The Survey of London (1633): Cheap Ward
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Cheape Ward.
NExt adjoyning is Cheape
Ward, taking name of
the Market there kept,
called West Cheaping:
which VVard, as a ri-
ver that hath 3. heads,
and running along to the uttermost of
his bounds, issueth out on the sides into
little streames: So this Ward, begin-
ning on the course of Walbrooke, and is
not the meanest of the Wards (if for no
other cause, yet because it is neerest to
the heart of the City) hath his begin-
ning on the East from three places; The
high streete of the Poultry, The lower end
of Buckles bury, and The neather part of
the Venell or Entry into Scalding Alley;
and so running along, as farre as unto
the North-east corner of Bow lane on
the South side, & from thence into Bow
lane on the East side, untill ye come to
the channel over-against the cellar door
under the Church; and then, on the
North side of Cheape, up to the Stan-
dard, stretching it selfe into divers Lanes
and Peeces on the right hand, and on
the left hand, as it commeth along.
Ward, taking name of
the Market there kept,
called West Cheaping:
which VVard, as a ri-
ver that hath 3. heads,
and running along to the uttermost of
his bounds, issueth out on the sides into
little streames: So this Ward, begin-
ning on the course of Walbrooke, and is
not the meanest of the Wards (if for no
other cause, yet because it is neerest to
the heart of the City) hath his begin-
ning on the East from three places; The
high streete of the Poultry, The lower end
of Buckles bury, and The neather part of
the Venell or Entry into Scalding Alley;
and so running along, as farre as unto
the North-east corner of Bow lane on
the South side, & from thence into Bow
lane on the East side, untill ye come to
the channel over-against the cellar door
under the Church; and then, on the
North side of Cheape, up to the Stan-
dard, stretching it selfe into divers Lanes
and Peeces on the right hand, and on
the left hand, as it commeth along.
First, for the high streete of the Poul-
try (which is the maine body of this
Ward:) On the South side thereof, to-
ward the East, this Ward beginneth at
the corner house, now in the tenure of
one Robert Knight, in the way going
downe to Saint Mary Wool-Church, an-
ciently knowne by the signe of the Li-
on: the out-most part of which house,
and of this Ward there (the house be-
ing divided) is at the crosse-channell
over-against (or very neere) the great
West doore of Wool-Church, and so it
goeth along on the South side of the
Poultry to the great Conduit, and so in-
to Bow lane, as is aforesaid.
try (which is the maine body of this
Ward:) On the South side thereof, to-
ward the East, this Ward beginneth at
the corner house, now in the tenure of
one Robert Knight, in the way going
downe to Saint Mary Wool-Church, an-
ciently knowne by the signe of the Li-
on: the out-most part of which house,
and of this Ward there (the house be-
ing divided) is at the crosse-channell
over-against (or very neere) the great
West doore of Wool-Church, and so it
goeth along on the South side of the
Poultry to the great Conduit, and so in-
to Bow lane, as is aforesaid.
Secondly, for Buckles bury, this Ward
beginneth there toward the lower end:
On the North side, at a Channell neere
to the end of the house, bearing the
signe of the Christopher, toward the
East, now in the tenure of one Iohn
Hodges: On the South side, it beginneth
at the East end of the great new Frame
of Building, over-against the said Chri-
stopher; which is the Tenement on the
East side, next to the blacke Bull; and
so it goeth into all the Barge. And then
VVestward, it goeth on both sides the
way, viz. on the North side, to the
great Conduit, and so to Bow lane, as is
aforesayd; and on the South side, to
the end of Saint Sythes lane. Then
crossing over the Channell, to S. Bennet
Shorhogs Church, it stretcheth all along
through Needlers lane, by St. Pancrates
Church, on the same side, untill yee
come to a great Gate, which is in the
nooke of a little passage or entry to the
VVest, and is the backe gate of a house,
standing in Bow lane, sometime the
dwelling house of Master Paruis. Then
againe it stretcheth from the Chaine in
the middest of Sopers lane (on both sides
the Lane) upward toward the North,
into Cheape on the South side, and so in-
to Bow lane, as is aforesayd.
beginneth there toward the lower end:
On the North side, at a Channell neere
to the end of the house, bearing the
signe of the Christopher, toward the
East, now in the tenure of one Iohn
Hodges: On the South side, it beginneth
at the East end of the great new Frame
of Building, over-against the said Chri-
stopher; which is the Tenement on the
East side, next to the blacke Bull; and
so it goeth into all the Barge. And then
VVestward, it goeth on both sides the
way, viz. on the North side, to the
great Conduit, and so to Bow lane, as is
aforesayd; and on the South side, to
the end of Saint Sythes lane. Then
crossing over the Channell, to S. Bennet
Shorhogs Church, it stretcheth all along
through Needlers lane, by St. Pancrates
Church, on the same side, untill yee
come to a great Gate, which is in the
nooke of a little passage or entry to the
VVest, and is the backe gate of a house,
standing in Bow lane, sometime the
dwelling house of Master Paruis. Then
againe it stretcheth from the Chaine in
the middest of Sopers lane (on both sides
the Lane) upward toward the North,
into Cheape on the South side, and so in-
to Bow lane, as is aforesayd.
Thirdly, for the last place of this
VVards beginning: On the North side
of the high streete, neere unto the
Stockes-Market, is an Alley or Lane,
called Scalding Alley, not erroneously
(as some have published) but truely, as
neerest to the most ancient denominati-
on thereof; which was, Scalding-house,
alias, Scalding-wike, and Scalding lane,
as appeareth by good records extant
of two hundred yeeres continuance.
VVithin the Venell or entry of this Lane
or Alley, neere unto the VVell, that
standeth in a corner to the VVest, this
VVard beginneth at the end of the
stone wall, wherein is the doore leading
unto the Parsonage house and Church
of Saint Mildred (of which, more anon)
and it runneth on that side the Chan-
nell along to the East corner of the said
Church, and from thence on the North
side of the streete, into the Compter, and
Cony-hoope lane, and within Cony-hoope
lane, into all Skinners Alley, and the
Grocers Hall and Garden; and then
backe againe into the Old Iewry Lane,
on the West side as farre as Alderman
Welds house, and on the East side as
farre as the dead stone Wall of the
great house over-against it, sometime
Alderman Andersons house. Then to re-
turne to the west end of Old Iewry a-
gaine, this VVard stretcheth along on
the North side by the Mercers Hall un-
to Iron-mongers lane, (which all wholly
on both sides is in this VVard) and so
into Catton streete. In Catton streete this
Ward entreth, toward the East, at a
house anciently knowne by the signe of
the Talbot, on the South side, now in
the tenure of Master Packhurst; and o-
ver-against it, on the North side, at a
deepe Channell, issuing out of a house,
and so goeth up to the west on both
sides, videlicet, on the South side of the
way, beyond the end of Saint Lawrence
lane, untill ye come to that middle part
of the Church wall, which is beyond
the Church Porch; and on the North
side, from that corner of the Church
wall, it goeth on the East side of the
Channell to the Church yard; and
from thence, on both sides the way, un-
to the outward gate leading unto
Guild-hall yard, and adioyning to the
Taverne of the three Tunnes. Then a-
gaine to come into Cheape, there, on
the North side, is Saint Lawrence lane,
all which is wholly of this VVard, and
so is Hony lane above that; and so it rea-
cheth westward as farre as a shallow
Channell, close beyond the Standard.
And thus stand the bounds of Cheape
Ward.
VVards beginning: On the North side
of the high streete, neere unto the
Stockes-Market, is an Alley or Lane,
called Scalding Alley, not erroneously
(as some have published) but truely, as
neerest to the most ancient denominati-
on thereof; which was, Scalding-house,
alias, Scalding-wike, and Scalding lane,
as appeareth by good records extant
of two hundred yeeres continuance.
VVithin the Venell or entry of this Lane
or Alley, neere unto the VVell, that
standeth in a corner to the VVest, this
VVard beginneth at the end of the
stone wall, wherein is the doore leading
unto
Cheape Ward.
unto the Parsonage house and Church
of Saint Mildred (of which, more anon)
and it runneth on that side the Chan-
nell along to the East corner of the said
Church, and from thence on the North
side of the streete, into the Compter, and
Cony-hoope lane, and within Cony-hoope
lane, into all Skinners Alley, and the
Grocers Hall and Garden; and then
backe againe into the Old Iewry Lane,
on the West side as farre as Alderman
Welds house, and on the East side as
farre as the dead stone Wall of the
great house over-against it, sometime
Alderman Andersons house. Then to re-
turne to the west end of Old Iewry a-
gaine, this VVard stretcheth along on
the North side by the Mercers Hall un-
to Iron-mongers lane, (which all wholly
on both sides is in this VVard) and so
into Catton streete. In Catton streete this
Ward entreth, toward the East, at a
house anciently knowne by the signe of
the Talbot, on the South side, now in
the tenure of Master Packhurst; and o-
ver-against it, on the North side, at a
deepe Channell, issuing out of a house,
and so goeth up to the west on both
sides, videlicet, on the South side of the
way, beyond the end of Saint Lawrence
lane, untill ye come to that middle part
of the Church wall, which is beyond
the Church Porch; and on the North
side, from that corner of the Church
wall, it goeth on the East side of the
Channell to the Church yard; and
from thence, on both sides the way, un-
to the outward gate leading unto
Guild-hall yard, and adioyning to the
Taverne of the three Tunnes. Then a-
gaine to come into Cheape, there, on
the North side, is Saint Lawrence lane,
all which is wholly of this VVard, and
so is Hony lane above that; and so it rea-
cheth westward as farre as a shallow
Channell, close beyond the Standard.
And thus stand the bounds of Cheape
Ward.
Now, for Antiquities, and things
worthy of memory in Cheape Ward.
worthy of memory in Cheape Ward.
First, in the maine body of this
VVard, that is, the Poultry, standeth
the proper little Church, that beareth
the name of Saint Mildred in the Poul-
try, the Virgin; which name was given
surely for distinction, not for superstiti-
on: For so was the custome of the
Kingdome (and yet is) in building these
thing for the service of God, that the
Founders called them by the name of
some Apostle, Saint, Martyr, or Con-
fessor, as best liked their owne conceit
at the present time, to distinguish them
from others.
VVard, that is, the Poultry, standeth
the proper little Church, that beareth
the name of Saint Mildred in the Poul-
try, the Virgin; which name was given
surely for distinction, not for superstiti-
on: For so was the custome of the
Kingdome (and yet is) in building these
thing for the service of God, that the
Founders called them by the name of
some Apostle, Saint, Martyr, or Con-
fessor, as best liked their owne conceit
at the present time, to distinguish them
from others.
VVho this Mildred was; whether
she was that eldest daughter of Merwal-
dus, King of VVest-Mercians, as some
thinke, or that shee was daughter of E-
thelbert, King of Kent, one of the Foun-
ders of Pauls Church; I finde no Re-
cord to specifie, neither is it much ma-
teriall: but it is probable, that shee was
some holy and devout Maide, which
the people of that age held to bee a
Saint afterward in heaven.
she was that eldest daughter of Merwal-
dus, King of VVest-Mercians, as some
thinke, or that shee was daughter of E-
thelbert, King of Kent, one of the Foun-
ders of Pauls Church; I finde no Re-
cord to specifie, neither is it much ma-
teriall: but it is probable, that shee was
some holy and devout Maide, which
the people of that age held to bee a
Saint afterward in heaven.
In what yeeres this Church was first
erected, or who was the first Founder
of it, we finde not: But it appeareth by
some ancient Evidences of the sayd
Church, that from the beginning it had
not so much spare ground about it, as
to make a Church yard of; untill in the
yeere of our Lord God 1420. and the
eighth of King Henry the fifth, Thomas
Morsted, Esquire, and Chirurgeon to
the Kings, Henry the fourth, Henry the
fifth, and Henry the sixth, (and after-
ward, in Anno Dom. 1436. was Sheriffe
and Alderman of London) gave unto the
Church a parcell of ground,
tweene his dwelling house and the sayd
Church (and adjoyning unto the sayd
Church toward the North) to make a
Church yard of, for the buriall of their
dead; containing in length, from the
course of Walbrooke, toward the west,
forty five foote, and in breadth, from
the Church toward the North, thirty
five foote.
erected, or who was the first Founder
of it, we finde not: But it appeareth by
some ancient Evidences of the sayd
Church, that from the beginning it had
not so much spare ground about it, as
to make a Church yard of; untill in the
yeere of our Lord God 1420. and the
eighth of King Henry the fifth, Thomas
Morsted, Esquire, and Chirurgeon to
the Kings, Henry the fourth, Henry the
fifth, and Henry the sixth, (and after-
ward, in Anno Dom. 1436. was Sheriffe
and Alderman of London) gave unto the
Church a parcell of ground,
The Church yard gi-
ven.
lying be-ven.
tweene his dwelling house and the sayd
Church (and adjoyning unto the sayd
Church toward the North) to make a
Church yard of, for the buriall of their
dead; containing in length, from the
course of Walbrooke, toward the west,
forty five foote, and in breadth, from
the Church toward the North, thirty
five foote.
Within short time after,
of religious and charitable disposition,
erected upon the sides of the sayd
Church yard, but upon Posts and Pil-
lars, with Cloysters underneath, toward
the west, a Parsonage house, or Mansi-
on and free dwelling of the Ministers
and Rectors of the sayd Church: and
toward the East foure chambers, then
called the Priests Chambers; now con-
verted into a Tenement or dwelling
house, and demised for yeerly rent. But
the Church yard is much abridged, and
of late foulely defaced, and the lights of
the said Parsonage hindered by additi-
ons of Peeces to the said ancient cham-
bers, which ought not to be.
The Par-
sonage house and chambers.
some body,
sonage house and chambers.
of religious and charitable disposition,
erected upon the sides of the sayd
Church yard, but upon Posts and Pil-
lars, with Cloysters underneath, toward
the west, a Parsonage house, or Mansi-
on and free dwelling of the Ministers
and Rectors of the sayd Church: and
toward the East foure chambers, then
called the Priests Chambers; now con-
verted into a Tenement or dwelling
house, and demised for yeerly rent. But
the Church yard is much abridged, and
of
Cheape Ward.
of late foulely defaced, and the lights of
the said Parsonage hindered by additi-
ons of Peeces to the said ancient cham-
bers, which ought not to be.
After some yeeres expired,
son and Parishioners, as it seemeth, see-
ing the Church to bee very old, purpo-
sed to take it downe, and to build it
new againe: Which they began to doe
about the yeere of our Lord God, 1456.
At what time Robet Snell and Iohn King
were Church-wardens, and continued
in the office till the end of the yeere
1467. Toward the which Building, as
it may appeare by their Accompts, Iohn
Saxton being Rector or Parson of the
said Church, gave thirty two pounds;
and afterward Richard Bowyer being
Parson, gave sixe pound and fifteene
shillings.
Church taken downe and new built.
the Par-son and Parishioners, as it seemeth, see-
ing the Church to bee very old, purpo-
sed to take it downe, and to build it
new againe: Which they began to doe
about the yeere of our Lord God, 1456.
At what time Robet Snell and Iohn King
were Church-wardens, and continued
in the office till the end of the yeere
1467. Toward the which Building, as
it may appeare by their Accompts, Iohn
Saxton being Rector or Parson of the
said Church, gave thirty two pounds;
and afterward Richard Bowyer being
Parson, gave sixe pound and fifteene
shillings.
Of later dayes, to wit, Anno Domini
1594. and 35. of Queene Elizabeth, of
blessed memory, this Church yard, and
all the Buildings thereon,
been thus long in the free possession of
the Ministers and Parishioners of the
said Church, were, through the infor-
mation of an evill minded man, then
Tenent in the chambers, sold for con-
cealed land; whereby the said Tene-
ment, Church yard, and Cloysters,
were like to bee lost from the possession
of the Church, and the Ministers of the
Church to bee charged with an yeerely
rent of their Parsonage house for ever.
But the Parson and Parishioners, by a
Iudiciall proceeding then in her Maje-
sties Court of Exchequer, cleared all
the whole Soyle from that incom-
brance: the tryall whereof was held by
Nisi prius in the Guild-hall of London,
and the Record is kept in Master Fan-
shawes Office for the Exchequer.
1594. and 35. of Queene Elizabeth, of
blessed memory, this Church yard, and
all the Buildings thereon,
Church yard and Buildings supposed to be con-
cealed.
which had
cealed.
been thus long in the free possession of
the Ministers and Parishioners of the
said Church, were, through the infor-
mation of an evill minded man, then
Tenent in the chambers, sold for con-
cealed land; whereby the said Tene-
ment, Church yard, and Cloysters,
were like to bee lost from the possession
of the Church, and the Ministers of the
Church to bee charged with an yeerely
rent of their Parsonage house for ever.
But the Parson and Parishioners, by a
Iudiciall proceeding then in her Maje-
sties Court of Exchequer, cleared all
the whole Soyle from that incom-
brance: the tryall whereof was held by
Nisi prius in the Guild-hall of London,
and the Record is kept in Master Fan-
shawes Office for the Exchequer.
Richard Shore, Draper, one of the
Sheriffes in the yeere 1505. gave fif-
teene pounds to the making of a Porch
to this Church.
Sheriffes in the yeere 1505. gave fif-
teene pounds to the making of a Porch
to this Church.
In the great East window of this
Church are the Armes of divers Gen-
tlemen, as Benefactors: and namely,
the Armes of Lovell and Pury, quarte-
red, and the Armes of Richard Keston,
single.
Church are the Armes of divers Gen-
tlemen, as Benefactors: and namely,
the Armes of Lovell and Pury, quarte-
red, and the Armes of Richard Keston,
single.
All the rooffing of the Church is
garnished with the Armes of one Tho-
mas Ashehill, who had lent a great
summe of money toward the new buil-
ding of the said Church, and was one
of the Church-wardens there, in the
yeere 1474. and lyeth buried there in
the South Chappell: His Armes also
are to be seene in the same Chappell, in
the window to the East.
garnished with the Armes of one Tho-
mas Ashehill, who had lent a great
summe of money toward the new buil-
ding of the said Church, and was one
of the Church-wardens there, in the
yeere 1474. and lyeth buried there in
the South Chappell: His Armes also
are to be seene in the same Chappell, in
the window to the East.
Besides this Thomas Ashehill are bu-
ried in this Church, as by their Monu-
ments appeare, Iohn Saxton, of whom
we heard before, with this Epitaph;
ried in this Church, as by their Monu-
ments appeare, Iohn Saxton, of whom
we heard before, with this Epitaph;
Hanc subter speciem
corpus jacet eccè Iohannis,
Saxton qui fuerat
vocitatus ejus in Annis:
Hunc qui plasmavit
de terra, suppeditavit,
Nunc Pater & Flamen
sibi dent cum Prole locamen,
Qui obiit die Mens.
Anno 14 Cujus, &c.
Others buried here, as appeareth by
Monuments.
Monuments.
