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Spirituall Gouernor. Gouernors of the Citie of London, and first of the
Ecclesiasticall, Bishops, and other Ministers there.
HAuing thus run thorow the description of these cities of London and
Westminster, as well in their Originall foundations, as in their
increa
ses of buildings and Ornamēts, togither with such incidēts of sundry sorts, as are before, both generally and particularly discoursed: It re
maineth, that somewhat bee noted by me, tou
ching the policie and gouernment, both Ecclesi
asticall and Ciuill, of London, as I haue already done for West
minster, the order wherof, is appointed by late Statute, euen as that of London is maintained by the customes therof,
sed before all the time of memorie. And first, to begin with the Eccle
siasticall Iurisdiction, I read, that the Christian faith was first prea
ched in this Iland (then called Britaine) by Ioseph of Aramathia, and his brethren Disciples of Christ, in the time of Aruiragus, then Gouernor here, vnder the Romane Emperor: after which time, Lucius (King of the Britaines) sent his Ambassadors Eluanus, and Meduuinus (two men learned in the Scriptures) with letters to E
leutherius Bishop of Rome, desiring him to send some deuout and learned men, by whose instruction he and his people might be taught the faith and religiō of Christ. Eleutherius baptised those messēgers, making Eluanus a Bishop, and Meduuinus a Teacher, and sent o
uer with them into Britaine, two other famous Clerkes, Faganus and Deuuianus, by whose diligence, Lucius and his people of Bri
taine, were instructed in the faith of Christ, and baptised: the Tem
ples of Idols, were conuerted into Cathedrall churches, & Bishops were placed where Flāmines before had bin: at London, Yorke, and Carleon vpon Vske, were placed Archbishops, &c. The Epistle said to be sent, by Eleutherius to king Lucius, for the establishing of the faith, ye may read in my Annalles, Sommaries, & Chronicles, truly translated & set downe, as mine author hath it,
led and corrupted it, and then fathered it vpon the reuerend Bede, who neuer wrote word thereof, or otherwise, to that effect.
ded the same church to be an Archbishops See, and Metrapolitane, or chiefe church of his Kingdome, and that it so indured the space of foure hundred yeares, vntill the comming in of Augustine the Moonke, and others, from Rome, in the raigne of the Sax
ons.
ses of buildings and Ornamēts, togither with such incidēts of sundry sorts, as are before, both generally and particularly discoursed: It re
maineth, that somewhat bee noted by me, tou
ching the policie and gouernment, both Ecclesi
asticall and Ciuill, of London, as I haue already done for West
minster, the order wherof, is appointed by late Statute, euen as that of London is maintained by the customes therof,
Antiquities of
Glasto.
most laudably vsed before all the time of memorie. And first, to begin with the Eccle
siasticall Iurisdiction, I read, that the Christian faith was first prea
ched in this Iland (then called Britaine) by Ioseph of Aramathia, and his brethren Disciples of Christ, in the time of Aruiragus, then Gouernor here, vnder the Romane Emperor: after which time, Lucius (King of the Britaines) sent his Ambassadors Eluanus, and Meduuinus (two men learned in the Scriptures) with letters to E
leutherius Bishop of Rome, desiring him to send some deuout and learned men, by whose instruction he and his people might be taught the faith and religiō of Christ. Eleutherius baptised those messēgers, making Eluanus a Bishop, and Meduuinus a Teacher, and sent o
uer with them into Britaine, two other famous Clerkes, Faganus and Deuuianus, by whose diligence, Lucius and his people of Bri
taine, were instructed in the faith of Christ, and baptised: the Tem
ples of Idols, were conuerted into Cathedrall churches, & Bishops were placed where Flāmines before had bin: at London, Yorke, and Carleon vpon Vske, were placed Archbishops, &c. The Epistle said to be sent, by Eleutherius to king Lucius, for the establishing of the faith, ye may read in my Annalles, Sommaries, & Chronicles, truly translated & set downe, as mine author hath it,
Liber albus constitut.
for
some haue curtolled and corrupted it, and then fathered it vpon the reuerend Bede, who neuer wrote word thereof, or otherwise, to that effect.
But
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But to my matter of our
London Bishops, as I finde it written: First, there remaineth in the
Parish church of Saint Peter vppon Cornhill in Londō,
a Table, wherein is written, that Lucius founded the same church to be an Archbishops See, and Metrapolitane, or chiefe church of his Kingdome, and that it so indured the space of foure hundred yeares, vntill the comming in of Augustine the Moonke, and others, from Rome, in the raigne of the Sax
ons.
The Archbishops names, I finde onely to be set downe by Io
celine of Furdes, in his book of Brittish Bishops, and not elsewhere.
celine of Furdes, in his book of Brittish Bishops, and not elsewhere.
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2. Eluanus was the second, and hee builded a Library to the same Church adioyning, and conuerted many of the Dreudes (learned men in the Paganne lawe) to the Christian faith.
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3. Cadar was the third: then followed,
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4. Obinus.
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5. Conan.
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6. Paludius.
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7. Stephen.
