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Bridge Without Ward or the Borough of Southwark is located outside of the Wall south of the Thames. The ward, like Bridge Within Ward, is named after London Bridge.
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Portsoken Ward is east of Tower Street Ward and Aldgate Ward and is located outside the Wall. This ward was once called Knighten Guild, so named because the land which it encompasses was originally given to thirteen knights or soldiers who were the first members of the
the district outside a city or borough, over which its jurisdiction extends(
Farringdon Without Ward is west of Farringdon Within Ward and Aldersgate Ward and is located outside the Wall. This ward is called
As the only bridge in London crossing the Thames until
Long Southwark ran southwards from London Bridge to St. George Southwark, where it attached to Blackman Street (Stow 1633, sig. 2Q2r). The street is labelled builded on both sides with divers Lanes and Allies
(Stow 1633, sig. 2Q2r). The five prisons found in Southwark were also located on this street (Stow 1633, sig. 2Q2v). Long Southwark formed the northern portion of the main thoroughfare in Southwark, which is now commonly referred to as the High Steet
or Borough High Street
(H.E. Malden).
St. George Southwark was located adjacent to Suffolk House, just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Stow 1598, sig. Y8r). While there is no mention of the church in the
Blackman Street formed the southern portion of the main thoroughfare in Southwark, which is now commonly referred to as the High Street
or Borough High Street
(Malden).
The parish of St. Mary (Newington) began approximately a mile south of London Bridge and is south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Stow 1598, sig. Y5r). St. Mary Newington was also referred to as
distant parish, which lay outside the
St. Mary Newington was a church dedicated to
inRoger de Susexx held the church of Niwetun of the gift of the Archbishop
Lambeth was a neighbourhood located on the southern bank of the Thames, directly opposite to Westminster (Lysons). Jeremy Boulton notes that Lambeth lay outside the
A street near the bank of the Thames near to St. Thomas Hospital.
Battle Bridge connected St. Olave Street with the road to Bermondsey and Horsleydown (Nichols 252).
Rotherhithe, also known as Redriff, was a neighbourhood on the Surrey side of the Thames, between Bermondsey and Deptford
(Sugden). Rotherhithe is famous for being the home of the first docks in London, which fostered a bustling commercial scene in the area (Walford).
Branching off from the south side of Tooley Street, Bermondsey Street (sometimes referred to as Barnaby Street) ran north-south towards Bermondsey Abbey (Stow 1598, sig. Z3v-Z4r). Bermondsey Street is depicted just east of Battle Bridge on the Agas map, although it is mislabeled
According to
St. Saviour (Southwark) dates back at least
to S. Mary Owber
.
Originally called Kentish Street, Kent Street began at the north end of Blackman Street and ran eastward from the church of St. George Southwark (Walford). Kent Street was a long and narrow road that connected Southwark to the County of Kent (Stow 1633, sig. 2Q2v). Edward Walford notes that Kent Street was part of the great way from Dover and the Continent to the metropolis
until the early nineteenth century (Walford). Kent Street is now commonly referred to as Old Kent Road and is not to be confused with New Kent Road (Darlington). Kent Street is south of the area depicted on the Agas map.
Accoridng to against the wall
of St. Saviour (Southwark), though is not labelled on the Agas Map. The religious hospital was dissolved in workehouse for the poore and idle persons of the citie
(Stow 1598, sig. Z2v). Through this transition, remaineth now as it was before, a parish church
.
The Loke in Southwark was a lazar house which was used to quarantine people who had leprosy (Stow 1633, sig. 2R2v). The Loke in Southwark was located in Kent Street, just south of the area depicted on the Agas map.
According to
St. Margaret (Southwark) was a church in
Southwark. The church was absorbed into the St. Saviour (Southwark) (Parish)
during the Dissolution of the Monasteries (Howard and Godfrey).
St. Olave (Southwark) was a church dedicated to S. Tovolles
.
St. Mary Magdalen was located near the south-east corner of Bermondsey Street next to Bermondsey Abbey and just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Noorthouck). According to
One of the five prisons in Southwark.
Rochester House was a manor in Southwark that was given to the Bishop of Rochester in the eighth century (Lysons). Rochester House is not to be confused with Bromley Palace or Rochester Palace in the town of Bromley.
Suffolk House was located on the west side of Blackman Street near St. George Southwark and was just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Walford).
The Bridge House was located on the south bank of the Thames, near St. Olave, Southwark and is labelled on the Agas map (Noorthouck).
