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20a Walpole St. Peters, St. Peter's, choir stalls, 14th century. Attention was first paid to the embellishment of the choir and chancel, the areas traditionally reserved to the clergy.  The seating would begin with a row of a stalls flanking the central entrance, set horizontally (north to south).  Stalls were then arranged east to west, along each side of the chancel so that the choirboys and clergy would face each other for the antiphonal performance of the office.  This is the present arrangement of the late 14th-century choir stalls at St. Peter’s in Walpole St. Peters and at St. Margaret’s in Kings Lynn
Information on choirstalls and misericords

20b Walpole St. Peters, St. Peter's, choir stalls, detail of dragon. 
20c King's Lynn, St. Margaret's, north choir stalls with misericords, c. 1380s. 
20d  King's Lynn, St. Margaret's, west stalls, image of Edward the Black Prince + 1374, with the "shield for Peace,"  
20e King's Lynn, St. Margaret's, north choir stall armrest, head of an old woman. 
20f Norton (Suffolk), St. Andrew's, choir stall arm rest, masked performers tumbling.