Survey of London: Cripplegate Ward
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THe Next ward is called of Criplesgate,
and con
sisteth of diuers streetes and lanes, lying aswell without the gate and wall of the citie, as with in: for first within the wall on the east parte thereof, towardes the north it runneth to the west side of Bassinges hal ward: and towards the south it ioyneth to the warde of Cheape, it beginneth at the west ende of S. Lawrence church, in the Iury, on the north side and runneth west to a Pump, where sometime was a well, with two Bucketes, at the south corner of Aldermanbury streete, which streete runneth downe north to Gay spurre lane, and so to London wall, which streete and lane are wholy on both sides of this warde, and so bee some few houses on both the sides from Gay spurre lane, by and against the wall of the citie, east to the Grates made for the Watercourse of the channels, and west to Criples gate. Now on the south side from ouer against the west end of S. Lawrence church, to the Pumpe, and then vp Milke streete, south vnto Cheape, which Milkestreete, is wholy on both the sides of Cripplegate warde, as also without the South
darde to the Crosse, is all of Cripplegate warde. Then downe greate Woodstreete, which is wholy of this warde on both the sides thereof, so is little Woodstreete which runneth downe to Cripplegate.
sisteth of diuers streetes and lanes, lying aswell without the gate and wall of the citie, as with in: for first within the wall on the east parte thereof, towardes the north it runneth to the west side of Bassinges hal ward: and towards the south it ioyneth to the warde of Cheape, it beginneth at the west ende of S. Lawrence church, in the Iury, on the north side and runneth west to a Pump, where sometime was a well, with two Bucketes, at the south corner of Aldermanbury streete, which streete runneth downe north to Gay spurre lane, and so to London wall, which streete and lane are wholy on both sides of this warde, and so bee some few houses on both the sides from Gay spurre lane, by and against the wall of the citie, east to the Grates made for the Watercourse of the channels, and west to Criples gate. Now on the south side from ouer against the west end of S. Lawrence church, to the Pumpe, and then vp Milke streete, south vnto Cheape, which Milkestreete, is wholy on both the sides of Cripplegate warde, as also without the South
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end of Milkestreete, a part of west
Cheape, to wit from the standarde to the Crosse, is all of Cripplegate warde. Then downe greate Woodstreete, which is wholy of this warde on both the sides thereof, so is little Woodstreete which runneth downe to Cripplegate.
Out of this Woodstreete be diuers lanes, namely on
the east side is Lad lane, which runneth east to
Milkestreete corner, down lower in Woodstreete is Loue
lane, which lyeth by the south side of S. Albons
church in Woodstreete, and runneth downe to the Conduite in Aldermanbury stréete. Lower downe in Woode
streete is Addlestreete, out of the which runneth Phillippe lane, downe to London wall. These be the lanes on the east side.
streete is Addlestreete, out of the which runneth Phillippe lane, downe to London wall. These be the lanes on the east side.
On the west side of Woodestreete is Hugen lane by the south side of S. Michæls church, and goeth through to Guthuruns lane. Then lower is Maiden lane, which runneth west to the North end of Guthurouns lane, and vp to the said lane on the east
side thereof, till against Kery lane, and backe
againe: then the saide Maiden lane, on the north
side goeth vp to Stayning lane, and vp a part
thereof on the east side, to the farthest north part of Haber
dashers hall, and backe againe to Woodstreete, and there lower downe is Siluer streete, which is of this warde, till yee come to the east end of S. Oliues church, on the south side, and to Munkes well streete on the north side, then downe the saide Munkes well streete on the East side thereof, and so to Criples gate, doe make the bounds of this warde, within the walles.
dashers hall, and backe againe to Woodstreete, and there lower downe is Siluer streete, which is of this warde, till yee come to the east end of S. Oliues church, on the south side, and to Munkes well streete on the north side, then downe the saide Munkes well streete on the East side thereof, and so to Criples gate, doe make the bounds of this warde, within the walles.
Without Cripplegate, Forestreete runneth thwart
before the gate, from against the North side of S.
Giles church, along to More lane end,
and to a Posterne lane ende that runneth betwixt the
Towne ditch on the south, and certaine gardens on the
North almost to Moregate, at the east of which lane
is a pat-makers house, which house with all other the gardens, houses, and Allies
on that side the Morefieldes, till yee come to a
Bridge and Cow
house neare vnto Fensbery Court is all of Criplegate ward: then to turn backe again through the said Posterne lane to More lane, which More lane with all the Allies and buildinges there, is of this warde, after that is Grubstreete, more then halfe thereof to the straightning of the streete, next is Whitecrosse streete, vp to the end of Bech lane, and then Redcrosse streete wholy, with a
der.
house neare vnto Fensbery Court is all of Criplegate ward: then to turn backe again through the said Posterne lane to More lane, which More lane with all the Allies and buildinges there, is of this warde, after that is Grubstreete, more then halfe thereof to the straightning of the streete, next is Whitecrosse streete, vp to the end of Bech lane, and then Redcrosse streete wholy, with a
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parte of
Goldinglane, euen to the Posts there placed, as a
hounder.
Then is Bech lane before spoken of, on the east side
of the Red crosse, and the Barbican streete, more then halfe thereof, towarde Aldersgate streete, and so haue you all the boundes of
Criplegate warde without the walles.
Now for Antiquities and Ornamentes in this warde, meete to be noted: I finde first
at the meeting of the corners of the olde Iury, Milkestreete, Lad lane,
and Aldermanbury, there was of olde time a fayre
well with two buckets, of late yeares conuerted to a Pumpe,
nued & the courts of the Maior & Aldermen were continually hol
den there vntil the new Bery court or Guild hal that now is was builded and finished, which hall was first begun to be founded in ye yeare 1411. and was not fully finished in 20. yeares after, I my
selfe haue seene the ruines of the old Court hall in Aldermanbury street which of late hath been imployed as a Carpenters yard &c.