The Bear Garden was never a garden, but rather a polygonal bearbaiting arena whose exact locations across time are not known (Mackinder and Blatherwick 18). Labelled on the Agas map as The Bearebayting
, the Bear Garden would have been one of several permanent structures—wooden arenas, dog kennels, bear pens—dedicated to the popular spectacle of bearbaiting in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Westminster Hall is the only surviving part of the original Palace of Westminster
(Weinreb and Hibbert 1011) and is located on the west side of the Thames. It is located on the bottom left-hand corner of the Agas map, and is labelled as Weſtmynſter hall
. Originally built as an extension to
According to
According to
According to
According to
The Cardinal’s Hat was located south of the Thames and west of the London Bridge in the ward of Southwark. It was part of a row of twelve licensed brothels or stewhouses along Bankside that were permitted by
According to
A graveyard for London prostitutes also called a single women’s’ church yard
by
Dowgate was a watergate opening to the Thames in Dowgate Ward, near Walbrook (Harben). According to Carlin and Belcher, Dowgate was a place where ships unloaded (Carlin and Belcher 72). According to Harben, Dowgate was called Duuegate
, Douuegate
, or Douegate
, in the 12th and 13th centuries but because u
for an n
, the gate also became known as Downgate (Harben). According to Harben, the site is now occupied by Dowgate Dock (Harben).
This large parish on the south bank of the Thames was part of the deanery of Southwark, in the diocese of Winchester and the province of Canterbury.
One of the public stairs on the Surrey side of the Thames above London Bridge.
St. Mary Magdalen was located to the east of the parish of St. Olave Southwark, just outside of the area depicted on the Agas map (Boulton 10-11). According to
Whitehall Palace, the Palace of Whitehall or simply Whitehall, was one
of the most complex and sizeable locations in the entirety of early modern Europe. As the primary place of residence for monarchs from
[i]t lay on the left bank of the Thames, and extended from nearly the point where Westminster Bdge. now crosses the river to
Scotland Yard, and from the river back to St. James’s Park
(Sugden 564-565).
Located on the northern bank of the Thames, York House was just west of Durham House, on the south side of the Strand. Records of York House date back to the thirteenth century, when the location was owned by the Bishops of Norwich and was referred to as Norwich Place (Gater and Wheeler). In
Charing Cross was one of twelve memorial crosses erected by builded of stone
and was of old time a fayre péece of work
(Stow 1598, sig. 2B3r). It stood for three and a half centuries, but by the beginning of the 17th century [the cross] had fallen into a very ruinous condition
(Sugden). It, as well as the other crosses, was condemned in
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Bridewell was a prison and hospital. The site was originally a royal palace (Bridewell Palace) but was transferred to the
Bride Well
.
A house once belonging to the Sentlegar family in Southwark, eventually divided into tenements. Near to the Bridge House.
According to
The Antelope (Southwark) and Suffolk House were the two messuages that
The parish of St. Olave was located on the southern bank of the Thames and to the east of the parish of St. Saviour, running from London Bridge to Bermondsey (Boulton 9). According to all waifs and strays, treasure trove, deodand, goods of felons and fugitives and escheats and forfeitures
in the borough of Southwark, which included the parish of St. Olave (Malden).
The parish of St. George was located just south of the area depicted on the Agas map. According to all waifs and strays, treasure trove, deodand, goods of felons and fugitives and escheats and forfeitures
in the borough of Southwark, which included the parish of St. George (Malden).
The parish of St. Thomas was located between the parish of St. Saviour to the north and the parish of St. Olave to the south (Boulton 10-11). According to all waifs and strays, treasure trove, deodand, goods of felons and fugitives and escheats and forfeitures
in the borough of Southwark, which included the parish of St. Thomas (Malden).
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HAuing treated of Wardes in
London, on the
North ſide the Thames (in number 25.) I am
now to croſſe ouer the ſaid
Riuer into the Bo
rough of
Southwarke, which is alſo a Warde
of London, without the walles, on the ſouth
ſide thereof, as is
Portſoken on the Eaſt, and
Faringdon extra on the Weſt.
This Borough being in the countie of Surrey, conſiſteth of
diuers ſtréetes,
wayes, and winding lanes, all full of buildings, in
habited:
and firſt to begin at the Weſt part thereof, ouer againſt
the Weſt ſuburbe of the
Citie.
On the banke of the riuer Thames, there is now a
continuall
building of tenementes, about halfe a mile in length to the bridge.
Then from the bridge ſtraight towardes the South a
continuall
ſtréete, called long Southwarke, builded on
both ſides with diuers
lanes and alleyes vp to S.
Georges church, and beyond it through
Blackman ſtréete, towardes new towne, (or
Newington) the li
berties of which Borough extend almoſt to the pariſh
Church of
New towne, aforeſaid diſtant one mile from London bridge: and
alſo Southweſt almoſt to Lambith more then one mile from the
ſaid bridge.
