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BROADSTREET
VVARD.

THe next is Broadstreet
Ward,

Broadstreet Ward.

which be
ginneth within Bi
shopsgate, from the
Water Conduit,
Westward, on both
sides of the street,
by Alhallows Church, to an Iron grate
on the channell, which runneth into the
water-course of Walbrooke, before yee
come to the Posterne called Mooregate:
and this is the farthest West part of
that Ward. Then have ye Broadstreet,
whereof the Ward taketh name, which
stretcheth out of the formerstreet, from
the East corner of Alhallowes Church-yard,
somewhat South, to the Parish
Church of Saint Peter the poore, on
both sides; and then by the South gate
of the Augustine Friers, West, downe
Throkmorton street, by the Drapers hall,
into Lothbury, to another grate of Iron
over the channell there, whereby the
water runneth into the course of Wal
brooke, under the East end of S. Marga
rets Church; certaine posts of timber
are there set up: and this is also the far
thest West part of this Ward, in the
said street. Out of the which street,
runneth up Bartholomew Lane, South,
to the North side of the Exchange: then
more East out of the former street,
from over against the Friers Augustines
Church South gate, runneth up ano
ther part of Broadstreet, south, to a Pump
over against S. Bennets Church.

Then have ye one other street,

Three Nee
dle street.

called
Three Needle street, beginning at the
VVell with two buckets, by S. Martins
Oteswich Church wall. This street run
neth downe on both sides to Finkes lane,
and halfe way up that Lane, to a gate
of a Merchants house on the West side,
but not so farre on the East. Then the
aforesaid street, from this Finkes lane,
runneth downe by the Royall Exchange,
to the Stockes, and to a place formerly
called the Scalding house, or Scalding
wicke, but now, Scalding Alley, by the
west side whereof, under the Parish
Church of Saint Mildred,

Parish Church of Alhallowes in the wall.

runneth the
course of Walbrooke: and these bee the
bounds of this VVard. Especiall Mo
numents therein are these:

First, the Parish. Church of Alhal
lowes in the wall; so called of standing
close to the wall of the Citie, in which
have beene buried:

Thomas Durrem, Esquire, and Marga
ret his wife.

Robert Beale, Esquire, 1601.

Deo Opt. Max. Sacrum & Memoriae.

A faire Menumēt in the wall close by the Pulpit, on the west side thereof.

Nobilis viri Dominici ab Heila, ex antiqua
apud Flandros Equestri familia, ob sin
gularem sidem in Principem & Patri
am, in Historiis subinde celebrata oriun
di, qui cum Orthodoxae Religionis ergo,
relicta Patria, cui cum laude diu inser
vierat; in Angliam, ut tutum fidelium
refugium, se recepisset, ibidem XXIV.
Postremos senectutis annos in Diveni
verbi jugi studio, pauperum{que} subventi
one potissimii transegisset, & diu ante, ut
quotidie moriturus, de domo sua dis
posuisset. Dissolvi, & cum Christo esse
cupieus: tandem satur dierum placidè
in Deo Salvatore obdomivit, 28. Apri
lis, An. Christi, M.D.CVIII.
Aetatis, 82. Londini Anglorum.

Item Memoriae.

Nobilis Matronae, Gulielmae ab Heila,
Conjugis ipsius, natae Patre Joanne Do
mino Haleme & Finae, prope Insulas
Flandorum, ex Salopia Equaestri spud
Artesios Familia.. Quae marito Patri
am ob Religionem relinquenti, in utra
que fortuna fida socia, & in educandis
piè liberis, curanda{que} re domestica Ma

terfamilias

terfamilias incomparabilis. Obiit in
Christo, die ult. Maii. An. M.D.CV.
Aetatis 70. Conjugii, LI.

Huic utri{que} Parenti optimè de se merito,
debiti Honoris & gratitudinis ergo, Pe
trus ab Heila, F. Serenissimi Electoris
Palatini Consiliarius,

H. M. Moest. P.

Charities in this Parish are few or
none, but ordinary benevolences from
the parishioners themselves: except
some slender moity, issuing from cer
taine Almes-houses, builded by London
wall, neere to Bishopsgate, by Mr. Kempe,
and in his life time, as I have beene in
formed.

The bounds of the Parish are need
lesse to be spoken of, because their cir
cuit containeth no great extent of
ground.

Carpen
ters Hall.

Mr. Andrew Geneway, the Par
son, used me here very kindly.

On the otherside of the street, among
many proper houses, (possessed for the
most part by Curriers) is the Carpen
ters Hall, which Company was incor
porated in the 17. yeere of Edward the
fourth.

Curriers Row.

Then East from the Curriers Row, is
a long and high wall of stone, inclosing
the North side of a large garden, adjoy
ning to as large an house, builded in the
reignes of King Henry the eighth, and
of Edward the sixth, by Sir William Pow
let, Lord Treasurer of England. Thorow
this Garden, which (of old time) consi
sted of divers parts, now united, was
sometimes a faire foot way,

Lane stop
ped up.

leading by
the west end of the Augustine Friers
Church straight North, and opened
somewhat VVest from Alhallowes
Church against London wall, towards
Mooregate, which foot-way had gates
at either end, locked up every night;
but now the same way (being taken in
to those Gardens) the gates are closed
up with stone, whereby the people are
inforced to goe about by Saint Peters
Church,

Sir William Powlet, L. Treasu
rers house in Broad-street.

and the East end of the said
Friers Church, and all the said great
place and Garden of Sir Wiliam Powlet
to London wall, and so to Mooregate.

This great house adjoyning to the
Garden aforesaid, stretcheth to the
North corner of Broadstreet, and then
turneth up Broadstreet, all that side, to
and beyond the East end of the said Fri
ers Church. It was builded by the said
Lord Treasurer, in place of Augustine
Friers house, cloyster, and gardens, &c.
The Friers Church hee pulled not
downe, but the west end thereof, inclo
sed from the Steeple and Quire, was
in the yeere 1550. granted to the Dutch
Nation in London, to be their Preaching
place. The other part, namely, the
Steeple, Quire, and side Iles to the
Quire adjoyning, he reserved to house
hold uses, as for stowage of corne, coale,
and other things; his sonne and heire,
Marquesse of Winchester,1 sold the Monu
ments of Noblemen (there buried) in
great number, the paving stone, and
whatsoever, (which cost many thou
sands) for one hundred pounds, and in
place thereof made faire stabling for
horses. He caused the lead to be taken
from the roofes, and laid tile in place;
which exchange proved not so profita
ble as he looked for,

Sir Tho. Gresams Almes-houses.

but rather to his
disadvantage.

On the East side of this Broadstreet,
amongst other buildings, on the backe
part of Gresham house, which is in Bi
shopsgate street, he placed eight proper
Almes-houses, builded of bricke and
timber, by Sir Thomas Gresham, Knight,
for eight Almes-men, which bee now
there placed rent-free, and receive each
of them by his gift, 6. l. 13. s. 4. d.
yeerely for ever.

Parish Church of S. Peter the poore.

Next unto Powlet house, is the Parish
Church of S. Peter the poore; so called
for a difference from other of that
name; sometime (peradventure) a poore
parish, but at this present there be ma
ny faire houses, possessed by rich Mer
chants, and others.

Buried in this Church:

Richard Fitzwilliams, Merchant-tay
lor, 1520.

Sir William Roch, Maior, 1540.

Robert Calthrope,2 Maior, 1588.

Dominus Joannes Hales,

On a faire ancient place, in the wall North the Quire.

à pueritia lite
ris deditus, excellenti ingenio, docilita
ti, memoriae, studio & industria singu
lari, adjuncta Linguarum, disciplinarum
juris antiquitatis-rerum di-vinarum, at
que humanarum, magna & multiplici
doctrina instructissimus, evasit innocen
tia, integritate, gravitate, constantia,
fide, pietate, Religione, gravissimae etiam
aegrotationis, & rerum difficilium diu

turna

turna perpessione, & in patientia orna
tissimus fuit, vitae honestissime sanctissi
meque actae, diem supremum quinto Cal.
Ianuar. 1572. clausit anima excorporis;
reliquiae hoc loco sitae sunt.

Expecto resurrectionem mortuorum, &
vitam aeternam.

Two other Plates there are beneath
in the same wall, the one of Iohn
Quarles, Draper, and the other of Ed
ward Catcher, Pewterer.

Here under this stone,

A faire plated stone on the groūd in the Chancell.

are buried the bodies
of John Lucas, of S. Johns beside Col
chester, Esquire, Master of the Re
quests to the most vertuous, Noble, and
worthy Prince, King Edward the sixth.
He departed this life the 26. day of Octe
ber, An. Dom. 1556. And his daugh
ter Margaret, late wife to Thomas
Pennie, Doctor of Physicke, here buried
the 13. day of November, 1587.

Here lyeth the body of the Worshipfull Mr.
William Cockaine the elder,

A comely Monumēt fixed in the wall, at the east end of the Chancell.

Citizen
and Skinner of London, who departed
this life the 18. day of November, 1599.
Also here lyeth the body of Elizabeth
Medcalfe, his first wife; by whom hee
had 7. sonnes and 4. daughters. All
which daughters departed this life, be
fore any of them accomplished the age of
10. yeeres. The 7. sonnes lived, and
the yongest of them (at his death) was
fully 28. yeeres of Age. which said E
lizabeth departed this life, the 5. day
of April, 1589. Here also lyeth the bo
dy of Katharine Wonton, his second
wife, who dyed the 19. of September,
1596. by whom he had no issue.

In the East end of the North Ile,

A beauti
full Monu
ment in the North Ile.

there is a faire and comely Monument,
There raised and placed, in the remem
brance of Sir William Garaway, Knight,
and his wife. This Monument standeth
highest of all, next to the doores en
trance.

Thomas Lowe,

Too mean a remem
brance (in my mind) for a man so deser
ving.

Eques Auratus, D. Ma
joris Civitatis London, Ann. Domini,
1604. Vir probus & prudens. Obiit
11. die Aprilis, An. 1623. Aetat. 78.
Cui 28. die Ian. 1615. Aetatis suae
67. accessit Anna lectissima foemina ex
eodem Thoma mater, 15. liberorum;
vixerum suavissima conjunctione, An.
48.

The Charities given yeerely to the
poore of this Parish, are these ensuing:

The Lady Payton, deceased, hath gi
ven yeerely for ever, in bread and other
wise, the summe of 40. s.

The Lady Ramsey, deceased, hath gi
ven the summe of 4. l. yeerely for ever.

Mr. Iohn Quarles, Citizen and Dra
per of London, deceased, hath given the
summe of 5. l. yeerely for ever.

Mr. William May, Merchant-taylor,
deceased, hath given yeerely for ever,
2. s.

Other gifts have beene there bestow
ed, to the poores reliefe, as one of forty
shillings, and another of twenty shil
lings yeerely: but being tyed to no cer
tainty, I am the more willing to omit
them.

Then next have ye the Augustin fri
ers Church and Churchyard,

Friers Au
gustines Church, part wher
of is the Dutch Church.

the en
tring thereunto, by a South gate, to the
West Porch, a large Church, having a
most fine spired steeple, small, high,
and streight, I have not seene the like:
founded by Humphry Bohun, Earle of He
reford and Essex, in the yeere 1253. Re
ginald Cobham gave his Messuage in
London, to the inlarging therof, in the
yeere 1344. Humphry Bohun, Earle of
Hereford and Essex, re-edified this
Church in the yeere 1354. whose body
was there buried in the Quire. The
small spired steeple of this Church was
overthrowne by tempest of wind, in the
yeere 1362. but was raised of new, as
still it might have stood, had not pri
vate benefit (the onely devourer of An
tiquity) pull’d it downe. Both that
goodly Steeple, and all that East part
of the Church, hath lately beene taken
downe, and houses (for one mans com
modity) raised in the place, whereby
London hath lost so goodly an ornament,
& times hereafter may more talke of it.

