Great Witchingham Norfolk
Looking west down the 14c nave aisle arcades - the south aisle built c1363 by Sir William de Wychingham, judge of the common pleas , where he asked to be buried www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/694W7z
The roof was heightened in 15c with clerestory windows . the arch braced roof has angel figures down the spine
There were many altars here in medieval times, with lights of St Nicholas (wills of (1488 & 1513); St Christoppher (1437, 1513); St Anne (1513); St Anthony (1513); St Thomas of Canterbury (1513); Holy Trinity (1473, 1488); Our Lady of Pity 1473, 1488); St James (1488) ; Hallow Mass (1513)
In the 16c most of the nave would have been open with stone benches by the walls for the aged and infirm. The floor strewn with herbs and grass. Altars draped in rich hangings, lights and statues of saints abound. Many guilds had their small altars in different parts of th nave and those of the guilds of St John and St Margaret were at the ends of the aisles enclosed with parclose screens. The one at the end of the south aisle is thought to have been that of the Berney family. At the east end above the Rood where 24 candles blazed on the beam , the roof was especially richly coloured as a canopy of honour .
The chancel viewed through the rood screen would be richly decorated . 4 lighted candles stood upon the altar and many more surrounded it, Whilst at the altar the blessed sacrament is reserved for the sick in silver pyx. At mass time on Sunday the whole population of the village thronged in the nave, people chatting to each other from time to time. Latin phrases would be heard from the chancel, lights flicker, stained glass glimmered, incense ascends and bells ring.
The rood loft was "pluked down" in 1561. Later in 1674 Oliver Le Never gave another screen inscribed "Christ eates the pascall lambe, a sign to bee, of the new covenant's most sacred tie. His flesh He gives us t'eate and bloud to drinke and when we do it, bids us on Him thinke" That screen is also long gone.
The organ under the tower arch was placed here in 1938, having formerly been installed in the Cowper Congregational Church in East Dereham. - Church of St Mary, Great Witchingham, Norfolk
Great Witchingham Norfolk
Looking west down the 14c nave aisle arcades - the south aisle built c1363 by Sir William de Wychingham, judge of the common pleas , where he asked to be buried www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/694W7z
The roof was heightened in 15c with clerestory windows . the arch braced roof has angel figures down the spine
There were many altars here in medieval times, with lights of St Nicholas (wills of (1488 & 1513); St Christoppher (1437, 1513); St Anne (1513); St Anthony (1513); St Thomas of Canterbury (1513); Holy Trinity (1473, 1488); Our Lady of Pity 1473, 1488); St James (1488) ; Hallow Mass (1513)
In the 16c most of the nave would have been open with stone benches by the walls for the aged and infirm. The floor strewn with herbs and grass. Altars draped in rich hangings, lights and statues of saints abound. Many guilds had their small altars in different parts of th nave and those of the guilds of St John and St Margaret were at the ends of the aisles enclosed with parclose screens. The one at the end of the south aisle is thought to have been that of the Berney family. At the east end above the Rood where 24 candles blazed on the beam , the roof was especially richly coloured as a canopy of honour .
The chancel viewed through the rood screen would be richly decorated . 4 lighted candles stood upon the altar and many more surrounded it, Whilst at the altar the blessed sacrament is reserved for the sick in silver pyx. At mass time on Sunday the whole population of the village thronged in the nave, people chatting to each other from time to time. Latin phrases would be heard from the chancel, lights flicker, stained glass glimmered, incense ascends and bells ring.
The rood loft was "pluked down" in 1561. Later in 1674 Oliver Le Never gave another screen inscribed "Christ eates the pascall lambe, a sign to bee, of the new covenant's most sacred tie. His flesh He gives us t'eate and bloud to drinke and when we do it, bids us on Him thinke" That screen is also long gone.
The organ under the tower arch was placed here in 1938, having formerly been installed in the Cowper Congregational Church in East Dereham. - Church of St Mary, Great Witchingham, Norfolk