The wagon roof over the chancel was boarded or plastered, as slots in the principals show, in 1491 by William Stratford, DTh, Abbot of Vale Royal Abbey ( in post 1476 1516, with gaps ); the exact dating was derived from the timbers, which retain complete sapwood.
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I by a shot which rapid flew, Was instantly struck dead . " There is old woodwork in the fine wagon roofs and the many benchends ( partly ca . 1520, the rest ca . 1600 ) are of the usual Cornish type and among the finer examples of these.