This house was valued at 57. pound,
and was surrendred the 12. of Novemb.
the 13. of Henry the 8.

There lie buried in this Friers Church,
amongst others, Edmond, first sonne to
Ioane, Mother to King Richard the se
cond.

Guy

Guy de Mericke, Earle of S. Paul.

What per
sons of note and name, were bu
ried in the Augustine Friers Church, are briefly here re
membered

Lucie, Countesse of Kent, and one the Heirs of Barnaby, Lord of Millaine with an Epitaph.

Dame Ide, wife to Sir Thomas West

Dame Margaret West.

Steven Lindericle, Esquire

Sir Humfrey Bohun, Earle of Hereford and Essex, Lord of Brecknocke.

Richard the great Earle of Arundell, Surrey and Warren, beheaded, 1397.

Sir Edward Arundell, and Dame Eli
zabeth his wife.

Sir Francis Atcourt, Earle of Pembroke, which married Alice, Sister to the Earle of Oxeford.

Dame Lucie Knowles, of Kent.

Sir Peter Garinsers of France.

The Lord Iohn Vere, Earle of Oxford, beheaded on the Tower-hill, 1463.

Aubery de Vere, son and heire to the Earle of Oxford.

Sir Thomas Tudnam, Knight.

William Bourser, Lord Fitz Warren.

Sir Thomas de la Lande, Knight.

Dame Ioane Norris, the Lady of Bed
ford.

Anne, Daughter to Iohn, Viscount Welles.

Walter Nevell, Esquire.

Sir Iohn Manners, Knight.

The Wife of Sir David Cradocke, Knight.

The Mother to the Lord Spencers Wife.

Sir Bartlemew Rodlegete.

Iohn, sonne to Sir Iohn Wingfielde.

Sir VValter Mewes.

Robert Newenton, Esquire.

Philip Spencer, son to Sir Hugh Spencer.

Dame Isabell, daughter to Sir Hugh Spencer.

The Lords Barons, slaine at Barnet field, buried there, 1471. In the body of the Church.

Dame Iulian, Wife to Sir Richard Lacy.

Sir Thomas Courtney, son to the Earle of Devonshire, and by him his sister, wedded to Cheverstone.

The Daughter of the Lord Beaumont.

Two sonnes of Sir Thomas Morley, to wit, VVilliam and Ralph.

Sir William Talmage, Knight.

Nicholas Blondell, Esquire.

Sir Richard Chamberlaine.

Iohn Halton, Gentleman.

Sir Iohn Gifford, Knight.

Thomas Manningham, Esquire.

Sir William Kenuda, Knight.

Sir William, sonne to Sir Thomas Ter
rill.

Ioha Surill, Gentleman.

In the East Wing, Margaret Baren
tine, Gentlewoman.

Iohn Spicer, Esquire, and Lettis his wife.

Iohn le Percers, Esquire.

Roger Chibary, Esquire.

Peter Morens, Esquire.

Thomas, sonne to Sir William Beck
land.

Iames Cuthing, Esquire.

Iohn Chornet, Esquire.

William Kenely, Esquire.

Margery, wife to Thomas Band, and daughter to Iohn Huch.

The L. William, Marquesse of Barke
ley, and Earle of Nottingham, and Dame Ioane his wife.

In the West Wing, Sir Iohn Tirrell, and Dame Katharine his wife.

Sir Walter of Powle, Knight.

Sir Iohn Blanckwell and his wife.

Dame Iane Sayne, daughter to Sir Iohn Lee.

Sir Iohn Dawbeny, sonne and heire to Sir Giles Dawbeny.

William, sonne to Sir Roger Scroope.

Dame Ioane Dawbeny, wife to Sir William Dawbeny.

Thomas Charles, Esquire.

Sir Iohn Dawbeny, Knight, and his sonne Robert.

Sir Iames Bell, Knight.

Sir Oliver Manny Knight.

Henry Deskie, Esquire.

Sir Diones Mordaske.

Sir Bernard Rollingcort.

Sir Peter Kayor.

Sir William Tirell, and Sir William his brother, Knights.

William Collingborne, Esquire, behea
ded, 1484.

Sir Roger Clifford, Knight.

Sir Thomas Coke, Maior in the yeere 1462.

William Edward, Maior, 1471.

Sir Iames Tirell, Sir Iohn VVindany, Knights, beheaded, 1502.

Sir Iohn Dawtrie, Knight, 1519.

Dame Margaret Rede, 1510.

Edward

Edward, Duke of Buckingham, behea
ded, 1521.

Gwiscard, Earle of Huntington.

On the South side, and at the West end of this Church,

Throkmor
ton street.

many faire houses
are builded, namely in Throkmorton
street, one very large and spacious, buil
ded in the place of old and small tene
ments,

T. Cromwell his house.

by Thomas Cromwell, Master of
the Kings Jewell-house; after that, Ma
ster of the Rolls, then Lord Cromwell,
Knight, Lord Privie Seale, Vicar gene
rall, Earle of Essex, high Chamberlain
of England, &c. This house being fini
shed, and having some reasonable plot
of ground left for a Garden, hee caused
the pales of the Gardens adjoyning to
the North part thereof, on a sudden to
be taken downe, 22. foot to be measu
red forth-right into the North of every
mans ground, a line there to be drawn,
a trench to be cast, a foundation laid,
and an high bricke wall to be builded.
My Father had a Garden there, & there
was a house standing close to his South
pale: this house they loosed from the
ground, and bare upon Rowlers into my
Fathers Garden 22. foot, ere my Father
heard thereof: no warning was given
him, nor other answer, (when he spake
to the surveyers of that worke) but that
their Master, Sir Thomas, commanded
them so to doe: no man durst goe to
argue the matter, but each man lost his
Land; and my Father paid his whole
rent, which was 6. shillings 8. pence
the yeere, for that halfe which was left.
Thus much of mine owne knowledge
have I thought good to note, that the
sudden rising of some men, causeth
them to forget themselves.

The Company of Drapers in London
bought this house,

The Dra
pers hall.

and now the same is
their common Hall. This Company
obtained of King Henry the 6. in the
seventeenth of his reigne, to bee in
corporate; Iohn Gedney was chosen to
be their first Master; and the 4. War
dens were, 1. VVotton, I. Darby, Robert
Breton,

The Dra
pers Armes.

and T. Cooke. The Armes gran
ted to the said Company, by Sir VVil
liam Bridges, Knight, first Garter King
at Armes, in Blason are thus: Three Sun
Beames, issuing out of three clouds of
flame, crowned with three Crownes
Imperials of gold, upon a shield Azure.

From this Hall, on the same side,
downe to the grates and course of VVal
brooke, have ye divers faire houses for
Merchants and other, from the which
grates backe againe on the other side in
Lotisbury (so called in Record of Edward
the third, the 38. yeere,

Lotisbury or Lothbury.

and now cor
ruptly called Lothbury) are Candlestick-founders
placed, till ye come to Bartho
lomew Lane, so called of Saint Bartholo
mews Church, at the South East corner
thereof. In this Lane also are divers
faire builded houses on both sides, and
so likewise have ye in the other street,
which stretcheth from the Friers Augu
stines South gate, to the corner over a
gainst Saint Bennets Church. In this
street, amongst other faire buildings,
the most ancient was (of old time) an
house pertaining to the Abbot of Saint
Albans. Iohn Catcher,

Abbot of S. Albans his Inne.

Alderman (after
dwelled there. Then is the free schoole,
pertaining to the late dissolved Hospi
tall of Saint Anthony,

S. Antho
nies school▪

whereof more
shall be shewed in another place, and so
upto Three Needle street.

On the South part of which street,

Three Nee
dle street.

beginning at the East, by the Well
with two buckets, now turned to a
Pumpe,

S. Martins Oteswitch.

is the Parish Church of S. Mar
tin called Oteswitch, of Martin de Otes
twich, Nicholas de Oteswich, William Otes
wich,
and Iohn Oteswich, founders there
of, and all buried there, as appeareth by
their ancient Monument.

There be Monuments in this Church,
of VVilliam Constantine, Alderman, and
Emme his wife.

Katherine, wife to Benedict Augustine.

Sir VVilliam Drifield, Knight.

Iohn Oteswich and his wife, under a
faire Monument on the South side.

Iohn Churchman, one of the Sheriffes
in the yeere 1385.

Richard Naylor, Taylor, Alderman,
1483.

Iames Falleron.

Iohn Melchborne.

Thomas Hay and Ellen his wife.

VVilliam Clitherow and Margeret his
wife.

Oliver and VVilliam, sonnes to Iohn
VVoodroofe, Esquire.

Hugh Pemberton, Taylor, Alderman,
1500. and Katharine his wife.

Matthew Pemberton, Merchant-Tay

lor,

lor, about 1514. he gave 50. l. to the
repairing of S. Lawrence Chappell.

Illustri ac Nobilissimo V. Domino Jacobo
Falckio,

A faire engraven stone on the South side of the Commu
niō Table.

Domino Zelandiae Thesaura
rio, summo Consiliario ordinum ejusdem
Provinciae, post plurimas apud plerosque
Europae Reges, ac Principes obitas Ho
norificè Legationes, & regendarum re
rum infinitas, cum omnium laude, ac
admiratione curas, in extremis Ecclesiae
ac Patriae cum hostibus luctis defuncto,
Legati munere communi Patriae totius
Provinciarum Belgicarum foederatarii
apud Serenissimum & potentissimū Ja
cobū 1. Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hy
berniae Regem: Hoc intestinorum recep
taculum. Reliquum à funere totius mo
lem, in Patria Zelandia pietati inter
planctus posuit affinis ex Sorore Antho
nius Taymon. Obiit 4. Nonas Iunii.
1603.

Parte solo recubo

peregrino, parte paterno,

Hoc bene si didici

vivere, & hocce mori.

I. Murdisonius.

Quae natat Oceano

Zelandia corpus, Olympus

Ipse animam, peregrè

hoc viscera marmor habet.

A. Hunterus.

Viscera terra Britanna

tegit, Zelandia corpus,

Sic mea divisit

funera parce mihi.

I. Meursius.

Here lyeth the body of Clemens Langley,

A faire stone, on the other side of the Table.

late wife of Richard Langley, and
Daughter to Thomas Whitton, Gent.
And of Joane his first wife, daughter of
Robert Cresset, Esquire: who yeelded
her soule to her Redeemer, the last of A
pril, 1603.

Thyzealous care to serve thy God,

thy constant love to Husband deare:

Thy harmelesse heart to every one

remaines alive, though corps lye here.

Spes vermis & ego. R. L.

Vivit post funera Virtus. C. L.

Also the 19. day of March, 1612. Richard
Langley her husband was here buried.

Here resteth the body of the Worshipful M.
Rich. Staper,

A very goodly Tombe e
rected in the wal on the South side of the Church.

elected Alderman of this
Citie, 1594. He was the greatest Mer
chant in his time, the chiefest Actor in
discovery of the Trades of Turkey and
East India: A man humble in prosperity,
painefull and ever ready in the affaires
publike, and discreetly carefull of his pri
vate. A liberall house-keeper, bounti
full to the poore: an upright dealer in
the world, and a devout aspirer after the
World to come. Much blest in his poste
rity, and happy in his and their alliances.
He dyed the last day of Iune, An. Dom.
1608. Intravit ut exiret.

Sir Henry Rowe allowed 5. l. yeerely
for ever to the poore of this Parish, to
be bestowed in bread and coales. And
Mistris Sotherton yeerely for ever in
bread, 50. s.

