Survey of London (1598): Breadstreet Ward A suruay of London. Contayning the originall, antiquity, increase, moderne estate, and description of that citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow citizen of London. Also an apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. Author John Stow Author William fitz Stephen Printer John Windet Publisher John Wolfe Editor Janelle Jenstad Transcriber EEBO-TCP encoders (names not known) Transcriber Nathan Phillips First Encoders EEBO-TCP encoders (names not known) Editor of Original EEBO-TCP Encoding Paul Schaffner Creator of TEI Stylesheets for Conversion of EEBO-TCP Encoding to TEI-P5 Sebastian Rahtz Post-Conversion Editor Martin Holmes Managing Editor Kim McLean-Fiander Managing Editor Katie Tanigawa Encoder Nathan Phillips Encoder Sarah Milligan Encoder Jasmeen Boparai Toponymist Nathan Phillips Transcription Proofreader Kate LeBere Markup Editor Jamie Zabel CSS Editor Kate LeBere Data Manager Tye Landels Junior Programmer Joey Takeda Programmer Martin Holmes Associate Project Director Kim McLean-Fiander Project Director Janelle Jenstad The Map of Early Modern Londonhttp://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/includes.xmlVictoria, BC, Canada
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 978-1-55058-520-9 23341 A13049 99853096 18464 Provider: University of Victoria Database: The Map of Early Modern London Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - ELEC A1 - Stow, John A1 - fitz-Stephen, William ED - Jenstad, Janelle T1 - Survey of London (1598): Breadstreet Ward T2 - The Map of Early Modern London ET - 7.0 PY - 2022 DA - 2022/05/05 CY - Victoria PB - University of Victoria LA - English UR - https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/7.0/stow_1598_BREA3.htm UR - https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/7.0/xml/standalone/stow_1598_BREA3.xml ER - Stow, John, and William fitz-Stephen. Survey of London (1598): Breadstreet Ward. The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 7.0, edited by Janelle Jenstad, U of Victoria, 05 May 2022, mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/7.0/stow_1598_BREA3.htm. Stow, John, and William fitz-Stephen. Survey of London (1598): Breadstreet Ward. The Map of Early Modern London, Edition 7.0. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Victoria: University of Victoria. Accessed May 05, 2022. mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/7.0/stow_1598_BREA3.htm. Stow, J., & fitz-Stephen, W. 2022. Survey of London (1598): Breadstreet Ward. In J. Jenstad (Ed), The Map of Early Modern London (Edition 7.0). Victoria: University of Victoria. Retrieved from https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/editions/7.0/stow_1598_BREA3.htm. This semi-diplomatic transcription takes the University of Victoria copy (DA680 S87 1598) of STC 23341 (ESTC S117887) as its control text. For convenience, we began with the TEI-XML P4 file of the EEBO-TCP transcription of STC 23341(TCP A13049), available on GitHub). The names of the EEBO-TCP transcribers are unknown. Paul Schaffner edited the original EEBO-TCP markup in or before 2012. Sebastian Rahtz created the TEI Stylesheets to convert the EEBO-TCP file to TEI-P5 in or before 2012. Martin Holmes downloaded the XML file from the GitHub repository. Martin Holmes processed the file programmatically to bring it in line with MoEML’s TEI customization. Holmes added proleptic catchwords (based on the first word on the next page) and converted short s back to long s based on predictable patterns. MoEML Research Assistants at the University of Victoria performed the following additional tasks: supplied content for the gaps left by the EEBO-TCP transcribers; checked the transcription against digital surrogates of the UVic copy and against the copy itself; corrected the proleptic catchwords where necessary; transcribed the formeworks; added links to digital surrogates; and tagged all people, places, and dates. The text was then checked by Editor Janelle Jenstad. Kingsford, Charles Lethbridge, ed. A Survey of London by John Stow. Reprinted from the Text of 1603. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908. Print. Bread Street Ward

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).

(BREA3.xml) Cheapside Market

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 Stow’s time, the term Westcheap had fallen out of use in place of Cheapside Market. Stow himself, however, continued to use the term to distinguish the western end of Cheapside Street.

(CHEA5.xml) The Standard (Cheapside) Information is not yet available. (STAN17.xml) Cheapside Cross (Eleanor Cross)

Cheapside Cross (Eleanor Cross), pictured but not labelled on the Agas map, stood on Cheapside Street between Friday Street and Wood Street. St. Peter, Westcheap lay to its west, on the north side of Cheapside Street. The prestigious shops of Goldsmiths’ Row were located to the east of the Cross, on the south side of Cheapside Street. The Standard in Cheapside (also known as the Cheap Standard), a square pillar/conduit that was also a ceremonial site, lay further to the east (Brissenden xi).

(ELEA1.xml) Watling Street

Watling Street ran east-west between St. Sythes Lane in Cordwainer Street Ward and Old Change in Bread Street Ward. It is visible on the Agas map under the label Watlinge ſtreat.

Stow records that the street is also commonly known as Noble Street (Stow 1598, sig. O4v). This should not lead to confusion with Noble Street in Aldersgate Ward. There is an etymological explanation for this crossover of names. According to Ekwall, the name Watling ultimately derives from an Old English word meaning king’s son (Ekwall 81-82). Watling Street remains distinct from the Noble Street in Aldersgate Ward.

