First of all he heard the servants rising from their pallets, the sound of water being sluiced about, then the rattle of shutters and doors. From somewhere close, he presumed from the Parish Church of All Saints, the dawn bell rang out, and then from about the town came the noise of pigs, cows and assorted fowls being taken from under-cofts and stables to the pastures outside town. Shops and businesses began to open noisily and the trundle of carts and the clopping of horses filled the air. There was a tap on his door and Susan, the comely maidservant, came in upon his command, smiling sweetly. ‘Father Daniel sent me to invite you to accompany him to mass at the church before breaking your fast, Sir Richard.’ Ten minutes later Richard had his first sight of the interior of the church of All Saints. On the way there Father Daniel told Richard of its history from Saxon times. It was a fairly simple building as churches went, the tall tower of which was surrounded by scaffolding for repair work after its partial collapse in 1315, the year of the Great Famine.
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