The petitioner wished to install a memorial on her mother's grave. The memorial did not conform to the churchyards regulations, being in the shape of a large heart with two smaller hearts as flower containers. Also, the petitioner wished to have her mother's maiden name on the memorial, rather than her married name. Given the number of heart-shaped memorials close to the grave, the Deputy Chancellor decided to permit the large heart-shaped stone, and also the small heart-shaped flower holders, provided that they were fixed to the plinth. As to the inscription, although the deceased had not consistently used her maiden name after being divorced, she had expressed a wish for her maiden name to appear on her memorial. The Deputy Chancellor considered that there was no objection to the deceased's maiden name being used, as it was the name known by those whom the deceased knew well, but he recommended that, to avoid confusion, both the married name and maiden name should be entered in the Burial Register and on the churchyard plan.

Petition for installation of secondary glazing in a Grade II church building no longer used as a church, but as a community hall. Re St. Alkmund Duffield considered. Faculty granted.

In 2008, a faculty had been granted for the demolition of a building in the churchyard and the construction of an extension to the church, which had necessitated the exhumation of 154 sets of skeletal remains (the ‘Fewston Assemblage’) which were removed from the graveyard during excavations for the erection of the Washburn Heritage Centre. A new petition was presented in 2016, seeking authority to reinter the skeletal remains in the churchyard and the erection of three memorials to record the reinterments. Whilst noting that the petitioners in 2008 should have applied for a Ministry of Justice licence, as the remains had not immediately been reinterred in consecrated ground, the Chancellor granted a faculty for the reinterment of the Fewston Assemblage and the erection of the three proposed memorials.

The proposed reordering works for the Grade I church included: removal of chancel furniture and some pews (to be replaced with stackable chairs); installation of glazed lobby; kitchenette and WC facilities; and removal of the pulpit. The Chancellor did not find sufficient justification for the removal of the pulpit, but granted a faculty for the remaining items, being satisfied that any harm to the church was justified by the benefits the scheme would bring.

Mr. Stephen Hinks petitioned on behalf of Mrs. Mary Maxwell-Irving, for permission to hang in the church a heraldic hatchment in memory of her late husband, Dr. Alistair M. T. Maxwell-Irving. The church, a Grade II* listed 12th-century building, already contained many memorials. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) unanimously supported the proposal, though the Diocesan Advisory Committee (DAC), by a majority, did not recommend approval, considering a hatchment anachronistic and questioning Dr. Maxwell-Irving’s connection with the parish. The Chancellor reviewed the law on memorials, especially Re St. Margaret Eartham (1981), Re St. Mary Longstock (2006), Re St. Mary Magdalene Adlestrop (2017), and Re Holy Trinity Bledlow (2020), concluding that hatchments occupy a “hybrid” category akin to heraldic banners, so the test of exceptionality applies. He found the Maxwell-Irving family’s historic contributions to the church, together with Dr. Maxwell-Irving’s scholarly and public service record, satisfied that test. The hatchment would complement existing heraldic windows and cause no harm to the church’s significance. Rejecting arguments of anachronism, he held continuity with tradition a virtue and directed that the faculty be granted.

The petition contained substantial reordering proposals for the Grade I listed church, including new heating; an audio-visual system; electrical works; replacement of pews with chairs; disposal of the pulpit; relocation of the choir stalls and organ; and works to the floor. The Chancellor granted a faculty.

Since 2000, the church of St. Michael (now annexed to St. Mary the Great) has undergone major reordering to create a cafe and meeting rooms in the nave, with the chancel left as a worship area separated from the nave by a glass screen. The church now sought a faculty to remove the remaining pews from the chancel, raise the floor level and replace the pews with Howe 40/4 seats, to enable the building to be used more effectively for the community which the church serves. The Victorian Society objected to the removal of Victorian fittings. The Chancellor determined that there was a strong justification for carrying out the proposals and granted a faculty.

In November 2023, the Chancellor had granted a faculty to allow the replacement of 209 late 19th century ladderback chairs with 120 new Abbey chairs from Trinity Church Furniture. The grant of the faculty was subject to there being no objections in response to public notices. In the event notices of objection were received from eight people, who did not wish to become parties opponent. The Chancellor now decided that the petitioners had demonstrated a need for new chairs and he was satisfied with the design of chair chosen. 

Faculty granted to authorise new bell frame and twelve bells, re-use of three old bells as chiming bells, and disposal of remaining nine old bells. Numerous objectors.

The Chancellor declined to allow the addition of an inscription on a floor tile in the sanctuary of the church in memory of a former parish clerk, but instead allowed a memorial to be placed on the wall at the west end of the nave, opposite a plaque in memory of another former parish clerk.