Note 629 — Chapter XXIII

This appears from a petition presented by the Presbyterians to the mayor, in April, 1648, for a more thorough reformation, and complaining that faithful ministers were slighted, ejected ministers of the Church of England preferred, old ceremonies and the service book constantly used, and the directory not observed. The petitioners also prayed for a more thorough execution of the ordinances against superstition and idolatry, and specified as needing to be defaced a crucifix on the cathedral gate, another on the roof inside by the west door, and a third upon the free-school, as well as an "image of Christ upon the parish house of St. George's of Tombland."—Blomefield's History of Norwich, i. 393.