St John Zachary[1] (meaning "St John, son of Zechariah", i.e. John the Baptist)[2] was a church, first mentioned in official records in 1181,[3] within the City of London, England, on the north side of Gresham Street, Aldersgate.[4] Its vicar from 25 May 1424[5] to an unknown date was William Byngham, the founder of England's first teacher training college.[6] It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666[7] and not rebuilt,[8] with its parish being united with that of St Anne and St Agnes[9] by Act of Parliament in 1670[10] –an arrangement that lasted until the 20th century.[11] Its site is now a garden,[12] first made by the fire watchers in 1941.[13] Partial records survive at IGI.[14]
↑ Gordon Huelin in his definitive “Vanished churches of the City of London” (London, Guildhall Library Publishing 1996, ISBN0900422424) puts forward an alternative explanation – a 12th-century deed, held at St Paul's Cathedral gave it to Zachary the monk, which name was incorporated into the church title to distinguish it from St John the Baptist, Walbrook.
↑ "A Dictionary of London", Harben, H.A: Herbert Jenkins, London, 1922
↑ “Notes on Old City Churches: their organs, organists and musical associations” Pearce, C.W.: London, Winthrop Rogers Ltd, 1909
↑ Article to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his death William Byngham: A Medieval Protagonist of the Training of Teachers Armytage, W. H. G. in “History of Education Journal”, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Summer, 1951), pp. 107–110
↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Brown-Catley Davenport, R.B (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2004) ISBN019861411X
↑ "The Churches of the City of London", Reynolds,H: London, Bodley Head, 1922
↑ Although the name also lived on as a Ward Precinct within Aldersgate British History On-Line "Four Shillings In The Pound Aid 1693–1694: City of London, Aldersgate Ward (Within and Without), Aldersgate Ward Within, St John Zachary Precinct", Barnes, J; Earle, P; Keene, D; & Spence, C (1992)
↑ "The London Encyclopaedia" Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J: London, Pan Macmillan, 1983 (rev 1993, 2008) ISBN978-1405049245
↑ Church of England, Parish of St. Anne and St. Agnes (London, England). – Miscellaneous papers, including churchwardens' papers, settlement examinatio, 1674. – M0003869CL cited in "City of London Parish Registers Guide 4" Hallows, A. (Ed): London, Guildhall Library Research, 1954 ISBN0900422300
↑ "The records of two city parishes: a collection of documents illustrative of the history of SS. Anne and Agnes, Aldershot, and St. John Zachary, London, from the twelfth century", McMurray,W (clerk of the united parishes):London, Hunter and Longhurst, 1925
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