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A church which is endowed for a chapter of canons and/or prebendaries but is not a cathedral.
| The following were the most important collegiate churches of pre-Reformation England. To each is appended the date of its foundation and the character of the personnel.The list does not include Saxon foundations that were converted into monastic establishments in the centuries following the Norman Conquest. | |
Arundel, Sussex. 1375. Chantry priests
Ashford, Kent. 1461. Chantry priests.
Attelborough, Norfolk. 1405. Chantry priests
Auckland S. Andrew, Durham. 1292. Deans and Canons.
Babbelak, Coventry, Warwicks. 1344. Chantry priests.
Battlefield, Salop. 1406. Chantry priests.
Beverley, Yorks. Pre-Conquest. Canons.
Bosham, Sussex. 1120. Canons.
Bridgnorth, Salop. 1101. Deans and canons.
Bromyard, Hereford. Pre-Conquest. Portioners.
Bunbury, Cheshire. 1386. Chantry Priests.
Cambridge, King's College. 1441. Academic.
Chester-le-Street, Durham. 1286. Canons.
Chester S. John's, Cheshire. Pre-Conquest. Deans and canons.
Cotterstock, Northants. 1339. Chantry priests.
Crediton, Devon. Pre-Conquest. Canons.
Darlington, Durham. c. 1165. Portioners
Derby, All Saints. Pre-Conquest. Deans and Canons.
Eton, S. Mary, Bucks. 1440. Academic.
Fotheringhay, Northants. 1410. Chantry priests.
Glasney, Cornwall, 1270. Canons.
Greystoke, Cumberland. 1358. Chantry priests.
Hemingborough, Yorks. 1426. Chantry priests.
Howden, Yorks. 1267. Canons.
Irthlingborough, Northants. 1388. Chantry priests.
Lanchester, Durham. 1284. Chantry priests.
Leicester, S. Mary-in-the-Newarke. 1356. Deans and canons.
Lingfield, Surrey. 1431. Chantry priests.
London, S. Martin-le-Grand. 1056. Deans and canons.
Lowthorpe, Yorks. 1333. Chantry priests.
Maidstone, Kent. All Saints, 1395. Chantry priests.
Manchester, S. Mary. 1421. Chantry priests.
Mettingham, Suffolk. 1394. Chantry priests.
Middleham, Yorks.1478. Chantry priests.
Newport, Salop. 1442. Chantry priests.
Norton-on-Tees, Durham. 1083. Canons.
Norwich, S. Mary-in-the-Fields. 1280. Deans and canons.
Ottery S. Mary, Devon. 1337. Canons.
Oxford, All Souls College. 1438. Chantry priests.
Oxford, New College, 1379. Academic.
Ripon, Yorks. Pre-Conquest. Canons.
Rushford, Norfolk. 1342. Chantry priests.
S. Buryan, Cornwall. 1238. Deans and canons.
Shrewsbury, Salop. S. Chad. Pre-Conquest. Deans and canons.
S. Mary. Pre-Conquest. Deans and canons
Sibthorpe, Notts. 1335. Chantry priests.
South Malling, Sussex. 1150. Deans and canons.
Southwell, Notts. Pre-Conquest. Canons.
Spilsby, Lincs. 1347. Canons.
Stafford, S. Mary. Pre-Conquest. Canons.
Stoke-by-Clare, Suffolk. 1415. Chantry priests.
Stratford-on-Avon, Warwicks. 1415. Chantry priests.
Tattershall, Lincs. 1439. Chantry priests.
Thornton, Lincs. 1540. Deans and canons
Tiverton, Devon. c. 1290. Portioners.
Tong, Salop. 1410. Chantry priests.
Warwick, S. Mary. 1123. Deans and canons.
Westbury-on-Trym, Glous. 1190. Deans and canons.
Westminster, S. Stephen's. 1348. Deans and canons.
Wimborne, Dorset.Pre-Conquest. Deans and canons.
Winchester, Hants. S. Mary. 1382. Academic.
Windsor, S. George's. 1348. Deans and canons.
Wingham, Kent. 1287. Canons.
Wolverhampton, Staffs. Pre-Conquest. Deans and canons.
United with S. George's, Windsor in 1477.
Wye, Kent. 1432. Chantry priests. | |
Extracted from English Collegiate Churches
© G.H. COOK
First published by Phoenix House Ltd. London. 1959.
Reproduced with permission.
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Collegiate Church of St Peter in Westminster . Westminster Abbey
The Queen's Free Chapel of St. George within Her Castle at Windsor
Cambridge. St. Mary the Great with St Michael
Cambridge. King's College
Cambridge. Jesus College
Cambridge. St. John's.
Beverley Minster
St Endellion Church, Cornwall.
St. James' Church Grimsby.
Hexham Abbey
Collegiate Church of the Holy Cross, Crediton, Devon Choir Website
Leeds Parish Church
Northampton. All Saints.
Nottingham. St Mary's
Oxford. Magdalen College.
Oxford. New College.
Ruthin. Collegiate Church of St Peter's
Stafford. Collegiate Church of St Mary
Swansea. Collegiate and Parish Church of St. Mary
Tewkesbury Abbey.
Warwick. Collegiate Church of St. Mary.
Wolverhampton. St Peter's Collegiate Church (Music Link)
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