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St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough is in Edelsborough, Buckinghamshire, Churches in Buckinghamshire.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map] is, apparently, built on top of an artificial mound; the name Edelsborough is derived from the Old English for "Eadwulf's barrow" [Wikipedia] or, arguably, "Eadwulf's burgh" i.e. enclosure. The earliest parts of the church are 13th Century, the tower 14th Century. The church has been redundant since 1975, when the ecclesiastical parish merged with that of Eaton Bray. Today the church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, and it is normally open to visitors.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Tower arch.
Brass of Rector John de Swynstede, died 17th March 1395, in the north aisle at St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. The head scroll reads: "Christ loved usand wshed us from our sins in his own blood." The inscription at his feet reads "Here lies Sir John de Swynstede, formerly Rector of this Church, who died the 17th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1395 on whose soul may God have mercy. Amen."
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. The remains of a brass to John Killingworth, died 1412. The brass was moved from Edlesborough Church to the chapel in Ashridge House, Little Gaddesden.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. The rood screen between the nave and chancel was installed in the 15th century. Seats with misericords.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. The main section of the carved octagonal pulpit and canopy is 15th century. The hour glass stand is 17th century. It was restored in 1867.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Grave of Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Brugis, wife of Ralph Hutchinson, died 28th September 1636.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Brass to Henry Brugis, died 15th June 1647, and his wife Francis Pigoot, now lost.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Grave in the Chancel of Richard, son of John Theed of Horton Hall, died 15th February 1680 aged twelve months.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Grave in the Chancel of John Theed of Horton Hall, husband of Margaret Pym, died 31st March 1686.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Grave in the Chancel, and memorial, of Margaret Pym, died 30th March 1701, wife of Thomas Bayley, Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxford University. And also of her first husband John Theed, and their eldest son John Theed of Horton Hall.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Grave in the Chancel of William Ginger, died 25th May 1738 aged 63 years.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Stained glass window dedicated to Vicar William Wroth, among others.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Memorial to Thomas Ginger, died 8th August 1819, aged 49 years and his wife, Priscilla, died 24th November 1853, aged 75.
On 28th March 1824 the tower of St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map] was struck by lightning, setting it on fire. The roof's lead melted, and the molten lead set fire to everything it struck. Villagers fought the fire, which burned for 12 hours until it was extinguished.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Memorial to John Gray Ginger, died 21st August 1835, aged 30 years.
The wall paintings above the Chancel arch at St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map] are from the Victorian restoratin in 1867 by Daniel Bell.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Chancel with Altar and East Window. The reredos dates from 1895. The Rose Brass was removed to were moved from Edlesborough Church to the chapel in Ashridge House, Little Gaddesden.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Stained glass window in the Chancel made in 1901 by Charles Eamer Kempe (age 63) as indicated by his motif of a wheatsheaf, aka garb, bottom left, which also appears on the Kempe armorial. The window depicts St Peterm Virgin and Child, Sy Nicholas i.e. the Natvitiy, Kings, Bishop William Waynflete, and is dedicated to the Revered Augustus Frederick Birch, who was vicar at the time of the 1867 restoration.
1920Memorial at St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map] to those who fought in the Great War.
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. 1935 stained glass window depicting the Nativity dedicated to artist Helen Frazer Rock,1878-1932, who was born in Edelsborough parish, by Margaret Edith Aldrich Rope, 1891-1988.
Rectors and Vicars of St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map].
St Mary the Virgin Church, Edelsborough [Map]. Stained glass window in the south aisle.