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St John's Gate, Clerkenwell

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in 1381. It was restored by Prior John Redington & was finally rebuilt in its present form by Prior Thomas Docwra in 1504. The Grand Priory buildings were appropriated by the crown in 1559. The order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem resumed possession of this gatehouse in
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St John's Gate. This building was the main entrance to the Grand Priory of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. The original gatehouse was erected about the year 1148 & was burnt down by
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half-sister Queen Elizabeth I succeeded her, the Order in England was dissolved once again. The Order was re-established in England during the Victorian era.
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The Priory was established in the 1140s in Clerkenwell as the English headquarters of the Order. The Order was dissolved by King Henry VIII as part of the
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established a medical hospital (St John's Hospital) in the building, the original mediaeval usage of that word signifying a guest-house.
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when its lands and wealth were seized by the Crown. The Order was re-established for a brief period by that king's
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The building has many historical associations, most notably as the original
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lessons together with coffee. For many years the building was used as a
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daughter, Queen Mary, who granted it a Royal Charter. However, when her
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A modern stone plaque is affixed to the building inscribed as follows:
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Museum and Library of the Order of St John at St John's Gate
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there, known as "Hogarth's Coffee House", which offered
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1504
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Victorian restoration
Clerkenwell
Middlesex
London
monastic
Prior
Thomas Docwra
Clerkenwell Priory
Knights
Order of St John
Knights Hospitaller
brick
façades
stone
Gate
Victorian
architects
William Pettit Griffith
R. Norman Shaw
J. Oldrid Scott
Dissolution of the Monasteries
Roman Catholic
Protestant
printing
Edward Cave
The Gentleman's Magazine
Samuel Johnson
William Hogarth

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