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User:JamJamSvn/List of stolen lecterns

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Several lecterns have been stolen.

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Description Date stolen Location of theft Details Estimated value
Oak eagle lectern 30 July 2006 Holy Trinity Church, Matfen A six-foot eagle-shaped oak lectern, along with two antique wooden chests, was stolen in a daylight raid.[1] £5,000[1]
October 2006 St Mungo's Church, Simonburn The lectern was thought by police to be stolen by a gang who also stole the lectern in Matfen.[1] £3,000[1]
Brass eagle lectern April 2008 St Michael and All Angels' Church, Hathersage, UK A lectern was stolen during the day and its absence was discovered at 5pm by the churchwarden. A police search found no fingerprints.[2] £6,000-£7,000[2]
Eagle lectern May 2014 Christ Church, Daylesford, Australia A lectern was stolen as part of 30 items in a "well-planned" burglary with several people involved. The items stolen were described as "irreplaceable" at a total of A$100,000.[3]
Brass eagle lectern 26-27 May 2016 St John the Baptist Church, Newtown, UK Between 6pm on 26 May and 11am on 27 May, the lectern was stolen alongside the church door.[4] £10,000[4]
Top half of lectern March 2018 St Lucia's Church, Dembleby, UK The top half of a lectern and a cross were stolen.[5]
Golden eagle lectern 1 May 2022 St John the Evangelist Church, Kingsdown, UK A gold lectern and its stand, which had been gifted to the church over 100 years prior and was covered in semi-precious stones, was stolen by 25-year-old Robert Watson and an accomplice. £1,600 in damage was also causd to the church doors and to the Victorian floor tiles when the lectern was dragged over them. Police were able to recover the stand section, but there was no trace of its eagle-shaped top section. Watson, who was in debt at the time, was arrested on suspicion of burglary in connection with the incident and jailed for 12 months, making no profit from the theft.[6][7]
Brass lectern 9-11 April 2023 St Mary’s Church, Burstall, UK A small brass lectern measuring 46 cm and Victorian cross, kept in a locked vestry, was stolen.[8]
Brass eagle lectern 23 June 2023 All Saints Church, Pidley, UK A 100kg microdotted and inscribed brass eagle lectern which was initially bought in 1921. It was stolen alongside a cast iron safe when it was removed from its concrete plinth. A Bible which had been gifted to the church had been "carefully taken off the lectern and placed on the side." Cambridgeshire Police explored all lines of inquiry and identified no suspects.[9][10] "several thousand pounds"[9]
Wooden eagle lectern 16 December 2023 St Swithin's Church, Baumber, UK An ornate 19th century lectern, donated to the church by a member of St Swithin's congregation in memory of her son who died in 1891, was stolen during a break-in alongside £12 of cash from a collection.[11]

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Description Date stolen Date recovered Location of theft Details Estimated value
Dunkeld Lectern 7 May 1544;

30 November 1984

May 1999 Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, UK;

