Survey of London (1633): Cripplegate Ward
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THe next Ward is
called of Creple
gate, and consisteth
of divers streets &
lanes, lying as well
without the Gate
and VVall of the
City, as within.
First, within the VVall on the East part
thereof, towards the North, it runneth
to the west side of Bassings Hall Ward:
& towards the South, it joyneth to the
Ward of Cheap, it beginneth at the west
end of St. Laurence Church in the Iury,
on the North side, and runneth west to a
Pumpe, where sometime was a Well
with 2. Buckets, at the South corner of
Alderman bury street, which streete run
neth down North to Gay-spur lane, & so
to London Wall, which street and lane are
wholly (on both sides) of this Ward, and
so be some few houses (on both the sides)
from Gay-spur lane, by and against the
Wall of the City, East to the Grates,
made for the water-course of the chan
nels, and west to Creplegate.
called of Creple
gate, and consisteth
of divers streets &
lanes, lying as well
without the Gate
and VVall of the
City, as within.
First, within the VVall on the East part
thereof, towards the North, it runneth
to the west side of Bassings Hall Ward:
& towards the South, it joyneth to the
Ward of Cheap, it beginneth at the west
end of St. Laurence Church in the Iury,
on the North side, and runneth west to a
Pumpe, where sometime was a Well
with 2. Buckets, at the South corner of
Alderman bury street, which streete run
neth down North to Gay-spur lane, & so
to London Wall, which street and lane are
wholly (on both sides) of this Ward, and
so be some few houses (on both the sides)
from Gay-spur lane, by and against the
Wall of the City, East to the Grates,
made for the water-course of the chan
nels, and west to Creplegate.
Now on the South side,
the west end of Saint Laurence
Church to the Pumpe, & then up Milk
street, South unto Cheape, which Milk
street is wholly (on both the sides) of Cre
plegate Ward, as also without the South
end of Milkstreet, a part of West Cheape,
to wit, from the Standard to the Crosse,
is all of Creplegate Ward. Then downe
great Woodstreete, which is wholly of
this VVard on both the sides thereof;
so it little Woodstreete, which runneth
downe to Creplegate.
From the Standard to the Crosse in Cheape, on the North side, is of Creplegate Ward.
from over-against
the west end of Saint Laurence
Church to the Pumpe, & then up Milk
street, South unto Cheape, which Milk
street is wholly (on both the sides) of Cre
plegate Ward, as also without the South
end of Milkstreet, a part of West Cheape,
to wit, from the Standard to the Crosse,
is all of Creplegate Ward. Then downe
great Woodstreete, which is wholly of
this VVard on both the sides thereof;
so it little Woodstreete, which runneth
downe to Creplegate.
Out of this Woodstreete be divers lanes;
namely, on the East side is Lad lane,
which runneth East to Milkstreete cor
ner; downe lower in Woodstreete is Love
lane, which lyeth by the South side of
S. Albans Church in Woodstreet, and run
neth down to the Conduit in Alderman
bury streete. Lower downe in Wood
streete, is Addlestreete, out of the which
runneth Philip lane downe to London
VVall. These be the Lanes on the East
side.
namely, on the East side is Lad lane,
which runneth East to Milkstreete cor
ner; downe lower in Woodstreete is Love
lane, which lyeth by the South side of
S. Albans Church in Woodstreet, and run
neth down to the Conduit in Alderman
bury streete. Lower downe in Wood
streete, is Addlestreete, out of the which
runneth Philip lane downe to London
VVall. These be the Lanes on the East
side.
On the west side of Woodstreete, is
Huggen lane, by the South side of S. Mi
chaels Church, and goeth thorow to Gu
therous lane. Then lower is Maiden lane,
which runneth VVest to the North end
of Gutherons lane, and up the said Lane
on the East side thereof, till against
Kery lane, and backe againe: then the
said Maiden Lane, on the North side, go
eth up to Staining lane, and up a part
thereof on the East side, to the farthest
North part of Haberdashers Hall; and
backe againe to Woodstreete, and there
lower downe is Silverstreete, which is
of this VVard, till yee come to the East
end of St. Olaves Church on the South
side, and to Monkes-well streete on the
North side; then down the said Monkes
well streete on the East side thereof, and
so to Creplegate, doe make the bounds
of this VVard within the wals.
Huggen lane, by the South side of S. Mi
chaels Church, and goeth thorow to Gu
therous lane. Then lower is Maiden lane,
which runneth VVest to the North end
of Gutherons lane, and up the said Lane
on the East side thereof, till against
Kery lane, and backe againe: then the
said Maiden Lane, on the North side, go
eth up to Staining lane, and up a part
thereof on the East side, to the farthest
North part of Haberdashers Hall; and
backe againe to Woodstreete, and there
lower downe is Silverstreete, which is
of this VVard, till yee come to the East
end of St. Olaves Church on the South
side, and to Monkes-well streete on the
North side; then down the said Monkes
well streete on the East side thereof, and
so to Creplegate, doe make the bounds
of this VVard within the wals.
Without Creplegate, Forestreete run
neth thwart before the Gate, from a
gainst the North side of Saint Giles
Church, along to More lane end, and to a
Posterne lane end, that runneth betwixt
the Towne ditch on the South, and cer
taine Gardens on the North, almost to
Moregate; at the East end of which lane
is a Pot-makers house, which house,
with all other the Gardens, Houses, and
Allies on that side to More-fields, till
yee come to a Bridge and Cow-house,
neere unto Fensbury Court, is all of Cre
plegate VVard.
neth thwart before the Gate, from a
gainst the North side of Saint Giles
Church, along to More lane end, and to a
Posterne lane end, that runneth betwixt
the Towne ditch on the South, and cer
taine Gardens on the North, almost to
Moregate; at the East end of which lane
is a Pot-makers house, which house,
with all other the Gardens, Houses, and
Allies on that side to More-fields, till
yee come to a Bridge and Cow-house,
neere unto Fensbury Court, is all of Cre
plegate VVard.
Of these More-fields you have former
ly read,
they were, unpassable, but for Caws
waies purposely made to that intent;
what they were also in our owne neerer
times of memory, even till Sir Leonard
Hallyday was Lord Maior of London, I
am very well assured many doe perfect
ly remember: And what they are now
at this instant, by the honourable cost
and care of this City, and the industri
ous paines and diligence of that worthy
Citizen, Master Leate, wee all (to our
continuall comfort) doe evidently be
hold. M. Iohn Speed, my especiall kinde
friend; acquainted me with the draught
of a Mappe, done after that true shape
and modell, as at the first (by the fore
named Gentleman) they were inten
ded, and laboured with the then Lord
Maior, and Court of Aldermen, that the
same might have bin accordingly effe
cted. But how it was prevented, I know
not, only I purposed to have beene at so
much charge, as to have had that Map
(in some apt & convenient forme) prin
ted in this booke: but that I could not
attaine thereto; being promised, that at
the next impression I shall have it.
ly read,
An. 1477. Rose Ioccline then being L. Maior.
what a moorish rotten ground
they were, unpassable, but for Caws
waies purposely made to that intent;
what they were also in our owne neerer
times of memory, even till Sir Leonard
Dd
Hallyday was Lord Maior of London, I
am very well assured many doe perfect
ly remember: And what they are now
at this instant, by the honourable cost
and care of this City, and the industri
ous paines and diligence of that worthy
Citizen, Master Leate, wee all (to our
continuall comfort) doe evidently be
hold. M. Iohn Speed, my especiall kinde
friend; acquainted me with the draught
of a Mappe, done after that true shape
and modell, as at the first (by the fore
named Gentleman) they were inten
ded, and laboured with the then Lord
Maior, and Court of Aldermen, that the
same might have bin accordingly effe
cted. But how it was prevented, I know
not, only I purposed to have beene at so
much charge, as to have had that Map
(in some apt & convenient forme) prin
ted in this booke: but that I could not
attaine thereto; being promised, that at
the next impression I shall have it.
For the Walkes themselves, and con
tinuall care of the City, to have them
in that comely & worthy maner main
tained: I am certainly perswaded, that
our thankfulnesse to God being first
truely performed, they are no meane
cause of preserving health and whole
some ayre to the City, and such an eter
nall honour thereto, as no iniquity of
time shall ever be able to deface.
tinuall care of the City, to have them
in that comely & worthy maner main
tained: I am certainly perswaded, that
our thankfulnesse to God being first
truely performed, they are no meane
cause of preserving health and whole
some ayre to the City, and such an eter
nall honour thereto, as no iniquity of
time shall ever be able to deface.
Then to turne backe againe through
the said Posterne lane to More lane,
which More lane, with all the Allies and
buildings there, is of this Ward. After
that is Grubstreete, more than halfe
thereof to the streightning of the street,
next is White-crosse street, up to the end
of Beech lane; and then Red-crosse street
wholly, with a part of Golding lane, even
to the Posts there placed, as a bounder.
the said Posterne lane to More lane,
which More lane, with all the Allies and
buildings there, is of this Ward. After
that is Grubstreete, more than halfe
thereof to the streightning of the street,
next is White-crosse street, up to the end
of Beech lane; and then Red-crosse street
wholly, with a part of Golding lane, even
to the Posts there placed, as a bounder.
Then is Beech lane before spoken of,
the East side of the Red-crosse, and the
Barbican streete, more than halfe there
of, toward Aldersgate street, and so have
you all the bounds of Creplegate VVard
without the wals.
the East side of the Red-crosse, and the
Barbican streete, more than halfe there
of, toward Aldersgate street, and so have
you all the bounds of Creplegate VVard
without the wals.
Now for Antiquities and Ornaments
in this Ward, to be noted: I finde, first
at the meeting of the corners of the Old
Iury,
bury, there was (of old time) a faire
Well with two Buckets, of late yeeres
converted to a Pumpe. How Alderman
bury streete took that name, many fables
have been bruted, all which I overpasse,
as not worthy the counting: but to bee
short, I say, this streete tooke the name
of Aldermans bury (which is to say, a
Court) there kept in their Bery, or Court
Hall, now called the Guild Hall, which
Hall (of old time) stood on the East side
of the same street, not far from the West
end of Guild Hall now used.
in this Ward, to be noted: I finde, first
at the meeting of the corners of the Old
Iury,
A Pumpe at the cor
ner of Al
derman-bury street.
Milkstreet, Lad lane, and Alderman
ner of Al
derman-bury street.
bury, there was (of old time) a faire
Well with two Buckets, of late yeeres
converted to a Pumpe. How Alderman
bury streete took that name, many fables
have been bruted, all which I overpasse,
as not worthy the counting: but to bee
short, I say, this streete tooke the name
of Aldermans bury (which is to say, a
Court) there kept in their Bery, or Court
Hall, now called the Guild Hall, which
Hall (of old time) stood on the East side
of the same street, not far from the West
end of Guild Hall now used.
Touching the Antiquity of this old
Aldermans bury or Court,1 I have not
read other, than that Richard Renery, one
of the Sheriffes of London, in the first of
Richard the first, which was in the yeere
of Christ, 1189. gave to the Church or
Saint Mary at Osney by Oxford, certaine
ground and rents in Alderman bury of
London, as appeareth by the Register of
that Church, as is also entred into the
Hoistings of the Guild Hall in London.
Aldermans bury or Court,1 I have not
read other, than that Richard Renery, one
of the Sheriffes of London, in the first of
Richard the first, which was in the yeere
of Christ, 1189. gave to the Church or
Saint Mary at Osney by Oxford, certaine
ground and rents in Alderman bury of
London, as appeareth by the Register of
that Church, as is also entred into the
Hoistings of the Guild Hall in London.
This old Bery, Court, or Hall conti
nued, and the Courts of the Maior
& Aldermen were continually holden
there, untill the new Bery, Court, or
Guild hall that now is, was builded & fi
nished, which Hall was first begun to be
founded in the yeere 1411. and was not
fully finished in 20. yeers after. I my self
have seene the ruines of the old Court
Hall, in Alderman-bury streete, which of
late hath beene imployed as a Carpen
ters yard, &c.
nued, and the Courts of the Maior
& Aldermen were continually holden
there, untill the new Bery, Court, or
Guild hall that now is, was builded & fi
nished, which Hall was first begun to be
founded in the yeere 1411. and was not
fully finished in 20. yeers after. I my self
have seene the ruines of the old Court
Hall, in Alderman-bury streete, which of
late hath beene imployed as a Carpen
ters yard, &c.
In this Alderman-bury street be divers
faire houses on both the sides, meete for
Merchants or men of worship, & in the
midst therof is a faire Conduit, made at
the charges of W. Eastfield, sometime
Maior, who took order as well for water
to be conveyed from Teyborne, & for the
building of this Conduit, not far distant
from his dwelling house; as also for a
Standard of sweet water to be erected in
Fleetstreet, all which was done by his Ex
ecutors, as elsewhere is shewed.
faire houses on both the sides, meete for
Merchants or men of worship, & in the
midst therof is a faire Conduit, made at
the charges of W. Eastfield, sometime
Maior, who took order as well for water
to be conveyed from Teyborne, & for the
building of this Conduit, not far distant
from his dwelling house; as also for a
Standard of sweet water to be erected in
Fleetstreet, all which was done by his Ex
ecutors, as elsewhere is shewed.
Then is the Parish Church of S. Mary
Aldermanbury, a faire Church, with a
Church-yard & Cloister adjoyning, in
the which Cloister is hanged & fastned
a shanke-bone of a man (as is said) very
great,
than that which hangeth in S. Laurence
Church in the Iurie; for it is in length
28. inches and a halfe of assise, but not
so hard and steely, like as the other, for
the same is light, and somewhat pory
and spongy. This bone is said to bee
found amongst the bones of men remo
ved from the Charnell house of Pauls,
or rather from the Cloyster of Pauls
Church: of both which reports I doubt,
for that the late Reyne Wolfe,
(who payd for the carriage of those
bones from the Charnell to the More
fields) told mee of some thousands of
Carre loads and more to bee conveyed,
whereof he wondred; but never told of
any such bone in either place to bee
found, neither would the same have bin
easily gotten from him, if he had heard
thereof, except he had reserved the like
for himself, being the greatest preserver
of antiquities in those parts for his time.
Aldermanbury, a faire Church, with a
Church-yard & Cloister adjoyning, in
the which Cloister is hanged & fastned
a shanke-bone of a man (as is said) very
great,
Shanke
bone of a man 28. inches & a halfe long.
and larger by 3. inches & a halfe,
bone of a man 28. inches & a halfe long.
than that which hangeth in S. Laurence
Church in the Iurie; for it is in length
28. inches and a halfe of assise, but not
so hard and steely, like as the other, for
the same is light, and somewhat pory
and
and spongy. This bone is said to bee
found amongst the bones of men remo
ved from the Charnell house of Pauls,
or rather from the Cloyster of Pauls
Church: of both which reports I doubt,
for that the late Reyne Wolfe,
Reyne Wolfe a grave Antiqua
ry, colle
cted the great Chroni
cles, in
creased, & published by his Ex
ecutors, under the name of Ralph Ho
lenshead.
Stationer
ry, colle
cted the great Chroni
cles, in
creased, & published by his Ex
ecutors, under the name of Ralph Ho
lenshead.
(who payd for the carriage of those
bones from the Charnell to the More
fields) told mee of some thousands of
Carre loads and more to bee conveyed,
whereof he wondred; but never told of
any such bone in either place to bee
found, neither would the same have bin
easily gotten from him, if he had heard
thereof, except he had reserved the like
for himself, being the greatest preserver
of antiquities in those parts for his time.
True it is, that this bone (from whence
soever it came) being of a man, as the
forme sheweth) must needes bee mon
strous, and more than after the propor
tion of five shanke bones of any man
now living amongst us. There lye buri
ed in this Church Simon Winehcombe, E
squire, 1391. Robert Combarton, 1422.
Iohn Wheatly, Mercer, 1428. Sir Willi
am Estfild, Knight of the Bath, Maior,
1438. a great Benefactor to that
Church, under a faire Monument: he al
so builded their steeple, changed their
old Bels into 5. tuneable Bels, and gave
100. l. to other workes of that Church.
soever it came) being of a man, as the
forme sheweth) must needes bee mon
strous, and more than after the propor
tion of five shanke bones of any man
now living amongst us. There lye buri
ed in this Church Simon Winehcombe, E
squire, 1391. Robert Combarton, 1422.
