Letter from William Bray
Reference code
SAL/01/02/08/18
Title
Letter from William Bray
Date
1808
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Letter from William Bray presents two sketches and a brief description provided by the Dean of Ripon on a stone pulpit from inside the Minster House and a font found in the church of South Kilvington in Yorkshire.
Mentioned in the minutes for 28th April 1808: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.069
The full description, with sketches, of the font at Kilvington were published in Archaeologia Vol 16., 1812, pp.341-345: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/53439233D9F416EAA3A1EED3F596E534/S0261340900019494a.pdf/xl-a-description-of-a-font-in-the-church-of-south-kilvington-communicated-by-robert-darley-waddilove-dd-fas-dean-of-rippon-in-a-letter-to-william-bray-esq-fas-treasurer.pdf
The font remains in situ at the church.
The stone pulpit mentioned appears to still be in Ripon Cathedral, although in 1913 it was moved with the church and replaced with one in the Arts and Crafts style.
Mentioned in the minutes for 28th April 1808: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.069
The full description, with sketches, of the font at Kilvington were published in Archaeologia Vol 16., 1812, pp.341-345: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/53439233D9F416EAA3A1EED3F596E534/S0261340900019494a.pdf/xl-a-description-of-a-font-in-the-church-of-south-kilvington-communicated-by-robert-darley-waddilove-dd-fas-dean-of-rippon-in-a-letter-to-william-bray-esq-fas-treasurer.pdf
The font remains in situ at the church.
The stone pulpit mentioned appears to still be in Ripon Cathedral, although in 1913 it was moved with the church and replaced with one in the Arts and Crafts style.
Creator
Bray, William (1736-1832), antiquary