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St. Peter upon Cornhill stood at the highest point of the city in the south east of Cornhill Ward. According to a tablet preserved within the church, St. Peter upon Cornhill was founded by not by what authority
(Stow 1:194) the tablet was written.
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King of Britain and founder of London. Husband of
Fourth Earl of Arundel and Ninth Earl of Surrey. Executed for treason. Buried at Austin Friars.
King of England
Member of the
Husband of
Wife of
Historian and author of
Sheriff of London
Architect, mathematician, and astronomer.
Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of London. Built a library for St. Peters upon Cornhill. Sent as an ambassador alongside
King of Britain.
King of Kent.
First Bishop of London
Pope
The
Cornhill Ward is west of Bishopsgate Ward and south of Broad Street Ward. According to corne Market
once held there.
Note: Cornhill and Cornhill Ward are nearly synonymous in terms of location and nomenclature—thus, it can be a challenge to tell one from the other. Topographical decisions have been made to the best of our knowledge and ability.
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Cornhill was a significant thoroughfare and was part of the cityʼs main major east-west thoroughfare that divided the northern half of London from the southern half. The part of this thoroughfare named Cornhill extended from St. Andrew Undershaft to the three-way intersection of Threadneedle, Poultry, and Cornhill where the Royal Exchange was built. The name Cornhill
preserves a memory both of the cornmarket that took place in this street, and of the topography of the site upon
which the Roman city of Londinium was built.
Note: Cornhill and Cornhill Ward are nearly synonymous in terms of location and nomenclature - thus, it can be a challenge to tell one from the other. Topographical decisions have been made to the best of our knowledge and ability.
Gracechurch Street ran north-south from Cornhill Street near Leadenhall Market to the bridge. At the southern end, it was called
New Fish Street
. North of Cornhill, Gracechurch
continued as Bishopsgate Street, leading through
Bishop’s Gate out of the walled city into the
suburb of Shoreditch.
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In
Lime Street Ward is west of Aldgate Ward. The ward is named after its principle street, Lime Street, which takes its name from the making or ſelling of Lime there
, according to
St Augustine Papey was a church on the south side
of the city wall and opposite the north end of
St. Mary Axe Street. The church dated from the
twelfth century and in
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St. Peter upon Cornhill stood at the highest point of the city, on the south side of Cornhill street near the corner of Gracechurch Street. It was located in the south east of Cornhill ward and was featured on the Agas map with the label S. Peter
.
St. Peter’s upon Cornhill was of medieval origin. An often cited tablet preserved within the church claimed that St. Peter’s was the first Christian church in London founded by
Be hit known to all men, that the yeerys of owr Lord God, An. CLXXIX.Lucius , the fyrst Christen king of this Lond, then callyd Brytayne, fowndyd the fyrst chyrch in London, that is to sey, the chyrch of Sent Peter apon Cornhyl; and he fowndyd ther an archbishop’s see, and made that chirch the metropolitant and cheef chirch of this kindom, and so enduryd the space of CCCC. yeerys and more, unto the commyng ofSent Austen , an apostyl of Englond, the whych was sent into the Lond bySent Gregory , the doctor of the chirch, in the tyme ofking Ethelbert , and then was the archbishoppys see and pol removyd from the aforeseyd chirch of Sent Peter’s apon Cornhyl unto Derebernaum, that now ys callyd Canterbury, and ther yt remeynyth to this dey. AndMillet Monk , whych came into this Lond wythSent Austen , was made the fyrst bishop of London, and hys see was made in Powllys chirch. And thisLucius , kyng, was the fyrst foundyr of Peter’s chyrch apon Cornhyl; and he regnyd king in thys ilond afterBrut , MCCXLV. yeerys. And the yeerys of owr Lord God a CXXIV.Lucius was crownyd kyng, and the yeerys of hys reygne LXXVII yeerys, and he was beryd aftyr sum cronekil at London, and aftyr sum cronekil he was beryd at Glowcester, at that plase wher the ordyr of Sent Francys standyth.
Adding to the legend, the second archbishop of London,
Records show that
Although the clergy of St. Peter’s was chiefly composed of members of the
(Harben 469),
St. Peter’s burned down in the Great Fire and was rebuilt by