St Mary Mounthaw
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Location | London |
Country | United Kingdom |
Denomination | Anglican |
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Demolished | 1666 |
St Mary MounthaworMounthaut[1]was a parish church in Old Fish Street Hill in theCity of London.Of medieval origin, it was destroyed in theGreat Fire of Londonin 1666 and not rebuilt.
History
[edit]The church stood on the west side of Old Fish Street Hill inQueenhithe Ward.[2]It was originally built as a chapel for the house of the Mounthaunt family, from Norfolk, from whom the church took its name. In around 1234 the house and the patronage of the church were bought byRalph de Maydenstone,Bishop of Hereford. He left it to his successors as bishop, who used the house as their London residence.[2]One of them,John Skypp,personal chaplain to (and champion of)Anne Boleyn,[3]was buried in the church.[2]
The church was enlarged and partly rebuilt in 1609, partly at the cost of Robert Bennet, Bishop of Hereford.[2]The next year new glass was installed, at the cost of Thomas Tyler and Richard Tichburne.[1]
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Destruction
[edit]Along with the majority of the 97 parish churches in theCity of London,St Mary Mounthaw was destroyed by the Great Fire in September 1666.[4]In 1670 a Rebuilding Act was passed and a committee set up under SirChristopher Wrento decide which would be rebuilt.[5]St Mary Mounthaw was not one of those chosen; instead the parish was united with that ofSt Mary Somerset,and the site retained as a graveyard.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abSeymour, Robert (1733).A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent.Vol. 1. London: T. Read. pp. 720–1.
- ^abcdeNewcourt, Richard(1708). "S. Mary Mounthaw, Rectory".Repetorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense.Vol. 1. London. pp. 452–4.
- ^D. G. Newcombe, ‘Skip, John (d. 1552)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 accessed 14 April 2008
- ^"The ancient office of Parish Clerk and the Parish Clerks Company of London" Clark, O:London, Journal of the Ecclesiastical Law Society Vol 8, January 2006ISSN0956-618X
- ^"Wren" Whinney,M London Thames & Hudson, 1971ISBN0-500-20112-9
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