St John’s Gate, EC1M
St John’s Gate, Clerkenwell
This medieval gate, following the Dissolution of the Monasteries, became the office of the Master of the Revels - the Elizabethan censor - who had the task of licensing Shakespeare’s plays to ensure they complied with the rigid rules laid down by the Tudor regime
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St John’s Gate is a small named section of road leading to the gate of the same name.
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