Iohn Wheatly, Mercer, 1428. Sir Willi
am Estfild, Knight of the Bath, Maior,
1438. a great Benefactor to that
Church, under a faire Monument: he al
so builded their steeple, changed their
old Bels into 5. tuneable Bels, and gave
100. l. to other workes of that Church.
Moreover,
he caused the Conduit in
Aldermanbury, which he had begun, to
be performed at his charges, and water
to be conveyed by pipes of Lead, from
Teyborne to Fleetstreete, as I have said.
And also from High Bery, to the parish
of S. Giles without Creplegate, where the
Inhabitants of those parts incastellated
the same in sufficient Cisternes. Iohn
Middleton, Mercer, Maior, 1472. Iohn
Tomes, Draper, 1486. William Bucke,
Taylor, 1501. Sir William Browne, Mai
or, 1507. Dame Margaret Ienings, wife
to Stephen Ienings, Maior, 1515. A Wi
dow, named Starkey, sometime wife to
Mody. Ralph Woodcocke, Grocer, one of
the Sheriffes, 1586. Dame Mary Gre
sham, wife to Sir Iohn Gresham, 1528.
Thomas Godfrey, Remembrancer of the
Office of the First fruits.
Aldermanbury, which he had begun, to
be performed at his charges, and water
to be conveyed by pipes of Lead, from
Teyborne to Fleetstreete, as I have said.
And also from High Bery, to the parish
of S. Giles without Creplegate, where the
Inhabitants of those parts incastellated
the same in sufficient Cisternes. Iohn
Middleton, Mercer, Maior, 1472. Iohn
Tomes, Draper, 1486. William Bucke,
Taylor, 1501. Sir William Browne, Mai
or, 1507. Dame Margaret Ienings, wife
to Stephen Ienings, Maior, 1515. A Wi
dow, named Starkey, sometime wife to
Mody. Ralph Woodcocke, Grocer, one of
the Sheriffes, 1586. Dame Mary Gre
sham, wife to Sir Iohn Gresham, 1528.
Thomas Godfrey, Remembrancer of the
Office of the First fruits.
Thomas Digges, Esquire, sonne and heyre
of Leonard Digges, of Wotton, in the
County of Kent, Esquire, & of Bridget
his wife, daughter to Thomas Wil
ford, Esquire, which Thomas deceased
the 24. day of August, An. Dom. 1595.
of Leonard Digges, of Wotton, in the
County of Kent, Esquire, & of Bridget
his wife, daughter to Thomas Wil
ford, Esquire, which Thomas deceased
the 24. day of August, An. Dom. 1595.
Agnes,
daughter of Sir William Sentleger,
Knight, and of Vrsula his wife, daughter
of George Nevil, Lord of Aburgave
ny, by whom the said Thomas had is
sue, Dudley, his sonne and heyre; Leo
nard, his second son; Margaret and Vr
sula, now living, beside VVilliam and
Mary, who died young.
A faire Tombe in the North side of the Chancell.
wife to Thomas Digges, Esquire,
daughter of Sir William Sentleger,
Knight, and of Vrsula his wife, daughter
of George Nevil, Lord of Aburgave
ny, by whom the said Thomas had is
sue, Dudley, his sonne and heyre; Leo
nard, his second son; Margaret and Vr
sula, now living, beside VVilliam and
Mary, who died young.
Deo Opt. Max. & memoriae.
Hic resurrectionem mortuorum expe
ctat Thomas Digsaeus, Armiger, ex
Antiqua Digsaeorum in Cantia Fa
milia oriundus, vir fide & pietate in
Deum singulari, rei militaris admo
dum peritus, optimarum literarum
studiosus, & scientiis Mathematicis
ad miraculum (ut ex libris editis
constat) eruditissimus: Quem Deus
in Coelestem Patriam, Anno salutis,
1595. evocavit: charissimo Marito
Vxor moestissima posuit.
ctat Thomas Digsaeus, Armiger, ex
Antiqua Digsaeorum in Cantia Fa
milia oriundus, vir fide & pietate in
Deum singulari, rei militaris admo
dum peritus, optimarum literarum
studiosus, & scientiis Mathematicis
ad miraculum (ut ex libris editis
constat) eruditissimus: Quem Deus
in Coelestem Patriam, Anno salutis,
1595. evocavit: charissimo Marito
Vxor moestissima posuit.
Here lieth in an assured hope to rise in
Christ, Thomas Digges, Esquire, some
time Muster-Master of the English Ar
my in the Low-Countries: A man zea
lously affected to true Religion, wise, dis
creete, courteous, faithfull to his friends,
and of rare knowledge in Geometry, A
strologie, and other Mathematicall scien
ces: who finished this transitory life with
a happy end, in Anno 1595.
Christ, Thomas Digges, Esquire, some
time Muster-Master of the English Ar
my in the Low-Countries: A man zea
lously affected to true Religion, wise, dis
creete, courteous, faithfull to his friends,
and of rare knowledge in Geometry, A
strologie, and other Mathematicall scien
ces: who finished this transitory life with
a happy end, in Anno 1595.
That the dead might live,
Christ dyed.
Christ dyed.
Here lieth buried,
daughter of the right Honourable Sir
Henry Norreis, Knight, Lord Norreis
of Ricot, who deceased the 18. day of A
pril, 1574.
A plated stone by the Com
munion Table.
Elizabeth Norreis,
munion Table.
daughter of the right Honourable Sir
Henry Norreis, Knight, Lord Norreis
of Ricot, who deceased the 18. day of A
pril, 1574.
Armig. hic Jon. Constantinus positus;
in arce polorum. Qui Februo cessit.
Mil. 1. Cent. quatuor bis & octo.
A marvel
lous anci
ent plated stone.
genetrici subjacet; aeternè laetenur
lous anci
ent plated stone.
in arce polorum. Qui Februo cessit.
Mil. 1. Cent. quatuor bis & octo.
Here lieth entombed,
Grocer and Alderman of London, who
departed this life the first day of Septem
ber, 1586. aged, 67. yeeres. Hee had
foure wives, Helen Collier, by whom
he had five sonne and three daughters.
A very faire Tombe in the South side of the Quire.
Ralph Woodcock,
Grocer and Alderman of London, who
departed this life the first day of Septem
ber, 1586. aged, 67. yeeres. Hee had
foure wives, Helen Collier, by whom
he had five sonne and three daughters.
Dd2
Good
Good Bower, by whom he had ten sons
and five daughters. Elenor Carew, by
whom he had one daughter. And Mary
Lovyson, by whom he had no issue.
Elizabeth,
A faire plated stone by the Com
munion Table.
whosemunion Table.
husband Davy hight,
Lyeth buried here till
time the Trumpet blow:
But sure the heavens
possesse her sacred spright,
Her vertuous life and
godly end did show.
And they that knew her
pathes of perfect love,
The sundry gifts that
garnished her life,
Can witnesse well, and
by her end approve,
There seldome hath been
seene a better wife.
Give God the praise for
such her happy race:
And pray, that we
like vertues may embrace.
She died the 12. day of August,
1569.
1569.
Beneath this Church have ye Gay-spur
lane, which runneth down to London
Wall,
the North end thereof, was (of old
time) a house of Nuns, which house be
ing in great decay, Wil. Elsing, Mercer, in
the yeere of Christ, 1329. the 3. of Ed
ward the 3. began in place thereof the
foundation of an Hospitall, for sustenta
tion of 100. blind men. Towards the e
rection whereof, he gave his 2. houses in
the Parishes of S. Alphage, & our blessed
Lady in Aldermanbury, neere Creplegate.
lane, which runneth down to London
Wall,
Priory or Hospitall called, El
sing Spittle.
as is afore shewed. In this lane, at
sing Spittle.
the North end thereof, was (of old
time) a house of Nuns, which house be
ing in great decay, Wil. Elsing, Mercer, in
the yeere of Christ, 1329. the 3. of Ed
ward the 3. began in place thereof the
foundation of an Hospitall, for sustenta
tion of 100. blind men. Towards the e
rection whereof, he gave his 2. houses in
the Parishes of S. Alphage, & our blessed
Lady in Aldermanbury, neere Creplegate.
This house was after called a Priory
or Hospital of S. Mary the Virgin, foun
ded in the yeere 1332. by W. Elsing, for
Canons regular: the which W. became
the first Prior there. Robert Elsing, son to
the said W. gave to the said Hospitall,
12. l. by the yeere, for the finding of 3.
Priests, he also gave 100. s. towards the
inclosing of the new Church-yard with
out Ealdgate: and 100. s. to the inclo
sing of the new Church-yard without
Aldersgate: to Tho. Elsing his son, 80. l.
the rest of his goods to be sold, and gi
ven to the poore. This house valued,
193. l. 15. s. 5. d. was surrendred the
eleventh of May, the 22. of Henry the 8.
or Hospital of S. Mary the Virgin, foun
ded in the yeere 1332. by W. Elsing, for
Canons regular: the which W. became
the first Prior there. Robert Elsing, son to
the said W. gave to the said Hospitall,
12. l. by the yeere, for the finding of 3.
Priests, he also gave 100. s. towards the
inclosing of the new Church-yard with
out Ealdgate: and 100. s. to the inclo
sing of the new Church-yard without
Aldersgate: to Tho. Elsing his son, 80. l.
the rest of his goods to be sold, and gi
ven to the poore. This house valued,
193. l. 15. s. 5. d. was surrendred the
eleventh of May, the 22. of Henry the 8.
A briefe remembrance of SYON
Colledge, in the Parish of Saint
Alphage.
Colledge, in the Parish of Saint
Alphage.
IN the same place where the foresaid
Elsing Spittle and Priory were for
merly situated; there is now newly
erected a Colledge for the Clergy of
London, and liberties thereof, called by
the name of Syon Colledge: And Almes-houses
for twenty poore people, ten
men, and ten women.
Elsing Spittle and Priory were for
merly situated; there is now newly
erected a Colledge for the Clergy of
London, and liberties thereof, called by
the name of Syon Colledge: And Almes-houses
for twenty poore people, ten
men, and ten women.
This was done by the especiall care
and paines of M. Iohn Simson, Rector of
S. Olaves Hartstreet London, one of the
Executors of the last Will and Testa
ment of M. Thomas White,
vinity, Vicar of S. Dunstanes in the west,
and one of the Canons Residentiary of
S. Pauls Church London: which forena
med Thomas White (besides sundry sums
of mony, and great yeerly revenues gi
ven by him to pious and charitable uses
in divers places) gave 3000. l. to pur
chase and build the foresaid Colledge
for the use of the Clergy, and Almes-houses
for the 20. poor people aforesaid.
and paines of M. Iohn Simson, Rector of
S. Olaves Hartstreet London, one of the
Executors of the last Will and Testa
ment of M. Thomas White,
Doctor White of S. Dunstanes in the West.
Doctor in Divinity, Vicar of S. Dunstanes in the west,
and one of the Canons Residentiary of
S. Pauls Church London: which forena
med Thomas White (besides sundry sums
of mony, and great yeerly revenues gi
ven by him to pious and charitable uses
in divers places) gave 3000. l. to pur
chase and build the foresaid Colledge
for the use of the Clergy, and Almes-houses
for the 20. poor people aforesaid.
He also gave unto the said Colledge
and Almes-houses 160. l. per annum for
ever,
lowed for the maintenance of the poore
Almes-men & women. And 40. l. yeer
ly for 4. dinners for the Clergy, who are
to have 4. Latine Sermons in the yeere;
one every quarter, and upon these daies
are to dine together in the Colledge.
and Almes-houses 160. l. per annum for
ever,
An hun
dred and three
score pounds yeerly al
lowed.
whereof there is 120. l. yeerly aldred and three
score pounds yeerly al
lowed.
lowed for the maintenance of the poore
Almes-men & women. And 40. l. yeer
ly for 4. dinners for the Clergy, who are
to have 4. Latine Sermons in the yeere;
one every quarter, and upon these daies
are to dine together in the Colledge.
In the same Colledge the aforenamed
Iohn Simson did in his life time at his
owne proper costs and charges build a
very faire and spacious Library,
ning 121. foote in length, within the
wals, & above 25. foot in breadth. And
hath furnished it with wainscot, stalls,
deskes, seates, and other necessary and
usefull ornaments befieting the place.
Iohn Simson did in his life time at his
owne proper costs and charges build a
very faire and spacious Library,
A faire & goodly Library in Syon Col
ledge.
contailedge.
ning 121. foote in length, within the
wals, & above 25. foot in breadth. And
hath furnished it with wainscot, stalls,
deskes, seates, and other necessary and
usefull ornaments befieting the place.
He likewise at his cost and charges e
rected the new building adjoyning to
the Library,
the Colledge Court, for lodging for
the Governours, or others at their ap
pointment.
rected the new building adjoyning to
the Library,
A new building joyned to the Library.
all along the Southside of
the Colledge Court, for lodging for
the Governours, or others at their ap
pointment.
to this Library there have beene al
ready divers bountfull and well dispo
sed Benefactors,
summes of money towards the furni
shing of it with bookes.
ready divers bountfull and well dispo
sed Benefactors,
Liberall Benefac
tors to the Library, & their gift.
who have given large
tors to the Library, & their gift.
summes of money towards the furni
shing of it with bookes.
The
The right Honourable Anne, Vicoun
tesse Bayning, his wife, gave 50. l.
tesse Bayning, his wife, gave 50. l.
Sir George Croke, Knight, one of his
Majesties Iustices of his Pleas before
him assigned to be holden, gave 100. l.
Majesties Iustices of his Pleas before
him assigned to be holden, gave 100. l.
Besides divers others; whose names,
legacies, gifts, and bookes bought there
with: are (by way of a gratefull memo
riall) registred in a faire Booke kept in
the Library.
legacies, gifts, and bookes bought there
with: are (by way of a gratefull memo
riall) registred in a faire Booke kept in
the Library.
The Monuments that were in this
Church defaced, Thomas Cheney, son to
William Cheney, Thomas, Iohn, and Wil
liam Cheney, Iohn Northampton, Draper,
Maior, 1381. Edmond Hungerford, Hen
rie Frowike, Ioane, daughter to Sir Wil
liam Cheney, wife to William Stokes, Ro
bert Edarbroke, Esquire, 1460. Dame
Ioane Ratcliffe, William Fowler, William
Kingston, Thomas Swineley, and Helen
his wife, &c.
Church defaced, Thomas Cheney, son to
William Cheney, Thomas, Iohn, and Wil
liam Cheney, Iohn Northampton, Draper,
Maior, 1381. Edmond Hungerford, Hen
rie Frowike, Ioane, daughter to Sir Wil
liam Cheney, wife to William Stokes, Ro
bert Edarbroke, Esquire, 1460. Dame
Ioane Ratcliffe, William Fowler, William
Kingston, Thomas Swineley, and Helen
his wife, &c.
The principall Ile of this Church, to
wards the North, was pulled downe, &
a frame of foure houses set up in place:
the other part from the steeple upward,
was converted into a Parish Church of
S. Alphage, & the Parish Church which
stood neere unto the VVall of the City
by Creplegate, was pulled downe, the
plot thereof made a Carpenters yard,
with saw-pits.
wards the North, was pulled downe, &
a frame of foure houses set up in place:
the other part from the steeple upward,
was converted into a Parish Church of
S. Alphage, & the Parish Church which
stood neere unto the VVall of the City
by Creplegate, was pulled downe, the
plot thereof made a Carpenters yard,
with saw-pits.
The Hospitall it selfe, the Prior, and
Canons house, with other Lodgings,
were made a dwelling house, the
Church-yard is a Garden plot, and a
faire Gallery on the Cloyster: the lodg
ings for the poore are translated into
stabling for horses.
Canons house, with other Lodgings,
were made a dwelling house, the
Church-yard is a Garden plot, and a
faire Gallery on the Cloyster: the lodg
ings for the poore are translated into
stabling for horses.
