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XXXIII. Description of the Reading Desk of the Abbey Church of Evesham, in Worcestershire, by Edward Rudge, Esq. F.R.S. S.A. and L.S. in a Letter addressed to Nicholas Carlisle, Esq. Secretary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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The drawings (Pl. XXIII. XXIV.) which accompany this, and which I request of you to present to the Society of Antiquaries, exhibit a correct representation of the Reading Desk belonging to, and which formerly stood in, the Abbey Church of Evesham.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1814

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page 279 note a Secundo Anno Abbatis Radulfi ivit idem decanus cum eo Romam, ad Consilium generale; ubi de ejus consilio et industria confirmarentur dispositus redditurum; et multa alia, necessaria impetravemnt.

Secundo vero anno reditus a curia, factus est sacrista, et fecit lectricium retro chorum, quod prius non erat factum in Ecclesia Eveshamensi, et legebantur lectiones juxta tumbam S. Wilsini.

See Nash's Hist, of Worcestershire, Vol. I. p. 419, where the acts of this Abbot are detailed in the original document above referred to, and from which this extract is taken.