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  John Pearson
In 1654 he was made weekly preacher at St Clement's, Eastcheap[?], in London.
In 1659 he published in London his celebrated Exposition of the Creed, dedicated to his parishioners of St Clement's, Eastcheap, to whom the substance of the work had been preached several years before.
Soon after the Restoration he was presented by Juxon, bishop of London, to the rectory of St Christopher-le-Stocks; and in 1660 he was created doctor of divinity at Cambridge, appointed a royal chaplain, prebendary of Ely, archdeacon of Surrey, and master of Jesus College, Cambridge.
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 Clement (St.), Eastcheap | British History Online
Chapel of St. Mary in the Church, 1349 (Ct. H.W. Repaired and beautified 1632.
Burnt in the Fire and rebuilt in 1686 by Sir C. Wren, and the parish of St. Martin Orgar united to it (Strype, ed.
The dedication to St. Clement is unusual in London, as there is only one other church dedicated to this saint, namely St. Clement Danes, Westminster.
www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=694   (236 words)

  
 Medieval Mystery Plays – The Players of St Peter: St Clement, Eastcheap
What is known is that Clements Lane, in which the present church stands, was so named at the beginning of the 13th century, making it clear that the church gave the name to the lane rather than the reverse.
The four old panels were replaced and show the figures of St Clement and St Martin in the centre, while the outside panels portray St Gabriel and the Virgin Mary.
It was thought that in view of the great destruction in the city it would be right to strip St Clements of many of its treasures and place them in store so that in the event of the building being destroyed, something of its beauty would be preserved for some other church.
www.theplayersofstpeter.org.uk /venue.php   (698 words)

  
 VIOLIN BEGINNER MUSIC - NEWSLETTER ARCHIVED ARTICLES #12, March, 2003 - "Oranges and Lemons"
Clement, Eastcheap… or …St. Clement Danes, The Strand
St Leonards is the ancient church of the original parish.
St Bride's was destroyed in the Great Fire of London (1666), rebuilt with its wedding-cake spire by Sir Christopher Wren, mostly destroyed in WWII bombing, and rebuilt.
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 Thomas Fuller - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
THOMAS FULLER (1608-1661), English divine and historian, eldest son of Thomas Fuller, rector of Aldwincle St Peter's, Northamptonshire, was born at his father's rectory and was baptized on the 19th of June 1608.
Fuller in 1647 began to preach at St Clement's, Eastcheap, and elsewhere in the capacity of lecturer.
While at St Clement's he was suspended; but speedily recovering his freedom, he preached wherever he was invited.
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 Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661), English divine and historian, eldest son of Thomas Fuller, rector of Aldwincle St Peter's, Northamptonshire, was born at his father's rectory and was baptized on June 19 1608.
He was apt and quick in study; and in Lent 1624-1625 he became B.A. and in July 1628 M.A. Being overlooked in an election of fellows of his college, he was removed by Bishop Davenant to Sidney Sussex College, November 1628.
Fuller in 1647 began to preach at St Clement's, Eastcheap, and elsewherein the capacity of lecturer.
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 London - St. Clement Danes
Nowadays, looking eastward up the Strand, the eye is caught by the two churches of St. Mary-le-Strand and St. Clement Danes, standing isolated in the centre of the roadway, whilst the traffic roars past on either side.
The bells of St. Clement's were added after the church had been rebuilt in 1692, under the supervision of Sir Christopher Wren, who gave his services for nothing in his usual generoushearted way.
Clement's is dear to all true Londoners as Dr. Johnson's church.
www.oldandsold.com /articles05/london14.shtml   (371 words)

  
 Matt - City Churches 2
St Brides has Wren's tallest spire (226') Samuel Pepys was baptised in the church in 1633.
It refers to 'St Clement Candlewickstrate' in the area which was later to become Eastcheap, or the 'East market'.
St Ethelreda's is the oldest pre-Reformation Roman Catholic Church in London.
www.matfrygbr.co.uk /17-32.html   (435 words)

  
 Eastcheap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eastcheap is a road in the City of London.
Eastcheap formerly extended further to the west, but this section was eliminated when King William Street was built to provide a new access to London Bridge in the early 19th century.
The ghost of the erased western section of Eastcheap is recalled in the name of the church of St Clement Eastcheap which, despite its name, is now left stranded to the north of King William Street, somewhat to the west of present day Eastcheap.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eastcheap   (246 words)

