Panel C4
Chatterton's Confirmation
St Mary Redcliffe Church
1762/4 Aged: 10/12
Mary Chatterton, and Dr. Lort (B11457)
Say that he was Confirmed in 1764.
Taylor states that if it was 1764
Then 'On the Last Epiphany'
Is not by Chatterton
Meyerstein Disagrees
And seems convinced
That it is Chatterton's work.
It's just another conundrum.
At around 10 years of age
Chatterton, according to his sister,
"Was more cheerful
After he began to write poetry,"
The engraving of St Mary Redcliffe,
By William Henry Toms,
Shows the church as
Chatterton would have seen it.
It lost its spire in 1446
After a lightning Strike.
Let me introduce you to the
Kator family.
Mr Kator was a Sugar-Baker
His son, Henry?, was a friend of
Chatterton's.
The Tom's Engraving of SMR
Adorned a Room
In the Kator House
It is reasonable to assume
That Chatterton saw the engraving
And would have been entranced
By the historic detail.

The image on the postcard shows the church after the spire was rebuilt in 1872.
A mere 426 years after it was destroyed.
(.QE!.) More to do but currently leaning on my shovel!