Mohun CoA - St Michael - Whichford, Warwickshire
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Coats of arms of the Mohun family in stained glass in a window in St Michael's church, Whichford.
Waymark Code: WM13H8C
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/16/2020
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Coats of arms of the Mohun family in stained glass in a window in St Michael's church, Whichford.
"The easternmost north window of the north aisle has three reset roundels. The middle is blue with yellow cinquefoils, one each side and one above a shield charged argent a saltire engrailed gules. The other two roundels are barry or and azure with an orle of martlets sable inclosing shields of Mohun."
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"The parish church of St Michael dates to the mid 12th century. At that time the manor of Whichford was in the possession of the de Mohun family. William de Mohun and his wife Agnes gifted the church here to the Augustinian priory of Bridlington, in Yorkshire. It remained in the possession of the priory for the next 150 years until it reverted to the de Mohuns.
The original 12th-century church was quite a bit smaller than the building you see today.
Around 1200 the west tower was begun and a north aisle added. This expansion of the church coincided with the building of a small castle only a quarter of a mile to the west by the de Mohuns.
It seems likely that the building of the castle meant that a larger church was required to serve the de Mohun retainers and servants of the castle."
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