1 Sep 2021

Three Tier Pulpit - Ashby St Ledger

Submitted by walwyn
12/1620
Sat, 11/15/2008 - 14:57 - Jacobean triple level pulpit. The pulpit and box pews behind it are early 17th century. The pews in front are medieval, the lower level rests were for elbows, as the congregation would not have had books. Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Leodegarius. Ashby St. Ledgers, Northamptonshire 09/11/2008.
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This Jacobean pulpit at Ashby St Ledger has three tiers. The parish clerk would sit in the lower tier, the middle tier was used for the reading, and the top tier for the surmon. Pulpits of this type are rare survivors.