The aforesaid Iohn Churchman, for
William and Iohn Oteswich, (by licence
of H. the fourth, the sixth of his reigne)
gave the Advouson or Patronage of this
Church, foure messuages and 17. shops
with the appurtenances, in the Parish
of S. Martins Oteswich, &c. to the Ma
ster and Wardens of Taylors and Lin
nen Armorers, keepers of the Guild and
Fraternity of S. Iohn Baptist in London,
and to their successors, in perpetuall
Almes, to be imployed upon the poore
Brethren and Sisters. Whereupon, ad
joyning upon the West end of this Pa
rish Church, the said Master and War
dens builded (about a proper quadrant
or squared Court) seven Almes-houses,

Tailors & Linnen Armorers their alms houses in Broadstreets Ward: looke more in Portsoken ward.

wherein they placed seven Almes-men
of that Company, and their wives, (if
they had wives) each of these seven, of
old time, had 14. pence the weeke; but
now of later time, their stipend by the
said Master and Wardens hath beene
augmented to the summe of 26. shil
lings the quarter, which is 5. l. 4. s.
the yeere to each of them, beside coales.
More, to each of them 20. s. the yeere,
by gift of Walter Fish, sometime Master
of that Company, and Taylor to Her
Majestie.

Some small distance from thence is
the Merchant-Taylors Hall,

Taylors & Linnen Armerers Hall.

pertaining
to the Guild and Fraternity of Saint
Iohn Baptist, time out of mind called of
Taylors and Linnen Armorers of Lon
.

don.

Antiquity of the Tai
lors feast by autho
rity.

don. For I finde that King Edward the
first, in the 28. of his reigne, confirmed
this Guild by the name of Taylors and
Linnen Armorers, and also gave to the
brethren thereof, authority every yeere
at Midsummer to hold a Feast, and to
choose unto them a Governour or Ma
ster, with Wardens: whereupon, the
same yeere, 1300. on the Feast day of
the Nativity of Saint Iohn Baptist,3 they
chose Henry de Ryall to be their Pilgrim.
For the Master of this Mystery (as one
that travelled for the whole Company)
was then so called, untill the 11. yeere of
Richard the second: and the foure War
dens were then called Purveyors of
Almes, (now called Quartredge) of the
said fraternity.

This Merchant-Taylors Hall, some
time pertaining to a Worshipful Gen
tleman, named Edmond Crepin, Dominus
Creeping, after some Record: he, in the
yeere of Christ, 1331. the sixth of Ed
ward the third, for a certaine summe of
money to him paid,

Taylors purchase their Hall.

made his grant
thereof, by the name of his principall
Messuage, in the Wards of Cornhill and
Broadstreet, which Sir Oliver Ingham,
Knight, did then hold; to Iohn of Yakley,
the Kings Pavilion-maker. This was cal
led the New Hall,

Taylors Hall.

or Taylors Inne, for a
difference from their old Hall, which
was about the backe side of the Red Li
on in Basing lane, and in the Ward of
Cord-wayner street.

The 21. of Edward the fourth, Tho
mas Holme, alias Clarentiaulx, King of
Armes for the South part of England,
granted by his Patents, to the said fra
ternity and Guild of Saint Iohn Baptist,
of Tailors and Linnen Armorers, to
beare in a Field Silver,

The Mer
chant-tai
lors Arms.

a Pavilion be
tweene two Mantles Imperiall, purple,
garnished with gold, in a chiefe Azure,
a holy Lambe, set within a Sunne, the
Creast upon the Helme, a Pavilion pur
ple, garnished with gold, &c.

After this, King Henry the 7. was
himselfe a Brother of this Fraternity, or
Guild of S. Iohn Baptist, of Tailors or
Linnen Armorers, (as divers others of
his predecessours Kings had beene) to
wit, Richard the 3. Edward the 4. Henry
the 6. Henry the 5. Henry the 4. and Ri
chard the 2. And for that divers of that
Fraternity had (time out of minde) bin
great Merchants, and had frequented
all sorts of merchandises into most parts
of the world, to the honour of the Kings
Realme, and to the great profit of his
subjects, and of his Progenitors, and the
men of the said mystery, (during the
time aforesaid) had exercised the buy
ing and selling of all wares and Mer
chandises; especially, of woollen cloth,
as well in grosse, as by retaile, through
out all this Realme of England, and
chiefly within the said Citie:

Taylors & Linnen Armorers incorpo
rated Merchant Taylors.

therefore
he of his especiall grace, did change,
transferre and translate the Guild afore
said, and did incorporate them into the
name of the Master and Wardens of the
Merchant-Taylors, of the fraternity of
S. Iohn Baptist, in the Citie of London.

Some distance West from this the
Merchant Taylors Hall,

Finke lane.

is Finkes-Lan;
so called of Robert Finke, and Robert
Finke his sonne, Iames Finke, and Rosa
mond Finke. Robert Finke the elder, new
builded the Parish Church of S. Bennet
commonly called Finke, of the Founder;
his Tenements were both of S. Bennets
Parish, and Saint Martins Oteswich pa
rish: the one halfe of this Fink lane is of
Broadstreet Ward; to wit, on the West
side, up to the great and principall
house, wherein the said Finke dwelled:
But on the other side, namely the East,
not so much towards Cornehill. Then
without this Lane, in the aforesaid
Three Needle street,

Parish Church of S. Bennet Finke.

is the said Parish
Church of S. Bennet, a proper Church,
in which are these Monuments:

Robert Simson, and Elizabeth his wife.

Roger Strange, Esquire, Treresse.

William Coolby. Iohn Frey.

Thomas Briar, Plummer, 1410. &c.

By this Pillar was buried the body of Dame
Anne Awnsham, who dyed the 23. of
December, 1613. being neere 12. yeeres
the wife of Sir Gedeon Awnsham, of
Istleworth in the County of Middle
sex, Knight: And before the wife to
William Barradaile, Citizen and
Merchant-Taylor of London, dwelling
in this parish together some 30. yeeres.
He dyed in March, 1600. who by his
will gave 5. pounds to the poore of this
parish, and 6. pounds, 13. shillings, 8.
pence, toward the building a loft in the
Church, besides his other Legacies to the

poore

poore in other places. And the said Dame
Anne, besides her other good deeds to
Istleworth, and other places, she also ap
pointed five pound to the poore of this
Parish, which the said Sir Gedeon paid.
As they both (thankes be to God) lived
godly and well: so they could not but dye
well, by the onely mercy of Iesus Christ.

Some distance West is the Roy
all Exchange, whereof more shall bee
spoken in the Ward of Cornehill, and
so downe to the little Conduit, called
the Pissing Conduit, by the Stocks Mar
ket, and this is the South side of Three
Needle street.

On the North side of this streete,
from overagainst the East corner of St.
Martins Oteswich Church,

Hospitall of Saint Anthony sometime a Syna
gogue of the Iewes.

have yee di
vers faire and large houses, til you come
to the Hospitall of St. Anthony, some
time a Cell of Saint Anthonies of Vienna.
For I read, that King Henry the third,
granted to the Brotherhood of Saint
Anthony of Vienna, a place amongst the
Iewes, which was sometime their Syna
gogue, and had been builded by them,
about the yeere 1231.

Patent re
cord.

But the Christi
ans obtained of the King, that it should
be dedicated to our blessed Lady, and
since, an Hospitall being there builded,
was called Saint Anthonies in London.
It was founded in the Parish of Saint
Bennet Finke, for a Master, two Priests,
one Schoole-master, and twelve poore
men: after which foundation, amongst
other things, was given to this Hospitall
one Message and Garden, whereon
was builded the faire large free-school,

Free Schoole of S Antho
nies buil
ded.

and one other parcell of ground contai
ning 37. foot in length, and 18. foot in
bredth, whereon were builded the
Almes-houses of hard stone and Tim
ber,

Almes-houses of S. Anthonie builded.

in the reigne of Henry the sixth,
which said Henry the sixth,

Gift of Henry the sixth to Saint Anthonies.

in the 20.
of his reigne, gave unto Iohn Carpenter,
Doctor of Divinity, and Master of S.
Anthonies Hospitall, and to his bre
thren and their successors for ever, his
Mannor of Poinington, with the appur
tenances, with certaine pensions and
portions of Milburn, Burneworth, Charl
ton, and Vp-wimburne, in the County of
Southampton, towards the maintenance
of five Scholars in the Vniversity of
Oxford, to bee brought up in the facul
ty of Arts, after the rate of tenne pence
the week for every Scholar: so that the
said Scholars bee first instructed in the
rudiments of Grammar, at the College
of Eaton, founded by the said King.

In the yeere 1474. Edward the fourth
granted to William Say, Batcheler of Di
vinity, Master of the said Hospitall, to
have Priests, Clerkes, Scholars, poore
men, and brethren of the same, Clerks,
or Lay men, Queristers, Proctors, Mes
sengers, Servants in houshold, and o
ther things whatsoever, like as the Pri
or, and Covent of Saint Anthonies of
Vienna, &c. Hee also annexed, united,
and appropriated the said Hospitall,
unto the Collegiate of Saint George in
VVindsor.

The Protectors of this house were to
collect the benevolence of charitable
persons, towards the building and sup
porting thereof. And amongst other
things observed in my youth, I remem
ber, that the Officers (charged with o
versight of the Markets in this City)
did divers time take from the Market
people, Pigs starved, or otherwise un
wholsome for mans sustenance: these
they did slit in the eare.

Saint Anthonies Pigs fed on the dunghils.

One of the
Proctors for St. Anthonies tyed a Bell
about the necke, and let it feed on the
Dunghils, no man would hurt, or take
it up: but if any gave to them bread, or
other feeding, such would they know,
watch for, and daily follow, whining
till they had somewhat given them:
whereupon was raised a Proverbe, Such
an one wil follow such an one, & whine as it
were an Anthonie Pig: but if such a Pig
grew to be fat, and came to good liking
(as oft times they did) then the Proctor
would take him up to the use of the
Hospitall.

In the yeere, 1499. Sir Iohn Tate,
sometime Alebrewer, then a Mercer,
caused his Brewhouse, called the Swan
neere adjoyning to the said Free Chap
pell, College, or Hospitall of Saint
Anthony, to bee taken for the enlarging
of the Church, which was then newly
builded; toward the building whereof,
the said Tate gave great summes of mo
ney, and finished it in the yeere 1501.
Sir Iohn Tate deceased 1514. and was
their buried, under a faire Monument
by him prepared. Doctor Tayler Master
of the Rolles and other.

Walter

Walter Champion, Draper, one of the
Sheriffes of London, 1529. was buried
there, and gave to the Beadmen twenty
pounds. The Lands by yeere of this
Hospitall, were valued in the 37. yeere
of Henry the 8. to be 55. pounds, 6. shil
lings, 8. pence.

One Iohnson,

Schoole
master of S. Antho
nies made Prebend of Windsor, spoiled the school and ho
spitall.

(a Schoolemaster of the
famous Free-schoole there) became a
Prebend of Windsore, and then (by little
and little) followed the spoile of this
Hospitall: he first dissolved the Quire,
conveyed away the Plate and Orna
ments, then the Bels, and lastly put out
the Almes-men from their houses, ap
pointing them portions of 12. pence
the weeke to each. But now I heare of
no such matter performed; for their
houses, with other, bee letten out for
rent, and the Church is a Preaching-place
for the French Nation.

This Schoole was commended in the
reigne of Henry the sixth, and sithence
commended above other; but now de
cayed, and come to nothing, by taking
that from it which thereunto belonged.

Next it the Parish Church of Saint
Bartholomew,

Parish Church of S. Bar
tholomew.

at the end of Bartholomew
lane. Thomas Pike, Alderman, with the
assistance of Nicholas Yoo, one of the She
riffes of London, about the yeere 1438.
new builded this Church.

Sir Iohn Fray, Knight, was buried
there.

Margery his daughter and heire, wife
to Sir Iohn Lepington, Knight, founded
there a Chauntry, the 21. of Edward
the fourth.

Alderban, a Gascoigne, was buried
there.

Sir W. Capell, Maior, 1509. aded un
to this Church a proper Chappell, on
the South side thereof, and was buried
there.

Giles Capell was also buried there.

