John Philpot [SEP] date of death
John Philpot
John Philpot (1516–1555) was an Archdeacon of Winchester and an English Protestant martyr whose story is recorded in "Foxe's Book of Martyrs". He was the third son of Sir Peter Philpot and was born at Compton, Hampshire, in 1516.
Education.
He was educated at Winchester, where he had as a contemporary John Harpsfield, with whom he made a bet that he would write two hundred verses in one night without making more than three faults, which he did. In due course
Philpot Lane
Philpot Lane is a short street in London, United Kingdom, running from Eastcheap in the south to Fenchurch Street in the north. It is named after Sir John Philpot, Lord Mayor of London from 1378–79.
It is the site of London's smallest public statue, "The Two Mice Eating Cheese", on a building near the junction with Eastcheap. The sculpture is said to commemorate the death of two workmen, who fell from scaffolding during the construction of the building in 1862. The workmen were