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St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds

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557: 31: 375:) chapel, two chantry chapels and a north and south porch. The north porch, known as the Notyngham porch, was built in 1437 in accordance with the will of John Notyngham. The south porch of 1523 was removed during a restoration in 1831. St Wolstan's chapel, on the north-west side, formerly held the Suffolk Regimental cenotaph until it was moved to the end of the north aisle. It now holds the church kitchen. 394:
space below, attended by lesser angels on the wallplates and by saints, martyrs, prophets and kings, 42 figures in all. On the frieze a medieval menagerie takes over, with dragons, unicorns, birds and fish. ... The south chapel is littered with pleasant brasses. The north aisle by the tower has its memorials spectacularly displayed. They climb up the wall to the ceiling, a valhalla of Bury worthies.
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The interior has one of the largest and most exhilarating naves in the country. Arcades of ten majestic bays march towards the chancel, each rising on continuous mouldings with only the tiniest of capitals. The unusually wide hammerbeam roof is a marvellous survival. Eleven pairs of angels guard the
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of boys and gentlemen, with a history dating back to as early as 1354, after which there are many references to singers and ‘childs with a surplys’. This tradition is believed to have remained untouched even during Puritan times. The choir has more recently toured Spain, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and
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to replace the previous church of St Mary which was demolished to make space for the construction of the south wing of the Abbey Church. However, nothing survives of the Norman church and the oldest part of the existing building is the
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2010 saw the inception of St Mary's Ladies' Choir, and the Girls' Choir began in 2015. Although they were formerly quite separate from the Church Choir, joining together only for large services, the choir is now mixed.
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During the 16th century, John Notyngham and Jankyn Smyth, two wealthy local benefactors, bequeathed large amounts of money to the church. These funds contributed to building the north and south quire aisles, now the
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There is evidence for an organ in St Mary's as early as 1467, in the will of John Baret which states that ‘ye pleyers at ye orgenys ij d’. Another bequest from 1479 grants the organist 10d.
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in 1959, and Kenneth Canter in 1988, the latter included providing a mobile console. The organ was over-hauled in 2009 by Clevedon Organ Services, and is equipped with a 250-channel memory.
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chancel (c. 1290). There was a major renovation between the 14th and 16th centuries and it is at this point that the nave, its aisles and the tower were built. It is also at this time that
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The organs and organists of St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk : with memories of St Mary's choir written by former choristers
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The west window is believed to be the largest of any parish church in the country, measuring 35 ft 6in by 8 ft 6in.
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The present church is not the first building to stand on the site, the first being built in the seventh century, founded by
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complex and originally was one of three large churches in the town (the others being St James, now
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Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 36 pp. 397–400 MacMillan: London, 1893
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transcript of last will and testament of Sir William Carew, and other biographical details
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The main organ is a four-manual instrument with 79 speaking stops. Built initially by
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Thomas Bentick Richardson 1864–1893 (formerly chorister and assistant organist at
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of London in 1825, it was rebuilt and enlarged in 1865, 1885, and 1898 by
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churches in England. It claims to have the second longest nave (after
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in Devon, by his wife Joan Courtenay (born 1411), a daughter of Sir
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The Parish of St. Mary's with St. Peter's, Bury St. Edmunds
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Sir William Carew (d. 1501) of Bury St Edmunds, created a
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Biographical Dictionary of the Organ: Clifton Cecil Day
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The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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The following list is taken from Peter Tryon's book.
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A Description of St. Mary's Church Bury St. Edmunds
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There have been later rebuilds by 299:, England and is one of the largest 1684:St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff 1443:St Marylebone Parish Church, London 1438:Christ Church, Spitalfields, London 1026:. Vol. 1.22. pp. 637–638. 1023:A Dictionary of Music and Musicians 620:Edward Courtenay, 1st Earl of Devon 470:, c. 1677 – 1743) is placed in the 1483:St Mary the Virgin, Saffron Walden 991:British Institute of Organ Studies 789:National Heritage List for England 466:, possibly by John Harris (son of 24:St Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds 14: 1428:All Saints Church, Fulham, London 1348:St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds 1173:. Vol. 31. pp. 200–201. 420:. 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52°14′33″N 0°43′02″E / 52.2424°N 0.7172°E / 52.2424; 0.7172
Denomination
Church of England
www.wearechurch.net
Dedication
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Style
Decorated
Nave
Province
Canterbury
Diocese
Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Deanery
Parish
Vicar(s)
Curate(s)
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
parish
Christchurch Priory
the abbey
St Edmundsbury Cathedral
King Sigeberht
Abbot Anselm
decorated
Mary Tudor, Queen of France
Henry VIII
Mary I of England

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