The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . s of Land (for Bibl. he gave them twenty Acres in his Lord-fhip of Willinghale in Kent), whereon he erectedthe faid Hofpital about the Year 1110. But theChurch thereof was not dedicated to St. John theBaptift, till the Year 1185. This magnificent Fabrick was the chief Seat inEngland belonging to the Knights Hofpilalers, who,from the greateft Poverty, by the profufe Libe-rality of Ample Bigots and Enthufiafts, foon at-tained to that Degree of Riches and Honour, thattheir Prior was reckoned the firft Baron of.
The history and survey of London : from its foundation to the present time . s of Land (for Bibl. he gave them twenty Acres in his Lord-fhip of Willinghale in Kent), whereon he erectedthe faid Hofpital about the Year 1110. But theChurch thereof was not dedicated to St. John theBaptift, till the Year 1185. This magnificent Fabrick was the chief Seat inEngland belonging to the Knights Hofpilalers, who,from the greateft Poverty, by the profufe Libe-rality of Ample Bigots and Enthufiafts, foon at-tained to that Degree of Riches and Honour, thattheir Prior was reckoned the firft Baron , and who for State and Grandeur vied £a™with the King- Such was the Antipathy of thePopulace to thefe imperious Knights, that theRebels of Kent and Ejfex under the Conduct ofWat Tyler and Jack Straw, Anno 1381, confumedthis ftately Edifice by Fire •, but the fame beingrebuilt in a much more magnificent Manner, itwas fuppreffed by Henry VIIl. in the Year 1541,at which Time the Revenues thereof amountedto no lefs than three thoufand three hundred and eighty-. r ///& ^/sztzjA Oi/i^v/i
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