Church in Kent, England
Canterbury Cathedral
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Cathedral from the city entrance
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51°16′47″N
1°04′59″E
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51.2797°N 1.0831°E
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51.2797; 1.0831
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Location
| Canterbury
, Kent
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Country
| England
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Denomination
| Church of England
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Previous denomination
| Catholic Church
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Churchmanship
| Liberal Catholic
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Website
| Official website
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Status
| Cathedral
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Consecrated
| 1070
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Functional status
| Active
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Heritage designation
| Grade I listed
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Designated
| 3 December 1949
[1]
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Architectural type
| Cruciform basilica
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Style
| Romanesque
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Gothic
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Groundbreaking
| 1070
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Completed
| 1834 (last major alteration)
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Length
| 525 ft (160 m)
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Nave
length
| 178 ft (54 m)
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Choir length
| 180 ft (55 m)
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Width
| 154 ft (47 m)
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Nave
width
| 71 ft (22 m)
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Nave
height
| 80 ft (24 m)
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Choir height
| 71 ft (22 m)
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Number of
towers
| 5
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Tower height
| 236 ft (72 m) (crossing)
[2]
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Number of
spires
| 1 (now lost)
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Spire height
| 190 ft (58 m) (northwest tower, demolished 1705)
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Bells
| 14 (1981)
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Tenor bell weight
| 34-3-4 (1767 kg)
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Province
| Canterbury
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Diocese
| Canterbury
(since 1072)
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Archbishop
| Justin Welby
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Archbishop of Canterbury
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Bishop(s)
| Rose Hudson-Wilkin
,
Bishop of Dover
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Dean
| David Monteith
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Precentor
| Wendy Dalyrmple (from 5 November)
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Canon(s)
| Tim Naish (Librarian)
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Canon Missioner
| Emma Pennington
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Canon Treasurer
| Andrew Dodd
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Archdeacon
| Will Adam
(Canon Residentiary)
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Organist/Director of music
| David Newsholme
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Official name
| Canterbury Cathedral,
St Augustine's Abbey
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St Martin's Church
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Type
| Cultural
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Criteria
| i, ii, vi
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Designated
| 1988
(12th
session
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Reference no.
| 496
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Region
| Europe and North America
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Official name
| Christchurch Cathedral, the Cathedral Precincts
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Designated
| 13 December 1949
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Reference no.
| 1336823
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Canterbury Cathedral
, formally Christ Church Cathedral, Canterbury, is the
cathedral
of the
archbishop of Canterbury
, the leader of the
Church of England
and symbolic leader of the worldwide
Anglican Communion
. Located in
Canterbury
, Kent, it is one of the oldest
Christian
structures in England and forms part of a
World Heritage Site
. Its formal title is the
Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ, Canterbury
.
[3]
[a]
Founded in 597, the cathedral was completely rebuilt between 1070 and 1077. The east end was greatly enlarged at the beginning of the 12th century, and largely rebuilt in the Gothic style following a fire in 1174, with significant eastward extensions to accommodate the flow of pilgrims visiting the shrine of
Thomas Becket
, the archbishop who was murdered in the cathedral in 1170. The Norman nave and transepts survived until the late 14th century, when they were demolished to make way for the present structures.
Before the
English Reformation
, the cathedral was part of a
Benedictine
monastic community known as
Christ Church, Canterbury
, as well as being the seat of the archbishop.
History
[
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]
Roman
[
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]
Christianity in Britain is referred to by
Tertullian
as early as 208 AD
[4]
and Origen mentions it in 238 AD. In 314 three Bishops from Britain attended the
Council of Arles
.
[5]
Following the end of Roman life in Britain, during the first three decades of the fifth century,
[6]
and the subsequent arrival of the non-Christian
Anglo-Saxons
, Christian life in the east of the island was disrupted.
[7]
Textual sources however suggest that the Christian communities established in the Roman province survived in Western Britain during the fourth, fifth, and sixth centuries.
[8]
This Western British Christianity proceeded to develop on its own terms.
[9]
In 596,
Pope Gregory I
ordered that
Augustine of Canterbury
, previously the
abbot
of
St Andrew's Benedictine Abbey
in Rome, lead the
Gregorian Mission
to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.
[10]
According to the writings of the later monk
Bede
, these Augustinian missionaries gained permission from the Kentish king to restore several pre-existing churches.
[11]
Augustine then founded Canterbury cathedral in 597 and dedicated it to
Jesus Christ
, the
Holy Saviour
.
[12]
When other dioceses were founded in England Augustine was made archbishop.
Augustine also founded the
Abbey of St Peter and Paul
outside the
Canterbury city walls
. This was later rededicated to St Augustine himself and was for many centuries the burial place of the successive archbishops. The abbey is part of the
World Heritage Site
of Canterbury, along with the cathedral and the ancient
Church of St Martin
.
[13]
Early Medieval
[
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]
Bede
recorded that Augustine reused a former Roman church. The oldest remains found during excavations beneath the present nave in 1993 were, however, parts of the foundations of an Anglo-Saxon building, which had been constructed across a Roman road.
