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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Lancelot Andrewes
Cleric. Born near All Hallows, Barking. He served successively as Bishop of Chichester, Ely and Winchester, and oversaw the translation of the King James Version of the Bible.
1 memorial
St Olave Church, Silver Street
The first reference to a church on this site is to 'St Olave de Mukewellestrate' in the twelfth century,named for King Olave. Destroyed in 1666 by the Great Fire and not rebuilt. Instead the parish...
2 memorials
Mary Overie
Traditions vary but one is that Mary was the daughter of John Overs, a very successful Thames ferryman in the tenth century. Â She gave her inherited wealth to fund a convent which became St Mary Ov...
1 memorial
Queen Anne's Bounty
Following the Reformation the taxes on church livings, which used to be paid to the Pope, went to the Crown. In 1704, during Queen Anne's reign, a scheme was implemented that used some of these fun...
1 memorial
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