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Parish Church of:
Breward, St
The church of St Breward, as it now stands, was probably
built by William Briwere or Bruere, Bishop of Exeter
(1224-45), who added the 13th century work to the then
existing Norman church; it is a building of stone, in the
Decorated and Perpendicular styles, with some Norman
portions, consisting of chancel with north chapel, nave of
four bays with north transept and aisle, south aisle,
extending the whole length of the nave and chancel, south
porch and an embattled western tower with crocketed
pinnacles, containing 6 bells, 5 of which were recast by
F.Pennington, in a small garden east of the church, in 1758:
the north arcade is Norman and has short cylindrical columns
with fluted caps, on square bases; the font, also Norman,
has a singular basin, diminishing from a square base to a
circular form at the top; over the south door are the Royal
Coat of Arms of William III, and the inscription "1700.
W.R." ; there are some good bench ends, carved with shields
of arms and emblems of the "Passion" on a low altar tomb in
the south aisle are kneeling effigies in relief of a man and
his wife, and a mutilated inscription to Christopher Rogers,
gent. ob. May 15, 1604; in the chancel is a tablet, erected
in 1609 by John Adams, to his father Lewis Adams, 36 years
vicar here, ob. August 23, 1607; it has kneeling effigies in
relief of the vicar and his wife; in the south aisle is a
large monument of slate with inscription and arms to Willaim
Billing, of Lanke, gent, ob. 1654, and another to Nicholas
Burrough, gent. ob. 1654; the church was thoroughly restored
in 1864, under the direction of Mr J.P. St. Aubyn,
architect, and has 200 sittings. The register dates from the
year 1558.
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