Vestry Meeting at Bovey Tracey: An adjourned vestry meeting was held at the Town Hall in Bovey Tracey, on Saturday, to again consider the question of the restoration of the parish church. The adjournment was brought about through a difference of opinion between the Vicar (the Hon. and Rev. Canon Courtenay) and Mr. W. R. Hole, of Parke, respecting certain seats in the church which Mr. Hole claimed by prescriptive right. In a debate which ensued on this question at the former meeting, Mr. Wolfenden defended the course the Vicar had taken, and after the meeting he received a (very angry) letter from Mr. Hole … (Description of renovation and its costs and affect on Mr. Hole’s seating and Vicar’s threat to resign) … At the meeting on Saturday the vicar presided and there were also present: … … a long list includes … … H. Pinsent, … … resolution put to vestry … Mr. Sparkes and Mr. John Beer were appointed to act on behalf of the vicar, and Mr. Pinsent and Mr. Baker on behalf of Mr. Hole.
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GRO0412 Hennock: Henry Pinsent: 1844 – 1894