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The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti "The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti was built in 1867 at the initiative of the imperial commissoner
Count de la Roncière, and inaugurated in 1868. It stands on a very important place; the landing place of Samuel Wallis aboard the Dolfin, Antoine de Bougainville on the Boudeuse, James Cook on the Endeavour, William Bligh on the Bounty, and the London Missionary Society on the Duff."
"De la Taille, captain of civil engineering, led the construction according to Thomas Stevenson's plans who happened to be the writer Robert Louis Stevenson's father. The Gambier islands, famous for their religious constructions, gave coral stones and set up a 15 craftmen team. It was the first lighthouse of the south pacific. Build in corals, rubble basaltes and cut stones, the lighthouse of the pointe Vénus, 8 stairs square tower, originally stood some 25 mètres, to which 7 mètres were added for its electrification in 1963. It has been connected in 1973 to the Tahiti's electric system, and restored in 2007. Nowaday, it is also used in air navigation thanks to special light lenses."
"During World War 1939-1945, he lighthouse had been hidden by the inhabitants with coconuts paintings on it faces. Then, the Japanese enemy had no reference point to land on. Surrounded by real coconuts, the light house became invisible."
HMS Bounty "The HMS Bounty was a Royal Nay's three mast ship, which anchored al the pointe Venus in 1788.
William Bligh, James Cook's navigator in his last trip, was the captain of this ship. He was completing his mission of bringing some Breadfruit trees to the Antilles to feed the slaves. The Bounty anchors in 1788 in Mataivai bay. While getting back to the sea, Fletcher Christian, the second in command and main victim of captain Bligh's anger, set up a mutiny. Aboard the ship's longboat, the captain and 19 sailors manage to get to Timor, an Indonesian island 6 000 km away.
Mutineers take shelter in Tahiti where some of them will stay, and then in Pitcairn.
The movie adaptation of 1962 "Mutiny on the Bounty" made this story famous across the world. The main actor Marion Brando owned the atoll of Tetiaroa, north of Tahiti.
The many mutineers' descendants decided to honor their ancestors with this stele in October 27th, 2005. On the exact same day, 217 years before that, the Bounty landed. on the Pointe Vénus. The sculpture has been created by Tunui Salmon. It presents the mutineers' names, and on the flowers and the leaves, the names of the Tahitians who accompanied them."
The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti "The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti was built in 1867 at the initiative of the imperial commissoner
Count de la Roncière, and inaugurated in 1868. It stands on a very important place; the landing place of Samuel Wallis aboard the Dolfin, Antoine de Bougainville on the Boudeuse, James Cook on the Endeavour, William Bligh on the Bounty, and the London Missionary Society on the Duff."
"De la Taille, captain of civil engineering, led the construction according to Thomas Stevenson's plans who happened to be the writer Robert Louis Stevenson's father. The Gambier islands, famous for their religious constructions, gave coral stones and set up a 15 craftmen team. It was the first lighthouse of the south pacific. Build in corals, rubble basaltes and cut stones, the lighthouse of the pointe Vénus, 8 stairs square tower, originally stood some 25 mètres, to which 7 mètres were added for its electrification in 1963. It has been connected in 1973 to the Tahiti's electric system, and restored in 2007. Nowaday, it is also used in air navigation thanks to special light lenses."
"During World War 1939-1945, he lighthouse had been hidden by the inhabitants with coconuts paintings on it faces. Then, the Japanese enemy had no reference point to land on. Surrounded by real coconuts, the light house became invisible."
The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti "The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti was built in 1867 at the initiative of the imperial commissoner
Count de la Roncière, and inaugurated in 1868. It stands on a very important place; the landing place of Samuel Wallis aboard the Dolfin, Antoine de Bougainville on the Boudeuse, James Cook on the Endeavour, William Bligh on the Bounty, and the London Missionary Society on the Duff."
"De la Taille, captain of civil engineering, led the construction according to Thomas Stevenson's plans who happened to be the writer Robert Louis Stevenson's father. The Gambier islands, famous for their religious constructions, gave coral stones and set up a 15 craftmen team. It was the first lighthouse of the south pacific. Build in corals, rubble basaltes and cut stones, the lighthouse of the pointe Vénus, 8 stairs square tower, originally stood some 25 mètres, to which 7 mètres were added for its electrification in 1963. It has been connected in 1973 to the Tahiti's electric system, and restored in 2007. Nowaday, it is also used in air navigation thanks to special light lenses."
"During World War 1939-1945, he lighthouse had been hidden by the inhabitants with coconuts paintings on it faces. Then, the Japanese enemy had no reference point to land on. Surrounded by real coconuts, the light house became invisible."
The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti "The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti was built in 1867 at the initiative of the imperial commissoner
Count de la Roncière, and inaugurated in 1868. It stands on a very important place; the landing place of Samuel Wallis aboard the Dolfin, Antoine de Bougainville on the Boudeuse, James Cook on the Endeavour, William Bligh on the Bounty, and the London Missionary Society on the Duff."
"De la Taille, captain of civil engineering, led the construction according to Thomas Stevenson's plans who happened to be the writer Robert Louis Stevenson's father. The Gambier islands, famous for their religious constructions, gave coral stones and set up a 15 craftmen team. It was the first lighthouse of the south pacific. Build in corals, rubble basaltes and cut stones, the lighthouse of the pointe Vénus, 8 stairs square tower, originally stood some 25 mètres, to which 7 mètres were added for its electrification in 1963. It has been connected in 1973 to the Tahiti's electric system, and restored in 2007. Nowaday, it is also used in air navigation thanks to special light lenses."
"During World War 1939-1945, he lighthouse had been hidden by the inhabitants with coconuts paintings on it faces. Then, the Japanese enemy had no reference point to land on. Surrounded by real coconuts, the light house became invisible."
The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti "The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti was built in 1867 at the initiative of the imperial commissoner
Count de la Roncière, and inaugurated in 1868. It stands on a very important place; the landing place of Samuel Wallis aboard the Dolfin, Antoine de Bougainville on the Boudeuse, James Cook on the Endeavour, William Bligh on the Bounty, and the London Missionary Society on the Duff."
