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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 11., Ye olde Meting-House of Meadford. (search)
e men's seats, i.e., five men, three in the first or fore-gallery, and two in the gallery on the beams, or uper gallery. In 1717 the rail in the body of seats was also moved eastward, to accommodate five more men, and, strange to say, there was no protest from the women. So many pews had been built that the body of seats had been reduced to five rows, as seen in the moving of the rail. And now a word about these pews. They were not such as we now see in church edifices of modern build, but were rectangular enclosures, such as may be seen in King's Chapel in Boston. They had a seat for one person in the front corner next the alley, and across the opposite end and back side, with a door next the alley, and when one was seated only his head was visible above the enclosure, unless perchance the open space between the banesturs allowed the children to have a game of peek-a-boo, which wasn't safe to indulge in, for the tytheingman was ever watchful. [Continued in July Register]