Carthusian priory, founded by Sir Walter Manny and Bishop Michael Northburg of London. Inhabited by 25 monks. The priory was suppressed in 1538 (re: Dissolution of the Monesteries) and the land passed to the crown. It passed through a few hands until it was sold to Thomas Sutton who endowed Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse to educate boys (otherwise known as Charterhouse School) and to care for elderly gentlemen. This later objective was met by the almshouse, now known as Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse, which continues to occupy the land to the west. It was badly damaged in WW2 but restored and reopened in 1951.
2013: IanVisits and Londonist both visited and took photos.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
London Charterhouse
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Carthusian martyrs
The verse comes from "The Apocrypha: Prayer of Azariah, Chapter 1". We don't...
Charterhouse
The Great Cloister of The London Charterhouse, 1371 - 1538, once occupied thi...
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Westminster Abbey
Officially, The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster. According to tradition, there has been a religious establishment on the site since the seventh century. Construction of the present bui...
3 memorials
Winchester Palace
A nearby information board gives: These ruins are all that remain of the palace of the powerful Bishops of Winchester, one of the largest and most important buildings in medieval London. Founded i...
1 memorial
William Gilpin
Artist, author, cleric and schoolmaster. He was a sketcher and collector of prints, and worked as a curate, before becoming a master, and then headmaster at Cheam School. In 1768 he published 'Ess...
1 memorial
Bishop Thomas Wood
Born in the Parish of Hackney. He seems to have been a bad boy: Ejected from his rectory for scandal in 1651. Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry 1671 until his death, but suspended 1684 - 87 for bein...
1 memorial
Reverend Augustus M Toplady
Cleric and hymn writer. Born Augustus Montague Toplady in Farnham, Surrey. His family moved to Ireland, and he attended Trinity College, Dublin. He was a follower of John Wesley and converted to Me...
1 memorial