"De la Taille, captain of civil engineering, led the construction according to Thomas Stevenson's plans who happened to be the writer Robert Louis Stevenson's father. The Gambier islands, famous for their religious constructions, gave coral stones and set up a 15 craftmen team. It was the first lighthouse of the south pacific. Build in corals, rubble basaltes and cut stones, the lighthouse of the pointe Vénus, 8 stairs square tower, originally stood some 25 mètres, to which 7 mètres were added for its electrification in 1963. It has been connected in 1973 to the Tahiti's electric system, and restored in 2007. Nowaday, it is also used in air navigation thanks to special light lenses."
"During World War 1939-1945, he lighthouse had been hidden by the inhabitants with coconuts paintings on it faces. Then, the Japanese enemy had no reference point to land on. Surrounded by real coconuts, the light house became invisible."
HMS Bounty "The HMS Bounty was a Royal Nay's three mast ship, which anchored al the pointe Venus in 1788.
William Bligh, James Cook's navigator in his last trip, was the captain of this ship. He was completing his mission of bringing some Breadfruit trees to the Antilles to feed the slaves. The Bounty anchors in 1788 in Mataivai bay. While getting back to the sea, Fletcher Christian, the second in command and main victim of captain Bligh's anger, set up a mutiny. Aboard the ship's longboat, the captain and 19 sailors manage to get to Timor, an Indonesian island 6 000 km away.
Mutineers take shelter in Tahiti where some of them will stay, and then in Pitcairn.
The movie adaptation of 1962 "Mutiny on the Bounty" made this story famous across the world. The main actor Marion Brando owned the atoll of Tetiaroa, north of Tahiti.
The many mutineers' descendants decided to honor their ancestors with this stele in October 27th, 2005. On the exact same day, 217 years before that, the Bounty landed. on the Pointe Vénus. The sculpture has been created by Tunui Salmon. It presents the mutineers' names, and on the flowers and the leaves, the names of the Tahitians who accompanied them."
The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti "The lighthouse Te-ara-o-Tahiti or Tepaina Venuti was built in 1867 at the initiative of the imperial commissoner
Count de la Roncière, and inaugurated in 1868. It stands on a very important place; the landing place of Samuel Wallis aboard the Dolfin, Antoine de Bougainville on the Boudeuse, James Cook on the Endeavour, William Bligh on the Bounty, and the London Missionary Society on the Duff."
"De la Taille, captain of civil engineering, led the construction according to Thomas Stevenson's plans who happened to be the writer Robert Louis Stevenson's father. The Gambier islands, famous for their religious constructions, gave coral stones and set up a 15 craftmen team. It was the first lighthouse of the south pacific. Build in corals, rubble basaltes and cut stones, the lighthouse of the pointe Vénus, 8 stairs square tower, originally stood some 25 mètres, to which 7 mètres were added for its electrification in 1963. It has been connected in 1973 to the Tahiti's electric system, and restored in 2007. Nowaday, it is also used in air navigation thanks to special light lenses."
"During World War 1939-1945, he lighthouse had been hidden by the inhabitants with coconuts paintings on it faces. Then, the Japanese enemy had no reference point to land on. Surrounded by real coconuts, the light house became invisible."
The Church of St Mary the Virgin, PoltimoreOfficial list entry
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1333257
Date first listed: 30-Jun-1961
List Entry Name: THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address 1: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
Location
Statutory Address: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
County: Devon
District: East Devon (District Authority)
Parish: Poltimore
National Grid Reference: SX 96596 96831
Details
Parish church. Mainly late C15 built by William Bampfylde; the base of the tower may be earlier. Much repair and replacement in the late C16 and C17. North porch looks C17. Upper stage of tower late, possibly 1723 (date of bells). Restorations in 1840, 1868-9. Major restoration and addition of south aisle and clerestory windows in 1883-4 by R M Fulford. Coursed volcanic trap rubble with some Ham Hill and Beer stone dressing; dry slate roof. Exteriors: Tower of 2 stages; disturbed masonry at north west corner square suggests that the lower stage might precede the late C15 rebuilding. Ogee-headed lancet to south, trefoil-headed lancet to north; west doorway with hoodmould under squat 2-light window; door itself, 6 fielded panels and anchor-shaped hinges, C18. Single- light belfry openings; relieving arches over all windows except top stage which oversails and is battlemented. Nave, north side : Porch, possibly C17 with moulded round-headed arch and C18 planked gate. Tall, square-headed 2-light window to right, each light cusped, late C15. 6 clerestory windows (to south also), of 1883-4 by Fulford replacing 3 earlier windows. C19 battlementing. North transept: 2-light pointed window to north, trefoil-headed lights with quatre-foil in apex. 2-light, square-headed window to east (as nave). Moulded string-course below plain parapet. Chancel: C19 2-light window, and one blocked square-headed C15 lancet to north; C19 3-light east window; 2 wide cusped lancets to south, 2-light C19 window; Priests doorway with 2 panel door; buttressing of 1883-4. South transept: two 2-light square-headed windows to south and east, C15. Battlemented. South aisle: by Fulford but retaining 2- light, square-headed window (S) and trefoil-headed lancet (west) from former nave south wall. Interior: Fabric: tall, plain arches to chancel and transepts look to be of the same date, possibly late C15; chancel arch chamfered with pyramid stops. Unchamfered tower arch. Hagioscopes to either side of chancel arch (revealed, 1883-4). Trefoil-headed piscina, south wall of sanctuary. Multifoil-headed (damaged) piscina/cambrey (with shelf) to both north and south transepts, east wall. Good late C15 stone angel corbels: half-figures to nave bearing shields, except those to east and west which play instruments; some ancient colour survives. Four full figures in each transept, also bearing shields, but no longer supporting the present roof. Nave corbels support contemporary moulded timber wall shafts, but the roof is late C16 or C17 (cutting across apex of chancel arch) : 6 bays, almost flat, ceiled; principals with cyma recta mouldings and run-out stops with bar. Same moulding to wall plate. Chancel roof a C19 copy of that to nave. R M Fulford's work : of high quality. 2-bay nave arcade treated in different coloured stones. 