[14]
[15]
They indicate that the original church consisted of a nave, possibly with a
narthex
, and side-chapels to the north and south. A smaller subsidiary building was found to the south-west of these foundations.
[15]
During the 9th or 10th century this church was replaced by a larger structure (161 by 75 ft, 49 by 23 m) with a squared west end. It appears to have had a square central tower.
[15]
The 11th-century chronicler
Eadmer
, who had known the Saxon cathedral as a boy, wrote that, in its arrangement, it resembled St Peter's in Rome, indicating that it was of
basilican
form, with an eastern apse.
During the reforms of
Dunstan
, archbishop from 960 until his death in 988,
[17]
a Benedictine abbey named Christ Church Priory was added to the cathedral. But the formal establishment as a monastery seems to date only to
c.
997
and the community only became fully monastic from
Lanfranc
's time onwards (with monastic constitutions addressed by him to Prior Henry). Dunstan was buried on the south side of the high altar.
Anglo-Saxon King
Æthelred the Unready
and Norman-born
Emma of Normandy
were married at Canterbury Cathedral in the Spring of 1002, and Emma was consecrated "Queen
Ælfgifu
".
[18]
[19]
The cathedral was badly damaged during Danish raids on Canterbury in 1011. The archbishop,
Ælfheah
, was taken hostage by the raiders and eventually killed at Greenwich on 19 April 1012, the first of Canterbury's five martyred archbishops.
[b]
After this a western apse was added as an oratory of
Saint Mary
, probably during the archbishopric of
Lyfing
(1013?1020) or
Aethelnoth
(1020?1038).
The 1993 excavations revealed that the new western apse was polygonal, and flanked by hexagonal towers, forming a
westwork
. It housed the archbishop's throne, with the altar of St Mary just to the east. At about the same time that the westwork was built, the arcade walls were strengthened and towers added to the eastern corners of the church.
[15]
Norman
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The cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1067, a year after the Norman Conquest. Rebuilding began in 1070 under the first Norman archbishop,
Lanfranc
(1070?1077). He cleared the ruins and reconstructed the cathedral to a design based closely on that of the
Abbey of Saint-Etienne
in
Caen
, where he had previously been abbot, using stone brought from France.
The new church, its central axis about 5 m south of that of its predecessor,
[15]
was a cruciform building, with an aisled nave of nine bays, a pair of towers at the west end, aisleless transepts with apsidal chapels, a low crossing tower, and a short quire ending in three apses. It was dedicated in 1077.
Under Lanfranc's successor
Anselm
, who was twice exiled from England, the responsibility for the rebuilding or improvement of the cathedral's fabric was largely left in the hands of the
priors
.
Following the election of Prior
Ernulf
in 1096, Lanfranc's inadequate east end was demolished, and replaced with an eastern arm 198 feet long, doubling the length of the cathedral. It was raised above a large and elaborately decorated
crypt
. Ernulf was succeeded in 1107 by Conrad, who completed the work by 1126.
The new
quire
took the form of a complete church in itself, with its own transepts; the east end was semicircular in plan, with three chapels opening off an
ambulatory
.
A free-standing
campanile
was built on a mound in the cathedral precinct in about 1160.
[25]
As with many Gothic church buildings, the interior of the quire was richly embellished.
[26]
William of Malmesbury
wrote: "Nothing like it could be seen in England either for the light of its glass windows, the gleaming of its marble pavements, or the many-coloured paintings which led the eyes to the paneled ceiling above."
[26]
Though named after the 6th-century founding archbishop, the
Chair of St Augustine
, the ceremonial enthronement chair of the Archbishop of Canterbury, may date from the Norman period. Its first recorded use is in 1205.
Plantagenet period
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Martyrdom of Thomas Becket
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A pivotal moment in the history of the cathedral was the
murder
of the archbishop,
Thomas Becket
, in the north-west
transept
(also known as the Martyrdom) on Tuesday 29 December 1170, by knights of
King Henry II
. The king had frequent conflicts with the strong-willed Becket and is said to have exclaimed in frustration, "
Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?
" Four knights took it literally and murdered Becket in his own cathedral. After the Anglo-Saxon
Ælfheah
in 1012, Becket was the second Archbishop of Canterbury to be murdered.
The posthumous veneration of Becket transformed the cathedral into a place of pilgrimage, necessitating both expansion of the building and an increase in wealth, via revenues from pilgrims, in order to make expansion possible.
Rebuilding of the quire
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In September 1174 the quire was severely damaged by fire, necessitating a major reconstruction,
the progress of which was recorded in detail by a monk named
Gervase
.
The crypt survived the fire intact,
and it was found possible to retain the outer walls of the quire, which were increased in height by 12 feet (3.7 m) in the course of the rebuilding, but with the round-headed form of their windows left unchanged.
Everything else was replaced in the new Gothic style, with pointed arches, rib vaulting, and flying buttresses. The limestone used was imported from Caen in Normandy, and
Purbeck marble
was used for the shafting. The quire was back in use by 1180 and in that year the remains of Dunstan and Ælfheah were moved there from the crypt.