(WATL1.xml) Red Lion Court Information is not yet available. (REDL2.xml) St. Augustine’s Gate Information is not yet available. (AUST2.xml) St. Augustine (Watling Street) Information is not yet available. (STAU3.xml) Red Lion Gate Information is not yet available. (REDL3.xml) Old Change Information is not yet available. (OLDC1.xml) Great Distaff Street

Great Distaff Street ran east-west from Friday Street to Old Change and was located in Bread Street Ward. The main structure of note along the street was Cordwainers’ Hall. It was also known as Mayden lane and is labelled Maidenhed lane on the Agas map (Stow 1633, sig. 2L6r). According to Stow, the name "Distaff" was a corruption of "Distar Lane" but Harben and others have found this to be an error as the earliest form was Distaue, not Distar (Stow 1633, sig. 2L6r; Harben). Great Distaff Street is not to be confused with Distaff Lane, the lane which ran south out of Great Distaff Street toward Knightrider Street.

(GREA10.xml) Knightrider Street

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.

(KNIG1.xml) Old Fish Street Information is not yet available. (OLDF1.xml) Bread Street

Bread Street ran north-south from the Standard (Cheapside) to Knightrider Street, crossing Watling Street. It lay wholly in the ward of Bread Street, to which it gave its name.

(BREA1.xml) Holy Trinity the Less Information is not yet available. (HOLY3.xml) Trinity Lane

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.

(TRIN1.xml) London

The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (London).

(LOND5.xml) Basing Lane

Basing Lane, also known as the "Bakehouse", ran west from Bow Lane to Bread Street (Stow 1633, sig. 2L5r). The part from Bow Lane to the back door of the Red Lion (in Watling Street) lay in Cordwainer Street Ward, and the rest in Breadstreet Ward. Stow did not know the derivation of the street’s name, but suggested it had been called the Bakehouse in the fourteenth century, whether ment for the Kings bakehouse, or of bakers dwelling there, and baking bread to serue the market in Bredstreete, where the bread was sold, I know not (Stow).

(BASI3.xml) Friday Street

Friday Street passed south through Bread Street Ward, beginning at the cross in Cheapside Street and ending at Old Fish Street. It was one of many streets that ran into Cheapside Street market whose name is believed to originate from the goods that were sold there.

(FRID1.xml) St. Matthew (Friday Street) Information is not yet available. (STMA39.xml) Distaff Lane

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 Survey of London. On the Agas Map, Distaff Lane (labelled Diſtaf la.) appears to run south off Great Distaff Street, labelled Maidenhed lane, terminating before it reaches Knightrider Street. Stow tells us, in his delineation of the bounds of Bread Street Ward, that Distaff Lane runneth downe to Knightriders street, or olde Fishstreete (Stow 1:345). Our map truncates Distaff Lane before Knightrider Street.

(DIST1.xml) Goldsmiths’ Row

Goldsmiths’ Row was a section on the south side of Cheapside Street, by Cheapside Cross. Goldsmiths’ Row and the shops and homes of other wealthy merchants made the street an elite and attractive one.

(GOLD6.xml) Cheapside Street

Cheapside Street, one of the most important streets in early modern London, ran east-west between the Great Conduit at the foot of Old Jewry to the Little Conduit by St. Paul’s churchyard. The terminus of all the northbound streets from the river, the broad expanse of Cheapside Street separated the northern wards from the southern wards. It was lined with buildings three, four, and even five stories tall, whose shopfronts were open to the light and set out with attractive displays of luxury commodities (Weinreb and Hibbert 148). Cheapside Street was the centre of London’s wealth, with many mercers’ and goldsmiths’ shops located there. It was also the most sacred stretch of the processional route, being traced both by the linear east-west route of a royal entry and by the circular route of the annual mayoral procession.

(CHEA2.xml) Farringdon Within Ward

Farringdon Within Ward shares parts of its eastern and southern borders with the western and northern boundaries of Castle Baynard Ward. This ward is called "Within" or "Infra" to differentiate it from Farringdon Without Ward and both wards take the name of William Faringdon, principle owner of Farringdon Ward, the greater ward that was separated into Farringdon Within Ward and Farringdon Without Ward in the 17 of Richard II.

(FARR1.xml) Cordwainer Street Ward

Cordwainer Street Ward is east of Bread Street Ward. The ward takes its name from its main street, Cordwainer Street, so named of Cordwainers, Curriers, and other leather workers who, according to Stow, at one time dwelled there (Stow 1603).

(CORD1.xml) New Fish Street

New Fish Street (also known in the seventeenth century as Bridge Street) ran north-south from London Bridge at the south to the intersection of Eastcheap, Gracechurch Street, and Little Eastcheap in the north (Harben 432; BHO). At the time, it was the main thoroughfare to London Bridge (Sugden 191). It ran on the boundary between Bridge Within Ward on the west and Billingsgate Ward on the east. It is labelled on the Agas map as New Fyſhe ſtreate. Variant spellings include Street of London Bridge, Brigestret, Brugestret, and Newfishstrete (Harben 432; BHO).