Iames Wilford, Taylor, one of the She
riffes, 1499. appointed by his Testa
ment, a Doctor of Divinity, every
Good Friday for ever, to preach there
a Sermon of Christs passion, from sixe
of the clocke till eight before noone, in
the said Church.

Io. Wilford, Merchant-Taylor, Al
derman, 1544.

Sir Iames Wilford, 1550.

Sir George Barne, Maior, 1552.

Iohn Dent.

Miles Coverdale, Bishop of Excester.

Thomas Dancer, and Anne his wife.

In Obitum Reverendissimi Patris,

A faire plated stone on the groūd in the Chancell.

Mi
lanis Coverdal, OGDOASTICON.

HIc tandem requiemque

ferens finem{que} laborum,

Ossa Coverdali

mortua Tumbus habet.

Oxoniae qui Praesul

erat dignissimus olim,

Insignis vitae

vir probitate suae.

Octoginta annos

grandevus vixit, & nullum

Indigni passus

saepius exilium.

Sic dimitti variis

jactabam casibus, ista

Excepitur gremio

terra benigna sua.

Here lyeth buried the body of Richard
Bowdler,

Severall faire pla
ted stones in the Chancell.

Citizen and Draper of Lon
don, being one of the Society of Mer
chants Adventurers in England, for
Moscovia and the East-Indiaes. Here
lyeth also Anne his wife, by whom hee
had issue, 7. children, 5. sonnes, and 2.
daughters; whereof three deceased, but
the other foure were living at the time
of his death. He dyed the 16. day of
November, 1603. And shee, &c.

Here lyeth the body of Iohn Dent, whilest
he lived, Citizen and Merchant of Lon
don, borne at Halloughton in Lei
cester-shire, and free of the Salters
Company, as also of the Spanish and
Moscovia Companies: but his chiefe
trading was to France. Hee was once
chosen Sheriffe of London,4 and once Al
derman, and fined for the same. His last
fine was 1000. Markes, towards the
repairing of Christs Hospitall in Lon
don. He married twise; his first wife
was Margaret, by whom hee had one
sonne, who dyed, and the mother. The
second wife was Alice, by whom he had
3. Daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, and
Elizab. The first dyed in her Fathers
life time, the rest with the Mother re
mained living. Hee beeing aged 63.
yeeres, dyed the 10. of Decemb. 1595.

Here

Here lyeth the body of Master Thomas
Church, Citizen and Draper of Lon
don. He was helpfull to many, hurtfull
to none, and gave every one his due. In
memory of whose love to them, and theirs
to him, Mary Bagwell, his sister, Wil
liam Bagwell, her sonne, his Execu
tors, and Bernard Cooper, the second
Husband to the said Mary Bagwell,
caused this stone to be laid here, the 28.
day of May, 1617. Hee departed this
life in August the 26. day, 1616. being
aged 55. yeeres.

A good life hath the dayes num
bred, but a good name endureth
for ever.

To Gods Glory.

In pious Memory of the nobly
vertuous,

A faire Monumēt in the North wal or the Chancell.

and religions Matrone, Mar
garite, wife of Robert Hall, Doctor
of Divinity, and Pastor of
this Parish.

HEre lyes a Margarite
                        
that the most excell’d,
(Her Father Wyts,
                        
Her Mother Lichterveld,
                        
Rematcht with Metkerke)
                        
of remarke for birth,
But much more gentle
for her genuine worth:

                        Wyts (rarest) Iewell,
                     
so her name bespeakes)
In pious, prudent,
peacefull, praise-full life,
Fitting a Sara
                        
and a Sacred’s Wife,
                     
Such as Saravia,
                        
and (her second) Hill,
                        
Whose joy of life,
Death in her death did kill.

Quàm piè obiit, Puer
pera, Die 29. Iunii, Anno Salutis, 1615. Anno Aetatis, 39. Pignus Amoris, Sigum Honoris, ac Moeroris, Posuit Rob. Hill. Composuit Io. Syl.

Vxor Foelix.
Loquitur post Funera Virtus.
FRom my sad Cradle
to my sable Chest,
Poore Pilgrim, I
did finde few moneths of rest.

                     In Flanders, Holland,
                  
Zeland, England, all,
                     
                  
To Parents, troubles;
and to me did fall.
These made me pious,
patient, modest, wise:
And, though well borne,
to shun the Gallants guise:
But now I rest my soule,
where rest is found,
My body here,
in a small piece of ground,
And from my Hill,
                     
                  
that Hill I have ascended,
From whence (for me)
my Saviour once descended.
Live ye to learne that dye you must,
And after come to Judgement just.

Maritus moestissimus.

Thy rest gives me a restlesse life,

Because thou wert a matchlesse Wife;

But yet I rest in hope to see

That day of Christ, and then see thee.

MARGARITA, a Jewell.

I, like a Iewell

tost by Sea and Land,

Am bought by him,

who weares me on his hand.

MARGARITA, MARGARETA.

Margarita beat, sed Margareta beavit.

O utinam possit dicier, ista beat.

One night, two dreames,

made two Propheticals,

Thine of thy Coffin,

mine of thy Fuuerals.

If women all were like to thee,

We men for wives should happy be.

R. H.

MARGARITA surreptus est, Mons
exarvit.

Then lower downe,

Parish Church of Saint Christopher.

towards the
Stockes Market, is the Parish Church
of Saint Christopher, but re-edified of
new: for Richard Shore, one of the She
riffes, 1506. gave money towards the
building of the steeple.

There lye buried, Richard Sherington,
1392. who gave Lands to that Church.

The Lady Margaret Norford, 1406.

Iohn

Iohn Clavering, 1421. who gave lands
thereunto.

Iohn Godney,

An Al
derman of London put to pe
nance by the Clear
gie, for wedding a widdow professed to chasti
tie.

Draper, Maior, 1427.

This Godney, in the yeere 1444. wedded
the Widdow of Robert Large, late Mai
or, which Widdow had taken the Man
tle and Ring, and the vow to live chaste
to God terme of her life; for the breach
whereof, the marriage done, they were
troubled by the Church, and put to pe
nance both he and she.

William Hampton, Maior, 1472. was
a great benefactor, and glased some of
the Church windowes.

Sir William Martia, Maior, 1492.

Roger Acheley, Maior, 1511. Hee
dwelt in Cornhill Ward, in a house be
longing to Cobham Colledge, rented by
the yeere, 26. s. 8. d.

Robert Thorne, Merchant-Taylor, a
Batchelor, 1532. he gave by his Testa
ment in charity, more than 4445.
pounds.

Iohn Norryholme. Raph Batte.

Alice Percivall. Iane Drew.

William Borresbie. Iohn Broke.

Richard Sutton. William Batte.

Iames Well.

Henry Beecher, Alderman, 1570.

Robertus cubat hic

Thornus Mercator honestus,

A very faire Tombe of pure Touch, in the South side of the Quire.

Qui sibi legitimas

Arte paravit opes.

Huic vitam dederat

puero Bristollia quondam,

Londinum hoc Tumulo

clauserat ante diem.

Ornavit studiis,

patriam virtutibus auxit,

Gymnasium exexit,

sumptibus ipse suis.

Lector quisquis ades,

requiem cineri precor optes,

Supplex et precibus

numina flecte tuis.

Obiit 1532. aetatis vero suae, Au. 40.

Heere lye the bodies of Henry Beecher,
Alderman, and late Sheriffe of London;
and of Alice his first wife, one of the
daughters to Thomas Heron of Edge
comb, in the County of Surrey, Esquire,
by who he had 10. children. After whose
decease he married with Iane, the widdow
of one Oliver Loveband, of London,
Gent. with whom he lived three yeeres, and
dyed the 15. day of Ianuary, Anno Dom.
1570.

Here lyeth the body of Iohn Tryon, who
departed this life at Paris in France,
the 15. of August, and was here interred
the 14. day of September, An. Dom.
1612.

Having seene and observed the said
Parish Church of S. Christopher,

Robert Thorne, a bounti
full Bat
chelour, buried in the same Parish of S. Christo
pher.

with
all the Grave-stones and Monuments
therein: and finding a faire Tombe of
Touch, wherein lyeth the body of Ro
bert Thorne, Merchant-Taylor, and a
Batchelor buried, having given by his
Testament in charity, 4445. pounds,
and to pious uses. Then looking for
some such memory, as might adorne
and beautifie the name of another fa
mous Batchelor, Mr. Iohn Kendrick; and
finding none, but onely his Hatchments
and Banners, yet he being buried so long
since; I thought it fit to let his owne
last Will and Testament speake his due
and deserved praises, according, and as
(among other) it came to my hands.

The last Will and Testament
of Mr. Iohn Kendrick, Citizen
and Draper of London:

Who departed this life the 30. day
of December, Anno, 1624.

IN the Name of God,

Present at this godly worke, Io. Skinner, Andrew Kendrick, Tho. Single
ton, &c.

Amen. The
nine and twentieth of December, An
no Domini, 1624. And in the two
and twentieth yeere of the reigne of our
Soveraigne Lord King Iames, &c.

I Iohn Kendrick, of the Citie of Lon
don, Draper, being sicke in body; but
of good and perfect memory, (for which
I give most humble and hearty thankes
to Almighty God) doe make, ordaine
and declare this my last Will and Te
stament, in manner and forme follow
ing: That is to say:

First,

Dispositi
on of his soule to God.

and before all things, I com
mend and commit my soule to Almigh
ty God, my Creator; trusting most as
suredly to be saved by the death, passion
and onely merits of Iesus Christ, my Sa
viour and Redeemer.

And

And I will that my body be decent
ly interred in Christian buriall,

For burial of his bo
dy.

in the
Parish Church of S. Christopher, where
I dwell; as mine Executor, hereafter
named, shall order and appoint.

Item, I give and bequeath to three
score poore men,

For poore mourners.

to every of them a
Gowne of broad-cloth, to weare on the
day of my buriall: and twelve pence a
piece in money, to pay for their din
ners. The same poore men to bee such
as my Executor shall appoint.

Item, I give and bequeath blacke
Gownes and Cloakes,

For kin
dred, friends, & servants mourners.

to be worne at
my buriall by my kindred, friends, and
servants, as my Executor shall thinke
meet: not exceeding the summe of sixe
hundred pounds in the said Gownes and
Cloakes, and the rest of the charges of
my Funerall.

Item, I give and bequeath the sum
of threescore pounds,

A Dinner for his friends, and the Parish inhabitants.

to bee bestowed
upon a Dinner, to be provided for my
friends, and the inhabitants of the Pa
rish of Saint Christopher, where I now
dwell, upon the day of my buriall, and
in such place as my Executor shall
thinke meet and convenient.

Item,

His gift to the Maior & Burges
ses of Rea
ding.

I give and bequeath to the
Maior and Burgesses of the Towne of
Reading, in the Country of Berkshire, (I
meane, to the body corporate, or Cor
poration of the said Towne of Reading,
by whatsoever name or addition the
same is made knowne) the summe of
seven thousand & five hundred pounds,
upon especiall trust and confidence, that
they shall therewith performe the uses
following: That is to say:

The said Maior and Burgesses shall
buy and purchase unto them and their
successors for ever,

The uses intended for the said sum.

(I say, to the body
corporate of the said Towne of Reading,
by whatsoever name or addition the
same is made or knowne) Lands and
Here ditaments, of the cleere value of
fifty pounds by the yeere, over and a
bove all charges and reprises. Which
summe of fifty pounds a yeere, my will
and meaning is, shall bee paid by the
said Maior and Burgesses, and their suc
cessours, unto my Sister Anne Newman,

Care of his Sister.

yeerely during her naturall life. And
after her decease, the same yeerely sum
of fifty pounds, shall bee paid by the
said Maior and Burgesses, and their suc
cessors, to the Overseers of the poore of
the said Towne of Reading (for the time
being) yeerely for ever: And by them
the said Overseers (for the time being)
shall be bestowed and distributed to
and among the poore people of the said
Towne for ever: To wit, the moity
thereof every halfe yeere, in such sums,
and to such persons, as the said Over
seers (for the time being) shall thinke
meet, according to the necessity and de
sert of the same severall persons.

