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A1 - Stow, John
A1 - Munday, Anthony
A1 - Munday, Anthony
A1 - Dyson, Humphrey
ED - Jenstad, Janelle
T1 - Survey of London (1633): Queenhithe Ward
T2 - The Map of Early Modern London
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Clerk of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Printer, bookbinder, and bookseller.
Writer and book collector. Revised
King of England
King of England
King of England
King of England
King of England
King of England and Ireland
King of England
King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
King of England
King of England
Playwright, actor, pageant poet, translator, and writer. Possible member of the
Benefactor of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Gentleman. Commons Sergeant of London. Monument at and buried at St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
King of England
Clerk and benefactor of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
King of England
Historian and author of
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Wife of
Sheriff of London
First Earl of Norfolk. Father of
Gentleman and engineer. Supplied a new forcier that allowed Thames water to be supplied to west London in
Sheriff of London
Earl of Cornwall. Son of
Knight. Husband of
Sheriff of London
Count of Flanders and Chief Lieutenant for
Sheriff of London
Composer, musician, and lecturer.
Owner of a tenement in Queenhithe Ward.
Owner of a tenement in Queenhithe Ward.
Sheriff of London
Member of the
Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Member of the
Member of the
Member of the
Member of the
First Earl of Cornwall. Son of
Sheriff of London
Parson. Buried at St. Nicholas Olave.
Member of the
Wife of
Sheriff of London
Wife of
Bishop of Hereford
Bishop of Hereford
Alderman. Buried at St. Mary Mounthaw.
Justice.
Lord Privy Seal
Sheriff of London
Archbishop of Canterbury
Witness of a donation to St. Katherine’s Hospital.
Justice and administrator.
Justice.
Witness to a contract agreement between
Witness to a contract agreement between
Witness to a contract agreement between
Witness to a contract agreement between
Witness to a contract agreement between
Witness to a contract agreement between
Noblewoman and heiress. Wife of
Nobleman. Husband of
Donated funds to St. Mary Somerset.
First Baron Sandys. Soldier, and courtier.
Husband of
Wife of
Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Second Duke of Norfolk. Soldier and nobleman under
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Alderman during the
Citizen of London. Chantry in Holy Trinity the Less. Buried at Holy Trinity the Less.
Esquire. Husband of
Wife of
Auditor of the Exchequer. Buried at Holy Trinity the Less.
Buried at Holy Trinity the Less.
Father of
Son of
Citizen of London. Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Member of the
Citizen of London. Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Citizen of London. Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Citizen of London. Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Citizen of London. Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Member of the
Member of the
Member of the
Merchant. Husband of
Wife of
Wife of
Father of
Son of
Member of the
Bishop of Hereford
Member of the
Wife of
Daughter of
Provost of Beverly. Not to be confused with
Rector of St. Nicholas Olave. Buried at St. Nicholas Olave. Latin epitaph in Stow 1633.
Composer and musician. Buried at St. Nicholas Olave.
Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey. Latin epitaph in Stow 1633.
Parson. Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Landowner. Namesake of Lambeth Hill.
The
The
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Queenhithe Ward is located east of Castle Baynard Ward and west of Vintry Ward bordering the north bank of the Thames. It is named after the Queenhithe water-gate (Stow 1633, sig. 2M1r).
Bread Street Ward is east of Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Within Ward. The ward takes its name from its main street, Bread Street, ſo called of bread in olde time there ſold
(Stow 1603).
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Knightrider Street ran east-west from Dowgate Street to Addle Hill, crossing College Hill, Garlick Hill, Trinity Lane, Huggin Lane, Bread Street, Old Fish Street Hill, Lambert or Lambeth Hill, St. Peter’s Hill, and Paul’s Chain. Significant landmarks included: the College of Physicians and Doctors’ Commons.
Lambeth Hill ran north-south between Knightrider Street and Thames Street. Part of it lay in Queenhithe Ward and part in Castle Baynard Ward. The Blacksmiths’ Hall was located on the west side of this street, but the precise location is unknown.
Thames Street was the longest street in early modern London, running east-west from the ditch around the Tower of London in the east to St. Andrew’s Hill and Puddle Wharf in the west, almost the complete span of the city within the walls.
