Monument record MLI89574 - Site of St Andrew's church and churchyard, Wigford

Summary

Site of St Andrew's church and churchyard, Wigford

Type and Period (4)

  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 1050 AD? to 1555 AD?)
  • (Early Medieval/Dark Age to Post Medieval - 1050 AD? to 1555 AD?)
  • (Medieval - 1375 AD? to 1425 AD?)
  • (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1414 AD to 1555 AD?)

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Full Description

PRN 70535 This church is situated within the Upper Wigford suburb, therefore is likely to have been a relatively early foundation. It is also said to be one of the Precentor's churches. It was patronised by the Sutton family of merchants who founded a chantry there in c. 1414. The church also contained a chapel to St Anne, and a recluse called Isabella was resident in the church at the end of the 14th century. The associated parish had less than 10 inhabitants by 1428 but it nevertheless continued to receive patronage from wealthy citizens and appears to have been more of a conglomeration of private chapels rather than a standard parish church by the time of the Reformation. An appeal was made against the demolition of the church in 1551 by the Suttons on the grounds that it was founded and maintained as a private chapel not a parish church. However, this appeal was overturned and the church was demolished and its assets sold off like most others in Lincoln at this time, although it was offered for sale to the Suttons first in 1552 which they appear to have declined. {1}{2}{4} A complete inventory of the church and its fittings was made in 1551 prior to its sale and destruction. In total it was valued at £82 16s 9d, although it was offered for sale to the Suttons a year later for only £53. {4}{5} It is first mentioned in documentary sources c. 1265. {3}

Sources/Archives (7)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: HILL, J.W.F.. 1948. Medieval Lincoln. p 165-66.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Jones, Michael, J; Stocker, D.; and Vince, A.. 2003. The City by the Pool including LARA. RAZ 9.60.19, 10.60.19.
  •  Bibliographic Reference: Kenneth Cameron. 1984. The Place-Names of Lincolnshire, Part 1. 1. p 117.
  •  Article in Serial: Edmund Venables. 1888. 'A list and brief description of the churches of Lincoln previous to the period of the Reformation' in Associated Architectural and Archaeological Societies’ Reports and Papers. p 332, no. 7; appendix B.
  •  Article in Serial: Stocker, D.A.. 1990. ‘The archaeology of the Reformation in Lincoln’ in Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. Vol 25, p 21 (table 1).
  •  Index: Ordnance Survey. OS card index for Lincoln. LINCOLN. SK 97 SE; 49.
  •  Index: SMR file cards for Lincoln. LINCOLN. SK 97 SE; EA.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SK 97277 70478 (40m by 40m)
Civil Parish BOULTHAM, LINCOLN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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