Martyr and saint: Thomas Cranmer was the first Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury
SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: This week’s announcement of the appointment of a new Archbishop of Canterbury will have revived interest in Croydon’s connections with the role, with six of Dame Sarah Mullally’s predecessors being buried at the Minster.
Here, DAVID MORGAN tells the significant story of one predecessor, a ‘small earthquake’ in Croydon and the library in the Archbishop’s palace
A question from a visitor to Croydon Minster during the recent Open House weekend set me a new task.
“Did Thomas Cranmer ever visit Croydon?”
There are six Archbishops buried at Croydon Minster, from a time, especially during the Tudor period, when they took residence at the Archbishop’s Palace nearby.
I answered that I believed that Archbishop Cranmer often came to Croydon to stay in the Palace and that he also came to what was then the Parish Church. But off the top of my head, I couldn’t remember any exact detail. Some research was necessary. Continue reading
“The Lit” (such societies often tend to gravitate towards such a name; the “Purley Lit” is much the same) was founded in 1934 and today holds its (non-religious) meetings in the church’s rear hall on the first and third Tuesday of the month, from October to March, at 8pm, where local residents, historians and enthusiasts share their knowledge and learning, socialise and meet friends, old and new.
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CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK: Bringing Croydon’s trains back into public ownership and putting more emphasis on apprenticeships are among some of the announcements made by Labour figures in Liverpool, where ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, was checking out the queues for Steve Reed’s MAGA-style hats
Kerry James Marshall: The Histories exhibition showcases vivid and large-scale paintings that place the black figure front and centre.
