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Clerkenwell Priory

1185 establishments in EnglandAugustinian monasteries in EnglandBuildings and structures in ClerkenwellBurial sites of the De Lacy familyChristian monasteries established in the 12th century
Grade I listed buildings in the London Borough of IslingtonHistory of the London Borough of IslingtonMonasteries in LondonPreceptories of the Knights Hospitaller in England
Three views on one plate of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem in Clerkenwell by Wenceslaus Hollar
Three views on one plate of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem in Clerkenwell by Wenceslaus Hollar

Clerkenwell Priory was a priory of the Monastic Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, in Clerkenwell, London. Run according to the Augustinian rule, it was the residence of the Hospitallers' Grand Prior in England, and was thus their English headquarters. Its great landholding near London until Protestant monarch Edward VI of England was in the former north of Marylebone: St John's Wood which it had farmed out on agricultural tenancies as a source of produce and income.

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Clerkenwell Priory
St John's Square, London Clerkenwell (London Borough of Islington)

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St John's Square
EC1M 5RJ London, Clerkenwell (London Borough of Islington)
England, United Kingdom
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Three views on one plate of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem in Clerkenwell by Wenceslaus Hollar
Three views on one plate of the Priory of St John of Jerusalem in Clerkenwell by Wenceslaus Hollar
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