Budleigh Past and Present

To mark the installation of our new noticeboard I’ll be posting each month a little piece about an item associated with Fairlynch Museum. Sometimes the item will be quite trivial; sometimes more important. Let me know if you have a favourite item in the Museum that you’d like to see on display both on this blog and on the noticeboard.  I can say who nominated it, or not, as you prefer. You can even include your own bit of verse.  Click on the image to enlarge it. 

This is the story behind the recent acquisition by Fairlynch Museum of the beautiful replica of a 16th century communion cup from which Sir Walter Ralegh may have drunk.   It is hoped to exhibit the original silver chalice and paten, currently in storage, at Exeter Cathedral. Crafted by one of the city’s celebrated goldsmiths, they are among the treasures of All Saints Church, East Budleigh, birthplace of Queen Elizabeth I’s favourite courtier.  In 2018 we will be marking the 400th anniversary of his wrongful trial and execution.  Promotional poster of 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade' by artist Drew Struzan  Image credit: Paramount Pictures via Wikipedia “You have chosen wisely,” the Grail knight tells the hero in the film 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.'  Terrible things befall those who choose poorly and drink from the wrong communion cup. And so it was during the turbulent years of religious wars brought about by the ...