A pumpe at the corner of Aldermanbury streete.
how Aldermanbury
streete tooke that name, manie fables haue beene bruted, all which I
ouerpasse as not worthy the accounting, but to be short and plaine, I say that
this streete tooke the name of Aldermans bury (which is to say a court) there kept
in their Bery, or Court hall, now called the
Guildehall, which hall of olde time
stoode on the East side of the same streete not far from the west end of Guild hall now vsed. Touching the antiquitie of this
old Aldermans bery or court, I haue not read other then that Richarde
Renery one of the Sheriffes of London, in the first of Richarde the
first, which was in the yeare of Christ
1189. gaue to the church of S. Mary
at Osney,
by Oxforde,
certaine ground and rents in Aldermanbury of
London, as appeareth by the Register of that Church, and is
also entred in the Hoistinges of the Guild hall in
London: this old Bery court or hal continued & the courts of the Maior & Aldermen were continually hol
den there vntil the new Bery court or Guild hal that now is was builded and finished, which hall was first begun to be founded in ye yeare 1411. and was not fully finished in 20. yeares after, I my
selfe haue seene the ruines of the old Court hall in Aldermanbury street which of late hath been imployed as a Carpenters yard &c.
In this Aldermanbury streete bee diuers fayre houses
on both the sides, meete for marchantes or men of Worship, and in the middest
thereof is a fayre conduite made at the charges of VVil
liam Eastfielde, sometime Maior, who tooke order aswell for water to be conueyed, from Teyborne, and for the building of this Conduite not far distant from his dwelling house, as also for a Standarde of sweet water, to be erected in Fleetestreete, all which was don by his executors, as in another place I haue shewed
ther, for the same is light and somewhat porie and spongie. This bone is said to bee found amongst the bones of men remoued from the charnell house of Paules, or rather from the Cloyster of Pauls church, of both which reports I haue some doubt, for that the late Reyne Wolfe
uer it came) being of a man, as the forme sheweth) must needes bee monstrous, and more then after the proportion of fiue shanke bones of any man now liuing amongst vs. There lie buried in this church Simon Winchcombe Esquire 1391. Robert Combar
ton 1422. Iohn Wheatly Mercer 1428. Sir William Estfild, Knight of the Bathe Mayor, 1438. a great benefactor to that church vnder a faire monument, he also builded their stéeple, chan
ged their old bels into 5. tunable bels, & gaue one hundred pounds to other workes of that church. Moreouer he caused the Conduit in Aldermanbery which he had begun to be performed at his char
ges, and water to be conueighed by pypes of leade from Tyborne to Fléetestréete, as I haue said. And also from high Berie to the parish of S. Giles without Criplegate, where the inhabitantes of those parts incastellated the same in sufficient cesternes. Iohn Mi
dleton Mercer Mayor 1472. Iohn Tomes Draper 1486. Wil
liam Bucke Taylor 1501. Sir William Browne Mayor 1507 Dame Margaret Ienings wife to Stephen Ieninges Mayor 1515. A widow named Starkey, somtime wife to Modie, Raffe Woodcocke Grocer, one of the Sheriffes 1586. Dame Mary Gresham wife to Sir Iohn Gresham 1538. Thomas Godfrey
don walle, as is afore shewed. In this, at the North end thereof was of old time a house of Nunnes, which house being in great decay, William Elsing Mercer in the yeare of Christ 1329. the 3. of Edward the 3. began in place thereof, the foundation of an Ho
spitall, for sustentation of 100. blind men, towardes the erection whereof, he gaue his two houses in the parishes of S. Alphage and our blessed Ladie in Aldermanberie neere Criplegate, obtaining first the Kinges licence of Mortmaine, vnder the great seale of England. This house was after called a priorie or Hospitall of S. Mary the Uirgin founded in the yeare 1332. by V V. Elsing, for Canons Regular: the which W. Becam the first Prior there, Ro
bert Elsing son to the said W. gaue to the said Hospitall 12. £. by the yeare for the finding of 3. priests, he also gaue 100. s̃. towards the inclosing of the New churchyard without Aldegate
rendered the xi. of May, the xxij. of Henry the eight.
liam Eastfielde, sometime Maior, who tooke order aswell for water to be conueyed, from Teyborne, and for the building of this Conduite not far distant from his dwelling house, as also for a Standarde of sweet water, to be erected in Fleetestreete, all which was don by his executors, as in another place I haue shewed
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Then is
the parish Church of S. Mary
Aldermanberie,
Parish church of S. Mary Al
dermanbury.
a fayre Church with a
churchyard, and cloister adioyning, in the which cloyster is hanged and fastened a
shanke bone of a man
dermanbury.
Shanke bone of a man 28.
inches and a halfe long.
(as is said) very great, and larger by thrée
inches and a halfe then that which hangeth in S.
Laurence church in the Iurie, for it is in length 28 inches and a
halfe of assise, but not so hard and stéele like as the other, for the same is light and somewhat porie and spongie. This bone is said to bee found amongst the bones of men remoued from the charnell house of Paules, or rather from the Cloyster of Pauls church, of both which reports I haue some doubt, for that the late Reyne Wolfe
Reyne Wolfe a graue anti
quarie, collec
ted the great Chronicles increased, and published by his executors.
Stationer (who paid for the cariage of those bones from the charnell to the
Morefields) told me of some thousands of Carrie loades and more to be conueighed,
whereof hee wondred, but neuer tolde mee of any such bone in eyther place to be
founde, neither would the same haue béene easily gotten from him if he had heard
thereof, except he had reserued the like for himselfe, being one of the greatest
serchers, and preseruers of antiquities in those parts for his time. True it is
that this bone, (from whence soequarie, collec
ted the great Chronicles increased, and published by his executors.
