medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Jon Cannon wrote:
>
>> York
>> I had a vague notion that St Sepulchre's had some parochial function.
>
> It's certainly an odd foundation - I believe focused on memorial
> masses fo a c12 bishop, but of exceptional scale for the date (12
> priests, from memory?). The Archbishop of York's patronal powers were
> enormous - on paper at least he could, it seems, appoint to the
> chapters of York, Beverley, Southwell and to the 'community' of St
> Sepulchre's. His room for manouvere in reality - he was not even
> accorded a seat at his own cathedral chapter, not possessing a
> prebend - might of course have been more limited.
I've remembered what I was thinking - technically it was the Chapel of St
Mary and All Angels, usually called St Sepulchre's. But looking at its
plan, it was on the same SW-NE alignment as most York churches (and York,
for that matter) rather than the strict E-W alignment of the Minster itself.
I would suggest that it was a much older church (probably originally
parochial) that became 'attached' to the Minster nave when that was widened
c.1300.
John Briggs
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