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Church of St Michael

A Grade I Listed Building in Thornton, Buckinghamshire

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  • St Michael: set in college grounds which was a medieval manor;mainly c14; blocked clerestory; tracery replaced in 1850

  • St Michael: c14 west tower; diagonal buttresses at lower stage; windows with trefoiled lights

  • St Michael: c14 nave, arcades & chancel arch

  • St Michael: John Barton, 1434; alabaster effigy, plate armour, feet on dog

  • St Michael: Robert Ingylton & three wives Margaret, Clemens & Isabella, 1472; high tomb with carved sides

  • St Michael: Robert Ingylton & three wives; chancellor, served under Edward IV

  • St Michael: first group of children (of Margaret Dymoke) from the Robert Ingylton brass; 1472; all in semi-profile, girls with butterfly headdresses & low cut gowns, boys with belted overgowns

  • Church of St Michael, Thornton

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Entry Name: Church of St Michael

Listing Date: 13 July 1966

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1232799

English Heritage Legacy ID: 408201

ID on this website: 101232799

Location: Thornton, Buckinghamshire, MK17

County: Buckinghamshire

Civil Parish: Thornton

Traditional County: Buckinghamshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Buckinghamshire

Church of England Parish: Thornton with Nash

Church of England Diocese: Oxford

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