 Rempstone
St Peter in the Rushes
Features and Fittings
According to the 1764 inventory:
... Belonging to the church are three bells,
two Common Prayer Books, a Book of Homilies, two Register Books, one Surplice,
a Carpet, a Communal Table Cloth, a napkin, a cushion for the Pulpit, a Pulpit
Cloth ... a flagon and two plates a Bier and Ladder.
Perhaps it was taken for granted that the church would have a bible. Additionally,
A Silver Chalice marked Rempstone 1732.
Font
During an investigation of the church site, 1960-62, the Norman font of the
church was found in a swamp. The bowl of the font from the old church is said
to be in use in the new
church.
Registers
The first register is a parchment book, 11¾ by 7¾ inches and
is in English. Baptisms and burials begin in 1570 up to 1735. Marriages begin
in 1571. The second parchment register covers the remaining period of the existence
of the church. Thereafter it was in use in the new
church.
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