In the yeere 1541. Sir Iohn Williams,
Master of the Kings Jewels, dwelling in
this house, on Christmas Even at night,
about seven of the clocke,
began in the Gallery thereof, which
burned so sore, that the flame firing
the whole house, and consuming it, was
seene all the City over, and was hardly
quenched; whereby many of the Kings
Iewels were burned, and more imbesel
led (as was said.)
Master of the Kings Jewels, dwelling in
this house, on Christmas Even at night,
about seven of the clocke,
Elsing Spit
tle burned.
a great fire
tle burned.
began in the Gallery thereof, which
burned so sore, that the flame firing
the whole house, and consuming it, was
seene all the City over, and was hardly
quenched; whereby many of the Kings
Iewels were burned, and more imbesel
led (as was said.)
Sir Rowland Hayward, Maior, dwel
led in this Spittle, & was buried there,
1593. Richard Lee, alias, Clarenciaulx,
King of Armes, 1597.
led in this Spittle, & was buried there,
1593. Richard Lee, alias, Clarenciaulx,
King of Armes, 1597.
Here lieth the body of Sir Rowland Hay
ward,
City of London, and living an Alder
man the space of 30. yeeres, and (at his
death) the ancientest Alderman of the
said City. He lived beloved of all good
men, and died (in great credit and repu
tation) the fifth day of December, Ann.
Dom. 1593. And the 36. yeere of the
reigne of our Soveraigne Lady Queene
Elizabeth. He had two vertuous wives,
and by them many happy children.
ward,
A very goodly Monumēt in the wall of the Quire on the South side.
Knight, twice Lord Maior of this
City of London, and living an Alder
man the space of 30. yeeres, and (at his
death) the ancientest Alderman of the
said City. He lived beloved of all good
men, and died (in great credit and repu
tation) the fifth day of December, Ann.
Dom. 1593. And the 36. yeere of the
reigne of our Soveraigne Lady Queene
Elizabeth. He had two vertuous wives,
and by them many happy children.
Ioane, daughter of William Tillesworth,
Esquire, was the first wife to Sir Row
land Hayward, by whom he had issue,
3. sons and 5. daughters, which 3. sons,
and 2. of the daughters died in their in
fancy. The eldest of the surviving daugh
ters, named Elizabeth, was first mar
ried to Richard VVaren, Esquire, and
(after his decease) to Thomas Knevet,
Esquire, one of her Majesties Privie
Chamber. Susanna, the second daugh
ter, was married to Henry Townsend,
Esquire. Ioane the third daughter, was
married to Iohn Thinne, Esquire.
Esquire, was the first wife to Sir Row
land Hayward, by whom he had issue,
3. sons and 5. daughters, which 3. sons,
and 2. of the daughters died in their in
fancy. The eldest of the surviving daugh
ters, named Elizabeth, was first mar
ried to Richard VVaren, Esquire, and
(after his decease) to Thomas Knevet,
Esquire, one of her Majesties Privie
Chamber. Susanna, the second daugh
ter, was married to Henry Townsend,
Esquire. Ioane the third daughter, was
married to Iohn Thinne, Esquire.
Katharine, the second wife of Sir Rowland
Hayward, was daughter to Thomas
Smith, Esquire, by whom hee had like
wise issue three sons and five daughters,
whereof one sonne and one daughter died
infants. The two sons and foure daugh
ters yet living, are George, Iohn, A
lice, Katharine, Mary, and Anne, all
young, and unmarried at their fathers
death.
Hayward, was daughter to Thomas
Smith, Esquire, by whom hee had like
wise issue three sons and five daughters,
whereof one sonne and one daughter died
infants. The two sons and foure daugh
ters yet living, are George, Iohn, A
lice, Katharine, Mary, and Anne, all
young, and unmarried at their fathers
death.
Decus vitae, est honorata Mors.
This Tombe was erected by the appointment
of Edward Pilsworth, and VVilliam
Cotton, Citizens of London, and
Executors of the said Sir
Rowland.
of Edward Pilsworth, and VVilliam
Cotton, Citizens of London, and
Executors of the said Sir
Rowland.
Dd3
Here
Here lieth buried under this stone the body
of Robert Hodgson,
A Grave
stone at the en
trance in
to the Quire doore.
Esquire, one of
stone at the en
trance in
to the Quire doore.
the Auditors of the Queenes Majesties
Court of Exchequer, who died the 26.
day of May, in the yeere of our Lord
1577.
Now to returne to Milkestreet, so cal
led of milke sold there, there bee many
faire houses for wealthy Merchants and
other: among the which I reade, that
Gregory Rokesley, Maior of London, in the
yeere 1275. dwelled in this Milkstreete,
in an house belonging to the Priory of
Lewes in Sussex, whereof he was Tenant
at will, paying 20. s. by the yeere with
out other charge: such were the rents
of those times.
led of milke sold there, there bee many
faire houses for wealthy Merchants and
other: among the which I reade, that
Gregory Rokesley, Maior of London, in the
yeere 1275. dwelled in this Milkstreete,
in an house belonging to the Priory of
Lewes in Sussex, whereof he was Tenant
at will, paying 20. s. by the yeere with
out other charge: such were the rents
of those times.
In this Milkestreete,
is a small Parish
Church of Saint Mary Magdalen, which
hath of late yeeres been repaired: Wil
liam Browne, Maior, 1513. gave to this
Church forty pounds, and was buried
there. Thomas Exmew, Maior, 1528.
gave forty pounds, and was buried
there: so was Iohn Milford, one of the
Sheriffes, 1375. Iohn Olney, Maior,
1475. Richard Rawson, one of the She
riffes, 1476. Henry Kelsey. Sir Iohn
Browne, Maior, 1497. Thomas Mus
champe, one of the Sheriffes, 1463. Sir
William Cantilow, Knight, Mercer,
1462. Henry Cantilow, Mercer, Mer
chant of the Staple, who builded a
Chappell, and was buried there, 1495.
Iohn West, Alderman, 1517. Iohn Ma
chel, Alderman, 1558.
Church of Saint Mary Magdalen, which
hath of late yeeres been repaired: Wil
liam Browne, Maior, 1513. gave to this
Church forty pounds, and was buried
there. Thomas Exmew, Maior, 1528.
gave forty pounds, and was buried
there: so was Iohn Milford, one of the
Sheriffes, 1375. Iohn Olney, Maior,
1475. Richard Rawson, one of the She
riffes, 1476. Henry Kelsey. Sir Iohn
Browne, Maior, 1497. Thomas Mus
champe, one of the Sheriffes, 1463. Sir
William Cantilow, Knight, Mercer,
1462. Henry Cantilow, Mercer, Mer
chant of the Staple, who builded a
Chappell, and was buried there, 1495.
Iohn West, Alderman, 1517. Iohn Ma
chel, Alderman, 1558.
Here lieth the corps of Thomas Skinner,
late Citizen and Alderman of London,
borne at Saffron Walden in Essex,
who in the 63. yeere of his age, and on the
5. day of December, Anno Dom. 1596.
being then Lord Maior of this City, de
parted this life, leaving behind him three
sonnes, Iohn, Thomas, and Richard:
and three daughters, Aunc, Iulian, and
Elizabeth.
late Citizen and Alderman of London,
A comely Monumēt in the South Ile of the Quire.
borne at Saffron Walden in Essex,
who in the 63. yeere of his age, and on the
5. day of December, Anno Dom. 1596.
being then Lord Maior of this City, de
parted this life, leaving behind him three
sonnes, Iohn, Thomas, and Richard:
and three daughters, Aunc, Iulian, and
Elizabeth.
Here lieth interred the body of Mistresse
Mary Collet, wife of M. John Collet,
Citizen and Salter of London, who de
ceased the 22. of December, An. Dom.
1613. being aged 35. yeeres.
Mary Collet, wife of M. John Collet,
Citizen and Salter of London, who de
ceased the 22. of December, An. Dom.
1613. being aged 35. yeeres.
This Marble witnesse,
A faire Stone in the same Ile before the Monu
ment fore
named.
ment fore
named.
dew-dropt with the eies
Of grived Niobe, tels
thee, that here lies
Her second husband joy,
her first content,
Her parents comfort,
her friends ornament,
Her neighbours welcome,
her deare kinreds losse,
Her owne health’s foe,
deeming all pleasure drosse,
The world a layle, whence,
through much paine we see
Her soule at length
hath purchast liberty;
And soar’d on high where
here Redeemer lives:
Who (for her torment)
rest and glory gives.
Here lie the bodies of Gerard Gore,
zen, Merchant-Taylor, and Alderman
of London, and of Helen his wife: who
lived together married 57. yeeres. The
said Gerard died the 11. day of Decem
ber, 1607. in the 91. yeere of his age.
And shee departed this life the 13. day
of February, in the foresaid yeere, being
75. yeeres old.
A comely Tombe in the Chan
cell, by a
nother much more an
cient Tombe of Henry Can
tilowe.
Citicell, by a
nother much more an
cient Tombe of Henry Can
tilowe.
zen, Merchant-Taylor, and Alderman
of London, and of Helen his wife: who
lived together married 57. yeeres. The
said Gerard died the 11. day of Decem
ber, 1607. in the 91. yeere of his age.
And shee departed this life the 13. day
of February, in the foresaid yeere, being
75. yeeres old.
Here lyeth the body of Thom. Henshawe,
Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of Lon
don, who had to wife Flower Hen
shawe, and had issue by her 9. sons, and
4. daughters. He deceased the 11. day of
Ianuary, 1611. aged, 76. yeeres: and she
died the 6. of March, 1615. aged, about
60. yeeres.
A faire Stone at the en
trance in
to the Quire.
trance in
to the Quire.
Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of Lon
don, who had to wife Flower Hen
shawe, and had issue by her 9. sons, and
4. daughters. He deceased the 11. day of
Ianuary, 1611. aged, 76. yeeres: and she
died the 6. of March, 1615. aged, about
60. yeeres.
Here lieth the body of sir William Stone,
Knight, free of the Clothworkers and
Turkie Companies, sometime Alderman
of this City. He was the sonne of Rey
nold Stone, Citizen and Fishmonger of
London. The said Sir VVilliam depar
ted this life the 14. of September, 1609.
aged, 63. yeeres, &c.
A very faire Mo
nument in the Chan
cell on the North side.
nument in the Chan
cell on the North side.
Knight, free of the Clothworkers and
Turkie Companies, sometime Alderman
of this City. He was the sonne of Rey
nold Stone, Citizen and Fishmonger of
London. The said Sir VVilliam depar
ted this life the 14. of September, 1609.
aged, 63. yeeres, &c.
As the Earth, the
Earth doth cover,
So under this stone
lyes another.
who long deceased,
Ere the worlds love
him released,
For they say,
He answered death
before his day,
But ’tis not so:
for he was sought
Of one that both him
made and bought.
He remain’d
the great Lords treasure,
Who called for him
at his pleasure,
And receiv’d him.
Yet be’it said,
Earth griev’d that heaven
so soone was paid.
Here likewise lyes
inhumed in one bed,
the welbeloved wife
Of this remembred Knight:
whose soules are fled
From this dimme Vale,
to everlasting life.
Where no more change,
nor no more separation
Shall make them flye
from their blest habitation.
Grasse of levitie,
Span in brevity,
Flowers felicity,
Fire of misery,
Winds stability
Is mortality.
Their Riches were
like corne lent to the field,
What it receiv’d
it manifold did yeeld.
Their bodies have a grave
their vertues none,
But shall with time grow greene,
when they are gone.
Stone walls, brasse Towers,
decay as flowers:
One gone, their good
is, Lo, here they stood.
So transitory
is our glory.
This Stone,
A comely Monumēt in the east end of the South Ile.
this Verse,two Mountfords doe present,
The corps of one,
the others Monument:
Two lovely brethren,
by their vertues knowne,
Whom Cambridge, and
Kings Colledge cal’d their owne.
of which worthy paire,
The first imployed
by Sea in great affaire,
Made Heaven his Haven,
and at that Port, the other
(By land) did overtake
his elder Brother.
So now the bones
of both are laid asleepe,
These in this Church,
those in the Easterne Deepe:
Till all the dead
shall wake from Sea and Land,
Before the Iudge
of quicke and dead to stand.
Amen.
We sonne-lesse parents,
yet not childlesse left,
Bewaile (as men)
our seed untimely reft.
As Christians, we hope,
and joy, and say;
Heaven is our home,
and thither, Death the way.
By Sea or Land,
it skils not, so we minde
The Faithfull Pilgrims
narrow path to finde.
Then next is Woodstreet,
by what rea
son so called, I know not; true it is,
that (of old time) according to a De
cree made in the reigne of Richard the
first, the houses in London were builded
of stone, for defence of fire, which kind
of building was used for two hundred
yeeres or more; but of later time, for
the winning of ground, taken downe,
and houses of timber were set up in
place. It seemeth therefore, that this
street hath beene of the later building,
all of timber, (for not one house of stone
hath beene knowne there) and there
fore called Woodstreet; otherwise it
might take the name of some builder
or owner thereof.
son so called, I know not; true it is,
that (of old time) according to a De
cree made in the reigne of Richard the
first, the houses in London were builded
of stone, for defence of fire, which kind
of building was used for two hundred
yeeres or more; but of later time, for
the winning of ground, taken downe,
and houses of timber were set up in
place. It seemeth therefore, that this
street hath beene of the later building,
all of timber, (for not one house of stone
hath beene knowne there) and there
fore called Woodstreet; otherwise it
might take the name of some builder
or owner thereof.
Tho. Wood, one of the Sheriffes, in
the yeere 1491. dwelled there: he was
an especiall Benefactor towards the
building of S. Peters Church at Wood
street end, which is called Gold-smiths
row, garnished with the likenesse of
Wood-men: his predecessors might be
the first builders, owners and namers of
this street, after their owne name.
the
the yeere 1491. dwelled there: he was
an especiall Benefactor towards the
building of S. Peters Church at Wood
street end, which is called Gold-smiths
row, garnished with the likenesse of
Wood-men: his predecessors might be
the first builders, owners and namers of
this street, after their owne name.
On the East side of this street is one
of the Prison houses, pertaining to the
Sheriffes of London, and is called the
Compter in Woodstreet, which was prepa
red to be a prison-house, in the yeere
1555. and on the Eve of S. Michael the
Archangell,2 the prisoners that lay in
the Compter in Breadstreet, were remo
ved to this Compter in Woodstreet. Be
neath this Compter is Lad Lane, or La
dle Hall; for so I find it of Record, in the
Parish of Saint Michael Woodstreet, and
beneath that is Love Lane, so called of
wantons.
of the Prison houses, pertaining to the
Sheriffes of London, and is called the
Compter in Woodstreet, which was prepa
red to be a prison-house, in the yeere
1555. and on the Eve of S. Michael the
Archangell,2 the prisoners that lay in
the Compter in Breadstreet, were remo
ved to this Compter in Woodstreet. Be
neath this Compter is Lad Lane, or La
dle Hall; for so I find it of Record, in the
Parish of Saint Michael Woodstreet, and
beneath that is Love Lane, so called of
wantons.
By this Lane is the ancient Parish
Church of S. Albans. One note of the
great antiquity of it, is the name: by
which it was at first dedicated to Saint
Albane, the first Martyr of England. An
other character of the antiquity of it,
is to be seene in the manner of the tur
ning of the Arches in the windowes,
and heads of the Pillars. A third note
appeares in the Romane bricks, here and
there inlayed amongst the stones of the
building. Very probable it is, that this
Church is at least of as ancient a stan
ding, as King Adelstane the Saxon, who,
as the Tradition sayes, had his house at
the East end of this Church. This Kings
house having a doore also into Adel
street, in this Parish, gave name, as ’tis
thought, unto the said Adel-street: which
in all Evidences to this day, is written
King-Adelstreet. One great square Tow
er of this Kings house seemes yet re
maining: to be seene at the North cor
ner of Love Lane, as you come from Al
derman-bury: which Tower is of the ve
ry same stone and manner of building
with S. Albanes Church. This Church,
decayed with meere age, is this yeere
beginning to be taken downe, and to be
new builded.
