Editing Clerkenwell (section)

===Monastic traditions===
The Monastic Order of the [[Knights Hospitaller]]s of [[John the Apostle|St John]] of [[Jerusalem]] had its English headquarters at the [[Priory of Clerkenwell]]. ([[The Blessed Gerard]] founded the Order to provide medical assistance during [[the crusades]].) [[St John's Gate, Clerkenwell|St John's Gate]] (built by Sir [[Thomas Docwra]] in 1504) survives in the rebuilt form of the Priory Gate. Its gateway, erected in 1504 in St John's Square, served various purposes after the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]]. For example, it was the birthplace of the ''[[Gentleman's Magazine]]'' in 1731, and the scene of [[Dr Johnson]]'s work in connection with that journal. In modern times the gatehouse again became associated with the order and was in the early 20th century the headquarters of the [[St John Ambulance]] Association. An [[Early English Period|Early English]] crypt remains beneath the chapel of the order, which was otherwise mostly rebuilt in the 1950s after wartime bombing. The notorious deception of the "[[Cock Lane Ghost]]", in which Johnson took great interest, was perpetrated nearby.

Adjoining the priory was [[St James Church, Clerkenwell#Nunnery of St Mary: c. 1100 - 1539|St Mary's nunnery]] of the Benedictine order, now entirely disappeared, and [[St James Church, Clerkenwell|St James's Church]], rebuilt in 1792 on the site of the original church which was partly of [[Norman architecture|Norman]] provenance. The [[London Charterhouse|Charterhouse]], near the boundary with the [[City of London]], was originally a [[Carthusian]] monastery. Following the [[Dissolution of the Monasteries]] the Charterhouse became a private mansion and one owner, Thomas Sutton, subsequently left it with an endowment as a school and [[almshouse]]. The almshouse remains but the school relocated to Surrey and its part of the site is now a campus of [[Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry]].