(NEWF1.xml) All Hallows (Bread Street) Information is not yet available. (ALLH3.xml) Salters’ Hall Information is not yet available. (SALT1.xml) St. Mildred (Bread Street) Information is not yet available. (STMI9.xml) St. Alban (Wood Street) Information is not yet available. (STAL2.xml) Bread Street Market

Stow says that by 1302 the bakers in London were obligated to sell their bread at a central market, eventually giving its name to Breadstreet (Stow 1598, sig. T4r).

(BREA4.xml) Gerrards Hall Information is not yet available. (GERR1.xml) Tower of London Information is not yet available. (TOWE5.xml) Parish of St. Mildred (Bread Street) Information is not yet available. (STMI109.xml) Blossoms Inn

Located on St. Laurence Lane, Guildhall, Blossoms Inn was a travelers inn. Our Agas coordinates for the inn are based on Stow’s account and the position on the 1520 map (Stow 1598, sig. P4r).

(BLOS1.xml) Bevis Marks (Street)

Bevis Marks was a street south of the City Wall that ran east-west from Shoemaker Row to the north end of St. Mary Axe Street. It was in Aldgate Ward. Bevis Marks was continued by Duke’s Place.

(BEVI1.xml) Mark Lane

Mark Lane ran north-south from Fenchurch Street to Tower Street. It was for the most parte of this Towerstreet warde (Stow). The north end of the street, from Fenchurch Street to Hart Street was divided between Aldgate Ward and Landbourn Ward. Stow says Mark Lane was so called of a Priuiledge sometime enjoyed to keepe a mart there, long since discontinued, and therefore forgotten, so as nothing remaineth for memorie (Stow). Modern scholars have suggested that it was instead named after the mart, where oxen were fattened for slaughter (Harben).

(MARK1.xml) Billiter Lane

Billiter Lane ran north-west from Fenchurch to Leadenhall, entirely in Aldgate Ward. Nearby landmarks included Blanch Appleton facing the opening of Billiter Lane on the south side of Fenchurch and Ironmongers’ Hall to the west of Billiter Lane on the north side of Fenchurch. Nearby churches were St. Catherine Cree on Leadenhall and All Hallows Staining adjacent to the Clothworkers’ Hall) and St. Katharine Coleman on Fenchurch. On the Agas map, Billiter Lane is labelled Bylleter la.

(BILL3.xml) Gutter Lane

Gutter Lane ran north-south from Cheapside to Maiden Lane (Wood Street). It is to the west of Wood Street and to the east of Foster Lane, lying within the north-eastern most area of Farringdon Ward Within and serving as a boundary to Aldersgate ward. It is labelled as Goutter Lane on the Agas map.

(GUTT1.xml) Christ Church Information is not yet available. (CHRI1.xml) St. Michael le Querne Information is not yet available. (STMI6.xml) The Compter (Bread Street)

Stow mentions two compters existing in his time: The Compter (Poultry) and The Compter (Bread Street). With relevance to the mobility of the place, Harben records that the Wood Street Counter had been removed there from Bread Street in 1555 (Harben 166). Tracing its history back ever further, Carlin and Belcher note that the prison was initially located in the Broken Seld around 1412 (Carlin and Belcher 70).

(COMP1.xml) Wood Street Counter Information is not yet available. (COUN1.xml) Newgate

The gaol at Newgate, a western gate in the Roman Wall of London, was constructed in the twelfth century specifically to detain fellons and trespassors awaiting trial by royal judges (Durston 470; O’Donnell 25; Stow 1598, sig. C8r). The gradual centralisation of the English criminal justice system meant that by the reign of Elizabeth I, Newgate had become London’s most populated gaol. In the early modern period, incarceration was rarely conceived of as a punishment in itself; rather, gaols like Newgate were more like holding cells, where inmates spent time until their trials or punishments were effected, or their debts were paid off.

(NEWG1.xml) St. John the Evangelist Information is not yet available. (STJO5.xml) St. Margaret Moses Information is not yet available. (STMA16.xml) The Lamb

A brewhouse in Distaff Lane. Flourished in the reign of Henry VI.

(LAMB5.xml) Cordwainers’ Hall

Alternate names for this location include Cordwayners Hall and Shoomakers Hall.

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Breadstreet Ward chapter of Survey of London (1598).

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279 Bredſtreete Warde.

BRedſtréete Ward beginneth in the high ſtréete of Weſt Cheape, to wit, on the South ſide, from the Standard, to the great Croſſe. Then is alſo a part of Watheling ſtréet of this ward, to wit, from ouer againſt the Red Lyon on the North ſide vp almoſt to Powles gate, for it lacketh but one houſe of S. Auguſtins Church. And on the South ſide, from yͤ Red Lyon gate to the Old Exchaunge, and down the ſame Exchaunge on the Eaſt ſide, by the Weſt end of Mayden Lane, or Diſtar Lane, to Knightrydars ſtréete, or as they call that part thereof, Old Fiſhſtréete. And all the North ſide of the ſaid Old Fiſhſtréete, to the South ende of Bredſtréete, and by that ſtill in Knightridars ſtréete, till ouer againſt the Trinitie Church, and Trinitie Lane. Then is Bredſtréet it ſelfe ſo called of bread in old time there ſold: for it appeareth by records, that in the yeare 1302. which was the 30. of Ed. the 1. The Bakers of London were bounden to ſell no bread in their ſhops or houſes, but in the Market, and that they ſhould haue 4. Hall motes in the yeare, at foure ſeuerall termes, to determine of enormities belonging to the ſaid Company.