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8. Iltute.
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9. Dedwin.
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10. Thedred.
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11. Hillary.
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12. Guidelium.
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13. Vodimus, he was slaine by the Saxons.
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14. Theanus (the fourtéenth and the last) for he fled with the Bri
taines into Wales, about the yeare of Chrst, 587. Thus much out of Iocelin of the Archbishops:I1. Tome com.the credit whereof I leaue to the iudge
ment of the learned: for I reade of a Bishop of London (not before named) in the yeare of Christ 326. to bee present at the 2. generall Councell holden at Arles, in the time of Constantine the great, who subscribed thereunto in these wordes, Ex prouincia Bri
taniæ Ciuitate Londinensi Restitutus Episcopus: as plainely appeareth in the first Tombe of the Counsailes.
He
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he writeth not himselfe Archbishop,
and therefore maketh the matter of Archbishops doubtfull, or rather ouerthroweth
that opinion.
The Saxons being Pagons, hauing chased the Brittons, with the Christian Preachers,
into the Mountaines of Wales and Corne
wall: and hauing deuided this Kingdome of the Brittons amongst themselues, at the length (to wit, in the yeare 596.) Pope Gregorie moued of a godly instinction (sayeth Bede) in the 147. yeare, after the arriual of the Angles (or Saxons) in Britaine , sent Augustine, Miletus, Iustus, and Iohn, with other Moonks, to preach of Gospel, to the said Nation of the Angles in Britaine: these landed in the Ile of Thanet, and were first receiued by Ethelbert, King of Kent, whom they conuerted to the Faith of Christ, with diuers other of his people in the 34. yeare of his Raigne: which Ethelbert gaue vnto Augustine, the Citie of Canterburie.
wall: and hauing deuided this Kingdome of the Brittons amongst themselues, at the length (to wit, in the yeare 596.) Pope Gregorie moued of a godly instinction (sayeth Bede) in the 147. yeare, after the arriual of the Angles (or Saxons) in Britaine , sent Augustine, Miletus, Iustus, and Iohn, with other Moonks, to preach of Gospel, to the said Nation of the Angles in Britaine: these landed in the Ile of Thanet, and were first receiued by Ethelbert, King of Kent, whom they conuerted to the Faith of Christ, with diuers other of his people in the 34. yeare of his Raigne: which Ethelbert gaue vnto Augustine, the Citie of Canterburie.
This Augustine in the yeare of Christ, 604. consecrated
Meli
tus, and Iustus Bishops, appointing Melitus to preach vnto the East Saxons, whose chiefe Citie was London: and there King Sebert Nephewe to Ethelbert by preaching of Melitus, receiued the word of life: the then Ethelbert (King of Kent) builded in the Citie of London, Saint Pauls, Church wherein Melitus began to bee Bi
shop, in the yeare, 619. and sate fiue yeares. Ethelbert by his Char
ter, gaue lands to this Church of Saint Paule: so did other kings after him: King Sebert through the good life and like preaching of Melitus, hauing receiued Baptisme, To shew himself a Christian, builded a Church, to the honour of God and S. Peter, on the West side of London, which Church is called Westminster, but the Successors of Sebert (beeing Pagannes) expelled Meli
tus.
tus, and Iustus Bishops, appointing Melitus to preach vnto the East Saxons, whose chiefe Citie was London: and there King Sebert Nephewe to Ethelbert by preaching of Melitus, receiued the word of life: the then Ethelbert (King of Kent) builded in the Citie of London, Saint Pauls, Church wherein Melitus began to bee Bi
shop, in the yeare, 619. and sate fiue yeares. Ethelbert by his Char
ter, gaue lands to this Church of Saint Paule: so did other kings after him: King Sebert through the good life and like preaching of Melitus, hauing receiued Baptisme, To shew himself a Christian, builded a Church, to the honour of God and S. Peter, on the West side of London, which Church is called Westminster, but the Successors of Sebert (beeing Pagannes) expelled Meli
tus.
Iustus
gebert (sonne to Sigebert, brother to Sebert) ruled in Essex, heh became a Christian, and tooke to him, a holy man named Cedde, or (Chadde) who wan many by preaching, and good life to the Chri
stian Religion.
2. Iustus,
624.
the second, Bishop for a time, and then
Melitus againe: after whose decease, the seate was voyde for a time:
at length Sigebert (sonne to Sigebert, brother to Sebert) ruled in Essex, heh became a Christian, and tooke to him, a holy man named Cedde, or (Chadde) who wan many by preaching, and good life to the Chri
stian Religion.
Cedde or (Chad) was by Finan consecrated Bishop of the
East Saxons, and he ordered Priests and Deacons in all the parts of
Essex, but especially at Ithancaster, and Tilberry.
uer, Pont that runneth by the Maldun in the hundred of Danesey, but now that Citie is drowned in Paute, so that nothing remaineth but the ruine of the Cittie in the Riuer, Tilburie (both the West and East) standeth on the Thames side, nigh ouer against Graues
ende.
