English church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch
A royal peculiar is a
Church of Englandparish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the
diocese and the province in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of
the monarch.
Definition
The church parish system dates from Saxon times when most early churches were provided by the lord whose estate land coincided with that of the parish. A donative parish (or "peculiar") was one that was exempt from diocesan jurisdiction.[1] There are several reasons for peculiars but usually they were held by a senior churchman from another district, parish or diocese, and gave
livings (salaries or use of property) to those clergy chosen by the donor or donor's heir. They could include the separate or "peculiar" jurisdiction of the monarch, another archbishop or bishop, or the
dean and chapter of a cathedral (also, the
Knights Templar and the
Knights Hospitaller).[2] An archbishop's peculiar is subject to the direct jurisdiction of an
archbishop and a royal peculiar is subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch.[3]
Most peculiars survived the
Reformation but, with the exception of royal peculiars, were finally abolished during the 19th century by various
Acts of Parliament and became subject to the jurisdiction of the diocese in which they lay, although a few non-royal peculiars still exist.[2][3] The majority of royal peculiars that remain are within the
Diocese of London.[4]
The chapels associated with the
Chapel Royal, which refers not to a building but to an establishment in the
Royal household, a body of priests and singers who explicitly serve the spiritual needs of the sovereign. Since the 18th century, because the Bishop of London is customarily appointed the
Dean of the Chapel Royal, the bishop typically has authority of these chapels as dean, instead of as bishop even though they are geographically within the Diocese of London.[5]
The King's Chapel of the Savoy,[4] inaugurated as a Chapel Royal in November 2016,[6] is a private
chapel of the sovereign in right of the
Duchy of Lancaster. It is the chapel of the
Royal Victorian Order. The number of members of the order in recent years has outgrown the available space in the Savoy Chapel so the service for those who have received awards is now held in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, every four years.[7]
St Nicholas' Chapel, the free chapel of Tickhill Castle (West Riding of Yorkshire - now South Yorkshire). Founded by Eleanor of Aquitaine c1174. Dissolved in the reign of Edward VI (1547-1553)[18]
^The parish is unique in being a ‘peculiar’ parish (one of only two left in the country). The chaplain was not appointed by the bishop but by the squire who is officially the ‘Lay Prior, Ordinary, Patron and Rector of the Peculiar and Parish of Southwick’. This has been the case since the
dissolution of
Southwick Priory, in 1539. St Nicholas, Boarhunt dates from 1064, and St James, Southwick (officially St James-without-the-priory-gate), may also be pre-Norman Conquest, although it has less surviving original fabric.[29]
^Christ Church is a joint foundation of a College of Oxford and the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Oxford. The Crown is the "
Visitor" of the cathedral not the Bishop.[34]
^
G. C. Baugh, et al.
"Colleges: Penkridge, St Michael". In: A History of the County of Stafford. Volume 3, ed. M. W. Greenslade and R. B. Pugh (London, 1970), pp. 298–303. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
^"Collegiate churches: Other churches (except Beverley and York)," in A History of the County of York: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1974), 359-375. British History Online, accessed June 15, 2021,
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/vol3/pp359-375.
^Tickhill - Portrait of an English Country Town. T.W. Beastall (Waterdale Press, 1995) pp. 62-63
^G. C. Baugh; L. W. Cowie; J. C. Dickinson; A. P. Duggan; A. K. B. Evans; R. H. Evans; Una C. Hannam; P. Heathn; D. A. Johnston; Hilda Johnstone; Ann J. Kettle; J. L. Kirby; R. Mansfield; A. Saltman (1970). M. W. Greenslade; R. B. (eds.).
"Colleges: Wolverhampton, St Peter". A History of the County of Stafford. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^G. C. Baugh; L. W. Cowie; J. C. Dickinson; A. P. Duggan; A. K. B. Evans; R. H. Evans; Una C. Hannam; P. Heathn; D. A. Johnston; Hilda Johnstone; Ann J. Kettle; J. L. Kirby; R. Mansfield; A. Saltman (1970). M. W. Greenslade; R. B. (eds.).
"Colleges: Stafford, St Mary". A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 39–64. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
English church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch
A royal peculiar is a
Church of Englandparish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the
diocese and the province in which it lies, and subject to the direct jurisdiction of
the monarch.
