THe Next ward is called of Cripleſgate,Criplegate Warde. and conſiſteth of diuers ſtreetes and lanes, lying aſwell without the gate and wall of the citie, as with in: for firſt within the wall on the eaſt parte thereof, towardes the north it runneth to the weſt ſide of Baſſinges hal ward: and towards the ſouth it ioyneth to the warde of Cheape, it beginneth at the weſt ende of S. Lawrence church, in the Iury, on the north ſide and runneth weſt to a Pump, where ſometime was a well, with two Bucketes, at the ſouth corner of Aldermanbury ſtreete, which ſtreete runneth downe north to Gay ſpurre lane, and ſo to London wall, which ſtreete and lane are wholy on both ſides of this warde, and ſo bee ſome few houſes on both the ſides from Gay ſpurre lane, by and againſt the wall of the citie, eaſt to the Grates made for the Watercourſe of the channels, and weſt to Criples gate. Now on the ſouth ſide from ouer againſt the weſt end of S. Lawrence church, to the Pumpe, and then vp Milke ſtreete, ſouth vnto Cheape, which Milkeſtreete, is wholy on both the ſides of Cripplegate warde, as alſo without the South end of Milkeſtreete, a part of weſt Cheape, to wit from the ſtandarde to the Croſſe, is all of Cripplegate warde. Then downe greate Woodſtreete, which is wholy of this warde on both the ſides thereof, ſo is little Woodſtreete which runneth downe to Cripplegate.

Out of this Woodſtreete be diuers lanes, namely on the eaſt ſide is Lad lane, which runneth eaſt to Milkeſtreete corner, down lower in Woodſtreete is Loue lane, which lyeth by the ſouth ſide of S. Albons church in Woodſtreete, and runneth downe to the Conduite in Aldermanbury ſtréete. Lower downe in Woodeſtreete is Addleſtreete, out of the which runneth Phillippe lane, downe to London wall. Theſe be the lanes on the eaſt ſide.

On the weſt ſide of Woodeſtreete is Hugen lane by the ſouth ſide of S. Michaels church, and goeth through to Guthuruns lane. Then lower is Maiden lane, which runneth weſt to the North end of Guthurouns lane, and vp to the ſaid lane on the eaſt ſide thereof, till againſt Kery lane, and backe againe: then the ſaide Maiden lane, on the north ſide goeth vp to Stayning lane, and vp a part thereof on the eaſt ſide, to the fartheſt north part of Haberdaſhers hall, and backe againe to Woodſtreete, and there lower downe is Siluer ſtreete, which is of this warde, till yee come to the eaſt end of S. Oliues church, on the ſouth ſide, and to Munkes well ſtreete on the north ſide, then downe the ſaide Munkes well ſtreete on the Eaſt ſide thereof, and ſo to Criples gate, doe make the bounds of this warde, within the walles.

Without Cripplegate, Foreſtreete runneth thwart before the gate, from againſt the North ſide of S. Giles church, along to More lane end, and to a Poſterne lane ende that runneth betwixt the Towne ditch on the ſouth, and certaine gardens on the North almoſt to Moregate, at the eaſt of which lane is a pot-makers houſe, which houſe with all other the gardens, houſes, and Allies on that ſide the Morefieldes, till yee come to a Bridge and Cowhouſe neare vnto Fensbery Court is all of Criplegate ward: then to turn backe again through the ſaid Poſterne lane to More lane, which More lane with all the Allies and buildinges there, is of this warde, after that is Grubſtreete, more then halfe thereof to the ſtraightning of the ſtreete, next is Whitecroſſe ſtreete, vp to the end of Bech lane, and then Redcroſſe ſtreete wholy, with a parte of Goldinglane, euen to the Poſts there placed, as a bounder.

Then is Bech lane before ſpoken of, on the eaſt ſide of the Red croſſe, and the Barbican ſtreete, more then halfe thereof, towarde Alderſgate ſtreete, and ſo haue you all the boundes of Criplegate warde without the walles.