6 clerestory windows with contemporary glass of angels with instruments. Chancel : 3-bay sedilia to north, each bay with depressed arch and heavily corbelled shafts; south door under segmental arch which joins up with window recess immediately west. Fittings: Font: Simple cylindrical tub with double bead moulding. Screen: circa 1520-30, extensively restored 1883-4 by Harry Hems. 4-bays and central entrance bay; bay to extreme right wider than the others and the only intact original; 4- light Perpendicular tracery panels to each bay, with coving containing Renaissance detailing (medallions containing stylised foliage motifs); cornice of 2 orders (cf Kentisbeare, Plymtree); C19 cresting. C16 door to tower stairs, chamfered muntins. Bampfylde Gallery, C18 (south transept) : front of 3 bays with fielded panels with fluted pilasters and dentils. Plaster panelled ceiling with big floriated bosses. Gallery reached by (formerly external?) stairs. Reredos: 3 bays, polished marble (Fulford) with tiled panel to each side containing painted angels that look circa 1840. Monuments: Tomb slabs (1) chancel, to John and Agnes Bampfylde, dated 1390, but see end note. (2) nave, to John Bampfylde, d.1650. South transept, south wall: the major monument of the church, of good workmanship, and a very architectural design; to Richard and Elizabeth Bampfylde, erected by their son in 1604; tomb chest (5 bays of strapwork to front, 2 to sides) with Tuscan pilasters, supporting an arcaded canopy, 2 rusticated arches to all free sides, crowned with architrave and epitaph with scrolled brackets; shields and strapwork to rear wall. Effigies lie side by side, he wears armour, his feet on a dog, her feet rest on a ram. Chancel, north wall, mural monument to Charlotte Buller, d.1829 at Rome, by R J Wyatt, dated Rome 1831: deathbed scene with attendant women in half relief. Chancel north wall, cartouche to Joan Bradford, d. 1731. Chancel, south wall, plaque with urn, to Anne Bradford, d.1787. Glass. Fragment, torso of Christ, C15 in sanctuary south window. Note on dating: the tomb in chancel to John and Agnes Bampfylde is dated 1390. They are described (in Latin) as the parents of William Bampfylde who built the church and erected the great bell. Stylistically the medieval work is of the late C15. William Bampfylde was alive in the mid-1450s. The slab was recut in 1840, and the date may be an error for 1490; the marriage connection indicated in the arms is that of an alliance 2 generations after 1390. References: (short titles), John Stabbs, Some Devon Churches, II, pp 138-9, plate 128; B Cresswell, Deanery of Aylesbeare; F Bligh Bond and B Camm, Roodscreens and Roodlofts, II, plate 91, p.343; Pevsner SD, p.247 ; Dr Fortescue- Ffoulkes, A Short History of Poltimore, (reprinted 1976). Devon C19 Churches Project.
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The Church of St Mary the Virgin, PoltimoreOfficial list entry
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1333257
Date first listed: 30-Jun-1961
List Entry Name: THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address 1: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
Location
Statutory Address: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
County: Devon
District: East Devon (District Authority)
Parish: Poltimore
National Grid Reference: SX 96596 96831
Details
Parish church. Mainly late C15 built by William Bampfylde; the base of the tower may be earlier. Much repair and replacement in the late C16 and C17. North porch looks C17. Upper stage of tower late, possibly 1723 (date of bells). Restorations in 1840, 1868-9. Major restoration and addition of south aisle and clerestory windows in 1883-4 by R M Fulford. Coursed volcanic trap rubble with some Ham Hill and Beer stone dressing; dry slate roof. Exteriors: Tower of 2 stages; disturbed masonry at north west corner square suggests that the lower stage might precede the late C15 rebuilding. Ogee-headed lancet to south, trefoil-headed lancet to north; west doorway with hoodmould under squat 2-light window; door itself, 6 fielded panels and anchor-shaped hinges, C18. Single- light belfry openings; relieving arches over all windows except top stage which oversails and is battlemented. Nave, north side : Porch, possibly C17 with moulded round-headed arch and C18 planked gate. Tall, square-headed 2-light window to right, each light cusped, late C15. 6 clerestory windows (to south also), of 1883-4 by Fulford replacing 3 earlier windows. C19 battlementing. North transept: 2-light pointed window to north, trefoil-headed lights with quatre-foil in apex. 2-light, square-headed window to east (as nave). Moulded string-course below plain parapet. Chancel: C19 2-light window, and one blocked square-headed C15 lancet to north; C19 3-light east window; 2 wide cusped lancets to south, 2-light C19 window; Priests doorway with 2 panel door; buttressing of 1883-4. South transept: two 2-light square-headed windows to south and east, C15. Battlemented. South aisle: by Fulford but retaining 2- light, square-headed window (S) and trefoil-headed lancet (west) from former nave south wall. Interior: Fabric: tall, plain arches to chancel and transepts look to be of the same date, possibly late C15; chancel arch chamfered with pyramid stops. Unchamfered tower arch. Hagioscopes to either side of chancel arch (revealed, 1883-4). Trefoil-headed piscina, south wall of sanctuary. Multifoil-headed (damaged) piscina/cambrey (with shelf) to both north and south transepts, east wall. Good late C15 stone angel corbels: half-figures to nave bearing shields, except those to east and west which play instruments; some ancient colour survives. Four full figures in each transept, also bearing shields, but no longer supporting the present roof. Nave corbels support contemporary moulded timber wall shafts, but the roof is late C16 or C17 (cutting across apex of chancel arch) : 6 bays, almost flat, ceiled; principals with cyma recta mouldings and run-out stops with bar. Same moulding to wall plate. Chancel roof a C19 copy of that to nave. R M Fulford's work : of high quality. 2-bay nave arcade treated in different coloured stones. 6 clerestory windows with contemporary glass of angels with instruments. Chancel : 3-bay sedilia to north, each bay with depressed arch and heavily corbelled shafts; south door under segmental arch which joins up with window recess immediately west. Fittings: Font: Simple cylindrical tub with double bead moulding. Screen: circa 1520-30, extensively restored 1883-4 by Harry Hems. 4-bays and central entrance bay; bay to extreme right wider than the others and the only intact original; 4- light Perpendicular tracery panels to each bay, with coving containing Renaissance detailing (medallions containing stylised foliage motifs); cornice of 2 orders (cf Kentisbeare, Plymtree); C19 cresting. C16 door to tower stairs, chamfered muntins. Bampfylde Gallery, C18 (south transept) : front of 3 bays with fielded panels with fluted pilasters and dentils. Plaster panelled ceiling with big floriated bosses. Gallery reached by (formerly external?) stairs. Reredos: 3 bays, polished marble (Fulford) with tiled panel to each side containing painted angels that look circa 1840. Monuments: Tomb slabs (1) chancel, to John and Agnes Bampfylde, dated 1390, but see end note. (2) nave, to John Bampfylde, d.1650. South transept, south wall: the major monument of the church, of good workmanship, and a very architectural design; to Richard and Elizabeth Bampfylde, erected by their son in 1604; tomb chest (5 bays of strapwork to front, 2 to sides) with Tuscan pilasters, supporting an arcaded canopy, 2 rusticated arches to all free sides, crowned with architrave and epitaph with scrolled brackets; shields and strapwork to rear wall. Effigies lie side by side, he wears armour, his feet on a dog, her feet rest on a ram. Chancel, north wall, mural monument to Charlotte Buller, d.1829 at Rome, by R J Wyatt, dated Rome 1831: deathbed scene with attendant women in half relief. Chancel north wall, cartouche to Joan Bradford, d. 1731. Chancel, south wall, plaque with urn, to Anne Bradford, d.1787. Glass. Fragment, torso of Christ, C15 in sanctuary south window. Note on dating: the tomb in chancel to John and Agnes Bampfylde is dated 1390. They are described (in Latin) as the parents of William Bampfylde who built the church and erected the great bell. Stylistically the medieval work is of the late C15. William Bampfylde was alive in the mid-1450s. The slab was recut in 1840, and the date may be an error for 1490; the marriage connection indicated in the arms is that of an alliance 2 generations after 1390. References: (short titles), John Stabbs, Some Devon Churches, II, pp 138-9, plate 128; B Cresswell, Deanery of Aylesbeare; F Bligh Bond and B Camm, Roodscreens and Roodlofts, II, plate 91, p.343; Pevsner SD, p.247 ; Dr Fortescue- Ffoulkes, A Short History of Poltimore, (reprinted 1976). Devon C19 Churches Project.
