From "The Descriptive Album of London" by George H Birch 1896 - Extract text : " ST JOHN GATE ST. CLERKENWELL, is an interesting relic of an old priory of the Knights of St. John, this gate was built in the beginning of the 16th century by the grand ior I)ocwra. The arrns of Docwra and of the priory are on one side of the gateway, and those of England and France on the other. The Knights of St. John were by Henry the Eighth, reinstated by Queen Mary, and finally suppressed by Elizabeth. The building over the Gate "

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