Crouched-friars

Crouched-friars
Crutchˈed-friars or Crouchˈed-friars plural noun
An order of mendicant friars so called from the cross which they wore
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Main Entry:crutch

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  • Crutched Friars —    South from Jewry Street and George Street and west to Hart Street and Seething Lane. In AIdgate Ward (P.O. Directory).    Earliest mention found in reoords : Street called le Crouchedfrerestrete in parish of St. Olave near the Tower, 1405 (Ct …   Dictionary of London

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