This
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This Citie (saith Raphe
Cogshall)
stoode on the banque of the Riuer, Pont that runneth by the Maldun in the hundred of Danesey, but now that Citie is drowned in Paute, so that nothing remaineth but the ruine of the Cittie in the Riuer, Tilburie (both the West and East) standeth on the Thames side, nigh ouer against Graues
ende.
Wina
4. Wina, 666.
expelled
from the church of Winchester, by Cenewalche the King, was
adopted to be the fourth Bishop of London, in the raigne of
Wolferus, King of Mercia, and sat 9. yeares.
Erkenwalde
fore that he was made Bishop) had builded two Monasteries, one for himselfe (being a Monke) at Crotsey
rey, by the Riuer of Thames, and an other for his sister Edilburge, being a Nun, in a certaine place, called Berching in Essex: he decea
sed at Berching, in the yeare, 697. and was buried in Pauls church, and was from thence, translated into the newe Church of Saint Paule, on the eightéenth kallendes of December, in the yeare, 1148.
5. Erkenwald 680.
(borne in
the Castle, or towne of Stallingborough in Lindsey) first Abbot
of Crotesey, was by Theodore, Archbishop of
Canterburie, appointed to be Bishop of the East Saxons, in the Citie of
London. This Erkenwald
in the
yeare of Christ, 677. (before that he was made Bishop) had builded two Monasteries, one for himselfe (being a Monke) at Crotsey
Crotesey, or Chartesey.
in the Ile of
Crote, in Surrey, by the Riuer of Thames, and an other for his sister Edilburge, being a Nun, in a certaine place, called Berching in Essex: he decea
sed at Berching, in the yeare, 697. and was buried in Pauls church, and was from thence, translated into the newe Church of Saint Paule, on the eightéenth kallendes of December, in the yeare, 1148.
Waldhere
ons, came to this Waldhere, Bishop of London, and at his hands receiued the habite of a Monke (for at that time, there were Monkes in Pauls Church, as writeth Radulphus Dedicato, and others) to this Bishop he brought a great summe of money, to be bestowed and giuen to the poore, reseruing nothing to himselfe, but rather desired to remaine poore in goods, as in Spirit, for the Kingdome of Heauen: when he had raigned 30. yeare, he deceased at Powles, and was there buried, and lyeth now in a coffin of stone on the North side of the Ile next the Quire.
6. Waldhere 697.
Bishop of
London, Sebba King
King Sebba became
a Monke in Pauls church.
of the East Saxons, came to this Waldhere, Bishop of London, and at his hands receiued the habite of a Monke (for at that time, there were Monkes in Pauls Church, as writeth Radulphus Dedicato, and others) to this Bishop he brought a great summe of money, to be bestowed and giuen to the poore, reseruing nothing to himselfe, but rather desired to remaine poore in goods, as in Spirit, for the Kingdome of Heauen: when he had raigned 30. yeare, he deceased at Powles, and was there buried, and lyeth now in a coffin of stone on the North side of the Ile next the Quire.
716
Ingwaldus the Bishop of London, was at the Consecration of
Tatwine, Archbishop of Canterbrie: and hee confirmed the
foundation of Crowland in the yeare, seuen hundred sixtéene,
(saith Ingulfus) and deceased in the yeare, 744. as saith Houedon.
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886.Elstanus Bishop of London, dyed in the yeare 900. saith Asser, and all these (saith the Author of Flores Historiarum) were buried in the old church of S. Paul: but there remaineth memories there.
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900.Theodoricus Bishop of Londō: this man confirmed king Edreds Charter, made to Winchester, in the yeare, 947. whereby it séemeth that he was B. of London of a later time, then he is héere placed.
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1050.Spechasius elected but reiected by the King.
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1051.William a Norman, Chaplaine to Edward the Confessor, was made Bishop of London, 1051. sate 17. yeares, and deceased 1070. he obtained of William the Conqueror, the Charter of liberties for the Cittie of London, as I haue sette downe in my Sum
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1085.Mauricius Bishoppe of London: in whose time (to wit, in the yeare, 1086.) the Church of Saint Paul was brent, with the most part of this Citie: and therefore hee laide the foundation of a newe large church, and hauing sitten twentie two yeares, he deceased 1107 saith Paris.
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1108.Richard Beames (or Beamor) Bishop of London, did won
derfully increase the worke of this church begunne, purchasing the stréetes and Lanes adioyning of his owne money, and hee founded the Monastery of S. Osyth in Essex, he sat Bishop 19. yeares, and deceased, 1127. -
1141.Gilbertus Vniuersalis a Canon of Lyons, elected by Henry the 1. he deceased 1141, when he had sitten 14. yeares.
