St Mary's Church, Stafford
St Mary’s Church, Stafford | |
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Grade I listed | |
Administration | |
Diocese | Diocese of Lichfield |
Archdeaconry | Stoke-on-Trent |
Deanery | Stafford |
Parish | Stafford St Mary |
Clergy | |
Rector | Revd Preb Richard Grigson |
Curate(s) | Revd Danny Payne |
Assistant | Revd John Davies |
Laity | |
Organist/Director of music | Margaret Outen |
Organist(s) | Tim Sagar |
St Mary's Church, Stafford is a
History
The church dates from the early 13th century, with 14th century transepts and 15th century clerestories and crossing tower.
Excavations in 1954 revealed the adjacent late Anglo-Saxon church of St Bertelin.[2]
The church was collegiate when recorded in the Domesday Book when there were 13 Prebendary Canons.
The church survived as a collegiate institution until the dissolution of colleges and chantries in 1548.
Deans of Stafford
- William de C
- Robert
- Ralph of the Hospital ca. 1184 - 1207
- Henry de Loundres 1207 - 1213
- Bartholomew ca. 1227
- Walter of Lench 1231 - 1246
- Simon of Offham 1247 - 1259
- Bevis de Clare 1259 - 1294
- John of Caen (de Cadamo) 1294 - 1310
- Lewis de Beaumont 1310 - 1317
- Thomas Charlton 1317 - 1318
- Robert of Sandall 1318 - 1325
- Robert Holden 1325 - 1326
- Robert Swynnerton 1326 - 1349
- Nicholas Swynnerton 1349 - ca. 1356
- James Beaufort 1356 - 1358
- John of Bishopston 1358 - ca. 1366
- Robert de More 1366 - 1376
- Adam de Hertyngdon 1376 - 1380
- William de Pakyngton 1380 - 1390
- Lawrence Allerthorpe 1390 - 1397
- John Syggeston 1397 - 1402
- Robert Tunstall 1402 - 1406
- John Mackworth 1406 - 1451
- William Wore ca. 1452 - 1463
- Thomas Hawkins 1463 - ca. 1471
- Name unknown until 1501
- John Thower until 1524
- Thomas Parker 1524 - 1538
- Edward Leighton 1538 - 1548
Post reformation history
For several generations the Aston family, who held the Scots title
The church was heavily restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott between 1841 and 1844.[5][6][7]
Monuments
The church contains
- Chest tomb to Sir Edward Aston d. 1568
- Wall tablet to Thomas (d. 1787) and Barbara Clifford (d. 1786) by John Francis Moore
- Wall tablet to Humphrey Hodgetts (d. 1730)
- Wall tablet to Izaak Walton (d. 1683)
Other burials
Organ
The church has large four manual organ by
The second organ dates from 1790 when John Geib installed it at a cost of £820. It was rebuilt in 1844 by John Banfield, and then Hill, Norman & Beard in 1974. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.[9]
Organists
- George Baker1794 - 1810
- Edwin Shargool 1841 - 1875
- Inglis Bervon 1875 - 1880
- Ebenezer William Taylor 1880 - 1904
- John Cooper Green
See also
References
- ^ "Church of St Mary". National Heritage List for England. Historic England. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
- ISBN 0140710469p.240
- ^ "'Colleges: Tamworth, St Edith', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3. pp. 309-315". 1970. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3 M W Greenslade, R B Pugh (Editors). 1970
- ^ Masfen, John (1852). Views of the Church of St. Mary at Stafford. London: John Henry Parker.
- ISBN 0140710469.
- ISBN 1900188287.
- National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "NPOR [N12599]". National Pipe Organ Register. British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 29 July 2014.