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The Church of St Mary the Virgin, PoltimoreOfficial list entry
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1333257
Date first listed: 30-Jun-1961
List Entry Name: THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address 1: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
Location
Statutory Address: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
County: Devon
District: East Devon (District Authority)
Parish: Poltimore
National Grid Reference: SX 96596 96831
Details
Parish church. Mainly late C15 built by William Bampfylde; the base of the tower may be earlier. Much repair and replacement in the late C16 and C17. North porch looks C17. Upper stage of tower late, possibly 1723 (date of bells). Restorations in 1840, 1868-9. Major restoration and addition of south aisle and clerestory windows in 1883-4 by R M Fulford. Coursed volcanic trap rubble with some Ham Hill and Beer stone dressing; dry slate roof. Exteriors: Tower of 2 stages; disturbed masonry at north west corner square suggests that the lower stage might precede the late C15 rebuilding. Ogee-headed lancet to south, trefoil-headed lancet to north; west doorway with hoodmould under squat 2-light window; door itself, 6 fielded panels and anchor-shaped hinges, C18. Single- light belfry openings; relieving arches over all windows except top stage which oversails and is battlemented. Nave, north side : Porch, possibly C17 with moulded round-headed arch and C18 planked gate. Tall, square-headed 2-light window to right, each light cusped, late C15. 6 clerestory windows (to south also), of 1883-4 by Fulford replacing 3 earlier windows. C19 battlementing. North transept: 2-light pointed window to north, trefoil-headed lights with quatre-foil in apex. 2-light, square-headed window to east (as nave). Moulded string-course below plain parapet. Chancel: C19 2-light window, and one blocked square-headed C15 lancet to north; C19 3-light east window; 2 wide cusped lancets to south, 2-light C19 window; Priests doorway with 2 panel door; buttressing of 1883-4. South transept: two 2-light square-headed windows to south and east, C15. Battlemented. South aisle: by Fulford but retaining 2- light, square-headed window (S) and trefoil-headed lancet (west) from former nave south wall. Interior: Fabric: tall, plain arches to chancel and transepts look to be of the same date, possibly late C15; chancel arch chamfered with pyramid stops. Unchamfered tower arch. Hagioscopes to either side of chancel arch (revealed, 1883-4). Trefoil-headed piscina, south wall of sanctuary. Multifoil-headed (damaged) piscina/cambrey (with shelf) to both north and south transepts, east wall. Good late C15 stone angel corbels: half-figures to nave bearing shields, except those to east and west which play instruments; some ancient colour survives. Four full figures in each transept, also bearing shields, but no longer supporting the present roof. Nave corbels support contemporary moulded timber wall shafts, but the roof is late C16 or C17 (cutting across apex of chancel arch) : 6 bays, almost flat, ceiled; principals with cyma recta mouldings and run-out stops with bar. Same moulding to wall plate. Chancel roof a C19 copy of that to nave. R M Fulford's work : of high quality. 2-bay nave arcade treated in different coloured stones. 6 clerestory windows with contemporary glass of angels with instruments. Chancel : 3-bay sedilia to north, each bay with depressed arch and heavily corbelled shafts; south door under segmental arch which joins up with window recess immediately west. Fittings: Font: Simple cylindrical tub with double bead moulding. Screen: circa 1520-30, extensively restored 1883-4 by Harry Hems. 4-bays and central entrance bay; bay to extreme right wider than the others and the only intact original; 4- light Perpendicular tracery panels to each bay, with coving containing Renaissance detailing (medallions containing stylised foliage motifs); cornice of 2 orders (cf Kentisbeare, Plymtree); C19 cresting. C16 door to tower stairs, chamfered muntins. Bampfylde Gallery, C18 (south transept) : front of 3 bays with fielded panels with fluted pilasters and dentils. Plaster panelled ceiling with big floriated bosses. Gallery reached by (formerly external?) stairs. Reredos: 3 bays, polished marble (Fulford) with tiled panel to each side containing painted angels that look circa 1840. Monuments: Tomb slabs (1) chancel, to John and Agnes Bampfylde, dated 1390, but see end note. (2) nave, to John Bampfylde, d.1650. South transept, south wall: the major monument of the church, of good workmanship, and a very architectural design; to Richard and Elizabeth Bampfylde, erected by their son in 1604; tomb chest (5 bays of strapwork to front, 2 to sides) with Tuscan pilasters, supporting an arcaded canopy, 2 rusticated arches to all free sides, crowned with architrave and epitaph with scrolled brackets; shields and strapwork to rear wall. Effigies lie side by side, he wears armour, his feet on a dog, her feet rest on a ram. Chancel, north wall, mural monument to Charlotte Buller, d.1829 at Rome, by R J Wyatt, dated Rome 1831: deathbed scene with attendant women in half relief. Chancel north wall, cartouche to Joan Bradford, d. 1731. Chancel, south wall, plaque with urn, to Anne Bradford, d.1787. Glass. Fragment, torso of Christ, C15 in sanctuary south window. Note on dating: the tomb in chancel to John and Agnes Bampfylde is dated 1390. They are described (in Latin) as the parents of William Bampfylde who built the church and erected the great bell. Stylistically the medieval work is of the late C15. William Bampfylde was alive in the mid-1450s. The slab was recut in 1840, and the date may be an error for 1490; the marriage connection indicated in the arms is that of an alliance 2 generations after 1390. References: (short titles), John Stabbs, Some Devon Churches, II, pp 138-9, plate 128; B Cresswell, Deanery of Aylesbeare; F Bligh Bond and B Camm, Roodscreens and Roodlofts, II, plate 91, p.343; Pevsner SD, p.247 ; Dr Fortescue- Ffoulkes, A Short History of Poltimore, (reprinted 1976). Devon C19 Churches Project.