Trinity Lane ran north-south between
Old Fish Street (Knightrider Street) and Thames Street, between Garlick Hill and Huggin Lane, entirely in the ward of Queenhithe. On the Agas map, it is
labelled Trinitie lane
.
Huggin Lane ran north-south between Thame
Street and Knightrider Street.
Although
Bread Street Hill ran north-south between Old Fish Street and Thames Street.
The label for this street on the Agas Map reads Bread
ſtreat
, but we know from Huggen
lane
and S. Mary Mounthaunt
(St. Mary Mounthaunt is another name for Old Fish Street Hill) (Stow 2:1).
Old Fish Street Hill ran north-south between Old Fish Street and Thames
Street. old
Fishstreete hill
and Saint Mary Mounthaunt Lane
.
Finimore Lane ran east-west between Old Fish Street Hill and Bread Street Hill in Queenhithe Ward. The lane is not visible on the Agas Map, but we have marked it running just south of St. Nicholas Olave church based on evidence from
A cooks’ house three houses west of the Old Swan Brewhouse.
Previously called the New Inn or Beaumontes Inn, this house once belonged to the Earls of Huntington. The Huntington house marks the eastern corner of Castle Baynard Ward.
According to Schofield, Paul’s Wharf is one of the oldest wharfs on the Thames (Schofield 181). Located in both Castle Baynard Ward and Queenhithe Ward, Paul’s Wharf was situated near St. Paul’s Cathedral and St. Benet. Since Paul’s Wharf was only blocks away from St. Paul’s Cathedral, the clergy used the wharf as a point of travel.
Coldharbour was a mansion dating back to at least the
Distaff Lane was in Bread Street Ward. It is not to be confused with Great Distaff Street, the street which crossed the northernmost end of Distaff Lane. There is some discrepancy in the exact length of Distaff Lane between the Agas Map and the information in
Diſtaf la.) appears to run south off Great Distaff Street, labelled
Maidenhed lane, terminating before it reaches Knightrider Street.
runneth downe to Knightriders street, or olde Fishstreete(Stow 1:345). Our map truncates Distaff Lane before Knightrider Street.
porche
of St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street and in a wall to the north of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey (Stow 1598, sig. U7r; Stow 1598, sig. T8v). The conduit was made of stone and lead and its building was funded by for the ease and com-moditie
of the
The Painter Stainers’ Hall, also known simply as the Painters’ Hall, was located [o]n the west side of Little Trinity Lane
(Harben 454). Sometimes referred to as Browne’s House because it was the house of
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New Fish Street (also known in the New Fyſhe ſtreate
. Variant spellings include Street of London Bridge
, Brigestret
, Brugestret
, and Newfishstrete
(Harben 432; BHO).
Queenhithe is one of the oldest
havens or harbours for ships along the Thames. landing place
. Queenhithe
was known in the ninth century as Aetheredes hyd or the landing place of
.
A wharf opposite of St. Mary Somerset Church.
Located in Farringdon Within Ward, Christ’s Hospital was a opened in
Castle Baynard Ward is west of Queenhithe Ward and Bread Street Ward. The ward is named after Baynard’s Castle, one of its main ornaments.
Holy Trinity Priory, located west of Aldgate and north of Leadenhall
Street, was an Augustinian Priory. in the parishes of Saint Marie Magdalen, S. Michael, S. Katherine, and the blessed Trinitie, which now was made but one Parish of the holy Trinitie
(Stow).
Before
St. Katherine’s Hospital was a religious hospital
founded in was not much inferior to
that of [St.] Paules [Cathedral]
(Stow).
According to
St. Giles in the Fields was a hospital and parish church. It is marked near the western edge of the Agas map with the label S. Gyles in the Fyeld
. According to
The Steelyard was the chief outpost of the
The largest and wealthiest friary in England, Blackfriars was not only a
religious institution but also a cultural, intellectual, and political centre of London. The friary housed
London’s Dominican friars (known in England as the Black friars) after their move from
the smaller Blackfriars precincts in Holborn. The Dominicans’ aquisition of the site,
overseen 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).
