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General Plan of the Priory Church of Clerkenwell, London
General Plan of the Priory Church of Clerkenwell, London
Object number1864.2.1824

General Plan of the Priory Church of Clerkenwell, London

DateNd
Artist (English, 1748-1817)
CultureEnglish
MediumInk and watercolor
DimensionsSheet: 13 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (34.61 x 26.67 cm)
Credit LineGift of Matthew Vassar
On View
Not on view
Period18th c / 19th c
Classification(s)
InscribedInscribed (at bottom, in ink): General Plan of the Priory Church of Clerkenwell, London / (a scale of 100 feet); (LL, in ink): This Church was formerly part of the Priory called Ecclessia beatae Mariae de Fonte, Clericorum, for Nuns of the order of St. Benedict, founded in the year 1100, upon 14 acres of land, given by Jordan Brifset to Robert his Chaplin, to build a religious house upon the priory was suppressed 26 of Henry VIII and after passing through various hands, the church, by purchase become vested, on the 2 of June, 1656, in trustees, for the use of the Parishioners of this parish.
ProvenanceCollections: Elias Magoon
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