The master-mason appointed to rebuild the quire was a Frenchman,
William of Sens
. Following his injury in a fall from the scaffolding in 1179 he was replaced by one of his former assistants, known as
William the Englishman
.
Trinity Chapel and Shrine of Thomas Becket
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In 1180?1184, in place of the old, square-ended, eastern chapel, the present Trinity Chapel was constructed, a broad extension with an ambulatory, designed to house the shrine of St Thomas Becket.
A further chapel, circular in plan, was added beyond that, which housed further relics of Becket,
widely believed to have included the top of his skull, struck off in the course of his assassination. This latter chapel became known as the "Corona" or "Becket's Crown".
These new parts east of the quire transepts were raised on a higher crypt than Ernulf's quire, necessitating flights of steps between the two levels. Work on the chapel was completed in 1184,
but Becket's remains were not moved from his tomb in the crypt until 1220.
Further significant interments in the Trinity Chapel included those of Edward Plantagenet (The "
Black Prince
") and King
Henry IV
.
The shrine in the Trinity Chapel was placed directly above Becket's original tomb in the crypt. A marble plinth, raised on columns, supported what an early visitor,
Walter of Coventry
, described as "a coffin wonderfully wrought of gold and silver, and marvellously adorned with precious gems".
Other accounts make clear that the gold was laid over a wooden chest, which in turn contained an iron-bound box holding Becket's remains.
Further
votive treasures
were added to the adornments of the chest over the years, while others were placed on pedestals or beams nearby, or attached to hanging drapery.
For much of the time, the chest (or "
feretory
") was kept concealed by a wooden cover, which would be theatrically raised by ropes once a crowd of pilgrims had gathered.
The Dutch humanist
Desiderius Erasmus
, who visited in 1512?1514, recorded that, once the cover was raised, "the Prior ... pointed out each jewel, telling its name in French, its value, and the name of its donor; for the principal of them were offerings sent by sovereign princes."
The income from
pilgrims
(such as those portrayed in
Geoffrey Chaucer
's
Canterbury Tales
) who visited Becket's shrine, which was regarded as a place of healing, largely paid for the subsequent rebuilding of the cathedral and its associated buildings. This revenue included the profits from the sale of
pilgrim badges
depicting Becket, his martyrdom, or his shrine.
The shrine was removed in 1538. King Henry VIII allegedly summoned the dead saint to court to face charges of treason. Having failed to appear, he was found guilty in his absence and the treasures of his shrine were confiscated, carried away in two coffers and 26 carts.
Monastic buildings
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A bird's-eye view of the cathedral and its monastic buildings, made in about 1165
[40]
and known as the "waterworks plan" is preserved in the
Eadwine Psalter
in the library of
Trinity College, Cambridge
.
[41]
A detailed description of the plan can be found in the classic paper by
Willis
.
[39]
: 158?181
[42]
It shows that Canterbury employed the same general principles of arrangement common to all
Benedictine monasteries
, although, unusually, the
cloister
and monastic buildings were to the north, rather than the south of the church. There was a separate
chapter-house
[40]
which still exists, said to be "the largest of its kind in all of England". Stained glass here depicts the history of Canterbury.
[43]
The buildings formed separate groups around the church. Adjoining it, on the north side, stood the cloister and the buildings devoted to the monastic life. To the east and west of these were those devoted to the exercise of hospitality. Also to the east was the infirmary, with its own chapel. To the north, a large open court divided the monastic buildings from menial ones, such as the stables, granaries, barn, bakehouse, brewhouse, and laundries, inhabited by the lay servants of the establishment. At the greatest possible distance from the church, beyond the precinct of the monastery, was the
eleemosynary
department. The almonry for the relief of the poor, with a great hall annexed, formed the paupers' hospitium.
[40]
The group of buildings devoted to monastic life included two cloisters. The great cloister was surrounded by the buildings essentially connected with the daily life of the monks: the church to the south, with the refectory placed as always on the side opposite, the dormitory, raised on a vaulted
undercroft
, and the chapter-house adjacent, and the lodgings of the cellarer, responsible for providing both monks and guests with food, to the west. A passage under the dormitory led eastwards to the smaller or infirmary cloister, appropriated to sick and infirm monks.
[40]
The hall and chapel of the infirmary extended east of this cloister, resembling in form and arrangement the nave and chancel of an aisled church. Beneath the dormitory, overlooking the green court or herbarium, lay the "pisalis" or "calefactory", the
common room
of the monks. At its northeast corner access was given from the dormitory to the
necessarium
, a building in the form of a Norman hall, 145 feet (44 m) long by 25 feet (7.6 m) broad, containing 55 seats. It was constructed with careful regard to hygiene, with a stream of water running through it from end to end.
[40]
A second smaller dormitory for the conventual officers ran from east to west. Close to the refectory, but outside the cloisters, were the domestic offices connected with it: to the north, the kitchen, 47 feet (14 m) square, with a pyramidal roof, and the kitchen court; to the west, the butteries, pantries, etc. The infirmary had a small kitchen of its own. Opposite the refectory door in the cloister were two buildings where the monks washed before and after eating.