Iohn Hildie, Poulter, 1416. Iohn
Kendall, 1468. Iohn Garland, 1476. Ro-
bert Bois, 1485. and Simon Lee, Poul-
ters, 1487. Thomas Lee, of Essex, Gen-
tleman, William Harlingridge, Christo-
pher Seliocke, 1494. Robert Draiton,
Skinner, 1484. Iohn Christopherson Do-
ctor of Physicke, 1524 William Turner,
Skinner, 1536. Blase White, Grocer,
1558. Thomas Hobson, Haberdasher,
1559. William Hobson, Haberdasher,
1581. Thomas Tusser, 1580. with this
Epitaph:
Kendall, 1468. Iohn Garland, 1476. Ro-
bert Bois, 1485. and Simon Lee, Poul-
ters, 1487. Thomas Lee, of Essex, Gen-
tleman, William Harlingridge, Christo-
pher Seliocke, 1494. Robert Draiton,
Skinner, 1484. Iohn Christopherson Do-
ctor of Physicke, 1524 William Turner,
Skinner, 1536. Blase White, Grocer,
1558. Thomas Hobson, Haberdasher,
1559. William Hobson, Haberdasher,
1581. Thomas Tusser, 1580. with this
Epitaph:
Here Thomas Tusser,
clad in earth, doth lie,
That sometime made
the points of Husbandrie:
By him then learne thou maist;
here learne we must,
When all is done, we sleepe,
and turne to dust:
And yet, through Christ,
to Heaven we hope to goe;
Who reades his bookes,
shall finde his faith was so.
And last of all, Thomas Iken, Skin-
ner, with this Epitaph:
ner, with this Epitaph:
In Hodnet and London
God
Cheape Ward.
God blessed my life
Till forty and sixe yeeres,
with children and wife:
And God will raise me
up to life againe,
Therefore have I thought
my death no paine.
Thomas Iken, qui obiit 10. die
Martii, 1590.
Martii, 1590.
And there also lyeth buried Elizabeth
his wife, and divers of their children:
where, on a Pillar in the Chancell, to-
ward the South, is this Monument:
his wife, and divers of their children:
where, on a Pillar in the Chancell, to-
ward the South, is this Monument:
In this Chancell lyeth the body of Thomas
Iken, Citizen and Skinner of London,
who was borne in Hodnet in the County
of Salope, and had to wife Elizabeth
the daughter of Roger Smith of New-
port-Pagnell in the County of Buckin-
gham, by whom he had sixe sonnes and
eight daughters: which Thomas depar-
ted this life the tenth day of March, An-
no Dom. 1590.
Iken, Citizen and Skinner of London,
who was borne in Hodnet in the County
of Salope, and had to wife Elizabeth
the daughter of Roger Smith of New-
port-Pagnell in the County of Buckin-
gham, by whom he had sixe sonnes and
eight daughters: which Thomas depar-
ted this life the tenth day of March, An-
no Dom. 1590.
In the yeere 1594. Thomas Lane, Ci-
tizen and Scrivener of London, by his
last Will and Testament gave his small
Tenement, over against London Wall,
neere Bishopsgate, unto the Church to-
wards the reparations thereof, and re-
liefe of the poore of the Parish.
tizen and Scrivener of London, by his
last Will and Testament gave his small
Tenement, over against London Wall,
neere Bishopsgate, unto the Church to-
wards the reparations thereof, and re-
liefe of the poore of the Parish.
On the North side of the said Church
yard, remaine two Tombes of Marble,
but not knowne of whom, or otherwise
than by tradition, it is said they were of
Thomas Muschampe, and William Bro-
thurs, about 1547, &c.
yard, remaine two Tombes of Marble,
but not knowne of whom, or otherwise
than by tradition, it is said they were of
Thomas Muschampe, and William Bro-
thurs, about 1547, &c.
Some foure houses West from this
Parish Church of Saint Mildred, is a
Prison-house, pertaining to one of the
Sheriffes of London, and is called the
Counter in the Poultry. This hath been
there kept and continued time out of
minde; for I have not read of the ori-
ginall thereof. West from this Coun-
ter, was a proper Chappell, called of
Corpus Christi, and Saint Mary at
hope lane end, in the Parish of Saint Mil-
dred, founded by one named Ionnirun-
nes, a Citizen of London, in the raigne
of Edward the third, in which Chappel
was a Guild or Fraternity, that might
dispend in Lands better than twenty
pound by yeere: it was suppressed by
Henry the eighth, and purchased by one
Thomas Hobson, Haberdasher: hee tur-
ned this Chappell into a faire Ware-
house and shops towards the streete,
with lodgings over them.
Parish Church of Saint Mildred, is a
Prison-house, pertaining to one of the
Sheriffes of London, and is called the
Counter in the Poultry. This hath been
there kept and continued time out of
minde; for I have not read of the ori-
ginall thereof. West from this Coun-
ter, was a proper Chappell, called of
Corpus Christi, and Saint Mary at
hope lane end, in the Parish of Saint Mil-
dred, founded by one named Ionnirun-
nes, a Citizen of London, in the raigne
of Edward the third, in which Chappel
was a Guild or Fraternity, that might
dispend in Lands better than twenty
pound by yeere: it was suppressed by
Henry the eighth, and purchased by one
Thomas Hobson, Haberdasher: hee tur-
ned this Chappell into a faire Ware-
house and shops towards the streete,
with lodgings over them.
Then is Cony hope lane,
of old time so
called, of a signe of three Conies hang-
ing over a Poulters stall at the Lanes
end. Within this Lane standeth the
Grocers Hall, which Company, being
of old time called Pepperers, were first
incorporated by the name of Grocers,
in the yeere 1345. at which time they
elected for Custos or Gardian of their
Fraternity,
Laurence
Hallwell, & twenty Brethren were then
taken in, to be of their Society. In the
yeere 1411. the Custos or Gardian, and
the Brethren of this Company, purcha-
sed of the Lord Robert Fitzwaters, one
plot of ground with the building there-
upon in the said Cony hope lane, for 320.
Markes, and then laid the foundation
of their new common Hall.
called, of a signe of three Conies hang-
ing over a Poulters stall at the Lanes
end. Within this Lane standeth the
Grocers Hall, which Company, being
of old time called Pepperers, were first
incorporated by the name of Grocers,
in the yeere 1345. at which time they
elected for Custos or Gardian of their
Fraternity,
Grocers Hall pur-
chased & builded.
Richard Oswin, and chased & builded.
Laurence
Hallwell, & twenty Brethren were then
taken in, to be of their Society. In the
yeere 1411. the Custos or Gardian, and
the Brethren of this Company, purcha-
sed of the Lord Robert Fitzwaters, one
plot of ground with the building there-
upon in the said Cony hope lane, for 320.
Markes, and then laid the foundation
of their new common Hall.
About the yeere 1429. the Grocers
had licence to purchase 500. Markes
land: since the which time, neere ad-
joyning unto the Grocers Hall, the
said Company had builded seven pro-
per houses for seven aged poore Almes
people. Thomas Knowles, Grocer, Maior,
gave his Tenement in Saint Anthonies
Church yard to the Grocers, towards
the reliefe of the poore Brethren in that
Company. Also Henry Keble, Grocer,
Maior, gave to the seven Almes people,
sixe pence weekly for ever, which pen-
sion is now increased by the Masters, to
some of them two shillings a peece
weekly, and to some of them lesse, &c.
Henry Ady , Grocer, 1563. gave a thou-
sand Marks to the Grocers to purchase
lands. And sir Henry Pechy, Knight Ban-
neret, free of that Company, gave
them five hundred pound to certaine
uses: hee builded Almes-houses at Lu-
dingstone in Kent, and was there buried.
had licence to purchase 500. Markes
land: since the which time, neere ad-
joyning unto the Grocers Hall, the
said Company had builded seven pro-
per houses for seven aged poore Almes
people. Thomas Knowles, Grocer, Maior,
gave his Tenement in Saint Anthonies
Church yard to the Grocers, towards
the reliefe of the poore Brethren in that
Company. Also Henry Keble, Grocer,
Maior, gave to the seven Almes people,
sixe pence weekly for ever, which pen-
sion is now increased by the Masters, to
some of them two shillings a peece
weekly, and to some of them lesse, &c.
Henry Ady , Grocer, 1563. gave a thou-
sand Marks to the Grocers to purchase
lands. And sir Henry Pechy, Knight Ban-
neret, free of that Company, gave
them five hundred pound to certaine
uses: hee builded Almes-houses at Lu-
dingstone in Kent, and was there buried.
West from this Cony hope lane is the
old Iury, whereof some portion is of
Cheape Ward, as afore is shewed: at the
South end of this Lane, is the Parish
Church of S. Mary Cole-Church, named
of one Cole that builded it: this Church
is builded upon a vault above ground, so
that men are forced to goe to ascend up
therunto by certain steps. I find no Mo-
numents of this Church more, than that
Henry the fourth granted licence to
William Marshall and others, to found a
Brotherhood of Saint Katharine there-
in, because Thomas Becket and Saint Ed-
mond the Archbishop were baptized
there. More I reade of Bordhangly lane,
to be of that Parish: and thus much for
the North side of the Poultry. The
South side of the said Poultry, begin-
ning on the banke of the said brooke,
over-against the Parish Church of Saint
Mildred, passing up to the great Con-
duit, hath divers faire houses, which
were sometimes inhabited by the Poul-
ters, but now by Grocers, Haberda-
shers, and Vpholsters.
old Iury, whereof some portion is of
Cheape Ward, as afore is shewed: at the
South end of this Lane, is the Parish
Church of S. Mary Cole-Church, named
of one Cole that builded it: this Church
is builded upon a vault above ground, so
that men are forced to goe to ascend up
therunto by certain steps. I find no Mo-
numents
Cheape Ward.
numents of this Church more, than that
Henry the fourth granted licence to
William Marshall and others, to found a
Brotherhood of Saint Katharine there-
in, because Thomas Becket and Saint Ed-
mond the Archbishop were baptized
there. More I reade of Bordhangly lane,
to be of that Parish: and thus much for
the North side of the Poultry. The
South side of the said Poultry, begin-
ning on the banke of the said brooke,
over-against the Parish Church of Saint
Mildred, passing up to the great Con-
duit, hath divers faire houses, which
were sometimes inhabited by the Poul-
ters, but now by Grocers, Haberda-
shers, and Vpholsters.
Concerning other Antiquities there:
first,
nour and Tenements pertaining to one
Buckle, who there dwelled, and kept
his Courts. This Mannor is supposed
to be the great stone-building, yet in
part remaining on the South side of the
streete, which of late time hath beene
called the Old Barge, of such a signe
hanged out, neere the gate thereof. This
Mannour, or great House, hath of long
time beene divided and letten out into
many tenements: and it hath beene a
common speech,
did lye open, Barges were rowed out of
the Thames, or towed up so farre: and
therefore the place hath ever since been
called the Old Barge.
first,
Buckles bury of one Buc-
kle.
is Buckles bury, so called of a Man-kle.
nour and Tenements pertaining to one
Buckle, who there dwelled, and kept
his Courts. This Mannor is supposed
to be the great stone-building, yet in
part remaining on the South side of the
streete, which of late time hath beene
called the Old Barge, of such a signe
hanged out, neere the gate thereof. This
Mannour, or great House, hath of long
time beene divided and letten out into
many tenements: and it hath beene a
common speech,
Barges towed up Walbrook unto Buc-
kles bury.
that when Walbrooke
kles bury.
did lye open, Barges were rowed out of
the Thames, or towed up so farre: and
therefore the place hath ever since been
called the Old Barge.
Also, on the North side of this street,
directly over-gainst the said Buckles bu-
rie, was one ancient and strong Tower
of stone the which Tower King Edward
the third, in the eighteenth of his reign,
by the name of the Kings house, called
Cornet stoure in London, did appoint to
be his Exchange of money, there to bee
kept. In the 29. he granted it to Frydus
Guynysane , and Landus Bardoile, Mer-
chants of Luke, for twenty pound the
yeere. And in the 32. he gave the same
Tower to his Colledge, or free Chappel
of Saint Stephen at Westminster, by the
name of Cornet stoure at Buckles bury in
London.
directly over-gainst the said Buckles bu-
rie, was one ancient and strong Tower
of stone the which Tower King Edward
the third, in the eighteenth of his reign,
by the name of the Kings house, called
Cornet stoure in London, did appoint to
be his Exchange of money, there to bee
kept. In the 29. he granted it to Frydus
Guynysane , and Landus Bardoile, Mer-
chants of Luke, for twenty pound the
yeere. And in the 32. he gave the same
Tower to his Colledge, or free Chappel
of Saint Stephen at Westminster, by the
name of Cornet stoure at Buckles bury in
London.
This Tower, of late yeeres, was ta-
ken downe by one Buckle, a Grocer,
meaning, in place thereof, to have set
up and builded a goodly frame of Tim-
ber: but the said Buckle greedily labou-
ring to pull downe the old Tower, a
part thereof fell upon him, which so
sore bruised him, that his life was there-
by shortened: and another that married
his widow, set up the new prepared
frame of Timber, and finished the
worke.
ken downe by one Buckle, a Grocer,
meaning, in place thereof, to have set
up and builded a goodly frame of Tim-
ber: but the said Buckle greedily labou-
ring to pull downe the old Tower, a
part thereof fell upon him, which so
sore bruised him, that his life was there-
by shortened: and another that married
his widow, set up the new prepared
frame of Timber, and finished the
worke.
This whole streete, called Buckles bu-
rie, on both the sides throughout, is
possessed of Grocers and Apothecaries.
Toward the west end thereof, on the
South side, breaketh out one other short
Lane, called in Records Peneritch street,
it reacheth but to Saint Sythes lane, and
Saint Sythes Church is the farthest part
thereof; for by the west end of the said
Church, beginneth Needlers lane, which
reacheth to Sopers lane, as is aforesaid.
This small Parish Church of St. Syth,
hath also an addition of Bennet shorne,
(or Shrog, or Shorehog)
names have I read it, but the ancientest
is Shorne: wherefore it seemeth to take
that name of one Benedict Shorne, some-
time a Citizen and Stockefishmonger
of London, a new builder, repairer, or
benefactor thereof, in the yeere of Ed-
ward the second: so that Shorne is but
corruptly called Shrog, and more cor-
ruptly Shorehog.
rie, on both the sides throughout, is
possessed of Grocers and Apothecaries.
Toward the west end thereof, on the
South side, breaketh out one other short
Lane, called in Records Peneritch street,
it reacheth but to Saint Sythes lane, and
Saint Sythes Church is the farthest part
thereof; for by the west end of the said
Church, beginneth Needlers lane, which
reacheth to Sopers lane, as is aforesaid.
This small Parish Church of St. Syth,
hath also an addition of Bennet shorne,
(or Shrog, or Shorehog)
names have I read it, but the ancientest
is Shorne: wherefore it seemeth to take
that name of one Benedict Shorne, some-
time a Citizen and Stockefishmonger
of London, a new builder, repairer, or
benefactor thereof, in the yeere of Ed-
ward the second: so that Shorne is but
corruptly called Shrog, and more cor-
ruptly Shorehog.
There lye buried in this Church, Iohn
Froysh, Mercer, Maior, 1394. Iohn Roch-
ford, Rob. Rochford, Iohn Hold, Alderman,
Hen. Frowike, Mercer, Maior, 1435. Edw.
Warrington, Iohn Morrice, Iohn Huntley,
Richard Lincolne, Felmonger, 1548. Sir
Ralph Warren, Mercer, Maior, 1553. Sir
Iohn Lion, Grocer, Maior, 1554. these
two last have Monuments, the rest are
all defaced. Edward Hall, Gentleman
of Greyes Inne, common Sergeant of
this City, and then Vnder-Sheriffe of
the same, hee wrote the large Chroni-
cles from Richard the second, till the
end of Henry the eighth, was buried in
this Church.
Froysh, Mercer, Maior, 1394. Iohn Roch-
ford, Rob. Rochford, Iohn Hold, Alderman,
Hen. Frowike, Mercer, Maior, 1435. Edw.
Warrington, Iohn Morrice, Iohn Huntley,
Richard Lincolne, Felmonger, 1548. Sir
Ralph Warren, Mercer, Maior, 1553. Sir
Iohn Lion, Grocer, Maior, 1554. these
two last have Monuments, the rest are
all defaced. Edward Hall, Gentleman
of Greyes Inne, common Sergeant of
this City, and then Vnder-Sheriffe of
the same, hee wrote the large Chroni-
cles from Richard the second, till the
end of Henry the eighth, was buried in
this Church.
Grace and Religion,
A faire Monumēt in the East wall of the Chancell.
with the best of Nature,
All striving to excell,
yet all agreeing
To make one absolute
and perfect creature:
Would any see a sight,
so worth the seeing?
He comes too late:
here
here she lyes buried,
With whom they lately liv’d,
and now are dead.
In the Vault there by,
Lieth buried the body of Anne, the wife of
Iohn Farrar, Gentleman, and Mer-
chant Adventurer of this City, daugh-
ter of William Shepheard, of Great
Rowlright, in the County of Oxenford,
Esquire. She departed this life the 12. day
of Iuly, An. Dom. 1613. being then a-
bout the age of 21. yeeres. To whose
well-deserving memory, this Monument
is by her said husband erected.
Iohn Farrar, Gentleman, and Mer-
chant Adventurer of this City, daugh-
ter of William Shepheard, of Great
Rowlright, in the County of Oxenford,
Esquire. She departed this life the 12. day
of Iuly, An. Dom. 1613. being then a-
bout the age of 21. yeeres. To whose
well-deserving memory, this Monument
is by her said husband erected.
Here was a Bud,
A small gilt en-
graven Plate fa-
stened under the Monu-
ment.
graven Plate fa-
stened under the Monu-
ment.
beginning for her May:
Before her Flower,
Death tooke her hence away.
But for what cause?
That friends might joy the more,
Where their hope is,
she flourisheth now before.
She is not lost,
but in those joyes remaine,
Where friends may see,
and joy in her againe.
Here lyeth buried the right Worshipfull,
Sir Ralph Warren, Knight, Alder-
man, and twice Lord Maior of this City
of London, Mercer, Merchant of the
Staple at Callis; with his two wives,
Dame Christian, and Dame Ioane:
Which said Sir Ralph departed this life
the 11. day of Iuly, An. Dom. 1553.
A faire ancient Marble Tombe in the Chancell.
Sir Ralph Warren, Knight, Alder-
man, and twice Lord Maior of this City
of London, Mercer, Merchant of the
Staple at Callis; with his two wives,
Dame Christian, and Dame Ioane:
Which said Sir Ralph departed this life
the 11. day of Iuly, An. Dom. 1553.
Here lyeth Katharine Prettyman,
A faire plated stone in the midst of the Chancell.
a Mayde of seventeene yeeres,
In Suffolke borne, in London bred,
as by her death appeares.
With Natures gifts she was adorn’d,
of honest birth and kin,
Her vertuous minde, with modest grace,
did love of many win.
But when she should with honest match
have liv’d a wedded life,
Stay there (quoth Iove) the world is naught,
for she shall be my wife,
And Death, since thou hast done thy due,
lay nuptiall rites aside,
And follow her unto the grave,
that should have been your Bride:
Whose honest life, and faithfull end,
her patience therewithall,
Doth plainly shew, that she with Christ
now lives, and ever shall.
She departed this life the 11. day
of August, 1594.
Quod mihi dilectissimus
& memorabile pii,
A plated stone in the North Ile.
Donavit, breviter
abstulit ecce Deus.
Dulcis Ioannes
artorum parvule-cultor
Occidis heu pietas
& lachrymosa dies.
Affer opem quicunque
pores medicabile vultu,
Et aliud dederis
si mihi sancte Deus.
Obijt 3. die Aprilis, 1592.