Church of S. Albans. One note of the
great antiquity of it, is the name: by
which it was at first dedicated to Saint
Albane, the first Martyr of England. An
other character of the antiquity of it,
is to be seene in the manner of the tur
ning of the Arches in the windowes,
and heads of the Pillars. A third note
appeares in the Romane bricks, here and
there inlayed amongst the stones of the
building. Very probable it is, that this
Church is at least of as ancient a stan
ding, as King Adelstane the Saxon, who,
as the Tradition sayes, had his house at
the East end of this Church. This Kings
house having a doore also into Adel
street, in this Parish, gave name, as ’tis
thought, unto the said Adel-street: which
in all Evidences to this day, is written
King-Adelstreet. One great square Tow
er of this Kings house seemes yet re
maining: to be seene at the North cor
ner of Love Lane, as you come from Al
derman-bury: which Tower is of the ve
ry same stone and manner of building
with S. Albanes Church. This Church,
decayed with meere age, is this yeere
beginning to be taken downe, and to be
new builded.
It hath the Monuments of Sir Rich.
Illingworth, Baron of the Exchequer,
Thomas Catworth, Grocer, Maior, 1443.
Iohn Woodcocke, Maior, 1405. Iohn Collet
and Alice his wife: Ralph Thomas, Ralph
and Richard, sonnes of Ralph Illingworth,
which was sonne to Richard Illingworth,
Baron of the Exchequer. Thomas, sonne
of Thomas Fitzwilliams; Thomas Halton,
Mercer, Maior, 1550. Thomas Ostrich,
Haberdasher, 1483. Richard Swetenham
Esquire; and William Dunthorne, Town-Clerke
of London, with this Epitaph:
Illingworth, Baron of the Exchequer,
Thomas Catworth, Grocer, Maior, 1443.
Iohn Woodcocke, Maior, 1405. Iohn Collet
and Alice his wife: Ralph Thomas, Ralph
and Richard, sonnes of Ralph Illingworth,
which was sonne to Richard Illingworth,
Baron of the Exchequer. Thomas, sonne
of Thomas Fitzwilliams; Thomas Halton,
Mercer, Maior, 1550. Thomas Ostrich,
Haberdasher, 1483. Richard Swetenham
Esquire; and William Dunthorne, Town-Clerke
of London, with this Epitaph:
Faelix prima dies
postquam mortalibus aevi,
Cesserit, hic morbus
subit, atq, repentè senectus,
Tum mors qua nostrum
Dunthorn cecidisse Wilelmum,
Haud cuiquam latuisse
reor, dignissimus (inquam,)
Artibus hic Doctor,
necnon celeberrimus hujus
Clericus Vrbis erat
primus, nulli{que} secundus,
Moribus, ingenio,
studio, nil dixeris illi,
Quin dederit natura
boni, pius ipse modestus,
Longanimus, solis
patiens, super omnia gratus,
Quique sub immensas
curas variosque labores,
Anxius atteritur vitae,
dum carpserit auras,
Hoc tetro in tumulo,
compostus pace quiescit.
Simon Morsted, Thomas Pikehurst, E
squire, Richard Take, Robert Ashcombe,
Thomas Lovet, Esquire, Sheriffe of Nor
thamptonshire, 1491. Iohn Spoore, 1429.
Katharine, daughter to Sir The Mirley,
Knight, William Linchlade, Mercer, 1392.
Iohn Penny, Mercer, 1450. Iohn Thomas,
Mercer, 1485. Christopher Hawse, Mer
cer, one of the Sheriffes, 1503. William
Sharborough, Vintner, Simon de Berching.
Sir Iohn Cheke, Knight, Schoole-master
to King Edward the 6. deceased, 1557.
doth lye here.
squire, Richard Take, Robert Ashcombe,
Thomas Lovet, Esquire, Sheriffe of Nor
thamptonshire, 1491. Iohn Spoore, 1429.
Katharine, daughter to Sir The Mirley,
Knight, William Linchlade, Mercer, 1392.
Iohn Penny, Mercer, 1450. Iohn Thomas,
Mercer, 1485. Christopher Hawse, Mer
cer, one of the Sheriffes, 1503. William
Sharborough, Vintner, Simon de Berching.
Sir Iohn Cheke, Knight, Schoole-master
to King Edward the 6. deceased, 1557.
doth lye here.
Hunc posuit Tumulum
frater,
A Monu
ment in the East end of the Chancell.
superaddidit illiment in the East end of the Chancell.
Triste Nepos Carmen;
dignus utroque fuit.
Cur Tumulum? justo
ne funus honore careret.
Cur Carmen? laudes
ne tegerentur humo.
vitam morte prehendunt,
Et pensant-Coeli
munere, damna soli.
Here lyeth buried M. Albayne Hill, Do
ctor of Physicke, who dyed the 26. day of
December, An. Dom. 1559.
ctor of Physicke, who dyed the 26. day of
December, An. Dom. 1559.
Here also lyeth buried Mistris Alice Hill,
sometime wife to the said M. Dr. Hill:
who dyed the last day of May, An. Dom.
1508.
A monu
ment in the South wall of the Chappell.
ment in the South wall of the Chappell.
sometime wife to the said M. Dr. Hill:
who dyed the last day of May, An. Dom.
1508.
Ethelreda White,
White, Armigeri, & unius filiarum &
haeredum Roberti Frother, Aldermanni
London. Quae quidem Ethelreda obiit in
vigilia S. Iohan. Baptist. An. Regis Hen
rici 8. 26. An. Dom. 1534.
An anciēt plate fixed in the wall of the North Chappell.
quondam uxor Henrici
White, Armigeri, & unius filiarum &
haeredum Roberti Frother, Aldermanni
London. Quae quidem Ethelreda obiit in
vigilia S. Iohan. Baptist. An. Regis Hen
rici 8. 26. An. Dom. 1534.
The 13. day of September,
A faire plated Grave
stone in the North Chappell of the Quire.
1557.stone in the North Chappell of the Quire.
Doctrinae tamen
Chekus uter{que} Magister,
Aurea naturae
sabrica morre jacer.
Non erat è multis
unus, sed praestitir unus
Omnibus & Patriae
flos erat ille suae:
Gemma Britanna fuit,
tam magnum nulla tulerunt
Tempora Thesaurum,
tempora nulla ferent.
Hic jacet Benedictus Trotter,
& Grocerus London, Mercator Stapulae
villae Caliciae. Qui obiit ultimo die Men
sis Octobris, 1496. Cujus, &c.
A grave
stone in same Chappell.
nuper Civis,
stone in same Chappell.
& Grocerus London, Mercator Stapulae
villae Caliciae. Qui obiit ultimo die Men
sis Octobris, 1496. Cujus, &c.
Hic jacet Willielmus Hinchlade,
Civis & Mercerus London. Qui obiit
9. die Ianuarii, An. Dom. 1392. Et
Alicia uxor ejus. Quorum, &c.
A faire plated stone by the Com
munion Table.
quondam
munion Table.
Civis & Mercerus London. Qui obiit
9. die Ianuarii, An. Dom. 1392. Et
Alicia uxor ejus. Quorum, &c.
Of William Wilson,
A faire plated stone in the body of the Church.
Ioane his wife,and Alice their daughter deare,
These lines be left to give report,
these three lye buried here;
And Alice was Henry Decons wife,
which Henry lives on earth,
And is the Serjeant Plummer unto
Queene ELIZABETH.
With whom this Alice left issue here,
her vertuous daughter Iane,
To be his comfort every where,
now joyfull Alice is gone.
And for these three departed soules,
gone up to joyfull blisse;
Th’ Almighty praise be given to God,
to whom the glory is.
Alice dyed, the eleventh day of March,
1572.
1572.
Ad sacros cineres,
leni Downer, Civis London, è libertate
Potifica, & aetate & officio aliquando se
nioris, & Mariae Vxoris Parentum in
tegritate quadrata, Thomas Filius unus,
& uncus superstes, ultimum hoc pli &
filialis amoris testamentum assert.
A small Monumēt on a pillar in the middle Ile.
& piam memoriam Alleni Downer, Civis London, è libertate
Potifica, & aetate & officio aliquando se
nioris, & Mariae Vxoris Parentum in
tegritate quadrata, Thomas Filius unus,
& uncus superstes, ultimum hoc pli &
filialis amoris testamentum assert.
Si vere dicunt
monumenta monentia mentes,
Mille mihi monumenta
pii posuēre parentes.
Ingratus ne sim
monumento hoc miile rependo.
Vpon the Wall by the North doore,
a faire Monument in stone, with these
inscriptions:
a faire Monument in stone, with these
inscriptions:
Misericordiam Dei per Jesum Chri
stum obtinuimus.
stum obtinuimus.
Here lye the bodies of Anne, the wife of
Laurence Gibson, Gent. and of their
three sonnes. She was a most faithfull and
loving wife, and a right-religious, wise,
vertuous and modest woman, and adorned
with many other such excellent and com
mendable gifts and qualities, that she is
worthy of perpetuall memory. She was of
the ancient Family of the Bamfords in
Lincolnshire: and the 29. day of De
cember, 1611. she patiently and Christi
anly ended this mortall life.
Laurence Gibson, Gent. and of their
three sonnes. She was a most faithfull and
loving wife, and a right-religious, wise,
vertuous and modest woman, and adorned
with many other such excellent and com
mendable gifts and qualities, that she is
worthy of perpetuall memory. She was of
the ancient Family of the Bamfords in
Lincolnshire: and the 29. day of De
cember, 1611. she patiently and Christi
anly ended this mortall life.
Spe resurgendi ad vitam aeternam
requiescimus.
requiescimus.
Hoc moestissimus ejus maritus, in piam me
moriam Vxoris suae, talis, tam{que} charis
simae construi fecit: eundem{que} hic cum
illa esse sepulturum sperat & exoptat.
moriam Vxoris suae, talis, tam{que} charis
simae construi fecit: eundem{que} hic cum
illa esse sepulturum sperat & exoptat.
In Christo filii sumus Dei, & haere
des aeternae vicae.
des aeternae vicae.
Mentis vis magna.
What, is she dead?
doth he survive?
No: both are dead,
and both alive.
by love, though grieving,
In him, for her,
yet dead, yet living.
Both dead, and living?
then what is gone?
One halfe of both,
not any one.
One mind, one Faith,
one hope, one Grave,
In life, in death,
they had, and still they have.
Amor conjugalis aeternus.
Hic jacet in requiem
Woodcocke Iohn,
An Anci
ent Tomb in the Chancell, lately in
truded on with new Pewes.
vir Generosus,ent Tomb in the Chancell, lately in
truded on with new Pewes.
Maior Londiniae,
Mercerus, valdè morosus.
Hic jacet Tom Shot-hose,
sine Tombe, sine Sheets, sine Riches,
Qui vixit sine Gowne,
sine Cloake, sine Shirt, sine Breeches.
In the Vestrie South Window, there
is the figure of Thomas Heritagh, in a red
Mantle: Right before him in another
pane is the Mercers Armes, of which
Company (it seemes) he was free. This
man was the builder of this Vestry-house.
is the figure of Thomas Heritagh, in a red
Mantle: Right before him in another
pane is the Mercers Armes, of which
Company (it seemes) he was free. This
man was the builder of this Vestry-house.
At the East end of the Chancell, on
the right hand, is a faire Monument,
with this inscription:
the right hand, is a faire Monument,
with this inscription:
To the sacred Memory of Thomas Shelly,
eldest sonne and heire of Henry Shelly
of Patcham in the Country of Sussex,
Esquire, departed this life the second day
of Decemb. 1620. being 23. yeeres of
age: by his most sorrowfull wife, Mary
Shelly, eldest daughter of Thomas Ste
phens of the middle Temple, Esquire,
Atturney Generall to Prince Henry.
eldest sonne and heire of Henry Shelly
of Patcham in the Country of Sussex,
Esquire, departed this life the second day
of Decemb. 1620. being 23. yeeres of
age: by his most sorrowfull wife, Mary
Shelly, eldest daughter of Thomas Ste
phens of the middle Temple, Esquire,
Atturney Generall to Prince Henry.
If Youth, Religion,
Vertue, and the rest
Of Graces that
in fraile Man are the best,
Could have conser’d long life,
this Funerall Verse
Had not so soone
beene offered at thy Herse
By thy sad Widdow:
whose Fate did allow
Her onely three weeks
happinesse, to know
How good thou wert:
and what remaines of life,
To her yeelds sorrow:
she was once a wife
To such an husband,
whose like ’twere in vaine,
And flattery to her griefe,
to hope againe.
But thou wert flesh,
and that to earth must turne,
Thy pure soule blest;
she onely left to mourne.
Adjoyning to this on the right hand,
is a faire Marble Monument in Ovall:
is a faire Marble Monument in Ovall:
Deo Trino & Vno opt. max.
sacrum, ac
sacrum, ac
Aeternae Memoriae ornatissimae & lauda
tissimae feminae, Annae Walleriae in
Icenis oriundae, unius at{que} unicae paren
tum prolis; Ingenio, Genio & Genere
conspicuae: Guilielmi Waadi, Regii Con
sistorii sanctioris{que} Concilii Serenissimae
Heroinae, Dominae Elizabethae, Angliae,
&c. Reginae, à secretis.
tissimae feminae, Annae Walleriae in
Icenis oriundae, unius at{que} unicae paren
tum prolis; Ingenio, Genio & Genere
conspicuae: Guilielmi Waadi, Regii Con
sistorii sanctioris{que} Concilii Serenissimae
Heroinae, Dominae Elizabethae, Angliae,
&c. Reginae, à secretis.
Conjugis,
Quae annos enata Xix. in puerperio, 10.
Calendas Septembris, Anno Salutis Ie
su merito restitutae, M.D.XIC. ex
hac peritura ad perennam vitam emigra
vit.
Calendas Septembris, Anno Salutis Ie
su merito restitutae, M.D.XIC. ex
hac peritura ad perennam vitam emigra
vit.
Cui
Placidè in Christo gentis humanae sospita
tore obdormienti, hoc mortale immorta
lis amoris Monumentum Conjux moe
stissimus posuit.
tore obdormienti, hoc mortale immorta
lis amoris Monumentum Conjux moe
stissimus posuit.
On the South side of the Church, on
the wall adjoyning to the Vestry, is an
ancient Monument, in the memory of
Christopher Hawes, Mercer and Alder
man of London, who dyed the 25. of O
ctober, 1508. and is interred in a Vault
under the foundation of the Church.
the wall adjoyning to the Vestry, is an
ancient Monument, in the memory of
Christopher Hawes, Mercer and Alder
man of London, who dyed the 25. of O
ctober, 1508. and is interred in a Vault
under the foundation of the Church.
Then is Adle street,
in old Evidences
written King-Adel-street; and so cal
led from King Adel stane the Saxon.
At this present it is replenished with
faire buildings on both fides:
which, there was sometime the Pinners
Hall: but that Company being decay
ed, it is now the Plaisterers Hall.
written King-Adel-street; and so cal
led from King Adel stane the Saxon.
At this present it is replenished with
faire buildings on both fides:
Pinners
Hall, now the Plai
sterers Hall.
Amongst
sterers Hall.
which, there was sometime the Pinners
Hall: but that Company being decay
ed, it is now the Plaisterers Hall.
Not
Not farre from thence is the Brewers
Hall, a faire house: which Company
of Brewers was incorporated by King
Henry the sixth, in the 16. of his reigne;
confirmed by the name of Saint Mary
and Saint Thomas the Martyr, the 19. of
Edward the fourth.
From the West end of this Adle street,
Little Woodstreet runneth downe to Cre
plegate: and somewhat East (from the
Sunne Taverne, against the wall of the
Citie) is the Curriers Hall.
Little Woodstreet runneth downe to Cre
plegate: and somewhat East (from the
Sunne Taverne, against the wall of the
Citie) is the Curriers Hall.
Now on the West side of Woodstreet
have ye Huggen lane, so called of one
Hugan, that of old time dwelled there.
He was called Hugan in the Lane, as I
have read in the 34. of Edward the first.
This Lane runneth downe by the South
side of S. Michaels Church in Wood
street; and so growing very narrow by
meanes of late encrochments, to Guthu
rons lane.
have ye Huggen lane, so called of one
Hugan, that of old time dwelled there.