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The Church of St Mary the Virgin, PoltimoreOfficial list entry
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1333257
Date first listed: 30-Jun-1961
List Entry Name: THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address 1: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
Location
Statutory Address: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
County: Devon
District: East Devon (District Authority)
Parish: Poltimore
National Grid Reference: SX 96596 96831
Details
Parish church. Mainly late C15 built by William Bampfylde; the base of the tower may be earlier. Much repair and replacement in the late C16 and C17. North porch looks C17. Upper stage of tower late, possibly 1723 (date of bells). Restorations in 1840, 1868-9. Major restoration and addition of south aisle and clerestory windows in 1883-4 by R M Fulford. Coursed volcanic trap rubble with some Ham Hill and Beer stone dressing; dry slate roof. Exteriors: Tower of 2 stages; disturbed masonry at north west corner square suggests that the lower stage might precede the late C15 rebuilding. Ogee-headed lancet to south, trefoil-headed lancet to north; west doorway with hoodmould under squat 2-light window; door itself, 6 fielded panels and anchor-shaped hinges, C18. Single- light belfry openings; relieving arches over all windows except top stage which oversails and is battlemented. Nave, north side : Porch, possibly C17 with moulded round-headed arch and C18 planked gate. Tall, square-headed 2-light window to right, each light cusped, late C15. 6 clerestory windows (to south also), of 1883-4 by Fulford replacing 3 earlier windows. C19 battlementing. North transept: 2-light pointed window to north, trefoil-headed lights with quatre-foil in apex. 2-light, square-headed window to east (as nave). Moulded string-course below plain parapet. Chancel: C19 2-light window, and one blocked square-headed C15 lancet to north; C19 3-light east window; 2 wide cusped lancets to south, 2-light C19 window; Priests doorway with 2 panel door; buttressing of 1883-4. South transept: two 2-light square-headed windows to south and east, C15. Battlemented. South aisle: by Fulford but retaining 2- light, square-headed window (S) and trefoil-headed lancet (west) from former nave south wall. Interior: Fabric: tall, plain arches to chancel and transepts look to be of the same date, possibly late C15; chancel arch chamfered with pyramid stops. Unchamfered tower arch. Hagioscopes to either side of chancel arch (revealed, 1883-4). Trefoil-headed piscina, south wall of sanctuary. Multifoil-headed (damaged) piscina/cambrey (with shelf) to both north and south transepts, east wall. Good late C15 stone angel corbels: half-figures to nave bearing shields, except those to east and west which play instruments; some ancient colour survives. Four full figures in each transept, also bearing shields, but no longer supporting the present roof. Nave corbels support contemporary moulded timber wall shafts, but the roof is late C16 or C17 (cutting across apex of chancel arch) : 6 bays, almost flat, ceiled; principals with cyma recta mouldings and run-out stops with bar. Same moulding to wall plate. Chancel roof a C19 copy of that to nave. R M Fulford's work : of high quality. 2-bay nave arcade treated in different coloured stones. 6 clerestory windows with contemporary glass of angels with instruments. Chancel : 3-bay sedilia to north, each bay with depressed arch and heavily corbelled shafts; south door under segmental arch which joins up with window recess immediately west. Fittings: Font: Simple cylindrical tub with double bead moulding. Screen: circa 1520-30, extensively restored 1883-4 by Harry Hems. 4-bays and central entrance bay; bay to extreme right wider than the others and the only intact original; 4- light Perpendicular tracery panels to each bay, with coving containing Renaissance detailing (medallions containing stylised foliage motifs); cornice of 2 orders (cf Kentisbeare, Plymtree); C19 cresting. C16 door to tower stairs, chamfered muntins. Bampfylde Gallery, C18 (south transept) : front of 3 bays with fielded panels with fluted pilasters and dentils. Plaster panelled ceiling with big floriated bosses. Gallery reached by (formerly external?) stairs. Reredos: 3 bays, polished marble (Fulford) with tiled panel to each side containing painted angels that look circa 1840. Monuments: Tomb slabs (1) chancel, to John and Agnes Bampfylde, dated 1390, but see end note. (2) nave, to John Bampfylde, d.1650. South transept, south wall: the major monument of the church, of good workmanship, and a very architectural design; to Richard and Elizabeth Bampfylde, erected by their son in 1604; tomb chest (5 bays of strapwork to front, 2 to sides) with Tuscan pilasters, supporting an arcaded canopy, 2 rusticated arches to all free sides, crowned with architrave and epitaph with scrolled brackets; shields and strapwork to rear wall. Effigies lie side by side, he wears armour, his feet on a dog, her feet rest on a ram. Chancel, north wall, mural monument to Charlotte Buller, d.1829 at Rome, by R J Wyatt, dated Rome 1831: deathbed scene with attendant women in half relief. Chancel north wall, cartouche to Joan Bradford, d. 1731. Chancel, south wall, plaque with urn, to Anne Bradford, d.1787. Glass. Fragment, torso of Christ, C15 in sanctuary south window. Note on dating: the tomb in chancel to John and Agnes Bampfylde is dated 1390. They are described (in Latin) as the parents of William Bampfylde who built the church and erected the great bell. Stylistically the medieval work is of the late C15. William Bampfylde was alive in the mid-1450s. The slab was recut in 1840, and the date may be an error for 1490; the marriage connection indicated in the arms is that of an alliance 2 generations after 1390. References: (short titles), John Stabbs, Some Devon Churches, II, pp 138-9, plate 128; B Cresswell, Deanery of Aylesbeare; F Bligh Bond and B Camm, Roodscreens and Roodlofts, II, plate 91, p.343; Pevsner SD, p.247 ; Dr Fortescue- Ffoulkes, A Short History of Poltimore, (reprinted 1976). Devon C19 Churches Project.