uer it came) being of a man, as the forme sheweth) must needes bee monstrous, and more then after the proportion of fiue shanke bones of any man now liuing amongst vs. There lie buried in this church Simon Winchcombe Esquire 1391. Robert Combar
ton 1422. Iohn Wheatly Mercer 1428. Sir William Estfild, Knight of the Bathe Mayor, 1438. a great benefactor to that church vnder a faire monument, he also builded their stéeple, chan
ged their old bels into 5. tunable bels, & gaue one hundred pounds to other workes of that church. Moreouer he caused the Conduit in Aldermanbery which he had begun to be performed at his char
ges, and water to be conueighed by pypes of leade from Tyborne to Fléetestréete, as I haue said. And also from high Berie to the parish of S. Giles without Criplegate, where the inhabitantes of those parts incastellated the same in sufficient cesternes. Iohn Mi
dleton Mercer Mayor 1472. Iohn Tomes Draper 1486. Wil
liam Bucke Taylor 1501. Sir William Browne Mayor 1507 Dame Margaret Ienings wife to Stephen Ieninges Mayor 1515. A widow named Starkey, somtime wife to Modie, Raffe Woodcocke Grocer, one of the Sheriffes 1586. Dame Mary Gresham wife to Sir Iohn Gresham 1538. Thomas Godfrey
Remem-
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Remembrancer of the Office of the first fruites, 1577. Beneath this
church haue ye Gay spur lane,
which
runneth down to London walle, as is afore shewed. In this, at the North end thereof was of old time a house of Nunnes, which house being in great decay, William Elsing Mercer in the yeare of Christ 1329. the 3. of Edward the 3. began in place thereof, the foundation of an Ho
spitall, for sustentation of 100. blind men, towardes the erection whereof, he gaue his two houses in the parishes of S. Alphage and our blessed Ladie in Aldermanberie neere Criplegate, obtaining first the Kinges licence of Mortmaine, vnder the great seale of England. This house was after called a priorie or Hospitall of S. Mary the Uirgin founded in the yeare 1332. by V V. Elsing, for Canons Regular: the which W. Becam the first Prior there, Ro
bert Elsing son to the said W. gaue to the said Hospitall 12. £. by the yeare for the finding of 3. priests, he also gaue 100. s̃. towards the inclosing of the New churchyard without Aldegate
Charterhouse churchyard
without Al
dersgat, & one othet the like without Ald
gate.
and 100.s̃.
to the inclosing of the New-churchyard without Aldersgate, to Thomas
Elsing his sonne 80.l. the rest of his goods to be sold, and giuen to the
poore. This house valued 193.l. 15. s̃. 5.ď was surdersgat, & one othet the like without Ald
gate.
rendered the xi. of May, the xxij. of Henry the eight.
The monumentes that were in this church defaced. Tho
mas Cheney sonne to William Cheney, Thomas, Iohn and William Cheney, Iohn Northampton Drayer Mayor 1381. Edmond Hungerford, Henry Frowike, Ioan daughter to Sir Hilliam Cheney, wife to William Stokes, Robert Eldarbroke Esquire 1460. Dame Ioan Ratcliffe, William Fowler, William Kingstone, Thomas Swineley & Helen his wife &c. The princi
pall Ile of this church was pulled down, and a frame of foure hou
ses set vp in the place: the other part of this church was conuerted into a parish church of S. Alphage,
mas Cheney sonne to William Cheney, Thomas, Iohn and William Cheney, Iohn Northampton Drayer Mayor 1381. Edmond Hungerford, Henry Frowike, Ioan daughter to Sir Hilliam Cheney, wife to William Stokes, Robert Eldarbroke Esquire 1460. Dame Ioan Ratcliffe, William Fowler, William Kingstone, Thomas Swineley & Helen his wife &c. The princi
pall Ile of this church was pulled down, and a frame of foure hou
ses set vp in the place: the other part of this church was conuerted into a parish church of S. Alphage,
Parish church of S. Alphage
and the parish church
which stoode neare vnto the wall of the Cittie by Criplesgate was pulled downe and the plot thereof was made a Carpenters
yarde, with sawe pittes. The Hospitall it selfe, the Prior, and chanons house with
other lodginges, were made a dwelling house, the church yard is a garden plotte,
and a faire gallerie on the cloister: the lodgings for the poore are translated
into stabling for horses.
Elsing
Spittle
burned.
In the yeare 1541. Sir Iohn Williams maister of the
kinges Iewels, dwelling in this house on Chrismas euen at night, about
ming it, was séene all the citie ouer, and was hardely quenched, whereby many of the kings Iewels were burned, and more imbe
seled (as was said). The Lord William of Thame was buried in this church, and so was his successor in that house, Sir Rowland Heyward Mayor &c. Now to returne to Milkestréete, so called of milke sold there (as is supposed) there be many faire houses for wealthy merchants, & other: amongst the which I read that Gre
gorie Rokesley chiefe say maister of the kings mints, and Mayor of London in the yeare 1275.
stréet, in an house belonging to the priorie of Lewes in Sussex wherof he was tenant at wil paying xx.s̃. by the yere without be
ing bounden to rerparations or other charge: such were the rents of those times. In this Milkestreet is a small parish church of S. Mary Magdaline, which hath of late yeares beene repaired, Wil
liam Browne Mayor, 1513. gaue to this church 40. pound, and was buried there, Thomas Exmew Mayor 1528. gaue 40. l. and was buried there, so was Iohn Mitford one of the Sheriffes, 1375. Iohn Olney Mayor 1475. Richard Rawson one of the Sherifs, 1476. Henry Kelsey, Sir Iohn Browne Mayor 1497 Thomas Muschampe one of the Sherifs, 1463. Sir William Cantilo Knight, Mercer 1462. Henry Cantlow Mercer mer
chant of the Staple, who builded a chappell and was buried there
in 1495. Iohn West Mercer Alderman 1517. Iohn Machel Al
derman 1558. Thomas Skinner Clothworker Mayor 1596.
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seuen of
the clocke, a great fire began in the gallerie thereof, which burned so sore, that
the flame fiering the whole house and consuming it, was séene all the citie ouer, and was hardely quenched, whereby many of the kings Iewels were burned, and more imbe
seled (as was said). The Lord William of Thame was buried in this church, and so was his successor in that house, Sir Rowland Heyward Mayor &c. Now to returne to Milkestréete, so called of milke sold there (as is supposed) there be many faire houses for wealthy merchants, & other: amongst the which I read that Gre
gorie Rokesley chiefe say maister of the kings mints, and Mayor of London in the yeare 1275.
