Relics of Genius: Visits to the Last Homes of Poets, Painters, And Players, With Biographical ...
Relics of Genius: Visits to the Last Homes of Poets, Painters, And Players, With Biographical ...
T P Grinsted
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The Reformation thinned the ranks of these sacred edifices; whilst the Great Fire, a century later, destroyed many that have not been rebuilt. Several that are still spared us are rich in historic associations. At the church of Allhallows, Barking, for instance, the headless body of the poet Surrey was temporarily deposited after his execution on Tower HiU. St. Andrew Undershaft has the honoured ashes of the fine old chronicler. Stow ; whilst the church of St. Catharine Cree, Leadenhall Street,... according to Strype, is the resting-place of Hans Holbein. This ** great and inimitable " painter was bom at Griinstadt, and on visiting England rose high in the favour of Henry VIII. Holbein died in London, of the plague, in 1554. From the living stream constantly flowing through ST. GILES, CBIPPLEGATE. 65 k the city we first turn, for quietude, into the picturesque old church of ST. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE. ** Softly tread, 'tis hallow'd ground." The name of this locality is derived from a gate which formerly stood in the vicinity of the church, near to which a number of cripples were accustomed to assemble for the solicitation of alms.
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