He was called Hugan in the Lane, as I
have read in the 34. of Edward the first.
This Lane runneth downe by the South
side of S. Michaels Church in Wood
street; and so growing very narrow by
meanes of late encrochments, to Guthu
rons lane.
The Parish Church of Saint Michael
in Woodstreet is a proper thing, and late
ly well repaired. Iohn Iue, Parson of
this Church, Iohn Forster, Goldsmith,
and Peter Fikeldon, Taylor, gave two
Messuages and Shops, with Sollars,
Cellars, and other Edifices, in the same
Parish and street, and in Ladle Lane
to the reparations of the Church,
Chancell, and other workes of charity,
the 16 of Richard the second.
in Woodstreet is a proper thing, and late
ly well repaired. Iohn Iue, Parson of
this Church, Iohn Forster, Goldsmith,
and Peter Fikeldon, Taylor, gave two
Messuages and Shops, with Sollars,
Cellars, and other Edifices, in the same
Parish and street, and in Ladle Lane
to the reparations of the Church,
Chancell, and other workes of charity,
the 16 of Richard the second.
William Turner, Waxe-Chaundler,
1400.
1400.
Iohn Peke, Goldsmith, 1441.
VVilliam Taverner, Girdler, 1454.
VVilliam Mancer, Ironmonger, 1465.
Iohn Nash, 1466. with an Epitaph.
Iohn Allen, Timber-monger, 1441.
Robert Draper, 1500.
Iohn Lambard, Draper, Alderman,
one of the Sheriffes of London, who de
ceased 1554. and was father to William
Lambard, Esquire, well knowne by sun
dry learned Bookes that he hath publi
shed.
one of the Sheriffes of London, who de
ceased 1554. and was father to William
Lambard, Esquire, well knowne by sun
dry learned Bookes that he hath publi
shed.
Here lyeth Ioh. Blount, Citizen and Cloth
worker of Lond. eldest son of W. Blount
of Mauggareffield,
Glocest. Esquire, who had to wife Anne
Layton, of whom he had issue, six sonnes
and eight daughters, and lived together
man and wife nine and twenty yeeres, in
worshipfull and good reputation, and dy
ed at the age of threescore and three yeers,
the first day of May, 1599.
worker of Lond. eldest son of W. Blount
of Mauggareffield,
A comely small Mo
nument in the East end of the North Quire, in the wall.
in the County of
nument in the East end of the North Quire, in the wall.
Glocest. Esquire, who had to wife Anne
Layton, of whom he had issue, six sonnes
and eight daughters, and lived together
man and wife nine and twenty yeeres, in
worshipfull and good reputation, and dy
ed at the age of threescore and three yeers,
the first day of May, 1599.
Here lyeth the body of Nicholas Waren,
Citizen and Grocer of London, borne at
Whitby in Yorkshire, who had to wife
Margaret Crome, who lived together
married two and twenty yeeres and ele
ven moneths. He dyed in joy and peace
of a faithfull confession, the tenth day of
April, 1614. being about the age of two
and fifty yeeres.
A smaller Monumēt in the same Ile and wall.
Citizen and Grocer of London, borne at
Whitby in Yorkshire, who had to wife
Margaret Crome, who lived together
married two and twenty yeeres and ele
ven moneths. He dyed in joy and peace
of a faithfull confession, the tenth day of
April, 1614. being about the age of two
and fifty yeeres.
IOB 17. Vers. 5.
My breath is corrupt, my dayes are
cut off, the Grave for me.
cut off, the Grave for me.
The body of William Harvie,
Grocer of London, and Deputy to the
Alderman of this Ward of Creplegate
within, was buried the twentieth day of
March, Anno Domini, 1597. of the
age of 68. yeeres. Maudlin, his first wife,
by whom he had issue, foure sonnes and
one daughter, was buried the 16. day of
November, 1581. Margaret, his se
cond wife, by whom he had issue, one son,
was buried the 14. of Ianuary, 1593.
Joane, his third wife, survived.
A comely Monumēt in the same wall & Ile.
Citizen and
Grocer of London, and Deputy to the
Alderman of this Ward of Creplegate
within, was buried the twentieth day of
March, Anno Domini, 1597. of the
age of 68. yeeres. Maudlin, his first wife,
by whom he had issue, foure sonnes and
one daughter, was buried the 16. day of
November, 1581. Margaret, his se
cond wife, by whom he had issue, one son,
was buried the 14. of Ianuary, 1593.
Joane, his third wife, survived.
Robert Harvie,
and Grocer of London, was buried in his
Fathers Grave the ninth of November,
1608. out of his house in the Old Iewry,
being of the age of 47. yeeres, 5. moneths,
and 10. dayes; when he had served his
Prince, Comptroller of the Custome
house, and Warden of the Grocers. Hee
had to wife Sara Audley, of whom hee
had issue, three sonnes and three daugh
ters, &c.
A Memo
ry on the same Mo
nument.
his eldest sonne, Citizen
ry on the same Mo
nument.
and Grocer of London, was buried in his
Fathers Grave the ninth of November,
1608. out of his house in the Old Iewry,
being of the age of 47. yeeres, 5. moneths,
and 10. dayes; when he had served his
Prince, Comptroller of the Custome
house, and Warden of the Grocers. Hee
had to wife Sara Audley, of whom hee
had issue, three sonnes and three daugh
ters, &c.
There is also (but without any out
ward Monument) the head of Iames, the
fourth King of Scots of that name; slaine
at Flodden field, and buried here by this
occasion: After the Battell, the body
of the said King being found, was closed
in Lead, and conveyed from thence to
London, and so to the Monastery of
Sheyne in Surrey, where it remained for
a time, in what order I am not certaine.
But since the dissolution of that house,
in the reigne of Edward the sixth, Henry
Gray, Duke of Suffolke, being lodged
and keeping house there; I have beene
shewed the same body, so lapped in
Lead, close to the head and body,
throwne into a waste roome amougst
the old Timber, Lead, and other rub
ble. Since the which time, workemen
there (for their foolish pleasure) hewed
off his head: And Launcelot Young, Ma
ster Glasier to Queene Elizabeth, fee
ling a sweet savour to come from
thence, and seeing the same dryed from
all moysture, and yet the forme remai
ning, with the haire of the head and
beard red; brought it to London, to his
house in Woodstreet, where (for a time)
he kept it for the sweetnesse: but in the
end, caused the Sexton of that Church
to burie it amongst other bones, taken
out of their Charnell, &c.
ward Monument) the head of Iames, the
fourth King of Scots of that name; slaine
at Flodden field, and buried here by this
occasion: After the Battell, the body
of the said King being found, was closed
in Lead, and conveyed from thence to
London, and so to the Monastery of
Sheyne in Surrey, where it remained for
a time, in what order I am not certaine.
But since the dissolution of that house,
in the reigne of Edward the sixth, Henry
Gray, Duke of Suffolke, being lodged
and keeping house there; I have beene
shewed the same body, so lapped in
Lead, close to the head and body,
throwne into a waste roome amougst
the old Timber, Lead, and other rub
ble. Since the which time, workemen
there (for their foolish pleasure) hewed
off his head: And Launcelot Young, Ma
ster Glasier to Queene Elizabeth, fee
ling a sweet savour to come from
thence, and seeing the same dryed from
all moysture, and yet the forme remai
ning, with the haire of the head and
beard red; brought it to London, to his
house in Woodstreet, where (for a time)
he kept it for the sweetnesse: but in the
end, caused the Sexton of that Church
to burie it amongst other bones, taken
out of their Charnell, &c.
I reade in divers Records,
of a house
in Woodstreet, then called Blacke Hall;
but no man at this day can tell thereof.
in Woodstreet, then called Blacke Hall;
but no man at this day can tell thereof.
On the North side of this Saint Mi
chaels Church, is Maiden lane, now so
called, but (of old time) Ingenelane, or
Inglane. In this Lane the Wax-Chan
dlers have their Common Hall, on the
South side thereof: and the Haberda
shers have their like Hall on the North
side, at Stayning lane end. This Compa
ny of the Haberdashers, or Hurrers, of
old time so called, were incorporated a
Brotherhood of S. Katharine,
Henry the 6. and so confirmed by Henry
the seventh, the 17. of his reigne; the
Cappers and Hat-merchants, or Hur
rers, being one Company of Haberda
shers.
chaels Church, is Maiden lane, now so
called, but (of old time) Ingenelane, or
Inglane. In this Lane the Wax-Chan
dlers have their Common Hall, on the
South side thereof: and the Haberda
shers have their like Hall on the North
side, at Stayning lane end. This Compa
ny of the Haberdashers, or Hurrers, of
old time so called, were incorporated a
Brotherhood of S. Katharine,
Record in the Rolles
the 26. of
Henry the 6. and so confirmed by Henry
the seventh, the 17. of his reigne; the
Cappers and Hat-merchants, or Hur
rers, being one Company of Haberda
shers.
Downe lower in Woodstreet is Silver
street, (I thinke, of Silver-smiths dwel
ling there) in which bee divers faire
houses.
street, (I thinke, of Silver-smiths dwel
ling there) in which bee divers faire
houses.
And on the North side thereof is
Monkes-well street, so called, of a Well
at the North end thereof, where the
Abbot of Garendon had an house or
Cell, called Saint Iames in the Wall by
Creplegate, and certaine Monkes of their
house were the Chaplains there; where
fore the Well (belonging to that Cell
or Hermitage) was called Monkes-well,
and the street of the Well, Monkes-well
street. The East side of this street, down
against London wall, and the south side
thereof to Creplegate, bee of Creplegate
Ward, as is afore shewed.
Monkes-well street, so called, of a Well
at the North end thereof, where the
Abbot of Garendon had an house or
Cell, called Saint Iames in the Wall by
Creplegate, and certaine Monkes of their
house were the Chaplains there; where
fore the Well (belonging to that Cell
or Hermitage) was called Monkes-well,
and the street of the Well, Monkes-well
street. The East side of this street, down
against London wall, and the south side
thereof to Creplegate, bee of Creplegate
Ward, as is afore shewed.
On the said East side of Monks-well
street,
in number, founded by Sir Ambrose Ni
cholas, Salter, Maior, 1575. wherein
be placed twelve poore and aged people
rent-free, having each of them 7. pence
the weeke, and once the yeere each of
them five sackes of Charcoales, and one
quarter of an hundred of Faggots, of his
gift for ever.
street,
Almes. houses in Monks-well street.
be proper Almes-houses, twelve
in number, founded by Sir Ambrose Ni
cholas, Salter, Maior, 1575. wherein
be placed twelve poore and aged people
rent-free, having each of them 7. pence
the weeke, and once the yeere each of
them five sackes of Charcoales, and one
quarter of an hundred of Faggots, of his
gift for ever.
On the North side of the way, tur
ning towards Creplegate, and even upon,
or close to London Wall, (as it were)
are certaine new-erected Almes-hou
ses, six in number, of the cost and gift
of Mr. Robert Rogers, Leather-seller, and
very good maintenance allowed (for e
ver) to such people as are appointed to
dwell in them.
ning towards Creplegate, and even upon,
or close to London Wall, (as it were)
are certaine new-erected Almes-hou
ses, six in number, of the cost and gift
of Mr. Robert Rogers, Leather-seller, and
very good maintenance allowed (for e
ver) to such people as are appointed to
dwell in them.
Then, in little VVoodstreet,
proper Chambers in an Alley on the
West side, founded for seven poore
people, therein to dwell rent-free, by
Henry Barton, Skinner, Maior, 1516.
Almes. Chambers in little Woodstreet.
bee seven
proper Chambers in an Alley on the
West side, founded for seven poore
people, therein to dwell rent-free, by
Henry Barton, Skinner, Maior, 1516.
Thus much for the Monuments of
this Ward within the Walles.
this Ward within the Walles.
Now without the Posteme of Creple
gate, first is the Parish Church of Saint
Giles, a very faire and large Church,
lately repaired, after that the same was
burned, in the yeere 1545. the 37. of
Henry the eighth; by which mischance,
the Monuments of the dead in this
Church are very few. Notwithstanding,
I have read of these following:
gate, first is the Parish Church of Saint
Giles, a very faire and large Church,
lately repaired, after that the same was
burned, in the yeere 1545. the 37. of
Henry the eighth; by which mischance,
the Monuments of the dead in this
Church are very few. Notwithstanding,
I have read of these following:
Thomas Mason, Esquire.
Edmond Wartar, Esquire.
Gilbert Prince, Alderman.
Oliver Cherley, Gentleman.
Sir Iohn Wright, or Writhesley, alias
Garter, King at Armes.
Garter, King at Armes.
Garter, daughter and heire to Willi
am Hall, Esquire.
am Hall, Esquire.
Eleanor, second wife to Iohn Writhe
sley, daughter and heire to Thomas Ar
nold, sister and heire to Richard Arnold,
Esquire.
sley, daughter and heire to Thomas Ar
nold, sister and heire to Richard Arnold,
Esquire.
Iohn, her sonne and heire.
Margaret, with her daughter.
Thomas Lucie, Gentleman, 1447.
Ralph Rochford, Knight, 1409.
Edmond Watar, Esquire.
Reginald Grey, Earle of Kent.
Iohn Hamber, Esquire, 1573.
Thomas Busbie, Cooper, who gave
the Queenes head Taverne to the re
liefe of the poore in the Parish, 1575.
the Queenes head Taverne to the re
liefe of the poore in the Parish, 1575.
Iohn Wheler, Goldsmith, 1575.
Richard Bolene, 1563.
William Bolene, 1575.
W. Bolene, Physician, 1587.
Robert Crowley, Vicar there, all these
foure under one old stone in the Quire.
foure under one old stone in the Quire.
The skilfull Robert Glover, alias So
merset, Herauld, 1588.
merset, Herauld, 1588.
Iohannis Hambei,
Tumulo repulverescet, sicut & Ianae cha
rissimae Conjugis. Qui dum vixit, Edo
vardo sexto, Mariae & Elizabethae An
gliae Regibus, in variis calculorum &
rationum generibus, tam praestitorum
& exterorum, quam decimarum &
primitiarum ratiocinator dignissimus
extiterat. Obiit autem Iohannes 8.
Calend. Aprilis, Anno Salutis à Chri
sto, 1573. Quem Iana secundo post
Mense insequuta est, 16. scilicet Calend.
Iunii. Quorum spiritus ad Coelum re
versi reassumptionem carnis expectant.
An anciēt Marble Tombe on the North side of the Chancell.
Armigeri, caro hoc in
Tumulo repulverescet, sicut & Ianae cha
rissimae Conjugis. Qui dum vixit, Edo
vardo sexto, Mariae & Elizabethae An
gliae Regibus, in variis calculorum &
rationum generibus, tam praestitorum
& exterorum, quam decimarum &
primitiarum ratiocinator dignissimus
extiterat. Obiit autem Iohannes 8.
Calend. Aprilis, Anno Salutis à Chri
sto, 1573. Quem Iana secundo post
Mense insequuta est, 16. scilicet Calend.
Iunii. Quorum spiritus ad Coelum re
versi reassumptionem carnis expectant.
Francisco Borono, Nobilissimi Mediolanen
si,
non & filio; Quorum ossa hoc claudun
tur Tumulo. Idem Baptista Baronus,
Francisci frater, ac Annae maritus, in e
orum memoriam hanc posuit scriptionem.
Obiit Franciscus Londinensis, 16. die
Aprilis, Anno Domini, M.D.XXXIII.
Aetatis suae, XXXI. Anna vero
& filius, ultimo die Octobris, M.D.XLVI.
si,
Another faire Mar
ble Tomb close ad
joyning.
& Annae Baptistae Boroni uxori, necble Tomb close ad
joyning.
non & filio; Quorum ossa hoc claudun
tur Tumulo. Idem Baptista Baronus,
Francisci frater, ac Annae maritus, in e
orum memoriam hanc posuit scriptionem.
Obiit Franciscus Londinensis, 16. die
Aprilis, Anno Domini, M.D.XXXIII.
Aetatis suae, XXXI. Anna vero
& filius, ultimo die Octobris, M.D.XLVI.
Hic jacet Henricus Giffard, filius tertioge
nitus Iohannis Giffard,
hall, in Comitatu Middless. Armigeri.