Gregory Rokesley Mai
or of London his house rent xx.shillings the yeare. Parish church of S Mary Magdalen.
the third of Edwarde the first (in which office he continued 7. yeares together) dwelled in this
milkor of London his house rent xx.shillings the yeare. Parish church of S Mary Magdalen.
stréet, in an house belonging to the priorie of Lewes in Sussex wherof he was tenant at wil paying xx.s̃. by the yere without be
ing bounden to rerparations or other charge: such were the rents of those times. In this Milkestreet is a small parish church of S. Mary Magdaline, which hath of late yeares beene repaired, Wil
liam Browne Mayor, 1513. gaue to this church 40. pound, and was buried there, Thomas Exmew Mayor 1528. gaue 40. l. and was buried there, so was Iohn Mitford one of the Sheriffes, 1375. Iohn Olney Mayor 1475. Richard Rawson one of the Sherifs, 1476. Henry Kelsey, Sir Iohn Browne Mayor 1497 Thomas Muschampe one of the Sherifs, 1463. Sir William Cantilo Knight, Mercer 1462. Henry Cantlow Mercer mer
chant of the Staple, who builded a chappell and was buried there
in 1495. Iohn West Mercer Alderman 1517. Iohn Machel Al
derman 1558. Thomas Skinner Clothworker Mayor 1596.
Then next to this is Woodstréet,
by what
reason so called I know not, true it is that of old time according to a decrée
made in the raigne of Richard the first, the houses in London were builded of stone for defence
of fire, which kind of building was vsed for 200. yeares or more, but of later
time for the winning of ground those houses haue béene taken down, and houses of
timber set vp in place. It séemeth therefore that this stréet hath béene of the
later building, all of timber, (for not one house of stone hath béene knowne
there) and therefore called Woodstréet, otherwise it
might take the name of some builder or owner thereof.
Thomas Wood one of the Sheriffes in the yeare 1491. dwel
led
sion. After the battaile the bodie of the said King being founde, was closed in lead, and conueyed from thence to London, and so to the Monasterie of Sheyne in Surrey, where it remained for a time, in what order I am not certaine: but since the dissoluti
on of that house, in the raigne of Edward the sixt , Henry Gray Duke of Suffolke, being lodged and kéeping house there: I haue béene shewed the same bodie so lapped in lead, close of the head and bodie, throwne into a waste roome, amongst the old timber, leade, and other rubble. Since the which time workemen there for their foolish pleasure hewed off his head: and Launcelot Young at this present mayster Glasier to her Maiestie, féeling a swéet sa
uour to come from thence, and séeing the same dryed from all moi
sture, and yet the forme remayning, with the hayre of the heade, and beard red, brought it to London to his house in Woodstréet, where for a time he kept it for the swéetnesse, but in the end caused the Sexton of that church to burie it amongst other bones, taken out of their charnell &c. I reade in diuers Recordes of a house in Woodstréet then called Blacke Hall, but no man at this day can tell thereof.
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was father
to my louing friend William Lambarde Esquire, well knowne by sundry
learned bookes that he hath published. Iohn Medley Chamberlain of
London, Iohn Marsh Esquire Mercer and common Sergeant of
London &c. There is also (but without any outward monument) the
head of Iames the fift king of Scots of that name, slaine at Flodden
field, and buried here by this occasion. After the battaile the bodie of the said King being founde, was closed in lead, and conueyed from thence to London, and so to the Monasterie of Sheyne in Surrey, where it remained for a time, in what order I am not certaine: but since the dissoluti
on of that house, in the raigne of Edward the sixt , Henry Gray Duke of Suffolke, being lodged and kéeping house there: I haue béene shewed the same bodie so lapped in lead, close of the head and bodie, throwne into a waste roome, amongst the old timber, leade, and other rubble. Since the which time workemen there for their foolish pleasure hewed off his head: and Launcelot Young at this present mayster Glasier to her Maiestie, féeling a swéet sa
uour to come from thence, and séeing the same dryed from all moi
sture, and yet the forme remayning, with the hayre of the heade, and beard red, brought it to London to his house in Woodstréet, where for a time he kept it for the swéetnesse, but in the end caused the Sexton of that church to burie it amongst other bones, taken out of their charnell &c. I reade in diuers Recordes of a house in Woodstréet then called Blacke Hall, but no man at this day can tell thereof.
On the North side of this S. Michæls church
is Mayden lane, now so called, but of old time Ingenelane, or Inglane.
In this lane
the Waxchandlers haue their common hall on the south side thereof:
and the Haberdashers haue their like Hall on the North side at Staning lane end.
This company of the Haberdashers,
or Hurrers of old time so called, were incorporated a
brotherhoode of S. Katherine, the 26. of Henry the sixt, and so confirmed by Henry the seuenth the 17. of his raigne, the
Cappers and Hat Mer
chants or Hurrers being one company of Haberdashers.
chants or Hurrers being one company of Haberdashers.
Downe lower in Woodstréet is Siluerstreete (I thinke of sil
uer smithes dwelling there) in which be diuers faire houses, and on the North side thereof is Monkes well street, so called of a well at the North end therof, where the Abbot of Garendon had an house
uer smithes dwelling there) in which be diuers faire houses, and on the North side thereof is Monkes well street, so called of a well at the North end therof, where the Abbot of Garendon had an house
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or Cell
called S. Iames in the wall by Criplesgate,
and certaine Monkes of their house were the Chaplens there, wherefore the well
(belonging to that Cell or Hermitage) was called Monkes well, and the stréet, of
the well, Monkes well street.
The East side of this streete downe against London wall, and the South side thereof to Criplesgate bee of Criplesgate
ward, as is afore shewed. In this street by the corner of Monks well
street is the Bowyers Hall.
Boyers hall.
On the said East side of Monks well street be proper Almes houses
Almes houses in Monks well
streetes.
12. in number founded by Sir Ambrose
Nicholas Salter Mayor 1575. wherein be placed 12. poore and aged people
rent free, hauing each of them vij. pence the wéeke, and once the yeare each of
them fiue sacks of: Charcoales, and one quarter of an hundreth of Faggots of
hisgift for euer.
Then in little Woodstreet
Almes cham
bers in little Woodstreet.
be 7. proper
Chambers in an Alley on the west side, founded for seuen poore people therein to
dwel rent free, by Henry Barton Skinner Mayor, 1416. Thus much for the
Monuments of this ward within the walles.
bers in little Woodstreet.
