Old Chudleigh: By Robert M. Ellis: … (discussion continues) … Extensive repairs to the market houses in 1647. 1t still further drained the parish resources and owing to the disturbed state of the country the markets declined in Value, until, in 1649, the year of the King’s execution, Humphrey Pinsent gave them up, and they were taken by John Rennet, of Harcombe, for £55. In 1646 the Parliament set up the Presbyterian form of religion throughout. the country and ejected the clergy from their livings, replacing them by ministers elected by each parish. From this Chudleigh seems to have been preserved by the determination of its inhabitants, for Mr. Woolcomb still continued to hold office until his death in January, 1654. … (continues) …
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DRO0062 Combe: Humphrey Pynsent: 1599 – 1680