This ſtréete giuing the name to the whole Warde, beginneth in Weſt Cheape, almoſt by the Standard, and runneth downe South, through or thwart Watheling ſtréete, to Knightridars ſtréet aforeſaid, where it endeth. This Bredſtréete is wholly on both ſides of this Warde. Out of the which ſtréete on the Eaſt ſide, is Baſing Lane, a péece whereof, to wit, too and and ouer againſt the backe gate of the Red Lyon in Watheling ſtréete, is of this Bredſtréete Warde.

Then is there one other ſtréete, which is called Friday ſtréete, and beginneth alſo in Weſt Cheape, and runneth downe South through Watheling ſtréete, to Knightrider ſtréete (or Old Fiſhſtréet) This Friday ſtréete is of Bredſtréete Warde, on the Eaſt ſide from ouer againſt the Northeaſt corner of ſaint Mathewes Church, and on the Weſt ſide from the South corner of the ſaid Church, downe as aforeſaid.

T4 In 280 Bredſtreete Warde.

In this Fryday ſtréete on the Weſt ſide thereof, is a Lane, commonly called Mayden Lane, or Diſtaffe Lane, corruptly for Diſtar Lane, which runneth Weſt into the olde Exchange: and in this lane is alſo one other Lane, on the South ſide thereof, likewiſe called Diſtar Lane, which runneth downe to Knightriders Stréete, or olde Fiſhſtréete: and ſo be the boundes of this whole Warde. The Monuments to bee noted here, are firſt, the moſt bewtifull frame and front of faire houſes and ſhops, that be within all the walles of London, or elſewhere in England, commonly called Godſmithes rowe, betwixt Breadſtréet end, and the Croſſe in Cheape, but is within this Breadſtréete Warde: the ſame was builded by Thomas Wood Goldſmith, one of the Sheriffes, in the yeare 1491. It continueth in number, tenne faire dwelling houſes, and fouretéene ſhops, all in one frame vniformely builded, foure ſtories high, bewtified towards the ſtréete, with the Goldſmithes Armes, and the likeneſſe of woodmen (in memorie of his name) riding on monſtrous beaſts, all which is caſt in Leade, richly painted ouer, and guilt: theſe hee gaue to the Goldſmithes, with ſtockes of money to be lent to young men, hauing thoſe ſhops &c.

This ſaid Front was againe new painted and guilt ouer, in the yeare 1594. Sir Richard Martin being then Maior, and kéeping his Maioraltie in one of them, and ſeruing out the time of Cutbert Buckle in that office, from the ſecond of Iulie, til the 28. of October. Then for Watheling Stréete, which Leyland calleth Atheling or Noble ſtréet: but ſince he ſheweth no reaſon why it was ſo called, I rather take it ſo named of the great high way of the ſame calling. True it is, that at this preſent as of olde time alſo, the inhabitants thereof were and are, wealthy Drapers, retailors of woollen cloathes both broad and narrowe, of all ſortes, more then in any one ſtréete of this Citie. Of the olde Exchange, heere I haue noted in Faringdon Warde: wherfore I paſſe downe to Knightriders ſtréet, wherof I haue alſo ſpoken in Cordwainer ſtréete Ward, but in this part of the ſaid Knightriders ſtréete, is a fiſhmarket kept, and therefore called olde Fiſhſtréete, for a difference from new Fiſhſtréete.

In this olde Fiſhſtréete, is one rowe of ſmall houſes, placed along in the middeſt of Knightriders ſtréete, which rowe is alſo of Bredſtréete Warde, theſe houſes now poſſeſſed of Fiſhmoongers, were at the first Bredeſtreete Warde. 281 firſt but mooueable boordes (or ſtables) ſette out on market dayes, to ſhewe their fiſh there to be ſold: but procuring licenſe to ſet vp ſheads, they grewe to ſhops, and by litle and litle, to tall houſes, of thrée or 4. ſtories in heigth, and now are called Fiſhſtréete. Bredeſtréet, ſo called of bread ſolde there (as I ſayd) is now wholely inhabited by rich Marchants, and diuers faire Innes be there for good receipt of carriers, and other trauellers to the citie. On the Eaſt ſide of this ſtréet, at the corner of Watheling Stréete, is the proper church of Alhallowes in Bred ſtreet, wherin are the monuments of Iames Thame Goldſmith, Iohn Walpole Goldſmith 1349. Thomas Beamount Alderman, one of yͤ Sheriffes, 1442. Sir Richard Chaury Salter Maior, 1509. Sir Thomas Pargitar Salter Maior, 1530. Henry Sucley Marchantailor, one of the Sheriffes 1541. Richard Reade Alderman, that ſerued & was taken priſoner in Scotland, 1545 Robert Houſe one of the Sheriffes, 1586. William Albany: Richard May, and Roger Abde Marchantaylors. The ſtéeple of this church had ſometime a faire ſpéere of ſtone, but taken downe vpon this occaſion. In the yeare 1559. the fifth of September, about noone or midday, fell a great tempeſt at London, in the ende whereof, happened a great lightening, with a terrible clap of thunder, which ſtrooke the ſaid ſpeere about nine or tenne foote beneath the top thereof: out of the which place fell a ſtone, that ſlew a dogge, and ouerthrew a man that was playing with the dogge: the ſame ſpeere being but litle damnified hereby, was ſhortly after taken downe, for ſparing the charges of reparation. On the ſame ſide is Salters Hall, with ſixe almes houſes in number, builded for poore decayed brethren of that company: This Hall was burned in the yeare 1539. and againe reedified.

