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- Spitalfields cemetery was closely associated with the priory and hospital of St Mary without Bishopsgate, later known as St Mary Spital. Claimed to be the largest hospital in London when it was closed during the Dissolution in 1539, the institution was originally founded in around 1197.
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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.
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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.
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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Jun 28, 2024 · In 1892 sixteen medieval tiles that may have belonged to St. Mary Spital were found, apparently near the northern corner of the west arm of the Square. They are now in the north aisle of Christ Church, Spitalfields.
St Mary Spital Coat of arms attributed to Walter Brunus (or Brown), the founder of the priory in 1197. In 1197, a priory, The New Hospital of St Mary without Bishopsgate, latterly known as St Mary Spital, was founded by Walter Brunus and his wife Roisia, and built on the site of the cemetery.
Jan 26, 2020 · In the more peaceful years following the Norman Conquest of 1066, various religious foundations were set up on the edges of London and Spitalfields became home to the priory and hospital of St Mary, which was founded in 1197.
Dec 15, 2020 · A wealth of new information has been uncovered about the Augustinian priory of St Mary Spital – London’s first religious house founded by Londoners – and how it grew from a small roadside hospital into a flourishing institution serving the capital’s poor and sick between 1197 and its suppression in 1539.
