History in Structure

Church of St James

A Grade I Listed Building in Spilsby, Lincolnshire

  • St James: founded as a College of 12 Priests in 1348; south aspect is Victorian

  • St James: view from the east; mid c14 Perpendicular tower behind with 8 pinnacles, probably from original building

  • St James: current nave & original south aisle, later c14; new chancel (originally chapel of Holy Trinity) with reticulated east window

  • St James: original c14 Decorated nave, now inner north aisle

  • St James: former chancel & now Willoughby chapel with its monuments from mid c14 to end of c16, restored 1879

  • St James: tomb of Richard Bertie d.1582 & wife Catherine (Willoughby)

  • St James: tomb of Richard Bertie d.1582 & wife Catherine (Willoughby)

  • St James: tomb of Richard Bertie 1582; monk, saracen & wild man hold shields of Willoughby quartering Bec, Bec quartering Ufford & Bertie (three battering rams quartering a castle)

  • St James: inscription from the Richard Bertie tomb, 1580

  • St James: bust of Richard Bertie, d.1582; he was Master of Horse to the Duchess of Suffolk who he later married

  • St James: bust of Catherine Bertie (nee Willoughby) d.1580 and formerly wife of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk

  • St James: John Willoughby, 2nd Lord of Eresby, 1349, founder of College, & wife Joan (Rosceline)

  • St James: John Willoughby, 2nd Lord of Eresby,1349; neck covered by camail; fought at Crecy

  • St James: Joan Rosceline, wife of John Willoughby, d.1354; cote hardie & mantle

  • St James: tomb of John Willoughby, 3rd Lord of Eresby, 1372; shields depicting emblems of his family

  • St James: John Willoughby, 3rd Lord of Eresby, 1372; head rests on helm; fought at Poitiers

  • St James: detail from the tomb of John Willoughby, 1372, showing bedesman or monk with rosary

  • St James: alabaster tomb of Robert Willoughby, 4th Lord of Eresby, 1396

  • St James: Robert Willoughby, 4th Lord of Eresby, 1396; retainer of John of Gaunt

  • St James: Elizabeth (Latimer), third wife of Robert Willoughby, 4th Lord of Eresby, d.1395

  • St James: tomb of Peregrine Bertie, d.1601, erected 1612 in Renaissance style

  • St James: Peregine Bertie's daughter Catherine (Watson) d.1610 below with baby

  • St James: William Willoughby, 5th Lord of Eresby, 1409, & wife Lucy (Strange)

  • St James: William Willoughby, 5th Lord of Eresby, KG, 1409

  • St James: Lucy (Strange), wife of William Willoughby, 5th Lord

  • St James: Margery, Zouche, d.1391, second wife of Robert Willoughby, 4th Lord

  • St James: Margery, Zouche, d.1391

  • St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Willoughby, comprising quartered arms of Ufford (sable a cross engrailed or) & Bec (gules a cross moline argent)

  • St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Ros (gules, three water boughets argent)

  • St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Welles (or a lion rampant queue fourchee sable)

  • St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Bohun (azure, a bend argent cotised between six lioncels or)

  • St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Zouche (gules bezantee a canton or)

  • St James: shield from the brass of Margery, Zouche, 1391; Beaumont (azure semee de lys, a lion rampant or)

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Entry Name: Church of St James

Listing Date: 3 February 1967

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1308892

English Heritage Legacy ID: 196166

ID on this website: 101308892

Location: St James's Church, Spilsby, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, PE23

County: Lincolnshire

District: East Lindsey

Civil Parish: Spilsby

Built-Up Area: Spilsby

Traditional County: Lincolnshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Lincolnshire

Church of England Parish: Spilsby St James

Church of England Diocese: Lincoln

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