NExt to Cheape Ward, on the North side thereof, is Coleman street Ward, and beginneth also in the East, on the course of Walbrooke, in Lothbury, and runneth West, (on the South side) to the end of Ironmongers lane, and on the North side, to the West corner of Basings Hall street. On the South side of Lothbury, is the street called the Old Iewrie, the one halfe, and better, on both sides towards Cheape, is of this Ward.

On the North side lyeth Coleman street, whereof the Ward taketh name, wholly on both sides North to London wall, and from that North end along by the Wall, and Mooregate, East, to the course of Walbrooke. And againe, from Coleman street, West, to the Iron grates: and these be the bounds of this Ward.

Antiquities therein to be noted, are these:Lothbery. First, the street of Lothbery, Lathbery, or Loadbery, (for by all these names have I read it) tooke the name (as it seemeth) of a Bery, or Court of old time there kept, but by whom, it is growne out of memorie. This street is possessed (for the most part) by Founders, that cast Candlestickes, Chafingdishes, Spice Morters, and such like Copper or Laten works, and doe afterward turne them with the foot, and not with the wheele, to make them smooth and bright, with turning and scratting, (as some doe terme it) making a lothsome noise to the by-passers, that have not beene used to the like; and therefore by them disdainedly called Lothburie. On the South side of this street, amongst the Founders, be some faire houses and large, for Merchants; namely, one that of old time was the Iewes SynagogueMoEML is still seeking information regarding this entry. If you have information to contribute, please email the MoEML team., The Iewes Synagogue. which was defaced by the Citizens of London, after that they had slaine 700. Iewes, and spoiled the residue of their goods, in the yeere 1262. the 47. of H. the 3. And not long after, in the yeere 1291. King Edward the first banished the remnant of the Iewes out of England, as is afore shewed.

The said Synagogue being so suppressed, certaine Friers got possession thereof: For in the yeere 1257. (saith Mathew Paris) there were seene in London a new order of Friers,Fratres de Saccae, or de poenitentia. called De Poenitentia Iesu, or Fratres de Sacca, because they were apparelled in Sackcloth, who had their house in London, neere unto Aldersgate, without the gate, and had licence of Henry the third, in the 54. of his reigne, to remove from thence to any other place: and in the 56. hee gave unto them this Iewes SynagogueMoEML is still seeking information regarding this entry. If you have information to contribute, please email the MoEML team.. After which time, Eleanor the Queene, wife to Edward the first, tooke into her protection, and warranted unto the Prior and brethren De poenitentia Iesu Christi of London, the said land and building in Cole-church street, Cole-church street, or Old Iewrie. in the parish of Saint Olave in the Iury, & S. Margaret in Lothburie, by her granted, with consent of Stephen de Fulborn, Vnder-warden of the Bridge-house, and other brethren of that house: for threescore Markes of Silver, which they had received of the said Prior and brethren of repentance, toward the building of the said Bridge. This order of Friers gathered many good scholars, and multiplyed in number exceedingly, untill the Councell at Lyons, by the which it was decreed, that (from that time forth) there should no more Orders of begging Friers be permitted, but onely the foure Orders; to wit, the Domi Coleman ſtreet Ward. Dominicke or Preachers, the Minorites or gray Friers, the Carmelites or white Friers, and the Augustines: and so from that time the begging Friers decreased and fell to nothing.

Now it followed, that in the yeere 1305. Robert Fitzwalter requested and obtained of the said King Edward the first, Ro. Fitzwalter his house. that the same Friers of the Sacke, might assigne to the said Robert their Chappell or Church, of old time called the Synagogne of the IewesMoEML is still seeking information regarding this entry. If you have information to contribute, please email the MoEML team., neere adjoyning to the then mansion place of the same Robert, which was in place where now standeth the Grocers Hall: and the said Synagogue was at the North corner of the Old Iewry. Robert Large, Mercer, Maior, in the yeere 1439. kept his Maioraltie in this house, and dwelled there untill his dying day.

This house standeth and is of two Parishes, as opening into Lothbury, of Saint Margarets Parish, and opening into the Old Iewry, of Saint Olaves Parish. The said Robert Large gave liberally to both these Parishes, but was buried at S. Olaves.

Hugh Clopton, The Wind mill Taverne in the old Iurie. Mercer, Maior, 1492. dwelled in this house, and kept his Maioralty there. It is now a Taverne, and hath to signe a Wind-mill.

