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Article THE KNIGHTS OF ST. HELEN'S. ← Page 4 of 11 →
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The Knights Of St. Helen's.
the highest house in London . In it also , tradition states , that Richard , Duke of Gloucester , once dwelt , ancl therein planned the murder of his nephews in the Tower . It Avas the abode of Sir Thomas More , the Lorcl Chancellor , ancl author of the "Utopia , " of Sir John Spencer , ancl several foreign ambassadors . It is also stated that Sir John derived his name
from baling been found , when a child , by a cross , but this is in all probability a vulgar error , as we find the name of Crosby in the subsidy rolls of the sheriffs of London , and in other documents , proving a family of that name to have been wealthy before the reign of Edivard IV . He Avas a most zealous adherent of the fortunes of the house of Yorkancl Avas engaged
, upon divers occasions on certain political transactions , requiring care ancl attention . Although he belonged to the Company of Grocers , he never occupied the civic chair . He Avas twice married , ancl left one only son , at ivhose death his family became extinct . Loyal and devoted to his sovereign , he left
behind him a name honourable as well as noble ; and as we gaze upon his costly monument , we are proud to enrol him as one of the truest sons of Old England , ancl to recognise barn as a veritable chevalier , sans pew et sans reproche . A mural tablet , on the right hand side of the altar , is dedicated to the memory of one Sir Andrew Judd , who was lord
mayor in the year 1550 , and who kept his mayoralty in a mansion which was then standing on the west of Crosby Hall . This gentleman was a great traveller , and did such wonders in the shape of roving about , as to have them recorded in his epitaph . The tablet is surmounted by the family arms , beneath are Corinthian pillars , supporting a gilt canopy , under which
are kneeling figures of the knight ancl one of his wives , though which of the three we are not told . The inscription is not written in the most choice English , and is somewhat obscure . The poetry is not exactly Tennysonian or Byronic , but as Shakspeare says , if it "is not so deep as a ivell , nor so wide as a chva-ch door ; but 'tis enough , 'twill serve . " Here it is in a double column : —•
To Russia and Muscova Power sunes one mayde had he hy To Spayne Gynny without fable her Travelci he by Land and Sea Annys had none by him truly Bothe Mayre of London and Staple By I ) amo Mary had one dowghticr The Oommenwelthe he norished Thus in the month of September So worthelie in all his daies A thousand fyve hundred fyftey That each state full well him loved And eiht died this worthie staplar
g To his perpetuall prayes Worshypynge his posterytye . Three wives he had one was Mary This is not the only monument he left behind him , however , T 2
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The Knights Of St. Helen's.
the highest house in London . In it also , tradition states , that Richard , Duke of Gloucester , once dwelt , ancl therein planned the murder of his nephews in the Tower . It Avas the abode of Sir Thomas More , the Lorcl Chancellor , ancl author of the "Utopia , " of Sir John Spencer , ancl several foreign ambassadors . It is also stated that Sir John derived his name
from baling been found , when a child , by a cross , but this is in all probability a vulgar error , as we find the name of Crosby in the subsidy rolls of the sheriffs of London , and in other documents , proving a family of that name to have been wealthy before the reign of Edivard IV . He Avas a most zealous adherent of the fortunes of the house of Yorkancl Avas engaged
, upon divers occasions on certain political transactions , requiring care ancl attention . Although he belonged to the Company of Grocers , he never occupied the civic chair . He Avas twice married , ancl left one only son , at ivhose death his family became extinct . Loyal and devoted to his sovereign , he left
behind him a name honourable as well as noble ; and as we gaze upon his costly monument , we are proud to enrol him as one of the truest sons of Old England , ancl to recognise barn as a veritable chevalier , sans pew et sans reproche . A mural tablet , on the right hand side of the altar , is dedicated to the memory of one Sir Andrew Judd , who was lord
mayor in the year 1550 , and who kept his mayoralty in a mansion which was then standing on the west of Crosby Hall . This gentleman was a great traveller , and did such wonders in the shape of roving about , as to have them recorded in his epitaph . The tablet is surmounted by the family arms , beneath are Corinthian pillars , supporting a gilt canopy , under which
are kneeling figures of the knight ancl one of his wives , though which of the three we are not told . The inscription is not written in the most choice English , and is somewhat obscure . The poetry is not exactly Tennysonian or Byronic , but as Shakspeare says , if it "is not so deep as a ivell , nor so wide as a chva-ch door ; but 'tis enough , 'twill serve . " Here it is in a double column : —•
To Russia and Muscova Power sunes one mayde had he hy To Spayne Gynny without fable her Travelci he by Land and Sea Annys had none by him truly Bothe Mayre of London and Staple By I ) amo Mary had one dowghticr The Oommenwelthe he norished Thus in the month of September So worthelie in all his daies A thousand fyve hundred fyftey That each state full well him loved And eiht died this worthie staplar
g To his perpetuall prayes Worshypynge his posterytye . Three wives he had one was Mary This is not the only monument he left behind him , however , T 2