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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Henry Bartholomew Coward
1895 appointed vicar when Holy Trinity Church was based in Knightsbridge and oversaw its move to Prince Consort Road in 1901. Andrew Behan has researched Coward, here are his findings: Henry Barth...
1 memorial
Unknown warrior
The idea of a ceremonial burial for an unknown soldier came from a WW1 Army padre, Rev. David Railton. The French and the British acted on the idea in 1920 and over the years many other countries ...
1 memorial
George V of Armenia
Chief bishop and spiritual leader of Armenia's national church, 1911-30.
1 memorial
Stratford Langthorne Abbey
A Cistercian monastery. Also called St Mary's or West Ham Abbey, one of the largest Cistercian abbeys in England, it existed until the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Although the ruins were pillag...
1 memorial
Archbishop Thomas Herring
Bishop of Bangor 1737-43. Archbishop of York 1743-47. Archbishop of Canterbury 1747-57. Died Yorkshire.
1 memorial
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James Ranger
Prospective Socialist candidate for the Epping division in October 1935.
1 memorial
Thomas Cundy
Architect. He could be either Thomas Cundy, senior (1765-1825), or his son; as their careers were closely intertwined. The identity of the portrait on the right is similarly doubtful. Cundy senior ...
1 memorial
Gerald Durrell
SE21, Alleyn Park, 43
Gerald Durrell, 1925 - 1995, zoologist and writer, lived here as a child. English Heritage
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1 creator
1 memorial
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