Then,
in Needlers lane have yee the
Parish Church of Saint Pancrate, a pro-
per small Church, but divers rich Pa-
rishioners therein, and hath had, of old
time, many liberall Benefactors: But
of late, such as (not regarding the order
taken by Queene Elizabeth) the least
Bell in their Church being broken,
rather sold the same for halfe the value,
than put the Parish to charge with new
casting: late experience hath proved
this to bee true, besides the spoyle of
Monuments there.
Parish Church of Saint Pancrate, a pro-
per small Church, but divers rich Pa-
rishioners therein, and hath had, of old
time, many liberall Benefactors: But
of late, such as (not regarding the order
taken by Queene Elizabeth) the least
Bell in their Church being broken,
Iustices charged to punish such as sell Bels from their Churches, Eliz. 14.
have
rather sold the same for halfe the value,
than put the Parish to charge with new
casting: late experience hath proved
this to bee true, besides the spoyle of
Monuments there.
In this Church are buried Sir Aker,
Iohn Aker, Iohn Barnes, Mercer, Maior,
1370. Iohn Beston, and his wife, Robert
Rayland, Iohn Hamber, Iohn Gage,
Iohn Rowley, Iohn Lambe, Iohn Hadley,
Grocer, Maior, 1379. Richard Garde-
ner, Mercer, Maior, 1478. Iohn Stock-
ton, Mercer, Maior, 1470. Iohn Dane,
Mercer, Iohn Parker, Robert Marshall,
Alderman, 1439. Robert Corcheford, Ro-
bert Hatfield, and Robert Hatfield, Ni-
cholas Wilfilde, and Thomas his sonne, the
Monuments of all which bee defaced
and gone.
Iohn Aker, Iohn Barnes, Mercer, Maior,
1370. Iohn Beston, and his wife, Robert
Rayland, Iohn Hamber, Iohn Gage,
Iohn Rowley, Iohn Lambe, Iohn Hadley,
Grocer, Maior, 1379. Richard Garde-
ner, Mercer, Maior, 1478. Iohn Stock-
ton, Mercer, Maior, 1470. Iohn Dane,
Mercer, Iohn Parker, Robert Marshall,
Alderman, 1439. Robert Corcheford, Ro-
bert Hatfield, and Robert Hatfield, Ni-
cholas Wilfilde, and Thomas his sonne, the
Monuments of all which bee defaced
and gone.
There doe remaine, of Robert Bur-
ley, 1360. Richard Wilson, 1525. Robert
Packenton, Mercer, slaine with a Gunne,
shot at him in a morning, as he was go-
ing to morrow Masse from his house
in Cheape, to Saint Thomas of Acars,
in the yeere 1536. The murderer
was never discovered, but by his owne
confession, made when hee came to the
Gallowes at Banbury, to be hanged for
Felony. T. Wardbury, Haberdasher,
1545. Iames Huysh, Grocer, 1590. Am-
brose Smith, &c.
ley, 1360. Richard Wilson, 1525. Robert
Packenton, Mercer, slaine with a Gunne,
shot at him in a morning, as he was go-
ing to morrow Masse from his house
in Cheape, to Saint Thomas of Acars,
in the yeere 1536. The murderer
was never discovered, but by his owne
confession, made when hee came to the
Gallowes at Banbury, to be hanged for
Bb
Felony.
Cheape Ward.
Felony. T. Wardbury, Haberdasher,
1545. Iames Huysh, Grocer, 1590. Am-
brose Smith, &c.
Hereunder lyeth buried Iames Huysh,
tizen and Grocer of London, third son
of Iohn Huysh, of Beuford, in the
County of Somerset, Esquire: which
Iames had to his first wife, Margaret
Bourchier; by whom hee had issue ele-
ven children: And to his second wife,
Mary Moffet, by whom he had issue, 18.
children. He dyed the 20. day of August,
Anno Dom. 1590.
A faire Monumēt in the North wall of the Quire.
Ci-tizen and Grocer of London, third son
of Iohn Huysh, of Beuford, in the
County of Somerset, Esquire: which
Iames had to his first wife, Margaret
Bourchier; by whom hee had issue ele-
ven children: And to his second wife,
Mary Moffet, by whom he had issue, 18.
children. He dyed the 20. day of August,
Anno Dom. 1590.
Hac defunctus Huysh
tenui sub mole quiescit,
Nec tamen hac totus
mole quiescit Huysh.
Corpus inest Tumulo,
colit aurea spiritus astra,
Scilicet hunc Coelum
vendicat, illud humus.
Londinensis erat Civis
dum fata sinebant:
Iam cum sydereo
Millre Miles agit.
Bis Thalami sociam
duxit, prior edidit illi
Vndenas proles,
altera bisque novem.
Munificam persaepe
manum porrexit egenis,
Virtutum fautor,
Pieridumque fuit.
Nil opus est plures
illi contexere laudes,
Sufficit in Coelo▪
jam reperisse locum.
Hoc qualecunque Monumen-
tum, Rowlandus, dicti Ia-
cobi haeres, posuit pie-
tatis ergo.
tum, Rowlandus, dicti Ia-
cobi haeres, posuit pie-
tatis ergo.
Here lies a Mary
mirror of her sexe
For all that best their
soules or body decks.
Faith, forme, or fame,
the miracle of youth,
For zeale and knowledge
of the sacred truth,
For frequent reading
the whole holy Writ.
For fervent prayer,
and for practice fit,
For meditations,
full of use and art,
For humblenesse,
in habit and in heart,
For pious, prudent,
peacefull, praisefull life,
For all the duties
of a Christian wife;
For patient bearing
seven dead-bearing throwes,
For one alive, which
yet dead with her goes.
From Travers her deare
Spouse, her father Hayes,
Lord Maior, more honoured
in her vertuous praise.
Quam piè obiit puerpera die
octavo Martii, Anno Aeta-
tis 29. Anno Saluti
1614.
By the assent of Stephen Abunden,
were admitted to sell all such Spices,
and other Wares, as Grocers now use
to sell, retaining the old name of Pep-
perers in Sopers lane; till at length, in
the reigne of Henry the sixth, the same
Sopers lane was inhabited by Cord-
wainers and Curriers, after that the
Pepperers or Grocers had seated them-
selves in a more open streete, to wit, in
Buckles bury, where they yet remaine.
Thus much for the South Wing of
Cheape Ward.
Pepperers in Sopers lane.
were admitted to sell all such Spices,
and other Wares, as Grocers now use
to sell, retaining the old name of Pep-
perers in Sopers lane; till at length, in
the reigne of Henry the sixth, the same
Sopers lane was inhabited by Cord-
wainers and Curriers, after that the
Pepperers or Grocers had seated them-
selves in a more open streete, to wit, in
Buckles bury, where they yet remaine.
Thus much for the South Wing of
Cheape Ward.
At the West end of this Poultry, and
also of Buckles bury,
street of West Cheaping, a Market place
so called, which street stretcheth West,
till yee come to the little Conduit by
Pauls gate, but not all of Cheape Ward. In
the East part of this streete standeth the
Great Conduit, of sweete water, con-
veyed by pipes of Lead under ground
from Paddington, for service of this Ci-
ty, castellated with stone, and cisterned
in Lead, about the yeere 1285. and a-
gain new builded and enlarged by Tho-
mas Ilam, one of the Sheriffes, 1479.
also of Buckles bury,
West Cheap a large Market place.
beginneth the large
street of West Cheaping, a Market place
so called, which street stretcheth West,
till yee come to the little Conduit by
Pauls gate, but not all of Cheape Ward. In
the East part of this streete standeth the
Great Conduit, of sweete water, con-
veyed by pipes of Lead under ground
from Paddington, for service of this Ci-
ty, castellated with stone, and cisterned
in Lead, about the yeere 1285. and a-
gain new builded and enlarged by Tho-
mas Ilam, one of the Sheriffes, 1479.
About the middest of this street is the
Standard in Cheape; of what antiquity,
the first foundation I have not read.
But Henry the sixth, by his Patent dated
at Windsore the . of his reigne, which
Patent was confirmed by Parliament,
1442. granted licence to Thomas Knolles,
Iohn Chichle, & other, executors to Iohn
Wells, Grocer, sometime Maior of Lon-
don, with his goods to make new the
high-way, which leadeth from the Ci-
tie of London towards the Palace of West-
minster, before and nigh the Mannour
of Savoy, parcell of the Duchy of Lanca-
ster; a way then very ruinous, and the
pavement broken, to the hurt and mis-
chiefe of the subjects: Which old pave-
ment, then remaining in that way, with-
in the length of five hundred foote, and
all the breadth of the same, before and
nigh the site of the Mannour aforesaid,
they to breake up, and with stone, gra-
vell, and other stuffe, one other good &
sufficient way there to make, for the
commodity of the subjects. And fur-
ther, that the Standard in Cheape, where
divers executions of the Law before-
time had beene performed, which
Standard at that present was very rui-
nous with age, in which there was a
Conduit should bee taken downe, and
another competent Standard of stone,
together with a Conduit in the same, of
new, strongly to bee builded, for the
commodity & honour of the City, with
the goods of their said Testator, with-
out interruption, &c.
Standard in Cheape; of what antiquity,
the first foundation I have not read.
But Henry the sixth, by his Patent dated
at Windsore the . of his reigne, which
Patent
Patent was confirmed by Parliament,
1442. granted licence to Thomas Knolles,
Iohn Chichle, & other, executors to Iohn
Wells, Grocer, sometime Maior of Lon-
don, with his goods to make new the
high-way, which leadeth from the Ci-
tie of London towards the Palace of West-
minster, before and nigh the Mannour
of Savoy, parcell of the Duchy of Lanca-
ster; a way then very ruinous, and the
pavement broken, to the hurt and mis-
chiefe of the subjects: Which old pave-
ment, then remaining in that way, with-
in the length of five hundred foote, and
all the breadth of the same, before and
nigh the site of the Mannour aforesaid,
they to breake up, and with stone, gra-
vell, and other stuffe, one other good &
sufficient way there to make, for the
commodity of the subjects. And fur-
ther, that the Standard in Cheape, where
divers executions of the Law before-
time had beene performed, which
Standard at that present was very rui-
nous with age, in which there was a
Conduit should bee taken downe, and
another competent Standard of stone,
together with a Conduit in the same, of
new, strongly to bee builded, for the
commodity & honour of the City, with
the goods of their said Testator, with-
out interruption, &c.
Of executions at the Standard in
Cheape, we reade, that in the yeer 1293.
three men had their right hands smit-
ten off there, for rescuing of a prisoner,
arrested by an Officer of the City. In
the yeere 1326. the Burgesses of Lon-
don caused Walter Stapleton, Bishop of
Exceter, Treasurer to Edward the se-
cond, and other, to be beheaded at the
Standard in Cheap (but this was by Pauls
Gate.) In the yeere 1351. the 26. of Ed-
ward the third, two Fishmongers were
beheaded at the Standard in Cheape, but
I reade not of their offence. 1381. Wat
Tyler beheaded Richard Lions and other
there. In the yeere 1399. Henry the
fourth caused the Blank Charters, made
by Richard the second, to be burnt there.
In the yeere 1450. Iacke Cade, Captain
of the Kentish Rebels, beheaded the
Lord Say there. In the yeere 1461. Iohn
Davy had his hand stricken off there,
because hee had stricken a man before
the Iudges at Westminster, &c.
Cheape, we reade, that in the yeer 1293.
three men had their right hands smit-
ten off there, for rescuing of a prisoner,
arrested by an Officer of the City. In
the yeere 1326. the Burgesses of Lon-
don caused Walter Stapleton, Bishop of
Exceter, Treasurer to Edward the se-
cond, and other, to be beheaded at the
Standard in Cheap (but this was by Pauls
Gate.) In the yeere 1351. the 26. of Ed-
ward the third, two Fishmongers were
beheaded at the Standard in Cheape, but
I reade not of their offence. 1381. Wat
Tyler beheaded Richard Lions and other
there. In the yeere 1399. Henry the
fourth caused the Blank Charters, made
by Richard the second, to be burnt there.
In the yeere 1450. Iacke Cade, Captain
of the Kentish Rebels, beheaded the
Lord Say there. In the yeere 1461. Iohn
Davy had his hand stricken off there,
because hee had stricken a man before
the Iudges at Westminster, &c.
Then next is the great Crosse in West
Cheape: Which Crosse was there ere-
cted in the yeere 1290. by Edward the
first, upon occasion thus: Queene Elia-
nor his wife died at Hardeby (a Towne
neere unto the City of Lincolne) her
body was brought from thence to West-
minster, and the King in memory of her,
caused in every place where her body
rested by the way, a stately Crosse of
stone to be erected, with the Queenes
Image and Armes upon it; as at Gran-
tham, Woborne, Northhampton, Stony-Stratford,
Dunstable, S. Albones, Wal-
tham, West Cheape, and at Charing, from
whence shee was conveyed to Westmin-
ster, and there buried.
Cheape: Which Crosse was there ere-
cted in the yeere 1290. by Edward the
first, upon occasion thus: Queene Elia-
nor his wife died at Hardeby (a Towne
neere unto the City of Lincolne) her
body was brought from thence to West-
minster, and the King in memory of her,
caused in every place where her body
rested by the way, a stately Crosse of
stone to be erected, with the Queenes
Image and Armes upon it; as at Gran-
tham, Woborne, Northhampton, Stony-Stratford,
Dunstable, S. Albones, Wal-
tham, West Cheape, and at Charing, from
whence shee was conveyed to Westmin-
ster, and there buried.
This Crosse in West Cheap,
to those other which remaine till this
day, & being by length of time decaied;
Iohn Hatherley, Maior of London, procu-
red in the yeer 1441. licence of K. Henry
the sixth, to re-edifie the same in more
beautifull manner, for the honour of the
City: & had licence also to take up 200.
fodder of Lead for the building there-
of, of certain Conduits, & a cōmon Gra-
nary. This Crosse was then curiously
wrought, at the charges of divers Citi-
zens: Ioh. Fisher, Mercer, gave 600. Marks
towards it, the same was begun to be set
up, 1484. and finished 1486. the second
of Henry the 7. It was after gilt over, in
the yeere 1522 against the comming in
of Charles the fifth Emperour, in the
yeere 1553. against the Coronation of
Queene Anne, new burnished against
the Coronation of Edward the sixth,
and againe new gilt 1554. against the
comming in of King Philip: since the
which time, the said Crosse having
beene presented by divers Juries (or
Quests of Wardmote) to stand in the
high-way, to the let of carriages (as
they alledged) but could not have it
removed; it followed, that in the yeer
1581. the twenty one of June, in the
night, the lowest Images round about
the said Crosse (being of Christ his re-
surrection, of the Virgin Mary King Ed-
ward the Confessor, and such like) were
broken, and defaced. Proclamation
was made, that whoso would bewray
the doers, should have forty Crownes;
but nothing came to light: the Image of
the blessed Virgin, at that time was
robbed of her Son, & her armes broken,
by which shee staid him on her knees,
her whole body was also haled with
ropes, and left likely to fall: but in the
yeere 1595. was again fastened & repai-
red, & in the yeer next following, a new
mis-shapen Son, as born out of time, all
naked, was laid in her armes, the other
Images remaining broke as afore. But
on the East side of the same Crosse, the
steppes being taken thence under the I-
mage of Christs resurrection defaced,
was then set up a curious wrought Ta-
bernacle of gray Marble,
an Alabaster Image of Diana, & water
conveyed from the Thames, prilling
from her naked breast for a time, but
now decayed.
Crosse in Cheap new builded.
being like
to those other which remaine till this
day, & being by length of time decaied;
Iohn Hatherley, Maior of London, procu-
red in the yeer 1441. licence of K. Henry
the sixth, to re-edifie the same in more
beautifull manner, for the honour of the
City: & had licence also to take up 200.
fodder of Lead for the building there-
of, of certain Conduits, & a cōmon Gra-
nary. This Crosse was then curiously
wrought, at the charges of divers Citi-
zens: Ioh. Fisher, Mercer, gave 600. Marks
towards it, the same was begun to be set
up, 1484. and finished 1486. the second
of Henry the 7. It was after gilt over, in
the yeere 1522 against the comming in
of Charles the fifth Emperour, in the
yeere 1553. against the Coronation of
Queene Anne, new burnished against
the Coronation of Edward the sixth,
and againe new gilt 1554. against the
comming in of King Philip: since the
which time, the said Crosse having
beene presented by divers Juries (or
Quests of Wardmote) to stand in the
high-way, to the let of carriages (as
they alledged) but could not have it
removed; it followed, that in the yeer
1581. the twenty one of June, in the
night, the lowest Images round about
the said Crosse (being of Christ his re-
surrection, of the Virgin Mary King Ed-
ward the Confessor, and such like) were
broken, and defaced. Proclamation
was made, that whoso would bewray
the doers, should have forty Crownes;
but nothing came to light: the Image of
the blessed Virgin, at that time was
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robbed
robbed of her Son, & her armes broken,
by which shee staid him on her knees,
her whole body was also haled with
ropes, and left likely to fall: but in the
yeere 1595. was again fastened & repai-
red, & in the yeer next following, a new
mis-shapen Son, as born out of time, all
naked, was laid in her armes, the other
Images remaining broke as afore. But
on the East side of the same Crosse, the
steppes being taken thence under the I-
mage of Christs resurrection defaced,
was then set up a curious wrought Ta-
bernacle of gray Marble,
Image of Diana let upon the Crosse in Cheape.
& in the same
an Alabaster Image of Diana, & water
conveyed from the Thames, prilling
from her naked breast for a time, but
now decayed.
In the yeere 1599. the timber of the
Crosse at the top being rotted within
the lead,
feared to have fallen, to the harming of
som people;
of the Crosse was scaffolded about, and
the top thereof taken down, meaning in
place therof to have set up a Pyramis;
but some of her Majesties honourable
Counsellors directed their letters to sir
Nicholas Mosley, then Maior, by her
Highnes expresse commandement con-
cerning the Crosse, forthwith to be re-
paired, and placed again as it formerly
stood, &c. Notwithstanding, the said
Cross stood headlesse more than a yeer
after: whereupon the said Counsellors
in greater number, meaning not any lon-
ger to permit the continuance of such a
contempt,
or, requiring him by vertue of her High-
nesse said former direction & comman-
dement, without any further delay, to
accomplish the same her Majesties most
princely care therein, respecting especi-
ally the antiqity & continuance of that
Monument, ancient Ensigne of Christi-
anity, &c. dated the 24. of December,
1600. After this a crosse of timber was
framed, set up, covered with lead, & gil-
ded, the body of the Crosse downward
cleansed of dust, the Scaffold carried
thence. About 12. nights following, the
Image of our Lady was again defaced,
by plucking off her crown, & almost her
head, taking from her her naked childe,
and stabbing her in the breast, &c. Thus
much for the Crosse in West Cheape.
Crosse at the top being rotted within
the lead,
Top of the crosse being fea-
red to fall, was taken downe.
the arms therof bending, were
red to fall, was taken downe.
feared to have fallen, to the harming of
som people;
Crosse in Cheape comman-
ded to be repaired.