[40]
One of these is the circular two-storey
lavatorium
tower.
[39]
: 62?63
To the south of the infirmary cloister, close to the east end of the cathedral, is the treasury, with a distinctive octapartite vault.
[42]
: 56
The buildings devoted to hospitality were divided into three groups. The prior's group were "entered at the south-east angle of the green court, placed near the most sacred part of the cathedral, as befitting the distinguished ecclesiastics or nobility who were assigned to him." The cellarer's buildings, where middle-class visitors were entertained, stood near the west end of the nave. The inferior pilgrims and paupers were relegated to the north hall or almonry, just within the gate.
[40]
Priors of Christ Church Priory included
John of Sittingbourne
(elected 1222, previously a monk of the priory) and William Chillenden, (elected 1264, previously monk and treasurer of the priory).
[44]
The monastery was granted the right to elect their own prior if the seat was vacant by the pope, and ? from
Gregory IX
onwards ? the right to a free election (though with the archbishop overseeing their choice). Monks of the priory have included
Æthelric I
,
Æthelric II
,
Walter d'Eynsham
,
Reginald fitz Jocelin
(admitted as a confrater shortly before his death),
Nigel de Longchamps
and Ernulf. The monks often put forward candidates for Archbishop of Canterbury, either from among their number or outside, since the archbishop was nominally their abbot, but this could lead to clashes with the king or pope should they put forward a different man ? examples are the elections of
Baldwin of Forde
and
Thomas Cobham
.
14th and 15th centuries
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Early in the 14th century, Prior Eastry erected a stone quire screen and rebuilt the chapter house, and his successor, Prior Oxenden inserted a large five-light window into St Anselm's chapel.
The cathedral was seriously damaged by the
1382 Dover Straits earthquake
, losing its bells and campanile.
[47]
From the late 14th century the nave and transepts were rebuilt, on the Norman foundations in the Perpendicular style under the direction of the noted master mason
Henry Yevele
.
In contrast to the contemporary rebuilding of the nave at
Winchester
, where much of the existing fabric was retained and remodeled, the piers were entirely removed, and replaced with less bulky Gothic ones, and the old aisle walls were completely taken down except for a low "plinth" left on the south side.
[15]
More Norman fabric was retained in the transepts, especially in the east walls,
and the old apsidal chapels were not replaced until the mid-15th century.
The arches of the new nave arcade were exceptionally high in proportion to the
clerestory
.
The new transepts, aisles, and nave were roofed with
lierne vaults
, enriched with bosses. Most of the work was done during the priorate of
Thomas Chillenden
(1391?1411): Chillenden also built a new quire screen at the east end of the nave, into which Eastry's existing screen was incorporated.
The Norman stone floor of the nave, however, survived until its replacement in 1786.
[15]
From 1396 the cloisters were repaired and remodelled by Yevele's pupil Stephen Lote who added the lierne vaulting. It was during this period that the wagon-vaulting of the chapter house was created.
A shortage of money and the priority given to the rebuilding of the cloisters and chapterhouse meant that the rebuilding of the west towers was neglected. The south-west tower was not replaced until 1458, and the Norman north-west tower survived until 1834 when it was replaced by a replica of its Perpendicular companion.
In about 1430 the south transept apse was removed to make way for a chapel, founded by Lady Margaret Holland and dedicated to St Michael and All Angels. The north transept apse was replaced by a Lady Chapel, built-in 1448?1455.
The 235-foot (72 m) crossing tower was begun in 1433, although preparations had already been made during Chillenden's priorate when the piers had been reinforced. Further strengthening was found necessary around the beginning of the 16th century when buttressing arches were added under the southern and western tower arches. The tower is often known as the "Angel Steeple", after a gilded angel that once stood on one of its pinnacles.
The Modern period
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The Reformation, Dissolution and Puritanism
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The cathedral ceased to be an abbey during the
Dissolution of the Monasteries
when all religious houses were suppressed. Canterbury Cathedral, and the great monastery of Christ Church were surrendered to the Crown on 30 March 1539, after the occupants had made "an inventory of the good, chattels, plate, precious ornaments, lead, and money belonging to the monks" and "all that could be moved" was "handed over to the master of the jewel-house" of the Tower of London, after which "the Prior and monks were then ejected.
[50]
The Cathedral reverted to its previous status of 'a college of secular canons'. According to the cathedral's own website, it had been a Benedictine monastery since the 900s. The New Foundation came into being on 8 April 1541.
[51]
The shrine to St Thomas Becket was destroyed on the orders of Henry VIII and the relics lost.
In around 1576, the crypt of the cathedral was granted to the Huguenot congregation of Canterbury to be used as their
Church of the Crypt
.
In 1642?1643, during the
English Civil War
,
Puritan
iconoclasts led by
Edwin Sandys (Parliamentarian)
caused significant damage during their "cleansing" of the cathedral.
[52]
Included in that campaign was the destruction of the statue of Christ in the Christ Church Gate and the demolition of the wooden gates by a group led by
Richard Culmer
.
