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Church of St Peter and St Paul

A Grade I Listed Building in Lynsted, Kent

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  • St Peter & St Paul: flint church with restored Decorated windows

  • St Peter & St Paul: early c14 three-stage tower with shingled pyramid spire

  • St Peter & St Paul: c15 nave & c16 chancel

  • St Peter & St Paul: alabaster tomb with achievement of John Roper, first Lord Teynham, d.1618, wife Elizabeth (Parke) & children Christopher, Eliza & Jane

  • St Peter & St Paul: John Roper, first Lord Teynham, d.1618; his uncle William married Margaret, daughter of Sir Thomas More

  • St Peter & St Paul: Elizabeth (Parke), wife of John Roper, d.1567

  • St Peter & St Paul: children & inscription from the tomb of John Roper, 1618

  • St Peter & St Paul: Elizabeth Roper (nee Parke) in Paris headdress, d.1567

  • St Peter & St Paul: inscription from the brass of Elizabeth Roper (nee Parke), 1567; 'she ledd her lyfe most virtuously, and ended the same most Catholykely'

  • St Peter & St Paul: shield from the brass of Elizabeth Roper (nee Parke), 1567

  • St Peter & St Paul: alabaster tomb of Christopher Roper, second Lord Teynham, d.1622

  • St Peter & St Paul: Christopher Roper, second Lord Teynham, d.1622; recumbent effigy

  • St Peter & St Paul: Catherine Seborne, wife of Christopher Roper, d.1625

  • St Peter & St Paul: sons from the tomb of Christopher Roper, d.1622

  • St Peter & St Paul: daughters from the tomb of Christopher Roper, d.1622

  • St Peter & St Paul: Catherine, wife of Drue Drurye, 1601, with husband, son & three daughters

  • St Peter & St Paul: James Hugessen, 1646, & wife Jane; tomb chest with recumbent figures, kneeling children behind

  • St Peter & St Paul: John Hugessen, d.1634 aged 21, wife & posthumous son

  • St Peter & St Paul: series of hatchments all depicting the Roper arms

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Entry Name: Church of St Peter and St Paul

Listing Date: 24 January 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1069313

English Heritage Legacy ID: 176298

ID on this website: 101069313

Location: St Peter and St Paul's Church, Lynsted, Swale, Kent, ME9

County: Kent

District: Swale

Civil Parish: Lynsted with Kingsdown

Built-Up Area: Lynsted

Traditional County: Kent

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Kent

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