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| Pronunciation | Trickee |
| Died | 1574 |
| Occupation | Vicar |
| Known for | Churchwardens' accounts |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Church | Catholic Church (until 1534) Church of England (from 1534) |
| Congregations served | Morebath (1520–1574) |
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Sir Christopher Trychay (died 1574) was an English priest who served as the vicar of Morebath's parish from 1520 until his death in 1574. While in Morebath, Trychay maintained detailed churchwardens' accounts that detailed the parish's transition from a medieval Catholic congregation into a Protestant Church of England one. These accounts have survived, being reprinted and utilized in two award-winning books by historian Eamon Duffy.
Trychay's accounts survive to the present in the Exeter Library. They were edited and reprinted by a later vicar of Morebath, J. Erskine Binney, in 1904. Duffy utilized Trychay's accounts in both his 1992 The Stripping of the Altars and his 2001 The Voices of Morebath. Trychay's accounts have been credited with enhancing the modern understanding of the period of religious and political upheaval he experienced.
Biography
After being ordained a Catholic priest, Trychay was assigned as vicar of Morebath's parish. During his early ministry, Trychay was like many medieval Catholic priests. Trychay spent 20 years introducing the cult of Saint Sidwell to Morebath he and the parish obeyed orders to enforce the English Reformation's rejection of such practices. While Trychay and his congregation generally accepted applying government policies on religion – spanning from Henry VIII's split from Rome through Mary I's restoration of Catholicism to Elizabeth I's Protestant religious settlement – his accounts record that he and the parish sent five men in support of the failed Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549.
Legacy
J. Erskine Binney, a late Victorian-era vicar of Morbath, compiled and reprinted Trychay's churchwardens' accounts in 1904.
Notes
- Catholic priests were referred to with the formal title of Sir, rather than the modern title of Father that was popularized in the late 19th century. Trychay is pronounced "Trickey".
- Another clergyman, F. W. Weaver, contributed a glossarial index to Binney's edition.
References
Citations
Sources
- Binney, J. Erskine, ed. (1904). The Accounts of the Wardens of the Parish of Morebath, Devon. 1520–1573. Exeter – via archive.org.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Collinson, Patrick (25 April 2002). "Through Trychay's Eyes". London Review of Books. 24 (8). Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- Inman, Anne (16 August 2019). "Should we be calling priests 'Father'?". The Tablet. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- O'Brien, Sheilagh Ilona (10 March 2022). "The European Reformations: what do the stories of everyday people tell us?". Anglican Focus. Anglican Church Southern Queensland. Archived from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- Pindar, Ian (3 May 2003). "Reformation song: Ian Pindar on The Voices of Morebath". Books. The Guardian. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- Wooding, Lucy (December 2001). "Review of The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village". Reviews in History. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 7 January 2025.