St. Mary's church, Warwick (Fulke Greville, the Dudleys, etc.)
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Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
St Mary's Church
St Mary’s was founded on its present site in 1123 by Robert de
Newburgh, the Earl of Warwick. The Crypt still remains from the
original Norman building.
The Chancel, Vestry and Chapter House were rebuilt in the Fourteenth
Century by Thomas Beauchamp, and this section of the building
represents one of the highest peaks of English Gothic architecture.
The tomb of Thomas Beauchamp stands in front of the high altar; the
tiny figures around its base give a fine depiction of Fourteenth
Century English fashion.
The tomb of Fulke Greville takes up most of the Chapter House.
Thomas Beauchamp tomb
Fulke Greville tomb
The glorious Beauchamp Chapel was built in the Fifteenth Century to
house the tomb of Richard Beauchamp, the Earl of Warwick and one of
the richest and most powerful people in the history of our country.
Richard Beauchamp's Tomb
Beauchamp Chapel
It is a magnificent example of the European ecclesiastical
architecture of its time, and ranks as one of this country’s greatest
treasures. The Chapel also houses the tombs of Robert Dudley, Earl of
Leicester, his brother Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, and Robert’s
son, the “Noble Impe”.
Robert Dudley tomb
Ambrose Dudley tomb
Tomb of the Noble Imp
The Nave and Tower were destroyed in the great fire of Warwick in
1694, and rebuilt by 1704 by the brothers Francis and William Smith,
builder architects of Warwick.
The Nave
The Tower
The Latin Inscription on St Mary's Tower, Warwick
Here, with a translation, is the Latin text inscribed around the tower
of St Mary's Church (just above the balustrade). It begins on the
North face, and where it stops in mid-sentence a hand engraved in the
stone directs the reader around the corner to the continuation on the
West face. In due course another hand points round to the South face,
where the inscription ends. The date given for the first rebuilding
(exactly 300 years before the Great Fire) should perhaps not be taken
too literally.
North Face TEMPLUM B: MARIÆ COLLEGIATUM PRIMITUS A ROG DE NOVO BURGO
COM: WAR: TEMP: STEPH: R: INSTAURATUM, POSTEA A THO: DE BELLO-CAMPO C:
WARR "St Mary's Collegiate Church was first established by Roger de
Newburgh, Earl of Warwick, in the time of King Stephen [1135-1154];
then, under Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, ..."
West Face EX TOTO REEDIFICATUM ANo: MCCCXCIIII CONFLAÕNE STUPENDA, NON
ARIS, NON FOCIS PARCENTA, DIRUTUM: Vo SEP MDCXCIIII. "... in the year
1394 it was completely rebuilt, and on the 5th of September 1694 it
was reduced to ruins by an amazing fire that spared nothing in it's
path."
South Face NOVUM HOC, PIETATE PUBLICA INCHOATUM, ET PROVECTUM REGIA
ABSOLUTUM EST: SUB LÆTIS ANNÆ AUSPICIIS, Ao: MEMORABILI MDCCIIII. "The
new church was built by charity, public to begin with, royal in the
later stages, and was completed, under the happy auspices of Queen
Anne, in the memorable year of 1704." [The Queen had donated £1,000]
In the archway under the tower, just to the right of the main entrance
to the church, is a later inscription: HAEC TURRIS A.D. 1885
RESTAURATA EST. PECUNIA AD OPUS CONFICIENDUM DEFICIENTE LOUISA ANNA
RYLAND MUNIFICENTIA SUA NECESSARIUM ATTULIT OPEM. "This tower was
restored in 1885 A.D. There being no funds available to finance the
work, Louisa Ann Ryland generously provided the necessary
means." [When Miss Ryland died, four years later, the main beneficiary
of her will was Charles Alston Smith, the son of her man her father
had forbidden her to marry. Samuel Ryland, rich but untitled, had
wanted his daughter to marry the then Earl of Warwick, but neither she
nor the earl was interested in the match.]
http://www.stmaryswarwick.org.uk/index.php?/stmarys/history_architecture/
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Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick
St Mary's Church as viewed from the castle
Denomination Church of England
Tradition High Church
Dedication The Blessed Virgin Mary
Deanery Warwick & Leamington
Archdeaconry Warwick
Diocese Coventry
Province Canterbury
The Collegiate Church of St Mary is the Church of England parish
church in the town of Warwick, England. It lies in the centre of the
town just east of the market place. It is a member of the Greater
Churches Group.
History
The church foundations date back nearly nine hundred years, being
created by Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick in 1123. In addition
to founding the church, de Beaumont established the College of Dean
and Canons at the church. The only surviving part of the Norman church
which de Beaumont had built is the crypt.
The college was dissolved in 1544, and granted by the crown to the
burgesses of Warwick.
Later changes
The chancel vestries and chapter house of the church were extensively
rebuilt in the 14th century by a later Earl of Warwick, Thomas de
Beauchamp (later pronounced Beecham) in the Perpendicular Gothic
style. His descendants built what is officially called the Chapel of
Our Lady, but commonly known as the Beauchamp Chapel. It contains the
effigial monuments of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick,
Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of
Leicester.
Current building
The church, along with much of Warwick, was devastated by the Great
Fire of Warwick in 1694. The nave and tower of the building were
completely destroyed. The rebuilt church was completed in 1704 to an
unusually pure Gothic design by William Wilson (appointed by the Crown
Commissioners), the only compromise with classical styles being the
balustrades along the top of the building.
Deans of St. Mary's
Robert Plesset, 1282
Thomas de Sodynton, 1290
William de Apperley, 1297
Robert Tankard, 1306
Richard de Alcester, 1313
Robert de Geryn, 1314
Robert de Lee, 1321
Thomas Lench, 1338
Robert de Endredeby, 1340
Nicholas Southam, 1361
Thomas Yonge, 1395
John Porter, 1432
Robert Cherbury, 1443
William Berkswell, 1454
John Southwell, 1469
Edmund Albone, M.D., 1481
Richard Brackenburgh, 1485
William Stokedale, 1498
Edward Haseley, 1498
Ralph Colingwode, 1507
John Allestre, 1510
John Carvanell, 1515
John Knightley, 1542
Bishop of Warwick
The church has the status of collegiate church. There is a Bishop of
Warwick, but it is not correct to describe him as having his seat at
St Mary's as the church is not a cathedral. The Bishop of Warwick is
instead a suffragan bishop operating under the authority of the Bishop
of Coventry.
Organists
William Witteney 1409
John Soursby 1432
John Skyrrowe 1562
Richard Charpe 1565
(etc.)
References
'Colleges: St Mary, Warwick', A History of the County of Warwick:
Volume 2 (1908), pp. 124–129.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Mary%27s_Church,_Warwick
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Queen Katherine Parr's brother William
was buried in the Collegiate church of St. Mary.
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William PARR
(1st M. Northampton)
Acceded: 16 Feb 1546
Died: 28 Oct 1571, Warwick
Buried: Collegiate Church, Warwick, England
Notes: Knight of the Garter.
Northampton died at Warwick on the 28 Oct 1571. He left no children
and his marquessate became extinct.
http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WilliamParr(1MNorthampton).htm
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