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St John The Baptist, Church Lane, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire 16 August 2017
Prior to The Reformation, churches had chests for the collection of "Peter's Pence", a tribute of a silver penny a year by parishioners of all Roman Catholic countries to support the Chair of St Peter in Rome. This was levied from the 8th Century until repealed by Elizabeth I. In 1559. She ordered churches to have "a strong chest with a hole in the upper part thereof, to be provided at the cost and charge of the parish, having three keys (one for the parson and one each for the two churchwardens)". This was to be placed where parishioners could conveniently place alms in it for their "poorer neighbours". These chests thus became known as the Poor Man's Chest. This is one of two chests in the church.
The church of St John the Baptist dates from the 12th Century, but construction is chiefly from the 14th and 15th Centuries; it is another church on which the Victorian architect Gilbert Scott worked. In the churchyard is the base of an ancient preaching cross, and inside, the WW1 memorial bears int. al. the name of Captain Noel Chavasse, one of only three servicemen to earn two Victoria Crosses.
The church of St John the Baptist dates from the 12th Century, but construction is chiefly from the 14th and 15th Centuries; it is another church on which the Victorian architect Gilbert Scott worked. In the churchyard is the base of an ancient preaching cross, and inside, the WW1 memorial bears int. al. the name of Captain Noel Chavasse, one of only three servicemen to earn two Victoria Crosses.
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