  
 Juergs London Guide - City of London
At the junction of Gresham St. and Aldersgate St. is the church of St. Anne and St. Agnes, rebuilt by Wren in 1676.
On Lombard St. is the church of St. Edmund the King and Martyr, the church was rebuilt by Wren in 1670.
At the junction of St. Mary Axe is the church of St. Andrew Undershaft.
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 St Clement Danes, The Strand London WC2 : tourist information from TourUK
St Clement Danes derives its name from the earliest church to stand on the site, founded by descendants of the Danish invaders, whom Alfred the Great allowed to remain in London in the 9th century.
The bells of St Clements Danes could be the ones mentioned in the nursery rhyme 'Oranges and Lemons' but although the bells play out the tune, St Clement's, Eastcheap, also designed by Wren, is more likely to be the church in the rhyme.
St Clements Danes was damaged by bombing in 1941, and the restoration work was carried out by Anthony Lloyd in 1955.
www.touruk.co.uk /london_churches/stclementsdanes_church1.htm   (470 words)

  
 Clement (St.) Eastcheap Churchyard | British History Online
Citation: 'Clement (St.) Eastcheap Churchyard', A Dictionary of London (1918).
In 1585 certain messuages, comprising nine chambers, a study and a cloister adjoining each other and abutting on the churchyard at the east end of the church were demised for the use of the parson and parish (End.
In 1830 the premises formed one house in Clement's Lane in the churchyard (ib.).
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 City of London Churches   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It is historically unsure whether the famous nursery rhyme refers to St Clement Danes or St Clements Eastcheap.
Stow writes of 'the parish church of St Clement Danes, so called because Harold, a Danish king, and other Danes were buried there.
St Clements has been the central church of the Royal Air Force since 1958, and this is immediately apparent: statues of Dowding and Harris stand outside the entrance, and the floors of the nave and the wide aisle are set with emblems of different squadrons, all in slate.
www.ourpasthistory.com /london/st_clement.htm   (464 words)

  
 Steeljam website for genealogists - Churches of London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In the 11th century a mention was made to a St Clement Candlewickstrate at the east end of Cannon Street which later became Eastcheap.
There is another reference to a church of St Clement in a confirmation of grants to Westminster Abbey in 1067.
The church was dedicated to the saint who was one of St Paul's 'fellow labourers whose names are in the book of life' (Phil iv.3), and who suffered martyrdom in A.D. 100 by being thrown in he sea with an anchor about his neck.
www.steeljam.dircon.co.uk /churches/ch_stclementseastcheap.htm   (257 words)

  
 Saint Martin Orgar, Cannon St, and St. Clement Eastcheap, City of London - Combs &c.
St Martin Orgar, Cannon Street, was damaged by the Great Fire of 1666, and demolished in 1820.
It was united to St Clement Eastcheap in 1670.* Parish records are in the Guildhall Library:baptisms 1625-1812, marriages 1625-87, burials 1624-1812.
Note that it is not clear whether this record is for St. Martin or St. Clement.
www.combs-families.org /combs/records/england/lnd/stmartinorgar.htm   (391 words)

  
 Others Include - Part Three
St Mary At Hill (the courtyard may be found in St Mary at Hill between Lower Thames Street and Eastcheap...
St Botolph Aldgate (the paved area in front of the church may be found in Aldgate High Street...
St Katharine Cree (the entrance to the churchyard may be found in Mitre Street...
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 Oranges and Lemons Encyclopedia Article @ Merrily.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
St Sepulchre-without-Newgate was rung to mark executions at
Heavy Words Lightly Thrown, published in 2003, Chris Roberts claimed that Oranges and Lemons is a wedding song: for example, "a candle to light you to bed" describes a new bride tempting her new husband.
A half-and-half mixture of orange juice and bitter-lemon soda water is known as a "St Clements".
www.merrily.org /encyclopedia/Oranges_and_Lemons   (1202 words)

  
 India, Indian States, India States, Indian hotels, Indian News and Indian Tourism, India Travel
St Clement Danes is a church in the City of Westminster, London.
However, St Clement Eastcheap, in the City of London, also claims to be the church from the rhyme.
In 1844 St Clement Danes School was constructed on land on Houghton Road, Holborn which the churchwardens had purchased in 1552.
www.chhattisgarhin.org /wiki-St_Clement_Danes   (1195 words)

