Gents Mag 1843 part 2 p.571

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1843 part 2 p.571
St Theobald's Church   Great Musgrave
	St Theobald's Church, Great Musgrave GREAT MUSGRAVE CHURCH, WESTMORELAND. (With a Plate.) THE church of Great Musgrave is neither celebrated for its extent nor the style of its architecture; in the first respect it would only vie with a good sized room. But it is celebrated as the scene of the early Labours of William Paley, some of whose justly appreciated works were written in the parsonage adjoining. More recently it was marked by the ministry of the Rev. John Bowstead, B.D. the uncle and preceptor of the late Bishop of Lichfield. This venerable "Father of the Church" regularly performed his parochial duties until near the age of ninety, and died on the 1st Nov. 1841. Musgrave gave its name to the family who resided there for several ages, and finally settled at Eden Hall in Cumberland, which family is now represented by Sir George Musgrave, Bart. As to the church, it is of Norman foundation, the arch dividing the nave and aisle being of that period. The other parts are of the early-English, Decorated, and Perpendicular periods, but there is nothing of importance to mark these differences of style, excepting the remains of the Decorated chancel screen,shewn in the plate. Previous to 1248 the church was appropriated to St. Mary's Abbey at York, but it was then transferred to the bishopric of Carlisle, saving a small pension to St. Mary's reserved out of its revenues. There is a brass in the chancel ornamented with the four evangelists at the angles (in roundels), of the early Decorated period, to Thomas Ouds, who was rector previous to 1298. On the north wall of the nave is a monument to the founder and endower of Musgrave Grammar School, the Rev. Septimus Collinson, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford, who was a native of this parish, and died Jan. 24, 1827 (of whom a memoir will be found in the Gentleman's Magazine, vol.XCVII. i. 178). Externally there is nothing material to notice, but the churchyard formerly had several carved coffin-lids belonging to the Musgraves, of ancient date. The counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland contain many, and there are some specimens engraved in Lyson's Cumberland, but only one is now left at Musgrave, and that is built into the eastern wall of the church. When an enquiry was made after some
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