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NOTES ON JESSE'S "LONDON AND ITS CELEBRITIES."
By HENRY CAMPKIN. (Reform Club)
During my perusal of Mr. Jesse's pleasant volumes, I marked two or three slips of the pen, which it may not be amiss to make a note of. In vol. i. pp. 403, 404, 405., there is a curious treble error regarding Thomas Sutton, the munificent founder of the Charter House. He is successively styled *Sir* Thomas, *Sir Richard*, and *Sir Robert*. Sutton's Christian name was Thomas. He was never knighted. Of the quaint leaden case which incloses his remains, and of its simple inscription, an accurate drawing, with accompanying particulars, by your able correspondent Mr. E. B. Price, was inserted in th…
Topics: Historical Errors, London Antiquaries, Burial Traditions, Legal History
Locations: London, Red Lion Square, Clement's Inn, Canterbury