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<* rect , dgjainstthe w * U ? at the en * triricg ? ^ tit , ' 'ti nfohudfct ^ ly , , the fre # d pf the figure could nbt fee It is not
fotitid ^ — improbable , therefore , that the chapel Was Jbuilt dt that vfery earfy period , for the use of the general's family , and tfyat his own bones were deposited within it .
At the suppression of the convents , the lordship fell into the hanfds of the family of the Earl of Lincoln , and was held by a descendant of that family , of the name of pines , about the year 1 ^ 80 . About this time , the heiress
of the family was married to Mr . Daniel Disney , a zealous noncon-Fdrjfnist , who , becoming proprietor of the estate , removed , in l 6 S 5 , tLtiA took possession of the manor . 5 hbtist * . We learn that , shortly &fter this , dissenting worship was performed in the chapel , by a gentleman of the name of Reed , to
wKom the lord of the manor paid , aV'hls own pleasure , an annual stipend . We have no means of ascertaining whether any Protesiint rtiihister officiated in the chajifef tefore Mr . Reed , but it is probable there \ Vere ministers
ear-Her ; The pulpit is a venerable ^ teeee of sihtfquity , and bears its rige * m&rked conspicuously at the Back , 1620 , But the oldest Bible belonging to the chapel , was given
% Mi * . Disiiey , the fatherof Daniel , in tlie year 16 ^ 9 > ^ nd ' dne was also given bjrMVs . Fines , in 1672 . — It appears , ibfereforie , that Protestatlt wdrship rti ^ V ^ ave been firs t eeiebf ^ ted tbelfe tihde * the
aus-|> i ^^ of 'M ¥ J TJisn ^ y , a noncoh-* -fWrMfk £ * * btift ^ 'VtrosV time , we ^ liiay VentoWtd pMstiiiie , there was h 6 % ib \ t in tfte ch ^ pef . W is rtdt a K « 1 S Extraordinary , ffiat la * lie r ^ g isterHbook of the
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, pipciagtss , pmfeimm * & $ m& * i * nQtopW Mr . Re ^ d bJJt >» ^ uccefc
sors , and among tPf » Afidrewr , afterwards , J ) x ^ Kipf > i 5 K affixed to their i ^ agigs ^ l ^ i tt ^ iM ^ u rate . Mn Tj ^ ylor ^^ i ^^ Me ^ aved- from thence to Norwich , w ^ U ( koawa as Dr . Taylor , the autbQr of the Hebrew Concordance , succeeded Mr . Reed , as minister at Kirkstead ;
settled there in 47 l 4 r and left it ia 1733 ; and , in this obscure corner , this silent retreat , lie laboured hard at his stupendous work . About this time , iivUjeyear 17 ^ 0 ;
Mr . Daniel Disney , ^ opoe r « ed to see that ^ , the peopl e residing about his estate were excluded from the cbar \ ce of religiaus insXruction r unless he and his eheirs should
chuse to provide a BainisU * for them ; and , fearing to tru ^ t to the benevolence of his descendants , and even to his own stabili ty * came to the pious determination of
securing the advantages of religious instruction to the tenants of hi * lordship , by appointing a txuBt of five persons , in whoqev he Hifo ^ ld vest certain pieces of Japd r of the then value of 331 , per ^ nnwni ^ for the permanent support of . ^ r ^ by .
tenan worship 1 / 1 that places and at his death , he confirmed , the * grant by . will , and also gave the chapel , for the use of the Dissenting ministers ^ who should be . chosen according to the instni < StiQiis of the deed of trust . A Mr * Harrison ., wlio removed tp Dis * in Norfolk ,
came to Kirkstead when Mr . T&ylor quitted it / and was succeeded ? in the year 1759 , by Mr . Dunk ley . This gentleman continued
in the faithful discharge of bis ministerial duties , as 9 , light shiniqg in ^ d ark placp ^ for five and ^ ifty ye » i ?» and jy 3 ^ seized , <>* Christmas day , 1793 , with a fit ,
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& 2 Memoir relating to Kirks tend *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1813, page 82, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2425/page/2/
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