{"id":3541,"date":"2025-05-03T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=3541"},"modified":"2025-09-13T18:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:49:27","slug":"may-3rd-roodmas-the-true-cross-and-the-coronation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/may-3rd-roodmas-the-true-cross-and-the-coronation\/","title":{"rendered":"Roodmas, the True Cross and the Coronation May 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rood-screen-in-St.-Helens-church-Ranworth-Norfolk-by-Maria-CC-BY-SA-3.0-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rood-screen-in-St.-Helens-church-Ranworth-Norfolk-by-Maria-CC-BY-SA-3.0-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rood-screen-in-St.-Helens-church-Ranworth-Norfolk-by-Maria-CC-BY-SA-3.0-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Rood-screen-in-St.-Helens-church-Ranworth-Norfolk-by-Maria-CC-BY-SA-3.0.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rodmas &#8211; Rood screen in St. Helen&#8217;s church, Ranworth, Norfolk by Maria CC BY-SA 3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rood is another word for the Cross. Parish Churches used to have a Rood Screen separating the holy Choir from the more secular Nave. This screen was topped with a statue of the Crucified Jesus nailed to a Rood. So, Roodmas, is the festival of the Holy Cross.  Roodmas is celebrated on May 3rd and September 14th, although the Church of England aligned has itself with the Catholic Church&#8217;s main celebration on September 14th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See my post on September 14th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/legend-of-the-holy-cross-september-14th\/\">here<\/a> for more on the True Cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>King Charles III and the True Cross<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-03-20.16.17.png\" alt=\"cutting from the Shropshire News article on the True Cross and the Coronation\" class=\"wp-image-3542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-03-20.16.17.png 610w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-03-20.16.17-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/uk-news\/2023\/04\/19\/kings-coronation-procession-to-be-led-by-cross-containing-relics-gifted-by-pope\/\">Shropshire News article<\/a> on the True Cross and the Coronation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/uk-news\/2023\/04\/19\/kings-coronation-procession-to-be-led-by-cross-containing-relics-gifted-by-pope\/\">Shropshire News<\/a> reported that two pieces of the True Cross were given to Charles III by the Pope! They have been put into a cross called the Welsh Cross. This was part of the Coronation Procession.  The King gave the Cross (I assume with the pieces of the Holy Cross) to the Church in Wales. Let the Shropshire News tell the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/uk-news\/2023\/04\/19\/kings-coronation-procession-to-be-led-by-cross-containing-relics-gifted-by-pope\/\">story<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"482\" height=\"805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-03-20.19.04.png\" alt=\"Shropshire News article on the True Cross and the Coronation\" class=\"wp-image-3543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-03-20.19.04.png 482w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-03-20.19.04-180x300.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Part 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shropshirestar.com\/news\/uk-news\/2023\/04\/19\/kings-coronation-procession-to-be-led-by-cross-containing-relics-gifted-by-pope\/\">Shropshire News article<\/a> on the True Cross and the Coronation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is quite extraordinarily medieval, and fits in with the news that we were encouraged to take an oath of allegiance to the new King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I, (Insert full name), do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Style_of_the_British_sovereign\">His Majesty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_III\">King Charles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William,_Prince_of_Wales\">his heirs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Line_of_succession_to_the_British_throne\">and successors<\/a>, according to law. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/So_help_me_God\">So help me God<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-03-20.35.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-03-20.35.04.png 662w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-03-20.35.04-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/swearing-allegiance-king-charles-its-29861318<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a clear reminder that we are subjects not citizens and news, as a nation, we still set store by superstitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Duke of Buckingham and the True Cross<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Duke of Buckingham had a piece in his collection, which he kept at York House in the early 17th Century. How he got it, I don&#8217;t know. But I think he must have acquired it from the aftermath of the destruction of the Reformation. John Tradescant, who looked after the Duke&#8217;s collection until Buckingham was murdered, had a piece of the True Cross. Tradecant created Britain&#8217;s first Museum, Tradescant&#8217;s Ark.  Again, I suspect (without any evidence) that he got the fragments from Buckingham. Did he acquire it after the murder? Or shiver off a timber fragment hoping no one would notice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Written on May 3rd 2023, revised May 3rd 2024, and 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rood is another word for the Cross. Parish Churches used to have a Rood Screen separating the holy Choir from the more secular Nave. This screen was topped with a statue of the Crucified Jesus nailed to a Rood. So, Roodmas, is the festival of the Holy Cross. 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