And thus much for this house, sometime the Iewes SynagogueMoEML is still seeking information regarding this entry. If you have information to contribute, please email the MoEML team., since, an house of Friers, then a Noble-mans house, after that, a Merchants house, wherein Maioralties have beene kept, and now a Wine-Taverne.

Then is the Old Iury, The Old Iurie. a street so called of Iewes sometime dwelling there, and neere adjoyning, in the Parishes of S. Olave, The Iewes brought from Rone by William Duke of Normandy. S. Michael Bassings Hall. S. Martin Ironmonger lane, S. Laurence, called the Iewrie, and so West to Woodstreete. William, D. of Normandy, first brought them from Rone to inhabit here.

William Rufus favoured them so farre, W. Rufus favoured them. that he sware by Lukes face, his common Oath, if they could overcome the Christians, hee would bee one of their Sect.

Henry the second grievously punished them for corrupting his coyne. Hen. the 1. punished them.

Richard the first forbade Iewes and women to be present at his Coronation, Rich. the 3. forbade them to come to his coronation. for feare of inchantments: for breaking of which commandement, many Iewes were slaine, who being assembled, to present the King with some gift, one of them was stricken by a Christian, which some unruly people perceiving, fell upon them, beat them to their houses, and brent them therein, or slew them at their comming out.

Also the Iewes at Norwich, S. Edmondsbury, Lincolne, Stanford, and Lyn, were robbed and spoiled; and at Yorke, to the number of 500. besides Women and children, entred a Tower of the Castle, proffered money to be in surety of their lives, but the Christians would not take it: whereupon they cut the throats of their owne wives and children, and cast them over the walles on the Christians heads, and then entring the Kings lodging, they burned both the house and themselves.

King Iohn, in the eleventh of his reign, commanded all the Iewes,King Iohn tormented the Iewes. both men and women, to be imprisoned and grievously punished, because hee would have all their money: some of them gave all they had, and promised more, to escape so many kinds of torments; for every one of them had one of their eyes at the least plucked out. Amongst whom there was one, which being tormented many wayes, would not ransome himselfe, till the King had caused (every day) one of his great teeth to be plucked out, by the space of seven daies, and then he gave the King tenne thousand Markes of silver, to the end they should pull out no more: the said King at that time spoiled the Iewes of sixty six thousand markes.

The 17. of this King,The Barons rifled the Iewes. the Barons brake into the Iewes houses, rifled their coffers, and with the stone of their houses, repaired the gates and wals of London.

King Henry the third, in the eleventh of his reigne, Charta II. of Hen. 3. Hen 3. excheted the lands and goods of the Iewes. granted to Semaine or Ballaster, the house of Benomye Mittun the Jew, in the Parish of S. Michael Bassinghanghe, in which the said Benomye dwelt, with the fourth part of all his Land in that Parish, which William Elie held of the fee of Hugh Nevell, and all the land in Coleman street, belonging to the said Benomye, and the fourth part of the land in the Parish of S. Laurence, which was the fee of Thomas Buckerell, and were excheted Coleman ſtreet Ward. excheted to the King for the murther which the said Benomye committed in the Citie of London, to hold to the said Semaine, and his heires, of the King, praying at Easter a paire of gilt Spurres, and to doe the service thereof due unto the Lords Court.

In like manner, and for like services, the King granted to Guso for his homage, the other part of the Lands of the said Benomye in S. Michaels Parish, which Law the Painter held, and was the Kings Exchete; and the Lands of the said Benomye, in the said Parish, which Walter Turner held, and 15. foot of Land which Hugh Harman held, with 15. iron Ells of Land, and an halfe, in the front of Ironmonger lane, in the Parish of S. Martin, which were the said Benomyes, of the see of the Hospitall of S. Giles, and which Adam the Smith held, with 2. stone houses, which were Moses the Jew of Canturbury, in the Parish of S. Olave, and which are of the fee of Arnold le Reus, and are the Kings Exchetes, as aforesaid.

The 16. of the said Henry, The Iews builded them a Synagogue in London. the Iewes in London builded a Synagogue, but the King commanded it should be dedicated to our blessed Lady, and after gave it to the Brethren of S. Anthonie of Vienna, and so was it called S. Anthonies Hospitall.

This King Henry founded a Church and house for converted Iewes, Hen. the 3. founded an house for converted Iewes. in a new street by the Temple, whereby it came to passe, that (in short time) there was gathered a great number of Converts.

