JOHN STOW’S QUILL PEN
Every year in the Church of St. Andrew Undershaft, Leadenhall street, London, there is a service held in memory of .John Stow, a tailor, who lived in Queen Elizabeth’s reign and was granted a licence to beg in his old age. The service is attended by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, the Aldermen of the Aldgate Ward, archaeologists and historians. There is a special choir, and an address in his praise is delivered by some distinguished man. This homage is paid because John Stow loved London so well that he sought far and wide for her history, and made it into an immortal book called “A Survey of London.” Everybody who has written about London since has had to consult John Stow’s book.
A stately marble effigy in the church where he lies buried shows Stow writing his famous book, but the pen in his hand is not of stone. During the service a fresh quill is put between the marble lingers each year.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 2 June 1930, Page 2
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