The Reverend Richard Cranmer was Lord of the Manor of Mitcham Canons. A nearby road and green both bear his surname. He had died before 1831. From Merton: "The Canons House and estate remained in the ownership of the Cranmer family and their descendants the Simpsons until 1939..."
The Cranmers were descendants of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer who lived during the religious upheaval of the 16th century.
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Reverend Richard Cranmer
The inscription is badly deteriorated, so we have copied the inscription from...
Prior of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in the 14th or 15th century.
Became vicar in 1947 of St Marks Kennington and oversaw the restoration of the building following WW2 damage. He may have a first initial 'H'.
Born Newcastle upon Tyne. Cardinal. Archbishop of Westminster from 1976 until his death. President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales from 1979 until his death, at the Hospita...
Non-conformist minister and numismatist. Born Bristol. Became Baptist minister at Little Wild Street (see Samuel Stennett) in 1730 but in 1735 he had to leave when accused by a member of the congre...
From St James's we learn that on the porch wall of St James' Church (whose spire you can see just to the east of Father Jack's plaque) is a board which lists Jack Holden as the vicar of the Church ...
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