Ambrose Nicholas

Sir Ambrose Nicholas ( - 1578) was the Lord Mayor of London in 1575. He was a salter by profession.[1][2]

In 2015 his body was confirmed as having been interred in a site which had been part of the Bedlam Hospital burial ground and which had been excavated as part of the development of Crossrail, under Liverpool Street station, London.[3]

References

  1. ↑ John Stow (1842). A survey of London. pp. 195–.
  2. ↑ W. K. Jordan (28 October 2013). The Charities of London, 1480 - 1660: The Aspirations and the Achievements of the Urban Society. Routledge. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-1-135-65672-0.
  3. ↑ "Bedlam burials: Thousands of skeletons to be unearthed". BBC News. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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