Lower downe on the ſame ſide, is the pariſh church of Saint Mildred the Uirgine. The monuments in this Church bee of the Lord Trenchaunt, of Saint Albons knight, who was ſuppoſed to be eyther the new builder of this Church, or beſt benefactor to the works therof, about the year 1300. & odde. Corniſh gentleman 1312. William Palmer Blader a great benefactor alſo 1356. Iohn Shadworth Mayor, 1401. who gaue the parſonate houſe, a reueſtry, and Churchyard, in the yeare 1428. and his monument is pulled down. Stephen 282 Bredſtreete Warde. Stephen Bugge Gentleman, his Armes be 3. water bugges, 1419 Roger Forde Uintoner, 1440. Thomas Barnwell Fiſhmonger, one of the Sheriffes, 1434. Sir Iohn Hawlen Clarke, Parſon of that Church, who built the Parſonage houſe newly, after the ſame had bene burned to the ground, togither with the Parſon and his man alſo, burned in that fire, 1485. Iohn Pranell 1510. William Hurſtwaight Pewterer to the King, 1526. Chriſtopher Turner Chirurgian to King Henry the 8. 1530. Raphe Simonds Fiſhmonger, one of the Sheriffes, in the yeare 1527. Thomas Laugham gaue to the poore of that Pariſh foure Tenements, 1575. Thomas Hall Salter, 1582. Thomas Collins Salter, Alderman. Sir Ambroſe Nicholas Salter, Maior, 1575. was buried in Sir Iohn Chadworths Uault.

Out of this Bredſtréet, on the ſame Eaſt ſide, is a Baſing lane, a part whereof (as is afore ſhewed) is of this Warde, but howe it tooke the name I haue not read: other then that in the 20. yeare of Richard the ſecond, the ſame was called the Bakehouſe: whetherment for the Kings Bakehouſe, or of Bakers dwelling there, and baking bread to ſerue the Market in Bredſtréete, where the bread was ſolde, I knowe not: but ſure I am, I haue not reade yet of any Baſing, or of Gerrarde the Gyant, to haue any thing there to doo.

On the South ſide of this Lane, is one great houſe, of old time builded vpon Arched Uaultes of ſtone, and with Arched Gates, now a common Oſtrey for receit of Trauellers, commonly and corruptly called Gerardes Hall, of a Gyaunt ſaide to haue dwelled there. In the high Rooffed Hall of this houſe, ſometime ſtood a large Firre Pole, which reached to the roofe therof, and was ſaid to be one of the ſtaues that Gerarde the Gyant vſed in the warres, to runne withall. There ſtoode alſo a Ladder of the ſame length, which (as they ſay) ſerued to aſcende to the toppe of the Staffe. Of later yeares this Hall is altered in building, and diuers roomes are made in it. Notwithſtanding the Pole is remoued to one corner of the Hall, and the Ladder hanged broken vp on a Wall in the yarde. The Hoſtelar of that houſe ſaide to me, the Pole lacked halfe a foote of fortie in length: I meaſured the compaſſe, the Bredſtreete Warde. 283 and founde it to bee fiftéene inches. Reaſon of the Pole, coulde the maiſter of the Hoſtrey giue me none, but badde me reade the great Chronicles, for there he had heard of it. Which aunſwere ſéemed to me inſufficient, for hée meant the deſcription of Brittaine, before Reinwoolfes Chronicle, wherein the Authour writing a Chapter of Gyaunts, and hauing béene deceiued by ſome Authours, too much crediting their ſmoothe ſpéeche, hath ſet downe more matter then troth, as partly (and alſo againſt my will) I am enforced to touch. R.G. in this briefe collection of Hiſtories hath theſe wordes. I the writer hereof, did ſée the tenth day of March, in the yeare of our Lord 1564. and had the ſame in my hande, the Toothe of a man, which waighed tenne Ounces of Troy waight. And the ſkull of the ſame man is extant and to be ſeene, which will holde fiue Peckes of wheate. And the ſhinne bone of the ſame man is ſixe foote in length, and of a maruellous greatneſſe. Thus farre of R.G. Wherevnto is added in the ſaide diſcription, that by coniecturall ſimetrie of thoſe partes, the bodie to be twentie eight foote long or more. From this hee goeth to an other matter, and ſo to Gerard the Gyant and his ſtaffe. But to leaue theſe fictions and to return where I left, I will note what my ſelfe haue obſerued concerning that houſe.

