The Monastery Of St John Of Jerusalem

The Monastery of St. John of Jerusalem, Clerkenwell - General View from the South-East', (circa 1872). The Priory of St John, of the Monastic Order of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, was founded in 1185 in Clerkenwell, London. It was dissolved by King Henry VIII as he claimed that the order 'maliciously and traitorously upheld the Bishop of Rome to be Supreme Head of Christ's Church'. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]. Artist Unknown. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)