Now without the Posterne of Criplesgate,
first is the parish church of S. Giles, a very faire and large
church lately repaired af
ter yt the same was burned, in the yeare 1545. the 37. of Henry the 8. by which mischance the monuments of the dead in this church are very few: notwithstanding I haue read of these following to be buried there, to wit, Elianor wife to Iohn Writh Esquire, daughter to Thomas Arnald Esquire, sister and heir to Richard Arnald Esquire, Iohn her sonne and heyre, Margaret VVrith her daughter, Iohn Brigget, Thomas Ruston, Gentleman, Iohn Talbot Esquire, and Katherine his wife, Thomas Warfle, and Isabel his wife, Thomas Lucie Gentleman 1447. Raph Roch
ford Knight 1439. Edm1ond Water Esquire, Elizabeth wife to Richarde Barnes, sister and heire to Richarde Malgraue E
squire of Essex, Richard Gowre Esquire Iohn Gowre Esquire, Frauncis Baromi of Millaine 1546. Sir Henry Grey Knight, sonne and heire to Geroge Grey Earle of Kent, 1562. Reginald Grey Earle of Kent, Richard Choppin Tallow Chandler one of the Sheriffes 1530. Iohn Hamber Esquire 1573. Thomas Hanley alias Clarenciaux, Herrald of Armes, Thomas Busby Cooper who gaue the Quéenes head Tauerne to the reliefe of the
ter yt the same was burned, in the yeare 1545. the 37. of Henry the 8. by which mischance the monuments of the dead in this church are very few: notwithstanding I haue read of these following to be buried there, to wit, Elianor wife to Iohn Writh Esquire, daughter to Thomas Arnald Esquire, sister and heir to Richard Arnald Esquire, Iohn her sonne and heyre, Margaret VVrith her daughter, Iohn Brigget, Thomas Ruston, Gentleman, Iohn Talbot Esquire, and Katherine his wife, Thomas Warfle, and Isabel his wife, Thomas Lucie Gentleman 1447. Raph Roch
ford Knight 1439. Edm1ond Water Esquire, Elizabeth wife to Richarde Barnes, sister and heire to Richarde Malgraue E
squire of Essex, Richard Gowre Esquire Iohn Gowre Esquire, Frauncis Baromi of Millaine 1546. Sir Henry Grey Knight, sonne and heire to Geroge Grey Earle of Kent, 1562. Reginald Grey Earle of Kent, Richard Choppin Tallow Chandler one of the Sheriffes 1530. Iohn Hamber Esquire 1573. Thomas Hanley alias Clarenciaux, Herrald of Armes, Thomas Busby Cooper who gaue the Quéenes head Tauerne to the reliefe of the
poore
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poore in
ye parish 1575. Iohn Whelar Goldsmith 1575.
William Bolene Phisition 1587. Williā Bolene
1575. Richard Bolene 1563. Robert
Crowley Uicker and Preacher there: all these foure vnder one olde stone in
the Quire, the learned Iohn Fox writer of the Actes and Monuments of the
English Church 1587. The skilfull Robert Glouer alias
Sommerset Herralde, 1588.
There was in this church of old time a fraternitie or brother
hood
hood
Brotherhood in S. Giles Church.
of our blessed Ladie, or
Corpus Christi, and Saynt Gyles founded by Iohn
Belancer in the raigne of Edwarde the thirde, the 35. yeare of his
raigne.
Some smal distance from the East end of this church is a water Conduit,
brought in
pipes of Leade frō Higberie by Iohn Mid
dleton one of the executors to Sir William Eastfielde, and of his goods, the inhabitantes adioyning castilated it of their owne costes and charges, about the yeare 1483.
dleton one of the executors to Sir William Eastfielde, and of his goods, the inhabitantes adioyning castilated it of their owne costes and charges, about the yeare 1483.
There was also a Bosse of cleare water, in the wall of the churchyard,
made at the charges of Richard Whittington some
times Mayor, and was like to that of Belingsgate: of late the same was turned into an euill pumpe, and so is cleane decayed.
times Mayor, and was like to that of Belingsgate: of late the same was turned into an euill pumpe, and so is cleane decayed.
There was also a fayre Poole
uer with hard stone, and staires of stone to go downe to the spring, on the banke of the towne ditch: and this was also done of the goods, and by the executors of Richard Whittington.
Poole of spring
water.
of cleare water neare vnto the Parsonage, on the west side
thereof, which was filled vp, in the raigne of Henry the sixt, the spring was coaped in, and arched
ouer with hard stone, and staires of stone to go downe to the spring, on the banke of the towne ditch: and this was also done of the goods, and by the executors of Richard Whittington.
In Whitecrosse stréete
King Henry the fift builded one fayre house, and founded there a
brotherhoode of Saynt Giles,
to bee kept, which house had sometime beene an Hospitall
of the French order,
& being
suppressed, the lands were giuen to the brotherhood for reliefe of the poore, One
alley of diuers tenements ouer against the north wal of S. Giles churchyard, was appointed to the almes houses for
the poore, wherein they dwelled rent frée, and otherwise were relieued: but the
said brotherhood was suppressed by Henry the eight, since which time
Sir Iohn Gresham Mayor purchased the landes thereof, and gaue it to the
maintenance of a frée schoole, which he had founded at Holt, a market towne in
Norfolke.
In
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In Red Crosse stréeteRed Crosse streete. Libar S. Bu
tolphe.
on the West
side, from Saint Gyles Church yard, vp to
the said Crosse, be many faire houses builded outward, with diuers Alleyes turning
into a large plot of ground, of olde time called the Iewes Garden:
tolphe.
The Iewes Gardaine, or place to bury their dead.
as
being the onely place appointed them in England, wherin to bury their dead: till
the yeare 1177. the 24. of Henry the second, that it was permitted to them (after
long sute to the King, and Parliament at Oxford) to haue a speciall place
assigned them in euery quarter where they dwelled.
This plot of ground remained to the said Iewes, til the time of their finall
banishment out of England, and is now turned into faire gar
den plots and sommer houses for pleasure.
den plots and sommer houses for pleasure.