Provided alwayes,

The usuall benevo
lence of the rich is not to bee hindred by this gift.

and my meaning
is, that this my yeerely gift shall not
any way abridge the said poore of the
ordinary allowances, usually assessed
and collected of the wealthier sort of
the inhabitants of the said Towne, to
wards the reliefe of the said poore peo
ple: but shal be unto them as an addita
ment, and cleere increase of reliefe yeer
ly for ever.

And if this my gift and provision shall
happen (which I trust it shall not) to be
by the said Maior and Burgesses,

For negli
gence in the distri
bution of this gift.

or by
the said Overseers for the time being,
ordered and disposed contrary to my
meaning thus declared; or that my will
and desire above expressed, touching
the bestowing and distribution of the
said summe of fifty pounds yeerely, bee
omitted, neglected, or left unperformed
by the space of one whole yeere, after it
is by this my Will appointed to be di
stributed and bestowed as aforesaid:
Then my will and meaning is, that the
said summe and revenue of fifty pounds
a yeere, shall be by the said Maior and
Burgesses, and their successors for the
time being for ever, paid unto the
Treasurer of Christs Hospitall: and by
the Governours of the same Hospitall,

How to be bestow
ed upon their neg
ligence.

imployed and bestowed in the reliefe
and education of the poore children,
of the said Hospitall. Or else, that the
said Maior and Burgesses for the time
being; shall by their Deed in Law, con
veigh and make over the Lands and He
reditaments of the said yeerely value of
fifty pounds, unto the Maior and Com
monalty and Citizens of the Citie of
London, and their successors for ever,
unto the use of the said Hospitall, to be
imployed as aforesaid.

Provided alwaies, that the said fifty
pounds a yeere, bee yeerely paid unto

my said Sister Anna Newman,

Payment to his Si
ster du
ring her naturall life.

during
her naturall life: And after her decease,
to the charitable uses aforesaid.

Moreover, my will and meaning is,
as also my trust and confidence in the
said Maior and Burgesses of the Towne
of Reading is,

A house to be purcha
sed for set
ting the poore to worke.

that with another compe
tent part of the said summe of seven
thousand five hundred pounds, so byme
devised as aforesaid; they the said
Maior and Burgesses shall buy and pur
chase unto them and their successors
for ever, a faire plot of ground, within
the said Towne of Reading, or the liber
ties thereof. And thereupon shall erect
and build a strong house of Bricke, fit
and commodious for setting the poore
on worke therein: Or else shall buy and
purchase such an house, being already
built, if they can finde one already fit
ting, or that may with a reasonable sum
be made fit for the said use.

The house is to have a Garden thereto adjoy
ning.

The same
house to have a faire Garden adjoyning,
and to bee from time to time kept in
good and sufficient reparations, by the
said Maior and Burgesses for the time
being, for ever. Which house and Gar
den, my will is, shall be used and occu
pied by such as the said Maior and Bur
gesses, and their successors from time to
time for ever shall appoint and or
daine,

Imploy
ing and u
sing the stocke of money.

for the imploying and handling
of the stocke of money, by mee hereby
left and devised to that purpose.

And my will and meaning is, that
the said Lands and Hereditaments of
the yeerely value of fifty pounds, and
also the said house and Garden, being
bought and purchased as aforesaid, with
parcell of the said summe of seven thou
sand five hundred pounds: Then the
whole residue and remainder of the
same seven thousand and five hundred
pounds,

How the remain
der of the money is is to bee imployed for a com
mon stock

shall make and be a common
stocke, to be imployed and bestowed in
Trades of clothing; either in making
of coloured clothes, or whites, as the
time shall require. And also in working
of Wooll, Hemp, Flax, Iron, grinding
of Brazill woods, and other stuffes for
dying, or otherwise, as to the said Maior
and Burgesses aforesaid, and their suc
cessors for ever shall seeme meet and
convenient, for the imployment of
poore people, and for the preservation
and increase of the said common stock.

And the said Maior and Burgesses,

For han
dling and husban
ding the common stocke in the house.

and their successors for ever, shall have
the election, placing and ordering, as
also the displacing (if cause bee) of all
and every person and persons, to bee
imployed in the handling and husban
ding, of the common stock in the house
aforesaid: according to their the said
Maior and Burgesses good discretion,
from time to time for ever.

Wherein yet my desire is, that they
shall prefer the poore of the said Town
to the said worke and imployment; be
fore others of other places.

And for the performance of these
premisses,

In what manner the 7500. pounds is to be paid.

my will is, that the somme
of seven thousand and five hundred
pounds, before (for this end) by mee
bequeathed to the said Maior and Bur
gesses, or their successors: shall be paid
unto them or their successors, in man
and forme following; that is to say,
Two thousand pounds thereof at the
end of one yeere next after my decease:
Other two thousand pounds thereof, at
the end of two yeeres, next after the
day of my decease. And the residue of
the said whole sum, being three thou
sand and five hundred pounds, at the
end of three yeeres next ensuing, after
and from the day of my decease.

But if it shall happen (as my trust is
it will not) that the said Maior and Bur
gesses,

For misim
ploying the stocke contrary to the Doners will.

or their successors, shall neglect,
omit or faile to performe the premisses,
according to my will and meaning a
bove declared; or shall misimploy the
said stocke, contrary to the true intent
and meaning of this my device and dis
position, for the good of the poore, and
their honest imployment and mainte
nance as aforesaid; and that such their
neglect shall continue at any time, by
the space of one whole yeere together:
Then my will and meaning is, that my
said whole Legacy of seven thousand
and five hundred pounds, and every
part and parcell thereof, shall be thence
utterly void, frustrate and of none effect,
as to, for and concerning the said Maior
and Burgesses and their successors; and
as to, for and concerning the uses ther
of before limited and expressed. And
that the said whole common stocke,
shall bee by them the said Maior and
Burgesses, and their successors for the

time

time being;

His intent for London upon their fay
ling.

forthwith paid unto the
Maior and Communalty and Citizens
of the City of London, to the use of
Christs Hospitall in London, according
as I have above devised and disposed,
touching the revenue of fifty pounds a
yeere for ever, first bequeathed to the
use and reliefe of the poore people of
the Towne of Reading.

As also my will and meaning is, that
in this case of non-performance by the
said Maior and Burgesses, the house and
Garden to bee purchased in Reading,

Concer
ning the house and Garden at Reading devised.

as
aforesaid: Shal be by the said Maior and
Burgesses, and their successors, convey
ed and made over by their deed suffici
ent in Law, unto the said Maior and
Communalty and Citizens of the City
of London, and their successors for ever,
to the like use of Christs Hospitall in
London, as aforesaid.

Item, I give and bequeath to the
Maior, Aldermen and Burgesses of the
Towne of Newbury in the County of
Berks (I meane the body corporate of
the same Towne,

For pur
chasing a house and Garden at Newbery to set the poore on worke.

) the summe of foure
thousand pounds, to buy and purchase
therewith a commodious house, and
Garden within the same Towne, or
the liberties thereof; to set the poore
on worke. And with the residue of the
same summe, to make a common stock,
for the imployment of the poore in the
said house; according to the good dis
cretion of the said Maior, Aldermen
and Burgesses from time to time for e
ver. And according to my meaning
before declared, in the devising of the
summe of seven thousand and five hun
dred pounds, to the Maior and Burges
ses of the Towne of Reading, to the like
use.

But my will and meaning is, that if
it shall happen (which I trust will not)
that the said Maior,

For neg
lect and misim
ployment of the stock com
mitted un
to their trust.

Aldermen and
Burgesses of the Towne of Newbury, or
their successors, shall neglect or faile to
performe my trust and meaning, hereby
committed unto them, or shall misim
ploy the said stocke, contrary to my
good intent to the poore before decla
red, by the space of one whole yeere (at
any time) after my said Legacy shall be
paid unto them: Then my will and
meaning is, that my said whole Legacy
of foure thousand pounds, and every
part and parcell thereof, shall thence
forth be utterly void, and of none effect,
as to, for and concerning the said Maior
Aldermen and Burgesses of the Towne
of Newbury, and their successors for e
ver. And that the said whole common
stock, be by them the said Maior, Al
dermen and Burgesses of Newbury, and
their successors for the time being,

Returned over to Reading and im
ployed to the use of the poore there.

forthwith paid over unto the Maior and
Burgesses of the Towne of Reading in
the same County. To be by them and
their successors for ever imployed, be
stowed and used in like manner, as I
have by this my Will devised and ap
pointed another stocke common for
the poore in the same Town of Reading:
as by my said devise and disposition
(before herein more at large expressed)
doth and may appeare.

In the like manner also my will and
meaning is, that in case of such non-per
formance of my will and intent, by the
said Maior, Aldermen and Burgesses
of the Towne of Newbury,

For non performance of the Testa
tors wil and in
tent in the Towne of Newbury

the house
and Garden by them so to bee purcha
sed and built, as aforesaid: Shall be by
said Maior, Aldermen and Burgesses of
the Towne of Newbury, and their suc
cessors; conveyed and made over by
their deed sufficient in Law, unto the
Maior and Burgesses of the said Towne
of Reading, and their successors for ever;
to be by them sold and converted into
money, and the same money to be used
and imployed in their common stocke
for the poore in the said Towne of Rea
ding aforesaid, in such sort, as I have
formerly hereby expressed.

And for the performance of the said
trust and uses, by the said Maior, Al
dermen and Burgesses of the Towne
of Newbury aforesaid,

In what manner the four thousand pounds is to be paid to the Towne of Newbury

my will and mea
ning is: that the said summe of foure
thousand pounds so to them bequea
thed and devised as aforesaid; shall be
paid unto them, or their successors, in
manner as followeth; that is to say,
One thousand pounds therof at the end
of one yeere, next ensuing after the day
of my decease: One other thousand
pounds thereof, at the end of two yeers
from and after my said decease. And
the residue (being two thousand l.)
shall be paid them, at the end of three
yeeres next after my decease.

Item,

Item, I give and bequeath to the
Company of Drapers of the City of
London (of which Company I am free)
the summe of two thousand and foure
hundred pounds,

Two thou
sand foure hundred pounds given to the Com
pany of Drapers London.

to purchase Lands
and Hereditaments, to the cleare yeer
ly value of one hundred pounds for e
ver: over and above all charges and re
prises. And with the same to performe
these good uses hereafter mentioned;
that is to say:

The summe of twenty foure pounds
thereof yeerely for ever,

For the yeerely re
leasing of sixe poore Prisoners.

to be bestowed
in the moneth of December, for the re
leasing of sixe poore prisoners, out of
these Prisons in London, to wit, the two
Compters, Ludgate, Newgate and the
Fleet, by foure pounds for each in Pri
soner.

Or if such cannot bee found in the
said Prisons,

For relea
sing Priso
ners in o
ther Pri
sons, &c.

or some of them to be re
leased for these sums: Then the same
(or the residue thereof) to be bestow
ed in like releasing of other Prisoners,
out of some of the Prisons neere Lon
don, and out of the liberties thereof; as
to the Wardens of the said Compa
ny (for the time being) shal seeme meet.

More, twenty pounds yeerely for e
ver,

To the Curate of the Parish Church of S. Christo
phers.

to the Curate of the Parish of St.
Christopher, wherein I now dwell: To
read divine Service in the said Parish
Church at sixe a clocke in the morning
every day of the weeke for ever. In like
manner as is now used in the Chappell,
at the great North-gate of Saint Pauls
Church in London.

More,

To the Clerke and Sex
ton of S. Christopher.

to the Clerke and Sexton of
the said Parish of Saint Christopher, to
each of them fifty shillings yeerely for
ever: to doe their severall attendance
and assistance at the time of Divine
Service every morning.

