The Sheep Have Paid for All - A visit to St Giles Church, Holme by Newark, Nottinghamshire.

In this video, I take you with me on a visit to St Giles church in Holme, near Newark in Nottinghamshire. A church untouched by the Victorians, it was built in the 1480s and 1490s by John Barton, a wool merchant. It contains Barton's extraordinary monument and other evidence of his patronage, which provides a vivid insight into the secular and spiritual interests of a late medieval self-made man.
If you want to know more about this church you might like my article on this building ‘The sheep hath paid for all’ - church building and self-expression in the Late Middle Ages' in the following volume. www.amazon.co....
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[@monicacall7532]

It’s a miracle that this church wasn’t ruined back in Edward VI’s reign when he demanded that his officials whitewash over church murals/painted decorations and had stain glass smashed and rood screens pulled down. Ditto for during the Commonwealth when Cromwell and his Puritan followers were doing the same thing. The thought of what the Victorians might have done to this church gives me the shivers. They weren’t exactly known for their restraint or historical accuracy when it came to restoration projects.

[@Connie-z6k]

Very nice indeed to see you on video in the flesh. Finally we see there is a real human being behind the wonderful truths that are being brought to our attention through story and fact. 🙏😇😇

[@stevedunn3113]

Brilliant, a fascinating overview and explanation of an interesting church. Thank you, Allan.

[@stevedunn3113]

PS. I’m pretty sure that you wrote a paper about this church, I’ve got it and must refresh my memory.

[@allanbarton]

Thanks Steve, glad you enjoyed it - it is a splendid church with so much of interest and the story of its creation using wool money is really very fascinating. Yes I did write an article about out, it is published in a book called 'Of Churches, Toothache and Sheep' by the Lasse press. www.abebooks.co.uk/9780993306921/Churches-Toothache-Sheep-Selected-Papers-0993306926/plp

[@bethena1855]

Thanks very much for this interesting tour and your helpful interpretation of a remarkable church.

[@allanbarton]

Isn't is fascinating - I do enjoy your videos of Welsh churches.

[@bethena1855]

@@allanbarton Thanks. Some medieval churches coming up soon, bit thin on the ground here, very simple and much altered but they do exist.

[@allanbarton]

@@bethena1855 for a time I had the privilege of working at the university in Lampeter, I fell in love with the churches of west Wales. The simplicity and honesty of the architecture. It was great to see so much work by R J Withers too, he's not so well known in England - though I grew up in a church restored by him in Lincolnshire.

[@kathrynwilson6749]

@@allanbarton Yes, Withers did some work in Lincolnshire and built St Peter's in Lampeter. More Withers on the way too. One day I hope to do a sort of documentary on Withers in west Wales.

[@toniblackmore3016]

Fully expected a sheep among the finial type elements in the main chapel, but eventually concluded, hoisting oneself up with what was once a lamb was completely out of the question:). What a fascinating place. And what a fascinating glimpse into 15th century-ish piety. Thank you for documenting this treasure of imagination and imagery with such clarity. Only just found your channel, and utterly delighted to see new/extended life breathed into time capsule like structures.

[@allanbarton]

Ha, ha - he had a little bit of restraint, not much, but a little. My pleasure and I am pleased you found your way here.

[@bessofhardwick9311]

Wonderful things and very interesting explanations. Particularly liked the original carved wooden stalls. Reminded me of the M.R. James short ghost story, "The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral".

[@paulnovosel9469]

Please include a few words in your videos about the organs in the churches. The pipe instrument at Giles was worth noting, pipe organs are high art as well as architecture and even a part of the architecture.

[@cs3742]

That organ! It looks like one in a tapestry, or other renaissance (?) depictions. If only I could remember where I saw them. Of course it couldn't possibly have survived from Tudor times. But I am very interested in this old organ!

[@justinrosssd]

The history is amazing! I love it all.