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1152.Robert de Segillo a Monke of Reading, whom Mawde the Empresse, made Bishop of London: where hee sate eleuen yeares. Geffrey de Magnauile, tooke him prisoner, at Fulham, and he decea
sed, 1152. -
1163.Gilbert Foliot Bishop of Hereford, from whence hee was translated to London, and there sate twentie thrée yeares, and decea
sed, 1186. -
1189.Richard Fitz Nele the kings treasurer, Arch-deacon of Essex, elected Bishop of London, at Pipwell, 1189. hee sate nine yeares, and deceased 1198. this man also tooke great paines about the buil
ding of Powles church, and raised, many other goodly buildings in his decease. -
1199.William S. Mary Church, a Norman, Bishop of London,who
401Spirituall Gouernments.who was one of the thrée Bishops that by the Popes commande
ment executed his interdiction or curse vpon the whole realme of England, but hee was forced with the other Bishops to flie the Realme in 1208. and his Castle at Stortforde in Essex, was by commandement of king Iohn ouerthrown, 1210. This William in company of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and of the Bishop of Ely went to Rome, and there complayned against the King 1212. and returned, so as in the yeare 1215. King Iohn in the Church of Saint Paule, at the hands of this VVilliam tooke vpon him the Crosse for the holy land, hée resigned his Bishopricke of his owne voluntarie, in the yeare 1221. saieth Cogshall. -
1221.Eustachius de Fauconbridge, Treasurer of the Exche
quer (sayeth Paris) Chancelor of the Exchequer (sayeth Textor, and Cogshall) Bishoppe of London, 1223. whilest at Chelmes
forde hee was giuing holy orders, a great Tempest of wind and rayne annoyed so many as came thether, whereof it was gathe
red, how highly God was displeased with such as came to receiue orders, to the end they may liue a more easie life of the stipendes appointed to Church men giuing themselues to banqueting, and so with vncleane and filthie bodies, (but more vncleane soules) pre
sume to minister vnto God, the author of purity and cleanenesse. Falcatius de Brent, was deliuered to his custody in the yeare 1224: this Eustacius deceased in the yeare 1228. and was bu
ried in Paules church, in the southside without the Quire. -
1229.Roger Niger Archdeacon of Cholchester, made Bi
shop of London, in the yeare 1230. (sayeth Paris vppon the feast day of the conuersion of S. Paule) when he was at Masse in the Cathedrall Church of S. Paule, a great multitude of people be
ing there present, sodenly the weather waxed darke, so as one could skantly sée another, and an horrible thunder clap lighted on the church, which so shooke it that it was like to haue fallen, and there of withall out of a darke cloude proceeded such a flash of such light
ning, that all the church seemed to bee on fire, whereupon such a stench ensued, that all men thought they should haue dyed, thou
sandes of men and women, ran out of the Church, and being asto
nied fell vpon the ground, voide of all sence, and vnderstanding, none of all the multitude tarried in the church, saue the Bishop & one Deacon, which stood still before the high Alter, awaiting thewillDd
402Spiritual Gouernments.will of God, and when the aire was clensed, the multitude retur
ned into the Church, and the Bishop ended the seruice. This Roger Niger is commended to haue beene a man of worthy life, excellently well learned, a notable Preacher, pleasant in talke, milde of countenance, and liberall at his table, hee fell sicke, and dyed at his Mannor of Bishops hall in Stebunheth, in the yeare 1241. and was buried in Paules Church, on the North side of the Quire, in a fayre Tombe of gray Marble. -
1241.Fulco Basset, Deane of Yorke, Bishop of London, deceased on the 21. day of May, in the yeare 1259. (as sayeth Textor) and was buried in Powles church.
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1259.Henry Wingham Chancelor of England, made Bishop of London, deceased in the yeare 1262, (sayeth Textor) and was buried in Powles Church, on the south side without the Quire in a marble monument.
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1262.Richard Talot Bishop of London, straight waies after his consecration deceased, saith Euersden.
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1273.Iohn Cheshull Deane of Poules, Treasurer of Eng
land, and keeper of the great Seale, was Bishop of London, and deceased in the yeare 1279. saith Euersden. -
1280.Richard Grauesend, Archedeacon of Northampton Bishop of London. It appeareth by the Charter warren granted to this Bishop, that in this time there were two woods in the pa
rish of Stebunhith pertaining to the said Bishop: I haue my selfe knowne the one of them by Bishops Hall, but nowe they are both made plaine, and not to be discerned from other grounds. Some haue fabuled that this Richard Grauesend Bishop of London, in the yeare 1392. the 16. of Richarde of second, purchased the Charter of liberties, to this Citie: which thing hath no possibilitie of trueth, as I haue proued, for hee deceased in the yeare 1303. al
most 90. yeares before that time.Fable of Ri
chard Graues
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1303Ralphe Baldoke Deane of Paules, Bishop of London consecrated at Lions by Peter Bishop of Alba in the yeare 1307. he was a great furtherer of the new worke of Paules, to wit, ye eastend
304Spirituall Gouernments.end called our lady chapel, & other adioyning this Ralph deceased in ye yere 1313 & was buried in ye said Lady Chapel, vnder a flat stone. -
1338.Richard Wentworth or Bentworth, Bishop of London and Chancellour of England, deceased the yeare 1339.
