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The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… apparently due to settlement, if we assume that Prior Rahere's and Prior Thomas's work were originally level. There … had to be adopted some four or five inches below that of Rahere's church. Secondly, the architects ignored or did not … level than the eastern or presbytery. We assume that Rahere in laying his floor did not allow for a rise of the …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… the next in importance of the three external chapels of Rahere's church was the chapel of St. Bartholomew, at the … in 1866. 14 The South or St. Stephen's Chapel. The last of Rahere's three external chapels is the South Chapel, which …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… a clerestory of 16 ft. 6 in., or 48 ft. in all. 1 Though Rahere's work is shown by the measured drawings to have been … and the base of a tomb carried round on the west side of Rahere's in the north aisle, probably originally a portion of … door in its north end, close to the priest's door, east of Rahere's tomb. The floor was lower than that of the …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… indicates the time of the completion of the building of Rahere's church, but the fact of the convent having met and having had time to revolt shows that Rahere's portion of the church must have been completed and consecrated some time before the charter was granted. Rahere's intention of further establishing his church and …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… The founder To 1123 CHAPTER I THE FOUNDER That Rahere was the founder of the Priory of St. Bartholomew, … King John, in his charter of the year 1204, 1 speaks of 'Rahere the first prior of the aforesaid church who founded … 1227 repeats the statement. Various legends exist as to Rahere having been the king's jester and a great musician, …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… the monuments at St. Bartholomew's, next to that of Rahere gives that of ' Roger Walden, Bishop of London 1406'. …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… independent. The hospital, as we have seen, was founded by Rahere simultaneously with the priory. It was named, like the … to the list of masters in the cartulary of the hospital 7 Rahere himself was the first master: the three first entries, translated, run as follows: Rahere, the founder, in the time of King Henry I in the …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… no record as to where the priors were buried. The tomb of Rahere, the first prior, was on the north side of the …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… 143.) The Cloister used as a Stable, 1903. (See p. 138.) Rahere, we may assume, set out on his plan the position and … is also a portion of a leather sandal from the foot of Rahere, a portion of his wooden coffin, some late …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… to the new choir vestry erected on the ancient walls of Rahere's south chapel. On the west side of the square was, in …