Hospital of St Thomas of Acre
Church in City of London, England
The Hospital of St Thomas of Acre was the medieval London headquarters of the Knights of Saint Thomas , founded as a church in 1227[ 1] St Mary Colechurch , birthplace of the order's patron saint, Saint Thomas Becket . From the 14th century, it was the main headquarters of the military order.[ 2]
In 1512, the Worshipful Company of Mercers bought from the order a site by the church on which to build its hall. In 1514, it formally became the order's patron.[ 3]
In 1538, during the Protestant Reformation , the order was dissolved. The properties were forfeited to the crown and subsequently acquired by the Mercers in exchange for various payments, rents, and undertakings.[ 4]
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Notes
^ "The Churches of the City of London" Reynolds,H: London, The Bodley Head,1922
^ "The City of London-a history" Borer,M.I.C. : New York,D.McKay Co, 1978 ISBN 0-09-461880-1
^ "A Dictionary of London" Harben, H.: London, Herbert Jenkins, 1918
^ "The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993,2008) ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5
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