St Mary Magdalene
Stoke Canon, East Devon District, Devon, England – *No GPS coordinates
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"In 1301 church records note "that the Church was in possession of many vessels, crosses, vestments, and banners, but a complaint was made that there were no altar frontals. It was also noted that the figure of St. Mary Magdalene over the high altar was old and ill-shaped.""
The book says, "It is probable that the church of Stoke Canon was one of the Doomsday Churches of Devon, and long before the Norman Conquest, there may have been some small rural Oratory of cob, thatched with osiers, served by a priest from St. Peter's Monastery for the benefit of those who lived on the manor.
"When the Monastery at Exeter was made into Exeter Cathedral in 1050, the endowment of Stoke manor (Stocha) remained with it. The Doomsday Book, compiled in 1086 by order of William the Conqueror, records that Bishop Osbertn, Leofric's successor, has a Manor called ‘Stocha" which is recorded as being for the support of the Canons (of Exeter Cathedral).
"In 1148 Bishop Robert Chichester of Exeter assigned certain churches for the use of the Canons of the Cathedral, among which was included the Church of Stoke. It would appear from records that there was a dwelling house at Stoke for the Canons of the Exeter Cathedral when not in residence."
REF: "Stoke Canon, A Short History", printed in 1985 and The Church at Stoke Canon, England (Reprinted from October 2004 "Compass," quarterly publication of The Boone Society, Inc.)
Church website:
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/stoke-canon-st-mary-magdalene/
"In 1301 church records note "that the Church was in possession of many vessels, crosses, vestments, and banners, but a complaint was made that there were no altar frontals. It was also noted that the figure of St. Mary Magdalene over the high altar was old and ill-shaped.""
The book says, "It is probable that the church of Stoke Canon was one of the Doomsday Churches of Devon, and long before the Norman Conquest, there may have been some small rural Oratory of cob, thatched with osiers, served by a priest from St. Peter's Monastery for the benefit of those who lived on the manor.
"When the Monastery at Exeter was made into Exeter Cathedral in 1050, the endowment of Stoke manor (Stocha) remained with it. The Doomsday Book, compiled in 1086 by order of William the Conqueror, records that Bishop Osbertn, Leofric's successor, has a Manor called ‘Stocha" which is recorded as being for the support of the Canons (of Exeter Cathedral).
"In 1148 Bishop Robert Chichester of Exeter assigned certain churches for the use of the Canons of the Cathedral, among which was included the Church of Stoke. It would appear from records that there was a dwelling house at Stoke for the Canons of the Exeter Cathedral when not in residence."
REF: "Stoke Canon, A Short History", printed in 1985 and The Church at Stoke Canon, England (Reprinted from October 2004 "Compass," quarterly publication of The Boone Society, Inc.)
Church website:
http://www.achurchnearyou.com/stoke-canon-st-mary-magdalene/
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- Added: 17 Mar 2013
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2488855
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