& therfore the whole body
ded to be repaired.
of the Crosse was scaffolded about, and
the top thereof taken down, meaning in
place therof to have set up a Pyramis;
but some of her Majesties honourable
Counsellors directed their letters to sir
Nicholas Mosley, then Maior, by her
Highnes expresse commandement con-
cerning the Crosse, forthwith to be re-
paired, and placed again as it formerly
stood, &c. Notwithstanding, the said
Cross stood headlesse more than a yeer
after: whereupon the said Counsellors
in greater number, meaning not any lon-
ger to permit the continuance of such a
contempt,
Cōmand again sent for repai-
ring the Crosse in Cheape, it being an ancient Ensigne of Christi-
anity.
wrote to Wil. Rider, then Mai-ring the Crosse in Cheape, it being an ancient Ensigne of Christi-
anity.
or, requiring him by vertue of her High-
nesse said former direction & comman-
dement, without any further delay, to
accomplish the same her Majesties most
princely care therein, respecting especi-
ally the antiqity & continuance of that
Monument, ancient Ensigne of Christi-
anity, &c. dated the 24. of December,
1600. After this a crosse of timber was
framed, set up, covered with lead, & gil-
ded, the body of the Crosse downward
cleansed of dust, the Scaffold carried
thence. About 12. nights following, the
Image of our Lady was again defaced,
by plucking off her crown, & almost her
head, taking from her her naked childe,
and stabbing her in the breast, &c. Thus
much for the Crosse in West Cheape.
Then at the West end of West Cheape
streete, was sometime a Crosse of stone,
called the Old Crosse. Ralph Higden in his
Polycronicon sait, that Walter Stapleton,
Bishop of Exceter, Treasurer to Edward
the 2. was by the Burgesses of London
beheaded at this Crosse, then called the
Standard, without the North doore of
S. Pauls Church, and so is it noted in o-
ther writers, that then lived. This old
Crosse stood and remained at the East
end of the Parish Church, called S. Mi-
chael in the Corne by Pauls gate, neer to
the North end of the Old-Exchange, till
the yeere 1390. the 13. of Richard the 2.
in place of which old Crosse then taken
down, the said Church of S. Michael was
enlarged, & also a faire water-Conduit
builded about the 9. of Henry the sixth.
streete, was sometime a Crosse of stone,
called the Old Crosse. Ralph Higden in his
Polycronicon sait, that Walter Stapleton,
Bishop of Exceter, Treasurer to Edward
the 2. was by the Burgesses of London
beheaded at this Crosse, then called the
Standard, without the North doore of
S. Pauls Church, and so is it noted in o-
ther writers, that then lived. This old
Crosse stood and remained at the East
end of the Parish Church, called S. Mi-
chael in the Corne by Pauls gate, neer to
the North end of the Old-Exchange, till
the yeere 1390. the 13. of Richard the 2.
in place of which old Crosse then taken
down, the said Church of S. Michael was
enlarged, & also a faire water-Conduit
builded about the 9. of Henry the sixth.
In the reigne of Edward the 3. divers
Iustings were made in this streete,
twixt Sopers lane & the great Crosse,
namely, one in the yeer 1331. about the
21. of September, as I finde noted by
divers writers of that time. In the mid-
dle of the City of London (say they) in a
streete called Cheap, the stone pavement
being couered with sand, that the horse
might not slide, when they strongly set
their feet to the ground, the King held a
Tournament 3. daies together with the
Nobility, valiant men of the Realme, &
other, some strange Knights. And to the
end the beholders might with the bet-
ter ease see the same, there was a wood-
den Scaffold erected crosse the streete,
like unto a Tower,
lip, & many other Ladies, richly attired
and assembled from all parts of the
Realme, did stand to behold the Justs:
but the higher frame in which the La-
dies were placed, brake in sunder, wher-
by they were (with some shame) forced
to fall downe, by reason whereof the
Knights and such as were underneath
were grievously hurt: wherefore the
Queen took great care to save the Car-
penters from punishment, and through
her praiers (which she made upon her
knees) pacified the King & Councell, &
therby purchased great love of the peo-
ple.
Shed to bee strongly made of stone for
himselfe, the Queen, & other States to
stand on, & there to behold the Justings,
and other shewes at their pleasure, by
the Church of S. Mary Bow, as is shew-
ed in Cordwainer streete Ward . Thus
much for the high streete of Cheape.
Iustings were made in this streete,
Iustings and Tour-
nament in West Cheape.
be-nament in West Cheape.
twixt Sopers lane & the great Crosse,
namely, one in the yeer 1331. about the
21. of September, as I finde noted by
divers writers of that time. In the mid-
dle of the City of London (say they) in a
streete called Cheap, the stone pavement
being couered with sand, that the horse
might not slide, when they strongly set
their feet to the ground, the King held a
Tournament 3. daies together with the
Nobility, valiant men of the Realme, &
other, some strange Knights. And to the
end the beholders might with the bet-
ter ease see the same, there was a wood-
den Scaffold erected crosse the streete,
like unto a Tower,
Queene Philip
and her ladies fell from a Scaffold in Cheape.
wherein Queen Phi-lip, & many other Ladies, richly attired
and assembled from all parts of the
Realme, did stand to behold the Justs:
but the higher frame in which the La-
dies were placed, brake in sunder, wher-
by they were (with some shame) forced
to fall downe, by reason whereof the
Knights and such as were underneath
were grievously hurt: wherefore the
Queen took great care to save the Car-
penters from punishment, and through
her praiers (which she made upon her
knees) pacified the King & Councell, &
therby purchased great love of the peo-
ple.
A shed or standing made for the King to behold the shews in Cheape.
After which time the King caused a
Shed to bee strongly made of stone for
himselfe, the Queen, & other States to
stand on, & there to behold the Justings,
and other shewes at their pleasure, by
the
the Church of S. Mary Bow, as is shew-
ed in Cordwainer streete Ward . Thus
much for the high streete of Cheape.
Now let us returne to the South side
of Cheape Ward: from the great Con-
duit west be many faire and large hou-
ses, for the most part possessed of Mer-
cers, up to the corner of Cordwainer
street, corruptly called Bow lane, which
houses in former times were but sheds,
or shops, with sollors over them, as of
late one of them remained at Sopers lane
end, wherein a woman sold seeds, roots,
and herbes: but those sheds or shops,
by incroachments on the high streete,
are now largely builded on both sides
outward, and also upward, some three,
foure, or five stories high.
of Cheape Ward: from the great Con-
duit west be many faire and large hou-
ses, for the most part possessed of Mer-
cers, up to the corner of Cordwainer
street, corruptly called Bow lane, which
houses in former times were but sheds,
or shops, with sollors over them, as of
late one of them remained at Sopers lane
end, wherein a woman sold seeds, roots,
and herbes: but those sheds or shops,
by incroachments on the high streete,
are now largely builded on both sides
outward, and also upward, some three,
foure, or five stories high.
Now of the North side of Cheape street
and Ward,
duit, and by S. Mary Cole Church, where
we left. Next thereunto Westward is
the Mercers Chappell, sometime an Hos-
pitali, intituled of S. Thomas of Acon, or
Acars, for a Master and Brethren, Mili-
tia hospitalis, &c. saith the Record of Ed-
ward the third, the 14. yeere, it was foun-
ded by Thomas Fitztheobald de Heili, &
Agnes his wife. Sister to Thomas Becket,
in the reigne of Henry the second. They
gave to the Master and Brethren the
lands with the appurtenances, that
sometimes were Gilbert Beckets, father
to the said Thomas, in the which he was
borne, there to make a Church. There
was a Charnell and a Chappell over it
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tall was valued to dispend 277. pounds,
three shillings foure pence surrendred
the 30. of Henry the eighth, the 21. of
October, and was since purchased by
the Mercers, by meanes of sir Richard
Gresham, and was againe set open on the
Eve of S. Michael, 1541. the 33. of Henry
the 8. It is now called the Mercers Chap-
pell, therein is kept a free Grammar
Schoole,
med, commanded by Parliament. Here
bee many Monuments remaining, but
more have been defaced: Iames Butler
Earle of Ormond and Dame Ioane his
Countesse, 1428. Iohn Norton Esquire,
Stephen Cavendish, Draper, Maior, 1362.
Thomas Cavendish, William Cavendish,
Thomas Ganon called Pike, one of the
Sheriffes, 1410. Hungate of Yorkshire,
Ambrose Cresacre, Iohn Chester, Draper,
Iohn Trusbut, Mercer, 1437. Thomas Nor-
land, Sheriffe, 1483. Sir Edmond Sha,
Goldsmith, Maior, 1482. Sir Thomas
Hill, Maior, 1485. Thomas Ilam, Sheriffe,
1479. Lancelot Laken, Esquire, Ralph
Tilne, Sheriffe, 1488. Garth, Esquire,
Iohn Rich, Thomas Butler, Earle of Or-
mond, 1515. Sir W. Butler, Grocer, Maior,
1515. William Browne, Mercer, Maior,
1523. Iohn Locke, 1519. Sir Thomas Bal-
dry,
Mercer, Sheriffe, 1548. Sir I. Allen,
Mercer, Maior, 1525. deceased 1544.
Sir Thomas Leigh, Mercer, Maior, 1558.
Sir Richard Malory, Mercer, Maior,
1564. Humfrey Baskervile, Mercer,
Sheriffe, 1561. Sir George Bond, Maior,
1587, &c.
and Ward,
North side of Cheape Ward.
beginning at the great Con-duit, and by S. Mary Cole Church, where
we left. Next thereunto Westward is
the Mercers Chappell, sometime an Hos-
pitali, intituled of S. Thomas of Acon, or
Acars, for a Master and Brethren, Mili-
tia hospitalis, &c. saith the Record of Ed-
ward the third, the 14. yeere, it was foun-
ded by Thomas Fitztheobald de Heili, &
Agnes his wife. Sister to Thomas Becket,
in the reigne of Henry the second. They
gave to the Master and Brethren the
lands with the appurtenances, that
sometimes were Gilbert Beckets, father
to the said Thomas, in the which he was
borne, there to make a Church. There
was a Charnell and a Chappell over it
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tall was valued to dispend 277. pounds,
three shillings foure pence surrendred
the 30. of Henry the eighth, the 21. of
October, and was since purchased by
the Mercers, by meanes of sir Richard
Gresham, and was againe set open on the
Eve of S. Michael, 1541. the 33. of Henry
the 8. It is now called the Mercers Chap-
pell, therein is kept a free Grammar
Schoole,
A free Schoole in the Hospitall of S. Thom. of Acars.
as of old time had bin accusto-med, commanded by Parliament. Here
bee many Monuments remaining, but
more have been defaced: Iames Butler
Earle of Ormond and Dame Ioane his
Countesse, 1428. Iohn Norton Esquire,
Stephen Cavendish, Draper, Maior, 1362.
Thomas Cavendish, William Cavendish,
Thomas Ganon called Pike, one of the
Sheriffes, 1410. Hungate of Yorkshire,
Ambrose Cresacre, Iohn Chester, Draper,
Iohn Trusbut, Mercer, 1437. Thomas Nor-
land, Sheriffe, 1483. Sir Edmond Sha,
Goldsmith, Maior, 1482. Sir Thomas
Hill, Maior, 1485. Thomas Ilam, Sheriffe,
1479. Lancelot Laken, Esquire, Ralph
Tilne, Sheriffe, 1488. Garth, Esquire,
Iohn Rich, Thomas Butler, Earle of Or-
mond, 1515. Sir W. Butler, Grocer, Maior,
1515. William Browne, Mercer, Maior,
1523. Iohn Locke, 1519. Sir Thomas Bal-
dry,
Locke his Armes in the win-
dowes.
Mercer, Maior, 1523. Sir W. Locke,
dowes.
Mercer, Sheriffe, 1548. Sir I. Allen,
Mercer, Maior, 1525. deceased 1544.
Sir Thomas Leigh, Mercer, Maior, 1558.
Sir Richard Malory, Mercer, Maior,
1564. Humfrey Baskervile, Mercer,
Sheriffe, 1561. Sir George Bond, Maior,
1587, &c.
Before this Hospitall towards the
street, was builded a faire and beautifull
Chappell arched over with stone, and
thereupon the Mercers Hall, a most cu-
rious peece of worke: Sir Iohn Allen,
Mercer, being founder of that Chap-
pell, was there buried, but since his
Tombe is removed thence into the bo-
dy of the Hospitall Church, & his bo-
dy-roome divided into shops, are letten
out for rēt. These Mercers were enabled
to be a Company, & to purchase lands
to the value of 20. li. the yeer, the 17. of
Richard the 2. they had 3. messuages &
shops in the Parish of St. Martin Otes-
wich, in the Ward of Bishops-gate , for the
sustentation of the poore, & a Chantry,
the 22. of Richard the second. Henry the
fourth in the 12. of his reign, confirmed
to Stephen Spilman, W. Marchford, & Iohn
Whatile, Mercers, by the name of one
new Seldam, shed, or building, with
shops, cellers, and edifices whatsoever
appertaining, called Crownsilde, situate
in the Mercery in West Cheape,
rish of St. Mary de Arcubus in London,
&c. to be holden in Burgage, as all the
City of London is, & which were worth
by yeere, in all issues according to the
true value of them, 7. li. 13. s. 4. d. as was
found by inquisition before Thomas
Knolles, Maior, and Eschetor in the said
City. Henry the sixth, in the 3. of his
reigne, at the request of Iohn Coventry,
Iohn Carpenter, and William Grove, gran-
ted to the Mercers to have a Chaplaine,
& a Brotherhood, for reliefe of such of
their Company, as came to decay by
misfortune on the Sea. In the yeere,
1536. on Saint Peters night, King Hen-
rie the eighth, and Queene Iane his
wife, stood in this Mercers Hall, then
new builded, and beheld the marching
Watch of the City, most bravely set
out, sir Iohn Allen, Mercer, one of the
Kings Councell, being Maior.
street, was builded a faire and beautifull
Chappell arched over with stone, and
thereupon the Mercers Hall, a most cu-
rious peece of worke: Sir Iohn Allen,
Mercer, being founder of that Chap-
pell, was there buried, but since his
Tombe is removed thence into the bo-
dy of the Hospitall Church, & his bo-
dy-roome divided into shops, are letten
out for rēt. These Mercers were enabled
to be a Company, & to purchase lands
to the value of 20. li. the yeer, the 17. of
Richard the 2. they had 3. messuages &
shops in the Parish of St. Martin Otes-
wich, in the Ward of Bishops-gate , for the
sustentation of the poore, & a Chantry,
the 22. of Richard the second. Henry the
fourth in the 12. of his reign, confirmed
to Stephen Spilman, W. Marchford, & Iohn
Whatile, Mercers, by the name of one
new Seldam, shed, or building, with
shops, cellers, and edifices whatsoever
appertaining, called Crownsilde, situate
in the Mercery in West Cheape,
Crownsilde, under Bow Church.
in the Pa-rish of St. Mary de Arcubus in London,
&c. to be holden in Burgage, as all the
City of London is, & which were worth
by yeere, in all issues according to the
true value of them, 7. li. 13. s. 4. d. as was
found by inquisition before Thomas
Knolles, Maior, and Eschetor in the said
City. Henry the sixth, in the 3. of his
reigne, at the request of Iohn Coventry,
Iohn Carpenter, and William Grove, gran-
ted to the Mercers to have a Chaplaine,
& a Brotherhood, for reliefe of such of
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their
their Company, as came to decay by
misfortune on the Sea. In the yeere,
1536. on Saint Peters night, King Hen-
rie the eighth, and Queene Iane his
wife, stood in this Mercers Hall, then
new builded, and beheld the marching
Watch of the City, most bravely set
out, sir Iohn Allen, Mercer, one of the
Kings Councell, being Maior.
Next beyond the Mercers Chappell,
and their Hall, is Ironmonger lane, so cal-
led of Ironmongers dwelling there,
whereof I reade in the reigne of Edward
the first, &c. In this Lane is the small
Parish Church of St. Martin, called Po-
mary, upon what occasion I certainly
know not. It is supposed to be of Ap-
ples growing, where now houses are
lately builded: for my selfe have seene
large voide places. Monuments in that
Church none to be accounted of.
led of Ironmongers dwelling there,
whereof I reade in the reigne of Edward
the first, &c. In this Lane is the small
Parish Church of St. Martin, called Po-
mary, upon what occasion I certainly
know not. It is supposed to be of Ap-
ples growing, where now houses are
lately builded: for my selfe have seene
large voide places. Monuments in that
Church none to be accounted of.
Farther west,
is St. Laurence lane, so
called of St. Laurence Church, which
standeth directly over-against the north
end thereof. Antiquities in this Lane I
find none other, than that among many
faire houses, there is one large Inne for
receit of Travellers, called Blossoms
Inne, but corruptly Bosoms Inne, and
hath to signe S. Laurence the Deacon, in
a border of Blossomes or Flowers.
called of St. Laurence Church, which
standeth directly over-against the north
end thereof. Antiquities in this Lane I
find none other, than that among many
faire houses, there is one large Inne for
receit of Travellers, called Blossoms
Inne, but corruptly Bosoms Inne, and
hath to signe S. Laurence the Deacon, in
a border of Blossomes or Flowers.
Then neere to the Standard in Cheape,
is Hony lane, so called, not of sweetnesse
thereof, being very narrow, and some-
what dark, but rather, of often washing
and sweeping, to keep it cleane. In this
Lane is the small Parish Church, called
Alhallowes in Hony lane: There bee no
Monuments in this Church worth the
nothing. I finde, that Iohn Norman, Dra-
per, Maior, 1453. was buried there: He
gave to the Drapers his Tenements on
the North side the said Church, they to
allow for the Beame light and Lampe,
13. shillings 4. pence yeerly, from this
Lane to the Standard. And thus much
for Cheape Ward, in the high streete of
Cheape; for it stretcheth no farther.
thereof, being very narrow, and some-
what dark, but rather, of often washing
and sweeping, to keep it cleane. In this
Lane is the small Parish Church, called
Alhallowes in Hony lane: There bee no
Monuments in this Church worth the
nothing. I finde, that Iohn Norman, Dra-
per, Maior, 1453. was buried there: He
gave to the Drapers his Tenements on
the North side the said Church, they to
allow for the Beame light and Lampe,
13. shillings 4. pence yeerly, from this
Lane to the Standard. And thus much
for Cheape Ward, in the high streete of
Cheape; for it stretcheth no farther.
Now, for the North Wing of Cheape
Ward, have yee Catte-streete, corruptly
called Catteten streete, which beginneth
at the North end of Ironmonger lane, and
runneth to the west end of St. Laurence
Church, as is afore shewed.
Ward, have yee Catte-streete, corruptly
called Catteten streete, which beginneth
at the North end of Ironmonger lane, and
runneth to the west end of St. Laurence
Church, as is afore shewed.
On the North side of this streete is
the Guild-hall, wherein the Courts for
the City be kept: namely, 1. The Court
of Common Councell,
the Lord Maior & his Brethren the Al-
dermen,
The court of Orphanes, 5. The 2. courts
of the Sheriffes, 6. The court of the
Wardmote, 7. The court of Hallmote,
8. The court of Requests, commonly cal-
led the Court of Conscience, 9. The
Chamberlaines court for Prentises, and
making them free. This Guild-hall, saith
Robert Fabian, was begun to be builded
new in the yeere 1411. the twelfth of
Henry the fourth, by Thomas Knoles,
then Maior, & his Brethren the Alder-
men: The same was made of a little cot-
tage, a large and great house, as now it
standeth; towards the charges whereof,
the Companies gave large benevolen-
ces. Also offences of men were pardo-
ned for summes of money towards this
Worke, extraordinary Fees were rai-
sed, Fines, Amercements, and other
things imployed, during 7. yeeres, with
a continuation there of 3. yeers more, all
to be imployed to this building.
the Guild-hall, wherein the Courts for
the City be kept: namely, 1. The Court
of Common Councell,
The Guild-Hall, and Courts kept.