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1339.Ralphe Stratford Bishop of London, he purchased the peece of groūd called Nomans land, besides Smithfield, and dedi
cated it to the vse of buryall, as before hath appeared: he was borne at Stratford vpon Auon: and therefore builed a chapel to S. Tho
mas there, he sate 14. yeres, deceased at Stebinhith. -
1362.Simond Sudbery Bishop of London sate 13. yeares, translated to be Archebishop of Canterbury in the yeare 1375.
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1375.William Courteny translated from Hereford to the bi
shopricke of London, and after translated from thence to the Arch
bishopricke of Canterbury in the yeare 1381. -
1381.Robert Breybroke Chanon of Lichfielde, Bishop of London, made Lord Chancellour in the 6. of Richard the second, sate Bishop 20. yeres, and deceased in the yeare 1404, he was bu
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1405.Roger Walden Treasurer of England, Archbishop of Canterbury, was deposed and after made Bishop of London: hee deceased in the yeare 1406. and was buried at S. Bartilmewes Pryorie in Smithfield.
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1506.Nicholas Bubwithe Bishop of London, Treasurer of England, translated to Salisbury, and from thence to Bathe, and lieth buried at Wells.
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1407.Richard Clifford remoued from Worcester to Lon
don, deceased 1422. as saith Thomas Walsingham, and was bu
ried in Paules. -
1422.Iohn Kempe fellow of Martin colledge in Oxford, was made Bishop of Rochester, from whence remoued to Chichester,Dd2
404Spirituall Gouernments.ster, and thence to London: he was made Lord Chancellour in the yeare 1425. the 4. of Henry the sixt, and was remoued from Lon
don to Yorke in the yeare 1426. hee sate Archbishop thence 25. yeares, and was translated to Canterbury: hee was afterwards made Cardinall in the yeare 1352. In the Bishop of Londons house at Fulham he receiued the Crosse, and the next day the Pale at the hands of Thomas Kempe Bishop of London, hee deceased in the yeare 1454. -
1426.William Gray Deane of Yorke, consecrated Bishop of London, who foūded a colledge at Thele in Hartfordshire for a Maister & 4. chanons, and made it a cell to Elsing Spittle in Lon
don, it had of old time bene a colledge decayed, and therefore newly founded: hee was translated to Lincolne 1431. -
1432.Robert Fitzhugh Archdeacon of Northampton, conse
crated Bishop of London, sate 5. yeres, deceased in the yeare 1435, and was buried on the south side of the Quire of Pawles. -
1435Robert Gilbert Doctor of Diuinitie, Deane of Yorke, consecrated Bishop of London, sate 12. yeares, deceased 1448.
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1449.Thomas Kempe, Archdeacon of Richmond, consecra
ted Bishop of London at Yorke house, (now White hall) by the handes of his vnckle Iohn Kempe, Archbishop of Canterbury, the eight of Februarie, 1449. he founded a Chappell of the Tri
nity in the body of S. Pawles Church on the North side, he sate Bishop of London 39. yeares, and 48. dayes, and then deceased in the yeare 1489. was there buried. -
1496.Thomas Sauage first bishop of Rochester, then bishop of London 5. yeares, was translated to Yorke 1501. where hee sate Archbishop 7. yeres, and was there buried in the yeare 1507.
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1502William Warrham Bishop of London, made kéeper of the great Seale, sate 2. yeares, was translated to Canterburie
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1505.Richard Fitz Iames fellow of Martin Colledge in Ox
ford in the raigne of Henrie the 6. was made Bishop of Roche
ster, after bishop of Chchester, and then Bishop of London, heedeceased
405Spirituall Gouernments.deceased 1521. and lyeth buried hard beneath the Northwest pil
lar of the Steple in Pauls, vnder a faire Tombe of Marble, now remoued, ouer the which was builded a faire Chappell of tymber, with stayres mounting thereunto: this chappell was burned with fire from the Steple. 1561. -
1521.Cuthbert Tunstal, doctour of law, Master of the rowles, Lord Priuy Seale, and bishop of London, was thence translated to the bishopricke of Durham in the yeare 1529.
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1529.Iohn Stokley Bishop of London sat 13. yeares, deceased in the yeare 1539, and was buried in the Lady chaple in Paules.
