Now! Then! A Calverley boy dies in his father’s church, a victim of the bell-ringers

30 November 1668: A Calverley boy dies in his father’s church, a victim of the bell-ringers

Oliver Heywood. 1883. The Rev. Oliver Heywood, B.A., 1630-1702, Vol. 3/4. Ed. J. Horsfall Turner. Bingley: T. Harrison. Get it:

Excerpt

A son of Mr Benjamin Sandall’s, vicar of Coverley, was crushed to death under the church door on Lord’s day at night, November 30, 1668, the door being lifted off the hinges by some ringers.

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To facilitate reading, the spelling and punctuation of elderly excerpts have generally been modernised, and distracting excision scars concealed. My selections, translations, and editions are copyright.
Abbreviations:

ER: East Riding
GM: Greater Manchester
NR: North Riding
NY: North Yorkshire
SY: South Yorkshire
WR: West Riding
WY: West Yorkshire

Comment

Samuel Margerison says there were two Ephraim Sandalls, “both of whom died young.” Benjamin Sandall was apparently from Idle and appointed by Charles II, and he died or was sacked in 1688 (Margerison 1880).

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Original

A son of Mr [Benjamin] Sandall’s, vicar of Coverley, was crushed to death under the church door on Lord’s day at night November 30, 1668, the door being lifted off the hinges by some ringers.

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