St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cavendish

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St Mary's Church, Cavendish
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St Mary the Virgin's Church
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cavendish
52°5′14.69″N0°37′59.26″E / 52.0874139°N 0.6331278°E / 52.0874139; 0.6331278
OS grid reference TL 80513 46549
Location Cavendish, Suffolk
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Dedication St Mary
Architecture
Functional status Parish church
Heritage designation Grade I listed
Administration
Diocese Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
Archdeaconry Suffolk
Deanery Clare
Parish Cavendish
Clergy
Minister(s) The Revd Mark Woodrow [1]
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The porch
The reredos St Mary's Church, Cavendish, Suffolk - geograph.org.uk - 661854.jpg
The reredos

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Cavendish is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cavendish, Suffolk. [2]

Contents

History

A Saxon church at Cavendish is mentioned in the Domesday Book. The church is mostly 14th-century, with building dating from about 1300 to about 1485, with some 19th-century additions and alterations. [1]

The oldest parts of the church, dating from about 1300, are the Tower, the Porch and the lower parts of the walls of the aisles. In 1350 the South aisle walls were rebuilt to their present height and new windows were inserted. [1]

Simon Jenkins awarded the church 1 star in his England's Thousand Best Churches. [3]

Exterior

The exterior of the church is dressed with flint. Above the parapet is a stair turret. The 14th-century tower is surmounted by a lantern. The building of the chancel was made possible by a bequest from Sir John Cavendish in the 1380s. During the Peasants' Revolt Sir John's son, also named John, was responsible for the death of Wat Tyler. As a result, Sir John was lynched by his parishioners. He reached the church where he pleaded sanctuary by grasping the handle of the church door, but was taken to the market place at Bury St. Edmunds and beheaded by a mob led by Jack Straw on 15 June 1381. He was buried in Bury St. Edmunds. His bequest to St Mary's was made by way of recompense. The nave was probably the work of Reginald Ely, designer of King's College Chapel in Cambridge. [4]

Interior

The church contains a 16th-century Flemish reredos, in the North aisle, showing the crucifixion. It is set in a frame by Sir Ninian Comper. [4]

Until the late 1530s, a chantry altar probably stood in the church, perhaps for a guild. There is a squint that would have allowed the chantry priest a view of the high altar. The canopied niche to the right of the chest contains a modern image of the Madonna and child. The altar was replaced by a tomb chest for Sir George Colt, who died in 1570. [4]

There is a large roundel memorial in the South aisle to Sue Ryder and Leonard Cheshire, best known for their war relief work in the years after 1945. At the east end of the south aisle is the tomb chest for Sir George Colt, who died in 1570. In the early years of the 21st century. The resulting interior is "a fit-for-purpose Anglican worship space which is clean, bright and comfortable". [4]

Organ

The church has a two manual pipe organ dating from 1884 by Henry Jones and Sons. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [5]

Bells

Bells of St Mary's Cavendish [6]
Bell DateNote Diameter Founder Weight
long measure lb kg
Treble1779D#28.38 in (72.1 cm) William Mears 4 long cwt 2 qr  6 lb510231
2nd1930C#29.38 in (74.6 cm) John Taylor & Co 5 long cwt 0 qr  4 lb564256
3rd1779B32.88 in (83.5 cm) William Mears 6 long cwt 1 qr 14 lb714324
4th1930A#33.88 in (86.1 cm) John Taylor & Co 7 long cwt 3 qr  0 lb868394
5th1930G#36.25 in (92.1 cm) John Taylor & Co 8 long cwt 3 qr 24 lb1,004455
Tenor1869F#40.50 in (102.9 cm) John Warner & Sons 11 long cwt 0 qr 21 lb1,253568

Administration

The Parish of Cavendish is part of the Stour Valley Team Ministry, along with the Parishes of:

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References

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  2. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0300096484.
  3. ↑ Simon Jenkins, England's Thousand Best Churches, Penguin 2009, ISBN   978-0-14-103930-5
  4. 1 2 3 4 Simon Knott (November 2012). "Suffolk Churches". Suffolk Churches. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Suffolk Cavendish, St. Mary". The National Pipe Organ Register. 2015.
  6. ↑ "Tower details". dove.cccbr.org.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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