Qui cum corporis castitatem quadragin
ta trium annorum coelibatu comprobas
set, Animam Sponso suo Iesu Christo pi
am sanctam{que} tradidit, 15. die Iulii,
Anno Domini, 1602.
nitus Iohannis Giffard,
A small Monumēt at the South wal of the Chancell.
nuper de Northhall, in Comitatu Middless. Armigeri.
Qui cum corporis castitatem quadragin
ta trium annorum coelibatu comprobas
set, Animam Sponso suo Iesu Christo pi
am sanctam{que} tradidit, 15. die Iulii,
Anno Domini, 1602.
Christo S. S.
Iohanni Foxo,
A very faire Mar
ble stone set up on end in the same wall.
Ecclesiae Anglicanae Martyble stone set up on end in the same wall.
rologo fidelissimo, Antiquitatis Histori
cae Indagatori sagacissimo, Evangelicae
veritatis propugnatori acerrimo, Thau
maturgo admirabili; Qui Martyres
Marianos, tanquam Phoenices, ex cineri
bus redivivos praestitit. Patri suo omni
pietatis officio imprimis colendo, Samuel
Foxus illius primogenitus, hoc Monu
mentum posuit, non sine lachrymis.
Obiit die 18. Mens. April. An. Dom.
1587. jam septuagenarius.
Vita vitae mortalis est, Spes vi
tae immortalis.
1587. jam septuagenarius.
Vita vitae mortalis est, Spes vi
tae immortalis.
Here lyeth the body of Robert Crowley,
Clerke, late Vicar of this Parish; who de
parted this life the 18. day of Iune, An.
Dom. 1588.
A faire plated stone on the groūd in the Chancell.
Clerke, late Vicar of this Parish; who de
parted this life the 18. day of Iune, An.
Dom. 1588.
Sacra sub hoc saxo
tria corpora mista quiescunt,
A Plate engraven on a faire stone neer to the o
ther.
ther.
Gulielmi Bullen
Medici, Fratrisque Richardi,
qui tres mihi crede fuerunt
Doctrina clari,
rari & pietatis alumni.
Gulielmus Bullen
Medicamina semper habebat,
Aequè pauperibus danda,
ac locupletibus aequè.
Sicque Richardus erat
benefacere & ipse paratus,
Omnibus ex aequo
quibus ipse prodesse valebat.
At Foxus noster
per multas hos parasangas,
Vita praecurrit,
studiisque accedimus omnes.
Extant quae scripsit
tormenta cruenta piorum,
Extant perdoctè
permulta volumina scripta,
Quae scripsit Foxus:
nulli fuit ipse secundus.
Obiit An. Dom. 1587. April. 16.
Here lyeth buried William Bullen,
dyed the seventh day of Ianuary, 1576.
On the same stone.
who
dyed the seventh day of Ianuary, 1576.
Vnder this stone sleepeth the body of Ri
chard Bullen, a faithfull Servant and
Preacher of Iesus Christ: And was bu
ried the sixteenth day of October, Anno
Domini, 1563.
chard Bullen, a faithfull Servant and
Preacher of Iesus Christ: And was bu
ried the sixteenth day of October, Anno
Domini, 1563.
Here lieth the body of Richard Westerne,
one of the sonnes of Richard Westerne,
of London, Grocer, who being aged 25.
yeeres, deceased the 15. day of Decem
ber, Anno Domini, 1602.
one of the sonnes of Richard Westerne,
Another plated stone in the Chan
cell.
cell.
of London, Grocer, who being aged 25.
yeeres, deceased the 15. day of Decem
ber, Anno Domini, 1602.
Christus mihi vita, Mors mihi
lucrum.
lucrum.
Heere lyeth buried Sir Henry Grey,
Knight, sonne and heire to George, Lord
Grey, of Ruthen, and Earle of Kent.
The which Sir Henry Grey departed
this life the 24. day of September, in the
yeere of Christ, 1562.
A faire Tombe in the South Ile of the Quire.
Knight, sonne and heire to George, Lord
Grey, of Ruthen, and Earle of Kent.
The which Sir Henry Grey departed
this life the 24. day of September, in the
yeere of Christ, 1562.
Anna Thomae Tumulo
jacet hoc uxorcula Strangae,
A faire plated stone in the same Ile.
Quae quia bella fuit,
placuit{que} marita marito,
Marmore sic texit,
dulci devictus amore.
Obiit Anno Salutis, 1573. Aetatis suae,
19. Februarii vicessimo quarto.
Tolerandum, Sperandum.
19. Februarii vicessimo quarto.
Tolerandum, Sperandum.
A comely Monumēt in the South wal of the Quire.
Roberto Glovero, alias Somerset, Feciali
celeberrimo: Heraldicae Scientiae, & ve
ritatis antiquae, vindici acerrimo: sum
mam laudem & benevolentiam ob prae
clarum ingenium, per acre judicium;
ex multa veterum scriptorum (labore
indefesso) perscrutatione; ob morum fa
cilitatem, vitaeque innocuae sanctimoni
am, apud omnes consecuto; Avunculo
chariss. Thomas Milles Nepos, amoris
hoc Monumentum moerens posuit.
celeberrimo: Heraldicae Scientiae, & ve
ritatis antiquae, vindici acerrimo: sum
mam laudem & benevolentiam ob prae
clarum ingenium, per acre judicium;
ex multa veterum scriptorum (labore
indefesso) perscrutatione; ob morum fa
cilitatem, vitaeque innocuae sanctimoni
am, apud omnes consecuto; Avunculo
chariss. Thomas Milles Nepos, amoris
hoc Monumentum moerens posuit.
Robertus iste, natus Ashsordiae Can
tii emporio, parentibus ingenuis, li
beraliter educatus, in multis apprimè
versatus, Heraldicae unicè peritissi
mus evasit. Fratrem unicum Guliel
mum ex Tho. & Mildreda P. P. Soro
res autem 5. habuit. ex Elizabetha
Flower Conjuge, 5. tantum, supersti
tes reliquit liberos, filios scilicet 3. fi
lias{que} 2. Tandem cum jam Patriae or
bi{que} post varia exantlata studia acu
minis peritiae, & diligentiae stupendae
gustum insignem praebere, at{que} Prin
cipi Sereniss. suis meritis gratissimus
esse ceperit. 10. April. 1518. aetat. suae
45. vitam erumnosam cum morte piè
& placidè, in uno Christo commuta
vit. Idque omnium cum doctissi
morum tum optimorum undique
pro tanto literar. pietatis & virtutis
alumno dolore ac gemitu utpote;
Quem fata tantum terris ostendisse
videantur, nec amplius esse sinant.
R. G. moriens ut viverat, vixit ut
tii emporio, parentibus ingenuis, li
beraliter educatus, in multis apprimè
versatus, Heraldicae unicè peritissi
mus evasit. Fratrem unicum Guliel
mum ex Tho. & Mildreda P. P. Soro
res autem 5. habuit. ex Elizabetha
Flower Conjuge, 5. tantum, supersti
tes reliquit liberos, filios scilicet 3. fi
lias{que} 2. Tandem cum jam Patriae or
bi{que} post varia exantlata studia acu
minis peritiae, & diligentiae stupendae
gustum insignem praebere, at{que} Prin
cipi Sereniss. suis meritis gratissimus
esse ceperit. 10. April. 1518. aetat. suae
45. vitam erumnosam cum morte piè
& placidè, in uno Christo commuta
vit. Idque omnium cum doctissi
morum tum optimorum undique
pro tanto literar. pietatis & virtutis
alumno dolore ac gemitu utpote;
Quem fata tantum terris ostendisse
videantur, nec amplius esse sinant.
moriturus.
In the North Ile of the Quire, han
geth vp the Ensignes of Armes belon
ging to Thomas Hawley, alias Clarenti
aulx, King at Armes, buried 1573. but
no other Monument there made for
him.
geth vp the Ensignes of Armes belon
ging to Thomas Hawley, alias Clarenti
aulx, King at Armes, buried 1573. but
no other Monument there made for
him.
Roger Mason, of this Parish, Citizen and
Vintner of London, gave to the poore of
the freedome of this Parish, 200. pounds,
wherewith an yeerely rent of 16. pounds
or thereabout, is purchased for ever; to be
bestowed on ten Gownes of blacke Cloth
lined, to bee distributed yeerely upon
tenne poore men of the freedome of this
Parish, upon All Saints day, at
the discretion of the Vicar, and
Church-wardens for the time being.
He died the 3. day of Septemb. 1603.
Aetat-suae, 37. Leaving his wife Iane,
by whom he had three sons and three
daughters; whereof one onely now
liveth, named Katharine. Which Iane
truely paid the above mentioned two
hundred pounds, and joyned the ere
ction of this Monument, set up, An.
Dom. 1606. May the 8. day: Iohn
Buckeridge, Doctor of Divinity, being
Vicar; Edward Sikling, Richard May,
David Iones, and Roger Webbe, then
Churchwardens.
Vintner of London, gave to the poore of
the freedome of this Parish, 200. pounds,
wherewith an yeerely rent of 16. pounds
or thereabout, is purchased for ever; to be
bestowed on ten Gownes of blacke Cloth
lined, to bee distributed yeerely upon
tenne poore men of the freedome of this
Parish, upon All Saints day, at
the discretion of the Vicar, and
Church
Church-wardens for the time being.
He died the 3. day of Septemb. 1603.
Aetat-suae, 37. Leaving his wife Iane,
by whom he had three sons and three
daughters; whereof one onely now
liveth, named Katharine. Which Iane
truely paid the above mentioned two
hundred pounds, and joyned the ere
ction of this Monument, set up, An.
Dom. 1606. May the 8. day: Iohn
Buckeridge, Doctor of Divinity, being
Vicar; Edward Sikling, Richard May,
David Iones, and Roger Webbe, then
Churchwardens.
William Day,
London, the sonne of Thomas Day of
Boseham, in Sussex, Gentleman, and
Elizabeth his wife, gave to the poore
of this Parish 80. pounds, which was
payed by his brother George Day,
wherewith an yeerely rent of sixe
pounds, or thereabout, is purchased
for ever: to be bestowed on twelve
Coats of greene Cloth, to be distri
buted yeerely upon twelve poore Or
phans, upon All Saints day; at the
discretion of the Vicar and Church-wardens
for the time being. Hee ly
eth buried in his Parish Church of S.
Michael in Cornhill, and dyed the 22.
day of September, 1603. Aetatis suae,
32. Set up Anno Domini, 1606. May
the 8. day: Iohn Buckeridge, Doctor
of Divinity, being Vicar, and the fore-remembred
Church-wardens.
Another small Mo
nument in the wall of the same Ile in the Quire.
Citizen and Vintner of
nument in the wall of the same Ile in the Quire.
London, the sonne of Thomas Day of
Boseham, in Sussex, Gentleman, and
Elizabeth his wife, gave to the poore
of this Parish 80. pounds, which was
payed by his brother George Day,
wherewith an yeerely rent of sixe
pounds, or thereabout, is purchased
for ever: to be bestowed on twelve
Coats of greene Cloth, to be distri
buted yeerely upon twelve poore Or
phans, upon All Saints day; at the
discretion of the Vicar and Church-wardens
for the time being. Hee ly
eth buried in his Parish Church of S.
Michael in Cornhill, and dyed the 22.
day of September, 1603. Aetatis suae,
32. Set up Anno Domini, 1606. May
the 8. day: Iohn Buckeridge, Doctor
of Divinity, being Vicar, and the fore-remembred
Church-wardens.
Here lyeth the body of Edward Harvist,
Citizen and Brewer of London, Al
dermans Deputy of this Parish, and
one of His Majesties Gunners; and
Anne his beloved wife. They were
both very charitable persons: as in
giving Land to this Parish perpetu
ally, for the reliefe of poore Wid
dowes; as also Land to the Compa
ny whereof he was free, for mending
of the high way betweene Edgeworth
and Paddington. He gave great Lega
cies to his poore kindred, and depar
ted this life the foureteenth day of
March, 1610. Shee departed this
life the foure and twentieth day of
May, Anno Domini, 1610. Expe
cting both a glorious resurrection in
Iesus Christ.
A very faire Mo
nument in the North wal of this Ile.
nument in the North wal of this Ile.
Citizen and Brewer of London, Al
dermans Deputy of this Parish, and
one of His Majesties Gunners; and
Anne his beloved wife. They were
both very charitable persons: as in
giving Land to this Parish perpetu
ally, for the reliefe of poore Wid
dowes; as also Land to the Compa
ny whereof he was free, for mending
of the high way betweene Edgeworth
and Paddington. He gave great Lega
cies to his poore kindred, and depar
ted this life the foureteenth day of
March, 1610. Shee departed this
life the foure and twentieth day of
May, Anno Domini, 1610. Expe
cting both a glorious resurrection in
Iesus Christ.
A Remembrance of Tho. Busbie,
Citizen and Cooper of London, who
departed this life in the yeere
1575. and was buried
the 11. day of
Iuly.
Citizen and Cooper of London, who
departed this life in the yeere
1575. and was buried
the 11. day of
Iuly.
This Busbie,
A comely Monumēt by the o
ther.
willing to relieve the poore,ther.
with fire and with bread,
Did give the house wherein he dwelt,
then called the Queenes Head.
Foure full Loads of the best Charcoales
he would have bought each yeere,
And forty dozen of Wheaten Bread,
for poore Householders here.
To see these things distributed,
this Busbie put in trust
The Vicar and Church-wardens,
thinking them to be just.
God grant that poore Householders here,
may thankfull be for such;
So God will move the minds of more,
to doe for them as much:
And let this good example move
such men as God hath blest,
To doe the like, before they goe
with Busbie to their rest.
Within this Chappell, Busbies bones,
in dust a while must stay,
Till he that made them, raise them up,
to live with Christ for aye.
A Remembrance of Master
Richard Roper, &c.
Richard Roper, &c.
If you on earth that live,
An engra
ven Plate fixed in the wall.
did knowven Plate fixed in the wall.
what rest the dead possesse,
You would not wish to wander here,
in Vale of wretchednesse.
Good Helen, wife to me that was,
prepare thy selfe with speed,
That thou and I, with this yong Maid,
a Plant of both our Seed,
May rest in one, and rise in three,
by power of Godheads might,
When we with Angels shall assemble,
to everlasting light.
Richard Roper lived 70. yeeres, and dyed
the 28. day of Septemb. An. Dom. 1578.
the 28. day of Septemb. An. Dom. 1578.
Helen Roper lived 65. yeeres.
Ioane Roper lived the age of two yeeres.
Within this Ile lyeth buried the body of
Charles Langley, sometime of this
Parish, Ale-Brewer, who was buried
the eighth day of Iune, An. Dom. 1602.
And did give bountifully to the poore of
this Parish.
Charles Langley, sometime of this
Parish, Ale-Brewer, who was buried
Ee2
the
the eighth day of Iune, An. Dom. 1602.
And did give bountifully to the poore of
this Parish.
If Langleys life you list to know,
A comely Monumēt in the wall beneath the Quire
read on, and take a view,
Of faith and hope I will not speake,
his workes shall shew them true:
Who whilst he liv’d, with counsell grave,
the better sort did guide;
A stay to weake, a staffe to poore,
without back-bite or pride:
And when he dyed, he gave his Mite,
all that did him befall,
For ever (once a yeere) to cloath
S. Giles his poore withall.
All Saints he pointed for the day,
Gownes twenty ready made,
with twenty Shirts, and twenty Smocks,
as they may best be had.
A Sermon eke he hath ordain’d,
that God may have his praise,
And other might be won thereby,
to follow Langleys wayes.
On Vicar and Church-wardens then,
his trust he hath repos’d,
As they will answer him one day,
when all shall be disclos’d.
Thus being dead, yet still he lives,
lives, never for to dye,
In Heavens blisse, in Worlds fame;
and so I trust shall I.
Launcelot Andrewes, Vicar.
Iohn Taylor, Wil. Hewet,
Edw. Sickling, Rich. May,
Churchwardens.
Charities to the poore in the Parish
of Saint Giles without Creplegate.
of Saint Giles without Creplegate.