More,

To the poore of the Parish

to the Church-wardens of the
same Parish of Saint Christopher: five
pounds yeerely for ever, for the main
tenance of lights in the Winter time.

More, three pounds yeerely for ever,
to the poore of the said Parish of Saint
Christopher.

More,

To the Compters and New
gate.

to the poore Prisoners in Lon
don ten pounds yeerely for ever: name
ly, to the Prisoners of the Compters in
the Poultry and Woodstreet, and in New
gate; to each of these Prisons forty shil
lings yeerely for ever.

To the poore Prisoners in Ludgate
and in the Fleet;

To Ludgate and the Fleet.

to each house thirty
shillings for ever.

And to the poore Prisoners in Beth
lem,

To Bedlem.

or Bedlem; twenty shillings yeere
ly.

More,

To the Clerke of the Dra
pers.

to the Clerke of the Compa
ny of the Drapers, for the time being:
for his paines herein, forty shillings for
ever.

More,

To the Beadles of the Livery and Yeo
manry.

to the Beadle of the said Com
pany; thirty shillings for ever.

More, to the Beadle of the Yeoman
ry of the same Company; ten shillings
yeerely for ever.

More,

For poore Clothwor
kers and their wid
dowes.

five and twenty pounds yeere
ly for ever to be distributed by the said
Wardens, among poore and religious
men and women in the City of London;
to some more and to some lesse, as the
said Wardens shall find their necessity
and desert to be: Wherein my desire
is, that poore Clothworkers and their
Widdowes shall bee first preferred;
and next, the poore of the Drapers
Company. The residue of the said sum
of one hundred pounds a yeere, being
foure pounds yeerely for ever,

A remem
brance to the foure Wardens.

I entreat
the foure Wardens of the said Compa
ny, to accept for their paines, to bee e
qually divided between them by twen
ty shillings to each of them, for the time
being for ever.

And if the said Company of Dra
pers, doe either of purpose or negli
gence, omit and not performe the pre
misses; but shall leave the same unper
formed one whole yeere, after they
shall have received this my Legacy of
two thousand & foure hundred pounds
(which I will shall be paid them at the
end of one yeer next after my decease:)
Then my will and minde is,

If the Dra
pers omit perfor
mance of this Lega
cy of two thousand and foure hundred pounds.

that the
Governours of Christs Hospitall in
London, shall recover the whole two
thousand and foure hundred pounds,
before specified, or the Lands and the
Hereditaments, that the said Compa
ny shall have bought with the same
money: And keepe twenty pounds
yeerely for ever of the same rent, for
the maintenance of the poore Children
in the said Hospitall, as if the same had
been first given to them. And the Dra
pers Company to have nothing to doe
with it, or the rest of the said hundred

pounds

pounds yeerely for ever.

And that in this case,

A restraint of the o
ther Le
gacies gi
ven and bequea
thed to the Com
pany.

the yeerely
payment of eight pounds unto the
Clerke, Beadles and Wardens of the
said Company, as also twelve pounds,
parcell of the said five and twenty l.
a yeere before devised, to be paid and
distributed by the said Company, a
mong poore and religious men and
women in the City of London, utterly
and for ever to cease.

But this twenty pounds a yeere, be
ing so converted (as aforesaid) to the
use of the Hospitall, the residue of the
said yeerly rent of one hundred pounds
a yeere, I will that the Governours of
the said Hospitall,

Concer
ning the residue of the yeere
ly rent.

shall pay and distri
bute yeerely for ever, in manner and
forme as the said Company of Dra
pers should have done.

Item, I give and bequeath to the
said Company of Drapers, one hun
dred pounds, to be paid within a yeere
after my decease;

An hun
dred pounds to be bestow
ed in Plate.

and by the Wardens
of the said Company to be bestowed in
Plate: such as they shall thinke good,
for the use of their common Hall in
London, at their meetings and dinners
there.

Item,

Five hun
dred pounds given to Christs Hospitall in London.

I give and bequeath to the
poore of Christs Hospitall in London,
five hundred pounds, to be by the Go
vernours thereof bestowed in Lands
and Hereditaments, for and towards
the yeerely maintenance of the Chil
dren of the said Hospitall for ever. This
summe to bee paid to the said Gover
nours, or the Treasurer of the said Ho
spitall, so soone as they shall have found
out a fit purchase to bestow it, and a
greed on the price of the same.

Item, I give and bequeath towards
the curing of sicke,

Fifty pounds to S. Bartholo
mews Ho
spitall.

fore and diseased
persons in Saint Bartholomews Hospital
in London, the summe of fifty pounds.

Item, I give and bequeath towards
the curing of sicke,

To the poore of S. Thomas Hospitall.

sore and disea-sed
persons in Saint Thomas Hospitall in
Southwarke neere London, the summe of
fifty pounds.

Item, I give and bequeath towards
the repayring of the Parish Church of
Saint Christopher,

Repairing of S. Chri
stophers Church.

where I now dwell,
the summe of forty pounds: To be paid
to the Church-wardens of the same Pa
rish, within one yeere after my decease.

Item,

Repairing S. Pauls Church in London.

I give and bequeath towards
the repayring of the Cathedral Church
of Saint Paul in London, the summe of
one thousand pounds: to be paid to the
Chamberlaine of London, at such time
as that worke of repayring the same
Church, shall be ready to proceed with
effect; and to be disposed by the directi
on and appointment of the Lord Maior
and Aldermen of the said City.

Item, I give and bequeath to bee
given at the marriages of poore Maids
within the City of London,

To poore Maids marriages in London.

two hun
dred pounds: to be distributed by for
ty shillings a peece upon the dayes of
their marriage; to such as have served
one Master or Mistresse, by the space of
five yeeres together.

Item,

To poore Maids marriages in the Towne of Reading.

I give and bequeath to be gi
ven and distributed to poore Maids in
Towne of Reading, in the County of
Berks, and at their severall marriages,
by forty shillings a peece, at the discre
tion of the Maior and Burgesses of that
Towne; the summe of one hundred
pounds. Provided, none enjoy the be
nefit thereof, but such as have served
Master, Mistris or Dame, by the space
of seven yeeres together. This hundred
pounds to bee paid to the said Maior
and Burgesse (for the use aforesaid)
within one yeere next after my de
cease.

Item, I give and bequeath to the Mai
or,

To twen
ty five poore Maids marriages in the Towne of Newbury.

Aldermen and Burgesses of the
Towne of Newbury in Barkeshire, the
summe of fifty pounds: to be by them
bestowed and distributed to twenty five
Maids marriages, on their severall daies
of their weddings in the same Towne.
None to enjoy this gift; but such as
have well and honestly served with one
Master, Mistris of Dame, by the space
of seven yeeres at the least. And this
fifty pounds to be paid to the said Maior
Aldermen and Burgesses, within one
yeere next after my decease.

Item,

For set
ting poore vagrant Boyes on worke in Bridewell.

I give and bequeath towards
the setting on worke of forty idle va
grant Boyes, such as goe up and downe
the streets in the City of London, beg
ging and pilfering, the summe of two
hundred pounds: to be paid to the Trea
surer for the time being, being of the
house of correction, called Bridewell in
London, in manner and forme following,

that

that is to say, When any such Boy is
taken up by my Executor or his As
signes, in any place within the liberties
of this Citie of London, and by the Trea
surer of the same House of Correction,
and Governours there for the time be
ing, placed and bound Apprentice with
a Master, for the terme of seven yeeres
at the least, with a Master or Art-ma
sters, as Glovers, Pinners, Shoomakers,
or any other occupation of Art, which
they shall bee thought most fit for, to
learne in the said house; whereby (in
time) they may prove good members,
and live like honest men in the Com
mon-wealth. I say, with every one of
these Boyes shall be paid to the Treasu
rer and Governours for the time being;
the summe of five pounds, untill the
said summe of two hundred pounds bee
fully paid for that use.

Item,

50. pound for S. Ma
ries in Reading.

I give and bequeath towards
the finishing of the Pinacles of the Stee
ple of the Parish of Saint Maries in Rea
ding, in Berkshire, fifty pounds; to bee
paid to the Churchwardens of the same
Parish, within one moneth after the
same Pinacles shall be finished.

Item,

Five hun
dred pounds to be lent to severall parties in Reading.

I give and bequeath to the
Maior and Burgesses of the Towne of
Reading aforesaid, the summe of five
hundred pounds, to be first lent to these
parties, and in the summes hereafter na
med, for seven yeeres, gratis: That is,
to Iames Winche, two hundred pounds:
and to Walter Rye, Richard Stampe, and
William Blacknall, Clothiers, one hun
dred pounds apiece: each of them gi
ving Bond with two sufficient sureties,
for repayment thereof to the said Mai
or and Burgesses, at the end of the said
seven yeeres. And afterwards, the same
five hundred pounds shall be lent to ten
severall honest industrious poore Clo
thiers, free men of the same Towne, by
fifty pounds apiece, gratis, for three
yeeres, upon like good security: and no
man to have the use of this money twise.
But if there shal not be Clothiers enow
found in the said Towne,

For lacke of Clo
thiers, the same mo
ney lent to other Trades
men of the same Towne.

to enjoy this
loane in manner aforesaid: That then
the said money shall bee lent also unto
other Tradesmen, free of the said Town,
by the summes and termes of yeeres last
before appointed; to such as set most
poore people aworke, according to the
discretion of the said Maior and Bur
gesses: And this said summe of five
hundred pounds shall be paid to the
said Maior and Burgesses, (to the use a
foresaid) at the end of one yeere next
after my decease.

Item,

Other five hun
dred pounds to Clothiers of Newbury lent freely

I give and bequeath to the Mai
or, Aldermen and Burgesses of the
Towne of Newbury, in the County of
Berks, the sum of five hundred pounds,
to be lent first for the terme of seven
yeeres, gratis, unto these severall Clo
thiers here named; that is to say, To
Thomas Newman, one hundred pounds:
to Richard Avery, one hundred pounds:
to Martin Broaker, fifty pounds: to Wil
liam Goodwin the elder, fifty pounds: to
Timothy Avery, fifty pounds: to Robert
Bacon, fifty pounds: and to Griffin For
ster, fifty pounds. Every of the said se
verall parties entring into bond, with 2.
sufficient sureties, for repayment of the
said summes to the said Maior and Al
dermen and Burgesses at the end of se
ven yeeres. And afterwards, the same
five hundred pounds shall be lent to ten
severall honest industrious poore Clo
thiers,

To tenne other poore Clothiers the same money lent after
wards.

free of the said Towne of Newbu
rie, by fifty pounds apiece, gratis, for
three yeeres: And after that in like man
ner, from three yeers to three yeeres for
ever; and no man to have the same mo
ney twise. But if there shall not bee
Clothiers enow found in the same
Towne of Newbury, to enjoy this loane
in manner as aforesaid; then the same
money shall bee lent also unto other
Tradesmen, free of the same Towne, by
the summes and termes of yeeres last
before appointed, to such as set most
poore people on worke, according to
the discretion of the said Maior, Alder
men and Burgesses; to whom this said
five hundred pounds shall bee paid, to
the use aforesaid, at the end of one yeere
after my decease.

Item,

Nine hundred pounds given to the Mer
chant Ad
venturers.

I give and bequeath to the Go
vernour, Assistants, and fellowship of
Merchant Adventures of England, the
summe of nine hundred pounds, to bee
lent by three hundred pounds in a par
cell, for three yeeres, gratis, unto three
honest, industrious and frugall young
men, free of that Company, none of
them being partners with each other;
and every of them giving Bond with

two

two sufficient sureties, to be tryed and
allowed by ballotting, and not other
wise, for repayment of the same money
to the said Company. And so the same
money to be lent out by the said Com
pany in this manner, from three yeeres
to three yeeres, for ever.

