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St Mary's Church as viewed from the castle
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Tradition | High Church |
| Website | website |
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| Dedication | The Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Warwick, St Mary |
| Deanery | Warwick & Leamington |
| Archdeaconry | Warwick |
| Diocese | Coventry |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | The Revd Dr Vaughan Roberts |
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| Organist/Director of music | Thomas Corns |
| Organist(s) | Ruaraidh Sutherland (Assistant Organist) |
The Collegiate Church of St Mary is the Church of England parish church in the town of Warwick, England. It lies in the centre of the town just east of the market place. It is a member of the Greater Churches Group.
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History
The church foundations date back nearly nine hundred years, being created by Roger de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Warwick in 1123. In addition to founding the church, de Beaumont established the College of Dean and Canons at the church. The only surviving part of the Norman church which de Beaumont had built is the crypt.
The college was dissolved in 1544, and granted by the crown to the burgesses of Warwick.
Later changes
The chancel vestries and chapter house of the church were extensively rebuilt in the 14th century by a later Earl of Warwick, Thomas de Beauchamp (later pronounced Beecham) in the Perpendicular Gothic style. His descendants built what is officially called the Chapel of Our Lady, but commonly known as the Beauchamp Chapel. It contains the effigial monuments of Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester.
Current building
The church, along with much of Warwick, was devastated by the Great Fire of Warwick in 1694. The nave and tower of the building were completely destroyed. The rebuilt church was completed in 1704 to an unusually pure Gothic design by William Wilson (appointed by the Crown Commissioners), the only compromise with classical styles being the balustrades along the top of the building.
Deans of St. Mary's
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Bishop of Warwick
The church has the status of collegiate church. There is a Bishop of Warwick, but it is not correct to describe him as having his seat at St Mary's as the church is not a cathedral. The Bishop of Warwick is instead a suffragan bishop operating under the authority of the Bishop of Coventry.
Organs
There are two organs in St. Mary's, the transept organ and the west end organ.
- The specification of the transept organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register
- The specification of the west end organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Regsiter
Organists
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(position of Organist known as Director of Music from 1976)
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Assistant Organists
- Arthur Wills
- Edward Higginbottom
- Andrew Fletcher 1971-73
- Arthur Hilyer
- Tim Peters
- Charles Matthews 1987
- Kevin Bowyer 1989-98
(from 1989 Organist)
- Christopher Monks 1999
(from 1999 combined with the new post of Assistant Director of Music)
- Luke Bond 2002
- Ruaraidh Sutherland 2006
See also the List of Organ Scholars at St. Mary's, Warwick.
Image gallery
References
- 'Colleges: St Mary, Warwick', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 2 (1908), pp. 124–129.
External links
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