Tomb Of Bishop Ken Outside East End Of Church Of St John is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1983. Tomb.

Tomb Of Bishop Ken Outside East End Of Church Of St John

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1983
Type
Tomb
Source
Historic England listing

Description

  1. 5363 BATH STREET (East side)

Tomb of Bishop Ken 10/113 outside east end of Church of St John II

  1. Mid C19 housing to early C18 grave. Significant position outside the chancel. Low gabled housing built, buttressed and roofed in stone with open cusped side arches closed by wrought-iron palisades. The interior has a coffin-shaped slab with empty metal banding over with only a crozier and a mitre on it. Bishop Ken (1637-1711) was one of the seven Bishops who refused the oath of Indulgence 1689 to William and Mary and was consequently deprived of his See of Bath and Wells. Hence the symbolism: an empty grave, and empty coffin, outside the church.

Listing NGR: ST7773347899

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