And my will and desire is, that these
my five present servants,

His ser
vants first preferred to the be
nefit of the loane.

shall be (upon
security as aforesaid) first preferred to
the enjoying of this loane; to wit, Wil
liam Powle, Thomas Newman, and Simon
Gundy, the first three yeeres; and An
drew Kendricke and Christopher Pack, the
next two parcels that shall come in, and
be received in, after they shall be free
men of that Company. And for perfor
mance hereof, the said nine hundred
pounds shall be paid unto the Treasurer
of the said Company in London, for the
time being, at the end of one yeere next
after my decease.

Item,

To his Brother William Kendrick and his children.

I give and bequeath to my bro
ther William Kendrick of Reading in the
County of Berks, Clothier, and to his
Children now borne and living, the
summe of two thousand pounds: wher
of one third part for himselfe, and the
other two parts for his said Children.
The same two third parts of the said
summe of two thousand pounds, to be
equally divided to and amongst his said
children, share and share like.

And my will is, that the said two
thousand pounds bee paid to my said
brother,

Payment of the two thousand pounds to his Bro
ther and children, and how.

at the end of three yeeres next
after my decease: and that he shall pay
his said children their severall shares
thereof before limited; that is to say, to
his Sonne his share and part, when he
commeth to the age of twenty foure
yeeres: And to his Daughter, her share
and part, when she commeth to the age
of one and twenty yeeres, or at the day
of her marriage, which shall first hap
pen.

And if it fortune either of my said
brothers children to dye or decease, be
fore their respective Legacies aforesaid
shall grow due,

For mor
tality in either of the chil
dren.

as above; that then the
part of such child so deceasing, shall ac
crue and be paid to the surviver of the
said children, at the day and time before
appointed.

Item,

The gift of his gold Ring.

I give and bequeath to my said
brother William Kendrick, my gold Ring
which was my Fathers; with the Let
ters T. K. therein engraven, and a knot
betweene the same Letters.

Item, I give and bequeath to my Si
ster Anne Newman of Reading in the
Country of Berks,

A thou
sand Markes given to his sister.

the sum of one thou
sand Marks, to be paid unto her at the
end of one yeere next after my decease.

Item, I give and bequeath unto the
Children of my said Sister,

Two thousand Markes given to his Sisters children, and in what man
ner.

Anne New
man, the sum of two thousand Markes;
to bee equally divided amongst them
share and share like. And the shares of
such as are already married (if they be
Daughters) or are foure and twenty
yeeres of age, to bee paid them at the
end of one yeere after my decease. And
the shares of the rest, to be paid to such
as be Sonnes; when they shall be foure
and twenty yeeres of age. And to the
Daughters, at their day of marriage;
or when they shall come to one and
twenty yeeres of age respectively,
which of these shall happen to bee
first.

And if it shall happen any of the said
Children of my said Sister to dye, be
fore the age and time so prefixed for
payment,

In case of morta
lity or death hap
pening a
mong the children.

as aforesaid (I meane, those
that be yet under that age, and unmar
ried) then my will is: That the share
and part of such as shall so dye, shall ac
crue and bee paid unto the rest of the
same Children then surviving, share
and share like; and at the dayes and
times of payment before appointed,
for their own severall shares and parts.

But my will and meaning is, that
Thomas Newman, son of my said Sister;
shall not have any part or share of this
said Legacy of two thousand Markes:

Thomas Newman excepted from this Legacy.

because I give him a large Legacy apart
by this my will. Therefore the said two
thousand Markes is to bee divided and
shared among the rest of the Children
of my said Sister, as aforesaid.

Item, I doe hereby absolutely acquit
and forgive my brother in law Thomas
Newman,

A Bond forgiven to his Si
sters hus
band.

of Reading aforesaid, husband
to my Sister Anne Newman; the summe
of one hundred Markes, which he ow
eth me by his bond, due the second day
of November, An. Dom. 1623. being all
that he oweth me at the date of this my
will.

Item, I give and bequeath to my

Sister

Sister Alice Vigures of Excester,

Five hun
dred pounds given to his Sister Alice Vi
gures.

in the
County of Devon, the summe of five
hundred pounds; to be paid her at the
end of two yeeres next after my de
cease.

Item, I give and bequeath to the
children of my said Sister Alice Vigures
the summe of one thousand pounds,

A thou
sand pounds given to his said Sisters Children, and in what man
ner.

to
be equally divided among them share
and share like. And if any of them be
ing Sonnes) bee of the age of foure and
twenty yeeres; or any of them (being
Daughters) bee of the age of one and
twenty yeeres, or married, then the
share and parts of such respectively,
shall bee paid at the end of two yeeres
next after my decease. And the shares
and parts of the rest, shall bee paid to
such as are Sonnes, at the age of foure
and twenty yeeres: and to such as bee
Daughters, at their age of one and
twenty yeeres, or at the dayes of their
marriage, which of them shall first hap
pen to come respectively.

But my will and meaning is, that Si
mon Gandy, Sonne of my said Sister A
lice Vigures,

Simon Gan
dy exclu
ded from this thou
sand pounds and the intent of this distri
bution.

shall not have any part or
share of this Legacy of one thousand
pounds: because I give him a large Le
cy apart by himselfe in this my Will.
But my meaning is, that this said Le
gacy of one thousand pounds, so given
as aforesaid, shall bee equally divided
among the rest of the Children of my
said Sister; excluding the said Simon
Gandy from all part and share of the
same: And if it shall happen any of the
said Children of my said Sister Alice
Gandy, to dye before the age and time
of payment appointed as aforesaid (I
meane, when they bee under that age,
and unmarried:) then my will and
meaning is, that the share and part of
such as shall so dye; shall bee paid and
accrue unto the rest of the same Chil
dren so surviving,

In case of mortality and death of the Children.

to each of them e
qually, and share and share like: and
at the dayes and times of payment be
fore appointed, for their owne severall
shares and parts.

Item, I give and bequeath to my
Brother Iames Winche of Parley in the
County of Berks,

To his Brother Iames VVinche, and his Children.

and to his Children,
the summe of one thousand pounds:
whereof one third part for himselfe, the
other two third parts for his said Chil
dren. The same two third parts to bee
divided equally amongst the said Chil
dren of my said Brother, share and
share like.

And my will is, that this said summe
of one thousand pounds,

The pay
ment of this thou
sand pounds to his Bro
ther and Children.

shall bee paid
to my said Brother Iames Winche, at the
end of one yeere next after my decease,
and that hee shall pay forthwith unto
such of this Children, as (being sonnes,
and of the age of foure and twenty
yeeres, or married) their severall shares
and proportions of the said two third
parts of this summe of one thousand
pounds. The shares and parts of the
rest of his Children, hee shall retaine
in his owne hands, untill his said Chil
dren (being Sonnes) shall be of the age
of foure and twenty yeeres: And being
Daughters, shall bee of the age of one
and twenty yeeres, or be married; and
then he shall pay every of them their se
verall shares and parts respectively.

And if it shall happen any of the said
younger Children to dye,

In case of death and mortality of the younger Children.

before the
time of payment so limited as aforesaid:
Then my will and meaning is, that the
part and share of such as shal so decease
shall accrue unto the rest of the said
Children of my said Brother, that shall
then survive; to bee equally divided
amongst them share and sharelike, and
to bee paid at the daies and times be
fore appointed.

Item, I give and bequeath to thirty
of my poorest Kindred in the Towne of
Reading in Barkshire,

Three hundred pounds to his poo
rest Kin
dred in Reading.

the summe of three
hundred pounds, to bee paid unto my
Brother William Kendrick, within three
moneths after my decease. And by him
to be distributed by ten pounds in every
parcell, as hee in his discretion shall
thinke good: wherein I pray him to be
very carefull, to bestow the same where
there is most need and best desert.

Item,

Fifty pounds to old Eliza
beth Ken
dricke of Reading.

I give and bequeath to old E
lizabeth Kendrick of Reading, Daughter
to my Fathers Brother William Kendrick
to be paid her within three moneths af
ter my decease.

Item, I give and bequeath to my
Kinseman Thomas Newman, now resi
ding at Delft in Holland, the summe of
one thousand pounds. To be paid him
upon the five and twenty day of October

which

which shall be in the yeere of our Lord
God, 1626.

To Thomas Newman of Delft in Holland.

when his time of service ex
pireth. Provided, that he remaine with
my partner Mr. Laurence Halstead, and
serve him his said full time.

Item,

One thou
sand pounds to Simon Gan¦dy.

I give and bequeath to my
kinsman and late servant, Simon Gandy,
the summe of one thousand pounds, to
be paid him within one yeere next after
my decease.

Item,

Five hundred pounds to Arthur Aynscombe.

I give and bequeath unto Ar
thur Aynscombe, Merchant, now residing
at Antwerp; who hath a share with me
in trade; the summe of five hundred
pounds, to be paid him within 2. yeeres
after my decease. Provided that he goe
forward in trade with Mr. Laurence Hal
stead, (if he the said Master Halstead
shall desire it) unto the end of our Con
tract, which will be the five and twen
tieth day of October, Anno Dom. 1626.

Item,

Five hundred pounds to Barney Reymer.

I give and bequeath to Barney
Reymer, Merchant, now residing at
Delft, who hath also a share with me in
trade; the sum of five hundred pounds,
to be paid him within two yeeres next
after my decease. Provided that hee
goe forward in trade with Mr. Laurence
Halstead, (if he the said Mr. Halstead shal
desire it) unto the end of our contract,
which will bee the five and twentieth
day of October, Anno Dom. 1626. as is
above-said.

Item,

Five hundred pounds to his Master Io. Quarles, living in the house.

I give and bequeath to Master
Iohn Quarles, who was my Master, the
summe of five hundred pounds, to bee
paid him within a yeere next after my
decease. And my earnest request unto
Mr. Laurence Halstead is, that unto the
end of our contract of Partnership,
(which will be the five and twentieth
day of October, Anno Domini 1626.) the
same Mr. Quarles may have his dyet,
lodging and washing, in his the said Mr.
Halsteads house, free, and without pay
ing any thing therefore, as he now hath
it with me. And my desire also is, that
he may continue to keepe the bookes of
our partable account, untill the aforesaid
twenty fifth day of October, 1626. and
be paid his wonted yeerely allowance of
fifty pounds for the same. And I doe
hereby freely and absolutely forgive the
said Mr. Iohn Quarles, the summe of
three hundred pounds, which he oweth
me, payable at pleasure, being lent him
the last of March, Anno 1615. and being
all that he oweth me at the date of this
my Will.

Item,

Three hundred pounds to Mr. George Lowe.

I give and bequeath to Master
George Lowe, heretofore my partner, the
summe of three hundred pounds, to bee
paid him within one yeere next after my
decease. And I doe hereby absolutely
forgive him, all that is due unto me for
his lodging, diet, firing and washing,
which he hath had of me now six yeeres
together.

Item,

Two hun
dred li. to Thomas Bilingsley.

I give and bequeath to Thomas
Billingsley, sonne of Sir Henry Bilingsley,
Knight, and Alderman of London, de
ceased, the sum of two hundred pounds,
to be paid him within one yeere next af
ter my decease. And I doe absolutely
forgive him the summe of two hundred
pounds, which hee oweth mee by his
Bond, due the twentieth of December,
Anno, 1625. and lent him the twentieth
of this present Moneth, for a yeere.

Item,

300. li. to Thomas Iacksons Executors▪

I give and bequeath to the Exe
cutors of Thomas Iackson, of London,
Merchant, deceased (whom I take to be
Miles Iackson, the sonne of the said Tho
mas) the sum of three hundred pounds,
to be paid at the end of one yeere next
after my decease.

Item,

50. li. to Lucas van Peenen.

I give and bequeath to Lucas
van Peenen of Middleburgh in Zealand,
sonne of Roger van Peenen of that Town,
deceased; the summe of fifty pounds
sterling, to be paid over by Exchange,
within two moneths after my decease:
Payable at Vsance to Iohn Mount-Ste
phen, now residing in that Towne, to be
paid over to the said Lucas van Peenen,
forthwith after he hath received it, in
the full Flemmish summe which the same
shall produce.