Then from the bridge along by the Thames Eaſt
wardes is S. Olaues
ſtréet hauing continuall building on both the
ſides, with lanes
and alleyes vp to Battle bridge, to Horſedowne,
and towardes Rother
hith: alſo ſome good halfe mile in length
from London bridge.
So that I accompt the whole continual buildings on the banke
of the ſaid riuer, from
the Weſt towardes the Eaſt to be more then
a large mile in length.
Then haue ye from the entring towards the ſaide Horſedowne
one other continuall ſtreet called Bermondes eye ſtréete, which
ſtretcheth South, likewiſe
furniſhed with buildings on both ſides,
almoſt halfe a mile in length, vp to the late
diſſolued Monaſterie S. Sauiour called Bermondſey.
(ſo called of the length)
turning Weſt to Saint Georges
church afore
named. Out of the which late mentioned long lane
breaketh one other ſtreet towardes
the South, and by Eaſt, and
this is called Kentiſh
ſtréet, for that it is the way leading into that
countrey: and ſo haue you
the boundes of this Borough.
The Antiquities moſt notable in this Borough are theſe: firſt
for eccleſiaſticall,
there was Beremondſey, an Abbey of blacke
Monkes, S. Mary Oueries, a Priorie of Channons Regular, S.
Thomas a colledge or Hoſpitall for the poore, & the
Loke a Lazar
houſe in Kent
ſtréet. Pariſh churches there haue béen 6. wherof 5.
do
remaine viz. S. Mary Magdalens in the Priorie of S. Mary Ouerie. Now the ſame S. Marie Ouery is the pariſh Church
S. Margaret on the hill being put downe, is
now a Court for
Iuſtice, S. Thomas in the
Hoſpitall ſerueth for a pariſh Church
as afore. S.
George a pariſh church as before it did: ſo doeth S.
Olaue, and S.
Mary Magdalen by the Abbey of
Bermondſey.
Now to returne to the Weſt banke, there be the two Beare
gardens, the old and new places wherein
be kept Beares, Bulles,
and other beaſtes, to be bayted. As alſo Maſtiues in ſeuerall
ke
nels are there nouriſhed to bait them. Theſe Beares and
other
beaſtes are there bayted in plottes of grounde, ſcaffolded about for
the
beholders to ſtand ſafe.
Next on this banke was ſometime the Bordello (or Stewes)
a place ſo
called, of certaine
ſtew houſes
priuiledged there, for the
repaire of incontinent men to the like women of the which
priui
ledge, I haue read thus.
In a Henry the
ſecond
King and Lordes, that diuers conſtitutions for euer ſhould be kept
within that Lordſhip or franchiſe, according to the old cuſtomes
that had béene there
vſed time out of mind. Amongſt the which,
theſe following were ſome, viz. That no
ſtewholder or his wife
ſhould let or ſtay any ſingle woman to go and come fréely at
all
times when they liſted.
No ſtewholder to keepe any woman to borde, but ſhe to borde
abroad at her
pleaſure.
To take no more for the womans chamber in the wéeke then
fourtéene pence.
Not to keepe open his dores vpon the holy daies.
Not to keepe any ſingle woman in his houſe on the holy daies,
but the Bailiefe to ſée
them voided out to the Lordſhip.
No ſingle woman to be kept againſt her will that would leaue
her ſinne.
No ſtewholder to receiue any woman of religion, or any mans
wife.
No ſingle woman to take money to lie with any man, but ſhe
lie with him all night
till the morrow.
No man to be drawne or inticed into any ſtewhouſe.
The Conſtables, Bailife, and others euery weeke to ſearch e
uery ſtewhouſe.
No Stewholder to keepe any woman that hath the perillous
infirmitie of burning, nor to ſell bread, ale, fleſh, fiſh, wood, coale
or any
victuailes, &c.
Theſe and many more orders were to be obſerued, vpon great
payne and puniſhment: I
haue alſo ſéene diuers Pattents of con
firmation, namely one dated Edward
the thirdRychard the
ſeconde
theſe Stewhouſes belonging to
Mayor of London, were farmed by Froes of Flaunders, and
were ſpoyled by Kent:
Notwithſtanding I finde that ordinances for the the ſame place,
and houſes were
againe confirmed in the Henry the
ſixt
in the yeare Henry the ſeuenth
houſes in Southwarke were for a ſeaſon inhibited, and the
dores
cloſed vp, but it was not long (ſaith he) ere the houſes there were
ſet open
againe for ſo many as were permitted, for (as it was
ſaid) whereas before were
eightéene houſes, from thenceforth
were appointed to be vſed but twelue onely. Theſe
allowed ſtew
houſes had ſignes on their frontes, towardes the Thames, not
hanged out, but painted on the walles, as a
Beares heade, the
Croſſe
Keyes, the Gunne, the Caſtle, the Crane, the Cardinals
Hatte, the Bell,
the Swanne, &c. I haue heard auncient men of
good
credit report, that theſe ſingle women were forbidden the
rightes of the
Church, ſo long as they continued that ſinfull life,
and were excluded
from Chriſtian buriall, if they were not recon
ciled before
their death. And therefore there was a plot of ground,
(called the ſingle womans Churchyard) appointed for them, farre
from
the pariſh Church.