On the East side of this Red Crosse stréete, be also
diuers faire houses, vp to the Crosse. And there is Béech
Lane,
peraduenture so called of Nicholas de la Beeche,
Lieutenant of the Tower of Lon
don, and put out of that Office in the 13. of Edward the third. This Lane stretcheth from the Red Crosse stréete, to white Crosse stréete, and is replenished, not with Béech Trées, but with beautifull hou
ses, of stone, brick, and timber. Amongst the which, was of old time, a great house pertaining to the Abbot of Ramsey,
don, and put out of that Office in the 13. of Edward the third. This Lane stretcheth from the Red Crosse stréete, to white Crosse stréete, and is replenished, not with Béech Trées, but with beautifull hou
ses, of stone, brick, and timber. Amongst the which, was of old time, a great house pertaining to the Abbot of Ramsey,
The Abbot of Ramsey his Inne.
for his
lodging when he repaired to the Cittie: It is now called Drewry
house, of Sir Drewe Drewry, a worshipfull
owner thereof.
On the North side of this Béech Lane, towards White Crosse stréet, the Drapers of
London haue lately builded 8. Almes houses
of brick and timber, for 8. poore Widowes of their owne
Company, whom they haue placed there Rent frée, according to the gift of the
Ladie Askewe, Widowe to Sir Christopher Askewe sometime Draper and
Maior. 1533.
Then in Golding Lane be also Almes houses,
mas Hayes Chamberlaine of London, in the latter time of Henry the eight, he left faire lands about Iseldonne, to maintaine his foun
dation: Maister Ironmonger hath the Order of them.
Golding Lane Almes houses
there.
13. in number, and
so many poore people placed in them Rent free, and euery one hath two pence by the
wéeke for euer. Of the foundation of Thomas Hayes Chamberlaine of London, in the latter time of Henry the eight, he left faire lands about Iseldonne, to maintaine his foun
dation: Maister Ironmonger hath the Order of them.
On the West side of the Red Crosse, is a stréet
called the Barbican, because sometime there stood on
the North side therof, a Burgh-Ke
ning
bican, as a bikening is called a Becon: this Brugh-Kening was by
regrine Bartie, Lord VVilloughby of Ersby.
ning
Burgh Ke
ning or Bar
bican.
or Watch Tower of the citie, called in some language a
Barning or Bar
bican.
bican, as a bikening is called a Becon: this Brugh-Kening was by
the
R
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the name
of the Manner of Base court, was giuen by
Edward the 3. to Robert Vfford Earle of Suffolke,
and is now pertaining to Peregrine Bartie, Lord VVilloughby of Ersby.
Next adioyning to this, is one other great house, called Gar
terhouse, sometime builded by Sir Thomas VVrithe, (or VVri
thesley) knight, Alias Garter, principall King of Armes, second son of Syr Iohn VVrithe knight, Alias Garter, and was vnckle to the first Thomas Earle of Southampton Knight of the Gartar, and Chancelor of England: he built this house, and in the top thereof, a Chapel, which he dedicated by the name of S. Trinitatis in Alto. Thus much for that part of Criplegate Warde without the wall, wherof more shalbe, spoken in the subburbe of that part. This Ward hath an Alderman & his Deputie within the gate. Common Coun
saile eight. Constables nine. Skauengers twelue. For Wardmote Inqueast ffftéene, and a Beadle.
terhouse, sometime builded by Sir Thomas VVrithe, (or VVri
thesley) knight, Alias Garter, principall King of Armes, second son of Syr Iohn VVrithe knight, Alias Garter, and was vnckle to the first Thomas Earle of Southampton Knight of the Gartar, and Chancelor of England: he built this house, and in the top thereof, a Chapel, which he dedicated by the name of S. Trinitatis in Alto. Thus much for that part of Criplegate Warde without the wall, wherof more shalbe, spoken in the subburbe of that part. This Ward hath an Alderman & his Deputie within the gate. Common Coun
saile eight. Constables nine. Skauengers twelue. For Wardmote Inqueast ffftéene, and a Beadle.
Without the gate, it hath also a Deputie. Common Coun
saile two. Constables foure. Skauengers foure. Wardmote Inquest seuentéene, and a Beadle. It is taxed in London to the fiftéene, at fortie poūd, and in the Exchequer, at thirtie nine pound ten shillings.
saile two. Constables foure. Skauengers foure. Wardmote Inquest seuentéene, and a Beadle. It is taxed in London to the fiftéene, at fortie poūd, and in the Exchequer, at thirtie nine pound ten shillings.
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A tailor in the year 1494 CE. Donated 100 marks to the repairing of the conduits of London.William Bucke is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lady Ascue
Widow to Sir Christopher Ascue. Donor to the conduites of London.Lady Ascue is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Barnes
Buried at the Church of St. Michael in Bassinges Hall.Richard Barnes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Gresham
Sir John Gresham Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London from 1537—1538 CE. Mayor from 1547—1548 CE. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at the Church of St. Michael in Bassinges Hall.Sir John Gresham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Ambrose Nicholas is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Northampton is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Hamber
Buried at St. Pancras church.John Hamber is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Browne
William Browne Sheriff Mayor
(d. 3 June 1514)Sheriff of London from 1504—1505 CE. Mayor from 1513—1514 CE. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Monument at Mercers’ Hall. Not to be confused with William Brown.Sir William Browne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Reyner
Sheriff of London.Richard Reyner is mentioned in the following documents:
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Reyner Wolfe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Simon Winchcombe
Buried in St. Mary, Aldermanbury.Simon Winchcombe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Combarton
Buried in St. Mary, Aldermanbury.Robert Combarton is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Wheatley
Mercer. Buried in St. Mary, Aldermanbury.John Wheatley is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Middleton is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Tomes
Draper.John Tomes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret Jenyns
Wife of Stephen Jenyns.Margaret Jenyns is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ralph Woodcocke is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mary Gresham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Godfrey
Remembrancer of the Office of First Fruits.Thomas Godfrey is mentioned in the following documents:
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W. Becam is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Elsing
Son of Robert Elsing, grandson of William Elsing.Thomas Elsing is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Cheney is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Cheney
Father of Thomas Cheney.Sir William Cheney is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edmond Hungerford
Father of Walter Hungerford.Edmond Hungerford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joan Cheney
Daughter of William Cheney.Joan Cheney is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Stokes
Husband of Joan Cheny.William Stokes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Eldarbroke
Esquire. Buried at St. Mary, Aldermanbury.Robert Eldarbroke is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joan Ratcliffe is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Fowler
Buried at St. Mary, Aldermanbury.William Fowler is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Swineley
Buried at St. Mary, Aldermanbury.Thomas Swineley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Helen Swineley
Buried at St. Mary, Aldermanbury.Helen Swineley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Williams is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Mitford
Sheriff of London.John Mitford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Kelsey
Buried at St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street.Henry Kelsey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Muschampe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Cantilo is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Cantlow is mentioned in the following documents:
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John West is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Skinner is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Medley
Chamberlain of London.John Medley is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Marsh
Mercer and Seargent of London.John Marsh is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Henry Grey
Sir Henry Grey First Duke of Suffolk
(b. 1517, d. 1554)First Duke of Suffolk, Third Marquess of Dorset.Sir Henry Grey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lancelot Young
Master Glazier to the Queen.Lancelot Young is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret Writh
