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The Bulletin
Fix this textBRILLIANT AUSTRALIAN STORIES
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 77—No. 3963
Fix this textWednesday, January 25, 1956
Fix this textPrice 9d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for transmission by Post as a Newspaper
Fix this textTHE CHURCH OF
Fix this textST. MARY MAGDALENE,
Fix this textTAUNTON
Fix this textTAUNTON, the county town of Somerset,
Fix this textstands in the fertile vale of Taunton
Fix this textDeane, which is sheltered on three sides by
Fix this textthe Quantock, Blackdown and Brendon Hills.
Fix this textIt is one of the richest agricultural areas in
Fix this textBritain, and Taunton is renowned as a tourist
Fix this textcentre from which to visit the beauties of
Fix this textSomerset.
Fix this textThe town has an ancient and turbulent
Fix this texthistory reaching back to Saxon times, when it
Fix this textwas founded by King Ina (688-726). In
Fix this textTaunton Museum is preserved a charter in
Fix this textLatin from King Ina, granting lands to the
Fix this textAbbot of nearby Glastonbury in a.d. 705.
Fix this textIn 1497 Taunton was associated with Perkin
Fix this textWarbeck, who tried to assume the crown of
Fix this textEngland by claiming to be Richard, Duke of
Fix this textYork, who was believed to have been murdered
Fix this textin the Tower of London. Seven-thousand men
Fix this textrallied to the cause of Warbeck, but on the
Fix this textapproach of the Royalist forces, he fled to
Fix this textBeaulieu, near Southampton, for sanctuary.
Fix this textHe was captured and brought before Henry VII
Fix this textat Taunton, who sent him as a prisoner to
Fix this textLondon, where he was later tried and executed
Fix this textfor high treason although no record of the
Fix this texttrial is known to exist.
Fix this textDuring the Civil War Taunton was occupied
Fix this textin turn by the Parliamentary and Royalist
Fix this textforces. For almost a year in 1645 the town
Fix this textsustained a long siege under Colonel (after-
Fix this textwards Admiral) Robert Blake, against 10,000
Fix this textRoyalist troops, until relieved by Sir Thomas
Fix this textFairfax. As a result of the part it had played
Fix this textin the Civil War, Charles II, at the Restoration,
Fix this textdeprived the town of its Charter of Incorpora-
Fix this texttion, and much of the castle was destroyed.
Fix this textAnother lively episode in the town’s long
Fix this texthistory was the enthusiastic welcome it gave to
Fix this textthe Duke of Monmouth during the ill-fated
Fix this textrebellion. He arrived in the town from Lyme
Fix this textRegis in June, 1685, and with his army con-
Fix this textsiderably reinforced he marched to Bridgewater,
Fix this textGlastonbury, Wells and from there to Sedge-
Fix this textmoor, where, in July, 1685, he fought the battle
Fix this textwhich ended in his defeat. Although Mon-
Fix this textmouth escaped, he was later captured, dis-
Fix this textguised as a shepherd, near Ringwood. King
Fix this textJames handed him over to the executioner and
Fix this texta similar fate awaited many of his followers at
Fix this textthe trial held in the Great Hall of Taunton
Fix this textCastle, and known as Judge Jeffreys’s “Bloody
Fix this textAssizes.”
Fix this textTaunton has two fine pre-Reformation
Fix this textchurches —the largest of which is the Church
Fix this textof St. Mary Magdalene, illustrated here. Its
Fix this textmagnificent tower standing 163ft. in height was
Fix this textrebuilt in 1862, The oldest part of the church
Fix this textis the North Aisle, which dates back to the
Fix this textNth century. An unusual feature of the church
Fix this textis its possession of four aisles, one of the few
Fix this textof its kind in Britain.
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