beeford for the Darleys coat of arms is not mentioned after 1825,200. In 1801 over 32 acres of land in Bishop Wilton which is half a century after the Darley family stoppedwas bought for a total of 646; one field was of just being Lords of the Manor of Bishop Wilton. over 5 acres on the South Cliff, above the Poor Lands So, after a century of careful cataloguing of thealong Pocklington Lane, and the other of over 27 meagre but sufficient belongings of St Ediths, thereacres was to the East of Garrowby Lane, past the was suddenly an enormous change in their fortunes. 288 BULLETIN 15'