“My father loved Sir Rowland as his soul,
And all the world was of my father’s mind”

Today marks 462 years since the passing of Old Sir Rowland Hill.

Flowers have been left in the chapel here, and it as been touching to see tributes from others on social media to the great man.

#OTD 28 Oct 1561

Sir Rowland Hill of @SoultonHall died of strangury

Publisher of the Geneva Bible earning the title: 1st Protestant Lord Mayor of London

Statesman, polymath, merchant & patron of the arts active through the reigns of #HenryVIII, #EdwardVI, #MaryI & #ElizabethI pic.twitter.com/ipdYDgM9ql

— Past-Times Living History (@history_past) October 28, 2023