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| fullname = Chapel of Saint Mary Undercroft
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[[File:Emily Davison plaque.jpg|thumb|upright|Commemorative plaque to [[Emily Davison]] in the Palace of Westminster|left]]
The '''Chapel of St Mary Undercroft''' is a [[Church of England]] chapel located in the [[Palace of Westminster]], London, England. The chapel is accessed via a flight of stairs in the south east corner of [[Westminster Hall]]. ▼
It had been a [[crypt]] below [[St Stephen's Chapel]] and had fallen into disuse, being used at various times as a wine cellar, dining room for [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker]]s (who had holes bored into the wall to accommodate two kitchen chimneys) and (now unconfirmed by records) stables for [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s horses.<ref name=PWOG>{{cite book|title=The Palace of Westminster Official Guide|year=2012|publisher=Houses of Parliament|page=70|isbn=978-0-95620-292-5}}Website www.parliament.uk</ref>
▲The '''Chapel of St Mary Undercroft''' is a [[Church of England]] chapel in the [[Palace of Westminster]].
On the [[1911 Census|census night]] of 2 April 1911, [[suffragettes|suffragette]] [[Emily Davison]] hid in a cupboard overnight in the Chapel in order to be entered on the census form for the building as a way of ensuring her address was recorded as the House of Commons. A commemorative plaque, unveiled by [[Tony Benn]] in 1999, is fixed to the inside face of the cupboard door.<ref name=PWOG3>{{cite book|title=The Palace of Westminster Official Guide|page=17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Benn's secret tribute to suffragette martyr|date=17 March 1999|publisher=[[BBC News]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/298471.stm|accessdate=7 August 2008}}</ref>
It is a [[Royal Peculiar]] chapel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/estatehistory/the-middle-ages/chapel-st-mary-undercroft-/ |title=The Chapel of St Mary Undercroft - UK Parliament |publisher=Parliament.uk |date=21 April 2010 |accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> - outside the responsibility of any [[diocesan bishop]]. The building is administered through the [[Lord Great Chamberlain]] and [[Black Rod]] and it has no dedicated clergy: by convention services were conducted by the [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[St Margaret's, Westminster]], a member of the Chapter of Westminster Abbey. In 2010 the [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the House of Commons used his right of appointment to nominate an outsider, Revd. Rose Hudson-Wilkin as the [[Speaker's Chaplain]].▼
It is still used for worship today. In particular, children of [[Peerage|peers]], who possess the title of "[[The Honourable]]", have the privilege of being able to use it as a wedding venue. In addition, peers and members of Parliament have the right to use the chapel as a place of [[infant baptism|christening]]<ref>Emma Crewe, ''Lords of Parliament: Manners, Rituals and Politics'' (2005, {{ISBN|0719072077}}), p. 97</ref> in the [[baptistery]] and font (whose basin was made from a single slab of [[alabaster]]) designed by Barry.<ref name=PWOG2>{{cite book|title=The Palace of Westminster Official Guide|page=71}}</ref>
The body of former Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] was kept in St Mary Undercroft on the night before her funeral in April 2013.<ref name=BBCApr13>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22160529|title=Westminster service remembers Baroness Thatcher|date=16 April 2013|work=BBC News Online|accessdate=19 March 2014}}</ref> The honour was also accorded for the body of [[Tony Benn]], the long serving Labour politician, before his funeral in March 2014.<ref name=BBCMar14>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26664023|title=Queen approves Tony Benn overnight vigil in Parliament's chapel|date=20 March 2014|work=BBC News Online|accessdate=20 March 2014}}</ref>▼
▲It is a [[Royal Peculiar]] chapel<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/building/palace/estatehistory/the-middle-ages/chapel-st-mary-undercroft-/ |title=The Chapel of St Mary Undercroft
▲The body of former Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] was kept in St Mary Undercroft on the night before her funeral in April 2013.<ref name=BBCApr13>{{cite news|url=
==References==
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{{Royal Peculiars}}
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[[Category:Royal Peculiars|London]]
[[Category:Palace of Westminster]]
[[Category:Church of England
[[Category:Grade I listed churches in the City of Westminster]]
[[Category:Margaret Thatcher]]
[[Category:Tony Benn]]
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