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1539Edmond Boner Doctor of the ciuill law, Archdeacon of Leycester, was elected to London in the yeare 1539. being then Bishop of Hereforde, whilest hee was beyond the seas Embassa
dour for the King. On the first of Septemb. 1549. hee preached at Paules Crosse, for ye which sermō he was charged before the kings councell by William Latimer Parson of S. Lawrence Poltney, and Iohn Hoper, sometime a white Monke, and béeing conuented before certaine Commissioners at Lambith, was for his disobedi
ence to the kings order on the 20. day of the same month sent to the Marshalsey and depriued from his bishopricke. -
1550.Nicolas Ridley bishop of Rochester, was elected Bi
shop of London. This man by his deede dated the xii.day after Christmas, in the 4. yere of Edward the 6. gaue to ye king the Mā
nors of Branketrie & Southminster, and the patronage of ye church of Cogshall in Essex, the Mannors of Stebunheth, otherwise cal
led Stebinhith and Hackney, in the County of Middlesex, and the Marshe of Stebunheth or Stebinhith: and the aduowson of the viccarage of the Parish Church of Cogshall in Essex aforesaide: which graunt was confirmed by the Deane & Chapter of Paules, ye same day and yere, with exception of such lands in Southminster, Stebunheth and Hacknoy, as only pertained to them. The saide King Edward by his letters patents dated the 16. of Aprill in the said 4. yeare of his raigne graunted to Sir Thomas Wentworth, L. Wentworth L. Chāberlane of ye kings houshold, for his good ser
uice before done (a part of the late receiued gift) to witte, the Lord
ships of Stebunheth and Hackney, and the landes in Shorditch, Holiwel stréete. White chapel, Stratford at Bow, Poplar, Northstréete,Dd3
406Spirituall Gouernments.stréete, Lymehouses, Ratliffe, Cleuestréete, Brockestréete, Myle
end, Bletenehall gréene, Oldford, Westheth, Kingsland Shakel
wel, Newinton stréete, Clopton, Churchstréete, welstréete, Hūbar
ton, Grouestréete, Gūston stréete, alias Morestréete in the coūty of Middlesex, together with the Marshe of Stebinhith &c. the Man
nor of Hackney was valued at lxi.£.ix s̃iiij.ď.by yeare; and the Mannor of Stebunhith at cxl.£.viij,s̃ xi,ď.ob. by yeare. This Bi
shop Nicolas Ridley, for preaching a Sermon at Paules Crosse, on the 16. of Iuly in the yeare 1553. was cōmitted to the Towre of London, where he remained prisoner till the 10. of Aprill in the yeare 1554. and was thence sent to Oxford, there to dispute with the Diuines and learned men of the contrary opinion: and on the 16. of October 1555. hee was burned at Oxford for opinions a
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1553.Edmond Boner aforesaid being released out of the Mar
shalsey, was restored to ye bishoprick of London, by Quéen Mary, on the 5. of August in the yeare 1553. & againe deposed by Quéene Elizabeth, in the moneth of Iuly An. 1559. and was eftsoones committed to the Marshalsey, where he died on the 5. of Septemb. 1569. and was at midnight buried amongst other prisoners in S. Georges Churchyard. -
1559.Edmond Grindal Bishop of London, being consecrated the 21 of December 1559. was translated to Yorke, in the yeare 1570. and from thence remoued to Canterbury, in the yere 1574. he died blynd 1583. On the 6. of Iuly, and was buried at Cro
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1570.Edwine Sands being translated from Worcester to the Bishopricke of London in the yeare 1570. was thence trans
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1576.Iohn Elmere Bishop of London deceased in the yeare 1594. on the 3. of Iune, at Fulanham, and was buried in Paules Church, before S. Georges chappel.
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1594.Richard Fletcher, Bishop of Worcester, was on the 30. of December in Paules Church elected Bishop of London, and deceased on the 15. of Iune 1596. Hee was buried in Paules Church, without any solemne funerall.
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1597.Richard Bancroft doctor of Diuinite, nowe sitteth Bishop
407Spirituall Gouernments.shop of London in this yeare 1598. being enstaled there.
This much for the succession of the Bishops of London, whose Diocesse
containeth ye city of London, ye whole
shyres in Middlesex and Essex, & a part of Hartfordshyre. These Bishops haue
for As
sistants in the cathedrall Church of S. Paules, a Deane, a Chaun
ter, a Chauncelor, a Treasurer, 5. Archdeacons, to witte, Lon
don, Middlesex, Essex, Colchester and S. Albons, and 30. pre
bendaries: there appertaineth also to the said Church for furniture of the Quire in diuine seruice, and ministration of the sacraments, a Colledge of xij.petychanens, 6. vickars, choral & Queristars. &c.
sistants in the cathedrall Church of S. Paules, a Deane, a Chaun
ter, a Chauncelor, a Treasurer, 5. Archdeacons, to witte, Lon
don, Middlesex, Essex, Colchester and S. Albons, and 30. pre
bendaries: there appertaineth also to the said Church for furniture of the Quire in diuine seruice, and ministration of the sacraments, a Colledge of xij.petychanens, 6. vickars, choral & Queristars. &c.
This Dyocesse is diuided into Parishes, euery Parish hauing his Parson, or vicar
at the least, learned men for the most part, and sufficient Preachers to instruct
the people. There were in this city & within the suburbs thereof in the raign of Henrie
the 2. (as wri
teth Fitz Stephens) 13. great conuentuall Churches, besides the lesser sort called Parish Churches, to the number of 126. all which conuentuall Churches, and some others since that time founded, are now suppressed and gone, except the cathedrall Church of S. Paule in London, and the colledge of S. Peter at Westminster: of all which Parish Churches though I haue spoken, yet for more ease to the reader, I will here againe set them downe in manner of a Table, not by order of Alphabete, but as they bee placed in the wards and suburbes.
teth Fitz Stephens) 13. great conuentuall Churches, besides the lesser sort called Parish Churches, to the number of 126. all which conuentuall Churches, and some others since that time founded, are now suppressed and gone, except the cathedrall Church of S. Paule in London, and the colledge of S. Peter at Westminster: of all which Parish Churches though I haue spoken, yet for more ease to the reader, I will here againe set them downe in manner of a Table, not by order of Alphabete, but as they bee placed in the wards and suburbes.