In the yeare of Chriſt Henry the eight
row of ſtewes in Southwarke was put downe by the kings com
mandement,
which was proclaymed by ſounde of Trumpet, no
more to be priuiledged, and vſed as a
common Bordell, but the
inhabitantes of the ſame to keepe good and honeſt rule as in
other
places of this realme &c.
Then next is the Clinke, a Gayle or priſon for the
treſpaſſers
in thoſe parts, Namely in old time for ſuch as ſhould brabble, frey,
were by the inhabitants there about apprehended, and
committed
to this Gayle, where they were ſtraightly impriſoned.
Next is the Biſhoppe of Wincheſters
houſe, or lodging, when
hee commeth to this Cittie: which houſe
was firſt builded by
Wincheſter, about the
Henry the firſt
to the Prior of Bermondſey, as appeareth by a writte directed
vnto the Barons
of the Exchequer, in the yeare
thrée hundred ſixtie ſixeEdward the
third
Bermondſey, for the Biſhop of
Wincheſters lodging in South
warke. This
is a very fayre houſe well repayred, and hath a large
wharfe and landing place called
the Biſhoppe of Wincheſters
ſtaires.
Adioyning to this on the South ſide thereof is the Biſhoop of
Rocheſters Inne or lodging
by
whome firſt erected, I doe not
now remember mee to haue read, but well I wot the ſame
of long
time hath not béene frequented by any Biſhop, and lyeth ruinous
for lacke of
reparations.
Eaſt from the Biſhop of Wincheſters houſe
directly ouer againſt
it, ſtandeth a faire Church, called Saynt Mary, ouer the Rye, or
Ouerie,that
is ouer the water. This Church or ſome other in
place thereof was of olde time (long
before the conqueſt) an houſe
of ſiſters, founded by a maiden named
and ſiſters ſhe left (as
was left to her by her parentes) the ouer
ſight, and profites
of a croſſe ferrie or trauerſe ferrie ouer the
Thames,
there kept before that any bridge was builded. This
houſe of ſiſters was after by
vnto a
Colledge of Prieſtes, who in place of the ferrie builded a
bridge of timber, and from
time to time kept the ſame in good re
parations, but laſtly
the ſame bridge was builded of ſtone, and
then was this church againe founded for
Channons Regular, by
Normans.
Wincheſter
was a good benefactor
in the years Henry the firſt
The Cannons firſt entred the ſaid Church then.
Henry the firſt
S. Margaret in Southwarke.
StephenHenry
the ſtone houſe, which
was
Downegate.
This Priorie was burned about the yere
Chanons did found an Hoſpitall néere vnto their Priorie, where
they celebrated vntill
the Priorie was repaired: which Hoſpitall
was after by conſent of Wincheſter
remoued into the lande of Surrey in the
yeare
the ayre more holeſome, and was dedicate to
This
pell of S. Mary
Magdalen
in the ſaid Church of S.
Mary Ouery,
which Chappel was after appointed to be the pariſh
church for the
inhabitants neere adioyning.
This Church was againe newly builded, in the
chard the ſecondHenry the fourth
no knight as ſome haue
miſtaken it) was then as eſpeciall bene
factor to that worke,
and was there buried on the North ſide of the
ſaid church vnder a tombe of ſtone,
with his image alſo of ſtone
lying ouer him: The haire of his heade aburne, long to
his ſhol
ders, but curling vp, a ſmall forked bearde, and on
his head a chap
let, like a Coronet of foure Roſes, therevpon
an habite of purple,
damaſked downe to his féet, a collar of Eſſes gold about his
necke,
vnder his heade the likeneſſe of thrée bookes, which hee compiled.
The firſt
named Speculum Meditantis, written in French:
The ſecond Vox
clamantis penned in Latine. The third Confeſſio
Amantis, ſet forth in Engliſh.
This Priorie was ſurrendred to Henry the eight
his raigne
valued at 624. pounde, ſixe ſhillinges ſixe pence by
the yeare.
was purchaſed of the King by the inhabitantes of the Borough.
Stephen GardinerWincheſter putting to his
helping hande, they made thereof a pariſh
church, for the pariſh
church of S. Mary Magdalen, on the ſouth ſide of the ſaid
quire,
and of S. Margaret on the hill which
were made one pariſh of S.
