Their odd name is just a corruption of 'Crossed', a reference to the red cloth cross which they wore on their garments. The Crutched Friars House in the City was founded at the end of the 13th century.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Friars of the Holy Cross, Crutched Friars
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Crutched Friars
Red granite and off-white marble with some bronze. Close examination of this...
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John Felton
Catholic lay priest and martyr. Father of Thomas Felton. A wealthy man, he lived at Bermondsey Abbey (the mansion built on the site) and supposedly fixed a copy of the papal bull excommunicating Qu...
1 memorial
St Georges Burial Ground
St. Georges Burial Ground was so used from 1731 to 1857.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Nathaniel Mather
Non-conformist minister. Born Lancashire. Buried in Bunhill burial ground.
1 memorial
Rector William Stone
Rector of Christ Church Spitalfields between, at least, 1837 - 1845. At Recollections of Spitalfields we learn that Stone went on to become Canon of St. Paul's. We found little information about S...
2 memorials
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