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Apr 23, 2021 · St Mary Spital founded in 1197 by Walter Brunus, a wealthy merchant and citizen of London, and his wife Roisia, stood on the east side of Bishopsgate Street on land where once stood a Roman cemetery. Originally known as the Priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary without Bishopsgate , sometimes known as the New Hospital of St Mary without Bishopsgate ...
5 days ago · Edmund and Mary (described as ’the blessed’ Mary in the Ministers' Accounts and as St. Mary Magdalen by Stow) was founded in the priory in about 1391 by William Evesham, citizen and pepperer of London.
Apr 21, 2020 · St Mary Spital was London’s first religious house founded by Londoners. Between 1197 and 1539, the Augustinian priory flourished, developing from a small roadside hospital into a large institution serving the capital’s poor and sick – a story brought to light by almost two decades of excavations, as Susan M Wright reports.
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Walter, archdeacon of London, laid the foundation stone of St Mary Spital in June of 1197 and William de Ste. Mère l’Eglise, Bishop of London from 1199 to 1221, was responsible for the dedication. The site was later refounded in 1235 when Walter Brutus and Roisia rebuilt and expanded the church.
Walter, archdeacon of London, laid the foundation stone of St Mary Spital in June of 1197 and William de Ste. Mère l’Eglise, Bishop of London from 1199 to 1221, was responsible for the dedication. The site was later refounded in 1235 when Walter Brutus and Roisia rebuilt and expanded the church.
Jun 28, 2024 · In 1599 the Jesuit Father Garnet had a house in London ’in a place called Spital’, probably the precinct of St. Mary Spital, and it was also prob ably from this house that another Jesuit priest, John Gerard, rode into the country after his escape from the Tower in 1597.
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Jul 31, 2018 · The Hospital of St Mary Spital, London, was initially founded as a small roadside hostel outside Bishopsgate in 1197, only 15 m long on an east–west alignment (Thomas et al . 1997, 24–25).