[53]
The statue would not be replaced until 1990 but the gates were restored in 1660 and a great deal of other repair work started at that time; that would continue until 1704.
[54]
[55]
Furnishings
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In 1688, the joiner Roger Davis, citizen of London, removed the 13th-century
misericords
and replaced them with two rows of his own work on each side of the quire. Some of Davis's misericords have a distinctly medieval flavour and he may have copied some of the original designs. When
Sir George Gilbert Scott
carried out renovations in the 19th century, he replaced the front row of Davis' misericords, with new ones of his own design, which seem to include many copies of those at
Gloucester Cathedral
,
Worcester Cathedral
and
New College, Oxford
.
Statues on the West Front
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Most of the statues that currently adorn the west front of the cathedral were installed in the 1860s when the South Porch was being renovated. At that time, the niches were vacant and the Dean of the cathedral thought that the appearance of the cathedral would be improved if they were filled. The Victorian sculptor Theodore Pfyffers was commissioned to create the statues and most of them were installed by the end of the 1860s. There are currently 53 statues representing various figures who have been influential in the life of the cathedral and the English church such as clergy, members of the royal family, saints, and theologians. Archbishops of Canterbury from
Augustine of Canterbury
and
Lanfranc
, to
Thomas Cranmer
and
William Laud
are represented. Kings and Queens from
Æthelberht
and
Bertha of Kent
, to
Victoria
and
Elizabeth II
are included.
[56]
18th century to the present
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The original towers of Christ Church Gate were removed in 1803 and were replaced in 1937. The statue of Christ was replaced in 1990 with a bronze sculpture of Christ by Klaus Ringwald.
[54]
The original Norman northwest tower, which had a lead spire until 1705,
was demolished in 1834 owing to structural concerns.
It was replaced with a Perpendicular-style twin of the southwest tower (designed by Thomas Mapilton), now known as the Arundel Tower, providing a more symmetrical appearance for the cathedral.
[58]
[55]
This was the last major structural alteration to the cathedral to be made.
In 1866, there were six residentiary canonries, of which one was annexed to the
Archdeaconry of Canterbury
and another to that
of Maidstone
.
[59]
In September 1872, a large portion of the Trinity Chapel roof was completely destroyed by fire. There was no significant damage to the stonework or interior and the damage was quickly repaired.
[60]
During the bombing raids of the
Second World War
its library was destroyed,
[61]
but the cathedral did not sustain extensive bomb damage; the local Fire Wardens doused any flames on the wooden roof.
[62]
In 1986, a new Martyrdom Altar was installed in the northwest transept, on the spot where Thomas Becket was slain, the first new altar in the cathedral for 448 years. Mounted on the wall above it, there is a metal sculpture by Truro sculptor Giles Blomfield depicting a cross flanked by two bloodstained swords which, together with the shadows they cast, represent the four knights who killed Becket. A stone plaque also commemorates
Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom
in 1982.
[63]
Antony Gormley
's sculpture
Transport
was unveiled in the crypt in 2011. It is made from iron nails from the roof of the south-east transept.
[64]
In 2015,
Sarah Mullally
and
Rachel Treweek
became the first women to be ordained as bishops in the cathedral, as
Bishop of Crediton
and
Bishop of Gloucester
respectively.
[65]
In 2022, it was announced that
David Monteith
, who is gay and in a
civil partnership
, would serve as Dean of the Cathedral.
[66]
[67]
His appointment was criticised by the
Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches
(GSFA) and the
Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans
(GAFCON), the Church of England defended the decision stating that Monteith lives chastely with his partner.
[68]
The cathedral is Regimental Church of the
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment
and a graduation venue for the
University of Kent
[69]
and
Canterbury Christ Church University
.
[70]
Conservation
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Much of the
stonework
at Canterbury Cathedral is damaged and crumbling, the roofs are leaking and much of the
stained glass
is badly corroded. The last quinquennial structural review
[71]
revealed that a combination of centuries of weathering, pollution and constant use had taken its toll on the ancient building and some serious problems were in need of urgent action.
The single biggest challenge is the roof. The cathedral is covered by a huge expanse of lead and whilst the majority of the wooden framework remains sound, much of the lead itself needs replacing. In addition, a large amount of concrete encasing the bottom of the roof beams needs to be removed and replaced with traditional wooden footers.
Conservation of the external masonry, particularly on the northern side of the building, is equally important. The cathedral is in part built of
Caen stone
. Detailed archaeological studies are undertaken to identify exactly which stones need to be replaced or repaired. In addition, specialist cleaning techniques are used to remove accumulated chemical deposits which are very damaging to the building. As regards the interior, priorities include decoration of the vaults of the
Trinity Chapel
, conservation work in several other chapels, and major improvements to the Treasury building, which contains, amongst other things, the choir practice rooms.
The earliest coloured glass windows in the cathedral date from the late 12th century, whilst others are as new as the four
Ervin Bossanyi
windows in the south-east transept (1957). Many have already been conserved and protected by the team of stained glass conservators led by Leonie Seliger. However, much conservation work remains to be done, notably on the
Oculus
window in the south-east transept ? a late 12th-century round window.