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The Church of St Mary the Virgin, PoltimoreOfficial list entry
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1333257
Date first listed: 30-Jun-1961
List Entry Name: THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address 1: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
Location
Statutory Address: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
County: Devon
District: East Devon (District Authority)
Parish: Poltimore
National Grid Reference: SX 96596 96831
Details
Parish church. Mainly late C15 built by William Bampfylde; the base of the tower may be earlier. Much repair and replacement in the late C16 and C17. North porch looks C17. Upper stage of tower late, possibly 1723 (date of bells). Restorations in 1840, 1868-9. Major restoration and addition of south aisle and clerestory windows in 1883-4 by R M Fulford. Coursed volcanic trap rubble with some Ham Hill and Beer stone dressing; dry slate roof. Exteriors: Tower of 2 stages; disturbed masonry at north west corner square suggests that the lower stage might precede the late C15 rebuilding. Ogee-headed lancet to south, trefoil-headed lancet to north; west doorway with hoodmould under squat 2-light window; door itself, 6 fielded panels and anchor-shaped hinges, C18. Single- light belfry openings; relieving arches over all windows except top stage which oversails and is battlemented. Nave, north side : Porch, possibly C17 with moulded round-headed arch and C18 planked gate. Tall, square-headed 2-light window to right, each light cusped, late C15. 6 clerestory windows (to south also), of 1883-4 by Fulford replacing 3 earlier windows. C19 battlementing. North transept: 2-light pointed window to north, trefoil-headed lights with quatre-foil in apex. 2-light, square-headed window to east (as nave). Moulded string-course below plain parapet. Chancel: C19 2-light window, and one blocked square-headed C15 lancet to north; C19 3-light east window; 2 wide cusped lancets to south, 2-light C19 window; Priests doorway with 2 panel door; buttressing of 1883-4. South transept: two 2-light square-headed windows to south and east, C15. Battlemented. South aisle: by Fulford but retaining 2- light, square-headed window (S) and trefoil-headed lancet (west) from former nave south wall. Interior: Fabric: tall, plain arches to chancel and transepts look to be of the same date, possibly late C15; chancel arch chamfered with pyramid stops. Unchamfered tower arch. Hagioscopes to either side of chancel arch (revealed, 1883-4). Trefoil-headed piscina, south wall of sanctuary. Multifoil-headed (damaged) piscina/cambrey (with shelf) to both north and south transepts, east wall. Good late C15 stone angel corbels: half-figures to nave bearing shields, except those to east and west which play instruments; some ancient colour survives. Four full figures in each transept, also bearing shields, but no longer supporting the present roof. Nave corbels support contemporary moulded timber wall shafts, but the roof is late C16 or C17 (cutting across apex of chancel arch) : 6 bays, almost flat, ceiled; principals with cyma recta mouldings and run-out stops with bar. Same moulding to wall plate. Chancel roof a C19 copy of that to nave. R M Fulford's work : of high quality. 2-bay nave arcade treated in different coloured stones. 6 clerestory windows with contemporary glass of angels with instruments. Chancel : 3-bay sedilia to north, each bay with depressed arch and heavily corbelled shafts; south door under segmental arch which joins up with window recess immediately west. Fittings: Font: Simple cylindrical tub with double bead moulding. Screen: circa 1520-30, extensively restored 1883-4 by Harry Hems. 4-bays and central entrance bay; bay to extreme right wider than the others and the only intact original; 4- light Perpendicular tracery panels to each bay, with coving containing Renaissance detailing (medallions containing stylised foliage motifs); cornice of 2 orders (cf Kentisbeare, Plymtree); C19 cresting. C16 door to tower stairs, chamfered muntins. Bampfylde Gallery, C18 (south transept) : front of 3 bays with fielded panels with fluted pilasters and dentils. Plaster panelled ceiling with big floriated bosses. Gallery reached by (formerly external?) stairs. Reredos: 3 bays, polished marble (Fulford) with tiled panel to each side containing painted angels that look circa 1840. Monuments: Tomb slabs (1) chancel, to John and Agnes Bampfylde, dated 1390, but see end note. (2) nave, to John Bampfylde, d.1650. South transept, south wall: the major monument of the church, of good workmanship, and a very architectural design; to Richard and Elizabeth Bampfylde, erected by their son in 1604; tomb chest (5 bays of strapwork to front, 2 to sides) with Tuscan pilasters, supporting an arcaded canopy, 2 rusticated arches to all free sides, crowned with architrave and epitaph with scrolled brackets; shields and strapwork to rear wall. Effigies lie side by side, he wears armour, his feet on a dog, her feet rest on a ram. Chancel, north wall, mural monument to Charlotte Buller, d.1829 at Rome, by R J Wyatt, dated Rome 1831: deathbed scene with attendant women in half relief. Chancel north wall, cartouche to Joan Bradford, d. 1731. Chancel, south wall, plaque with urn, to Anne Bradford, d.1787. Glass. Fragment, torso of Christ, C15 in sanctuary south window. Note on dating: the tomb in chancel to John and Agnes Bampfylde is dated 1390. They are described (in Latin) as the parents of William Bampfylde who built the church and erected the great bell. Stylistically the medieval work is of the late C15. William Bampfylde was alive in the mid-1450s. The slab was recut in 1840, and the date may be an error for 1490; the marriage connection indicated in the arms is that of an alliance 2 generations after 1390. References: (short titles), John Stabbs, Some Devon Churches, II, pp 138-9, plate 128; B Cresswell, Deanery of Aylesbeare; F Bligh Bond and B Camm, Roodscreens and Roodlofts, II, plate 91, p.343; Pevsner SD, p.247 ; Dr Fortescue- Ffoulkes, A Short History of Poltimore, (reprinted 1976). Devon C19 Churches Project.
