King's Lynn and the Fens: Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology (The British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions)

The fourteen papers collected in this volume explore the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of King's Lynn and the Fens. They arise out of the Association's 2005 conference, and reflect its concern to engage with a broad range of monuments and themes, rather than focusing on a single major building. Within King's Lynn contributors consider the superb 14th-century enamelled drinking vessel popularly known as 'King John's Cup', the former Hanseatic 'Steelyard', the Red Mount Chapel, and the oak furnishings of the chapel of St Nicholas, while the pine standard chest from St Margaret's church is assessed in terms of the importation and distribution of similar chest across England as a whole. Outside King's Lynn there are articles on the historical manipulation of landscapes and buildings at Kirkstead, the 13th-century architecture and sculpture of Croyland Abbey, the 14th-century parish church of St Mary at Snettisham, the tomb of Sir Humphrey de Littlebury at All Saints, Holbeach, the overlooked medieval wall paintings in the Prior's Chapel at Castle Acre, and the late medieval stained glass at Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen. Finally, there are three papers that look at particular aspects of the ways in which parish churches were financed, embellished and used across the region - in terms of late-12th and early-13th-century patronage, their 12th-century deployment of architectural sculpture, and the types and arrangements of choir stalls that appeared at a parochial level during the later Middle Ages. List of Abbreviations vi Preface vii 'King John's Cup' / John Cherry 1 The Red Mount Chapel, King's Lynn / David Pitcher 17 The Former Nave and Choir Oak Furnishings, and the West End and South Porch Doors, at the Chapel of St Nicholas, King's Lynn / Charles Tracy 28 The Pine Standard Chest in St Margaret's Church, King’s Lynn, and the Social and Economic Significance of the Type / Gavin Simpson 53 Trading Places: Counting Houses and the Hanseatic 'Steelyard' in King’s Lynn / Virginia Jansen 66 Masters of Kirkstead: Hunting for Salvation / Paul Everson and David Stocker 83 'Sadly mangled by the insulting claws of time': Thirteenth-Century Work at Croyland Abbey Church / Jennifer S. Alexander 112 Snettisham Church / Richard Fawcett 134 The Tomb of Sir Humphrey de Littlebury at All Saints, Holbeach / Julian M. Luxford 148 The Fourteenth-Century Wall-Paintings at Castle Acre Priory and Greyfriars, Great Yarmouth / Jane Spooner 170 The Stained Glass of Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen, Norfolk / David J. King 186 Romanesque Sculpture in Parish Churches of the Lincolnshire Fens / Thomas E. Russo 199 Investment in Local Church Fabric in the Lincolnshire Fenlands c. 1150 – c. 1210: Moulton and Whaplode / Duncan Givans 215 Medieval Choir Stalls in Parish Churches / Donald O'Connell 230 Colour Plates following page viii Edited By John Mcneill. The Association's Annual Conference For 2005 Was Based In West Norfolk ... A Total Of Twenty-two Papers Were Read Over Five Days, Of Which Versions Of Thirteen Are Published In This Volume--pref. Includes Bibliographical References.