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Sir John Kyriel

The story of the Crutched Friars in London….

Feb 3, 2021

anniversaries, buildings, religion

burials, Crutched Friars, Henry Percy, Joan of Kent, John of Gaunt, Kent, Peasants’ Revolt, Priory of the Holy Cross, riots, Sir John Kyriel, Sir Nicholas Kyriel, Westenhanger

The Priory of the Holy Cross, also known as the Crossed or Crutched Friars, near Tower Hill, was one of about forty-five religious houses and over one hundred parish churches in medieval London. Oh, how many of these wonderful buildings were lost forever in the Great Fire, never to be replaced? My recent contact with…
Edward III, Sir John Kyriel and the French invasion that didn’t happen. . .

Aug 15, 2018

anniversaries, battles

Edward III, France, Hundred Years War, invasion plans, Phillippa of Hainault, Sandwich, Sir John Kyriel

Edward III was a great king. No doubt about that. And a forceful leader who knew his mind. The same went for his son, who has gone down in history as the Black Prince. So it came as a surprise to me when, on glancing through my new copy of The Black Prince…