A soke belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Billingsgate (Bylynges gate or Belins Gate), a water-gate and harbour located on the north side
of the Thames between London Bridge
and the Tower of London, was
London’s principal dock in
St. James, Clerkenwell was founded in Clarken Well
.
In the middle ages, Westcheap was the main market west of Walbrook, so called to distinguish it from Eastcheap, the market
in the east. By
Fleet Street runs east-west from Temple Bar to Fleet Hill or Ludgate Hill, and is named for the Fleet River. The road has existed since at least the
Cripplegate was one of the original gates in the city wall (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 221; Harben). It was the northern gate of a large fortress that occupied the northwestern corner of the Roman city.
Birchin Lane was a short street running north-south between Cornhill Street and Lombard Street. The north end of Birchin Lane lay in Cornhill Ward, and the south end in Langbourne Ward.
Eastcheap Street ran east-west, from
Tower Street to St. Martin’s Lane. West of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street, Eastcheap was known as Great Eastcheap
. The portion of the street to the
east of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street was known as Little Eastcheap
. Eastcheap (Eschepe or Excheapp) was the site of a medieval food market.
As the only bridge in London crossing the Thames until
A lane in Queenhithe, which
Just above The Thames, Timberhithe Street ran west from Dark Lane to near Broken Wharf Mansion.
Established in held by [the]
(Carlin and Belcher 67-8). Lastly, in
(Carlin and Belcher 68).
Trig Lane was the lane leading down from Thames Street (now called Upper Thames Street) to the river landing place called Trig Stairs on the north bank of the Thames. Trig Lane was in a fairly rowdy area full of water traffic, sailors, and porters.
Boss Alley (Queenhithe) was in Queenhithe Ward. It is labelled
on the Agas map as Boſs allee
.
A house once belonging to the Abbots of Chartsey. Near Boss Alley (Queenhithe).
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Breadſtreete
VVard on the South
ſide thereof, is Queene
Hith Ward, ſo called
Laſt of all, have you Lambart hill, ſo
called of one
and this is the fartheſt VVeſt part of
this VVard.
On the North ſide, comming downe
from Knight-Riders ſtreet, the Eaſt ſide
of Lambart hill is wholly of this Ward:
and the VVeſt ſide from the North end
of the Black-ſmiths Hall (which is a
bout the middeſt of this Lane) unto
Thames ſtreet. Then part of Thames ſtreet
is of this VVard, to wit, from a Cooks
houſe called the ſigne of King David,
three houſes weſt from the Old Swanne
Brewhouſe in the Eaſt, unto Huntington
houſe, over-againſt Saint Peters Church
in the Weſt, neere unto Pauls Wharfe:
And on the Lane ſide, from a Cookes
houſe called the Blue Boore, to the Weſt
end of Saint Peters Church, and up
Saint Peters hill, two houſes North a
bove the ſaid Church. And theſe bee
the bounds of this VVard: in which
are Pariſh Churches ſeven, Hals of
Companies two, and other Ornaments,
as ſhall be ſhewed.
Firſt, in Knight-Riders ſtreete is the
ſmall Pariſh Church of the Holy Trinity, lately very old, & in danger of down
Henry the fifth
wife buried within the Chancell.
MirfinRichard FowlarRickes in
Oxfordſhire, 1528.
Towards the Weſt end of Knight-Riders
ſtreet,
is the Pariſh Church of
Saint Nicholas Cold Abbey, a proper
Church, ſomewhat ancient, as appea
reth by the waies raiſed thereabout, ſo
that men are forced to deſcend into the
body of the Church. It hath been cal
led of many Colden Abbey, of ſome Cold
Abbey, or Cold Bey, and ſo have the moſt
ancient writings, as ſtanding in a cold
place, as Cold Harbor, and ſuch like.
The Steeple or tall Tower of this
Church, with the South Iſle, hath bin
of later building, to wit, the Richard the ſecond
Buried in this Church, William Cogeſhall, 1426.
Fiſhmonger.
on the North ſide of the Quire,
The
14. day of May, An. Dom. .