I reade, that Iohn Giſors Mayor of London, in the yeare 1245. was owner thereof, and that Sir Iohn Giſors Knight Mayor of London, and Conſtable of the Tower, one thouſand thrée hundreth and eleuen. And diuers others of that name and family ſince that time owed it. For I reade that William GiſorsStow is here incorrectly referring to Henry de Gisors as William Gisors. Henry de Gisors was Sheriff of London from 1329-1330. was one of the Sheriffes, one thouſand thrée hundreth twentie nine. More, that Iohn Giſors had iſſue, Henry and Iohn. Which Iohn had iſſue, Thomas.Stow may be incorrectly referring to John de Gisors as Thomas. According to Sir John Gisor’s ODNB article, his eldest son John de Gisors bequeathed ownership of Gerrards Hall to his son also named John de Gisors who was Mayor of London and died in 1351. Which Thomas deceaſing in the yeare one thouſand thrée hundreth and fiftie, left vnto his ſonne Thomas, his Meſſuage called Gyſors Hall, in the Pariſh of Saint Mildred in Bredſtréete: Iohn GiſorsJohn Gisors died in 1351. See Kingsford (1908) 349, l. 36 for a note about this transaction. made a Feofment thereof, one thouſand thrée hundreth eightie ſixe, &c. So that it appeareth that this Giſors Hall of late time by corruption hath bin called Gerards Hall, for Giſors Hall, as Boſomes Inne for Bloſſoms In. Beuis 284 Bredſtreete Warde. Beuis Markes, for Buries Marke. Marke Lane, for Marte Lane: Belliter Lane, for Belſetters Lane: Gutter Lane, for Guthuruns Lane: Cry church, for Chriſtes church: S. Mihell in the Querne, for Saint Mihell at Corne, and ſundrie ſuch others. Out of this Giſors Hall, at the firſt building thereof, were made diuers Arched doores, yet to be ſéene, which ſéeme not ſufficient for any great monſture, or other then men of common ſtature to paſſe through, the Pole in the Hall might be vſed of olde time (as then the cuſtome was in euery pariſh) to be ſet vp in the ſtreete, in the Summer as a Maypole, before the principall Hall, or houſe in the pariſh, or ſtreete, and to ſtand in the Hall before the ſcrine, decked with Holme & Iuie, all the feaſt of Chriſtmas. The lader ſerued for decking of the Maypole, & Roofe of the Hall. Thus much for Giſors Hal & for yͤ ſide of Bredſtreet, may ſuffice. Now on yͤ Weſt ſide of Bredſtréet, amongſt diuers fayre and large houſes for merchants, and faire Innes for paſſengers, had yee one priſon houſe pertaining to the Sheriffes of London, called the compter in Bredſtréete: but in the yeare 1555 the priſones were remooued from thence, to one other new Compter in Woodſtréete, prouided by the cities purchaſe, and builded for that purpoſe: the cauſe of which remooue was this. Richard Husband Paſtelar, kéeper of this Coumpter in Bredſtréet, being a wilful and headſtrong man, dealt for his owne aduantage, hardly with the priſoners vnder his charge, hauing alſo ſernuants ſuch as himſelfe liked beſt for their bad vſage, and woulde not for any complaint bee reformed: whereupon in the yeare 1550. Sir Rowland Hill beeing Mayor, by the aſſent of a court of Aldermen, he was ſent to the gayle of Newgate,for the cruell handling of his priſoners: and it was cōmaunded to the kéeper to ſet thoſe irons on his legges, which are called the widows almes: Theſe he ware from Thurſday, till Sunday in the afternoone, and being by a court of Aldermen releaſed, on the Tueſday, was bound in an hundred markes, to obſerue from thenceforth an act made by the common councell, for the ordering of priſoners in the Compters: all which notwithſtanding, hee continued as afore: whereof my ſelfe am partly a witneſſe: for being of a Iurie to enquire againſt a Seſſions of Gayle deliuerie, in the yeare one thouſand fiue hundred fiftie two, wee found the priſoners hardly dealt withall, for theyr achates and otherwiſe, and that Bredſtreete Warde. 285 that théeues and ſtrumpets were there lodged for foure pence the night, whereby they might be ſafe from ſearches that were made abroad: for the which enormities, and other not néedfull to bee recited, he was indighted at that Seſſion, but did rubbe it out, and could not be reformed, til this remoue of yͤ priſoners for the houſe in Bredſtreete was his owne by Leaſe, or otherwiſe, ſo that he could not bee put from it. Such Gaylors buying their offices, will deale hardly with pittifull priſoners. Now in Fryday ſtréete, ſo called of Fiſhmoongers dwelling there, and ſeruing frydayes market, on the Eaſt ſide, is a ſmall pariſh church, commonly called S. Iohn Euangeliſt, the monuments therein, be of Iohn Dogget Marchantaylor, one of the Sheriffes, in the yeare 1509. Sir Chriſtoper Aſkew Draper, Mayor, 1533. Then lower downe, is one other pariſh church of S. Margaret Moyſes, ſo called (as ſéemeth) of one Moyſes, that was founder, or new builder thereof. The monuments there, bee of ſir Richard Dobbet Skinner, Mayor, 1551. William Dane Ironmoonger, one of the Sheriffes, 1569. Sir Iohn Allet Fiſhmoonger, Mayor 1591.

On the Weſt ſide of this Fryday ſtréete, is Mayden Lane, ſo named of ſuch a ſigne, or Diſtaffe Lane, for Diſtar Lane, as I reade in record of a Brew-houſe, called the Lambe in Diſtar Lane, the ſixtéenth of Henry the ſixt. In this Diſtar Lane, on the North ſide thereof, is the Cord-wayners, or Shoomakers Hall, which company were made a brotherhood or fraternitie, in the eleuenth of Henry the fourth. On the South ſide of this Diſtar Lane, is alſo one other Lane, called Diſtar Lane: which runneth downe to Knightriders ſtréete, or olde Fiſhſtréete, and this is the ende of Bredſtréete Warde: which hath an Alderman, his Deputie, Common Councell tenne. Conſtables ten. Skauengers eight. Wardmote Inqueſt thirtéene, and a Beadle. In ſtandeth taxed to the fiftéene in London, at thirtie ſeuen pound, and in the Exchequer at thirtie ſixe pound tenne ſhillings.