Sauiour.
There be monumentes in this Church of
wife to
uell
Katherine
Alderman,
ScalesMaud
PeachMargaret Elrington
of Thomas Elrington
Magill
ſquire,
Now paſſing through S. Mary Ouers cloſe, (in
poſſeſſion of the
Lord MountacutePepper Alley into long Southwarke, on
the right hand thereof the Market
hill, where the leather is ſolde,
there ſtood the late named pariſh church of S. Margaret, giuen to
S. Mary
Oueries by Henry the firſt
the pariſh of S. Mary
Magdaline, and vnited to the late diſſolued
Priorie church of S. Mary Ouery.
A part of this pariſh church of S. Margaret
is now a Court, &
wherein the Aſſiſes & ſeſſions be kept, and the
is alſo there
kept. One other part of the ſame church is now a pri
ſon
called the Compter in Southwarke,
&c.
Farther vp on that ſide, almoſt directly ouer againſt S.
Georges
church was ſometime a large and moſt ſumptuous houſe,
builded
by Suffolke, in the Henry the eight
Edward the ſixt
raigneHampton Court, and dined in it. He at
which time
made
then rode through the
cittie to Weſtminſter.
Mary
of Yorke, and to
his ſucceſſors for euer, ſo be their Inne (or lodg
ing for
their repaire to London in recompence of Yorke houſe
neare to Weſtminſter, which Henry
from WolſeyYorke.
Heth
certaine merchants, that pulled it downe, ſold the lead, ſtone, iron
&c. And in place therof builded many ſmall cottages of great rents,
to the
increaſing of beggers in that Burrough. The Archbiſhop
bought Norwich houſe, or Suffolke
place, neere vnto Charing
Croſſe, becauſe it
was neere vnto the Court, and left it to his ſuc
ceſſors. Now
on the ſouth ſide to returne back again towards the
bridge. Ouer againſt this
Suffolke lane is the parriſh Church of
S. George, ſometime
pertayning to the Priorie of Barmondſey,
by
the gift of
yeare
Eſquire, and his wiues
Then is the white Lyon a Gaole ſo called, for that the ſame
was a common hoſterie for the receit
of trauellers by that ſigne:
This houſe was firſt vſed as a Gaole within theſe fortie
yeares
laſt, ſince the which time the priſoners were once remoued thence
to an houſe
in Newtowne, where they remained for a ſhort time,
and were returned backe again to the foreſaid White
Lyon, there
to remaine as in the appointed Gaole for the Countie of
Surrey.
Next is the Gaole or priſon of the kinges Benche, but of what
antiquitie the ſame is I knowe not. For I haue read that the
remoued from London to other places, and
ſo hath likewiſe the
Gayles that ſerue thoſe courtes, as in the yeare
the firſt
chequer, which had remained ſeuen yeares at Yorke,
to be remo
ued to their old places at London. And in the yeare
of
Richard the 2Couentry, and there ſate by the ſpace of a moneth, as Iuſtice of the
number of two thouſand perſons of that country, &c.
It ſéemeth therefore, that for that time, the priſon or gayle of
that court was not
farre off. Alſo in the yeare
of the ſame Yorke, beeing Lord Chaun
celor, for good will that
he bare to his citie, cauſed the
and Chauncery to be remooued from London to
Yorke, but ere long
they were returned to London.
Then is the Marſhalſey an other Gayle or
priſon, ſo cal
led, as pertayning to the Marſhalles of England. Of what con
tinuaunce kept in Southwarke I haue not
learned: but like it is,
that the ſame hath beene remoueable, at the pleaſure of the
Mar
ſhalles: for I finde, that in the yeare,
ſeuentie ſixeEdward the third
Marſhall) kept his priſoners in the citie of London, where hauing
committed one Norwiche, contrary to
the li
berties of the Cittie of London, the citizens (by perſwaſion of the
Lord Fitzwalter
with great
rage to the Marſhalles Inne, brake vp the gates,
brought
out the priſoner, and conueyed him away, minding to haue brent the
Stockes in
the middeſt of their citie, but they firſt ſought for
Henry Percy
Annalles.
More, about the Feaſt of Eaſter next following,
of Lancaſter, hauing cauſed all the whole Nauy of England, to bee
gathered togither at London: It chaunced a certaine Eſquire, to
kill
one of the ſhip men, which act, the other ſhipmen taking in ill
part, they brought
their ſuite into the
which then as chaunſed (ſaith mine Author) was kept in South
warke: but when
they perceiued that Court to bee too fauoura
ble to the
murtherer, and further, that the Kings warrant was
alſo gotten for his pardon, they
in great furie ranne to the houſe,
wherein the murtherer was impriſoned, brake into
it, and
brought forth the priſoner,
with his Gyues on his legges: then
thruſt they a knife to his heart, and ſticked him,
as if he had béene a
him to the gallowes,
where when they hanged him, as though they
had done a great act, they cauſed the
Trompettes to bee ſoun
ded before them to theyr Shippes, and
there in great triumphe
they ſpent the reſt of the day.
