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Vipan, who thought this voluntary sextonship a bore, lent a hand to oblige his friend.

From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram

Chatterton's father had not succeeded to the sextonship, but he was a sub-chanter in Bristol Cathedral, and his house and school in Pile Street were only a few yards from Redcliffe Church.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)