[72]
During the autumn of 2008, a major restoration of the lead roof over the transept was completed at a cost of approximately £500,000.
[73]
In 2018, the lead roof of the nave was replaced.
[74]
The extensive restoration of the cathedral that was underway in mid-2018 was part of a 2016?2021 schedule that also includes improved landscaping and accessibility, new visitor facilities and a general external restoration.
[75]
The so-called Canterbury Journey project
[76]
was expected to cost nearly £25 million; the funding included a £13.8 million Heritage Lottery grant, £10.9 million from the Canterbury Cathedral Trust and £250,000 from the Friends of the Cathedral.
[74]
Historic designations
[
edit
]
The cathedral and its precincts comprise a large number of
listed buildings
. The majority are listed at Grade I, the highest grade, with a much smaller number listed at Grade II*.
Grade I
[
edit
]
The cathedral itself is listed at Grade I.
[1]
Other Grade I listed buildings include: the Chapter House,
[77]
the main gate into the cathedral precincts,
[78]
the cloister,
[79]
a passageway known as the Dark Entry,
[80]
the Lavatory Tower,
[81]
the Library,
[82]
Meister Omers, at No.16 The Precincts, originally a guest house for visitors,
[83]
the Norman Staircase,
[84]
the
Prior Sellinge Gate,
[85]
the
Prior's Chapel,
[86]
the remains of the Cellarer's Hall in the Archbishop's Palace Garden,
[87]
the Archbishop's Palace itself,
[88]
the Archdeacon of Canterbury's House,
[89]
the Cathedral Appeal Fund Office & the Deanery,
[90]
the Wolfson Library,
[91]
and Nos. 22-26 and 27 and 28 The Precincts.
[92]
[93]
Grade II*
[
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]
Buildings listed at Grade II* include; No.17 Cathedral Precincts,
[94]
the Pilgrims Entry or Pentise attached to Number 29, Cathedral Precincts
[95]
and the County of Kent War Memorial Cross.
[96]
Scheduled monuments
[
edit
]
Christchurch Priory and the Archbishop's Palace,
[97]
and the Norman Staircase, the Cellarer's Hall, and the Pilgrim's Entry are also designated
scheduled monuments
, the latter three under a composite listing, Monuments in the precinct of Canterbury Cathedral.
[98]
Foundation
[
edit
]
The Foundation is the authorised staffing establishment of the cathedral, few of whom are clergy. The head of the cathedral is the
Dean
, currently
David Monteith
, who is assisted by a chapter of 30
canons
, four of whom are residentiary, the others being honorary appointments of senior clergy in the
diocese
. There are also a number of lay canons who all together form the greater chapter which has the legal responsibility both for the cathedral itself and also for the formal election of an archbishop when there is a vacancy-in-see. By English law and custom, they may only elect the person who has been nominated by the
monarch
on the advice of the
prime minister
. The Foundation also includes the choristers, lay clerks, organists,
King's Scholars
, the
Six Preachers
and a range of other officers; some of these posts are moribund, such as that of the cathedral barber. The cathedral has a workforce of over 300 (many of whom work part-time), and approximately 800 volunteers.
Dean and Chapter
[
edit
]
As of 1 August 2022:
[99]
The Cathedral uses "Vice Dean" not of one particular appointee, but to refer to the
Canon in Residence
for each month.
[103]
Minor canons:
- Precentor ? Wendy Dalrymple (since 2023)
Finance
[
edit
]
Canterbury Cathedral receives no government or state funding and only occasional grants from
English Heritage
. It is not funded by the Church of England. The
Church Commissioners
pay the salary of the
dean
and two of the residentiary
canons
only. The cathedral is therefore largely self-funded.
It costs around £20,000 per day to maintain the cathedral. (2023)
[104]
In order to meet these costs the cathedral has to rely on income from entry fees paid by visitors and a number of commercial operations such as property rental, the Cathedral Shop, as well as the Cathedral Lodge Hotel and Conference Centre.
[105]
Appeal
[
edit
]
The "Save Canterbury Cathedral" appeal was launched in October 2006 to protect and enhance the cathedral's future as a centre of worship,
heritage
and culture. The aim was to raise £50 million; by the end of 2010 the appeal had raised £11.5 million,
[72]
and as at May 2014 over £20 million had been raised.
[71]
The core part of the fundraising programme is focused on the cathedral's fabric. The major
conservation-restoration
projects already identified will cost £30 million. Fabric conservation is the most urgent element of the campaign. The appeal ? the third of its kind following major fundraising drives at Canterbury in the 1950s and 1970s ? was launched to fund these projects.
Fundraising
for the appeal will take place over a number of years both nationally and internationally, stressing the cathedral's role as the
mother church
of the worldwide
Anglican Communion
and as a
World Heritage Site
. An integrated conservation programme that addresses the priority areas has been drawn up by the cathedral's Surveyor to the Fabric, John Burton.