1601Leonard Smith ,Fiſhmonger,ended his dayes, He feared the Lord, and walkt in his wayes: His body here in earth doth reſt, His Soule with Chriſt in heaven is bleſt. Here lye buried the bodies of
Dorothy , late wife of
HalyeRobert Halye , ofIpſwitch, in the County ofSuffolke,
Merchant: And ofWilliam Wymer ,
ſon ofWilliam Wymer , andMary his
wife, daughter of the ſaidRobert andDorothy , whichWilliam the ſon de
ceaſed the19. day of Auguſt ; and the ſaidDorothy the20. day of September next
following,An. Dom. 1601 .Hic jacet
Magiſter Wil. Sandhill , Ca
nonicus Eccle.—magni London.
Et huius Eccleſiæ quondam Rector:
Qui obiit26. die Menſ. Auguſti, An. . Cuius animæ, &c.
Dom. 1445Hic jacet in coſſa, putredo mortis & oſſa, Cum mulieris quie in cœlis vivit amœnè, Vt puto per vitam morum ſignis redimitam, Anno Millino qt. i. C. X. quæ ſeno Biſque die deno cum perit en Elena, Cum quarto pleno, requiem tenet hic in ceno, Quo cujus Iane conſternis corpus inane.
On the North ſide of this Church,
in the wall thereof, was of late builded
a covenient Ceſterne of Stone & Lead
for receit of Thames water, conveighed
in pipes of Lead to that place, for the
eaſe & commodity of the Fiſhmongers,
and other inhabitants in and about Old
Fiſhstreete. Barnard Randolph, Com
In Trinity lane,
on the VVeſt ſide
thereof is the Painter-ſtainers Hall; for
ſo of old time were they called: but
now that workmanſhip of ſtaining is
departed out of uſe in England.
Lower downe in Trinity lane,
on the
Eaſt ſide thereof, was ſometime a great
Meſſuage, pertaining unto Iohn, Earle
of CornwallEdward the
third.
On Breadstreet hill, downe to the
Thames, on both ſides, bee divers faire
houſes, inhabited by Fiſhmongers,
Cheeſemongers, and Merchants of di
vers Trades. On the VVeſt ſide where
of is the Pariſh Church of Saint Nicholas Olave,
a convenient Church, having
the Sheriffes,
ſuage (with the appurtenances) where
in he dwelt, with 14. Tenements in the
ſaid Pariſh of S. Nicholas, to be had, af
ter the deceaſe of
appointed to Almeſ-men, in five hou
ſes by them builded in the Church
yard of that Pariſh; but now they are
converted into foure. More to poore
Scholars in Oxford and Cambridge, &c.
the Queenes Chappell lyeth buried
there, with an Epitaph,
Hic jacet
Richardus Sturges , Civis &
Piſcenarius London, &Katharina
uxor ejus. Qui quidem Rich. obiit3. die menſis Iulii, Ann. Dom. 1479 .
Et prædictaKatharina obiit, &c.Hic jacet Dominus
Henricus Welleus ,
quondam Rector iſtius Eccleſiæ. Qui
obiit4. die Maii, An. Domini 1391 .
Cujus animæ. &c.Here Blitheman lies, a worthy wight,who feared God above, A friend to all, a foe to none, whom rich and poore did love. Of Princes Chappell, Gentleman, unto his dying day; Whom all tooke great delighe to heare him on the Organs play. Whoſe paſſing skill in Muſickes Art, a Scholar left behinde; Iohn Bull (by name) his Maſters veineexpreſſing in each kinde. But nothing here continues long; nor reſting place can have; His ſoule departed hence to Heaven, his body here in Grave.
Here, before this place, lieth buried the bo
die ofIohn Widnell , Citizen and
Merchant-Taylor of London, ſometime
Maſter of that Company, and Deputy of
this ward; who deceaſed the15. day of . being of the age of 70.
February, 1601Here lie the bodies of
Thomas Lewen ,
Ironmonger, and ſometime Alderman of
this City of London, andAgnes his
wife. WhichThomas deceaſed the29. . And
day of Iune,Anno Domini 1555
the ſaidAgnes deceaſed the26. day of .
October,An. Dom. 1562
The next is Old Fiſhſtreet hill, a paſ
ſage ſo called, which alſo runneth down
to Thames ſtreet. In this Lane, on the
Eaſt ſide thereof, is the one end of Fini
more, or Five foot lane.