2. The court of
the Lord Maior & his Brethren the Al-
dermen,
Lib. Fleiw.
3. The court of Hustings, 4.
The court of Orphanes, 5. The 2. courts
of the Sheriffes, 6. The court of the
Wardmote, 7. The court of Hallmote,
8. The court of Requests, commonly cal-
led the Court of Conscience, 9. The
Chamberlaines court for Prentises, and
making them free. This Guild-hall, saith
Robert Fabian, was begun to be builded
new in the yeere 1411. the twelfth of
Henry the fourth, by Thomas Knoles,
then Maior, & his Brethren the Alder-
men: The same was made of a little cot-
tage, a large and great house, as now it
standeth; towards the charges whereof,
the Companies gave large benevolen-
ces. Also offences of men were pardo-
ned for summes of money towards this
Worke, extraordinary Fees were rai-
sed, Fines, Amercements, and other
things imployed, during 7. yeeres, with
a continuation there of 3. yeers more, all
to be imployed to this building.
The first yeere of Henry the sixth, Iohn
Coventry and Iohn Carpentar, Executors
to Richard Whitington, gave towards
the paving of this great Hall twenty
pound, and the next yeere fifteene
pound more to the said Pavement with
hard stone of Purbecke: They also gla-
sed some Windowes thereof, and of the
Maiors Court, on every which Win-
dow, the Armes of Richard Whitington
are placed. The foundation of the
Maiors court was laid in the third yeere
of the reigne of Henry the sixth; and of
the Porch, on the South side of the
Maiors court, in the fourth of the said
King. Then was builded the Maiors
Chamber, and the Councell Chamber,
with other roomes above the staires.
Coventry and Iohn Carpentar, Executors
to Richard Whitington, gave towards
the paving of this great Hall twenty
pound, and the next yeere fifteene
pound more to the said Pavement with
hard stone of Purbecke: They also gla-
sed some Windowes thereof, and of the
Maiors Court, on every which Win-
dow, the Armes of Richard Whitington
are placed. The foundation of the
Maiors court was laid in the third yeere
of the reigne of Henry the sixth; and of
the Porch, on the South side of the
Maiors court, in the fourth of the said
King. Then was builded the Maiors
Chamber, and the Councell Chamber,
with other roomes above the staires.
Having here so just occasion, speaking
of that former ancient Councell Cham-
ber, which hath continued so ever
since; I cannot but account it expedient
(as in no place better fitting) to remem-
ber the faire and goodly new Councell
Chamber; a worthy Act and Honour,
whereby to renowne deservedly the
City for ever. The said new Councell
Chamber, with a faire Roome over the
same, appointed for a Treasury, where-
in to preserve the Bookes and Records
belonging to the Citie; and another
roome also underneath the said Cham-
ber, reserved for necessary use and im-
ployment, began to be builded the first
weeke after Easter, in the time of the
Maioralty of Sir Thomas Middleton,
Knight and Alderman; in the yeere of
our Lord, 1614. It was fully finished
shortly after Michaelmas, 1615. at the
latter end of the Maioralty of Sir Tho-
mas Hayes, Knight and Alderman. But
the Lord Maior, and the Aldermen his
brethren, kept their first Court in the
said new Councell Chamber,
seventh day of November, in the yeere
of our Lord, 1615. Sir Iohn Iolles,
Knight and Alderman, being then Lord
Maior: By whose order and direction,
the said building was performed, from
the first beginning thereof, to the finall
finishing of the same; amounting to
the charge of 1740. pounds: than
which, no money (in my mind) could
be better bestowed, nor more to the Ci-
ties credit and renowne.
of that former ancient Councell Cham-
ber, which hath continued so ever
since; I cannot but account it expedient
(as in no place better fitting) to remem-
ber the faire and goodly new Councell
Chamber; a worthy Act and Honour,
whereby to renowne deservedly the
City for ever. The said new Councell
Chamber, with a faire Roome over the
same, appointed for a Treasury, where-
in to preserve the Bookes and Records
belonging
belonging to the Citie; and another
roome also underneath the said Cham-
ber, reserved for necessary use and im-
ployment, began to be builded the first
weeke after Easter, in the time of the
Maioralty of Sir Thomas Middleton,
Knight and Alderman; in the yeere of
our Lord, 1614. It was fully finished
shortly after Michaelmas, 1615. at the
latter end of the Maioralty of Sir Tho-
mas Hayes, Knight and Alderman. But
the Lord Maior, and the Aldermen his
brethren, kept their first Court in the
said new Councell Chamber,
The first Court kepe in the new Councell Chamber.
on the
seventh day of November, in the yeere
of our Lord, 1615. Sir Iohn Iolles,
Knight and Alderman, being then Lord
Maior: By whose order and direction,
the said building was performed, from
the first beginning thereof, to the finall
finishing of the same; amounting to
the charge of 1740. pounds: than
which, no money (in my mind) could
be better bestowed, nor more to the Ci-
ties credit and renowne.
Last of all, a stately Porch, entring
the great Hall, was erected, the front
thereof towards the South, being beau-
tified with Images of stone, such as is
shewed by these verses following, made
about some thirty yeeres since, by Wil-
liam Elderton, at that time an Atturney
in the Sheriffes Courts there:
the great Hall, was erected, the front
thereof towards the South, being beau-
tified with Images of stone, such as is
shewed by these verses following, made
about some thirty yeeres since, by Wil-
liam Elderton, at that time an Atturney
in the Sheriffes Courts there:
Though most the Images
be pulled downe,
Verses made on the Ima-
ges over the Guild-hall gate.
ges over the Guild-hall gate.
And none be thought
remaine in Towne,
I am sure there be
in London yet
Seven Images, such,
and in such a place,
As few or none,
I thinke, will hit:
Yet every day
they shew their face,
And thousands see them
every yeere,
But few, I thinke,
can tell me where:
Where Iesu Christ
aloft doth stand,
Names of Images.
Law and Learning
on either hand;
Discipline in
the Divels necke,
And hard by her
are three direct;
There Iustice, Fortitude
and Temperance stand,
Where finde ye the like
in all this Land?
Divers Aldermen glazed the great
Hall, and other Courts, as appeareth
by their Armes in each window. Willi-
am Hariot, Draper, Maior, 1481. gave
forty pound to the making of two Loo-
vers in the said Guild-hall, and toward
the glazing thereof.
other houses of Office adjoyning to this
Guild-hall, were builded of later time,
to wit, about the yeere 1501. by pro-
curement of Sir Iohn Sha, Goldsmith,
Maior, (who was the first that kept his
Feast there) towards the charges of
which worke, the Maior had of the Fel-
lowships of the Citie (by their owne
agreement) certaine summes of money;
as, of the Mercers forty pounds; the
Grocers, twenty pounds; the Drapers,
thirty pounds; and so of the other Fel-
lowships thorow the Citie, as they
were of power.
Hall, and other Courts, as appeareth
by their Armes in each window. Willi-
am Hariot, Draper, Maior, 1481. gave
forty pound to the making of two Loo-
vers in the said Guild-hall, and toward
the glazing thereof.
Kitchens by the Guild-hall.
The Kitchens, and
other houses of Office adjoyning to this
Guild-hall, were builded of later time,
to wit, about the yeere 1501. by pro-
curement of Sir Iohn Sha, Goldsmith,
Maior, (who was the first that kept his
Feast there) towards the charges of
which worke, the Maior had of the Fel-
lowships of the Citie (by their owne
agreement) certaine summes of money;
as, of the Mercers forty pounds; the
Grocers, twenty pounds; the Drapers,
thirty pounds; and so of the other Fel-
lowships thorow the Citie, as they
were of power.
Also Widdowes, and other wel-dis-
posed persons, gave certaine summes of
money: as, the Lady Hill, ten pounds;
the Ladie Austrie, ten pounds; and so
of many other, till the worke was fini-
shed. Since the which time, the Maiors
Feasts have beene yeerely kept there,
which before-time had beene kept in
the Taylors Hall, and in the Grocers
Hall. Nicholas Alwin, Grocer, Maior,
1499. deceased 1505. gave by his Te-
stament, for a hanging of Tapestrie, to
serve for principall dayes in the Guild-hall,
73. l. 6. s. 8. d. How this gift was
performed, I have not heard: for Exe-
cutors of our time, having no consci-
ence, (I speake of my own knowledge)
prove more Testaments than they per-
forme.
posed persons, gave certaine summes of
money: as, the Lady Hill, ten pounds;
the Ladie Austrie, ten pounds; and so
of many other, till the worke was fini-
shed. Since the which time, the Maiors
Feasts have beene yeerely kept there,
which before-time had beene kept in
the Taylors Hall, and in the Grocers
Hall. Nicholas Alwin, Grocer, Maior,
1499. deceased 1505. gave by his Te-
stament, for a hanging of Tapestrie, to
serve for principall dayes in the Guild-hall,
73. l. 6. s. 8. d. How this gift was
performed, I have not heard: for Exe-
cutors of our time, having no consci-
ence, (I speake of my own knowledge)
prove more Testaments than they per-
forme.
Now for the Chappell or Colledge
of our Lady Mary Magdalen,
Saints by the Guild-Hall, called London
Colledge: I read, that the same was
builded about the yeere 1299. and that
Peter Fanelore, Adam Frauncis, and Hen-
ry Frowicke Citizens, gave one Messuage
with the appurtenances, in the Parish
of S. Foster, to William Brampton, Custos
of the Chauntry, by them founded in
the said Chappell, with foure Chap-
lains, and on the other house in the Pa-
rish of S. Giles without Creplegate, in the
27. of Edward the third, was given to
them.
of our Lady Mary Magdalen,
Chappell or Col-
ledge at Guild-hall. Patent.
and of All
ledge at Guild-hall. Patent.
Saints by the Guild-Hall, called London
Colledge: I read, that the same was
builded about the yeere 1299. and that
Peter Fanelore, Adam Frauncis, and Hen-
ry Frowicke Citizens, gave one Messuage
with the appurtenances, in the Parish
of S. Foster, to William Brampton, Custos
of
of the Chauntry, by them founded in
the said Chappell, with foure Chap-
lains, and on the other house in the Pa-
rish of S. Giles without Creplegate, in the
27. of Edward the third, was given to
them.
Moreover I finde, that Richard the 2.
in the 20. of his reigne, granted to Ste-
phen Spilman, Mercer, licence to give
one messuage, three shops, and one
garden, with the appurtenances, being
in the Parish of S. Andrew Hubberd, to
the Custos and Chaplaines of the said
Chappell, and to their successors, for
their better reliefe and maintenance for
ever.
in the 20. of his reigne, granted to Ste-
phen Spilman, Mercer, licence to give
one messuage, three shops, and one
garden, with the appurtenances, being
in the Parish of S. Andrew Hubberd, to
the Custos and Chaplaines of the said
Chappell, and to their successors, for
their better reliefe and maintenance for
ever.
King Henry the 6. in the eighth of his
reigne, gave licence to Iohn Barnard, Cu-
stos, and the Chaplains, to build of new
the said Chappell or Colledge of Guild
Hall:
27. of his reigne, granted to the Paris-Clerks
in London, a Guild of S. Nicho-
las, for two Chaplaines, by them to bee
kept in the said Chappell of S. Mary
Magdalen, neere unto the Guild-hall, and
to keepe 7. Almes-people. Henry Bar-
ton, Skinner, Maior, founded a Chap-
laine there: Roger Depham, Mercer, and
Sir VVilliam Langford, Knight, had also
Chaplaines there. This Chappell or
Colledge had a Custos, 7. Chaplaines,
3. Clarkes, and 4. Quiresters.
reigne, gave licence to Iohn Barnard, Cu-
stos, and the Chaplains, to build of new
the said Chappell or Colledge of Guild
Hall:
Chappell or Col-
ledge at Guildhall new buil-
ded.
and the same Henry the 6. in the
ledge at Guildhall new buil-
ded.
27. of his reigne, granted to the Paris-Clerks
in London, a Guild of S. Nicho-
las, for two Chaplaines, by them to bee
kept in the said Chappell of S. Mary
Magdalen, neere unto the Guild-hall, and
to keepe 7. Almes-people. Henry Bar-
ton, Skinner, Maior, founded a Chap-
laine there: Roger Depham, Mercer, and
Sir VVilliam Langford, Knight, had also
Chaplaines there. This Chappell or
Colledge had a Custos, 7. Chaplaines,
3. Clarkes, and 4. Quiresters.
Monuments there have beene sundry,
as appeareth by the Tombes of Marble
yet remaining, seven in number, but all
defaced. The uppermost in the Quire,
on the South side thereof, above the
Revestrie doore, was the Tombe of Iohn
Welles, Grocer, Maior 1451. The like-
nesse of Wels are graven on the Tombe,
on the Revestrie doore, and other pla-
ces on that side the Quire. Also in the
glasse window, is the likenesse of
Welles, with hands elevated out of the
same Wels, holding scrowles, wherein
is written, Mercy: the writing in the
East window (being broken) yet re-
maineth Welles. I found his Armes also
in the South glasse window: all which
doe shew, that the East end and South
side of the Quire of this Chappell, and
the Revestire, were by him both builded
and glazed. On the North side of the
Quire, the Tombe of Thomas Knesworth,
Fishmonger, Maior 1505. who decea-
sed 1515. was defaced, and within these
44. yeeres againe renewed by the Fish-
mongers. Two other Tombes lower
there are, the one of a Draper, the other
of a Haberdasher, their names not
knowne: Richard Stomin is written in
the window by the Haberdasher. Vnder
flat stones doe lye divers Custos of the
Chappell, Chaplaines and Officers to
the Chamber.
as appeareth by the Tombes of Marble
yet remaining, seven in number, but all
defaced. The uppermost in the Quire,
on the South side thereof, above the
Revestrie doore, was the Tombe of Iohn
Welles, Grocer, Maior 1451. The like-
nesse of Wels are graven on the Tombe,
on the Revestrie doore, and other pla-
ces on that side the Quire. Also in the
glasse window, is the likenesse of
Welles, with hands elevated out of the
same Wels, holding scrowles, wherein
is written, Mercy: the writing in the
East window (being broken) yet re-
maineth Welles. I found his Armes also
in the South glasse window: all which
doe shew, that the East end and South
side of the Quire of this Chappell, and
the Revestire, were by him both builded
and glazed. On the North side of the
Quire, the Tombe of Thomas Knesworth,
Fishmonger, Maior 1505. who decea-
sed 1515. was defaced, and within these
44. yeeres againe renewed by the Fish-
mongers. Two other Tombes lower
there are, the one of a Draper, the other
of a Haberdasher, their names not
knowne: Richard Stomin is written in
the window by the Haberdasher. Vnder
flat stones doe lye divers Custos of the
Chappell, Chaplaines and Officers to
the Chamber.
Amongst others, Iohn Clipstone, Priest,
sometime Custos of the Library of the
Guild-hall, 1457. Another of E. Alison,
Priest, one of the Custos of the Library,
1510. &c. Sir Iohn Langley, Goldsmith,
Maior, 1576, lyeth buried in the vault,
under the Tombe of Iohn Welles before-
named. This Chappell or Colledge,
valued to dispend 12. l. 8. s. 9. d. by
the yeere, was surrendred amongst o-
ther: the Chappell remaineth to the
Maior and Communalty, wherein they
have service weekely, as also at the ele-
ction of the Maior, and at the Maiors
Feast, &c.
sometime Custos of the Library of the
Guild-hall, 1457. Another of E. Alison,
Priest, one of the Custos of the Library,
1510. &c. Sir Iohn Langley, Goldsmith,
Maior, 1576, lyeth buried in the vault,
under the Tombe of Iohn Welles before-
named. This Chappell or Colledge,
valued to dispend 12. l. 8. s. 9. d. by
the yeere, was surrendred amongst o-
ther: the Chappell remaineth to the
Maior and Communalty, wherein they
have service weekely, as also at the ele-
ction of the Maior, and at the Maiors
Feast, &c.
Adjoyning to this Chappell on the
South side, was sometime a faire and
large Library, furnished with Bookes,
pertaining to the Guild-hall and Col-
ledge.
South side, was sometime a faire and
large Library, furnished with Bookes,
pertaining to the Guild-hall and Col-
ledge.
These Bookes (as it is said) were, in
the reigne of Edward the 6. sent for by
Edward Duke of Somerset, Lord Prote-
ctor, with promise to be restored short-
ly: men laded from thence three Car-
ries with them, but they were never re-
turned. This Library was builded by
the Executors of R. VVhitington, and by
VV. Bury. The Armes of VVhitington
are placed on the one side in the stone-worke:
and two letters, to wit, W. and
B. for William Bury, on the other side:
it is now losted through, and made a
store-house for Clothes.
the reigne of Edward the 6. sent for by
Edward Duke of Somerset, Lord Prote-
ctor, with promise to be restored short-
ly: men laded from thence three Car-
ries with them, but they were never re-
turned. This Library was builded by
the Executors of R. VVhitington, and by
VV. Bury. The Armes of VVhitington
are placed on the one side in the stone-worke:
and two letters, to wit, W. and
B. for William Bury, on the other side:
it is now losted through, and made a
store-house for Clothes.
South-west from this Guild-hall,
is
the faire Parish Church of S. Laurence,
called in the Iurie, because (of old time)
many Iewes inhabited thereabout. This
Church is faire and large, and hath
some Monuments, as shall be shewed.
I my selfe, more than 70. yeeres since,
have seene in this Church the shanke
bone of a man (as it is taken) and also a
tooth of a very great bignesse,
up, for shew, in chaines of iron, upon a
pillar of stone; the tooth (being about
the bignesse of a mans fist) is long since
conveyed from thence: the thigh or
shanke bone,
the Rule, remaineth yet fastned to a
post of timber, and is not so much to be
noted for the length, as for the thicknes,
hardnesse and strength thereof; for
when it was hanged on the stone pillar,
it fretted (with moving) the said pillar,
and was not it selfe fretted, nor (as see-
meth) is not yet lightned, by remaining
dry: but where or when this bone was
first found or discovered, I have not
heard; and therefore, rejecting the fa-
bles of some late Writers, I overpasse
them. VValter Blundell had a Chauntry
there, the 14. of Edward the second,
There lye buried in this Church, Eliza-
beth, wife to Iohn Fortescue; Katharine
Stoketon, Iohn Stratton, Philip Albert,
Iohn Fleming, Philip Agmondesham, Wil-
liam Skywith, Iohn Norlong, Iohn Baker,
Thomas Alleyne, William Barton, Mercer,
1410. William Melrith, Mercer, one of
the Sheriffes, 1425. Simon Barlet, Mer-
cer, 1428. Walter Chartsey, Draper, one
of the Sheriffes, 1430. Richard Rich, E-
squire of London, the Father, and Ri-
chard Rich his sonne, Mercer, one of the
Sheriffes, 1442. deceased, 1469. with
this Epitaph:
the faire Parish Church of S. Laurence,
called in the Iurie, because (of old time)
many Iewes inhabited thereabout. This
Church is faire and large, and hath
some Monuments, as shall be shewed.
