³§¾±°ùÌý´³´Ç³ó²ÔÌýPoultneyÌý´Ç°ùÌýdeÌýPulteneyÌýwas in the Drapers' Company, Lord Mayor 3 times in the period 1330-6, and had his houseÌýon the west of what is nowÌýLaurence Pountney Hill. ÌýHe foundedÌýCorpus Christi CollegeÌýandÌýhis name was given to the (presumably,Ìýpre-existing) parish churchÌýin Candlewick Street. ÌýThe college chapel is thought to have been just to the north of the church. ÌýThe church and college were destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt. ÌýThe site was then used as a graveyard and is now a private garden, as is the church's original graveyard, to the south of the sunken pedestrian passageway. ÌýMore information atÌý.
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Laurence Pountney Church & Corpus Christi College
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