The History of Bristol, Civil and Ecclesiastical. (Vol. 2 by J. Evans).
by John Corry (9781150514081)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1816 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: APPENDIX, -- No. VI. EAGLE IN ST. MARY LE PORT CHURCH, WITH A CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENT. In St. Mary Le Port Church is placed the Eagle which once stood in the Cathedral, and which in 1802 excited no inconsiderable attention in the city. The following curious advertisement narrates its history; to which it is necessary only to add, that it was placed here by the gentleman who rescued it from the unhallowed hands of the brazier, and that it bears his name with an inscription, which records that it was presented to the church upon the express condition of its remaining in the choir For Ever THE EAGLE, From the Bristol Cathedral. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, At the Exchange Coffee-room, in this City, On Thursday, the 2nd of September, 1802, Between the hours of One and Two o'Clock IN THE AFTERNOON, (Unless previously disposed of by private contract, ) A BEAUTIFUL BRAZEN SPREAD EAGLE, With a Ledge at the Tail; Standing on a Brass Pedestal, Supported by Four Lions, one at each corner. This elegant piece of workmanship, was sold, last June, by the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, of Bristol, or their agents or servants, as old brass, and weighed 6 cwt. 20lb. or 692lb. and has since been purchased at an advanced price, by a native of this city, in order to prevent its being broken up, and to give the inhabitants a chance of buying it. It is said that the money obtained by this sale was applied to the purchase of a piece of plate for the communion-service of the Cathedral. At all events, the fact of the sale adds one to the instances already upon record, of ...

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