The 20. of this King Henry, seven Iewes were brought from Norwich, Iews stale a child and circūcised him, and minded to have crucified him. which had stolne a Christned child, had circumcised, and minded to have crucified him at Easter, wherefore their bodies and goods were at the Kings pleasure. The 26. the Iewes were constrained to pay to the King 20000. Markes, at two termes in the yeere, or else to be kept in perpetuall prison.

The 35. he taketh inestimable sums of money of all rich men; Hen. 3. exacteth money of the Iewes. namely, of Aaron, a Iew borne at Yorke, 14000. marks for himselfe, and tenne thousand marks for the Queene, and before, he had taken of the same Iew as much, as in all amounted to 30000. markes of silver, and two hundred markes of gold to the Queene.

In the 40. yeere were brought up to Westminster 202. Iewes from Lincolne, Iewes hanged for crucifying of a child. for crucifying a child, named Hugh, 18. of them were hanged.

The 43. a Iew at Tewkesburie fell into a Privie on the Saturday, and would not that day be taken out, for reverence of his Sabbath; wherfore Richard Clare, Earle of Glocester, kept him there till Munday, that he was dead.

The 47. the Barons slew of the Iewes at London, 700. Iewes slaine at London. 700. the rest were spoiled, and their Synagogue defaced, because one Iew would have forced a Christian to have paid more than 2. s. for the lone of 20. s. a weeke.

The third of Edward the first,Vsury forbidden. in a Parliament at London, vsurie was forbidden to the Iewes: and that all Vsurers might be knowne, the King commanded that every Vsurer should weare a Table on his brest, the breath of a paveline, or else to avoid the Realm.

The sixth of the said King Edward, a reformation was made for clipping of the Kings Coyne; for which offence, 267. Iewes were drawne and hanged;English Iewes hanged. three were English Christians, and other were English Iewes.

The same yeere the Iewes crucified a childe at Northampton, Iews hanged at London, for crucifying a child at Northampton. for the which fact, many Iewes at London were drawn at horse tayles and hanged.

The eleventh of Edward the first, Iohn Perkham, Archbishop of Canturburie, commanded the Bishop of London to destroy all the Iewes Synagogues in his Dioces.

The 16. of the said Edward, All the Iewes in England apprehēded & redeemed for money. all the Iewes in England, were (in one day) apprehended by precept from the King, but they redeemed themselves for 12. thousand pounds of silver; notwithstanding in the 19. of his reigne he banished them all out of England, giving them onely to beare their charge till they were out of his Realme: the number of Iewes then expulsed, were 15060. persons. All the Iewes banished this Realme. The King made a mighty masse of money of their houses, which he sold, and yet the Commons of England had granted, and gave him a fifteenth of all their goods, to banish them. And thus much for the Iewes.

Coleman ſtreet Ward. In this street called the Old Iewrie, Parish Church of S. Olave Vpwell in the Iewrie. is a proper Parish Church of S. Olave Vpwell, so called in Record, 1320. Iohn Brian, Parson of Saint Olave Vpwell, in the Iewry, founded there a Chauntry, and gave two messuages to that Parish,A Well was under the East end of this Church, late turned to a Pump, but decayed. the 16. of Edward the second, and was by the said King confirmed. In this Church, to the commendation of the Parsons and Parishioners, the Monuments of the dead remaine lesse defaced than in many other. First, of William Dikman, Fereno, or Ironmonger, one of the Sheriffes of London, 1367. Robert Havelocke, Ironmonger, 1390. Iohn Organ, Mercer, one of the Sheriffes, 1385. Iohn Forrest, Vicar of Saint Olaves, and of Saint Stephen, which at that time was as a Chappell annexed to S. Olave, 1399. Henry Friole, Taylor, 1400. Thomas Morsted, Esquire, Chirurgian to Henry the fourth, fifth, and sixth, one of the Sheriffes, 1436.

He builded a faire new Ile, to the inlargement of this Church, on the north side therof, wherein hee lyeth buried, 1450. Adam Breakspeare, Chaplaine, 1411. William Kirkbie, Mercer, 1465. Robert Large, Mercer, Maior, 1440. He gave to that Church 200. l’. Iohn Belwin, Founder, 1467. Gabriel Rave, Fuller, 1511. Wentworth, Esquire, 1510. Thomas Michell, Ironmonger, 1527. Giles Dewes, servant to Henry the seventh, and to Henry the eighth, Clerke of their Libraries, and Schoolemaster for the French tongue to Prince Arthur, and to the Lady Mary, 1535. Edmond Burlacy, 1583. Iohn Brian.