Master Thomas Busby,
forty dozen of Wheaten Bread, and
foure Loads of Charcoales, to be distri
buted yeerely for ever unto the poore
of this Parish, in manner following:
The weeke before Alhallontide, one load
of Char-coales, and tenne dozen of
bread; the weeke before Christmas; the
weeke before the five and twentieth
day of January; and the weeke before
Easter, the foresaid proportion of bread
and Coales.
Thomas Busby his gift to the poore.
Cooper, gave
forty dozen of Wheaten Bread, and
foure Loads of Charcoales, to be distri
buted yeerely for ever unto the poore
of this Parish, in manner following:
The weeke before Alhallontide, one load
of Char-coales, and tenne dozen of
bread; the weeke before Christmas; the
weeke before the five and twentieth
day of January; and the weeke before
Easter, the foresaid proportion of bread
and Coales.
Mr. Blighton,
of wheaten bread, and 2. load of Char
coales, to bee distributed at the same
time, and in the same proportion.
Mr. Blighton his gift.
Butcher, gave 40. dozen
of wheaten bread, and 2. load of Char
coales, to bee distributed at the same
time, and in the same proportion.
Master Charles Langley, Brewer, gave
twenty Gownes for men and women,
to be distributed, and twenty shirts for
twenty other men, and twenty smocks
for twenty other women yeerely for e
ver, at the Feast of All Saints: and a re
mainder of money to be given amongst
the poore people the same day, and for
ty shillings also that day allowed for a
Sermon.
twenty Gownes for men and women,
Charles Langley his gift.
to be distributed, and twenty shirts for
twenty other men, and twenty smocks
for twenty other women yeerely for e
ver, at the Feast of All Saints: and a re
mainder of money to be given amongst
the poore people the same day, and for
ty shillings also that day allowed for a
Sermon.
Master Roger Mason, Vintner, gave
two hundred pounds in Money,
the which summe, tenne Gownes are
likewise to be provided for tenne poore
men or women, on the same Feast day
of All Saints, for ever.
two hundred pounds in Money,
Roger Ma
son his gift.
with
son his gift.
the which summe, tenne Gownes are
likewise to be provided for tenne poore
men or women, on the same Feast day
of All Saints, for ever.
Master William Day,
fourescore pounds: with the which sum
are to be provided twelve Coates, for
twelve poore mens Children, for ever
yeerely, and to bee distributed at the
said Feast of All Saints.
William Day his gift.
Vintner, gave
fourescore pounds: with the which sum
are to be provided twelve Coates, for
twelve poore mens Children, for ever
yeerely, and to bee distributed at the
said Feast of All Saints.
Mistris Anne Harvist gave foure te
nements in Monks-well street,
plegate, amounting to the yeerely rent
of twenty pounds, to bee distributed
quarterly to twenty poore widdows, to
each of them 5. shillings the quarter.
nements in Monks-well street,
Anne Har
vist her gift.
neere Crevist her gift.
plegate, amounting to the yeerely rent
of twenty pounds, to bee distributed
quarterly to twenty poore widdows, to
each of them 5. shillings the quarter.
Master Robert Smith hath given foure
Bibles in Octavo,
to foure poore mens children, such as
can best deserve them by reading, to
be distributed yeerely for ever at Easter.
And also two and fifty dozen of Whea
ten bread, every weeke one dozen for e
ver.
Bibles in Octavo,
Rob. Smith his gift.
well buffed and bossed,
to foure poore mens children, such as
can best deserve them by reading, to
be distributed yeerely for ever at Easter.
And also two and fifty dozen of Whea
ten bread, every weeke one dozen for e
ver.
Master Richard Hanbury,
Richard Budd, have given six new Books
of Common Prayer in Quarto, well
buffed and bossed, to be given yeerely
for ever at Easter, to sixe poore mens
children, such as can best deserve them
by reading. And also 52. dozen of
wheaten bread, to be given every week
for ever.
Rich. Han
bury and Richard Budd their gift.
and Master
bury and Richard Budd their gift.
Richard Budd, have given six new Books
of Common Prayer in Quarto, well
buffed and bossed, to be given yeerely
for ever at Easter, to sixe poore mens
children, such as can best deserve them
by reading. And also 52. dozen of
wheaten bread, to be given every week
for ever.
Master Roger Bellow,
given the Lease of an house in Moore-lane,
called the signe of the Cocke, the
yeerely rent whereof is twenty pounds.
Out of the which summe, tenne pounds
is yeerely to be given to the poore, at
the Feast of Christmas: And the re
mainder (except twenty shillings, o
therwise by his will disposed) is yeerly
to be reserved, for the purchasing of
some parcell of Land, towards the re
liefe of the poore.
Roger Bel
low his gift.
Brewer, hath
low his gift.
given the Lease of an house in Moore-lane,
called the signe of the Cocke, the
yeerely rent whereof is twenty pounds.
Out of the which summe, tenne pounds
is yeerely to be given to the poore, at
the Feast of Christmas: And the re
mainder (except twenty shillings, o
therwise by his will disposed) is yeerly
to be reserved, for the purchasing of
some parcell of Land, towards the re
liefe of the poore.
The
The circuit of the Parish of S.
Giles without Creplegate.
Giles without Creplegate.
THe Parishioners, in their Per
ambulation, first strike downe
the Alley (which hath some
time beene part of their Church-yard)
close by S. Giles his Well, and crossing
the Towne-ditch, keepe along by the
Citie Wall, almost to Aldersgate, where
they should crosse the Ditch againe,
and take in certaine Garden-houses,
which stand neere the Ditch, and so
comming downe a little Garden Alley,
(through which sometime hath beene a
way into Aldersgate street) returne again
by S. Giles his Well, the same way they
went in.
ambulation, first strike downe
the Alley (which hath some
time beene part of their Church-yard)
close by S. Giles his Well, and crossing
the Towne-ditch, keepe along by the
Citie Wall, almost to Aldersgate, where
they should crosse the Ditch againe,
and take in certaine Garden-houses,
which stand neere the Ditch, and so
comming downe a little Garden Alley,
(through which sometime hath beene a
way into Aldersgate street) returne again
by S. Giles his Well, the same way they
went in.
Then walking up the West side of
Red-crosse street, and the South side of
Barbican, till they come toward the far
ther end thereof, over against the signe
of the Bores head, they set up their marks
upon a great Post (as it seemeth set there
for the same purpose) where they
should crosse over to the North side,
right over against the said bound, tho
row certaine Garden Alleys, lying on
the West side of Willoughby House: but
by reason of some contention, that
course is of late denyed them, so that
they passe through Barbican, and turne
up Goswell street, (being part of S. But
tolphs Parish) untill they come a little
beyond the Barres, where they enter
their owne bounds againe, and setting
up their markes, passe along the right
side of the Kings high way, leading to
Islington, and leaving the Mount Mill
upon their right hand, they proceed on,
till they come within three roddes of a
little Bridge, (at the lower end of the
Close next unto Islington, over which
lyeth a foot-path toward Newington
Greene,) where they digge a way over
the Ditch, and so keepe upon the top
of the Ditch banke, all the breadth of
the lower end of the said Close; where
they turne againe South-east, and ta
king in all the Lay-stalles, and low
grounds, where bricke hath been made,
strike over betweene those low grounds
and the Brick-hils, that now are adjoy
ning to the foot-path, leading from the
Pest-house to Islington, which they leave
on the left side; in the South end of
which Brick-hill, there is a stone set,
now almost digged downe: From the
which stone, they come straight South,
till they come over a Bridge, which is
laid purposely for them, and after re
moved; which as soone as they have
past, they strike downe, by the said
Ditch side Eastward, to the farthest
Conduit head, where they give the
Children Poynts.
Red-crosse street, and the South side of
Barbican, till they come toward the far
ther end thereof, over against the signe
of the Bores head, they set up their marks
upon a great Post (as it seemeth set there
for the same purpose) where they
should crosse over to the North side,
right over against the said bound, tho
row certaine Garden Alleys, lying on
the West side of Willoughby House: but
by reason of some contention, that
course is of late denyed them, so that
they passe through Barbican, and turne
up Goswell street, (being part of S. But
tolphs Parish) untill they come a little
beyond the Barres, where they enter
their owne bounds againe, and setting
up their markes, passe along the right
side of the Kings high way, leading to
Islington, and leaving the Mount Mill
upon their right hand, they proceed on,
till they come within three roddes of a
little Bridge, (at the lower end of the
Close next unto Islington, over which
lyeth a foot-path toward Newington
Greene,) where they digge a way over
the Ditch, and so keepe upon the top
of the Ditch banke, all the breadth of
the lower end of the said Close; where
they turne againe South-east, and ta
king in all the Lay-stalles, and low
grounds, where bricke hath been made,
strike over betweene those low grounds
and the Brick-hils, that now are adjoy
ning to the foot-path, leading from the
Pest-house to Islington, which they leave
on the left side; in the South end of
which Brick-hill, there is a stone set,
now almost digged downe: From the
which stone, they come straight South,
till they come over a Bridge, which is
laid purposely for them, and after re
moved; which as soone as they have
past, they strike downe, by the said
Ditch side Eastward, to the farthest
Conduit head, where they give the
Children Poynts.
From whence they keepe a straight
course into the Kings high way, to Dame
Anne de Clare, upon the right side of
which way they keepe, till they come
to the Butts, where a planck is purpose
ly laid for them, over which they passe
into Holywell Close, and so keepe dire
ctly to the farthest of the sixe Milles,
next unto Holywell, which they leave on
their left hand, and so passing over the
high way, keepe a straight course over
the Walks, to the farthest Wall, South
of the middle Walke, (leaving the But
chers Close, and the lower Gardens,
some three Roddes on the left hand)
in the which VVall there is a marke
or Bound: From thence (not entring
the lowest Walke at all) they turne full
West, over the high way leading from
Moregate, and comming into little More
fields, (as we call it) they keepe close to
the Pales and Tentors (for they have
not passing eight or ten foot of ground
from the Pales) till they come to the
Posterne, where they set up their mark;
and so through the Posterne they make
their returne, &c.
course into the Kings high way, to Dame
Anne de Clare, upon the right side of
which way they keepe, till they come
to the Butts, where a planck is purpose
ly laid for them, over which they passe
into Holywell Close, and so keepe dire
ctly to the farthest of the sixe Milles,
next unto Holywell, which they leave on
their left hand, and so passing over the
high way, keepe a straight course over
the Walks, to the farthest Wall, South
of the middle Walke, (leaving the But
chers Close, and the lower Gardens,
some three Roddes on the left hand)
in the which VVall there is a marke
or Bound: From thence (not entring
the lowest Walke at all) they turne full
West, over the high way leading from
Moregate, and comming into little More
fields, (as we call it) they keepe close to
the Pales and Tentors (for they have
not passing eight or ten foot of ground
from the Pales) till they come to the
Posterne, where they set up their mark;
and so through the Posterne they make
their returne, &c.
There was in this Church (of old
time) a Fraternity or Brother-hood of
our blessed Lady,
S. Giles, founded by Iohn Belancer, in
the reigne of Edward the third, the 35.
yeere of his reigne.
time) a Fraternity or Brother-hood of
our blessed Lady,
Brother-hood in S. Giles Church.
or Corpus Christi and
S. Giles, founded by Iohn Belancer, in
the reigne of Edward the third, the 35.
yeere of his reigne.
Some small distance from the East
end of this Church,
brought in pipes of lead from Highbery,
by Iohn Middleton, one of the Executors
to Sir William East field, and of his goods.
The inhabitants adjoyning, castellated
it of their own coses and charges, about
the yeere 1483.
end of this Church,
Water-Conduit without Creplegate.
is a water-conduit,
brought in pipes of lead from Highbery,
by Iohn Middleton, one of the Executors
to Sir William East field, and of his goods.
The inhabitants adjoyning, castellated
it of their own coses and charges, about
the yeere 1483.
There was also a Bosse of cleere wa
ter in the Wall of the Church-yard,
made at the charges of Richard Whiting
ton, sometimes Maior, and was like to
that of Belinsgate. Of late the same was
turned into an evill Pumpe, and so is
cleane decayed.
ter in the Wall of the Church-yard,
Bosse in the Wall of S. Giles Church-yard.
Ee3
made
made at the charges of Richard Whiting
ton, sometimes Maior, and was like to
that of Belinsgate. Of late the same was
turned into an evill Pumpe, and so is
cleane decayed.
There was also a faire Poole of cleere
water,
west side thereof, which was filled up
in the reigne of Henry the sixth. The
Spring was cooped in, and arched over
with hard stone, and staires of stone to
goe downe to the Spring, on the banke
of the Towne ditch. And this was also
done of the goods, and by the Execu
tors of Richard Whitington.
water,
Poole of Spring water.
neere unto the Parsonage, on the
west side thereof, which was filled up
in the reigne of Henry the sixth. The
Spring was cooped in, and arched over
with hard stone, and staires of stone to
goe downe to the Spring, on the banke
of the Towne ditch. And this was also
done of the goods, and by the Execu
tors of Richard Whitington.
In Whitecrosse-street,
fifth builded one faire House, and foun
ded there a Brotherhood of S. Giles, to
be kept: which House had sometime
beene an Hospitall of the French Order,
by the name of Saint Giles without Cre
plegate, in the reigne of Edward the first;
the King having the Jurisdiction, and
pointing a Custos thereof, for the pre
cinct of the Parish of Saint Giles, &c.
Patent Rich. 2. the 15. yeere: Which
Hospitall being suppressed, the Lands
were given to the Brotherhood, for re
liefe of the poore.
White-crosse-street.
King Henry the
fifth builded one faire House, and foun
ded there a Brotherhood of S. Giles, to
be kept: which House had sometime
beene an Hospitall of the French Order,
Hospitall of the French Order.
by the name of Saint Giles without Cre
plegate, in the reigne of Edward the first;
the King having the Jurisdiction, and
pointing a Custos thereof, for the pre
cinct of the Parish of Saint Giles, &c.
Patent Rich. 2. the 15. yeere: Which
Hospitall being suppressed, the Lands
were given to the Brotherhood, for re
liefe of the poore.
One Alley, of divers Tenements, o
ver against the North wall of S. Giles
Church-yard, was appointed to bee
Almes-houses for the poore, wherein
they dwelled rent-free, and otherwise
were relieved: but the said Brother
hood was suppressed by Henry the 8.
since which time, Sir Iohn Gresham,
Maior, purchased the Lands, and gave
part thereof to the maintenance of a
Free Schoole, which he had founded at
Holt, a Market Towne in Norfolke.
ver against the North wall of S. Giles
Church-yard, was appointed to bee
Almes-houses for the poore, wherein
they dwelled rent-free, and otherwise
were relieved: but the said Brother
hood was suppressed by Henry the 8.
since which time, Sir Iohn Gresham,
Maior, purchased the Lands, and gave
part thereof to the maintenance of a
Free Schoole, which he had founded at
Holt, a Market Towne in Norfolke.
In Red crosse street,
from S. Giles Church-yard, up to the
said Crosse, be many faire houses buil
ded outward,
ning into a large plot of ground, of old
time called the Iewes Garden,
the onely place appointed them in Eng
land, wherein to bury their dead; till
the yeere 1177. the 24. of Henry the se
cond, that it was permitted them (after
long suit to the King and Parliament at
Oxford) to have a speciall place assigned
them in every quarter where they
dwelled.
Red-crosse streete.
on the West side
from S. Giles Church-yard, up to the
said Crosse, be many faire houses buil
ded outward,
Liber. S. Buttolph.
with divers Alleys, turning into a large plot of ground, of old
time called the Iewes Garden,
The Iewes Garden, or place to bury their dead.
as being
the onely place appointed them in Eng
land, wherein to bury their dead; till
the yeere 1177. the 24. of Henry the se
cond, that it was permitted them (after
long suit to the King and Parliament at
Oxford) to have a speciall place assigned
them in every quarter where they
dwelled.
This plot of ground remained to the
said Iewes, till the time of their finall
banishment out of England and is now
turned into faire Garden-plots and
Summer-houses for pleasure.
said Iewes, till the time of their finall
banishment out of England and is now
turned into faire Garden-plots and
Summer-houses for pleasure.
