Inscriptions on old Pulpits.—"N. & Q." has given many kinds of inscriptions, from those on Fonts and Door-heads down to those on Watch-papers; perhaps, therefore, it may not be without its use or interest to make a beginning for a list of inscriptions on old pulpits. The first inscription I quote is from Richard Baxter's pulpit, of which I have given a full description in Vol. v., p. 363.:
1. Kidderminster. Baxter's pulpit (now preserved in the vestry of the Unitarian Chapel). On the panels of the pulpit:
"ALICE . DAWKX . WIDOW . GAVE . THIS."
On the front of the preacher's desk:
"PRAISE . THE . LORD."
Round the sounding-board:
"O . GIVE . THANKS . UNTO . THE . LORD . AND . CALL
UPON . HIS . NAME . DECLARE . HIS . WORSHIP
AMONG . THE . PEOPLE."
At the back of the pulpit:
"ANNO . 1621."
2. Suckley, Worcestershire; round the sounding-board (apparently of very old date):