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T2 - The Map of Early Modern London
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PY - 2022
DA - 2022/05/05
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PB - University of Victoria
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Born in Brandon, Suffolk to
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Serina Patterson was an MA student in English at the University of Victoria and PhD student at the University of British Columbia with research interests in late medieval literature, game studies, and digital humanities. She was also the recipient of the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada CGS Joseph-Bombardier Scholarship and a four-year fellowship at UBC for her work in Middle English and Middle French game poems. She has published articles in
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Playwright, poet, and author.
Silkweaver and author.
Sheriff of London
Historian and author of
Son of
Husband of
Wife of
Wife of
Upholder.
The
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Walbrook Ward is west of Candlewick Street Ward. The ward is named after the Walbrook, a river that ran through the heart of London from north to south. The river was filled in and paved over so that it was hardly discernable by
Cornhill was a significant thoroughfare and was part of the cityʼs main major east-west thoroughfare that divided the northern half of London from the southern half. The part of this thoroughfare named Cornhill extended from St. Andrew Undershaft to the three-way intersection of Threadneedle, Poultry, and Cornhill where the Royal Exchange was built. The name Cornhill
preserves a memory both of the cornmarket that took place in this street, and of the topography of the site upon
which the Roman city of Londinium was built.
Note: Cornhill and Cornhill Ward are nearly synonymous in terms of location and nomenclature - thus, it can be a challenge to tell one from the other. Topographical decisions have been made to the best of our knowledge and ability.
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).
Cornhill Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward and south of Broad Street Ward. According to corne Market
once held there.
Note: Cornhill and Cornhill Ward are nearly synonymous in terms of location and nomenclature—thus, it can be a challenge to tell one from the other. Topographical decisions have been made to the best of our knowledge and ability.
Langbourn Ward is west of Aldgate Ward. According to a long borne of ſweete water
which once broke out of the ground in Fenchurch Street, a street running through the middle of Langbourn Ward (Stow 1603). The long borne of ſweete water
no longer existed at the time of
Tower Street ran east-west from Tower Hill in the east to St. Andrew Hubbard. It was the principal street of Tower Street Ward. That the ward is named after the street indicates the cultural significance of Tower Street, which was a key part of the processional route through London and home to many wealthy merchants who traded in the goods that were unloaded at the docks and quays immediately south of Tower Street (for example, Billingsgate, Wool Key, and Galley Key).
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Born in Brandon, Suffolk to
As Caroline M. Barron notes in her summary of Unlike other successful merchants of this period
. At the same time,
Despite serving on at least eight important joint committees of the common council and court of aldermen
.
By the time the City elected
among other his works of pietie, effectually determined to erect and build a certaine Granarie vpon the soile of the same citie at Leaden hall, of his owne charges, for the common vtilitie of the saide citie(Stow 1598, sig. I3r). Perhaps due to his civic vision, business savvy, increasing wealth, and influential spirit, the aldermen elected
From lost interest in his civic career
after the completion of Leadenhall: after ending his term as mayor, establish schools, maintain buildings, and pay salaries
(Barron). At his death in 1458, London dynasty
, his dreams were thwarted. After his death, the executors did not implement flying tales
regarding the dispersal of
In his
The main plot—which follows the rise of(Manheim 316). Alternatively, W.K. Chandler argues thatSimon Eyre from humble cobbler, to Sherriff, and finally to Mayor of London, is rooted in folklore and was a very well known legend in its time
exercised reasonable historical accuracy in naming his characters-an accuracy which is at variance with the romantic spirit of the legend about(Chandler 175), while still setting the overall stage action in aEyre ,the mad shoemaker of Tower street
realistic Elizabethan setting(Chandler 182).
Both a more general idea of enacting pastness
(Walsh 328). local
historical imagination—a