Description:Chapters: St Katharine Cree, St Helen's Bishopsgate, St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, St Bartholomew-The-Less, St Andrew Undershaft. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: St Katharine Cree is a Church of England church in the Aldgate ward of the City of London, located on Leadenhall Street near Leadenhall Market. The parish served by the church is an extremely ancient one; it existed as early as 1108, when it was served by the Augustinian Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, which was also known as Christ Church, which was founded by Maud, queen at the time of King Henry I The site of the present church was originally the priory's churchyard and it is possible that the church had its origins in a cemetery chapel. The parishioners used the priory church but this proved unsatisfactory and disruptive to the priory's activities. The prior partially resolved the problem in 1280 with the foundation of St Katharine Cree as a separate church for the use of the parishioners. It took its name from the priory - "Cree" is a corrupted abbreviation of "Christ Church." It was initially served by a canon appointed by the prior but this did not prove satisfactory either, in 1414 the church was established as a full parish in its own right, which it has remained ever since. Altar and Rose WindowThe present church dates from 1631, with only the tower (dating to 1504) retained from the previous building. It was consecrated by William Laud in his capacity as Bishop of London; his vestments and the form of service that he used in the ceremony were later held against him in his trial and conviction for heresy, when he was accused by Puritans of having displayed Catholic sympathies through his "bowings and cringings." He is commemorated by a chapel in the church. The church escaped th...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=79943We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pre-Great Fire Churches in the City of London: St Katharine Cree, St Helen's Bishopsgate, St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, St Bartholomew-The-Less. To get started finding Pre-Great Fire Churches in the City of London: St Katharine Cree, St Helen's Bishopsgate, St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, St Bartholomew-The-Less, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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28
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2010
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1158459262
Pre-Great Fire Churches in the City of London: St Katharine Cree, St Helen's Bishopsgate, St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, St Bartholomew-The-Less
Description: Chapters: St Katharine Cree, St Helen's Bishopsgate, St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, St Bartholomew-The-Less, St Andrew Undershaft. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: St Katharine Cree is a Church of England church in the Aldgate ward of the City of London, located on Leadenhall Street near Leadenhall Market. The parish served by the church is an extremely ancient one; it existed as early as 1108, when it was served by the Augustinian Holy Trinity Priory, Aldgate, which was also known as Christ Church, which was founded by Maud, queen at the time of King Henry I The site of the present church was originally the priory's churchyard and it is possible that the church had its origins in a cemetery chapel. The parishioners used the priory church but this proved unsatisfactory and disruptive to the priory's activities. The prior partially resolved the problem in 1280 with the foundation of St Katharine Cree as a separate church for the use of the parishioners. It took its name from the priory - "Cree" is a corrupted abbreviation of "Christ Church." It was initially served by a canon appointed by the prior but this did not prove satisfactory either, in 1414 the church was established as a full parish in its own right, which it has remained ever since. Altar and Rose WindowThe present church dates from 1631, with only the tower (dating to 1504) retained from the previous building. It was consecrated by William Laud in his capacity as Bishop of London; his vestments and the form of service that he used in the ceremony were later held against him in his trial and conviction for heresy, when he was accused by Puritans of having displayed Catholic sympathies through his "bowings and cringings." He is commemorated by a chapel in the church. The church escaped th...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=79943We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Pre-Great Fire Churches in the City of London: St Katharine Cree, St Helen's Bishopsgate, St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, St Bartholomew-The-Less. To get started finding Pre-Great Fire Churches in the City of London: St Katharine Cree, St Helen's Bishopsgate, St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, St Bartholomew-The-Less, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.