I my selfe, more than 70. yeeres since,
have seene in this Church the shanke
bone of a man (as it is taken) and also a
tooth of a very great bignesse,
The tooth of some monstrous Fish as I take it.
hanged
up, for shew, in chaines of iron, upon a
pillar
pillar of stone; the tooth (being about
the bignesse of a mans fist) is long since
conveyed from thence: the thigh or
shanke bone,
A shanke bone of 25. inches long, of a man, as is said, but might be of an Ele-
phant.
of 25. inches in length by
phant.
the Rule, remaineth yet fastned to a
post of timber, and is not so much to be
noted for the length, as for the thicknes,
hardnesse and strength thereof; for
when it was hanged on the stone pillar,
it fretted (with moving) the said pillar,
and was not it selfe fretted, nor (as see-
meth) is not yet lightned, by remaining
dry: but where or when this bone was
first found or discovered, I have not
heard; and therefore, rejecting the fa-
bles of some late Writers, I overpasse
them. VValter Blundell had a Chauntry
there, the 14. of Edward the second,
There lye buried in this Church, Eliza-
beth, wife to Iohn Fortescue; Katharine
Stoketon, Iohn Stratton, Philip Albert,
Iohn Fleming, Philip Agmondesham, Wil-
liam Skywith, Iohn Norlong, Iohn Baker,
Thomas Alleyne, William Barton, Mercer,
1410. William Melrith, Mercer, one of
the Sheriffes, 1425. Simon Barlet, Mer-
cer, 1428. Walter Chartsey, Draper, one
of the Sheriffes, 1430. Richard Rich, E-
squire of London, the Father, and Ri-
chard Rich his sonne, Mercer, one of the
Sheriffes, 1442. deceased, 1469. with
this Epitaph:
Respice quod opus est
Praesentis temporis aevum,
Omne quod est, mihil est,
Praeter amare Deum.
This Richard was Father to Iohn, bu-
ried in S. Thomas Acars, which Iohn was
Father to Thomas, Father to Richard
Lord Rich, &c. Iohn Pickering, honoura-
ble for service of his Prince, and for the
English Merchants beyond the Seas,
who deceased, 1448. Iohn Atkenson, Gen-
tleman, Dame Mary S. Maure, Iohn
Waltham, Roger Bonifant, Iohn Chayhee,
Iohn Abbot, Iohn Marshall, Mercer, Mai-
or, 1493. William Purchat, Maior 1498.
Thomas Burgoyne, Gentleman, Mercer,
1517. A wife to a Master of Defence,
servant to the Princes of Wales, Dutches
of Cornewall, and Countesse of Chester.
ried in S. Thomas Acars, which Iohn was
Father to Thomas, Father to Richard
Lord Rich, &c. Iohn Pickering, honoura-
ble for service of his Prince, and for the
English Merchants beyond the Seas,
who deceased, 1448. Iohn Atkenson, Gen-
tleman, Dame Mary S. Maure, Iohn
Waltham, Roger Bonifant, Iohn Chayhee,
Iohn Abbot, Iohn Marshall, Mercer, Mai-
or, 1493. William Purchat, Maior 1498.
Thomas Burgoyne, Gentleman, Mercer,
1517. A wife to a Master of Defence,
servant to the Princes of Wales, Dutches
of Cornewall, and Countesse of Chester.
Sir Michel Dormer, Maior, 1541.
Samuel Thornhill, 1597.
Lo here the Lady Margaret North,
An anci-
ent Tomb in the Chancell.
ent Tomb in the Chancell.
in Tombe and earth doth lye;
Of husbands foure the faithfull Spouse,
whose fame shall never dye.
One Andrew Fraunces was the first,
the second Robert hight,
Sirnamed Chartsey, Alderman:
Sir David Brooke, a Knight,
Was third. But he that passed all,
and was in number fourth,
And for his vertue made a Lord,
was call’d, Sir Edward North.
These all together doe I wish
a joyfull rising day:
That of the Lord, and of his Christ,
All honour they may say.
Obiit 2. die Iunii, An. Dom. 1575.
Hic jacet Simon Bennington, Civis & Pan-
narius London,
pellae, ac unius Capellani, in eadem divi-
na quotidie celebratis. Cujus animae
Propitietur Deus.
narius London,
An anci-
ent Tomb in the South wall▪
Sustentatorum istius Ca-ent Tomb in the South wall▪
pellae, ac unius Capellani, in eadem divi-
na quotidie celebratis. Cujus animae
Propitietur Deus.
Hic incineratur corpus quondam Galfridi
Bullayne,
London, Qui ab hac—Ann. Dom.
1463. Cujus animae pax sit perpetua.
Amen.
Bullayne,
A grave-
stone on the groūd, well pla-
ted.
Civis, Merceri, & Maioris
stone on the groūd, well pla-
ted.
London, Qui ab hac—Ann. Dom.
1463. Cujus animae pax sit perpetua.
Amen.
The word (Now thus) 32. times di-
spersed in Brasse all over the Grave-
stone.
spersed in Brasse all over the Grave-
stone.
Hic jacet Thomas Boleyne, de Comitatu
Norfolciae, Armiger: Qui obiit ultimo
die Mensis Aprilis, An. Dom. 1571.
Cujus, &c.
Norfolciae, Armiger: Qui obiit ultimo
die Mensis Aprilis, An. Dom. 1571.
Cujus, &c.
Here lyeth Sir Richard Gresham,
sometimes Lord Maior of London and
Audrey his first wife, by whom hee had
issue, Sir Iohn Gresham, and Sir Tho-
mas Gresham, Knights, William and
Margaret: which Sir Richard deceased
the 20. day of February, An. Domini,
1548. And the third yeere of King Ed-
ward the sixth his reigne. And Audrey
deceased the 28. day of December, An.
Dom. 1522.
An anci-
ent Tomb East in the wall.
Knight,
ent Tomb East in the wall.
sometimes Lord Maior of London and
Audrey his first wife, by whom hee had
issue, Sir Iohn Gresham, and Sir Tho-
mas Gresham, Knights, William and
Margaret: which Sir Richard deceased
the 20. day of February, An. Domini,
1548. And the third yeere of King Ed-
ward the sixth his reigne. And Audrey
deceased the 28. day of December, An.
Dom. 1522.
Here lyeth the body of Geffrey Felding,
sometime Maior of this Citie, and Angell
his wife, and Thomas, Richard, and
Iohn, sonnes of the said Geffrey, Ann.
Dom. 1517.
A grave-
stone pla-
ted before the Tomb.
stone pla-
ted before the Tomb.
sometime Maior of this Citie, and Angell
his wife, and Thomas, Richard, and
Iohn,
Cheape Ward.
Iohn, sonnes of the said Geffrey, Ann.
Dom. 1517.
Hic jacet Iohannes Marshall, Civis &
Mercerus Civitatis London.
dem Iohannes obiit 4. die Januarii,
An. Dom. 1498. Et Ioanna Vxor e-
jus: quae quidem Ioanna obiit 18. die
Decembris, 1484. Quorum, &c.
Mercerus Civitatis London.
An anci-
ent Mar-
ble Tomb in the North side of the Quire.
Qui qui-ent Mar-
ble Tomb in the North side of the Quire.
dem Iohannes obiit 4. die Januarii,
An. Dom. 1498. Et Ioanna Vxor e-
jus: quae quidem Ioanna obiit 18. die
Decembris, 1484. Quorum, &c.
Hereunder lyeth buried the body of the La-
dy Alice Avenon,
daughters and heires of Thomas Hu-
chen, Citizen and Mercer of London,
whose last husband was Sir Alexander
Avenon, Alderman, and late L. Maior
of this Citie of London. Her second hus-
band, was Iohn Blundell, of London,
Mercer, by whom she had issue one sonne,
named Philip, deceased, and eight daugh-
ters, whereof five lived untill they were
married, and they were coheires to their
Father; namely, Elizabeth, married un-
to Edmond Hogan, of London, Mer-
cer; Mary, unto Sir Gerard Crockar,
of Oxfordshire, Knight; Theodora,
married first unto John Denton, of Ox-
fordshire, Gent. and after unto Justini-
an Champneis, of Kent, Esquire;
Anne, married to Thomas Cordel, of
London, Mercer; and Susanna, unto
Richard Freston, of London, Gent.
The which Alice Blundel, in the time of
her widdowhood, left a foundation within
the Mercers Hall in London, for thirteen
penny Ioaves of good sweet bread, to be gi-
ven (in her name) among thirteen poore
folkes of this Parish of Saint Laurence
in the Old Iewrie, every Sunday at Mor-
ning Prayer for ever, in the presence of
the worshipfull of the same Parish. And
her first husband was Hugh Methwold
of London, Mercer, by whom shee had
issue, William, her sonne and heyre, and
a daughter named Anne, deceased. The
which Dame Alice departed this world,
the 21. day of November, Ann. Dom.
1574. unto whom God send (through Ie-
sus Christ) a joyfull resurrection. Amen.
Aetatis suae, 61.
dy Alice Avenon,
A faire Monumēt in the North wall of the Quire.
being one of the
daughters and heires of Thomas Hu-
chen, Citizen and Mercer of London,
whose last husband was Sir Alexander
Avenon, Alderman, and late L. Maior
of this Citie of London. Her second hus-
band, was Iohn Blundell, of London,
Mercer, by whom she had issue one sonne,
named Philip, deceased, and eight daugh-
ters, whereof five lived untill they were
married, and they were coheires to their
Father; namely, Elizabeth, married un-
to Edmond Hogan, of London, Mer-
cer; Mary, unto Sir Gerard Crockar,
of Oxfordshire, Knight; Theodora,
married first unto John Denton, of Ox-
fordshire, Gent. and after unto Justini-
an Champneis, of Kent, Esquire;
Anne, married to Thomas Cordel, of
London, Mercer; and Susanna, unto
Richard Freston, of London, Gent.
The which Alice Blundel, in the time of
her widdowhood, left a foundation within
the Mercers Hall in London, for thirteen
penny Ioaves of good sweet bread, to be gi-
ven (in her name) among thirteen poore
folkes of this Parish of Saint Laurence
in the Old Iewrie, every Sunday at Mor-
ning Prayer for ever, in the presence of
the worshipfull of the same Parish. And
her first husband was Hugh Methwold
of London, Mercer, by whom shee had
issue, William, her sonne and heyre, and
a daughter named Anne, deceased. The
which Dame Alice departed this world,
the 21. day of November, Ann. Dom.
1574. unto whom God send (through Ie-
sus Christ) a joyfull resurrection. Amen.
Aetatis suae, 61.
Qualis vita, finis ita.
Hereunder resteth,
surrection, the bodies of Iohn Fox, Citi-
zen and Goldsmith of London, and Jo-
hanna his wife: whose lives as they were
blamelesse and holy, so their end was full
of peace. The said John was the Founder
of the free Schoole of Deane, in the Coun-
ty of Cumberl. besides 18. d. weekly to
an Almes-man, belonging to the Gold-
smiths Hall. And other charitable deeds,
to the poore prisoners, and Hospitals in
the Citie of London: The memory of
whose good deeds, God grant others to doe
the like. The said John, being of the age
of 78. fell on sleepe the 8. day of Iune,
1597. And Iohanna his wife, of the age
of 87. departed this life the 9. of Febru-
arie, 1600.
A small Monumēt on a pillar in the North Ile.
in assured hope of the re-surrection, the bodies of Iohn Fox, Citi-
zen and Goldsmith of London, and Jo-
hanna his wife: whose lives as they were
blamelesse and holy, so their end was full
of peace. The said John was the Founder
of the free Schoole of Deane, in the Coun-
ty of Cumberl. besides 18. d. weekly to
an Almes-man, belonging to the Gold-
smiths Hall. And other charitable deeds,
to the poore prisoners, and Hospitals in
the Citie of London: The memory of
whose good deeds, God grant others to doe
the like. The said John, being of the age
of 78. fell on sleepe the 8. day of Iune,
1597. And Iohanna his wife, of the age
of 87. departed this life the 9. of Febru-
arie, 1600.
Fiducia Christianorum, Resurrectio
Mortuorum.
Mortuorum.
Thus much for Cheape Ward, which
hath an Alderman, his Deputy; Com-
mon Counsellours, 11. Constables, 11.
Scavengers, 9. for the Wardmote In-
quest, 12. and a Beadle. It is taxed to the
Fifteene, at 72. l. 16. s. and in the Ex-
chequer, at 72. l. 11. s.
hath an Alderman, his Deputy; Com-
mon Counsellours, 11. Constables, 11.
Scavengers, 9. for the Wardmote In-
quest, 12. and a Beadle. It is taxed to the
Fifteene, at 72. l. 16. s. and in the Ex-
chequer, at 72. l. 11. s.
Coleman
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Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. THE SURVEY OF LONDON: CONTAINING The Original, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of that City, Methodically set down. With a Memorial of those famouser Acts of Charity, which for publick and Pious Vses have been bestowed by many Worshipfull Citizens and Benefactors. As also all the Ancient and Modern Monuments erected in the Churches, not only of those two famous Cities, LONDON and WESTMINSTER, but (now newly added) Four miles compass. Begun first by the pains and industry of John Stow, in the year 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the year 1618. And now compleatly finished by the study &labour of A.M., H.D. and others, this present year 1633. Whereunto, besides many Additions (as appears by the Contents) are annexed divers Alphabetical Tables, especially two, The first, an index of Things. The second, a Concordance of Names. London: Printed for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345.5. Harvard University Library copy Reprint. Early English Books Online. Web.
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Edward III
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 3III King of England
(b. 12 November 1312, d. 21 June 1377)King of England 1327-1377.Edward III is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor King of England
(b. between 1003 and 1005, d. between 4 January 1066 and 5 January 1066)King of England 1042-1066.Edward the Confessor is mentioned in the following documents:
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Eleanor of Castile is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth I
Elizabeth This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 1I Queen of England Queen of Ireland Gloriana Good Queen Bess
(b. 7 September 1533, d. 24 March 1603)Queen of England and Ireland 1558-1603.Elizabeth I is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Fortescue
(b. between 1531 and 1533, d. 1607)Member of Queen Elizabeth I’s privy council. Chancellor of the Exchequer 1559-1603. Husband of Elizabeth Fortescue.Sir John Fortescue is mentioned in the following documents:
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Adam Fraunceys
Adam Fraunceys Mayor
Mayor of London 1352-1354. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Proposed the building of the Guildhall alongside Henry Frowyk. Buried at St. Helens, Bishopsgate.Adam Fraunceys is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Rich
Richard Rich Sheriff
Sheriff of London 1441-1442. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Father of John Rich. Son of Richard Rich. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry. Not to be confused with Richard L. Rich.Richard Rich is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Abbot is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Brampton is mentioned in the following documents:
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John de Bernes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Frowyk
Proposed the building of the Guildhall alongside Adam Fraunceys.Henry Frowyk is mentioned in the following documents:
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Stephen de Abyndon is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas fitz-Theobald de Helles is mentioned in the following documents:
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Jane Seymour is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Fisher
Member of the Mercers’ Company. Not to be confused with John Fisher.John Fisher is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry de Frowick
Henry de Frowick Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1427-1428. Mayor 1435-1436. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.Henry de Frowick is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Garland is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Gresham
(b. 1518, d. 1579)Member of the Mercersʼ Company. Founder of the Royal Exchange. Father of Richard Gresham. Son of Sir Richard Gresham.Sir Thomas Gresham is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Hatherle is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Hayes
Sir Thomas Hayes Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1617)Sheriff of London 1604-1605. Mayor 1614-1615. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Knighted on 26 July 1603.Sir Thomas Hayes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry VIII
Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 8VIII King of England King of Ireland
(b. 28 June 1491, d. 28 January 1547)King of England and Ireland 1509-1547.Henry VIII is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry VI
Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 6VI King of England
(b. 6 December 1421, d. 21 May 1471)Henry VI is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Kneseworth is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Middleton
Sir Thomas Middleton Sheriff Mayor
(b. between 1549 and 1556, d. 1631)Sheriff of London 1603-1604. Mayor 1613-1614. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Knighted on 26 July 1603. Not to be confused with Thomas Middleton.Sir Thomas Middleton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anthony Munday
(bap. 1560, d. 1633)Playwright, actor, pageant poet, translator, and writer. Possible member of the Drapers’ Company or the Merchant Taylors’ Company.Anthony Munday is mentioned in the following documents:
Anthony Munday authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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Anthony Munday. The Triumphs of Re-United Britannia. Arthur F. Kinney. Renaissance Drama: An Anthology of Plays and Entertainments. 2nd ed. Toronto: Wiley, 2005.
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Munday, Anthony. Camp-Bell: or the Ironmongers Faire Feild. London: Edward Allde, 1609. DEEP406. STC 18279.
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Munday, Anthony. Chruſo-thriambos. The Triumphes of Golde. London, 1611. STC 18267.5. Trinity College, U of Cambridge copy Reprint. EEBO. Web.
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Munday, Anthony, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare. Sir Thomas More. Ed. Vittorio Gabrieli and Giorgio Melchiori. Revels Plays. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 1990. Print.
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Munday, Anthony. Metropolis Coronata, The Trivmphes of Ancient Drapery. London: George Purslowe, 1615. DEEP 630. STC 18275. Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy filmed by EEBO.
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Munday, Anthony. The Trivmphs of the Golden Fleece. London: T[homas] S[nodham], 1623. STC 18280. British Library copy filmed by EEBO.
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Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Henry Holland. THE SVRVAY of LONDON: Containing, The Originall, Antiquitie, Encrease, and more Moderne Estate of the sayd Famous Citie. As also, the Rule and Gouernment thereof (both Ecclesiasticall and Temporall) from time to time. With a briefe Relation of all the memorable Monuments, and other especiall Obseruations, both in and about the same CITIE. Written in the yeere 1598. by Iohn Stow, Citizen of London. Since then, continued, corrected and much enlarged, with many rare and worthy Notes, both of Venerable Antiquity, and later memorie; such, as were neuer published before this present yeere 1618. London: George Purslowe, 1618. STC 23344. Yale University Library copy Reprint. EEBO. Web.
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Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. THE SURVEY OF LONDON: CONTAINING The Original, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of that City, Methodically set down. With a Memorial of those famouser Acts of Charity, which for publick and Pious Vses have been bestowed by many Worshipfull Citizens and Benefactors. As also all the Ancient and Modern Monuments erected in the Churches, not only of those two famous Cities, LONDON and WESTMINSTER, but (now newly added) Four miles compass. Begun first by the pains and industry of John Stow, in the year 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the year 1618. And now compleatly finished by the study &labour of A.M., H.D. and others, this present year 1633. Whereunto, besides many Additions (as appears by the Contents) are annexed divers Alphabetical Tables, especially two, The first, an index of Things. The second, a Concordance of Names. London: Printed for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345.5. Harvard University Library copy Reprint. Early English Books Online. Web.
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Strype, John, John Stow, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 2. London, 1720. Remediated by The Making of the Modern World.
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Sir John Norman
Sir John Norman Sheriff Mayor
(fl. 1461-68)Sheriff of London 1443-1444. Mayor 1453-1454. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Not to be confused with John Norman.Sir John Norman is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Edward North is mentioned in the following documents:
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Philip II
Philip This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 2II King of Spain King of England King of Ireland
(b. 1527, d. 1598)Philip II is mentioned in the following documents:
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Philippa of Hainault
Philippa Queen of England
(b. between 1310? and 1315?, d. 1369)Queen of England 1328-1369. Wife of King Edward III. Financed the building of part of Grey Friar’s Church.Philippa of Hainault is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Pike
Thomas Pike Sheriff
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Richard II
Richard This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 2II King of England
(b. 6 January 1367, d. 1400)King of England 1377-1399.Richard II is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward Seymour is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Edmund Shaw is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Shore
Richard Shore Sheriff
(fl. 1505-06)Sheriff of London 1505-1506. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Benefactor of St. Christopher le Stocks.Richard Shore 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
(b. between 1524 and 1525, d. 1605)Historian and author of A Survey of London. Husband of Elizabeth Stow.John Stow is mentioned in the following documents:
John Stow authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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Blome, Richard.