On the weſt ſide of this Old Fiſhſtreet
hill,
is the Biſhop of Herefords Inne, or
Lodging; an ancient Houſe, and large
Roomes, builded of Stone and Timber,
which ſometime belonged to the
Mounthaunts in Norfolke. Radulphus de
, Biſhop of
Next adjoyning is the Pariſh Church
of Saint Mary de Monte alto,
or Mount
haunt, this is a very ſmall Church, and
at the firſt builded, to bee a Chappell
for the ſaid houſe of the Mounthaunts,
and for Tenements thereunto belong
ing. The Biſhop of Hereford is Patron
thereof.
Monuments in this Church of
Glocester
gave Salt-wharfe, for two Chauntries
there.
Hereford, 1539.
There was ſometime a faire houſe in
the ſaid Pariſh of Saint Mary Mounthaunt, belonging to
On the Eaſt ſide of this Old Fiſhſtreet
hill,
is one great houſe, now letten out
for rent, which houſe ſometime was
one of the Hals pertaining to the
pany of Fiſhmongers
they had ſixe Hall-motes or meeting
places: namely, twaine in Bridgeſtreet,
or New Fiſhſtreet,
twaine in Old Fiſh
ſtreet, whereof this was one, and twaine
in Stockfiſhmonger Rowe, or Thames ſtreet,
as appeareth by a Record the Richard the ſecond
Next Weſt-ward, is one other Lane,
called Lambard hill,
the Eaſt ſide where
of is wholly of this Ward, and but halfe
the Weſt ſide, to wit, from the North
end of the Black-ſmiths Hall.
Then in Thames ſtreet, of this Ward,
and on the North ſide over-againſt the
Queenes Hith,
is the Pariſh Church of
S. Michael, a convenient Church, but
all the Monuments therein are defaced.
I finde that
man, of that Family in Norfolke, ſome
time Mercer, Chamberlaine of London,
then one of the Sheriffes, and Alder-man,
in the yeere
without iſſue, gave his Lands to his Fa
mily the Spilmans, and his goods to the
making or repairing of Bridges, and o
ther like godly uſes: and amongſt o
thers, in this Church hee founded a
Chauntry, and was buried in the Quire.
Alſo
Maior,
the poore of that Ward, and ten Marks
to the Church.
Sheriffes, l. to that
Church, and was there buried.
At the Weſt end of that Church, go
eth up a Lane, called Pyellane.
On the
ſame North ſide, at the South end of S.
Mary Mounthaunt lane, is the Pariſh
Church of Saint Mary Summerſet, over-againſt
the Broken Wharfe: it is a pro
per Church, but the Monuments are all
defaced, except a Grave-ſtone lately
there layed, with this inſcription:
Here lieth buried the body of Maſter
Ri of this Pariſh, who had
chard Randall
iſſue byMargaret his firſt wife foure
ſons and ſeven daughters, one only daugh
ter ſurviving, namedwas byIoyce . He
freedome a Pewterer, by trade a Brewer,
and one of the Governours of Chriſts
Hoſpitall. Hee departed this life the7. . being
day of Iune,An. Domini 1616
aged 75. yeeres.No cauſe to mourne, though here he lye, That gave to many cauſe to cry. For though his body turne to duſt, His Soule doth live among the juſt.
I thinke the ſame to bee of old time
called Summers Hith,
of ſome mans
name, that was owner of the ground
neere adjoyning, as Edreds Hith was ſo
called of Edred, owner thereof, and
ſince called Queene Hith, as pertaining
to the Queene, &c.
Then is a ſmall Pariſh Church of St.
Peter;
called Parva, or little, neere unto
Pauls Wharfe: In this Church no Mo
numents doe remaine.
At the Weſt end thereof is a Lane,
called St. Peters Hill: but two houſes
up that Lane, on the Eaſt ſide, is of this
Ward, and the reſt is of Caſtle Baynard
VVard.
On the South ſide of Thames ſtreete,
beginning againe in the Eaſt, among
the Cookes; the firſt in this VVard is
the ſigne of David the King.
Then is Towneſ-end lane, turning down
to the Thames.
