Monument record SUY 032 - Church of St Gregory (Med)
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 8706 4148 (100m by 113m) Centred on |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL84SE |
| Civil Parish | SUDBURY, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
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?Listed in Domesday Book. St Gregorys Church. Mother church of Sudbury. Present building probably third (?) church on site, see Sax for first, certainly a church of St Gregory existed in 1206 when it was given by Amicia Countess of Clare to the Prioress of Eaton. This was purchased by Simon de Sudbury off the Nuns of Eaton in the C14. He `raised the roof of the nave, and built the clorestory'. ?Collegiate church - adjoins college (SUY 004) founded by Simon de Sudbury in 1375. For details see (S1)(S2)(S3)(S4)(R1).
In St Gregory's churchyard there was an ancient hermitage, which in 1433 was inhabited by John Levnyton and Richard Appleby. A field near the Long Croft was known formerly as 'The Hermitage'. (S4)
Sources/Archives (6)
- <S1> SSF50040 Bibliographic reference: Barker, H. R.. 1907. West Suffolk Illustrated. 339-340.
- <R1> SSF50042 Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. PSIA, 6 (3), XXV-XXVI & XLVIII.
- <S2> SSF16083 Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. Pevsner N & Radcliffe E, The Buildings of England: Suffolk, 1974 (ed), 452.
- <S3> SSF3293 Bibliographic reference: Cautley H M. 1975. Suffolk Churches. 354.
- <S4> SSF7585 (No record type): Hodson W W, `St Gregory's Church and College Sudbury', PSIA, 7 (3), 1891, 363-5, ill.
- <S5> SSF59794 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record Of the Historic Environment.
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Record last edited
Mar 5 2021 12:28PM