Worksop Priory

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Worksop Priory
The Priory Church of Our Lady and St Cuthbert
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Worksop Priory
Worksop Priory
53°18′13″N01°06′56″W / 53.30361°N 1.11556°W / 53.30361; -1.11556
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Anglo Catholic
Website worksoppriory.co.uk
History
Dedication Our Lady and St. Cuthbert
Administration
Province York
Diocese Southwell and Nottingham
Archdeaconry Newark
Deanery Bassetlaw and Bawtry
Parish Worksop Priory
Clergy
Bishop(s) Rt Revd Stephen Race SSC (AEO)
Vicar(s) Fr Nicolas Spicer SSC
Honorary priest(s) Fr David James
Fr John Willett
Bishop Martyn Jarrett
Adrian Mason
Laity
Reader(s) Gill James
Director of music Rosemary Field
The nave of the priory, facing east Worksop Priory interior.jpg
The nave of the priory, facing east

Worksop Priory (formally the Priory Church of Our Lady and Saint Cuthbert, Worksop) is a Church of England parish church and former priory in the town of Worksop, Nottinghamshire, part of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham and under the episcopal care of the Bishop of Beverley.

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The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.

History

The initial land grant and monies to establish the Augustinian priory were made by William de Lovetot in 1103. In 1187 Philip, the Canon of Lincoln Cathedral, donated the Worksop Bestiary, an illuminated manuscript now at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York. [1] [2] During the thirteenth century, two lords of Worksop (Gerard de Furnival II and his son Thomas de Furnival) died while on crusade, Gerard on the Fifth Crusade in 1219 and Thomas on the Barons' Crusade in 1241. Thomas's brother, Gerard III, also died on this campaign, while their brother William, who had also taken part, returned home. [3] A later rhyming history, which was on display in Worksop Priory in the late fifteenth century, claimed that Gerard III survived the Barons' Crusade and returned his brother's body for burial at the priory; however, earlier evidence indicates that this is untrue. [4] In the 14th century the Tickhill Psalter was produced by the prior, John de Tickhill.

The priory was dissolved on the orders of Henry VIII on 15 November 1539. The property was granted to Francis Talbot, 5th Earl of Shrewsbury on condition that the Earl should provide a glove for the right hand of the sovereign at the coronation. This tradition continues to this day. Over time most of the former monastic buildings were plundered for their stone, but the nave of the church was saved for use as a parish church, and the early 14th century gatehouse was used as a school. Extensive restoration and enlargements of the church began in the mid-19th century and continued through the 20th century.

In mid-2017 a face was uncovered, carved into one of the Priory walls, during renovation works. The face was estimated to date back to the year 980 AD, but the wall was finished around 1260 AD. It may have been a felt stone[ clarification needed ] that someone decided to decorate before it was lime-washed over. [5]

Repairs and restorations

Burials

Previous clergy

Priors of Worksop

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Vicars of Worksop

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Organ

The painted organ case was designed by Peter Collins, in co-operation with the architects, Laurence King and Partners, and constructed in mahogany in its main parts with pine-cored block wood panels. The case has a tonal as well as an architectural function, mixing the sound of the pipes and projecting it forwards as a blended whole. The specification was drawn up by David Butterworth and is almost identical to that of St Mary's Church, Nottingham.

The pipes, of which there are 1634, are of various materials ranging in tin content from 90% in the façade pipes to 20% for some flute stops. Copper and pine are used for other registers. With the exception of 24 small pipes in the pedal case, all the front pipes are speaking. The reed pipes are by Giesecke of Germany; the flues by Stinkins of Holland and Peter Collins; the cymbelstern is by Laukhuff, also of Germany.

The console at the foot of the central display pipes is constructed of oak; the naturals are of hard 'blackwood' and the accidentals are white resin topped. The manual compass is of 56 notes; the pedal compass of 30 notes.

The style of voicing and the general approach to its construction has origins in the 17th and 18th centuries, rather than the more familiar instrument to be found in England. The balance of stops is in keeping with classical registration and the 'Werk-Prinzip' of the case is designed to project the sound into the priory building.

For the mechanism of the key and pedal action, direct connection by trackers of thin wood are used to the control valves, giving the performer control over the attack and decay of each note. The stop action is electric. There are six pistons to each department and six toe levers for the pedal department. There are also eight general pistons.

The organ was reconstructed in 1996 by Wood of Huddersfield. It was cleaned and regulated and the soundboards were reconstructed. The keys were renewed; Swell Octave 2 ft replaced with new pipework by Stinkens; Cymbelstern added; entire stop action (slider solenoids excepted) was remade
with Alan Taylor solid state; sequencer added.

Organists

  • John Hilton Turvey c. 1840 [6]
  • George Walker ???? - 1854 [7] - 1861 [8]
  • Frederick Staton 1861 – 1879 [9]
  • Hamilton White c. 1880 [10] (formerly organist at St Swithun's Church, East Retford)
  • Revd. J.T. Bingley c. 1887 [11] - 1891 [12]
  • Thomas Pickford 1891 – 1912 [13] (formerly organist of Christ Church, Banbury)
  • H.J. Greenfield 1912 - 1920 [14]
  • John Newton 1920 - 1921 (formerly assistant organist of St Edmundsbury Cathedral)
  • Stanley H Mayes 1922 - 1925
  • Ellis White 1925 -
  • Cecil Victor Berry
  • Percy Radford
  • David Burnham
  • Leslie Carrick Smith
  • Michael Overbury 1999 - 2014
  • Mark Rothman
  • Rosemary Field 2021–present

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Catalogue description of the Worksop Bestiary" (PDF). Catalogue description. The Pierpont Morgan Library. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Badke, David (15 January 2011). "Morgan Library, MS M.81 (The Worksop Bestiary)" . Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ↑ James Doherty,'The Crusading Furnivals: Family Tradition, Political Expediency and Social Pressure in Crusade Motivation', Journal of Family History (2022)
  4. ↑ James Doherty, 'Commemorating the Crusading Past in Late Medieval England: The Worksop Priory tabula, English Historical Review 136.581 (2021), 809–835
  5. ↑ "Priory 'face' could date back to 980 AD". 6 September 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  6. ↑ York Herald - 18 July 1840
  7. ↑ Nottinghamshire Guardian - 6 April 1854
  8. ↑ Nottinghamshire Guardian -19 September 1861
  9. ↑ Sheffield Independent - 28 April 1879
  10. ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - 27 January 1880
  11. ↑ Sheffield Independent - 29 December 1887
  12. ↑ Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 12 October 1891
  13. ↑ "Gifts for Worksop Organist" . Sheffield Daily Telegraph. England. 5 December 1912. Retrieved 2 January 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ↑ Sheffield Evening Telegraph - 10 January 1920

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