Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian. Born Rotterdam, date approximate. First visited London in 1499 and often stayed with Thomas More in Chelsea, a friend for over 30 years.
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Desiderius Erasmus
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Cheyne Walk heads - More and Erasmus
No inscription remains legible but we believe we've found the painting used a...
Erasmus weathervane
This weathervane, Allegory of Folly, was brought to our attention by Londonis...
Thomas More - Woolwich Town Hall
We can find no confirmation that More lived at Eltham, though he probably vis...
Other Subjects
Reverend James Palmer
In 1656 he founded almshouses in Palmer’s Passage for six poor old men and six poor old women together with a school for the education of twenty boys. Old maps show these almshouses running most of...
2 memorials
Edward Burrough
Quaker activist and writer. Born near Kendal. Died, unmarried, in Newgate prison and was buried at Bunhill Fields Burial Ground.
1 memorial
John Derifall
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
Whitfield Tabernacle and cemetery
Planetslade have a thorough and well-written history of the Whitefield chapel and its burial grounds. In brief: Funded by his patron the Countess of Huntingdon (see Lady Erskine for more about her)...
1 memorial
Ralph Jackson
Burnt at the stake in Bow (or possibly Stratford) for his Protestant beliefs.
1 memorial
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