St Benet's, Paul's Wharf

The church of St Benet Paul 's Wharf is the Welsh church of the City of London. Since 1555 she is the church of the College of Arms, Heralds and many are buried there.

History

The first church on this site since the year 1111, dedicated to Benedict of Nursia, saved in a document. Paul's Wharf was excavated archaeologically recently, and the finds are evidence of Roman life in London. A little to the west stood the water investors of Baynard 's Castle, which is mentioned several times in the church records and played some of the sad story of the two Queens Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey. In the great fire of London, September 1666, the church was destroyed.

The present church was built by Sir Christopher Wren by its builder Thomas Starke 1677-1683. It is a particularly valuable example of Wren's work, because she is one of only four churches in London, which suffered no damage during the Second World War, and is therefore planned by Wren original condition received. It resembles a Dutch country church and is built of red and blue brick with carved stone garlands over the windows. A hipped roof covers the nave. The tower contains the base of the old tower to a height of about twelve feet, encased in brick and stone. The tower is topped by a weather vane located above the domed roof and measures a total height of 35 meters.

Church of the College of Arms

St Benet is since 1555 the church of the College of Arms, as King Philip and Queen Mary I, Derby House ( It stood on the northeast corner of the cemetery) the Collegium intended for official residence. Since that time the members had their own seats in the church. The funerals of at least 25 Officer of Arms (Coat of Arms Heralds ), beginning with Sir Gilbert Dethick in 1584 and a large number of staff persons are to read from the registers. There are several memorials in the church, including the particularly striking commemorative plaque for John Charles Brooke Somerset Herald. In this church took place on 2 March 1984, the fifth centenary of its foundation as a college with all crest kings, heralds and other members of the College of Arms, together with the Earl Marshal of England, Duke of Norfolk and the Earl of Arundel and Surrey instead.

In 1652, the king's architect Inigo Jones was buried next to his father and his mother in St. Benet. A copy of the inscription of the original monument, which burned in the great fire, hangs over the original grave vault.

The church was the parish church of the lawyers of lying near the building complex, as now the Inn of Court and particularly well known for its fast weddings. So in 1300 marriages were contracted in the 18th century, for example in a year. They were also experts in civil law and practiced in ecclesiastical courts, the High Court of Admiralty and the High Court of Chivalry. The lawyers had their places on the north gallery of the church, paid per household for five pounds a year and took over the payment of the pastor. The building of the attorneys were demolished in 1867 and spread to other areas of the legal profession. Only the High Court of Chivalry remained in the College of Arms.

The emptying of the City of London in the 19th century has left traces of St. Benet. 1879, the church was to be demolished, and only by the personal advocacy of Queen Victoria that could be prevented. She was rescued by a merger with the St. Nicholas Cole Abbey on the same road, was preserved as a parish church and was determined to London Church of the Welsh Church with the Welsh language as a liturgical language.

The church was registered as a listed building in the list of the Images of England on 4 January 1950. The church in 1971 was badly damaged by arson in the interior, but this fortunately remained limited mainly to the northeast corner. The entire interior was, however, affected by the intense heat. In the ensuing restoration was the remarkable organ by JC Bishop from 1833 to be located in their original location on the west gallery again. The church was reopened in May 1973.

In 2008, the church was closed for a few months, but could be reopened in time for the Christmas service of the same year. Welsh services are held weekly on Sundays at 11:00 clock and 15:30 clock instead. The church can be visited on Thursdays each von 11.00 bis 15.00 clock.

Coat of arms above the entrance

Coats of arms in the hall

Interior

The interior of the church is square and has a large gallery. The reredos, altar and the pulpit are of Grinling Gibbons from the year in 1683. The altar gates, the rich marble floors and carved wooden ceiling are all a part of the original equipment. The magnificent carved main door is unique through the console installed at Stuart coat of arms of Charles II. Bestühlung The is a donation from Sir Leoline Jenkins, Judge of the High Court of Admiralty, a later Secretary of State Charles II The King himself had a private box above the Stuartwappen where he will be seen without, could participate in the service.

The organ was built in 1973 by the organ builders Hill, Norman & Beard, reusing pipe material of the previous instrument, which in 1898 by the organ builder JC Bishop had been built. The instrument has 14 stops on two manuals and pedal. The tracker action are mechanical.

College of Arms Memorial

Heraldry

In the church banner and coat of arms of the reigning thirteen members of the College of Arms associated with the banner of the Duke of Norfolk as their head and statements. A carved and painted coat of arms of the College is located on the east wall of the 17th century, during the so-called Garter Board is on the north wall, with the arms of the Garter Principal King of Arms since the founding of the College in the year 1398. Moreover, buried many members of the College in the church, and still acts the heralds held here.

Literatische mention

In Shakespeare's The Twelfth Night, or What You Will from 1602 states:

Act V, Scene 1

"Clown Primo, secundo, tertio, is a good play; and the old saying is, the third pays for all: the triplex, sir, is a good tripping measure; or the bells of Saint Bennet, sir, june put you in mind; one, two, three. "

The Hans -Wurst request from the Duke Orsino to the two coins he got a third added, and reminds him of the three-tone ringing of the church.

Tombs of coats of arms heralds

Hon Sir George Rothe Bellew, Garter Principal King of Arms, ( born December 13, 1899 † 1993)
Sir Ralph Bigland, Garter Principal King of Arms, ( born January 29, 1712 † March 27, 1784 )
Sir Anthony Richard Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms, ( born September 6, 1908 † 5 May 1995)
Sir Gilbert Dethick, Garter Principal King of Arms, ( c.1510, † October 3, 1584 )
Sir Henry St George, Garter Principal King of Arms (1645 )
John Riddell Bromhead Walker, Clarenceux King of Arms, ( born June 21, 1913 † September 9, 1984 )
George Drewry Squibb, Norfolk Herald of Arms Extraordinary, (* December 1, 1906, † January 3, 1994 )
Rodney Onslow Dennys, Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary, (* 1911, † August 13, 1993 )
Major Francis Jones, Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary, ( born July 5, 1908 † 14 December 1993),
John Philipot, Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary, (* 1588, † November 22, 1645 )
John Charles Brooke, Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary, (27 August 1748 † February 3, 1794 )

Church in Wales Herald (disambiguation)

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