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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 64 SW 4
Type of record:Monument
Name:Site of the Chantry Chapel of St Mary, Church of St. Peter, Pembury

Summary

The Chapel of St. Mary was founded as a Chantry in the 14th cent but was subsequently demolished during the suppression of the chantries under the reigns of Henry VII and Edward VI. Whilst no remains are now thought to exist documentary evidence from a will suggests that it was located on the south side of the chancel in the present graveyard.

Grid Reference:TQ 6260 4296
Map Sheet:TQ64SW
Parish:PEMBURY, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT

Monument Types

  • CHANTRY CHAPEL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1300 AD? to 1547 AD? (between))
  • CHAPEL (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1300 AD? to 1547 AD? (between))

Full description

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[Area: TQ 62604298] The Chapel of St. Mary was a separate and distinct building in the churchyard at Pembury. It was founded as a chantry by John Culpepper. temp. Edward III. The structure was thirty feet long and eighteen feet wide and roofed with lead. It was pulled down at the general suppression of chantries and no remains now exist. (1) [Sim. information] (2) [TQ 62614296] [Add. ref. to Auth 2] A reference to the chantry in a will of 1535 seems to fix the site on the south side of the chancel.Siting approximate. (3) No traces of the chapel now to be seen. The ground to the south of the chancel is covered with gravestones and gravecovers some of 18th century date. (4)The Chapel of St. Mary was founded as a Chantry in the 14th cent but was subsequently demolished during the suppression of the chantries under the reigns of Henry VII and Edward VI. Whilst no remains are now thought to exist documentary evidence from a will suggests that it was located on the south side of the chancel in the present graveyard.


<1> Bygone Kent 1892 74 (Stead) (OS Card Reference). SKE38442.

<2> Hist of Kent 5 1798 271 (Hasted) (OS Card Reference). SKE43991.

<3> Arch Cant 28 1909 327 ff (W Townsend Storrs) (OS Card Reference). SKE34926.

<4> F1 ASP 16-JAN-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE42134.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 64 SW 4 - January, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3269.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: Bygone Kent 1892 74 (Stead).
<2>OS Card Reference: Hist of Kent 5 1798 271 (Hasted).
<3>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 28 1909 327 ff (W Townsend Storrs).
<4>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 16-JAN-63.
<5>XYBibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 64 SW 4 - January, 1963. [Mapped feature: #11796 ruined building, ]