This film captures some of the traditional aspects of the Jane Stainton Annual Service. In 1692 Mrs. Jane Stainton bequeathed a legacy to be paid to the Company of Merchant Adventurers and to the Church of All Saints, Pavement, to preach a sermon on the anniversary of the beheading of King Charles I. The Company and All Saints have upheld this Will on the nearest Sunday to January 30th each year, well beyond the consumption of all money in the estate. Title –The Jane Stainton Annual...

This film captures some of the traditional aspects of the Jane Stainton Annual Service. In 1692 Mrs. Jane Stainton bequeathed a legacy to be paid to the Company of Merchant Adventurers and to the Church of All Saints, Pavement, to preach a sermon on the anniversary of the beheading of King Charles I. The Company and All Saints have upheld this Will on the nearest Sunday to January 30th each year, well beyond the consumption of all money in the estate. Title –The Jane Stainton Annual Service Merchant Adventurers All Saints Pavement The film opens with the entrance to the Merchant Adventurers Hall in York. The entrance is through an alleyway on Fossgate. The exterior of the hall can be seen, footage taken from Piccadilly Street. Attendees make their way into All Saints church on Pavement Street. The priest stands at the door to welcome them. Brief footage from inside the church. The procession begins down Piccadilly Street. Those in the front of the procession are dressed in ceremonial robes, the rest in smart winter clothing. They enter All Saints Church and file into the pews. Organ music plays as they do, and the religious officials make their way to the alter. Title – Special thanks to All Saints Pavement and Merchant Adventures Title – dce production 2020