Friends of Devon's Archives Logo

Introduction
Introduction
Eighteenth Century Visitations
About the Documents
Research Areas
Conclusion
Editorial Method

Index to Documents
Parish Index

Background Material
1744 Visitation Questionnaire
1779 Visitation Questionnaire

Home

Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License

HLF Logo

Kenn, Deanery of Kenn

Chanter 225A, 142-143

  1. Population and dissenters: The number of Families in the Parish of Kenn are about one hundred & twenty six. There is no Dissenter nor Licenced or other Meeting House.

  2. Public or charity schools: There is not any Publick or Charity School maintain’d in the Parish.

  3. Alms-house, hospital or charitable endowment: There is no Alms-House House Hospital or other Charitable Endowment, Nor any Lands or Tenements left for the repair of the Church.

  4. Residence upon cure: I have allways resided personally upon my cure & in the Parsonage House.

  5. Curate: I have at present no residing Curate.

  6. Divine service at other churches: No. Except to assist some neighbouring Clergyman in case of sickness or some reasonable avocation.

  7. Frequency of divine service: Divine service is perform’d every Lords Day with a sermon in the morning & afternoon & all Holy Days & Wensdays & Fridays in the <Lent> & all other <Times> appointed by Authority.

  8. Frequency of communion: The Sacrament is administred thrice at Easter twice at Whitsontide once at Michaelmass & twice at Xtmass.

  9. Number of communicants: The number of Communicants is uncertain at Easter there are usually about one hundred & twenty & the whole at Michaelmas Whitsontide & Xtmass amount to about the same number.

  10. Catechising of children: The Children are Catechis’d every Sunday in Lent & the Parisioners are negligent in sending their Children & servants to be instructed.

  11. Chapels or chapels in ruins: There is no Chappel or Chappel in ruins within the Parish.

    Kenn R... Cha Bertie LLd inst Aug 27 1726 Presb Aug 1726. [Explanation]