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Rev. Martin Blake, detail from the mural monument he erected to his young son Nicholas Blake (d.1634) in St Peter's Church, Barnstaple Mural monument to Nicholas Blake (d.1634), 9 year-old son of Rev. Martin Blake, erected by his father in St Peter's Church, Barnstaple Old Vicarage, Barnstaple, built originally in 1311 at the entrance of Barnstaple Priory.
St Peter's Church, Barnstaple, east end. St Peter's Church is the parish church of the town of Barnstaple in North Devon, England.Parts of the church date to the 13th-century with much restoration during the Victorian era by George Gilbert Scott and later by his son John Oldrid Scott which changed the atmosphere of the building, although many fine wall monuments and tablets remain.
James Smith (baptized 1605, died 1667) was a clergyman who became Archdeacon of Barnstaple in 1660. [1] He was also much admired for his wit, and collections of his satirical verse were published in the 1650s. Smith was the son of Thomas, the rector of Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, who owned land in three counties. [2]
The four-stage tower with set-back buttresses is built in the Somerset style and pre-dates the main body of the present church having been constructed between 1843 and 1845 as part of the earlier church; at 38 metres high the tower is the main reason for the Grade II* listing and is a landmark around Barnstaple and surrounding areas. [3]
Old Vicarage, Barnstaple, built originally in 1311 "at the entrance of the Priory". The surviving building, entirely re-built "at his own great charge" by Rev Martin Blake (d.1673), Vicar of Barnstaple, (with 19th c. additions and restorations) today occupies the same site [1] Arms of Barnstaple Priory: Gules, a bend or in chief a label of three points argent [2]
Thomas Lynford (died 1724) [1] was Archdeacon of Barnstaple. [2] He was a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1670/1 and M.A. in 1674 and B.D. in 1689. [3] He was rector of St. Edmund, Lombard Street, London and chaplain in ordinary to William III and Queen Mary.
The parishes of the Barnstaple Deanery are: [1] Barnstaple Holy Trinity Church, Barnstaple; Barnstaple St Peter and St Mary Magdalene St Peter's Church, Barnstaple; Bishops Tawton Church of St John the Baptist, Bishop's Tawton; Braunton St Brannock's Church, Braunton; Fremington, Devon Church of St Peter, Fremington; Georgeham St George's ...
Military history of Barnstaple (5 P) P. People from Barnstaple (3 C, 16 P) S. ... Church of St John the Baptist, Barnstaple; Church of St Peter, Fremington; Jerry ...