  
 St Clement Eastcheap | Painting Of Antipope Clement Vii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
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 Finnimore Family Genealogy on Finnimore.com
It is therefore not surprising that twins appear frequently in successive generations and that her surname has been adopted as a second and third name by the eldest sons of successive generations, giving rise to a family line that is often identified as the 'Rexford' Finnimores.
The congregation then moved to St Clements, Eastcheap, 200 yards to the north which although destroyed by the Great Fire was rebuilt by Christopher Wren in 1683 to 7.The combined parishes became known as St Martin Orgar and St Clements.
St Clements, as it subsequently became known was much altered by the Victorians.
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 The Bells of St. Clements
St Clements is a small church situated in St. Clements Lane, Eastcheap.
There have been three Churches on the site starting with the first in the 11th Century when the church is mentioned in a confirmation of grants to Westminster Abbey in 1067.
The second church was destroyed in 1666 during the Great Fire of London The existing church was rebuilt in 1687 by Sir Christopher Wren (the great architect of St Paul's Cathedral).
www.rhymes.org.uk /bells-st-clements.htm   (129 words)

  
 Oranges and Lemons - Where Are They Now? at The Laurence Timms State Machine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The churches referred to are St. Clement Eastcheap or St. Clement Danes (there’s some argument as to which), St. Martin Orgar, St. Sepulchre-without-Newgate, St. Leonard’s at Shoreditch, St.Dunstan’s at Stepney and St. Mary-le-Bow.
Clement Danes: Probably first built in the 9th century, St. Clement Danes was rebuilt after the conquest, again in the middle ages and finally again in the 17th century by none other than Christopher Wren.
Prisoners condemned to death at the courthouse would be executed at Newgate Prison and the church bell would toll to mark their passing.
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 Pepys' Diary: St Clement Eastcheap
There is a record from the 11th century of a ‘St Clement Candlewickstrate’ in the area which was later to become Eastcheap, or the ‘east market’ (the west market being in Cheapside).
The church was dedicated to the saint who was one of St Paul’s ‘fellow labourers whose names are in the book of life’ (Phil iv.3), and who suffered martyrdom in A.D. 100 by being thrown into the sea with an anchor about his neck.
Hence he became the patron saint of seamen.
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 Matt - City Church ruins
Although St Paul's miraculously survived WWII relatively unscathed, this Church was gutted.
There is a story that during a storm someone once hurried to tell Wren that all of his steeples had been damaged.
All that remains is the churchyard, and on its North side the Italianate former rectory and slender corner campanile built by John Davies for St Clement Eastcheap in 1851-3.
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 Sir Christopher Wren
St Mary, Aldermanbury, London (1670-76) (moved to Fulton, Missouri, USA 1965 from the City of London)
St Dunstan in the East, London (church destroyed by bombing in 1941)
St Mary Magdalene, Fish Street,London (gutted by fire 1886, dem.
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 St Clement Eastcheap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
St Clement, Eastcheap is a church on Clement's Lane, near Eastcheap in the City of London.
The church claims to be the one featured in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons.
However, St Clement Danes, in the City of Westminster, also claims this honour.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St_Clement_Eastcheap   (142 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - John Pearson (Protestant Christianity, Biography) - Encyclopedia
He was a royalist chaplain (1645) in the civil war, but during Cromwell's regime he lived quietly in London.
His Exposition of the Creed (1659), based on sermons he delivered at St. Clement's, Eastcheap, reveals Pearson's remarkable knowledge, especially of the Church Fathers; with many notes, it has long been a standard work.
His Vindiciae epistolarum S. Ignatii (1672), defending the genuineness of the letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch, was later confirmed.
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 Outlines of the History of the Theological Literature of the Church of England (1897)
Pearson, like so many of the clergy of royalist sympathies, had been deprived of his parochial charge; yet, unwilling to be idle in his Master's work, he accepted the invitation of the parishioners of St. Clement's, Eastcheap, in London, to deliver to them a weekly lecture.
In the parish in which he ministered in his early days, he found that much antinomian teaching was current, and he set himself to study the question of Good Works and their relation to Justification.
The relations of the writings of St. James and St. Paul remain a curious problem in the study of the New Testament literature.
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 Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) - Cockney? | Antimoon Forum
You have to be born withing hearing range of the Bow Bells, which are the bells of St Mary-le-Bow church, a historic church in the City of London, off Cheapside.
The church is immortalised in the British nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons." It is said that to be a true Cockney, you must have been born within earshot of the bells.
Oranges and Lemons is a British nursery rhyme which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London.
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