Then is Queene Hith, a large Recep
tacle for Ships, Lighters, Barges, and
ſuch other Veſſels. Touching the Anti
quity and uſe of this Gate and Hith, firſt
I finde, that the ſame belonged to one
named Edred, & was then called Edreds
Hith: which ſince falling to the hands
of Stephen
confirmed to
thereof in Fee and in Heritage.
de Ypre
vent of the Holy Trinity within Ealdgate, as appeareth by this Charter.
To
biſhop of Canturbury, Primate of England, and Legate Apoſtolike to the Biſhop
This Edreds Hith,
after the aforeſaid
Grants, came again to the Kings hands,
by what meanes I have not read: but it
pertained unto the Queene; and there
fore was called Ripa Reginæ, the Queens
Banke, or Queenes Hith, and great pro
fit thereof was made to her uſe, as may
appeare by this which followeth.
Henry the third
his reigne
of the Tower of London,
to arreſt the
ſhips of the Cinque-Ports on the River
of Thames, & to compell them to bring
their Corne to no other place, but to
the Queenes Hith only. In the
of his reigne
ſtable, to diſtraine all Fiſh offered to be
ſold in any place of this City, but at the
Queenes Hith. Moreover, in the
his reigne
fore William of YorkeBeverley,
After this, the Bailiffes of the ſaid Hith
complained, that ſince the ſaid Recog
nition, foureteene forraine Ships, laden
with Fiſh, arrived at Belinſgate, which
Ships ſhould have arrived at the ſaid
Hith: And therefore it was ordered,
that if any forraigne Ship laden with
Fiſh, should in forme aforeſaid arive
elſe-where than at this Hith, it ſhould
be at the Kings pleaſure to amerce them
at 40. s. Notwithſtanding, the Ships
of the Citizens of London were at liber
ty, to arrive where the owners would
appoint them.
After this, the ſaid Henry the third
confirmed the Grant of Richard Earle
of Cornewall
Hith, unto
to the Communalty of London, and
their ſucceſſors for ever, as by this his
Charter appeareth.
England, Lord of
The charge of this Queene Hith was
then committed to the Sheriffes, and ſo
hath continued ever ſince; the profits
whereof are ſore diminiſhed; ſo that (as
writeth
his time) little above 20. Markes, or 15.
pounds one yeere with another.
Now, for Cuſtomes of this Queene
Hith:
In the yeere
of Edward the firſt
oath of divers men, that Bakers, Brew
ers, and others, buying their Corne at
Queen Hith, ſhould pay for Meaſuring,
Portage, and Carriage, for every Quar
ter of Corne whatſoever, from thence
to West Cheape, to S. Anthonies Church,
to Horſe-ſhoo Bridge, and to Woolſey ſtreet,
in the Pariſh of Alhallowes the leſſe,
and ſuch like diſtances, one ob. q. to
Fleetſtreet, to Newgate, Creplegate, to
Birchovers lane, to East-Cheape, and Bil
linſgate,
one penny. Alſo, that the Mea
ſurer (or the Meater) ought to have
eight chiefe Maſter Porters, every Ma
ſter to have three Porters under him,
and every one of them to finde one
Horſe, and ſeven Sackes, and hee that
ſo did not, to looſe his Office. This Hith
was then ſo frequented with Veſſels,
bringing thither Corne (besides Fiſh,
Salt, Fuell, and other Merchandizes)
that all theſe men, to wit, the Meater,
and Porters, thirty ſeven in number,
for all their charge of Horſes and
Sackes, and small ſtipend, lived well
of their labours: but now the Bakers
of London, and other Citizens, tra
vell into the Countries, and buy their
Corne of the Farmers, after the Far
mers price.