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King of England 1272-1307. Buried at Westminster Abbey.

EB ODNB Wikipedia William fitz-Stephen William fitz-Stephen

Biographer and clerk.

ODNB Wikipedia Thomas Beaumond Thomas Beaumond Sheriff

Sheriff of London 1442-1443. Member of the Salters’ Company. Husband of Alicia Beaumond and Alicia Beaumond. Buried at All Hallows, Bread Street. Not to be confused with Thomas Beaumond.

MASL Richard Grafton Richard Grafton

Printer and historian.

EB HPO ODNB Wikipedia Henry VIII Henry VIII King of England King of Ireland

King of England and Ireland 1509-1547.

ODNB Wikipedia Henry VI Henry VI King of England

King of England 1422-1461 and 1470-1471.

ODNB Wikipedia Henry IV Henry IV King of England

King of England 1399-1413.

ODNB Wikipedia John Leland John Leland

Poet and antiquary.

ODNB Wikipedia Richard II Richard II King of England

King of England 1377-1399. Buried at Westminster Abbey.

EB ODNB Wikipedia John Stow John Stow

Historian and author of A Survey of London. Husband of Elizabeth Stow.

MoEML ODNB Wikipedia John Windet John Windet

Printer.

BBTI Wikipedia John Wolfe John Wolfe

Bookseller and printer. Husband of Alice Wolfe.

MoEML BBTI ODNB Thomas Wood Thomas Wood Sheriff

Sheriff of London 1491-1492. Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Benefactor of St. Peter, Westcheap. Not to be confused with Thomas Wood.

MASL National Archives Sir John Allott Sir John Allott Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London from 1580-1581. Mayor 1590-1591. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company. Knighted in 1591. Died in office. Monument at St. Margaret Moses.

MASL Wikipedia Richard Chawry Richard Chawry Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London 1481-1482. Mayor 1494-1495. Member of the Salters’ Company. Buried at All Hallows, Bread Street.

MASL Sir Christopher Ascue Sir Christopher Ascue Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London 1525-1526. Mayor 1533-1534. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Husband of Lady Ascue. Buried at St. Dunstan in the East.

MASL John Shadworth John Shadworth Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London 1391-1392. Mayor 1401-1402. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

MASL Wikipedia Richard May Richard May

Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Donated funds to Blackwell Hall.

 Sir Ambrose Nicholas Sir Ambrose Nicholas Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London 1566-1567. Mayor 1575-1576. Member of the Salters’ Company. Buried at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

MASL Wikipedia Sir Rowland Hill Sir Rowland Hill Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London 1541-1542. Mayor 1549-1550. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Stephen Walbrook.

MASL ODNB Wikipedia Sir John de Gisors Sir John de Gisors Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London 1240-1241 and 1245-1246. Mayor 1245-1246 and 1258-1259. Possible member of the Vintners’ Company or Pepperers’ Company. Constable of the Tower Royal. Father of Henry de Gisors and John de Gisors. Buried at Lady Chapel, Christ Church.

MASL ODNB John de Gisors John de Gisors Mayor

Mayor of London 1311-1315. Member of the Vintners’ Company. Son of John de Gisors. Buried at Christ Church.

MASL ODNB Henry de Gisors Henry de Gisors Sheriff

Sheriff of London 1329-1330. Member of the Vintners’ Company.

MASL John de Gisors John de Gisors

Son of Sir John de Gisors. Brother of Henry de Gisors. Father of Thomas de Gisors.

ODNB Henry de Gisors Henry de Gisors

Son of Sir John de Gisors. Brother of John de Gisors. Not to be confused with Henry de Gisors.

ODNB Thomas de Gisors Thomas de Gisors

Son of John de Gisors. Father of Thomas de Gisors.

 Reyner Wolfe Reyner Wolfe

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ODNB Wikipedia Sir Richard Martin Sir Richard Martin Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London 1581-1582. Mayor 1588-1589 and 1593-1594. Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company.

MASL ODNB Wikipedia James Thame James Thame

Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Monument at All Hallows, Bread Street.

 John Walpole John Walpole

Member of the Goldsmithsʼ Company. Monument at All Hallows, Bread Street. Not to be confused with John Walpole.

 Sir Thomas Pargitar Sir Thomas Pargitar Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London 1521-1522. Mayor 1530-1531. Member of the Salters’ Company. Monument at All Hallows, Bread Street.

MASL Henry Suckley Henry Suckley Sheriff

Sheriff of London 1541-1542. Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Husband of Anne Boughton, Elizabeth English, Alice Fletcher, and Agnes Cachemaide. Buried at All Hallows, Bread Street.

MASL Richard Reade Richard Reade

Alderman. Monument at All Hallows, Bread Street.

 William Albany William Albany

Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Husband of Thomasine Albany and Joane Albany. Buried at All Hallows, Bread Street.

 Roger Abde Roger Abde

Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Monument at All Hallows, Bread Street.