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The Church of St Mary the Virgin, PoltimoreOfficial list entry
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1333257
Date first listed: 30-Jun-1961
List Entry Name: THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY
Statutory Address 1: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
Location
Statutory Address: The Church of St Mary the Virgin, Church Close, Poltimore, Exeter, EX4 0AR
County: Devon
District: East Devon (District Authority)
Parish: Poltimore
National Grid Reference: SX 96596 96831
Details
Parish church. Mainly late C15 built by William Bampfylde; the base of the tower may be earlier. Much repair and replacement in the late C16 and C17. North porch looks C17. Upper stage of tower late, possibly 1723 (date of bells). Restorations in 1840, 1868-9. Major restoration and addition of south aisle and clerestory windows in 1883-4 by R M Fulford. Coursed volcanic trap rubble with some Ham Hill and Beer stone dressing; dry slate roof. Exteriors: Tower of 2 stages; disturbed masonry at north west corner square suggests that the lower stage might precede the late C15 rebuilding. Ogee-headed lancet to south, trefoil-headed lancet to north; west doorway with hoodmould under squat 2-light window; door itself, 6 fielded panels and anchor-shaped hinges, C18. Single- light belfry openings; relieving arches over all windows except top stage which oversails and is battlemented. Nave, north side : Porch, possibly C17 with moulded round-headed arch and C18 planked gate. Tall, square-headed 2-light window to right, each light cusped, late C15. 6 clerestory windows (to south also), of 1883-4 by Fulford replacing 3 earlier windows. C19 battlementing. North transept: 2-light pointed window to north, trefoil-headed lights with quatre-foil in apex. 2-light, square-headed window to east (as nave). Moulded string-course below plain parapet. Chancel: C19 2-light window, and one blocked square-headed C15 lancet to north; C19 3-light east window; 2 wide cusped lancets to south, 2-light C19 window; Priests doorway with 2 panel door; buttressing of 1883-4. South transept: two 2-light square-headed windows to south and east, C15. Battlemented. South aisle: by Fulford but retaining 2- light, square-headed window (S) and trefoil-headed lancet (west) from former nave south wall. Interior: Fabric: tall, plain arches to chancel and transepts look to be of the same date, possibly late C15; chancel arch chamfered with pyramid stops. Unchamfered tower arch. Hagioscopes to either side of chancel arch (revealed, 1883-4). Trefoil-headed piscina, south wall of sanctuary. Multifoil-headed (damaged) piscina/cambrey (with shelf) to both north and south transepts, east wall. Good late C15 stone angel corbels: half-figures to nave bearing shields, except those to east and west which play instruments; some ancient colour survives. Four full figures in each transept, also bearing shields, but no longer supporting the present roof. Nave corbels support contemporary moulded timber wall shafts, but the roof is late C16 or C17 (cutting across apex of chancel arch) : 6 bays, almost flat, ceiled; principals with cyma recta mouldings and run-out stops with bar. Same moulding to wall plate. Chancel roof a C19 copy of that to nave. R M Fulford's work : of high quality. 2-bay nave arcade treated in different coloured stones. 6 clerestory windows with contemporary glass of angels with instruments. Chancel : 3-bay sedilia to north, each bay with depressed arch and heavily corbelled shafts; south door under segmental arch which joins up with window recess immediately west. Fittings: Font: Simple cylindrical tub with double bead moulding. Screen: circa 1520-30, extensively restored 1883-4 by Harry Hems. 4-bays and central entrance bay; bay to extreme right wider than the others and the only intact original; 4- light Perpendicular tracery panels to each bay, with coving containing Renaissance detailing (medallions containing stylised foliage motifs); cornice of 2 orders (cf Kentisbeare, Plymtree); C19 cresting. C16 door to tower stairs, chamfered muntins. Bampfylde Gallery, C18 (south transept) : front of 3 bays with fielded panels with fluted pilasters and dentils. Plaster panelled ceiling with big floriated bosses. Gallery reached by (formerly external?) stairs. Reredos: 3 bays, polished marble (Fulford) with tiled panel to each side containing painted angels that look circa 1840. Monuments: Tomb slabs (1) chancel, to John and Agnes Bampfylde, dated 1390, but see end note. (2) nave, to John Bampfylde, d.1650. South transept, south wall: the major monument of the church, of good workmanship, and a very architectural design; to Richard and Elizabeth Bampfylde, erected by their son in 1604; tomb chest (5 bays of strapwork to front, 2 to sides) with Tuscan pilasters, supporting an arcaded canopy, 2 rusticated arches to all free sides, crowned with architrave and epitaph with scrolled brackets; shields and strapwork to rear wall. Effigies lie side by side, he wears armour, his feet on a dog, her feet rest on a ram. Chancel, north wall, mural monument to Charlotte Buller, d.1829 at Rome, by R J Wyatt, dated Rome 1831: deathbed scene with attendant women in half relief. Chancel north wall, cartouche to Joan Bradford, d. 1731. Chancel, south wall, plaque with urn, to Anne Bradford, d.1787. Glass. Fragment, torso of Christ, C15 in sanctuary south window. Note on dating: the tomb in chancel to John and Agnes Bampfylde is dated 1390. They are described (in Latin) as the parents of William Bampfylde who built the church and erected the great bell. Stylistically the medieval work is of the late C15. William Bampfylde was alive in the mid-1450s. The slab was recut in 1840, and the date may be an error for 1490; the marriage connection indicated in the arms is that of an alliance 2 generations after 1390. References: (short titles), John Stabbs, Some Devon Churches, II, pp 138-9, plate 128; B Cresswell, Deanery of Aylesbeare; F Bligh Bond and B Camm, Roodscreens and Roodlofts, II, plate 91, p.343; Pevsner SD, p.247 ; Dr Fortescue- Ffoulkes, A Short History of Poltimore, (reprinted 1976). Devon C19 Churches Project.
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Gottmer Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall: De muiterij op de Bounty.
Trilogie.
Haarlem: Uitgeverij J.H. Gottmer [1956].
Oorspronkelijke titel: Bounty Trilogy: Mutiny on the Bounty; Pitcairn's Island; Men against Wind and Water.