Item,

20. pound 10 Ieremias Poets of Middle-burgh.

I give and bequeath to Iremias
Poets, of the same Towne of Middle-burgh
in Zealand, (if he be the Execu
tor of his brother Hance Poets, decea
sed) the summe of twenty pounds ster
ling: to be made over by Exchange
within two moneths after my decease.
Payable at Vsance, to Iohn Mount-Ste
phen aforenamed; and by him forthwith
(after his receipt thereof) to be paid o
ver to the said Ieremias Poets, in the full
Flemmish summe which the same shall
produce.

Item, I give and bequeath to William

Powle,

Powle my covenant Servant,

Two hundred pounds to his ser
vant Wil
liam Powle.

the summe
of two hundred pounds: to bee paid
him within sixe moneths after my de
cease.

Item, I give and bequeath to Andrew
Kendricke my Apprentice,

Three hundred pounds to his Ap
prentice Andrew Kendricke.

the summe
of three hundred pounds: to bee paid
him, when hee shall have served seven
yeeres, from the commencement of the
terme of his Indenture.

Item, I give and bequeath to the
said Andrew Kendricke,

One hundred pounds more to the same person.

the summe of
one hundred pounds more: in lieu of so
much given mee with him by his Fa
ther Iohn Kendricke; to bee paid him
within three moneths next after my de
cease, upon acquittance to be given by
his said Father therefore.

Item,

To Christo
pher Pack his Ap
prentice one hun
dred pounds.

I give and bequeath to Chri
stopher Packe mine Apprentice, the sum
of one hundred pounds: to bee payed
him within three months next after my
decease.

Item,

Twenty pounds to his Horse-keeper.

I give and bequeath to Thomas
Mayle my Horse-keeper, the summe of
twenty pounds: to be paid him within
two moneths next after my decease.

Item,

Twenty pounds to his Maid Dorothy,

I give and bequeath to my
Maid Dorothy, the summe of twenty
pounds; to bee paid her within two
moneths next after my decease.

Item,

Twenty pounds to his Maid Margaret.

I give and bequeath to my
Maid Margaret the summe of twenty
pounds; to bee paid her within two
moneths next after my decease.

Item,

To his Drawer Hutwith fif
ty pounds.

I give and bequeath unto
Iohn Hutwith my Drawer, the summe of fif
ty pounds; to be paid him within three
moneths after my decease.

Item,

To his Drawer Bird five and twen
ty pounds.

I give and bequeath to Walter
Bird my Drawer, five and twenty
pounds; to bee paid him within three
moneths after my decease.

Item,

Among the ser
vants of Hutwith twenty five pound▪

I give and bequeath to the pre
sent men servants of Iohn Hutwith my
Drawer, the summe of twenty five
pounds; whereoften pounds to Charles,
and the other fifteene pounds to bee e
qually divided amongst the rest, as well
Apprentices as Journeymen; to bee
paid within two months next after my
decease.

Item,

To his twelve Cloth
workers, 130. pounds.

I give and bequeath to my
twelve Clothworkers, that usually row
and sheere my Clothes; the summe of
one hundred and thirty pounds: where
of twenty pounds to Owen Dobbins, and
ten pounds a peece to the rest; to bee
payed within three moneths next after
my decease.

Item,

To Bigge and Salis
bury 25. pounds.

I give and bequeath to William
Bigge and William Salisbury, that usually
presse and fold my Clothes; the sum
of twenty five pounds: whereof fifteen
pounds to William Bigge, and ten pounds
to William Salisbury, to bee paid them
within three moneths next after my de
cease.

Item,

To his Porters twenty pounds.

I give and bequeath to my Por
ters at the waterside, ten pounds, to be
equally divided among them. And ten
pounds to my Porters, that usually pack
in my house; to bee paid within two
moneths next after my decease.

Item,

Tenne pounds to his Water-bearer and Wa
sher.

I give and bequeath to my Wa
ter-bearer three pounds: And to my
Washer Anthony five pounds, to be paid
them forthwith after my decease.

Item, I give and bequeath to William
Beadle of Reading Clothier,

To VVil
liam Bea
dle of Rea
ding 50. pounds.

the summe
of fifty pounds, if he be yet living; and
if he be dead; then to his Executors: to
to be paid within three moneths next
after my decease. And I doe hereby
also forgive the said William Beadle the
ten pounds he now oweth me.

Item,

To Slye of Readings Executors 50. li.

I give and bequeath to the Ex
ecutors of Mark Slye of Reading Clothier
deceased, the summe of fifty pounds;
to be paid within three moneths next
after my decease.

Item,

100. li. to Newman of Newbury.

I give and bequeath to Thomas
Newman of Newbury Clothier, the sum
of one hundred pounds, to be paid him
within three moneths after my de
cease.

Item,

100. li. to John Skin
ner.

I give and bequeath to Iohn
Skinner, Secretary to the Merchants
Adventurers; the summe of one hun
dred pounds, to bee paid within three
moneths next after my decease.

Item, I give and bequeath to the
Widdow Harison and her Daughter,
dwelling in the Alley next to my dwel
ling house,

To Wid
dow Hari
son and her daugh¦ter five pounds.

five pounds, to be paid with
in one moneth next after my decease.

Item, I give and bequeath to Master
Richard Bennet,

To Master Bennet 300. li.

who was heretofore my
Partner, the summe of three hundred
pounds, to bee paid at the end of one
yeere next after my decease.

Item, I give and bequeath to Master

William

William Towerson Skinner,

Tenne pounds to make two Rings.

Deputy of
the Merchant Adventurers, five pounds
to make him a Ring. And to Master
Thomas Smith Skinner, five pounds to
make him a Ring; to bee paid them
forthwith after my decease.

Item,

To three men five pound a peece.

I give and bequeath unto Rafe
Barnet, William Ellets and Iohn Southern
Officers of the Merchant Adventurers,
five pounds a peece; to bee paid them
forthwith after my decease.

Item,

For Ser
vice by six a clocke every mor
ning at Reading.

I give and bequeath to the
Maior and Burgesses of the Towne of
Reading, in the County of Berks; the
sum of two hundred and fifty pounds;
to be paid them at the end of one yeere
next after my decease: Therewith to
purchase Lands and Hereditaments, to
the cleare yeerely value of ten pounds
for ever; to maintaine Divine Service
to be said in the Parish Church of St.
Mary in that Towne, by the Parson or
his Curate every morning of the week,
at sixe of the clocke for ever.

Item,

For the like Di
vine Ser
vice eve
ry mor
ning at Newbury.

I give and bequeath to the
Maior, Aldermen and Burgesses of the
Town of Newbury, in the County of
Berks, the sum of two hundred and fifty
pounds, to bee paid them at the end of
one yeere next after my decease: Ther
with to purchase Lands or Heredita
ments, of the cleare yeerely value of
ten pounds for ever; to maintaine Di
vine Service to bee said in the Parish
Church of that Towne by the Parson or
his Curate, every morning of the week
at sixe of the clocke, to continue for e
ver.

Item,

To his Kinseman Bye 100. li.

I give and bequeath to my
Kinseman William Bye, dwelling neere
the Allum Mines in Yorkeshire, the
summe of one hundred pounds; to
bee paid him within three moneths
after my decease. And I doe here
by forgive him the tenne pounds,
which hee oweth me by his Bond, due
long since.

Item,

Forty pounds for his fu
nerall din
ner at Drapers Hall.

I give and bequeath to the
Company of Drapers in London, the
summe of forty pounds, to be bestowed
upon a dinner for the Livery of that
Company, to be at their Hall upon the
day of my buriall: This to bee paid
forthwith after my decease.

And my will and meaning is, that
in case any of the persons aforenamed,
to whom I have bequathed Legacies
as aforesaid,

Dispositi
on of the Legacies, if any studye in the meane time.

and not especially dispo
sed for case of their decease, shall hap
pen to dye before the same Legacies
grow due unto them. Then the Le
gacie or Legacies so by mee given to
them as aforesaid, shall bee paid un
to their Executors or Administra
tors, at such time as I have before
severally appointed unto them my Le
gataries.

And I doe make and ordaine my
loving Friend and Partner,

Appoint
ment of his Execu
tor.

Master
Laurence Halstead, my sole Executor,
of this my last Will and Testament:
Charging him, as hee will answer it
before Almighty GOD at the last
Day of Judgement, that hee truly
and punctually (in every particular)
performe this my said last VVill and
Testament; as I nothing doubt but
hee will bee carefull to doe it.

The rest of his e
states to his Exe
cutor.

Here
by giving and bequeathing unto him
my said Executor, all the residue and
remainder of my estate; my Legacies
before bequeathed being first payed
and discharged.

In witnesse of the premisses, I have
unto this my last Will and Testament,
contained in eighteene severall sheets
of Paper, put my hand and Seale.
That is, my Seale once at the top,
and my name under every severall
sheete, the day and yeere first above
written.

John Kendricke.

Sealed, pronounced and deli
vered by the said Iohn
Kendricke, as his last
Will and Testament, in the
presence of us,

Iohn Skinner.
Andrew Kendricke.
Thomas Singleton.

West from this Church have yee
Scolding Alley,

Scalding house of Scalding wicke.

of old time called Scal
ding house, or Scalding wicke, because
that ground (for the most part) was

then

then imployed by Poulterers, that
dwelled in the high street, from the
Stockes Market to the great Conduit.
Their Poultrie which they sold at their
stalles, were scalded there: the street
doth yet beare the name of the Poultrie,
and the Powlterers are but lately depar
ted from thence into other streets, as in
to Grasse-street, and the ends of S. Ni
cholas flesh shambles.

This Scalding wicke is the farthest
part of Broadstreet Ward, and is (by
the water called Walbrooke) parted from
Cheap Ward.

This Broadstreet Ward hath an Alder
man, with his Deputy, Common Coun
sellors, ten, Constables, ten; Scavengers,
eight; Wardmote inquest, thirteen, and
a Beadle. It is taxed to the Fifteene in
London, at seven and twenty pounds, and
accounted in the Exchequer after twen
ty five pounds.

Corne

The Survey of London (1633): Bishopsgate Ward

The Survey of London (1633): Cornhill Ward

Notes

John Paulet. (KL)↑
This likely refers to Martin Calthorp. (KL)↑
Celebrated on 24 June. (KL)↑
According to MASL, there is no evidence that John Dent was a sheriff. (KL)↑

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Stow, John, and William fitz-Stephen. Survey of London: Broad Street Ward. The Map of Early Modern London, edited by Janelle Jenstad, U of Victoria, 15 Sep. 2020, mapoflondon.uvic.ca/stow_1598_BROA3.htm.

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Martin D. Holmes is a member of the following organizations and/or groups:

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Roger Acheley Sheriff Mayor

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Sir Edward Arundell is mentioned in the following documents:

Dame Elizabeth Arundell is mentioned in the following documents:

Katherine Augustine is mentioned in the following documents:

Benedick Augustine is mentioned in the following documents:

Margery Band Huch

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Margaret Barentin is mentioned in the following documents:

Ralph Batte is mentioned in the following documents:

William Batte is mentioned in the following documents:

Thomas Beckland is mentioned in the following documents:

Sir William Beckland is mentioned in the following documents:

Sir James Bell is mentioned in the following documents:

Sir John Blackwell is mentioned in the following documents:

Nicholas Blondell is mentioned in the following documents:

Humphrey de Bohun This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 6VI

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Nicholas Bourne is mentioned in the following documents:

William Bourser is mentioned in the following documents:

William Borresbie is mentioned in the following documents:

Thomas Briar is mentioned in the following documents:

Robert Breton is mentioned in the following documents:

Sir William Bridges is mentioned in the following documents:

Sir William Cappell Sheriff Mayor

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John Carpenter Bishop of Worcester

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