Definition
The church parish system dates from Saxon times when most early churches were provided by the lord whose estate land coincided with that of the parish. A donative parish (or "peculiar") was one that was exempt from diocesan jurisdiction.[1] There are several reasons for peculiars but usually they were held by a senior churchman from another district, parish or diocese, and gave
livings (salaries or use of property) to those clergy chosen by the donor or donor's heir. They could include the separate or "peculiar" jurisdiction of the monarch, another archbishop or bishop, or the
dean and chapter of a cathedral (also, the
Knights Templar and the
Knights Hospitaller).[2] An archbishop's peculiar is subject to the direct jurisdiction of an
archbishop and a royal peculiar is subject to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch.[3]
Most peculiars survived the
Reformation but, with the exception of royal peculiars, were finally abolished during the 19th century by various
Acts of Parliament and became subject to the jurisdiction of the diocese in which they lay, although a few non-royal peculiars still exist.[2][3] The majority of royal peculiars that remain are within the
Diocese of London.[4]
The chapels associated with the
Chapel Royal, which refers not to a building but to an establishment in the
Royal household, a body of priests and singers who explicitly serve the spiritual needs of the sovereign. Since the 18th century, because the Bishop of London is customarily appointed the
Dean of the Chapel Royal, the bishop typically has authority of these chapels as dean, instead of as bishop even though they are geographically within the Diocese of London.[5]
The King's Chapel of the Savoy,[4] inaugurated as a Chapel Royal in November 2016,[6] is a private
chapel of the sovereign in right of the
Duchy of Lancaster. It is the chapel of the
Royal Victorian Order. The number of members of the order in recent years has outgrown the available space in the Savoy Chapel so the service for those who have received awards is now held in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, every four years.[7]
St Nicholas' Chapel, the free chapel of Tickhill Castle (West Riding of Yorkshire - now South Yorkshire). Founded by Eleanor of Aquitaine c1174. Dissolved in the reign of Edward VI (1547-1553)[18]
^The parish is unique in being a ‘peculiar’ parish (one of only two left in the country). The chaplain was not appointed by the bishop but by the squire who is officially the ‘Lay Prior, Ordinary, Patron and Rector of the Peculiar and Parish of Southwick’. This has been the case since the
dissolution of
Southwick Priory, in 1539. St Nicholas, Boarhunt dates from 1064, and St James, Southwick (officially St James-without-the-priory-gate), may also be pre-Norman Conquest, although it has less surviving original fabric.[29]
^Christ Church is a joint foundation of a College of Oxford and the Cathedral Church of the Diocese of Oxford. The Crown is the "
Visitor" of the cathedral not the Bishop.[34]
^
G. C. Baugh, et al.
"Colleges: Penkridge, St Michael". In: A History of the County of Stafford. Volume 3, ed. M. W. Greenslade and R. B. Pugh (London, 1970), pp. 298–303. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
^"Collegiate churches: Other churches (except Beverley and York)," in A History of the County of York: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London: Victoria County History, 1974), 359-375. British History Online, accessed June 15, 2021,
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/yorks/vol3/pp359-375.
^Tickhill - Portrait of an English Country Town. T.W. Beastall (Waterdale Press, 1995) pp. 62-63
^G. C. Baugh; L. W. Cowie; J. C. Dickinson; A. P. Duggan; A. K. B. Evans; R. H. Evans; Una C. Hannam; P. Heathn; D. A. Johnston; Hilda Johnstone; Ann J. Kettle; J. L. Kirby; R. Mansfield; A. Saltman (1970). M. W. Greenslade; R. B. (eds.).
"Colleges: Wolverhampton, St Peter". A History of the County of Stafford. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
^G. C. Baugh; L. W. Cowie; J. C. Dickinson; A. P. Duggan; A. K. B. Evans; R. H. Evans; Una C. Hannam; P. Heathn; D. A. Johnston; Hilda Johnstone; Ann J. Kettle; J. L. Kirby; R. Mansfield; A. Saltman (1970). M. W. Greenslade; R. B. (eds.).
"Colleges: Stafford, St Mary". A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. pp. 39–64. Retrieved 27 November 2014.