Katharine Cree. One of bequests amounting to £200 was left to the needy of that parish on condition that a "sermon should be occasionally preached in the church to commemorate his deliverance from the jaws of the lion." The sermon is known as the "Lion Sermon." In the church of St. Katharine Cree within the altar rails is a carved head of Gayer. On the right hand side is a text, as follows:--"The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers--Ps. 34, v. 15;" on the left hand side this text appears:--"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much--James V., xvi.;" and under the figure this motto:--"Super Astra Spero." There is a brass bearing the following inscription:-- In Memory of SIR JOHN GAYER, KNT., Founder of the "Lion Sermon" who was descended from the Old West Country Family of Gayer, and was born at Plymouth, and became Sheriff of this City of London in 1635, and Lord Mayor of London in 1647. He was a member of the Levant or Turkey Company, and of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, London, and President of Christ's Hospital, London, and a liberal donor to and pious founder of Charities. This City has especial reason to be proud of him, for rather than withdraw his unflinching assertion of the Native Liberties of the Citizens, and his steadfast support of King Charles I., he submitted to imprisonment in the Tower at the hands of the Parliament in 1647 and 1648, and his "Salva Libertate" became historical. He resided in this Parish, and "Dyed in peace in his owne house" on the 20th of July 1649, and he now lies buried in a Vault beneath this Church of St. Katharine Cree, Leadenhall St. This Memorial Brass was subscribed for by Members of and Descendants from the Family of Gayer, and was placed here by them in testimony of their admiration for and appreciation of the noble character and many virtues of their illustrious ancestor. The work of organising this Memorial was carried out by Edmund Richard Gayer, M.A. of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister at Law, 1888.