Edward the ſecond
of his reigne
to
twelve ſhillings, nine pence halfe pen
ny farthing, out of the Rent of London,
to be received of the Queenes Hith. Cer
taine impoſitions were ſet upon Ships
and other Veſſels comming thither, as
upon Corne, Salt, and other things, to
ward the charge of cleanſing Roomeland
there, the Edward the third
The Edward the fourth
Market at Queene Hith being hindered
by the ſlackneſſe of drawing up London
Bridge, it was ordained, that all man
ner of Veſſels, Ships, or Boates, great
or ſmall, reſorting to the City with vi
ctuall, ſhould be ſold by retaile, and that
if there came but one Veſſell at a time,
were it Salt, Wheate, Rie, or other
Corne from beyond the Seas, or other
Graines, Garlicke, Onions, Herrings,
Sprats, Eeles, Whiting, Plaice, Cods,
Mackarell, &c. then that one Veſſell
ſhould come to Queene Hith, and there
to make ſale. But if two Veſſels came,
the one ſhould come to Queene Hith, the
other to Billinſgate:
if three, two of them
ſhould come to Queene Hith, the third
to Billinſgate, &c. alwaies the more to
Queene Hith. If the Veſſell being great,
comming with Salt from the Bay, and
could not come to theſe Keyes, then the
ſame to be conveied by Lighters, as be
fore is meant.
One large houſe, for ſtowage of
Corne, craned out of Lighters and Bar
ges, is there lately builded. Iohn Lion
Againſt this Queenes Hith, on the Ri
ver of Thames, of late yeeres was placed
a Corne-Mill, upon, or betwixt two
Barges or Lighters, and there ground
Corne, as Water-Mills in other places,
to the wonder of many, that had not
ſeene the like. But this laſted not long
without decay: ſuch as cauſed the ſame
Barges and Mill to be removed and ta
ken aſunder, are ſoone forgotten. I read
of the like to have been in former time,
as thus:
In the yeere
the 8William BaylyGloceſter, Mercer, gave
to the Maior and Communalty of London,
and theirs for ever, one great Barge, in the
which two great Corne-mills were made
and placed; which Barge and Mills were ſet
in and upon the ſtreame of the River of
Thames, within the juriſdiction and liber
tie of the ſaid Citie of London. And alſo
he gave to the Citie all ſuch Timber, Boords,
Stones, Iron, &c. provided for making,
mending, and repairing of the ſaid Barge
and Mils: in reward whereof, the Maior
gave him 50. l’. preſently, and 50. l’. yeere
ly, during his life: and if the ſaid
deceaſed before
have forty Markes the yeere during her life.
Next adjoyning to this Queene Hith,
on the Weſt ſide thereof, is Salt Wharfe,
named of Salt taken up, meaſured, and
ſold there.
The next is Stew lane,
of a Stew, or
Hot-houſe there kept.
After that is Timber Hith,
or Timber
ſtreet, ſo called, of Timber, or Boords,
there taken up and wharfed: It is in the
Pariſh of S. Mary Somers-Hith, as I read
in the Henry the thirdEdward the ſecond
Then is Brookes Wharfe,
and Broken
Wharfe,
a Water-gate or Key ſo called,
of being broken, and falne downe into
the Thames.
By this Broken Wharfe remaineth one
large old building of ſtone, with arched
Gates; which Meſſage, as I find, in the
Henry the third
pertained unto Edward the third
thertunNorfolke, Marſhall of England. In the
of Henry the 6
of Norfolke, &c.
Within the Gate of this Houſe (now
belonging to the Citie of London) is late
ly, to wit, in the yeere
builded one large houſe, of great height,
called an Engine, made by
mar
forcing of Thames water, to ſerve in the
middle and Weſt parts of the Citie.
The ancient great Hall of this Meſſuage
is yet ſtanding, and pertaining to a great
Brew-houſe for Beere.
Weſt from this is Trigge lane,
going
downe to the Thames. Next is called
Boſſe lane,
of a Boſſe of water, like unto
that of Belinſgate, there placed by the
Executors of
Then is one great Meſſuage, ſometime
belonging to the Abbots of Chartſey in
Surrey, and was their Inne, wherin they
were lodged when they repaired to the
Citie: it is now called Sandie houſe, by
what reaſon I have not heard: I thinke
the Sands
And this is an end of this Queen Hith
Ward; which hath an Alderman, and
his Deputy; Common-Counſell, ſixe;
Conſtables, nine; Scavengers, eight;
Ward-mote Inqueſt, thirteene, and a
Beadle. It is taxed to the Fifteene in
London, twenty pounds, and in the Ex
chequer, at nineteene pounds, ſixteene
ſhillings, two pence.