Re: Ewell St. Mary (Guildford Consistory Court; Goodman Ch. 29 May 1990)

The sanctuary of the church was so arranged that the altar, a Jacobean table, stood on a plinth. The altar was moved forward to assist the celebrant and the front legs (which were then beyond the plinth) were supported in wooden cups. The D.A.C. recommended the removal of the plinth rather than the use of the wooden cups. The Chancellor granted a faculty permitting the continued use of the wooden cups, on condition that when the cups were in use they should at all times be concealed by a frontal, and that when the frontal was absent the altar should stand on the plinth. The Archdeacon was directed to exercise a general supervision in relation to the liturgical arrangements concerning the use of the
altar.

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(1991) 2 Ecc LJ 129-130