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THE CHAPEL OF ST. BLASE (BLAYS, BLASIUS) AT SHENKLYN continued
Henry VIII
1509 - 1547
1509 - 1547
During the intervening centuries the
chapel of St. Blasius remained the
preserve of the holders of the
manor.
In 1519 the Rector was instituted
separately to Bonchurch and
Shanklin.
Edward VI
1547 - 1553
Mary I
1553 - 1558
In 1549 Cranmer's Book of Common Prayer was introduced and turned England into a Protestant state.
TUDORS AND STUARTS: 1485 - 1558
James I
1603 - 1625
Charles I
1625 - 1649
Elizabeth I
1558 - 1603
1604
In 1604 the next presentation was to the Rectory of Bonchurch with the chapel of Shanklin.
1611
The Authorised Version of the Bible was published.
1649 - 1660 THE COMMONWEALTH
The dissolution of the monasteries, the Civil War, the Protectorate and the Restoration
had only incidental effects on the Shanklin Chapel, although the arrival of the Silksted
chest may have been a result of the Civil War.
Tradition says that Charles I, whilst a prisoner in Carisbrooke Castle was allowed to ride
under escort to visit the chapel where he received communion in the church porch.
Charles II
1660 - 1685
James II
1685 - 1688
William III & Mary II
1688 - 1702 & 1694
Anne
1702 - 1714
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