Aldersgate Ward and St. Martins le Grand Liberty Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. M3r and sig. M4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Aldgate Ward with its Division into Parishes. Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections & Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H3r and sig. H4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within with it’s Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Y2r and sig. Y3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Bishopsgate-street Ward. Taken from the Last Survey and Corrected.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. N1r and sig. N2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Bread Street Ward and Cardwainter Ward with its Division into Parishes Taken from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. B3r and sig. B4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Broad Street Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections and Additions, & Cornhill Ward with its Divisions into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, &c.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. P2r and sig. P3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Cheape Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig.D1r and sig. D2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Coleman Street Ward and Bashishaw Ward Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. G2r and sig. G3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Cow Cross being St Sepulchers Parish Without and the Charterhouse.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H2v and sig. H3r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Creplegate Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Additions, and Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. I3r and sig. I4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Farrington Ward Without, with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections & Amendments.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. 2F3r and sig. 2F4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Lambeth and Christ Church Parish Southwark. Taken from ye last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Z1r and sig. Z2r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Langborne Ward with its Division into Parishes. Corrected from the Last Survey. & Candlewick Ward with its Division into Parishes. Corrected from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. U3r and sig. U4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Map of St. Gilles’s Cripple Gate. Without. With Large Additions and Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H2v and sig. H3r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Map of the Parish of St. Dunstans Stepney, als. Stebunheath Divided into Hamlets.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. F3r and sig. F4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Map of the Parish of St Mary White Chappel and a Map of the Parish of St Katherines by the Tower.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. F2r and sig. F3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of Lime Street Ward. Taken from ye Last Surveys & Corrected.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. M1r and sig. M2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of St. Andrews Holborn Parish as well Within the Liberty as Without.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. 2I1r and sig. 2I2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parishes of St. Clements Danes, St. Mary Savoy; with the Rolls Liberty and Lincolns Inn, Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig.O4v and sig. O1r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Anns. Taken from the last Survey, with Correction, and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. L2v and sig. L3r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Giles’s in the Fields Taken from the Last Servey, with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. K1v and sig. K2r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Margarets Westminster Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig.H3v and sig. H4r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Martins in the Fields Taken from ye Last Survey with Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. I1v and sig. I2r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Pauls Covent Garden Taken from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. L3v and sig. L4r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Saviours Southwark and St Georges taken from ye last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. D1r and sig.D2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
The Parish of St. James Clerkenwell taken from ye last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H3v and sig. H4r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
The Parish of St. James’s, Westminster Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. K4v and sig. L1r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
The Parish of St Johns Wapping. The Parish of St Paul Shadwell.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. E2r and sig. E3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Portsoken Ward being Part of the Parish of St. Buttolphs Aldgate, taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. B1v and sig. B2r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Queen Hith Ward and Vintry Ward with their Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. 2C4r and sig. 2D1v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Shoreditch Norton Folgate, and Crepplegate Without Taken from ye Last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. G1r and sig. G2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Spitt Fields and Plans Adjacent Taken from Last Survey with Locations.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. F4r and sig. G1v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
St. Olave and St. Mary Magdalens Bermondsey Southwark Taken from ye last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. C2r and sig.C3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Tower Street Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. E2r and sig. E3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Surveys.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. 2B3r and sig. 2B4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
The Wards of Farington Within and Baynards Castle with its Divisions into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Q2r and sig. Q3v. [See more information about this map.] -
The City of London as in Q. Elizabeth’s Time.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Frontispiece. -
A Map of the Tower Liberty.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H4v and sig. I1r. [See more information about this map.] -
A New Plan of the City of London, Westminster and Southwark.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Frontispiece. -
Pearl, Valerie.
Introduction.
A Survey of London. By John Stow. Ed. H.B. Wheatley. London: Everyman’s Library, 1987. v–xii. Print. -
Pullen, John.
A Map of the Parish of St Mary Rotherhith.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Z3r and sig. Z4r. [See more information about this map.] -
Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Henry Holland. THE SVRVAY of LONDON: Containing, The Originall, Antiquitie, Encrease, and more Moderne Estate of the sayd Famous Citie. As also, the Rule and Gouernment thereof (both Ecclesiasticall and Temporall) from time to time. With a briefe Relation of all the memorable Monuments, and other especiall Obseruations, both in and about the same CITIE. Written in the yeere 1598. by Iohn Stow, Citizen of London. Since then, continued, corrected and much enlarged, with many rare and worthy Notes, both of Venerable Antiquity, and later memorie; such, as were neuer published before this present yeere 1618. London: George Purslowe, 1618. STC 23344. Yale University Library copy Reprint. EEBO. Web.
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Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. THE SURVEY OF LONDON: CONTAINING The Original, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of that City, Methodically set down. With a Memorial of those famouser Acts of Charity, which for publick and Pious Vses have been bestowed by many Worshipfull Citizens and Benefactors. As also all the Ancient and Modern Monuments erected in the Churches, not only of those two famous Cities, LONDON and WESTMINSTER, but (now newly added) Four miles compass. Begun first by the pains and industry of John Stow, in the year 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the year 1618. And now compleatly finished by the study &labour of A.M., H.D. and others, this present year 1633. Whereunto, besides many Additions (as appears by the Contents) are annexed divers Alphabetical Tables, especially two, The first, an index of Things. The second, a Concordance of Names. London: Printed for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345.5. Harvard University Library copy Reprint. Early English Books Online. Web.
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Stow, John. The chronicles of England from Brute vnto this present yeare of Christ. 1580. Collected by Iohn Stow citizen of London. London, 1580. Rpt. EEBO. Web.
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Stow, John. A Summarie of the Chronicles of England. Diligently Collected, Abridged, & Continued vnto this Present Yeere of Christ, 1598. London: Imprinted by Richard Bradocke, 1598. Rpt. EEBO. Web.
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Stow, John. A suruay of London· Conteyning the originall, antiquity, increase, moderne estate, and description of that city, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow citizen of London. Since by the same author increased, with diuers rare notes of antiquity, and published in the yeare, 1603. Also an apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that citie, the greatnesse thereof. VVith an appendix, contayning in Latine Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. London: John Windet, 1603. STC 23343. U of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus) copy Reprint. Early English Books Online. Web.
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Stow, John, The survey of London contayning the originall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious vses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors. As also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse. Begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by the study and labour of A.M. H.D. and others, this present yeere 1633. Whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables; especially two: the first, an index of things. The second, a concordance of names. London: Printed by Elizabeth Purslovv for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345. U of Victoria copy.
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Stow, John, The survey of London contayning the originall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious vses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors. As also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse. Begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by the study and labour of A.M. H.D. and others, this present yeere 1633. Whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables; especially two: the first, an index of things. The second, a concordance of names. London: Printed by Elizabeth Purslovv [i.e., Purslow] for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345. British Library copy Reprint. EEBO. Web.
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Stow, John. A Survey of London. Reprinted from the Text of 1603. Ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908. Remediated by British History Online.
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Stow, John. A Survey of London. Reprinted from the Text of 1603. Ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908. Remediated by British History Online. [Kingsford edition, courtesy of The Centre for Metropolitan History. Articles written 2011 or later cite from this searchable transcription.]
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ &nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. 23341. Transcribed by EEBO-TCP.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. Ed. Janelle Jenstad and the MoEML Team. MoEML. Transcribed. Web.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ &nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ &nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. London: John Windet for John Wolfe, 1598. STC 23341. Huntington Library copy. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Coteyning the Originall, Antiquity, Increaſe, Moderne eſtate, and deſcription of that City, written in the yeare 1598, by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Since by the ſame Author increaſed with diuers rare notes of Antiquity, and publiſhed in the yeare, 1603. Alſo an Apologie (or defence) againſt the opinion of ſome men, concerning that Citie, the greatneſſe thereof. With an Appendix, contayning in Latine Libellum de ſitu & nobilitae Londini: Writen by William Fitzſtephen, in the raigne of Henry the ſecond. London: John Windet, 1603. U of Victoria copy. Print.
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Strype, John, John Stow, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 2. London, 1720. Remediated by The Making of the Modern World.
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Strype, John, John Stow. A SURVEY OF THE CITIES OF LONDON and WESTMINSTER, And the Borough of SOUTHWARK. CONTAINING The Original, Antiquity, Increase, present State and Government of those CITIES. Written at first in the Year 1698, By John Stow, Citizen and Native of London. Corrected, Improved, and very much Enlarged, in the Year 1720, By JOHN STRYPE, M.A. A NATIVE ALSO OF THE SAID CITY. The Survey and History brought down to the present Time BY CAREFUL HANDS. Illustrated with exact Maps of the City and Suburbs, and of all the Wards; and, likewise, of the Out-Parishes of London and Westminster, and the Country ten Miles round London. Together with many fair Draughts of the most Eminent Buildings. The Life of the Author, written by Mr. Strype, is prefixed; And, at the End is added, an APPENDIX Of certain Tracts, Discourses, and Remarks on the State of the City of London. 6th ed. 2 vols. London: Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson, J. and P. Knapton, and S. Birt, R. Ware, T. and T. Longman, and seven others, 1754–55. ESTC T150145.
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Strype, John, John Stow. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster: containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities. Written at first in the year MDXCVIII. By John Stow, citizen and native of London. Since reprinted and augmented by A.M. H.D. and other. Now lastly, corrected, improved, and very much enlarged: and the survey and history brought down from the year 1633, (being near fourscore years since it was last printed) to the present time; by John Strype, M.A. a native also of the said city. Illustrated with exact maps of the city and suburbs, and of all the wards; and likewise of the out-parishes of London and Westminster: together with many other fair draughts of the more eminent and publick edifices and monuments. In six books. To which is prefixed, the life of the author, writ by the editor. At the end is added, an appendiz of certain tracts, discourses and remarks, concerning the state of the city of London. Together with a perambulation, or circuit-walk four or five miles round about London, to the parish churches: describing the monuments of the dead there interred: with other antiquities observable in those places. And concluding with a second appendix, as a supply and review: and a large index of the whole work. 2 vols. London : Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. ESTC T48975.
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The Tower and St. Catherins Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H4v and sig. I1r. [See more information about this map.] -
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin.
Introduction.
A Survey of London. 1603. By John Stow. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1912. Print.
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Richard Whittington
Richard Whittington Sheriff Mayor
(b. 1350, d. 1423)Sheriff of London 1393-1394. Mayor 1396-1398. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Financed the building of part of Grey Friar’s Church.Richard Whittington is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Davie
Lost his hand at the Standard, Cheapside.John Davie is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Henry Barton
Sir Henry Barton Sheriff Mayor
(d. between 11 April 1435 and 18 June 1435)Sheriff of London 1405-1406. Mayor 1416-1417 and 1428-1429. Member of the Skinners’ Company. Buried at the charnel house at St. Paul’s Catherdral.Sir Henry Barton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Cavendish is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Coventry
John Coventry Sheriff Mayor
(fl. between 1416 and 1417)Sheriff of London 1416-1417. Mayor 1425-1426. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Husband of Alice Brom. Buried at St. Mary-Le-Bow.Sir John Coventry is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Crowmere
William Crowmere Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1405-1406. Mayor 1413-1414 and 1423-1424. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Buried at St. Martin Orgar.William Crowmere is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Fabian
(d. 1513)Sheriff of London 1493-1494. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Husband of Elizabeth Peak. Buried at St. Michael, Cornhill.Robert Fabian is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Hariot
William Hariot Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1468-1469. Mayor 1481-1482. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Buried at St. Dunstan in the East.William Hariot is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Jolles
Sir John Jolles Sheriff Mayor
(d. 31 May 1621)Sheriff of London 1605-1606. Mayor 1615-1616. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Knighted on 23 July 1606.Sir John Jolles is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Purslowe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Shaa
Sir John Shaa Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1503)Sheriff of London 1496-1497. Mayor 1501-1502. Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Son of Sir Edmund Shaw.Sir John Shaa is mentioned in the following documents:
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Wat Tyler is mentioned in the following documents:
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James Butler is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Welles
John Welles Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1420-1421. Mayor 1431-1432. Member of the Grocers’ Company.John Welles is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Coventre is mentioned in the following documents:
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Janken Carpenter
Janeken Carpenter
Janken Carpenter is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Wilforde
Husband of Elizabeth Wilforde. Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.Nicholas Wilforde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Hill
Thomas Hill Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1474-1475. Mayor 1484-1485. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Monument at Mercers’ Hall.Sir Thomas Hill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Morstede
Thomas Morstede Sheriff
Sheriff of London 1436-1437. Member of the Fishmongers’ Company. Surgeon to King Henry IV, King Henry V, and King Henry VI.Thomas Morstede is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury
(b. 21 December 1120, d. 29 December 1170)Lord Chancellor of England 1155-1162. Archbishop of Canterbury 1162–1170. Venerated as a saint and martyr after being assassinated in 1170.St. Thomas Becket is mentioned in the following documents:
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Gilbert Becket
Principal magistrate of Bassinghall Ward. Father of Thomas Becket.Gilbert Becket is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Frosh
Member of the Mercersʼ Company.John Frosh is mentioned in the following documents:
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Stephen Speleman is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Gresham
Sir John Gresham Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1537-1538. Mayor 1547-1548. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Husband of Dame Mary Gresham and Dame Katharine Gresham. Buried at St. Michael Bassishaw.Sir John Gresham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Roger Depham
Alderman. Buried at St. Swithin, London Stone.Roger Depham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Lyons is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Grove is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Knolles
Thomas Knolles Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1394-1395. Mayor 1399-1400. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Husband of Joan Knolles. Father of Thomas Knolles. Buried at St. Anthony’s Hospital.Thomas Knolles is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Henry Kebyll
Sir Henry Kebyll Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1518)Sheriff of London 1502-1503. Mayor 1510-1511. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Father of Alice Blount. Buried at St. Mary Aldermary.Sir Henry Kebyll is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Nicholas Ailwyn
Sir Nicholas Ailwyn Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1494-1495. Mayor 1487-1500. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Mary-Le-Bow.Sir Nicholas Ailwyn is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Lok is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mr. Buckle is mentioned in the following documents:
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Benedict Shorne
Member of the Fishmongers’ Company. Benefactor of St. Benet Sherehog.Benedict Shorne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Lincolne
Fellmonger. Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.Richard Lincolne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Rochford
(b. 1350, d. 1410)Administrator and historical compiler. Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.Sir John Rochford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Rochforde
Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.Robert Rochforde is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Holde
Alderman. Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.John Holde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward Warrington
Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.Edward Warrington is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Morrice
Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.John Morrice is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Huntley
Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.John Huntley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Ralph Warren
Sir Ralph Warren Sheriff Mayor
(b. 1483, d. 1553)Sheriff of London 1528-1529. Mayor 1536-1537. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.Sir Ralph Warren is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Aker
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.John Aker is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Aker
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.Sir Aker is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Beston is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Rayland
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.Robert Rayland is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Hamber
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.John Hamber is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Gage
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.John Gage is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Rowley
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.John Rowley is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Lambe
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.John Lambe is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Hadle
John Hadle Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1375-1376. Mayor 1379-1380. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane. John Stow mistakenly calls him John Mitford.John Hadle is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Gardiner
Richard Gardiner Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1489)Sheriff of London 1469-1470. Mayor 1478-1479. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.Richard Gardiner is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Stockton
Sir John Stockton Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1466-1467. Mayor 1470-1471. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried atSt. Pancras, Soper Lane.Sir John Stockton is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Dane
Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.John Dane is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Parker
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.John Parker is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Marshall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Corcheforde
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.Robert Corcheforde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Hatfielde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Wilforde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Burley
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.Robert Burley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Wilson
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.Richard Wilson is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Packenton
Member of the Mercers’ Company. Murdered while going to mass on 13 November 1536. Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.Robert Packenton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Wardbury
Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.Thomas Wardbury is mentioned in the following documents:
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James Huish
Member of the Grocers’ Company. Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.James Huish is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ambrose Smith
Buried at St. Pancras, Soper Lane.Ambrose Smith is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Ham
Sheriff of London. Rebuilt the conduit on Cheapside Street.Thomas Ham is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Saxton
Parson. Donated funds to St. Mildred, Poultry.John Saxton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Keston
Benefactor of St. Mildred, Poultry.Richard Keston is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Hildy
Member of the Poulters’ Company. Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.John Hildy is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Kendall
Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.John Kendall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Bois
Member of the Poulters’ Company. Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.Robert Bois is mentioned in the following documents:
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Simon Lee
Member of the Poulters’ Company. Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.Simon Lee is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Langley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Lee
Gentleman of Essex. Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.Thomas Lee is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Haclingridge
Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.William Haclingridge is mentioned in the following documents:
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Christopher Feliocke
Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.Christopher Feliocke is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Dreyton
Member of the Skinners’ Company. Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.Robert Dreyton is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Christopherson
John Christopherson Bishop of Chichester
(d. 1558)Bishop of Chichester 1557–1559. Confessor to Queen Mary I.John Christopherson is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Turner
Member of the Skinners’ Company. Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.William Turner is mentioned in the following documents:
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Blase White
Member of the Grocers’ Company. Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.Blase White is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Hobson
Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry. Possible father of William Hobson.Thomas Hobson is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Hobson is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Tusser is mentioned in the following documents:
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Jonyrunnes
Founder of St. Mary Coneyhope.Jonyrunnes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Oswine
Member of the Grocers’ Company. Helped purchased the plot of land for Grocers’ Hall.Richard Oswine is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lawrence Halliwell
Member of the Grocers’ Company. Helped purchased the plot of land for Grocers’ Hall.Lawrence Halliwell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lord Robert Fitzwalter is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Marshall
Brother of Gilbert Marshall. Given license by King Henry IV to form the Brotherhood of St. Katherine.William Marshall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Richard Gresham
Sir Richard Gresham Sheriff Mayor
(b. 1485, d. 1549)Sheriff of London 1531-1532. Mayor 1537-1538. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Father of Sir Thomas Gresham.Sir Richard Gresham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Joan de Beauchamp is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Norton
Esquire. Monument at Mercers’ Hall. Not to be confused with John Norton.John Norton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Stephen Cavendisshe
Steven Cavendisshe Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1357-1358. Mayor 1362-1363. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Monument at Mercers’ Hall.Stephen Cavendisshe is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Cavendish
Monument at Mercers’ Hall.William Cavendish is mentioned in the following documents:
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Hungate of Yorkshire is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ambrose Cresacre
Monument at Mercers’ Hall.Ambrose Cresacre is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Trusbut
Member of the Mercers’ Company. Monument at Mercers’ Hall.John Trusbut is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Ilome
Thomas Ilome Sheriff
Sheriff of London 1476-1480. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Monument at Mercers’ Hall. Reported father-in-law of Thomas Shaw.Thomas Ilome is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lancelot Laken
Monument at Mercers’ Hall.Lancelot Laken is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ralph Tylney is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mr. Garth is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Ritch
Monument at Mercers’ Hall.John Ritch is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Butler
William Butler Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1507-1508. Mayor 1515-1516. Member of the Grocers’ Company. Monument at Mercers’ Hall.Sir William Butler is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Lok is mentioned in the following documents:
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Humphrey Baskerville
Humphrey Baskerville Sheriff
Sheriff of London 1561-1562. Mayor 1487-1488. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Monument at Mercers’ Hall.Humphrey Baskerville is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir George Bonde