Major repair and conservation projects to be funded by the appeal include roofs of the nave,
aisles
, and North West and South East
Transepts
; stone carvings,
pinnacles
and stone facings of the central Bell Harry Tower; work on the North side of the Corona Chapel;
[72]
conservation of the Christ Church Gate entry to the Precincts; conservation of stained glass and surrounding stonework throughout the cathedral; and preservation of the collection of historic books and
manuscripts
.
In addition, there are plans to refurbish the cathedral
pipe organ
and renovations to the Choir House have already been completed, providing better facilities for choristers. Improvements are planned to the fabric of the library buildings and to the cathedral's audio-visual and lighting systems which will significantly benefit visitors including the disabled, visually impaired and hard of hearing. The appeal also aims to develop the outmoded workshop area and
stained glass
studio, in order to ensure the survival of Canterbury as a
centre of excellence
for vital craft skills and to promote a sustainable maintenance base for work on the cathedral which can be viewed by the public.
The fundraising group is the Canterbury Cathedral Trust, an independent, registered charity (1112590) seeking funds to provide conservation, craftsmanship, music and education. Since mid-2017, the Chief Executive has been Sarah Frankland. The Trust was able to obtain the £24.7m needed for The Canterbury Journey multi-year restoration programme which was planned for completion in 2021. In 2016?17 the Trust received £3.66m in donations and an additional £1.61m had been pledged for future projects. The next plan was to raise funds to restore and improve the Quire organ by 2020. In 2017, the cathedral was planning to have the new Welcome Centre open in 2019, with exhibition spaces and viewing gallery.
[106]
Police service
[
edit
]
The cathedral has its own police service, known as the
Canterbury Cathedral Close Constables
. They are attested Constables, with powers of arrest, who police and protect the Cathedral and Close. They also work with
Kent Police
.
Music
[
edit
]
Polyphonic music
written for the monks of Christ Church Priory, now Canterbury Cathedral, survives from the 13th century. The cathedral may have had an
organ
as early as the 12th century,
[107]
though the names of organists are only recorded from the early 15th century.
[108]
One of the earliest named composers associated with Canterbury Cathedral was
Leonel Power
, who was appointed master of the new Lady Chapel choir formed in 1438.
The Reformation brought a period of decline in the cathedral's music which was revived under Dean
Thomas Neville
in the early 17th century. Neville introduced instrumentalists into the cathedral's music who played
cornett
and
sackbut
, probably members of the city's band of waits. The cathedral acquired sets of
recorders
,
lutes
and
viols
for the use of the choir boys and lay-clerks.
[107]
Organ
[
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]
The organ at Canterbury is of four manuals and is in both south and the north quire aisles, as well as a nave division. It was built in 1886 by
Henry Willis
and subsequently rebuilt by the same firm in the mid-20th century. It was rebuilt by N. P. Mander in 1978 and reduced to three manuals at about that time. David Flood, Organist and Master of the Choristers for over 40 years, oversaw the redesign, specification and total expansion and rebuilding project of the Cathedral Organ in 2018?2020
[109]
The organ has now been fully restored and greatly enlarged, including reinstating the fourth manual, by Harrison and Harrison with work finishing in February 2020.
[110]
Organists
[
edit
]
Organists and assistant organists at Canterbury Cathedral have included composers
William Shelbye
,
Clement Charlton Palmer
,
Gerald Hocken Knight
and
Philip Moore
and musical directors
Allan Wicks
and
Stephen Darlington
. Following 42 years as both Assistant Organist and Organist and Master of the Choristers,
David Flood
retired on 29 December 2020.
[111]
Following 10 years as Assistant Organist and latterly Director of the Girls' Choir and a period as Acting Director of Music, David Newsholme was appointed Director of Music in July 2021.
[112]
The Assistant Organist is Jamie Rogers and he was appointed in December 2021.
[113]
Choirs
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]
There has been a choral tradition at Canterbury Cathedral for 1400 years. The cathedral choir consists of up to 25 boy choristers and 12 lay clerks and choral scholars. The boys are aged eight to thirteen. They receive scholarships and attend
St Edmund's School
, Canterbury.
[114]
There are seven choral services a week with Choral Evensong at 5:30 pm Monday through Friday, with the boys alone on Thursday and men on Wednesday. On Saturday and Sunday, there is evensong at 3:15 pm or 5:30pm and Eucharist on Sunday at 11 am. There are numerous extra services, especially at Christmas, Easter, and Pentecost.
The Girls' Choir of Canterbury Cathedral was founded in 2014 and their first performance at Evensong, in January, was attended by more than 600 people and widely covered by the international press.
[115]
[116]
They gave their first concert in December of that year.
[117]
They now share their duties equally with the boys of the choir and sometimes work together. The girls are aged 12 to 18. They attend local schools in Canterbury and some further afield.
[118]
In February 2023 it was announced that the entire framework for the child choristers at Canterbury Cathedral would be changing and that they would no longer board or attend St Edmund's School, causing local and international comment.
[119]
The Equality and Inclusion Plan set up by the new Dean was at the heart of this.
