- Object type
- Prints and Drawings
- Date
- Production: c.1775
- Publisher
- John Cooke (1731 - 1810)
- Subject(s)
- Knights Hospitaller
- Inscriptions
-
recto: Engraved for Harrison's History of London / The Burning of St John's Monastery / near Smithfield by Wat Tyler's Rabble
- Dimensions
- Height x width: 295 x 260mm
- Materials and technique
- Print on paper
- Production place
- London
- Related place(s)
-
Priory Church
Clerkenwell - Catalogue number
- 6442
The Burning of St John's Monastery near Smithfield by Wat Tyler's Rabble
On 13 June 1381, in the course of the Peasants’ Revolt, an armed group led by Thomas Farndon broke into the Priory in Clerkenwell, causing devastation and damage which is documented in contemporary documents from the Court of the King’s Bench. More recent archaeological excavations, however, have not found evidence that the destruction by fire was as extensive as once thought and portrayed in this engraving.