John Tate (Lord Mayor of London)
Sir John Tate (died 1515) of the City of London, was twice Lord Mayor of London in 1496/7 and 1514, and was twice Member of Parliament for the City of London, in 1504 and 1510.[1]
He was a generous benefactor to St. Anthony's Hospital, St Benet Fink in the City of London in which connection John Stow in his Survey of London (1598) wrote of him as follows: [2]
- "In the year 1499, Sir John Tate, sometime ale-brewer, then a mercer, caused his brewhouse, called the Swan, near adjoining to the said free chapel, college, or hospital of St. Anthonie, to be taken down for the enlarging of the church, which was then new built, toward the building whereof the said Tate gave great sums of money, and finished in the year 1501. Sir John Tate deceased 1514, (sic) and was there buried under a fair monument by him prepared".
Further reading
- Miller, Helen, biography of "Tate, Sir John (by 1444-1515), of London", published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982
References
- ↑ Miller, History of Parliament
- ↑ Stow, John, Survey of London, 1598, 1842 edition, London, ed. Thoms, William J., pp.70-1
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