Sir George Bonde Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1578-1579. Mayor 1587-1588. Member of the Haberdashers’ Company. Monument at Mercers’ Hall.Sir George Bonde is mentioned in the following documents:
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Laurence of Canterbury is mentioned in the following documents:
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Walter Stapledon
Walter Stapledon Bishop of Exeter
(b. 1261, d. 1326)Lord High Treasurer 1320–1321 and 1322–1325. Bishop of Exeter 1308–1326. Founder of Exeter College, Oxford.Walter Stapledon is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Muschampe is mentioned in the following documents:
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James Fiennes
(b. 1395, d. 1450)First Baron of Saye and Sele. Husband of Helenor Fiennes. Beheaded by an angry mob of rebels. Buried at Christ’s Church.James Fiennes is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Elderton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Jesus Christ is mentioned in the following documents:
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Peter Fanelore
Donated a dwelling house to his local parish.Peter Fanelore is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Barnard
Helped build the Guildhall.John Barnard is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Langford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Stomine is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Clipston is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edmund Alison
Priest and librarian at Chapel of St. Mary Magdalen, Guildhall.Edmund Alison is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Burie
Helped build the library at the Guildhall.William Burie is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Fortescue
Wife of John Fortescue. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Elizabeth Fortescue is mentioned in the following documents:
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Katherine Stoketon
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Katherine Stoketon is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Stratton
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.John Stratton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Phillip Albert
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Phillip Albert is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Fleming
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.John Fleming is mentioned in the following documents:
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Phillip Agmondesham
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Phillip Agmondesham is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Skywith
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.William Skywith is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Norlong
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.John Norlong is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Baker
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.John Baker is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Alleyne
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Thomas Alleyne is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Barton
Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.William Barton is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Melreth is mentioned in the following documents:
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Simon Barlet is mentioned in the following documents:
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Walter Chertsey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Rich
(b. 1496, d. 1567)First Baron Rich and Speaker of the House of Commons. Lord Chancellor of England 1547–1552. Founder of Felsted School. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Richard Rich is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Rich
Son of Richard Rich.John Rich is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Rich
Son of John Rich.Thomas Rich is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard L. Rich is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Pickering
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.John Pickering is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Atkinson
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.John Atkinson is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Mary S. Maure is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Waltham
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.John Waltham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Roger Bonifant
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Roger Bonifant is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Chayhee
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.John Chayhee is mentioned in the following documents:
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Geoffrey Feldynge
Geoffrey Feldynge Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1445-1446. Mayor 1452-1453. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Husband of Angell Fielding. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Geoffrey Feldynge is mentioned in the following documents:
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Angell Feldynge
Wife of Geoffrey Fielding. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Angell Feldynge is mentioned in the following documents:
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Simon Benington
Husband of Joan Benington. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Simon Benington is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Marshall
Possible mayor of London. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry. Not to be confused with John Marshall.John Marshall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Burgoine
Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Thomas Burgoine is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Michael Dormer
Sir Michael Dormer Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1545)Sheriff of London 1529-1530. Mayor 1541-1542. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Sir Michael Dormer is mentioned in the following documents:
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Æthelberht of Kent is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Browne
(b. 1402, d. 1460)Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Buried at Blackfriars Monastery.Sir Thomas Browne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Northland is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Purchase is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Baldry
Sir Thomas Baldry Sheriff Mayor
(b. 1481, d. 1525)Sheriff of London 1517-1518. Mayor 1523-1524. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Donated funds to the steeple of St. Mary-Le-Bow that was finished in 1512.Sir Thomas Baldry is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Chertsey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Lyon is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Leigh is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Richard Malorye is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Alexander Avenon
Sir Alexander Avenon Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1561-1562. Mayor 1569-1570. Member of the Ironmongers’ Company. Husband of Lady Alice Avenon. Buried at St. Peter, Westcheap.Sir Alexander Avenon is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Rowe
Sir William Rowe Sheriff Mayor
(d. 1593)Sheriff of London 1582-1583. Mayor 1592-1593. Member of the Ironmongers’ Company. Knighted between 24 April 1593 and 23 May 1593. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Sir William Rowe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Nicholas Mosley
Sir Nicholas Mosley Sheriff Mayor
(b. 1527, d. 1612)Sheriff of London 1590-1591. Mayor 1599-1600. Member of the Clothworkers’ Company. Knighted in 1612.Sir Nicholas Mosley is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Ryder is mentioned in the following documents:
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Socrates is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Hodges is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Virgin Mary is mentioned in the following documents:
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Humphrey Weld is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Knight
Property owner.Robert Knight is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mr. Parius is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Henry Anderson is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Packhurst is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mildrith is mentioned in the following documents:
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Merwalis
Legendary King of the West Mercians.Merwalis is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Snell
Warden of St. Mildred, Poultry.Robert Snell is mentioned in the following documents:
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John King
Warden of St. Mildred, Poultry.John King is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Fanshawe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Ashehill
Benefactor of St. Mildred, Poultry.Thomas Ashehill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Iken is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Iken
Wife of Thomas Iken. Buried at St. Mildred, Poultry.Elizabeth Iken is mentioned in the following documents:
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Roger Smith
Father of Elizabeth Iken.Roger Smith is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Lane
Member of the Scrivener. Benefactor of the parish of St. Mildred, Poultry.Thomas Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Pechy
Benefactor of the Grocers’ Company.Henry Pechy is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Ady
Benefactor of the Grocers’ Company.Henry Ady is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Ferrar
(b. 2 December 1588, d. 28 December 1657)London merchant, governor, and treasurer of the Virginia Company. Known for sheltering King Charles I during the English Civil Wars.John Ferrar is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Ferrar is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Shepheard
Denizen of Great Rollright, Oxfordshire. Father of Anne Ferrar.William Shepheard is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Christian Warren
Wife of Sir Ralph Warren. Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.Dame Christian Warren is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dame Joan Warren
Wife of Sir Ralph Warren. Buried at St. Benet Sherehog.Dame Joan Warren is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Butler is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Chester
Member of the Drapersʼ Company. Buried at the Mercers’ Chapel.John Chester is mentioned in the following documents:
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Agnes Fitztheobald
Wife of Thomas Fitztheobald de Heili. Sister of Thomas Becket.Agnes Fitztheobald is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ranulf Higden is mentioned in the following documents:
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Diana is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lady Hill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lady Austrie
Financed the building of the Guildhall.Lady Austrie is mentioned in the following documents:
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Walter Blundell
Monument at St. Laurence, Jewry.Walter Blundell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Samuel Thornhill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lady Margaret North
Monument at St. Laurence, Jewry.Lady Margaret North is mentioned in the following documents:
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Andrew Fraunces
Husband of Lady Margaret North.Andrew Fraunces is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Chartsey
Alderman. Husband of Lady Margaret North. Not to be confused with Robert Chertsey.Robert Chartsey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir David Broke is mentioned in the following documents:
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Galfridi Bullayne
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Galfridi Bullayne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Boleyne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Audrey Gresham (née Lynne)
Audrey Gresham Lynne
(d. 28 December 1522)Wife of Sir Richard Gresham. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Audrey Gresham (née Lynne) is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Gresham
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.William Gresham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret Gresham
Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Margaret Gresham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Feldynge
Son of Geoffrey Feldynge. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Thomas Feldynge is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Feldynge
Son of Geoffrey Feldynge. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Richard Feldynge is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Feldynge
Son of Geoffrey Feldynge. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.John Feldynge is mentioned in the following documents:
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Joanna Marshall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lady Alice Avenon (née Huchen)
Lady Alice Avenon Huchen
Wife of John Blundell and Alexander Avenon. Mother of Phillip Blundell, Elizabeth Hogan, Mary Crockar, Theodora Champneis, Anne Cordel, and Susanna Freston. Daughter of Thomas Huchen. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry.Lady Alice Avenon (née Huchen) is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Blundell
Husband of Lady Alice Avenon. Father of Phillip Blundell, Elizabeth Hogan, Mary Crockar, Theodora Champneis, Anne Cordel, and Susanna Freston.John Blundell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Phillip Blundell
Son of Lady Alice Avenon and John Blundell. Brother of Elizabeth Hogan, Mary Crockar, Theodora Champneis, Anne Cordel, and Susanna Freston.Phillip Blundell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Hogan (née Blundell)
Elizabeth Hogan Blundell
Wife of Edmond Hogan. Daughter of Lady Alice Avenon and John Blundell. Sister of Phillip Blundell, Mary Crockar, Theodora Champneis, Anne Cordel, and Susanna Freston.Elizabeth Hogan (née Blundell) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edmond Hogan
Member of the Mercers’ Company. Husband of Elizabeth Hogan.Edmond Hogan is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mary Crockar (née Blundell)
Mary Crockar Blundell
Wife of Sir Gerard Crockar. Daughter of Lady Alice Avenon and John Blundell. Sister of Phillip Blundell, Elizabeth Hogan, Theodora Champneis, Anne Cordel, and Susanna Freston.Mary Crockar (née Blundell) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Gerard Crockar
Knight. Husband of Mary Crockar.Sir Gerard Crockar is mentioned in the following documents:
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Theodora Champneis (née Blundell)
Theodora Champneis Blundell
Wife of Justinian Champneis. Daughter of Lady Alice Avenon and John Blundell. Sister of Phillip Blundell, Elizabeth Hogan, Mary Crockar, Anne Cordel, and Susanna Freston.Theodora Champneis (née Blundell) is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Denton
Husband of Theodora Champneis.John Denton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Justinian Champneis
Husband of Theodora Champneis.Justinian Champneis is mentioned in the following documents:
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Susanna Freston (née Blundell)
Susanna Freston Blundell
Wife of Richard Freston. Daughter of Lady Alice Avenon and John Blundell. Father of Phillip Blundell, Elizabeth Hogan, Mary Crockar, Theodora Champneis, and Susanna Freston.Susanna Freston (née Blundell) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Freston
Husband of Susanna Freston.Richard Freston is mentioned in the following documents:
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Alice Blundell
(d. 21 November 1574)Benefactor of the poor in the parish of Saint Laurence, Jewry. Wife of Hugh Methwold. Mother of William Methwold Blundell and Anne Methwold.Alice Blundell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Hugh Methwold is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Methwold Blundell
Son of Alice Blundell and Hugh Methwold.William Methwold Blundell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Methwold
Daughter of Alice Blundell and Hugh Methwold.Anne Methwold is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Fox
(d. 8 June 1597)Member of the Goldsmiths’ Company. Buried at St. Laurence, Jewry. Not to be confused with John Foxton.John Fox is mentioned in the following documents:
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Johnanna Fox is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Huish
Denizen of Somerset. Father of James Huysh.John Huish is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret Bourchier
Wife of James Huish.Margaret Bourchier is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mary Moffet
Wife of James Huish.Mary Moffet is mentioned in the following documents:
Locations
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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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Westcheap is mentioned in the following documents:
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Walbrook is mentioned in the following documents:
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Poultry is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bucklersbury is mentioned in the following documents:
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Scalding Alley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bow Lane
Bow Lane ran north-south between Cheapside and Old Fish Street in the ward of Cordwainer Street. At Watling Street, it became Cordwainer Street, and at Old Fish Street it became Garlick Hill. Garlick Hill-Bow Lane was built in the 890s to provide access from the port of Queenhithe to the great market of Cheapside (Sheppard 70–71).Bow Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Standard (Cheapside) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Woolchurch is mentioned in the following documents:
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Great Conduit (Cheapside) is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Barge
The Barge was a tenement building located in Cheap Ward. The structure was the remains of a medieval manor house.The Barge is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Sythes Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Benet Sherehog is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Pancras Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Pancras (Soper Lane) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Soper Lane
Soper Lane was located in the Cordwainers Street Ward just west of Walbrook and south of Cheapside. Soper Lane was home to many of the soap makers and shoemakers of the city (Stow 1:251). Soper Lane was on the processional route for the lord mayor’s shows.Soper Lane 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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Stocks Market
The Stocks Market was a significant market forfish and flesh
in early modern London, located south of Poultry, north of Bucklersbury, and west of Walbrook Street in Cornhill Ward (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 879). The building of the Stocks Market was commissioned by Henry le Wales in 1283 and, according to the editors of The London Encyclopedia, is named after thethe only fixed pair of stocks in the city
(Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 879). It was destroyed in the Great Fire, rebuilt, and then replaced in 1739 by the Mansion House, which is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London.Stocks Market is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mildred (Poultry)
According to Stow, the Parish Church of St. Mildred (Poultry) was built in 1457 on the bank of the Walbrook stream (Stow). The church sat on the corner of Poultry and Walbrook Street. The church was destroyedd in the Great Fire, then rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, and finally demolished in 1872 (Sugden, Carlin and Belcher).St. Mildred (Poultry) is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Compter (Poultry) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Conyhope Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Grocers’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Old Jewry is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mercers’ Hall
The hall of the Mercers’ Company was located on the north side of Cheapside Street by the Great Conduit.Mercers’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ironmonger Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cateaton Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Laurence Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Guildhall Yard
Guildhall Yard was a square outside Guildhall.Guildhall Yard is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Three Tuns is mentioned in the following documents:
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Honey Lane 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 London.St. Paul’s Cathedral is mentioned in the following documents:
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Guildhall is mentioned in the following documents:
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London is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Wall
Originally built as a Roman fortification for the provincial city of Londinium in the second century C.E., the London Wall remained a material and spatial boundary for the city throughout the early modern period. Described by Stow ashigh and great
(Stow 1: 8), the London Wall dominated the cityscape and spatial imaginations of Londoners for centuries. Increasingly, the eighteen-foot high wall created a pressurized constraint on the growing city; the various gates functioned as relief valves where development spilled out to occupy spacesoutside the wall.
The Wall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bishopsgate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Chapel of Corpus Christi is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mildred (Poultry) (Parish) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Grocers’ Almshouses is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Anthony’s Churchyard is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Colechurch is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bordhaw Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Old Barge is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Thames is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cornet Stoure is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Stephen’s (Westminster Palace) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Gray’s Inn
Gray’s Inn was one of the four Inns of Court.Gray’s Inn is mentioned in the following documents:
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Little Conduit (Cheapside)
The Little Conduit in Cheapside, also known as the Pissing Conduit, stood at the western end of Cheapside outside the north corner of Paul’s Churchyard. On the Agas map, one can see two water cans on the ground just to the right of the conduit.Little Conduit (Cheapside) is mentioned in the following documents:
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North Gate of St. Paul’s is mentioned in the following documents:
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Paddington is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster Palace is mentioned in the following documents:
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Savoy Hosptial
Located along The Strand in Westminster, the site of Savoy Hospital was initially the manor of Peter II of Savoy. After the manor was destroyed in the 1381 Peasants’ Revolt, the space was converted in the early 15th century into the Savoy Hospital, dedicated to St. John the Baptist (Sugden 452, Carlin and Belcher 93).Savoy Hosptial is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Old Standard is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster 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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Grantam Lane
Running parallel to Dowgate, Grantam Lane spanned north to south from Thames Street to the Thames. Stow notes a prominent brewery in the lane (Stow 183). By 1677, it came to be known asBrewer’s Lane
(Harben).Grantam Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Old Cross (Cheapside) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael le Querne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Royal Exchange
Located in Broad Street Ward and Cornhill Ward, the Royal Exchange was opened in 1570 to make business more convenient for merchants and tradesmen (Harben 512). The construction of the Royal Exchange was largely funded by Sir Thomas Gresham (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 718).Royal Exchange is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Le Bow is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cordwainer Street 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.Cordwainer Street Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mercers’ Chapel is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin Outwich (Parish) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bishopsgate 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.Bishopsgate Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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New Seld is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary le Bow (Parish) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin Pomary is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Laurence Lane (Guildhall)
In early modern London, there were two Laurence Lanes: St. Lawrence Poultney Lane, which served as the boundary between Downgate and Candlewick wards, and St. Laurence Lane, Guildhall which was in Cheap ward (Harben). The latter Laurence Lane, to which this page refers, held great importance in the procession of mayoral pageants. It ran north-south, connecting Cheapside at the south and Cateaton Street (labelled on the Agas map asKetton St.
) in the north. It ran parallel between Milk Street to the west and Ironmonger Lane to the east. It is drawn correctly on the Agas map and is labelled asS. Laurence lane.
St. Laurence Lane (Guildhall) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Laurence (Jewry) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Blossoms Inn
Located on St. Laurence Lane, Guildhall, Blossoms Inn was a travelers inn. Our Agas coordinates for the inn are based on Stow’s account and the position on the 1520 map (Stow 215).Blossoms Inn is mentioned in the following documents:
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All Hallows (Honey Lane) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Merchant Taylors’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Chapel of St. Mary Magdalen (Guildhall) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Leonard (Foster Lane) (Parish) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Giles (Cripplegate) (Parish) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Andrew Hubbard (Parish) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Guildhall Chapel is mentioned in the following documents:
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Guildhall Library is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Lawrence (Jewry) (Parish) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Goldsmiths’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
Organizations
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The Mercers’ Company
The Worshipful Company of Mercers
The Mercers’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Mercers were first in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Mercers is still active and maintains a website at http://www.mercers.co.uk/ that includes a history and bibliography.![The coat of arms of the Mercers’ Company, from Stow (1633).[Full size
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The coat of arms of the Mercers’ Company, from Stow (1633).[Full size image] This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Grocers’ Company
The Worshipful Company of Grocers
The Grocers’ Company (previously the Pepperers’ Company) was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Grocers were second in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Grocers is still active and maintains a website at http://www.grocershall.co.uk/, including a brief history.![The coat of arms of the Grocers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size
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The coat of arms of the Grocers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size image] This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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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.![The coat of arms of the Drapers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size
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The coat of arms of the Drapers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size image] This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Fishmongers’ Company
The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
The Fishmongers’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Fishmongers were fourth in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Company was originally two companies, the Stock-fishmongers and the Salt-fishmongers (or simply Fishmongers). They were united in 1536 under the designation ofThe Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Fishmongers of the City of London
(Herbert 4) The Worshipful Company of Fishmongers is still active and maintains a website at http://www.fishhall.org.uk/, including a section on their history and heritage.![The coat of arms of the Fishmongers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size
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The coat of arms of the Fishmongers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size image] 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.![The coat of arms of the Haberdashers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size
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The coat of arms of the Haberdashers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size image] 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.![The coat of arms of the Ironmongers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size
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The coat of arms of the Ironmongers’ Company, from Stow (1633). [Full size image] This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Cordwainers’ Company
The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers
The Cordwainers’ Company was one of the lesser livery companies of London. The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers is still active and maintains a website at http://cordwainers.org/ that includes a history of the company.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Curriers’ Company
The Worshipful Company of Curriers
The Curriers’ Company was one of the lesser livery companies of London. The Worshipful Company of Cordwainers is still active and maintains a website at https://www.curriers.co.uk/ that includes a history of the company.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parish Clerks’ Company
The Worshipful Company of Parish Clerks
The Parish Clerks Company was one of the lesser livery companies of London. The Parish Clerks Company is still active and maintains a website at http://www.londonparishclerks.com/ that includes a history of the company.Roles played in the project
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Upholders’ Company
The Worshipful Company of Upholders
The Upholders’ Company was one of the lesser livery companies of London. The Worshipful Company of Upholders is still active and maintains a website at https://upholders.co.uk/ that includes a history of the company.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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