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in Medieval & Tudor London
 In medieval & Tudor times,
there were lots of monasteries within and
immediately surrounding the walls of the City of London. Two of them
belonged to the monastic knights who helped pilgrims.
They were both eventually shut
down.
- The Priory of St. John of
Jerusalem at Clerkenwell was the home of Knights Hospitaller in
London and also of their Grand Prior. He was in charge of all the
Hospitallers in England. They originally had a round church. They
ran a large hostel for travellers. It had to be rebuilt after it
was burnt down during the Peasants'
Revolt. Only St. John's Gate
and the church crypt survive today. Stone from here was used to
build Old Somerset House.
- The Temple Church was the
church of the Knights Templar. These were mysterious fighting
monks who protected pilgrims. Their church is round. It is the
only remaining building from their monastery. The order was shut
down in the 14th century. The buildings were rented out as a
hostel for lawyers. They eventually became two of the Inns of
Court (legal colleges): the Inner Temple & the Middle Temple.
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