The Order of St John, otherwise known as the Knights Hospitaller, was a chivalric and militaristic, order originating in Jerusalem before the first Crusade in 1099. Members pledged an oath to provide hospitality for the sick, injured and poor, while also training as knights for warfare dedicated in their defence of Christianity. Not too long...| Museum of the Order of St John
In this blog, which accompanies our International Women’s Day 10-minute talk, Archivist Sophie Denman shines a light on one of the women of St John in honour of Women’s History Month: Annie Brassey, a writer, traveller, and supporter of the St John Ambulance Association She gained her interest in emergency and medical care after being involved in an accident as a child, and s an adult, sailed around the world in her yacht, the ‘Sunbeam’, promoting the Association, writing about her tr...| Museum of the Order of St John