On the East side of this Red-crosse
street, be also divers faire houses, up to
the Crosse. And there is Beech lane,
adventure so called of Nicholas de la
Beech, Lieutenant of the Tower of Lon
don, put out of that Office in the 13. of
Edward the third. This Lane stretcheth
from Red-crosse street, to White-crosse
street, replenished, not with Beech
trees, but with beautifull houses of
stone, bricke and timber. Amongst the
which, was (of old time) a great house,
pertaining to the Abbot of Ramsey for
his lodging,
Citie: It is now called Drewrie House,
of Sir Drew Drewrie, a worshipfull ow
ner thereof.
street, be also divers faire houses, up to
the Crosse. And there is Beech lane,
Beech lane.
peradventure so called of Nicholas de la
Beech, Lieutenant of the Tower of Lon
don, put out of that Office in the 13. of
Edward the third. This Lane stretcheth
from Red-crosse street, to White-crosse
street, replenished, not with Beech
trees, but with beautifull houses of
stone, bricke and timber. Amongst the
which, was (of old time) a great house,
pertaining to the Abbot of Ramsey for
his lodging,
The Ab
bot of Ramsey his Inne.
when he repaired to the
bot of Ramsey his Inne.
Citie: It is now called Drewrie House,
of Sir Drew Drewrie, a worshipfull ow
ner thereof.
On the North side of this Beech lane,
towards White-crosse street, the Drapers
of London have lately builded 8. Almes-houses
of bricke and timber,
poore Widdowes of their owne Com
pany, whom they have placed there
rent-free, according to the gift of the
Lady Askew, Widdow to Sir Christo
pher Askew, sometime Draper, and
Maior, 1533.
towards White-crosse street, the Drapers
of London have lately builded 8. Almes-houses
of bricke and timber,
Almes-houses in Beech lane.
for eight
poore Widdowes of their owne Com
pany, whom they have placed there
rent-free, according to the gift of the
Lady Askew, Widdow to Sir Christo
pher Askew, sometime Draper, and
Maior, 1533.
Then in Golding lane,
lard, of Islington, Esquire, Citizen and
Painter-stainer of London,
Almes-houses, for so many poore peo
ple placed in them rent-free.
Golding lane.
Richard Gallard, of Islington, Esquire, Citizen and
Painter-stainer of London,
Almes people there.
founded 13.
Almes-houses, for so many poore peo
ple placed in them rent-free.
Hee gave to the poore of the same
Almes-houses, 2. d. the piece weekly, &
a load of Charcoales among thē yeerly
for ever; he left faire Lands about Isling
ton, to maintain his foundation. T. Hayes,
sometime Chamberlaine of London, in
the latter time of H. the 8. married Eli
zabeth his daughter and heire; which
Hayes and Elizabeth had a daughter na
med Elizabeth, married to Iohn Iron-monger,
of London, Mercer, who now
hath the order of the Almes-people.
Almes-houses, 2. d. the piece weekly, &
a load of Charcoales among thē yeerly
for ever; he left faire Lands about Isling
ton, to maintain his foundation. T. Hayes,
sometime Chamberlaine of London, in
the latter time of H. the 8. married Eli
zabeth his daughter and heire; which
Hayes and Elizabeth had a daughter na
med Elizabeth, married to Iohn Iron-monger,
of London, Mercer, who now
hath the order of the Almes-people.
On the West side of Red-crosse street
is a street called the Barbican,
sometime there stood on the North side
there of a Burghkenning, or VVatch-tow
er of the Citie, called in some language
a Barbican, as a Bikening is called a Bea
con. This Burgh-kenning, by the name
of the Mannor of Base Court, was
given by Edward the third, to Robert Vf
ford, Earle of Suffolke, and was lately
pertaining to Peregrine Barty, Lord Wil
loughby of Ersby.
is a street called the Barbican,
Burgh-kenning, or Barbican.
because
sometime there stood on the North side
there of a Burghkenning, or VVatch-tow
er of the Citie, called in some language
a Barbican, as a Bikening is called a Bea
con. This Burgh-kenning, by the name
of the Mannor of Base Court, was
given
given by Edward the third, to Robert Vf
ford, Earle of Suffolke, and was lately
pertaining to Peregrine Barty, Lord Wil
loughby of Ersby.
Next adjoyning to this, is one other
great house,
time builded by Sir Thomas Writhe, or
Writhesley, Knight, alias, Garter, princi
pall King of Armes, second son of Sir
Iohn Writhe, Knight, alias Garter, and
was Vncle to the first Thomas, Earle of
Southampton, Knight of the Garter, and
Chancelor of England: Hee built this
house, and in the top therof a Chappel,
which hee dedicated by the name of
S. Trinitatis in Alto. Thus much for that
part of Creplegate Ward without the
VVall, whereof more shall be spoken in
the Suburbe of that part. This VVard
hath an Alderman & his Deputy with
in the gate. Common Councell, 8. Con
stables, 9. Scavengers, 12. for VVard
mote Inquest, 15. and a Beadle.
great house,
Garter Place.
called Garter Place, sometime builded by Sir Thomas Writhe, or
Writhesley, Knight, alias, Garter, princi
pall King of Armes, second son of Sir
Iohn Writhe, Knight, alias Garter, and
was Vncle to the first Thomas, Earle of
Southampton, Knight of the Garter, and
Chancelor of England: Hee built this
house, and in the top therof a Chappel,
which hee dedicated by the name of
S. Trinitatis in Alto. Thus much for that
part of Creplegate Ward without the
VVall, whereof more shall be spoken in
the Suburbe of that part. This VVard
hath an Alderman & his Deputy with
in the gate. Common Councell, 8. Con
stables, 9. Scavengers, 12. for VVard
mote Inquest, 15. and a Beadle.
Without the gate, it hath also a De
puty, Common Councell, 2. Consta
bles, 4. Scavengers, 4. VVardmote In
quest, 17. and a Beadle. It is taxed in
London to the Fifteene, at 40. pounds.
puty, Common Councell, 2. Consta
bles, 4. Scavengers, 4. VVardmote In
quest, 17. and a Beadle. It is taxed in
London to the Fifteene, at 40. pounds.
Notes
- Aldermans Court. (LS)↑
- Celebrated on June 29. (JZ)↑
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Personography
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Molly Rothwell
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Project Manager, 2022-present. Research Assistant, 2020-2022. Molly Rothwell was an undergraduate student at the University of Victoria, with a double major in English and History. During her time at MoEML, Molly primarily worked on encoding and transcribing the 1598 and 1633 editions of Stow’s Survey, adding toponyms to MoEML’s Gazetteer, researching England’s early-modern court system, and standardizing MoEML’s Mapography.Roles played in the project
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Jamie Zabel
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Research Assistant, 2020-2021. Managing Encoder, 2020-2021. Jamie Zabel was an MA student at the University of Victoria in the Department of English. She completed her BA in English at the University of British Columbia in 2017. She published a paper in University College London’s graduate publication Moveable Type (2020) and presented at the University of Victoria’s 2021 Digital Humanities Summer Institute. During her time at MoEML, she made significant contributions to the 1598 and 1633 editions of Stow’s Survey as proofreader, editor, and encoder, coordinated the encoding of the 1633 edition, and researched and authored a number of encyclopedia articles and geo-coordinates to supplement both editions. She also played a key role in managing the correction process of MoEML’s Gazetteer.Roles played in the project
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Lucas Simpson
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Research Assistant, 2018-2021. Lucas Simpson was a student at the University of Victoria.Roles played in the project
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Chris Horne
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Research Assistant, 2018-2020. Chris Horne was an honours student in the Department of English at the University of Victoria. His primary research interests included American modernism, affect studies, cultural studies, and digital humanities.Roles played in the project
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Tracey El Hajj
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Junior Programmer 2018-2020. Research Associate 2020-2021. Tracey received her PhD from the Department of English at the University of Victoria in the field of Science and Technology Studies. Her research focuses on the algorhythmics of networked communications. She was a 2019-20 President’s Fellow in Research-Enriched Teaching at UVic, where she taught an advanced course onArtificial Intelligence and Everyday Life.
Tracey was also a member of the Linked Early Modern Drama Online team, between 2019 and 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, she was a fellow in residence at the Praxis Studio for Comparative Media Studies, where she investigated the relationships between artificial intelligence, creativity, health, and justice. As of July 2021, Tracey has moved into the alt-ac world for a term position, while also teaching in the English Department at the University of Victoria.Roles played in the project
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Joey Takeda
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Programmer, 2018-present. Junior Programmer, 2015-2017. Research Assistant, 2014-2017. Joey Takeda was a graduate student at the University of British Columbia in the Department of English (Science and Technology research stream). He completed his BA honours in English (with a minor in Women’s Studies) at the University of Victoria in 2016. His primary research interests included diasporic and indigenous Canadian and American literature, critical theory, cultural studies, and the digital humanities.Roles played in the project
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Joey Takeda authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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Jenstad, Janelle and Joseph Takeda.
Making the RA Matter: Pedagogy, Interface, and Practices.
Making Things and Drawing Boundaries: Experiments in the Digital Humanities. Ed. Jentery Sayers. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2018. Print.
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Janelle Jenstad
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Janelle Jenstad is Associate Professor of English at the University of Victoria, Director of The Map of Early Modern London, and PI of Linked Early Modern Drama Online. She has taught at Queen’s University, the Summer Academy at the Stratford Festival, the University of Windsor, and the University of Victoria. With Jennifer Roberts-Smith and Mark Kaethler, she co-edited Shakespeare’s Language in Digital Media (Routledge). She has prepared a documentary edition of John Stow’s A Survey of London (1598 text) for MoEML and is currently editing The Merchant of Venice (with Stephen Wittek) and Heywood’s 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody for DRE. Her articles have appeared in Digital Humanities Quarterly, Renaissance and Reformation,Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Early Modern Literary Studies, Elizabethan Theatre, Shakespeare Bulletin: A Journal of Performance Criticism, and The Silver Society Journal. Her book chapters have appeared (or will appear) in Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society (Brill, 2004), Shakespeare, Language and the Stage, The Fifth Wall: Approaches to Shakespeare from Criticism, Performance and Theatre Studies (Arden/Thomson Learning, 2005), Approaches to Teaching Othello (Modern Language Association, 2005), Performing Maternity in Early Modern England (Ashgate, 2007), New Directions in the Geohumanities: Art, Text, and History at the Edge of Place (Routledge, 2011), Early Modern Studies and the Digital Turn (Iter, 2016), Teaching Early Modern English Literature from the Archives (MLA, 2015), Placing Names: Enriching and Integrating Gazetteers (Indiana, 2016), Making Things and Drawing Boundaries (Minnesota, 2017), and Rethinking Shakespeare’s Source Study: Audiences, Authors, and Digital Technologies (Routledge, 2018).Roles played in the project
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Jenstad, Janelle and Joseph Takeda.
Making the RA Matter: Pedagogy, Interface, and Practices.
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Building a Gazetteer for Early Modern London, 1550-1650.
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The Burse and the Merchant’s Purse: Coin, Credit, and the Nation in Heywood’s 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody.
The Elizabethan Theatre XV. Ed. C.E. McGee and A.L. Magnusson. Toronto: P.D. Meany, 2002. 181–202. Print. -
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Jenstad, Janelle.
Lying-in Like a Countess: The Lisle Letters, the Cecil Family, and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside.
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Public Glory, Private Gilt: The Goldsmiths’ Company and the Spectacle of Punishment.
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Smock Secrets: Birth and Women’s Mysteries on the Early Modern Stage.
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Jenstad, Janelle.
Using Early Modern Maps in Literary Studies: Views and Caveats from London.
GeoHumanities: Art, History, Text at the Edge of Place. Ed. Michael Dear, James Ketchum, Sarah Luria, and Doug Richardson. London: Routledge, 2011. Print. -
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Versioning John Stow’s A Survey of London, or, What’s New in 1618 and 1633?.
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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Internet Shakespeare Editions. U of Victoria. http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Texts/MV/.
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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.
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Paul Schaffner
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E-text and TCP production manager at the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service (DLPS), Paul manages the production of full-text transcriptions for EEBO-TCP.Roles played in the project
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Sebastian Rahtz
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Chief data architect at University of Oxford IT Services, Sebastian was well known for his contributions to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), OxGarage, and the Text Creation Partnership (TCP).Roles played in the project
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Creator of TEI Stylesheets for Conversion of EEBO-TCP Encoding to TEI-P5
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Martin D. Holmes
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Programmer at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre (HCMC). Martin ported the MOL project from its original PHP incarnation to a pure eXist database implementation in the fall of 2011. Since then, he has been lead programmer on the project and has also been responsible for maintaining the project schemas. He was a co-applicant on MoEML’s 2012 SSHRC Insight Grant.Roles played in the project
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James IV of Scotland
James This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 4IV King of Scotland
(b. 1473, d. 1513)King of Scotland 1488-1513.James IV of Scotland is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Arnold is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Bourne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Brown is mentioned in the following documents:
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Humphrey Dyson is mentioned in the following documents:
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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.
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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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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)Edward III is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward VI
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 6VI King of England King of Ireland
(b. 12 October 1537, d. 6 July 1553)Edward VI is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward IV
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 4IV King of England
(b. 28 April 1442, d. 9 April 1483)Edward IV 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 William Eastfield is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Wodecok
John Wodecok Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1397-1398. Mayor 1405-1406. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Buried at St. Alban, Wood Street.John Wodecok is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Frowike is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Foxe
(b. between 1516 and 1517, d. 1587)Martyrologist. Author of Actes and Monuments. Buried at St. Giles, Cripplegate.John Foxe is mentioned in the following documents:
John Foxe authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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Foxe, John. Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer. London: Iohn Daye, 1583. 11225.
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Foxe, John. The Unabridged Acts and Monuments Online. Book 8. 1578 edition. The Digital Humanities Institute. Sheffield, 2011. https://www.dhi.ac.uk/foxe/index.php.
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Sir Leonard Halliday
Sir Leonard Holliday Sheriff Mayor
Sheriff of London 1595-1596. Mayor 1605-1606. Member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Knighted on 26 July 1603.Sir Leonard Halliday 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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Henry VII
Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 7VII King of England
(b. 1457, d. 1509)Henry VII is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Rowland Heyward
Sir Rowland Heyward Sheriff Mayor
(b. 1520, d. 1593)Sheriff of London 1563-1564. Mayor 1570-1571 and 1590-1591. Member of the Clothworkers’ Company. Husband of Katherine Heyward. Father of George Heyward, John Heyward, Alice Heyward, Katharine Heyward, Mary Heyward, and Anne Heyward.Sir Rowland Heyward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Raphael Holinshed
(b. 1525, d. 1580)Historian. One author of the Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Raphael Holinshed is mentioned in the following documents:
Raphael Holinshed authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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Holinshed, Raphael and William Harrison. The first and second volumes of Chronicles comprising 1 The description and historie of England, 2 The description and historie of Ireland, 3 The description and historie of Scotland: first collected and published by Raphaell Holinshed, William Harrison, and others: now newlie augmented and continued (with manifold matters of singular note and worthie memorie) to the yeare 1586. London, 1587. STC 13569.
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Holinshed, Raphael. The firste [laste] volume of the chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande. London: for John Hunne, 1577. STC 13568b.
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Holinshed, Raphael. The firste volume of the chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande. London, 1577. The Holinshed Project. http://english.nsms.ox.ac.uk/holinshed/toc.php?edition=1577#vol-1577_1.
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Sir William Kingstone
Member of the Fishmongers’ Company. Buried at St. Peter upon Cornhill.Sir William Kingstone is mentioned in the following documents:
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Hugh Moresby
Buried at All Hallows Staining.Hugh Moresby 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 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, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare. Sir Thomas More. 1998. Remediated by Project Gutenberg.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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John Norryholme
Buried at St. Christopher le Stocks.John Norryholme is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Rawson
Richard Rawson Sheriff
(fl. 1476-85)Sheriff of London 1476-1477. Member of the Mercers’ Company. Husband of Isabell Rawson. Buried at St. Mary Spital.Richard Rawson is mentioned in the following documents:
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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)Richard II 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.]