Bartholomew Fair of "The Springheel Saga, Series Two: The Legend of Springheel'd Jack". Bartholomew Fair The Bartholomew Fair was one of London's pre-eminent summer Charter fairs. A charter for the fair was granted to Rahere by Henry I to fund the Priory of St Bartholomew; and from 1133 to 1855 it took place each year on 24 August within the precincts of the Priory at West Smithfield, outside Aldersgate of the City of London. The fair continued, after the Dissolution within the Liberty of the parish of St Bartholomew-the-Great. The site of Bartholomew Fair was the south-east side of Smithfield roundabout and
John Held Jr. new family. He died in 1958 at the age of 69 from throat cancer. John Held Jr. is interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City. In 1927, John Held Jr. was nominated for the "Vanity Fair" Hall of Fame: "Because as a caricaturist, he invented the modern flapper; because last year he was almost elected a member of Congress from Connecticut; because he is a syndicated artist who has not lost his flair for drawing and satire; because he is a born comedian." Even after his death he has been the subject of many galleries and exhibitions.