St Michael's Church, Bray
| St Michael's Church, Bray | |
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| 51°30′32.56″N 0°42′07.07″W / 51.5090444°N 0.7019639°W | |
| OS grid reference | SU 90169 79704 |
| Location | Bray, Berkshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | braystmichael.co.uk |
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| Archdeaconry | Berkshire |
| Deanery | Maidenhead and Windsor |
| Parish | Bray and Braywood |
St Michael's Church, Bray, is a Grade II* listed parish church[1] in the Church of England in Bray, Berkshire.
History
[edit]The church dates from 1293, supposedly to replace a Saxon church at Water Oakley.[2]
It was partly rebuilt ca. 1500 and extensively restored 1857–82 by Thomas Henry Wyatt.
It has a number of sculptures which may have come from the earlier church, including a damaged Sheela na Gig.
The ecclesiastical parish shares the wider parish boundaries so is named Bray St Michael with Braywoodside.[3][failed verification]
In 1938, the royal funeral of George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, was held at St Michael's, after which the marquess was buried in Bray Cemetery.
Monuments
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The church contains several brasses from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries, notably that of 1378 to Sir John Foxley, the Constable of Southampton Castle. Other monuments are:
- William Goddard of Philibert, d.1609, founder of Jesus Hospital, and Joyce Maunsell his wife, d.1622.[4]
- Mary Hanger (d.1738) sculpted by Peter Scheemakers.[5]
Vicars of Bray
[edit]See The Vicar of Bray for the satirical description, or The Vicar of Bray (song) for the English folk song.
- Reinbald 1081
- Roger 1288
- Henry de Chilbalton 1301
- Roger de Crossby 1327
- William Scherreve 1368–75
- John Dray 1382
- Thomas Gernon 1382–96
- William Dyer 1396–1440
- Robert Manfelde 1440–43
- Thomas Pashe 1443–44
- Thomas Topclyf 1444
- Thomas Luyde 1444–54
- William Morris 1454–79
- Thomas Phillippis 1479–97
- John Perkwyn 1497
- John Halle 1504
- Richard Watts 1504–20
- John Mogeryge 1521–23
- Simon Symonds 1523–47
- William Stafferton 1548–55
- Alexander Barlo 1556
- Simon Aleyn 1557–65
- Henry Cranshawe 1565
- David Tuke 1589–99
- Edward Cranceshaw 1599
- Edward Boughton 1621–40
- Anthony Faringdon 1640–42
- Hezekiah Woodward 1649–60
- Edward Boughton 1660
- Edward Fulham 1660–62
- Francis Carswell 1665–1709
- Thomas Brown 1709–59
- George Berkeley 1759–69
- Hon George Hamilton 1769–87
- Edward Townshend 1787–1822
- Walter Levett 1822–25
- George Legge 1825–26
- Walter Levett 1826–53
- James Austen Leigh 1853–74
- William Brassey Hole 1874–87
- Charles Raymond 1887–1915
- William Riddelsdell 1915–31
- Arthur Jones 1931–45
- Edward Lowman 1945–58
- Sidney Doran 1958–77
- Neil Howells 1977–84
- George Repath 1985–2007
- Richard Cowles 2008
References
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- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Michael, Bray (Grade II*) (1312994)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
- ^ Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1849). The Ecclesiastical and Architectural Topography of England. Vol. II. Bedfordshire (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk). Oxford and London: John Henry Parker. p. 59. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
- ^ The Church of England "A Church Near You".
- ^ Victoria County History for Berkshire. Vol III., p.107
- ^ Gunnis, Rupert F. (1953). Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851. London: Odhams Press.