St Stephen's Church, St Albans, UK

The lectern was first stolen from Hollyrood Abbey in 1544 by an English army led by the Earl of Hertford; it was taken to St Stephen's Church, St Albans.[12] It experienced a failed theft in 1972.[13] Over 400 years later, on Saint Andrew's Night 1984, it was successfully stolen for a second time from the church by the Scottish nationalist group Siol nan Gaidheal,[14][15] and is believed to have been hidden for 15 years in a West Highland grave before it was anonymously delivered to Netherbow Arts Centre in early May 1999.[16][17]
Brass eagle lectern September 2011 January 2012 Holy Cross Church, Ashton Keynes, UK An ornate brass lectern from Wiltshire, UK, was the only item stolen from the church, potentially in broad daylight, and was thought to have been melted down after its theft. It was discovered at a Romanian antique fair, identified by its inscription, and returned to the church via Interpol.[18][19][20] £2,000-£3,000[18][20]
Barack Obama's Presidential lectern 17 October 2011 17 October 2011, 12:30 p.m. Virginia Center Commons Courtyard Marriott, Richmond, US A van containing President Obama's lectern, teleprompter, audio equipment and presidential seals worth $200,000 in total were stolen from a parking lot. The vehicle was later recovered at a Holiday Inn Express near Richmond International Airport,[21] and Eric Brown, who had stolen the vehicle and also sold some of the stolen material to pawn shops, was given 7 years in prison.[22]
Lectern of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives 6 January 2021 7 January 2021 United States Capitol, Washington D.C., US During the January 6 United States Capitol attack, rioter Adam Christian Johnson found the lectern usually used by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, near a spiral staircase. He carried it to the Capitol rotunda, and was photographed holding it there.[23] After the attack, the location of the lectern was not immediately known,[24] though it was found the next day in the red corridor of the Senate wing near the rotunda[25] and placed in the Capitol's Rayburn Room on January 13 for an engrossment ceremony of the House impeachment resolution.[26] Over $1,000[25]
Victorian brass lectern 10 June 2024, 11:00 p.m. ~17 June 2024 St Augustine's Church, Edgbaston, UK A lectern from 1868, designed by the local church designer John Hardman and given to the church the year it was consecrated, was stolen.[27][28] Footage of the theft was captured on CCTV, in which the thief wore a green hooded jacket and covered the lecten in a blanket before removing it,[27] taking less than two minutes and likely using a car to take it away.[29] The warden received a call from a member of the public a week after the theft, stating that they had found the lectern at a scrap metal dealer in the Black Country. The lectern was returned, and the church installed a motion sensor and other measures to protect it.[28] A 61 year old man was arrested on suspicion of the lectern's theft.[30]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Rural churches hit by spate of daylight robberies". Church Times. November 2, 2006. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Beavan, Ed (April 30, 2008). "Brass lectern is stolen from rural church". Church Times. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  3. ^ Porter, Muriel (May 23, 2014). "'Irreplaceable' items stolen from Victoria church". Church Times. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Brass eagle lectern stolen stolen from Newtown church". BBC News. May 29, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  5. ^ Vamplew, Richard (March 29, 2018). "Cross, lectern, and candlesticks stolen from Lincolnshire churches days before Easter". Church Times. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
  6. ^ "Man arrested after gold Eagle-shaped lectern stolen from Kent church". ITV News. May 5, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  7. ^ Roberts, Julia (February 22, 2024). "Debt-ridden dad stole 'irreplaceable' artefact to sell as scrap". Kent Online. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  8. ^ "Police appeal after Suffolk church artefacts stolen". BBC News. April 17, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  9. ^ a b "Brass eagle lectern stolen from church in Pidley, Cambridgeshire". BBC News. June 29, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "First World War lectern stolen from Cambridgeshire church". ITV News. June 28, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  11. ^ "Appeal after Baumber St Swithin's Church eagle lectern stolen". BBC News. December 19, 2023. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "A lost Scots treasure emerges from hiding Dunkeld Lectern makes capital return". The Herald. May 3, 1999. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  13. ^ "Holyrood Bird comes home to roost Lectern gifted by Pope in 1498 is returned after theft". The Herald. December 17, 2005. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  14. ^ "Holyrood Bird comes home to roost Lectern gifted by Pope in 1498 is returned after theft". The Herald. December 17, 2005. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  15. ^ Ascherson, Neal (2014). Stone Voices: The Search For Scotland. Granta Books. pp. 20–22. ISBN 9781783780068.
  16. ^ O'Sullivan, Jack (May 6, 1999). "Britain Votes: Lectern returns Phoenix-like 500 years after it was". The Independent. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  17. ^ "A lost Scots treasure emerges from hiding". Herald Scotland. May 3, 1999. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  18. ^ a b "Lectern stolen from Wiltshire church spotted in Romania". BBC News. January 4, 2012. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  19. ^ Bowater, Donna (January 8, 2012). "Brass lectern stolen from Wiltshire church turns up at Romanian antique fair". The Telegraph. Retrieved February 24, 2024.
  20. ^ a b Shariatmadari, David (January 25, 2012). "Thieves seeking silver, brass and lead prey on churches". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  21. ^ "Obama's teleprompter, lectern stolen in Va". NBC News. October 18, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  22. ^ Jouvenal, Justin (March 11, 2013). "Theft of Obama's teleprompter, podium gets man 7-year prison term". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  23. ^ Davies, Emily; Jackman, Tom (November 22, 2021). "Florida man photographed with Pelosi's lectern on Jan. 6 pleads guilty". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  24. ^ Pengelly, Martin; Luscombe, Richard (January 9, 2021). "Police arrest man who carried Pelosi lectern and horned Capitol intruder". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  25. ^ a b Pereira, Ivan (January 9, 2021). "Alleged lectern thief, horn-helmeted suspect arrested in connection with Capitol riot". ABC News. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  26. ^ Robinson, Adia (January 13, 2021). "House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's lectern, stolen in Capitol riot, returned". ABC News. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
  27. ^ a b Barton, Alex (June 12, 2024). "Watch: Thief steals brass eagle from church lectern". The Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  28. ^ a b Price, Richard (June 25, 2024). "The brass eagle has landed after theft from Birmingham church". BBC News. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  29. ^ Giddings, Andy (June 11, 2024). "Birmingham vicar bereft after theft of church lectern eagle". BBC News. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  30. ^ Giddings, Andy (June 26, 2024). "Man arrested over church brass eagle theft in Birmingham". BBC News. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
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