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Saebbi of Essex
Saebbi Saebbi of Essex King
(d. between 693 and 694)Joint King of Essex from 664—683 when his brother died, and became sole King until 694. He abdicated the throne in order to enter into a monastery.Saebbi of Essex is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aethelburh of Barking
Aethelburh of Barking Ethelburga Saint
(d. in or after 686)Founder and first abbess of the dual monastery of Barking. Sister of Earconwald, bishop of London.Aethelburh of Barking is mentioned in the following documents:
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Theodore of Tarsus
Theodore of Tarsus Archbishop of Canterbury
(b. 602, d. 19 September 690)Archbishop of Canterbury from 668—690 CE. Best known for his reform of the English Church and for the establishment of a school in Canterbury.Theodore of Tarsus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Wulfhere is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cenwalh is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ralph of Coggeshall
(fl. 1207-26)Historian and abbot of Coggeshall. A major contributor and possibly the sole author of the Chronicon Anglicanum.Ralph of Coggeshall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Finán
Finán Saint
(d. 17 February 661)Irish monk and missionary who became bishop of Lindisfarne in 651 CE.Finán is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sigeberht I
I Sigeberht Sigeberht the Little King
(fl. 617-53)Pagan king of Essex from 617 to 653 CE. He was succeeded by his relative Sigeberht the Good.Sigeberht I is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sigeberht II
Sigberht II Sigeberht the Good Sigeberht the Blessed
(fl. between 653 and 661)King of Essex and successor to Sigeberht I who converted to Christianity.Sigeberht II is mentioned in the following documents:
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John
Member of the Gregorian Mission to convert Anglo-Saxons to Christianity and is thought to have arrived in England in either 597 or 601 CE. Became an abbot of St. Augustine’s Abbey in Canterbury.John is mentioned in the following documents:
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Justus
Justus Archbishop of Canterbury Saint
(d. between 10 November 627 and 631)Fourth Archbishop of Canterbury who was among one of the groups of missionaries sent to England from Rome to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.Justus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Vodinus
Vodinus Archbishop
Romano-British archbishop as recorded by Jocelin of Furness. Stow claims Vodinus was slain by the Saxons.Vodinus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Guidelinus
Guidelinus Guitelinus Archbishop
Romano-British archbishop as recorded by Jocelin of Furness. Mentioned in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britian.Guidelinus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Hilary is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dedwin
Dedwin Theodwin Theodwinus Archbishop
Romano-British archbishop as recorded by Jocelin of Furness.Dedwin is mentioned in the following documents:
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Iltuta is mentioned in the following documents:
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Stephan is mentioned in the following documents:
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Paludius is mentioned in the following documents:
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Conan is mentioned in the following documents:
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Obinus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cadar is mentioned in the following documents:
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Deruvian
Deruvian Damian Saint Bishop
Legendary and possibly historical bishop and saint of the second century.Deruvian is mentioned in the following documents:
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Fagan
Fagan Faganus Fugatius Saint Bishop
Legendary and possibly historical bishop and saint of the second century.Fagan is mentioned in the following documents:
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Meduvinus
Baptised by Pope Eleuterus and sent as an ambassador alongside Elvanus to Britain to spread Christianity in the second century.Meduvinus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Eleuterus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Arvirargus
Legendary, and possibly historical, king of Britian in the 1st century CE. Also known as Arviragus.Arvirargus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joseph of Arimathea
Mentioned in the four gospels as donating his tomb for the burial of Jesus Christ. Believed to have founded the earliest Christian oratory in Glastonbury.Joseph of Arimathea is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ingulf
(d. 16 November 1109)Benedictine abbot of Crowland Abbey in Lincolnshire. Previously considered the author of the Croyland Chronicle, although this fact is now discredited.Ingulf is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Wentworth
Thomas Wentworth 1st baron Wentworth 6th baron le Despencer
(b. 1501, d. 1551)English peer and courtier who was a Member of the Privy Council during the Tudor dynsaty.Thomas Wentworth is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry II is mentioned in the following documents:
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Roger of Hoveden is mentioned in the following documents:
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John I is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mary I is mentioned in the following documents:
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Maurice is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Newport is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard II
King Richard II
(b. 6 January 1367, d. 1400)King of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine. Son of Edward, the Black Prince.Richard II is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Dunstane is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Peter the Apostle is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Stow is mentioned in the following documents:
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William I is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Wolfe is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Augustine of Canterbury
Saint Augustine of Canterbury
(d. 26 May 604)Archbishop of Canterbury and first official missionary to the Anglo-Saxons in Britain. Buried in the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Canterbury, Kent.St. Augustine of Canterbury is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ciran
Butler of King Lucius, who, according to Stow, aided in building the Church of St. Peter upon Cornhill. Possibly known as St. Cyranus.Ciran is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elvanus
Legendary figure, supposedly the butler of King Lucius and the second archbishop of London, who built a library for St. Peters upon Cornhill.Elvanus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bishop Eustace de Fauconberg
(b. 1170, d. 31 October 1228)English Bishop of London and Lord High Treasurer.Bishop Eustace de Fauconberg is mentioned in the following documents:
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Jocelin of Furness
(fl. 1199-1214)Cistercian monk and hagiographer. Writer of one of Stow’s sources.Jocelin of Furness is mentioned in the following documents:
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King Lucius is mentioned in the following documents:
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Raph Stratford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thean is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Walsingham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Matthew Paris is mentioned in the following documents:
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Constantine
Flavius Valerius Constantinus Emperor Constantine the Great Constantine I
The first Roman emperor to profess Christianity.Constantine is mentioned in the following documents:
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William of Malmesbury is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bede
Saint Saint Bede the Venerable Venerable Bede Baeda Beda
(b. between 672 and 673, d. 735)An English monk at the monastery of Saint Peter at Monkwearmouth who chronicled the history of the English people. Known as the Father of English History.Bede is mentioned in the following documents:
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Geoffrey de Mandeville
Geoffrey de Mandeville First Earl of Essex
(d. 26 September 1144)First earl of Essex. Constable of the Tower of London and sheriff during the reign of King Stephen. Son of William de Mandeville.Geoffrey de Mandeville is mentioned in the following documents:
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Empress Matilda is mentioned in the following documents:
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Falkes de Breauté
Falkes de Breauté Sir Sir Fulk de Brent
Anglo-Norman soldier who earned high office by loyally serving King John and King Henry III in the First Barons’ War.Falkes de Breauté is mentioned in the following documents:
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Simon Sudbery
Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord chancellor of England who was executed on Tower Hill by the rebels of Kent.Simon Sudbery is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cuthbert Tunstall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Saeberht of Essex
King Saeberht
King of Essex. First East Saxon King to be converted to Christianity.Saeberht of Essex is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aethelberht of Kent is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mellitus is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Grey (alias Bishop) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Pope Gregory I
Gregory Saint Gregory the Great St. Gregory the Dialogist
(b. 540, d. 604)Pope from 590 to 604. He was also known for his writings, as a Doctor of the Church, as one of the Latin Fathers, and a Saint. Known as the patron saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers.Pope Gregory I is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Barons (alias Barnes) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Fitzjames is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ralph Baldock is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Kempe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edmund Grindal is mentioned in the following documents:
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William the Norman is mentioned in the following documents:
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Roger Niger is mentioned in the following documents:
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Fulk Basset is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Wingham is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Paul of Tarsus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Fitzhugh is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Stokesley is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Aylmer is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Fletcher 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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Westminster is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Peter upon Cornhill
St. Peter upon Cornhill stood at the highest point of the city, on the south side of Cornhill street near the corner of Gracechurch Street. It lies in the south east of Cornhill ward and is featured on the Agas map with the labelS. Peter.
St. Peter upon Cornhill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cornhill
Cornhill was a significant thoroughfare and was part of the cityʼs main major east-west thoroughfare that divided the northern half of London from the southern half. The part of this thoroughfare named Cornhill extended from St. Andrew Undershaft to the three-way intersection of Threadneedle, Poultry, and Cornhill where the Royal Exchange was built. The nameCornhill
preserves a memory both of the cornmarket that took place in this street, and of the topography of the site upon which the Roman city of Londinium was built.Cornhill is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In 962, while London was occupied by the Danes, St. Paul’s monastery was burnt and raised anew. The church survived the Norman conquest of 1066, but in 1087 it was burnt again. An ambitious Bishop named Maurice took the opportunity to build a new St. Paul’s, even petitioning the king to offer a piece of land belonging to one of his castles (Times 115). The building Maurice initiated would become the cathedral of St. Paul’s which survived until the Great Fire of 1666.St. Paul’s Cathedral is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey was a historically significant church, located on the bottom-left corner of the Agas map. Colloquially known asPoets’ Corner,
it is the final resting place of Geoffrey Chaucer, Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, and many other notable authors; in 1740, a monument for William Shakespeare was erected in Westminster Abbey (ShaLT).Westminster Abbey is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Thames is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bishop’s Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Smithfield is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Bartholomew the Great is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary (Aldermanbury) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Whitehall is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Paul’s Cross is mentioned in the following documents:
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Shoreditch is mentioned in the following documents:
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Whitechapel
Whitechapel was a street running east-west to the Aldgate Bars from the east. Stow comments that the street, like Aldgate Street, wasfully replenished with buildings outward, & also pestered with diuerse Allyes, on eyther side
(Stow).Whitechapel is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ratcliffe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bethnall Green is mentioned in the following documents:
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Tower of London is mentioned in the following documents:
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Marshalsea is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. George Southwark is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Alban (Wood Street) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster School is mentioned in the following documents:
Organizations
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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
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