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The Commemoration Service

The tomb of Hugh Oldham, Exeter Cathedral


In 1515 Hugh Oldham provided the funds to found The Manchester Grammar School, with the support of his sister and brother-in-law Hugh and Joan Beswick.

During his term as bishop, Hugh Oldham caused a chantry chapel to be built in Exeter Cathedral, in which his tomb now rests. In building this chapel the stone-masons liberally besprinkeled it with flying owls, to highlight the bishop’s Lancastiral pronunciation of Oldham, as Owldom. The inscription above his tomb reads:

Hic jacet Hugo Oldom Eps. Q. obit XXV die Junii Ano Dni Mill. CCCCC XIX Cuj. animae ppcietur Deus.

and maps of the period spell Oldham in that way. Only one of the owls with which the chapel is decorated carries a scroll in its beak bearing the letters Dom.

On the last Sunday in June each year a commemoration service is held in Exeter Cathedral with special prayers said at the tomb of Hugh Oldham.


 
 

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