[120]
Bells
[
edit
]
The cathedral has a total of 21 bells in three of its five towers:
The South West Tower (Oxford Tower) contains the cathedral's main
ring of bells
, hung for
change ringing
in the English style. There are fourteen bells ? a ring of twelve with two semitones, which allow for ringing on ten, eight or six bells while still remaining in tune. All of the bells were cast in 1981 by the
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
from seven bells of the old peal of twelve with new metal added and rehung in a new frame. The length (draught) of the ropes was increased by lowering the floor of the ringing chamber to the level of the south aisle vault at the same time, also allowing for the new bells to be set lower in the belfry than the old, with the intention of reducing stress on the Medieval structure. The heaviest bell (tenor) of this ring weighs 34 long cwt 3 qr 4 lb (3,896 lb or 1,767 kg).
[121]
The ringers practise on Thursday at 7:15 pm.
The North West Tower (Arundel Tower) contains the cathedral's clock chime. The five-quarter chimes were taken from the old peal of twelve in the Oxford Tower (where the clock was originally), and hung from beams in the Arundel Tower. The chimes are struck on the eighth Gregorian tone, which is also used at
Merton College, Oxford
. The hour is struck on Great Dunstan, the largest bell in Kent at 62 long cwt 2 qr 9 lb (7,009 lb or 3,179 kg),
[122]
which is also swung on Sunday mornings for
Matins
.
In 1316 Prior Henry of Eastry gave a large bell dedicated to Saint Thomas, which weighed
71
+
1
⁄
2
cwt (3,630 kg). Later, in 1343, Prior Hathbrand gave bells dedicated to Jesus and St Dunstan. At this time the bells in campanile were rehung and their names recorded as "Jesus", "Dunstan", "Mary", "Crundale", "Elphy" (Ælfheah) and "Thomas". In the
1382 Dover Straits earthquake
the campanile fell, destroying the first three named bells. Following its reconstruction, the other three bells were rehung, together with two others, of whose casting no record remains.
The oldest bell in the cathedral is Bell Harry (approximately 8 long cwt (900 lb or 400 kg)
[123]
), which hangs in a cage on the top of the central tower to which the bell lends its name. This bell was cast by
Joseph Hatch
in 1635, and is struck at 8 am and 9 pm every day to announce the opening and closing of the cathedral, and also occasionally for services as a Sanctus bell.
[124]
The cathedral also has custody of the bell of
HMS
Canterbury
, a World War I-era
light cruiser
, hung near the
Buffs Chapel
in the southwest transept.
Library
[
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]
The cathedral library has a collection of about 30,000 books and pamphlets printed before the 20th century and about 20,000 later books and serials. Many of the earlier books were acquired as part of donated collections. It is rich in church history, older theology, British history (including local history), travel, science and medicine, and the
anti-slavery movement
. The library's holdings are included in the online catalogue of the library of the
University of Kent
.
[125]
In July 2018, the cathedral purchased at auction a medieval Trussel Bible for £100,000. This Bible, subsequently renamed the "Lyghfield Bible", after the monk William Lighfyld, had previously been at Canterbury, and had been removed following the
Dissolution of the Monasteries
.
[126]
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- Butler, John (2011),
The Red Dean of Canterbury: the Public and Private Faces of Hewlett Johnson
, Scala Publishing,
ISBN
1857597362
- Best, Nicholas (2019),
Bell Harry
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The Architecture of Canterbury Cathedral
, Scala Arts and Heritage Publishers,
ISBN
978-1857597011
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Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel
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ISBN
1400069076
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Canterbury Cathedral
, Scala Arts and Heritage Publishers,
ISBN
978-1857590272
- Michael, M. A. (2004),
The Stained Glass of Canterbury Cathedral
, Scala Arts and Heritage Publishers,
ISBN
978-1857593655
- Newman, John (2013),
Pevsner's Buildings of England, Kent: North and North East
, New Haven: Yale University Press,
ISBN
978-0300185065
- Rudolph, Conrad, "The Parabolic Discourse Window and the Canterbury Roll: Social Change and the Assertion of Elite Status at Canterbury Cathedral",
Oxford Art Journal
38 (2015) 1?19
- Sparks, Margaret (2007),
Canterbury Cathedral Precincts: an historical survey
, Canterbury: Dean & Chapter of Canterbury,
ISBN
978-0950139203
- Sparks, Margaret & Brayshaw, Karen (2011)
The Library of Canterbury Cathedral
. Canterbury: Friends of Canterbury Cathedral,
ISBN
978-0-906211-63-2
- Weaver, Jeffrey (2013)
The Ancestors of Christ Windows at Canterbury Cathedral
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978-1-60606-146-6
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The Cathedral Church of Canterbury: A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Archiepiscopal See
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A graphical illustration of the metropolitan cathedral church of Canterbury: accompanied by a history and description ... of that venerable fabric ... Also comprising biographical sketches of the lives of the archbishops, and deans of Canterbury; and historical notices of the celebrated Convent of Christchurch ...
T. Cadell and W. Davies.
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