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The Misericords of East Anglian Churches.
This page list the churches with misericords on this website in the counties of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
With the exception of the single county of Yorkshire, the East Anglian region has the highest density of misericords in the UK, and by inference, the world.  Why should this be?  Although East Anglia, especially Norfolk and Suffolk are looked upon as sleepy backwaters, this was not always so, prior to the industrial revolution, they were a hive of industry.  East Anglia produced some of the finest wool in Europe, and medieval England’s wealth was based on wool - to this day, the Lord Chancellor sits upon the “Woolsack”.  With that to go on, you can see that there would have been a lot of wealthy land owners and merchants, and as a class they could sometimes be less than honest in their trading; this lead to fear about the afterlife - whilst there is no specific Commandment against lying, selling your mutton as lamb or anything else which would now come under the purview of the the Trading Standards act, they all knew the proverb about rich men, camels and the eye of a needle.  The Great Suffolk churches were almost all built by the merchant class, but most churches with rich local land owners or congregations of merchants would have had chantries, a college of canons or at the very least a priest or two to sing masses for their souls, all of which required misericords.

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Alpheton (St Peter and St Paul)


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One, defaced, 15th century misericord

St Peter and St Paul's church, Alpheton, Suffolk 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Balsham (Holy Trinity)


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Ten, early 15th century misericords

Holy Trinity, Balsham, Cambridgeshire, early 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Bildeston (St Mary Magdalene)


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Ten 15th century misericords

St Mary Magdalene's Church, Bildeston Suffolk 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

The Boston Stump (St Botolphs)


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Sixty two, late 14th century misericords

St Botolph's church Boston Lincolnshire late 14th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Brundish (St Lawernce)


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One 15th century misericord

St Lawrence church Brundish Suffolk 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Cambridge (Jesus College)


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19th century misericords created from earlier fragments

Jesus College Cambridge cambridgeshire 19th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Cambridge (St John’s College)


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Forty four, early 14th century misericords


Caston (Holy Cross)


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Two, 14th century misericords

Holy Cross Church, Caston, Norfolk, 14th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Cawston (St Agnes)


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Three, 15th century misericords

St Agnes church, Cawston, Norfolk 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Ely Cathedral


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Eighty four, 16th century misericords

Holy and Undivided trinity, Ely Cathedral Cambridgeshire 16th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Framsden (St Mary)


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Six, defaced, 14th century misericords

St Mary's church Framsden Suffolk 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Godmanchester (St Mary)


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Twenty, 15th century misericords

St Mary's church Godmanchester Huntingdonshire 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Great Eversden (St Mary)


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Two, 15th century misericords

St Mary's chruch Great Eversden Cambridgeshire 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Ipswich (St Mary-le-Tower)


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Six, 15th century misericords

St Mary le tower church Ipswich Suffolk 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Kings Lynn Museum


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Four misericords on loan from the V&A

Kings lynn museum norfolk medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Kings Lynn (St Margaret's)


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Sixteen, late 14th century misericords

St Margaret's Church Kings Lynn Norfolk late 14th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Lavenham (St Peter and St Paul)


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Five, 15th century misericords

St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lavenham Suffolk 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Norton (St Andrew)


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Eight, 14th century misericords

St Andrew's Church, Norton Suffolk 14th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Norwich Cathedral


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Sixty One, 15th, 16th and 19th century misericords

Holy and Undivided Trinity, Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk 15th 16th 19th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Norwich (St Gregory)


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Four, Early 15th century misericords

St Gregory's Church, Norwich, Norffolk early 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Orwell (St Andrew’s)


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Eleven, 15th century misericords

St Andrew's church Orwell Cambridgeshire, 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Peterborough Cathedral


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Three, 14th century misericords

St Peter St Paul and St Andrew, Peterborough Cathedral Cambridgeshire 14th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Salle (St Peter and St Paul)


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Twenty six, 15th century misericords

St Peter and St Paul's church Salle, Norfolk 15 century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Soham (St Andrew)


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Nine, 15th century misericords

St Andrew's church, Soham, Cambridgeshire 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Stowlangtoft (St George)


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Six, 14th century misericords

St George's church Stowlangtoft Suffolk 14th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Sudbury (St Gregory)


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Fourteen, 15th century misericords

St Gregory's Church Sudbury, Suffolk 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

Wingfield (St Andrew)


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Fifteen, 15th century misericords

St Andrew's Wingfield, Suffolk 15th century medieval misericords misericord misericorde misericordes Miserere Misereres choir stalls Woodcarving woodwork

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