Daughter of Eleanor and John Wirthesley.Margaret Writh is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Brigget
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.John Brigget is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Ruston
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.Thomas Ruston is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Talbot
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.John Talbot is mentioned in the following documents:
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Katherine Talbot
Wife to John Talbot.Katherine Talbot is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Warfle
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.Thomas Warfle is mentioned in the following documents:
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Isabel Warfle
Wife to Thomas Warfle.Isabel Warfle is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Lucie
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.Thomas Lucie is mentioned in the following documents:
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Raph Rochford
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.Raph Rochford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edmond Water
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.Edmond Water is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Barnes
Wife to Richard Barnes.Elizabeth Barnes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Malgrave
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.Richard Malgrave is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Gowre
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.Richard Gowre is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Gowre
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.John Gowre is mentioned in the following documents:
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Francis Baromi
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.Francis Baromi is mentioned in the following documents:
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George Grey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Choppin
Tallow Chandler and one of the Sheriffs.Richard Choppin is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Busby
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.Thomas Busby is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Whelar is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Bolene
Physician. Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate. Not to be confused with William Bolene.William Bolene is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Bolene
Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate. Not to be confused with William Bolene.William Bolene is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richarad Bolene is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Crowley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Glover is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas de la Beeche
Lieutenant of the Tower.Nicholas de la Beeche is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Drew Drewry is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Ufford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Peregrine Bertie is mentioned in the following documents:
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Reginald Grey is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Belancer
Founder offraternitie or brotherhood of our blessed Ladie
in St. Giles, Cripplegate.John Belancer is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Exmue
Thomas Exmue Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London from 1508—1509 CE. Mayor from 1517—1518 CE. Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Buried in the parish church of St. Stephen, in Coleman Street Ward.Thomas Exmue is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Machell is mentioned in the following documents:
Locations
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Pope’s Head Alley
Pope’s Head Alley ran south from Cornhill to Lombard Street, and was named for the Pope’s Head Tavern that stood at its northern end. Although it does not appear on the Agas Map, its approximate location can be surmised since all three streets still exist. Although Stow himself does not discuss Pope’s Head Alley directly, his book wasImprinted by Iohn Wolfe, Printer to the honorable Citie of London: And are to be sold at his shop within the Popes head Alley in Lombard street. 1598
(Stow 1598). Booksellers proliferated Alley in the early years of the 17th century (Sugden 418).Pope’s Head Alley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lombard Street
Lombard Street runs east to west from Gracechurch Street to Poultry. The Agas map labels itLombard streat.
Lombard Street limns the south end of Langbourn Ward, but borders three other wards: Walbrook Ward to the south east, Bridge Within Ward to the south west, and Candlewick Street Ward to the south.Lombard Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cripplegate Ward
MoEML is aware that the ward boundaries are inaccurate for a number of wards. We are working on redrawing the boundaries. This page offers a diplomatic transcription of the opening section of John Stow’s description of this ward from his Survey of London.Cripplegate Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bassinghall Ward
MoEML is aware that the ward boundaries are inaccurate for a number of wards. We are working on redrawing the boundaries. This page offers a diplomatic transcription of the opening section of John Stow’s description of this ward from his Survey of London.Bassinghall Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cheap Ward
MoEML is aware that the ward boundaries are inaccurate for a number of wards. We are working on redrawing the boundaries. This page offers a diplomatic transcription of the opening section of John Stow’s description of this ward from his Survey of London.Cheap Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Laurence (Jewry) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aldermanbury
Aldermanbury ran north-south, between Lad Lane in the south and Love Lane in the north and parallel between Wood Street in the west and Basinghall Street in the east. It lay wholly in Cripplegate Ward.Aldermanbury is mentioned in the following documents:
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Gayspur Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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London Wall (street)
London Wall was a long street running along the inside of the northern part of the City Wall. It ran east-west from the north end of Broad Street to Cripplegate (Prockter and Taylor 43). The modern London Wall street is a major traffic thoroughfare now. It follows roughly the route of the former wall, from Old Broad Street to the Museum of London (whose address is 150 London Wall).London Wall (street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cripplegate
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.Cripplegate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Milk Street
Milk Street, located in Cripplegate Ward, began on the north side of Cheapside, and ran north to a square formed at the intersection of Milk Street, Cat Street (Lothbury), Lad Lane, and Aldermanbury.Milk Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cheapside Street
Cheapside, 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 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 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.Cheapside Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westcheap is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Standard (Cheapside) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cheapside Cross (Eleanor Cross)
If monuments could speak, the Cheapside Cross would have told a tale of kingly love, civic pride, and sectarian violence. The Cross, pictured but not labelled on the Agas map, stood in Cheapside between Friday Street and Wood Street. St. Peter Westcheap lay to its west, on the north side of Cheapside. The prestigious shops of Goldsmiths’ Row were located to the east of the Cross, on the south side of Cheapside. 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).Cheapside Cross (Eleanor Cross) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Wood Street
Wood Street ran north-south, connecting at its southernmost end with Cheapside and continuing northward to Little Wood Street, which led directly into Cripplegate. It crossed over Huggin Lane, Lad Lane, Maiden Lane, Love Lane, Addle Lane, and Silver Street, and ran parallel to Milk Street in the east and Gutter Lane in the west. Wood Street lay within Cripplegate Ward. It is labelled asWood Streat
on the Agas map and is drawn in the correct position.Wood Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Little Wood Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lad Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Love Lane (Wood Street)
Love Lane, Wood Street ran east-west, connecting Aldermanbury in the east and Wood Street in the west. It ran parallel to Addle Street in the north and Lad Lane in the south. It lay within Cripplegate Ward, and is labelled asLone la.