[@davidmclaughlin2796]

What beautiful old, old building. Wonderful. Thank you. It's a favorite place to you? David

[@rhiannonpoole6019]

Thank you for a thorough and sensitive tour of this church, one man's vision which still has power today, When you put your hand on the angel in his stall, a shiver ran down my spine. Just for a moment I was back in the fifteenth century.

[@ButterBobBriggs]

Excellent!

[@allanbarton]

Glad you liked it! Still praying for you Bob, pray for me a week old Deacon.

[@ButterBobBriggs]

@@allanbarton Thank you and I will continue to pray for you. God grant you many years!!!

[@adriansunman51]

Lovely video, Allan. Much appreciated.

[@allanbarton]

Thank you Adrian, it is a church close to my heart, twenty five years ago my MA dissertation was all about it.

[@kathywolfe6606]

I do love the tours of the old churches. Do you think this Barton is an ancestor of yours?

[@ruthannemackinnon588]

Really enjoying your channel

[@allanbarton]

Great to hear! Thanks for watching.

[@blorac9869]

Enjoyed, TYVM!

[@peterkrauss6962]

Super interesting. Poor Mr B could never have forseen it being a protestant church....but some survivala thank God

[@ArchimandritePhilip]

May the Lord have mercy on him and his wife.

[@judycater2832]

Fascinating glimpses of time past.❤❤❤

[@G.V.A.K]

Superb episode. I was thoroughly entranced and captivated. Thank you.

[@lordceiver7697]

Thank you very much for the interesting video.

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

[@Elysian777]

These videos are so amazing. I'm not sure why, but they raise a feeling of strong emotion related to a recognition of the humanity and sort of somber sentimentality. I really appreciate your work and I am going to order your magazine this coming month.

[@allanbarton]

It's so good to hear your appreciation of my work, it's exactly the connection to humanity in history that draws me to do it. Thanks for your comment.

[@lameesahmad9166]

I am sorry that you did no EVPs there. Considering the age the preservation is great.

[@jennaolbermann7663]

I’m new to your channel and I’m enjoying the content very much. History and architecture are of great interest to me.

[@allanbarton]

Welcome and thank you. There is lots here that I hope you will be interested in.

[@dann5268]

Love your video

[@allanbarton]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thelazychefuk4410]

Hi Allan. Would these effigys have been painted originally?

[@peterfordyce7003]

What was the purpose of the room in the upper story of the entrance porch?

[@allanbarton]

Probably simply for storage of vestments, plate and documents.

[@jillshepherd4225]

14:22 gryphons maybe?

[@stuartfisher8419]

Not for the faint-hearted!

[@reginaromsey]

Was any part of this church originally painted?

[@allanbarton]

Very probably, though none of that painting is left,or is covered in limewash.

[@388Caroline]

I never saw an effigy of a cadaver. Is that usual?

[@allanbarton]

It was the fashionable thing in 15th century England.

[@richardsweeney197]

Is John Barton any relation?

[@raychandler2757]

Binging on the channel. Panning could be slower.

[@allanbarton]

Old video, you’ll notice things are better now with recent videos.

[@raychandler2757]

@@allanbarton glad we found your channel.

[@allanbarton]

Thank you, I was a bit ropey at first, but over the course of the last few years have learnt an awful lot @@raychandler2757 I sometimes cringe at my appalling early videos with dodgy camera work and sound!

[@christopherdrekr1078]

I find it strange that he has himself & his wife side by side but only himself below in the transi tomb below. Is there a reason for this Allan ? Two obvious reasons only come to my mind mind 1, not enough hands for covering modesty 2, he was to tight. Hope you all had a great Christmas Day ! :)

[@keithkennedy-tyson8578]

Sorry but I have to ask. Is he an ancestor?

[@allanbarton]

No, his male line died out and my family came from Cambridgeshire.. He is, however, the ancestor of King Charles III.

[@keithkennedy-tyson8578]

@@allanbarton Thanks, all the best.