- Royal Peculiar
A Royal Peculiar (or Royal
Peculier ) is a place of worship that falls directly under the jurisdiction of the British monarch, rather than adiocese . The concept dates to Anglo-Saxon times, when a church could ally itself with the monarch and therefore not be subject to thebishopric of the area. Later it reflected the relationship between the Norman andPlantagenet kings and theEnglish church .Royal Peculiars of the present day are:
*The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster (Westminster Abbey)
*St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (The Sovereign's Free Chapel of St George in the Sovereign's Castle of Windsor), along with theRoyal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor
*The chapels associated with theChapel Royal :
**The Chapel Royal,St James' Palace
**TheQueen's Chapel , St James' Palace
**The Chapel Royal,Hampton Court
**The Chapel of St John the Evangelist in theTower of London
**The Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London*The Royal Memorial Chapel,
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
*The Royal Foundation of St Katharine, inRatcliffe ,London *The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy is Peculiar, but not Royal in the usual sense. It is exempt from any bishop's jurisdiction, but is a private
chapel of the sovereign in right of theDuchy of Lancaster , not the Crown.The following chapels of the
Inns of Court are extra-diocesan, and therefore peculiars, but not Royal.
*The Peculiar of theTemple Church
*The Peculiar ofLincoln's Inn
*The Peculiar ofGray's Inn ee also
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Enclave
*Extra-parochial area External links and references
* [http://www.london.anglican.org/Cathedral Diocese of London - Cathedral and Royal Peculiars]
* [http://www.dca.gov.uk/majrep/royalp.htm Report of Review Group on the Royal Peculiars 2001]
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