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| Keywords: Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini St John of Jerusalem Clerkenwell.jpg 1208840 en Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini / St John of Jerusalem Clerkenwell etching and engraving by the British publisher and printmaker Joseph Skelton Dated 1818 View of St John of Jerusalem Clerkenwell London 280 mm x 183 mm Lettering beneath the image says This Hospital Church situated on the N E of St John's Sq was dedicated to St John by Heraclius 6 March 1185 It being the chief seat of the Religious order of Knights Hospitalers which society comprehending all that was of high Consideration splendour pomp hospitality rendered this site of peculiar importance for which details the enquirer is refer'd to Dugdales Monast Newcourt Camden Stow The Original founder in 1100 was Jordan Briset who also founded an Order of Nuns close by The present Church part of the Priory having become private Property was bought by the Commissioners for building 50 New Churches and consecrated 1723 as a Parish Church but subordinate to St James The Rector the Revd Wm Elisha Law Faulkner A B in 1814 succeeded the Revd John Evans Courtesy of the British Museum London British Museum http //www britishmuseum org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details aspx objectid 3261767 partid 1 searchText knights+hospitallers fromADBC ad toADBC ad titleSubject on numpages 10 images on orig 2fresearch 2fsearch_the_collection_database aspx currentPage 1 Joseph Skelton 1818 PD-old-100 Etchings Engravings Churches in the London Borough of Islington Sovereign Military Order of Malta churches in the United Kingdom Joseph Skelton Buildings of Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in United Kingdom Clerkenwell | ||||