Alſo the Rebels of Kent, in the yeare
the houſes of the
Marſhalſey, and Kings Bench in
Southwarke,
tooke from thence the priſoners, brake downe the houſe
of
Iohn Imworth
Bench, &c. After this, in the yeare, Richard the
ſecond
great Councell in the Caſtle of
Nottingham, and the
of the
KingLugborough, by the ſpace of ſixe dayes
or
more. In the yeare Walter
Many
Marſhalſey,
the Henry the ſixt
the priſoners of the Marſhalſey (then in Southwarke)
brake out, and
many of them béeing taken, were executed, eſpecially ſuch as had
béene
committed for Felony or Treaſon. From thence, towards
London Bridge, on the ſame ſide, be many fayre Innes, for re
ceipt of trauellers, by theſe ſignes: the Spurre, Chriſtopher,
Bull, Quéenes head, Tabarde,
George, Harte, Kings
head, &c. Amongſt the which, the moſt auncient,
is the Tabard,
ſo called of the ſigne, which (as we now
terme it) is of a Iacquit, or
ſléeueleſſe coat, whole before, opē on both ſides, with
a ſquare collor,
winged at the ſhoulders: a ſtately garment of olde time, com
monly worne of Noble men and others, both at home and a
broade in the Warres, but then (to witte in the warres)
theyr
Armes embrodered, or otherwiſe depicte vppon them,
that euery man by his Coate of
Armes might bee knowne
from others: but now theſe Tabardes are onely worne by the
Heraults, and bee called their coates of Armes in ſeruice:
For the Inne of the Tabard,
mous Poet of England, in commendation thereof, in the E.
the 3
Within this Inne was alſo the lodging of the Abbot of Hide,
(by the Citie of
Wincheſter) a faire houſe for him and his traine,
when he came to the
citie to
Then next haue yée the Hoſpitall of Saint
Thomas, firſt foun
ded
by
gainſt
the wall of the Monaſtery, in the yeare,
it
the Almerie, or houſe of
Almes, for conuarts and poore children,
for the which ground, the Pryor
ordained that the Almoner ſhould
paye tenne ſhillings foure pence yearely to the
Selerar at Michæl
mas.
bousWincheſter, for Cannons, Regular, in
place of
the firſt Hoſpitall: hee increaſed the rent thereof, to thrée hundreth
fortie foure pound by the yeare: thus was this Hoſpitall holden of
the Pryor and
Abbot of Bermondſey, till the yeare,
foure hundred twentie eight
made
betwéene
and
Saint Thomas, for all the landes and Tenements which
were holden, of the ſayd Abbot and Couent in Southwarke, or elſe
where, for the olde Rent to bee
payde vnto the ſayde Abbot and Co
uent.
There bee the Monuments in this Hoſpitall Church, of
Robert ChamberSaye,
Chaunar
ſquire,
BakerThomas
Fleming
Walter Dennis
of the
heires of Robet Danvars
man,
&c.
This Hoſpitall beeing in the yeare
thrée hundred fortie foure pound by the yeare, was by the viſitors,
in the yeare
and was
ſurrendred to Henry the 8
In the yeare
voyde
ſuppreſſed Hoſpitall, of Saint Thomas in
Southwarke, in
the moneth of
tent, lame, and diſeaſed
people, ſo that in the moneth of
next
following, the ſicke and poore people, were taken in. And in the
yeare Edward the ſixt
of his raigne
London, to be a workehouſe for the poore
and idle perſons of the ci
tie, his houſe of Bride-well, and ſeuen hundred Markes lands, of the
Sauoy rents
(which Hoſpitall he had ſuppreſſed) with all the beddes,
bedding, and other furniture
belonging to the ſame, towards the
maintenance of the ſaid workehouſe of Bridewell, and of this Hoſ
pitall of Saint Thomas in
Southwarke. This
gift, the King
confirmed by his Charter, dated the
following, and willed it to be called the Kings
Hoſpitall in South
warke.
The Church of this Hoſpitall, which of olde time ſerued for the
Tenements neare
adioyning and pertaining to the ſaid Hoſpitall,
remaineth now as it was before, a
pariſh church.