Nederlandse bewerking van H. van Loon.
Met foto's uit de gelijknamige film.
Movie tie-in starring:
Marlon Brando as 1st Lt. Fletcher Christian.
Trevor Howard as Capt. William Bligh.
Richard Harris as Seaman John Mills.
Hugh Griffith as Seaman Alexander Smith.
Richard Haydn as Horticulturalist William Brown.
Tarita as Princess Maimiti.
Gottmer back Back cover of: Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall: De muiterij op de Bounty.
Trilogie.
Haarlem: Uitgeverij J.H. Gottmer [1956].
Oorspronkelijke titel: Bounty Trilogy: Mutiny on the Bounty; Pitcairn's Island; Men against Wind and Water.
Nederlandse bewerking van H. van Loon.
Met foto's uit de gelijknamige film.
Movie tie-in starring:
Marlon Brando as 1st Lt. Fletcher Christian.
Trevor Howard as Capt. William Bligh.
Richard Harris as Seaman John Mills.
Hugh Griffith as Seaman Alexander Smith.
Richard Haydn as Horticulturalist William Brown.
Tarita as Princess Maimiti.
Buy OcCre Bounty Boat Wooden Ship Model Kit - Ages of Sail Step back in time with this highly detailed model of Captain Bligh's famous launch from The Bounty! This beginner-friendly wood ship kit allows you to recreate the historic vessel down to the finest details, just as Bligh and his loyal crew experienced on their 41-day voyage to Timor. Perfect for both beginners and seasoned modelers looking for a creative challenge!
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GN04 UDP (6402) ARRIVA Kent & Surrey Volvo B7TL - TransBus ALX400 - GN04 UDP (6402) is seen at Earl Estate, Bligh Way Shops on 24th October 2024 before departing on route 140 to Chatham Bus Station
*please be aware that all buses I drive and take pictures of are made safe before doing so*
sydney cove ,oct 2024 captain bligh
Strood This classic M&D Atlantean was about to cross the Medway into Rochester. The driver has forgotten to change the blind, as it started from Bligh Way. A Fleetline is going the other way.
December 1979.
The Town of Ramsgate The Town of Ramsgate public house is located at the centre of the ancient hamlet of Wapping in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It features in several books about London inns where it is rated as "a notable specimen of a waterman's tavern."
Although the present building dates back to 1758, the National Monuments Record have stated that it was constructed on earlier foundations.
The notorious Judge Jeffreys was caught outside the ale house as he tried to escape disguised as a sailor on a collier bound for Hamburg after the Glorious Revolution, in the same year, which overthrew King James II. Presiding over the Bloody Assizes after Monmouth’s unsuccessful rebellion against James II, Judge Jeffreys had taken great pleasure in sending hundreds to their execution, and in abusing their attorney’s, which was a costly mistake as one of them recognised him resulting in his capture!
Ramsgate harbour of 1850 features in the pub sign and is also etched on the mirror near the entrance to the pub.
As for the Wapping Old Stairs next door, they also have a bloody history. If you visit during low tide, you can still see the post to which condemned pirates were chained to drown as the tide rose. The Stairs were made famous in Rawlinson’s cartoon and Dibden’s poems. John Banks came here, with Captain Bligh to inspect the Bounty before purchasing it for the ill-fated voyage to Tahiti.
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Ramsgate
townoframsgate.pub/our-story/
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LEGO Classic Castle: dungeon interrogation the captured Barbarian strategist Snook is being squeezed on information by the Queen, the Mage Prince and her Henchmen ( AFOL Moc with Medieval minifigures toy hobby photography ) Deep down the palace where the old interrogation chamber or rather torture chamber before ”the real” Esmeralda outlawed torture a special barbarian is getting interrogated by the newly wed Royal Couple!
- (Snook) …I tell you nothing!!! I know my rights, according to your law page 232 #23 line 3: I am only forced to reveal my name and rank: and as I told you before my Name is Snook Adderson son of Slime Gutterson and one of his thrill street lady Smagma without a surname, my rank is Supreme Strategist of the Barbarian faction!!!
Now give me a damp dungeon cell and my bread and water!
- (Esmeralda) well puny worm, we have ways to make you talk, do you want to spill your gut before the dungeon interrogator spills you slimy inner on the floor, and he is a seasoned professional, so it will be a slow death!
- (Palace interrogator) Oh Ma’am can I start? Can I end with a Blood Turky? He, he, pleeease!
- (Prince Mage) Silent underling and await your orders or you will have to torture yourself on the rack again!
- (Snook) Fools I have read you law, you outlawed torture years ago!!!
- (Esmeralda) Well puny prawn who wrote that law, I can rewrite it at the whim of my wish… eh Mage Moss can’t I???
- (Mage Moss) eh Ma’am why do I have to be here, I am not a nasty person, I hate the sight of blood…
- (Esmeralda) Silent silly man! You have to be here because you know the law as the back of your palm!!! So answer my question or I’ll put you in the vice!!
- (Mage Moss) eh, well, your highness it is a complicated question! I think you need a Majority vote in the parliament to change or pass laws..
- (Esmeralda) Didn’t we disband parliament??? Anyhow the Mage Prince is part of the former parliament can’t he vote for me to make my law pass???
- (Snook) according to your law, you need 2 out of three of the 3 seated parliament to pass law…
- (Esmeralda) I want no legal advice from you puny worm, you are only making it worse for yourself!!!
So mage Moss is the fool right!!!
- (Mage Moss) Well your royal higness, there are only two parliament members left alive and…
- (Esmeralda) The Fish Mongrel, we need him, where is he??? His vote is needed now!
- (Prince Mage) oh Darling he went on Fishing trip, he said he would be gone a long time, he was going to his favorite fishing spot at the Mariana Trench outside the Easterling Empire to Fish orange roughy…
- (Esmeralda) aaaah zod the zodding red tapes, I am the queen, I am above the bligh me law, from now on this queen rule by decree… is there anyone that will court martial or impeach me, then step forth NOW!!! …and then I will sever your bloody head!!!
- (Prince Mage) …eh Lovely wife! Can I be your advisor???
- (P. Interrogator) I am fully Behind you Ma’am, let us begin the fun, he, he, he
- (Snook) I confess anything, I will tell every position of our troops, all our secrets, I know a lot, please don’t hurt me… I will tell you my every thought since the day I was born…