Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales - descriptive, historical, pictorial (1890) (14596439200)

Identifier: cathedralsabbey02bonn (find matches)
Title: Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales : descriptive, historical, pictorial
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923 Bonney, T. G. (Thomas George), 1833-1923
Subjects: Cathedrals Cathedrals Church buildings Church buildings
Publisher: London : Cassell
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute



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icalstudents of the nineteenth century look askance at many of the names, and evendemur to the veracious history of Guy, slayer of a giant, a dun cow, and adragon, though he is said to have flourished in the days of Ethelfloda, and thouglithey exhibit his armour and porringer unto this day in Warwick Castle. While, so far as we are aware, there is no clear statement of the fact inhistory, it is highly probable that a church has occupied this site on the hill froma very early period. At any rate, when the commissioners of the Norman Con-queror came to Warwick, St. Marys Church was in existence, and had beenendowed with a hide of land by Turchil, who was P^arl of Warwick when Williamlanded in Sussex. No part, however, of that church now remains. Probably,before long the architects took it in hand, for the first Norman earl, Roger deNewburgh, was not unmindful of the religious wants of the place from whichhe took his title. Not only did he augment the endowments of the church, but Ate en
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wakwick.) the present cnuRcn. 407 also lie made it a collegiate foundation, with a dean, secular canons, priests, andchoristers. His son increased its revenues, and successive Earls of Warwickadded to the endowments. The other churches of the town by degrees, andsometimes not without a struggle, were reduced to the position of mere de-pendencies ; and at the time of the Reformation St. Marys possessed a rich stoi-eof relics, and an annual revenue of considerably more than three hundred pounds.Of the church which was then standing, only the eastern half remains. In theyear 1694 a great fire broke out in Warwick, which destroyed a considerablepart of the town, together with the tower and nave of St, Marys. These wererebuilt shortly afterwards; now they are being restored, at a cost of upwardsof £14,000. The present church is cruciform in plan, with a western tower, the transeptsbeing rather short, the choir comparatively long. At a glance, it is evident thatthe whole structure west of