But now to come to Saint Olaues ſtréete: on
the Banke
of the riuer of Thames, is the pariſh church of Saint Olaue, a fayre
and méetely large church, but a farre larger Parriſh, eſpecially of
Aliens
or Straungers, and poore people: in which Church, there
lyeth intombed, Iohn Burcettur
Ouer againſt this Pariſh Church, on the South ſide the
Stréete, was ſomtime one great
houſe builded of Stone, Lewes
in Suffex,
and
was his lodging when hee came to London: it is now a com
mon hoſtery for trauellers, and hath to ſigne, the
Walnut-trée.
Then Eaſt from the ſaid Pariſh church of Saint
Olaue, is a Keye,
In the yeare,
London, builded by
next thereunto, was then a great houſe, of ſtone and
timber, be
longing to the Abbot of Saint Auguſtin,
without the walles of
Canterburie, which was an auncient péece of
worke, and ſéemeth to bee
To all to whom this preſent writing ſhall come, Iohn
Earle
Warren
ſed, and quite claymed for vs and our heires for
euer, to
Abbot of Saint Auguſtines of
Canterburie, and the Couent of the
ſame, and their ſucceſſors, ſuite to
our court of Southwarke, which
they owe vnto
vs, for all that Meſſuage and houſes thereon builded,
and all their appurtenances,
which they haue of our Fée in South
warke, ſcituate vpon the Thames, betwéene the Bridge-houſe, and
church of Saint
Olaue. And the ſaid Meſſuage, with the buildings
thereon builded,
and all their appurtenances to them and their ſuc
ceſſors, we
haue graunted in perpetuall almes to hold of vs, and our
heires, for the ſame: ſauing
the ſeruice due to any other perſons, if
any ſuch bee, then to vs: and for this
remitte and graunt, the
ſaid Abbot and couent, haue giuen vnto vs. 5. ſhillings of
rent yeare
ly in Southwarke, and haue receiued vs and our heires in all bene
fices which ſhall bee in their church for euer. This ſuite of
Court,
one
ſaid Meſſuage: and heretofore to acquit in all things, the
church of
Saint Auguſtine, againſt the ſaid Earle.
This houſe of late time, belonged to Anthony
Sentlegar
This houſe ſéemeth to haue taken beginning, with the firſt founding
of the bridge
either of ſtone or timber: it is a large plot of ground,
on the banque of the
Riuer Thames: containing diuers large buil
dings, for ſtowage of things neceſſarie, towards reparation
of the
ſaid bridge.
There are alſo diuers Garners, for laying vp of Wheate, and
other grayners for
ſeruice of the Citie, as néede requireth. Moreouer
there be
certaine Ouens builded in number tenne: of which ſixe
be very large, the other foure
being but halfe ſo bigge. Theſe were
purpoſely made to bake out the bread corne of
the ſayd Grayners,
to the beſt aduantage for reléefe of the poore Citizens, when
néede
ſhould require. Iohn Throſtone
theror, then a Goldſmith, one of
the Sheriffes,
by his Teſtament towards the making of
theſe Ouens, two
hundreth pounde, which thing was performed by his Execu
tors. Iohn Munday
was of late, for the enlarging of the ſayde Bridge-houſe, taken in,
an olde Brew-houſe,
called Goldings, which was giuen to the Citie
by
a faire Brew-houſe newe builded, for
ſeruice of the Cittie with
Béere.
Nexte, was the Abbotte Battailes Inne, betwixt the
Bridge-houſe, and Battaile
Bridge, likewiſe on the banque of the
riuer of Thames: the walkes and gardens thereunto appertaining,
on the other ſide of
the way, before the gate of the ſaid houſe, and was
called the Maze: There is now an Inne, called the Flower de Luce,
for that the ſigne is thrée Flower de
Luces. Much other buildings
of ſmall tenements are thereon builded, repleniſhed with
ſtrangers
and other, for the moſt part poore people.
Then is Battaile bridge, ſo called of Battaile Abbey,
for that
it ſtandeth on the ground, and ouer a water courſe (flowing out of
Thames) pertaining to that Abbey, and was therefore both
buil
ded and repaired, by the Abbots of that houſe, as
being hard adioy
ning to the Abbots lodging.
Beyond this Bridge, is Bermondſey ſtréete,
turning South,
Saint Sauior, called Bermonds Eye in Southwarke, founded by
de Charitate
came vnto Bermondſey, in the yeare
firſt Pryor there, by appointment of the
Pryor of the houſe, called
Charitie in France: by which meanes,
this Pryorie of Bermondſey
(being a Cell to
that in France) was accounted a Pryorie of Aliens.
In the yeare,
Then Bermondſey, with the appurtenances, and builded for them there, a new
great
Lincolne
(
celor) gaue them the mannor of
Charlton, with the appurtenances.
Alſo
them the land of
Halingbury, and the tythe of Alferton,
&c.
