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THE MEDIEVAL SACRISTY OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2020

Matthew Payne  and
Richard Foster
Matthew Payne
Affiliation:
Keeper of the Muniments, Westminster Abbey, 20 Dean’s Yard, LondonSW1P 3PA, UK. Email: Matthew.Payne@westminster-abbey.org
Richard Foster
Affiliation:
48 St Margaret’s Road, TwickenhamTW1 2LP, UK. Email: dickfoster@talktalk.net
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Abstract

This paper draws upon documentary, visual and archaeological evidence to chart the development of the sacristy of Westminster Abbey from its construction as one of the earliest parts of the abbey’s thirteenth-century rebuilding to its demolition in the mid-eighteenth century − a story that reflects wider changes of religious and political history.

Keywords

ecclesiastical studieschurch architectureprebendaryHenry iii of Englandchurch buildings
Type
Research paper
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 100 , September 2020 , pp. 240 - 273
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© The Society of Antiquaries of London, 2020

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