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unusual facts about Church of St Mary, Witham Friary



Adam of Dryburgh

After consulting with this senior Carthusian figure and future saint, Adam joined Hugh's old priory at Witham, Somerset.

Church of St Mary, Bridgwater

The artist is unknown, although it has been controversially attributed to Murillo or Annibale Carracci.

The Church of St Mary in Bridgwater, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

In July 1685, during the Monmouth Rebellion, the Duke of Monmouth watched from the tower as the forces of King James II assembled, at Westonzoyland, under the command of the Earl of Feversham prior to the Battle of Sedgemoor.

Church of St Mary, Cannington

In 1685, it was held by Elizabeth, Baroness Clifford, later by Oxford University, and eventually by the Bishop of Bath and Wells.

Buriels and memorials in the church are to the family of John Pym.

Church of St Mary, Linslade

Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed church in Linslade, Bedfordshire, England.

Church of St Mary, Lowe House

It was given in 1793 by Winefred Eccleston née Lowe, the widow of John Gorsuch Eccleston, the owner of Eccleston Hall, in Eccleston, outside St Helens.

Church of St Mary, Woolavington

There is also a memorial stone to Sir John Hody an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench who died in 15th century.

Itchen Stoke and Ovington

and most notable building is the Church of St Mary, a redundant Anglican church built by the civil engineer and architect Henry Conybeare in 1856, now under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton

He was born at Witham Friary, Somerset, the son of Sir William de Stourton (abt 1373-18 Sep 1413), Speaker of the House of Commons, and Elizabeth Moigne.

Linslade

But in the 15th century, the original 12th-century church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, was rebuilt.

Robert Hopton

Hopton was the eldest son of Sir Arthur Hopton of Witham Friary, Somerset and his wife Rachel Hall, daughter of Edmund Hall of Gretford, Lincolnshire.

Robert Wolfall

Wolfall was the vicar of the Church of St Mary in the Somerset village of West Harptree.

Rogiet

The Church of St Mary, Rogiet is the parish church, which in earlier centuries was dedicated to St. Hilary.

Witham Charterhouse

The site of the charterhouse is marked by extensive rectilenear earthworks, cut by a railway line, and some worked stone can still be seen in buildings in the village of Witham Friary.

The lay brother's church isnow used as the Parish church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St John Baptist and All Saints, Witham Friary.

It was established at Witham Friary, Somerset, in 1178/1179 from a founding party led by a monk called Narbert from the Grande Chartreuse.


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