More, in the yeare Thomas of
Arderne
his
ſon, gaue to the Moonks of Bermonds Eye, the Church of Saint
George in
Southwarke, &c. In the yeare, Henry the ſe
condSouthwarke, and
Laygham Wadden, with the land of
Coleman, &c. In the yeare
Aliens, through out England, being ſeized into
the Kings hands,
or of Bermondſey: To whom was committed the cuſtodie of the
ſaid Pryory, by
the letters patents of E. the 3.
the aduowſons of churches. In the Richard
the 2
of
200. Markes, paide to the kings Hanaper in the Chauncery. In
the yeare,
made the firſt Abbot of
that houſe, by Boniface the ninth
the
ſuite of Richard the ſecond
In the yeare,
ſey, held a Plea in the Chauncery againſt
the King, for the manors
of Preſton, Bermondſey, and Stone, in the Countie of
Summerſet,
in the which ſuite the Abbot preuailed, and recouered againſt
the King.
the
yeare, foure hundred ſeuentie foure pound fouretéene ſhillings
foure pence halfe
penny, and was ſurrendred to Henry the eight
the
led downe, by
Thomas Pope
ly houſe builded of ſtone and timber, now
pertaining to the Earles
of Suſſex.
There are buried in that church, William
Bowes
and Elizabeth
Anne AudleyIohn Lord
Audley
WinkefieldNicholas BlonketBridget
Next vnto this Abbey church, ſtandeth a proper church of S.
Mary Magdalē,
builded by the Pryors of Bermondſey, ſeruing
for
the reſort of the inhabitants, (tenants to the Pryor, or Abbots neare
adioyning)
there to haue their diuine ſeruice: this church remai
neth
and ſerueth as afore, and is called a Pariſh church.
Then in Kent ſtréete is a Lazer houſe, for Leprous people: called the
Loke in Southwarke: the foundation whereof
I finde not. Now
hauing touched diuers principall parts of this Borough, I am to
ſpeake ſomewhat of gouernment, and ſo to ende.
This Borough vpon petition made by the citizens of Lon
don, to Edward the firſt
uers cauſes,
by
the Exchequer the Fée firme,
of tenne pound by the yeare: which
grant was confirmed by Edward the 3.
gaue them licenſe to take a tole towards the charge of pauing the
ſaid Borough with
ſtone.
Henry the fourth
of his
predeceſſors: ſo did Edward the 4.
But in the yeare Edward
the 6
of ſixe hundreth fortie ſeuen pound two ſhillings and
one penny,
payde into his court of Augmentations, & reuenewes of his crowne,
granted to the Mayor and Communaltie, all his lands & tenements
in Southwarke, except &
reſerued the capitall Meſſuage, two man
ſions called Southwarke Place, late the Duke of
Suffolkes, and all
the gardens and lands to the ſame appertaining: the
Parks
Lordſhip
and Mannor of Southwark, with all members and rights
thereof, late pertaining to the
Monaſtery of Bermondſey. And all
Meſſuages,
places, buildings, rents, Courts, Waffes and ſtreyes,
to yͤ ſame appertaining, in the Countie of Surrey, except as is before
except. He alſo granted vnto them, his Manor & Borough of
South
warke, with al the members, rights & appurtenances, late of
the poſ
ſeſſion of the Archbiſhop of Canterbury & his ſea, in Southwarke.
Moreouer for yͤ ſum of 500. Marks, he granted to yͤ ſaid
Mayor and
Communaltie, and their ſucceſſors, in and through the Borough and
Towne of Southwarke: And in all the Pariſhes
of S. Sauiour, S.
Olaue, and S. George, and
the Pariſh of S. Thomas Hoſpitall,
now called
the Kings Hoſpitall: And elſewhere in the ſaide Towne
and Borough of Southwarke, and Kentiſh ſtreete, Bermondſey
ſtreete, in the Pariſh of
Newington, All Waiffes and ſtreyes, trea
ſure
troue, All fellons goods, &c. within the Parriſhes and precinct
aforeſaid,
&c. The returne of writtes, proceſſes, and warrants, &
c. togither with a
faire in the whole Towne, for thrée dayes:
to wit,
the 7. 8. and 9. of September, yearly, with a Pye-powders
This Borough at a ſubſidie to yͤ king, yéeldeth
about 1000. Marks,
or 800. pounds, which is more then any one Citie in England pay
eth, except
the Citie of London. And alſo the Muſter of
men in this
Borough, doth likewiſe in number ſurpaſſe all
other citties, except
London. And thus much
for the Borough of Southwarke: one of
the 26. Wards of
London: which hath an Alderman. Deputies
3.
gers 6.
Wardmote Inqueſt 20. And is taxed to the fiftéen, at 17.li.
17.s.8.d.