All Things Flavel Flav

Yo. So this post has a lot of stuff about John Flavel, the guy Nathan is doing the PhD on. Let's hear it for churches, graveyards, and ambiguous signage whilst on holiday! Hip hip... *crickets*

Thanks for this, Andrew.

But seriously, it was fun to see Nathan so excited about seeing things that John Flavel saw and going places where he went. The one time I got bored, I went shopping and scored a Joules sweater for 17 pounds, which is featured in this post and is in line with the nautical theme. 

Preaching from the pulpit at St. Saviour's

Wait. This was the actual pulpit.

I bet it's older than your church.

John Flavel's name is on this board with the list of pastors from 1372 until now. He's fourth from the top in the middle column. You can click on the photo to enlarge it, but no one's holding a gun to your head. 

The outside of St. Saviour's

Flavel Street - the street sign us above Nathan's head.

Flavel Place intersects Flavel Street, and the Flavel theatre is on the corner. The street signs would be by Nathan's calves if he were right next to them. 

The Flavel theatre

Self-explanatory

Pointing to the self-explanatory sign in my new sweater

Flavel Church was actually founded after he died, but there were a few Flavel treasures inside.

Including a portrait of the man himself next to the man himself!

He looks like he'd be the life of any party.

Some of his writings were under glass in the sanctuary. Nathan was giddy about these very old versions.

A memorial to John Flavel in Latin

Next we went to a museum that had some stuff from Flavel's time in it. It was small and the floors sloped noticeably. Charming.

Charles I held a few meetings in here. I think he may have sat in that chair. Then he got his head cut off, hence Nathan's hand motion. But before that, he had a nice holiday being held in a tower on the Isle of Wight.

This is St. Clement's, where Flavel also was a pastor.

It's been remodeled. No more pews. Boohoo!

This is the outside. There was a nice view of the River Dart from there.

But the hydrangeas were prettier.

After that we went to Slapton Ley, because in one of his books John Flavel said, "written from my study in Slapton Ley." So, there ya go.

Here is one photo of the ley. There were dozens to choose from. I may have stayed in the car for this one.

Okay, just one more cool history thing, especially if you're an American...

Did you know that the Mayflower stopped here on its way to America?

In essence, this is saying that the Mayflower stopped in Dartmouth for some repairs on her companion ship Speedwell, but the repairs didn't work and the Mayflower sailed alone to America. It might be worth clicking on the picture to enlarge it so you can get the whole story.

I had no idea. Did you?