1559 in W. M. Lummis (1950) 36 Payments for Church stoolys and the pews.
1846 May 153/1 As some escaped into the steeple, the church stools were broken up, a fire kindled, and they perished.
2006 C. M. Coates in 184 Normally, the colonial government did not grind to a halt when officials fought over where their church stool should be located.