on the Agas map.Love Lane (Wood Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Alban (Wood Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aldermanbury Conduit is mentioned in the following documents:
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Addle Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Philip Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Huggin Lane
Huggin Lane, Wood Street ran east-west connecting Wood Street in the east to Gutter Lane in the west. It ran parallel between Cheapside in the south and Maiden Lane in the north. It was in Cripplegate Ward. It is labelled asHoggyn la
on the Agas map.Huggin Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael (Wood Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Gutter Lane
Gutter Lane ran north-south from Cheapside to Maiden Lane. 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 asGoutter Lane
on the Agas map.Gutter Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Maiden Lane
There were actually two streets in early modern London commonly called Maiden Lane, though only one was properly referred to by that name. The true Maiden Lane, to which this page refers, was shared between Cripplegate Ward, Aldersgate Ward, and Farringdon Within. It ran west from Wood Street, andoriginated as a trackway across the Covent Garden
(Bebbington 210) to St. Martin’s Lane.Maiden Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Carey Lane
Carey Lane ran east-west, connecting Gutter Lane in the east and Foster Lane in the west. It ran parallel between Maiden Lane in the north and Cheapside in the south. The Agas Map labels itKerie la.
Carey Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Staining Lane
Staining Lane ran north-south, starting at Maiden Lane in the south and turning into Oat Lane in the north. It is drawn correctly on the Agas map and is labelled asStayning la.
It served as a boundary between Cripplegate and Aldersgate wards.Staining Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Haberdashers’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Silver Street
Silver Street was a small but historically significant street that ran east-west, emerging out of Noble Street in the west and merging into Addle Street in the east. Monkwell Street (labelledMuggle St.
on the Agas map) lay to the north of Silver Street and seems to have marked its westernmost point, and Little Wood Street, also to the north, marked its easternmost point. Silver Street ran through Cripplegate Ward and Farringdon Ward Within. It is labelled asSyluer Str.
on the Agas map and is drawn correctly. Perhaps the most noteworthy historical fact about Silver Street is that it was the location of one of the houses in which William Shakespeare dwelled during his time in London.Silver Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Olave (Silver Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Monkwell Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Fore Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Giles (Cripplegate)
For information about St. Giles, Cripplegate, a modern map marking the site where the it once stood, and a walking tour that will take you to the site, visit the Shakespearean London Theatres (ShaLT) article on St. Giles, Cripplegate.St. Giles (Cripplegate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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More Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Postern Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Town Ditch
A ditch to the north of Christ’s Hospital, filled in by 1552.Town Ditch is mentioned in the following documents:
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Moorgate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Moorfields is mentioned in the following documents:
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Finsbury Court is mentioned in the following documents:
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Grub Street
Grub Street could be found outside the walled city of London. It ran north-south, between Everades Well Street in the north and Fore Lane in the south. Grub Street was partially in Cripplegate ward, and partially outside the limits of the city of London.Grub Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Whitecross Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Beech Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Redcross Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Golden Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Barbican
Barbican was a historically significant street that ran east-west, connecting Aldersgate Street in the west with Redcross Street and Golden Lane in the east. Barbican wasmore then halfe
contained by Cripplegate Ward, with the rest lying within Aldersgate Ward (Stow 1:291). The street is labeled on the Agas map asBarbican.
Barbican is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aldersgate Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Old Jewry is mentioned in the following documents:
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Alderman Bury is mentioned in the following documents:
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Guildhall is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Aldermary is mentioned in the following documents:
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Tyburn
Tyburn is best known as the location of the principal gallows where public executions were carried out from the late 12th century until the 18th (Drouillard, Wikipedia). It was a village to the west of the city, near the present-day location of Marble Arch (beyond the boundary of the Agas Map). Its name derives from a stream, and its significance to Stow was primarily as one of the sources of piped water for the city; he describes howIn the yeare 1401. this prison house called the Tunne was made a Cesterne for sweete water conueyed by pipes of Leade frõ the towne of Tyborne, and was from thence forth called the conduite vpon Cornhill...
(Stow 1598,Cornhill Ward.
)Tyburn is mentioned in the following documents:
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Fleet Street
Fleet Street runs east-west from Temple Bar to Fleet Hill (Ludgate Hill), and is named for the Fleet River. The road has existed since at least the 12th century (Sugden 195) and known since the 14th century as Fleet Street (Beresford 26). It was the location of numerous taverns including the Mitre and the Star and the Ram.Fleet Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary (Aldermanbury) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Paul’s Charnel House is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Paul’s Cloister is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Alphage is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Magdalen (Milk Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Black Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Wax Chandlers’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. James in the Wall Hermitage is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bowyers’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Posterngate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Queen’s Head Inn (St. Giles) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cripplegate Conduit is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Giles Churchyard (Cripplegate) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Billingsgate Ward
MoEML is aware that the ward boundaries are inaccurate for a number of wards. We are working on redrawing the boundaries. This page offers a diplomatic transcription of the opening section of John Stow’s description of this ward from his Survey of London.Billingsgate Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Tower of London is mentioned in the following documents:
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Drury House is mentioned in the following documents:
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Draper’s Almshouses is mentioned in the following documents:
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Barbican (Tower) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Carter Court is mentioned in the following documents:
Organizations
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The Drapers’ Company
The Worshipful Company of Drapers
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 http://www.thedrapers.co.uk/, with a history and short bibliography.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Haberdashers’ Company
The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers
The Haberdashers’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Haberdashers were eighth in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Haberdashers is still active and maintains a website at http://www.haberdashers.co.uk/ that includes a history of the company and of their hall.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Ironmongers’ Company
The Worshipful Company of Ironmongers
The Ironmongers’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Ironmongers were tenth in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Ironmongers is still active and maintains a website at http://www.ironmongers.org/ that includes a page on their history.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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Court of Aldermen
The Court of Aldermen was composed of senior officials known asaldermen,
who were each elected to represent one ward in the City of London. The lord mayor 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. (TL)This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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EEBO-TCP
Early English Books Online–Text Creation Partnership
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. EEBO-TCP maintains a website at http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/tcp-eebo/.
Roles played in the project
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First Encoders
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First Transcriber
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First Transcribers
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Transcriber
This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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