The English ancestry of Reinold and Matthew Marvin of Hartford, Ct ...

66 The English Ancestry of
with St. Peter's, Copdock, about 1750, is ^400 and a parson-
age. The population of the two Parishes is 650. The Rev.
John H. Hocking, M. A., was Rector in 1897.
St. Mary's stands in a secluded part of the valley of the
rivulet 'Wash,' from which the Parish derived its name,
and has a nave, chancel and tower, restored and beautified
in 1864 by the lord of the manor, at a cost of about $6,000.
The font was then removed to the north porch, which was
converted into a baptistery. In 1553 there were three bells
in the tower ; the -largest of these, forty inches in diameter,*
still remains, and has upon it a small shield charged with a
bend, a cross in sinister chief and an annulet in dexter base,
followed by the hexameter
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St. Peter's has a nave, chancel, north transept, south porch,
and a lofty square tower ; it contains a curiously sculptured
font, a piscina, and holy-water stoup, which date from an
early period : a fine reredos and several memorial windows
with other improvements made in the last half century, have
greatly beautified it. There are now six bells in the tower ;
three of them dating from the early part of the seventeenth
century were cast by Miles Graye the elder, of Colchester ;
* See Raven, " Church Bells of Suffolk," p. 248. He tells us that Richard Hille cast
these bells; he died in 1440, and his "relict Joan" continued the business, but Raven
thinks she did not make Suffolk bells. As it was customary for founders to put their
names upon their work, it is difficult to see why this rhyme (May the bell of John
[? Johan] ring for many years) was placed on St. Mary's bell, if it does not allude to
Joan. It occurs on several others, seemingly with equal incongruity.