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Ch.39.

This Bible
is humbly dedicated
to the Glory of Almighty God,
and the use of Badsey Parish Church,
by
Charlotte, Wife of Thomas Henry Hunt,
Vicar of the Parish & Rural Dean.
Easter Sunday, (her Birthday)
Jubilee-year 1887.

Ch.35.

THE LIGHTING OF THIS CHURCH
WAS INSTALLED BY HIS PARENTS
AS A MEMORIAL TO
SGT. RONALD WILLIAM BALLARD
ROYAL AIR FORCE, V.R.
KILLED IN ACTION 14TH OCT.1941.

Ch.34.

IN THANKFULNESS
TO GOD
AND AS A MEMORIAL TO
JULIUS SLADDEN CHURCHWARDEN FOR
35 YEARS
THE WALLS OF THIS
CHURCH WERE
PANELLED IN 1931
BY HIS CHILDREN
THE
PANELS ORIGINALLY
FORMED PART OF
THE PEWS GIVEN
TO THE CHURCH
CIRCA 1730 BY
WILLIAM SEWARD
AND REMOVED AT
ITS RESTORATION IN
1885
IN EVERY WORK THAT HE BEGAN IN THE SERVICE OF THE
HOUSE OF GOD, HE DID IT WITH ALL HIS HEART.
11 Chron.
31.V.21

Ch.32.

Titular Vicars of Badsey with Aldington
Before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Badsey, like many other parishes of the
Vale, was a Chapel of the Abbey of Evesham, and was not under the jurisdiction
of the Bishop of Worcester. The Parish Priest was appointed by the Abbey and was
known as the Chaplain. The Chapelry was impropriated by Henry the Eighth to
Christ Church, Oxford, who have continued since to be rectors & patrons of the living,
and appoint a vicar or chaplain with the status of a perpetual curate. As the parish

Ch.30.

Sacred
to
the Memory of
FRANCIS WILSON
Son of EDWD WILSON Gent.
Who departed this Life
February ye 10th 1798
Aged 22 Years