Nottinghamshire, East Drayton
Late 12 - 15c Church of St.Peter & St Paul, East Drayton
No mention is made of a church here in 1086 Domesday . Building started late 12c and continued for 300 years ending with the tower. Between 1199-1213 Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex, renounced all his rights in the chapel of Drayton in favour of the chapter of York where it remained until 1841 when it joined the archdeaconry of Nottingham.
By 15c the chancel was in "an evil plight" and in 16c the nave was also "ruinous".
After the Civil War renovation was underway and in a visitation in 1637 the churchwardens were questioned re the lack of an altar rail, boarding of the seats, no poor box, lack of 3 locks and keys on the parish chest and of a table of the prohibited degrees of marriage. to which they said they now had the 3 latter items and asked for time to provide the remainder.
Sadly by 1856 the Ecclesiastical Commissioner’s surveyor reported that the interior was in a miserable state with walls green and damp. The floor needed relaying and the pew linings and floor rotten. The north door was also rotten and had been bricked up to keep out the weather. The windows were in a wretched condition in respect of glazing and the lead work was useless. He ended by saying "I may perhaps add that the chancel is a very fine one but is in a more disgraceful condition in respect of its fittings than any I have yet seen throughout the country". This seems to have done the trick as the chancel was restored in 1857 at a cost of £240, and the nave and aisles restored in 1873 at a cost of £650 defrayed by subscription. This restoration saw the disappearance of both the musician’s gallery and the ringer’s loft behind - high on the tower wall are "cake rings", a local wedding custom www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/463307
southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/east-drayton/hhistory.php
Nottinghamshire, East Drayton
Late 12 - 15c Church of St.Peter & St Paul, East Drayton
No mention is made of a church here in 1086 Domesday . Building started late 12c and continued for 300 years ending with the tower. Between 1199-1213 Geoffrey Fitz Peter, Earl of Essex, renounced all his rights in the chapel of Drayton in favour of the chapter of York where it remained until 1841 when it joined the archdeaconry of Nottingham.
By 15c the chancel was in "an evil plight" and in 16c the nave was also "ruinous".
After the Civil War renovation was underway and in a visitation in 1637 the churchwardens were questioned re the lack of an altar rail, boarding of the seats, no poor box, lack of 3 locks and keys on the parish chest and of a table of the prohibited degrees of marriage. to which they said they now had the 3 latter items and asked for time to provide the remainder.
Sadly by 1856 the Ecclesiastical Commissioner’s surveyor reported that the interior was in a miserable state with walls green and damp. The floor needed relaying and the pew linings and floor rotten. The north door was also rotten and had been bricked up to keep out the weather. The windows were in a wretched condition in respect of glazing and the lead work was useless. He ended by saying "I may perhaps add that the chancel is a very fine one but is in a more disgraceful condition in respect of its fittings than any I have yet seen throughout the country". This seems to have done the trick as the chancel was restored in 1857 at a cost of £240, and the nave and aisles restored in 1873 at a cost of £650 defrayed by subscription. This restoration saw the disappearance of both the musician’s gallery and the ringer’s loft behind - high on the tower wall are "cake rings", a local wedding custom www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/463307
southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/east-drayton/hhistory.php