This distinctive form of chair has been attributed to members of the Salisbury Joiners' Company working in the first half of the Seventeenth century. Prominent among these were members of the Beckham family, particularly Humphrey Beckham, a celebrated joiner-carver, some of whose work may be seen in the town to the present day, and his brother John. Co-incidently, the present chair is branded IB (i.e JB) beneath the seat. A number of related chairs are to be found in churches in the Salisbury area, some of which are illustrated in the definitive section in Victory Chinnery, Oak Furniture, The British Tradition, Woodbridge, 1979, pp448-54, notably Fig 4.68