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Restored monument with effigy of Lancelot Andrewes in Southwark Cathedral. Lancelot Andrewes (1555 – 25 September 1626) was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.
Southwark. Southwark Cathedral. Maintained by: Find a Grave. Added: Jun 7, 1999. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5623. Source citation. Anglican Church Leader. He was an English bishop and scholar, who held high positions in the Church of England during the reigns of Elizabeth I and James I.
He departed this life September 25, 1626, in the seventy-first year of his age; and lieth buried in the upper aisle of the parish church of St. Saviour's in Southwark. His executors have erected to him a very fair monument of marble and alabaster.
- John Gower
- William Shakespeare
- John Harvard
- Lancelot Andrewes
- Charles Dickens
John Gower was an early English poet and good friend of Chaucer. He spent the later years of his life living at the priory of St Mary Overie, Southwark, the building we now know as Southwark Cathedral. He is buried in an elaborate canopied tomb which can be found in the north aisle. He is remembered primarily for three major works, the Speculum Med...
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright, and actor. He was born on 23 April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. His father was a successful local businessman and his mother was the daughter of a landowner. Shakespeare is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He wrote some 38 plays...
The famous Harvard University in America can trace its roots to Southwark. John Harvard, whose name is remembered by the University, was baptised in the parish church of St Saviour's (now Southwark Cathedral) on 29 November 1607. He was born to Robert and Katherine Harvard. Robert was a prominent businessman who had a butcher's business in Pepper A...
Lancelot Andrewes is the only Bishop of Winchester to be buried in Southwark Cathedral although at the time of his death it would have been known as St Saviour’s, the local parish church. Born in 1555, he was baptised at All Hallows–by-the–Tower in which parish he was probably born. He was educated at Merchant Taylors’ School and then went onto Pem...
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th-century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His nove...
Lancelot Andrewes is the only Bishop of Winchester to be buried in Southwark Cathedral although at the time of his death it would have been known as St Saviour’s, the local parish church. Born in 1555, he was baptised at All Hallows–by-the–Tower in which parish he was probably born.
Sep 8, 2024 · 'Plate 7: The tomb of Lancelot Andrewes, Southwark Cathedral', in Survey of London: Volume 22, Bankside (The Parishes of St. Saviour and Christchurch Southwark). Edited by Howard Roberts, Walter H Godfrey( London, 1950), British History Online , accessed September 8, 2024, https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol22/plate-7.
Lancelot Andrewes was the son of a merchant, but he went into the Church. He shone as a scholar: he was said to be fluent in fifteen ancient and modern languages. He took holy orders in 1580 and became chaplain of the Earl of Huntingdon, who was President of the North.