 Lord Trenchaunt Lord Trenchaunt

Financier of St. Mildred, Bread Street.

Bannerman v William Palmer Willam Palmer

Member of the Bladers’ Company. Benefactor of St. Mildred, Bread Street.

 Stephen Bugge Stephen Bugge

Gentleman. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

 Roger Forde Roger Forde

Member of the Vintners’ Company. Husband of Joane Forde and Margaret Forde. Buried at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

 Thomas Bernewell Thomas Bernewell Sheriff

Sheriff of London 1434-1435. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

MASL Sir John Hawlen Sir John Hawlen

Parson of St. Mildred, Bread Street. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

 John Parnell John Parnell

Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

 William Hurstwaight William Hurstwaight

Member of the Pewterers’ Company. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

 Christopher Turner Christopher Turner

Surgeon to Henry VIII. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

 Thomas Langham Thomas Langham

Donated four tenements to the poor of St. Mildred, Bread Street. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

 Thomas Hall Thomas Hall

Member of the Salters’ Company. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

 Thomas Collins Thomas Collins

Member of the Salters’ Company. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street. Not to be confused with Thomas Collins.

 Gerrard the Giant Gerrard the Giant

Giant. Supposedly dwelled at the site of Gerrard’s Hall.

 Thomas de Gisors Thomas de Gisors

Son of Thomas de Gisors. Grandson of John de Gisors.

 Richard Husband Richard Husband

Keeper of the compter in Bread Street. Sent to Newgate for his cruel treatment of his prisoners.

 John Doget John Doget Sheriff

Sheriff of London 1509-1510. Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Monument at St. John the Evangelist.

MASL Mr. Moses Moses

Founder or builder of St. Margaret Moses.

 Sir Richard Dobbys Sir Richard Dobbys Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London 1543-1544. Mayor 1551-1552. Member of the Skinners’ Company. Monument at St. Margaret Moses.

MASL Wikipedia William Dane William Dane Sheriff

Sheriff of London 1569-1570. Husband to Margaret Dane. Member of the Ironmongers’ Company. Monument at St. Margaret Moses.

MASL Ralph Symonds Ralph Symonds Sheriff

Sheriff of London 1517-1518. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company. Monument at St. Mildred, Bread Street.

MASL Robert Howse Robert Howse Sheriff

Sheriff of London from in 1586. Member of the Clothworkers’ Company. Buried at All Hallows, Bread Street.

MASL Sir Cuthbert Buckle Sir Cuthbert Buckle Sheriff Mayor

Sheriff of London 1582-1583. Mayor 1593-1594. Member of the Vintners’ Company. Knighted between 29 May 1594 and 24 June 1594. Buried at St. Mary at Hill.

MASL Wikipedia Worshipful Company of DrapersDrapers’ Company

The Drapers’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Drapers were third in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Drapers is still active and maintains a website at https://www.thedrapers.co.uk/ that includes a history of the company and bibliography.

The coat of arms of the Drapers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size image]
Worshipful Company of FishmongersFishmongers’ Company

The Fishmongers’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London, formed in 1536 out of the merger of the Stock Fishmongers and the Salt Fishmongers. The Fishmongers were fourth in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers is still active and maintains a website at https://fishmongers.org.uk/ that includes a history of the company.

The coat of arms of the Fishmongers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size image]
Worshipful Company of GoldsmithsGoldsmiths’ Company

The Goldsmiths’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Goldsmiths were fifth in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths is still active and maintains a website at https://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/ that includes a history of the company and explains the company’s role in the annual Trial of the Pyx.

The coat of arms of the Goldsmiths’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size image]
Worshipful Company of BakersBakers’ Company

The Bakers’ Company was one of the lesser livery companies of London. The Worshipful Company of Bakers is still active and maintains a website at https://www.bakers.co.uk/ that includes a history of the company.

 Worshipful Company of CordwainersCordwainers’ Company

The Cordwainers’ Company was one of the lesser livery companies of London. The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers is still active and maintains a website at http://cordwainers.org/ that includes a history of the company.

 Court of Aldermen

The Court of Aldermen was composed of senior officials known as "aldermen", who were each elected to represent one ward of London. The Mayor of London oversaw the Court of Aldermen and was himself an alderman. Historically, the Court of Aldermen was the primary administrative body for the Corporation of London; however, by the early modern period, many of its responsibilities had been transferred to the Court of Common Council. The Court of Aldermen exists today in a somewhat modified form.

 Early English Books Online–Text Creation PartnershipEEBO-TCP

The EEBO-TCP is a partnership with ProQuest and with more than 150 libraries to generate highly accurate, fully-searchable, SGML/XML-encoded texts corresponding to books from the Early English Books Online Database. Website.

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We’d also like to acknowledge students who contributed to MoEML’s intranet predecessor at the University of Windsor between 1999 and 2003. When we redeveloped MoEML for the Internet in 2006, we were not able to include all of the student projects that had been written for courses in Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, and/or Writing Hypertext. Nonetheless, these students contributed materially to the conceptual development of the project.

These are all MoEML team members since 1999 to present. To see the current members and structure of our team, see <ref target="team.xml">Team</ref>.

 University of VictoriaUniversity of Victoria

The University of Victoria, writ large. Located in Victoria, BC, Canada. Website.