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Richard Vowell squeezed wine into the ladies' cups then turned his attention to the pewter s preferred by the hts it should have been on the altar in All Hallows but such niceties did not fuss Richard This was a tied the last of the wineskin into his ownand raised it in a toast

'To Jonnie Baret!'

The company drank John's health then toasted Richard Rochell and the other trustees of the alht,' John Tucker said

'They did bloody'They ht monkey He called for the inquiry and landed hi naer welcome in the Julian and other hostelries For the moment, they preferred to meet in private Richard had a copy of the ordinance that the vicar had received from the sacrist He pointed to where Bishop Neville listed his demands

'The bish has told Billy Bradford to put up a screen to separate us froain possession of the nave, which is e've been trying to do for years'

He ran his finger to another clause

'Billy is similarly instructed to widen the doorway that was so despicably narrowed and return the font to where time-honoured tradition decreed it should be He must also allow us to conduct the baptisms like ays have That means we can march up and down and make as much noise as we like'

'What about the new font?' one of the woet rid of it but we'll not do a sodding thing until Billy has done what's required of hiet ourselves excommunicated if we don't do as we is told'

'Love' Richard patted her hand 'It's not going to happen We'll tell Robert Neville that on't get rid of the new font until Billy puts the old one back Neville's got himself over a barrel He can't exco like this … and that ot up fro out better than expected He reached in his pouch and rene The old man wanted hiing a case against the Knowles family in the Dorchester assizes