Thomas Docwra, dressed as a soldier in full armour, with shield displaying the Cross of the Order of St John and mantle displaying the Cross of Malta, with naval scene behind, under a strapwork arch. Engraving by William Rogers, c. 1595/1602
Arms of Sir Thomas Docwra: Sable, a chevron engrailed argent between three plates each charged with a pale gules (Docwra) with augmentation On a chief gules a cross argent (a chief of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem)
St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, south side, a surviving remnant of Clerkenwell Priory, English headquarters of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. The arms of Sir Thomas Docwra are at far right, as a Victorian restoration, also repeated on the north side
Sir Thomas Docwra (1458? – 1527) was Grand Prior of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England, and thus ranked as Premier Lay Baron of England.
