John Lawrence (lord mayor)

Lawrence was widely acclaimed for his role in mitigating some of the effects of the plague in the city: 'in particular, his efforts in keeping the bread ovens baking and food supplies plentiful earned him considerable praise'.

[2] Sir John Lawrence was a City of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers.

Sir John Lawrence's arms were "argent, a cross, raguly gules, a canton ermine",[8] granted in 1664 or possibly earlier.

1623, d. 6 Jun 1682) and they had ten children—nine girls who lived to adulthood and one boy who died as a child:[5] The burial monument for Dame Abigail Lawrence at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate has the following inscription[11] "the tender Mother of ten Children // the nine first being all daughters // shee suckled at her owne breasts // they all lived to be of age // her last a son died an Infant // Shee lived a married wife thirty nine years // three and twenty whereof // Shee was an Exemplary matron of this Cittie”.Sir John married a second time in 24 May 1684 to Catherine Stone, of St Giles (Cripplegate?

According to Dame Catherine's will and parish church records,[10] they had four children: Sir John Lawrence was buried 29 Jan. 1691/2 O.S.

[1] Dame Catherine Lawrence nee Stone was buried 22 April 1723 at St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate in the family vault.