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181:, who was beheaded in 1469. The wainscoting is painted with figures but they are not of high aesthetic value. There is a small alabaster relief of the Resurrection of Christ which is Flemish work of about 1600. In the churchyard of St John the Baptist's church is a historic yew tree.
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toute la compagnie, / Make good cheer and be right merry, / And sing with us now joyfully: Nowell, nowell."
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