{"id":4899,"date":"2025-04-19T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2025-04-19T13:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T12:19:26","slug":"murder-of-st-alphage-april-19th-1012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/murder-of-st-alphage-april-19th-1012\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder of St Alphage April 19th 1012"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-to-guildhall-walk_06-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-to-guildhall-walk_06-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-to-guildhall-walk_06-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-to-guildhall-walk_06-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-to-guildhall-walk_06-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-to-guildhall-walk_06-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">St Alphage. Church Tower on right, City Wall to left. Photo K  Flude<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I first came across St Alphage when I was working at the Museum of London.  The Museum was built on the High Walk at London Wall. The raised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2023\/jun\/25\/100-years-of-le-corbusier-what-does-he-mean-to-todays-architects\">Courbusian<\/a> Walkway looked down on a ruin of a Gothic Church Tower, almost destroyed during the Blitz.  This was St Alphage, a Church dedicated to the Saxon Archbishop of Canterbury.   (Alphage is also spelt Alphege or Alfege).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other side of the Walkway was the old graveyard of the Church.  This preserved one of the very best sections of the old London Wall. Special because on one side its huge height was displayed. On the other, the only crenelated bit of the City Wall. And the only surviving part of the Wall dating to the  War of the Roses.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2221\" height=\"3266\" data-id=\"7155\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/jan_2019.jpg\" alt=\"St Alphage Roman and Medieval Wall\" class=\"wp-image-7155\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">St Alphage Roman and Medieval Wall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"7152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-walk-_oct-20_38-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"The Crenelated Red Brick Section dates to 1477, during the War of the Roses\" class=\"wp-image-7152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-walk-_oct-20_38-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-walk-_oct-20_38-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-walk-_oct-20_38-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-walk-_oct-20_38-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-walk-_oct-20_38-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Crennelated Red Brick Section dates to 1477, during the War of the Roses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/london-wall-walk-_oct-20_40.jpg\" alt=\"St Alphage Wall explained in an information plaque.\n\" class=\"wp-image-7156\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">St Alphage Wall explained on an information plaque.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1980&#8217;s fellow Museum of London Archaeologist, Paul Herbert and I set up a Guided Walks company (Citisights of London) . Our walks started from outside the Museum of London, and so St Alphage formed a big part of our success. It led to a life giving Guided Walks and tours. So, St Alphage, thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2021-06-10-15.46.44-1024x607.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2021-06-10-15.46.44-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2021-06-10-15.46.44-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2021-06-10-15.46.44-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2021-06-10-15.46.44-1536x910.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2021-06-10-15.46.44-2048x1213.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Citisights Day Tour of the 1980s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>St Alphage  Elsyng Spittle St Mary ?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Church was previously a monastic settlement called Elsyng Spittle (aka St Mary within Cripplegate).  The Augustinian Canons looked after 100  blind men. It was refounded by Williain Elsing, and dissolved by Henry VIII in 1536.  The Church was kept for a Parish Church. But the Puritans were not keen on dedications to St Mary.  So, they renamed it after a London based Christian Martyr.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It remained  a Parish Church until damaged in an air raid in World War One. (possibly on 8th September 1916 in a Zeppelin Raid &#8211; but I am speculating).  The Church was  partly demolished in 1923, leaving the Tower.  The lower part of the Medieval Tower survived bombing in the Blitz.  At <strong>12.15 am on 25th Aug 1940<\/strong>, the first bombs on the City of London fell nearby in Fore Street.  But the tower was hit in 1940.   It was listed Grade 1 in 1950. Kept by the rebuilding of London Wall, and the Barbican area. Then substantially benefitting from a remodelling of the area in an excellent scheme of 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>St \u00c6lfheah of Canterbury and Greenwich<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Southeast_View_of_Saint_Alfeges_Church_Greenwich_03.jpg\" alt=\"StAlfege Greewich - Doyle own work Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0\" class=\"wp-image-7157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Southeast_View_of_Saint_Alfeges_Church_Greenwich_03.jpg 500w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Southeast_View_of_Saint_Alfeges_Church_Greenwich_03-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">StAlfege Greewich &#8211; Doyle own work Wikipedia <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>St \u00c6lfheah<\/strong> was captured during a Viking attack on Canterbury. The Viking hoard relocated to Greenwich where they tried to negotiate a fat ransom for him.  He was one of the richest men in the Kingdom. This is what the Anglo Saxon Chronicle says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>.. the raiding-army became much stirred up against the bishop, because he did not want to offer them any money, and forbade that anything might be granted in return for him. Also they were very drunk, because there was wine brought from the south. Then they seized the bishop, led him to their &#8220;hustings&#8221; on the Saturday in the octave of Easter, and then pelted him there with bones and the heads of cattle; and one of them struck him on the head with the butt of an axe, so that with the blow he sank down and his holy blood fell on the earth, and sent forth his holy soul to God&#8217;s kingdom.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St Alfege Greenwich, which is now a lovely Hawksmoor Church is said to be on the site of St  <strong>\u00c6lfheah<\/strong>&#8216;s death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>St Alphage&#8217;s body was taken to St Pauls Cathedral where it was venerated.  His remains were removed in suspicious circumstances by soldiers of King Cnut who translated the Saint&#8217;s bones to Greenwich.  It is suggested King Cnut was punishing London for their opposition to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Minotaur by Michael Ayrton <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, part of the experience of visiting St Alphage from the High Walk was the statue of the Minotaur. I first came across this phallic Bull in the Postman&#8217;s Park and am very fond of it.  Then it disappeared and reappeared on the High Walk.  Now it is on the ground level near in the garden of St Alphage.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I understand that Michael Ayrton wanted to make a point about the destruction of London. He felt that the developers were more destructive than the Luftwaffe. They were like a Bull in a China Shop!  So he created this statue of a very vigorous Bull representing the Minotaur. It is a very unusual work of art in that it sports a fully erect penis.  Art History is full of naked women, but the male organ is largely left to pornography.  For more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrickcomerford.com\/2020\/02\/a-sculptor-who-asks-us-where-are-post.html\">Ayrton<\/a> follow this link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4608\" height=\"2592\" data-id=\"7159\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/city_west_dec_20_79.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7159\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Minotaur in its present position<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"7158\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0250.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0250.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0250-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Minotaur on the High Walk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>First Written on April 19th 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I first came across St Alphage when I was working at the Museum of London. The Museum was built on the High Walk at London Wall. The raised Courbusian Walkway looked down on a ruin of a Gothic Church Tower, almost destroyed during the Blitz. 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