Now for Antiquities and Ornamentes in this warde, meete to be noted: I finde firſt at the meeting of the corners of the olde Iury, Milkeſtreete, Lad lane, and Aldermanbury, there was of olde timeA pumpe at the corner of Aldermanbury ſtreete. a fayre well with two buckets, of late yeares conuerted to a Pumpe, how Aldermanbury ſtreete tooke that name, manie fables haue beene bruted, all which I ouerpaſſe as not worthy the accounting, but to be ſhort and plaine, I ſay that this ſtreete tooke the name of Aldermans bury (which is to ſay a court) there kept in their Bery, or Court hall, now called the Guildehall, which hall of olde time ſtoode on the Eaſt ſide of the ſame ſtreete not far from the weſt end of Guild hall now vſed. Touching the antiquitie of this old Aldermans bery or court, I haue not read other then that Richarde Renery one of the Sheriffes of London, in the firſt of Richarde the firſt, which was in the yeare of Chriſt 1189. gaue to the church of S. Mary at Oſney, Liber Oſney. Aldermanbery court or Guild hal by Aldermanbury church. by Oxforde, certaine ground and rents in Aldermanbury of London, as appeareth by the Regiſter of that Church, and is alſo entred in the Hoiſtinges of the Guild hall in London: this old Bery court or hal continued & the courts of the Maior & Aldermen were continually holden there vntil the new Bery court or Guild hal that now is was builded and finiſhed, which hall was firſt begun to be founded in yͤ yeare 1411. and was not fully finiſhed in 20. yeares after, I myſelfe haue ſeene the ruines of the old Court hall in Aldermanbury ſtreet which of late hath been imployed as a Carpenters yard &c.

In this Aldermanbury ſtreete bee diuers fayre houſes on both the ſides, meete for marchantes or men of Worſhip, and in the middeſt thereof is a fayre conduite made at the charges of VVilliam Eaſtfielde, ſometime Maior, who tooke order aſwell for water to be conueyed, from Teyborne, and for the building of this Conduite not far diſtant from his dwelling houſe, as alſo for a Standarde of ſweet water, to be erected in Fleeteſtreete, all which was don by his executors, as in another place I haue ſhewed Then is the pariſh Church of S. Mary Aldermanberie,Pariſh church of S. Mary Aldermanbury. a fayre Church with a churchyard, and cloiſter adioyning, in the which cloyſter is hanged and faſtened a ſhanke bone of a man (as is ſaid) very great, and larger by thrée inches and a halfe then that which hangeth in S. Laurence church in the Iurie, for it is in length 28 inches Shanke bone of a man 28. inches and a halfe long.and a halfe of aſſiſe, but not ſo hard and ſtéele like as the other, for the ſame is light and ſomewhat porie and ſpongie. This bone is ſaid to bee found amongſt the bones of men remoued from the charnell houſe of Paules, or rather from the Cloyſter of Pauls church, of both which reports I haue ſome doubt, for that the late Reyne Wolfe Stationer (who paid for the cariage of thoſe bones from the charnell to the Morefields) told me of ſome thouſandsReyne Wolfe a graue antiquarie, collected the great Chronicles increaſed, and publiſhed by his executors. of Carrie loades and more to be conueighed, whereof hee wondred, but neuer tolde mee of any ſuch bone in eyther place to be founde, neither would the ſame haue béene eaſily gotten from him if he had heard thereof, except he had reſerued the like for himſelfe, being one of the greateſt ſerchers, and preſeruers of antiquities in thoſe parts for his time. True it is that this bone, (from whence ſoeuer it came) being of a man, as the forme ſheweth) muſt needes bee monſtrous, and more then after the proportion of fiue ſhanke bones of any man now liuing amongſt vs. There lie buried in this church Simon Winchcombe Eſquire 1391. Robert Combarton 1422. Iohn Wheatly Mercer 1428. Sir William Eſtfild, Knight of the Bathe Mayor, 1438. a great benefactor to that church vnder a faire monument, he alſo builded their ſtéeple, changed their old bels into 5. tunable bels, & gaue one hundred pounds to other workes of that church. Moreouer he cauſed the Conduit in AldermanberyConduit in Aldermanburie. which he had begun to be performed at his charges, and water to be conueighed by pypes of leade from Tyborne to Fléeteſtréete, as I haue ſaid. And alſo from high Berie to the pariſh of S. Giles without Criplegate, where the inhabitantes of thoſe parts incaſtellated the ſame in ſufficient ceſternes. Iohn Midleton Mercer Mayor 1472. Iohn Tomes Draper 1486. William Bucke Taylor 1501. Sir William Browne Mayor 1507 Dame Margaret Ienings wife to Stephen Ieninges Mayor 1515. A widow named Starkey, ſomtime wife to Modie, Raffe Woodcocke Grocer, one of the Sheriffes 1586. Dame Mary Greſham wife to Sir Iohn Greſham 1538. Thomas Godfrey Remembrancer of the Office of the firſt fruites, 1577. Beneath this church haue ye Gay ſpur lane, which runneth down to London walle, as is afore Gay ſpur lane.ſhewed. In this, at the North end thereof was of oldPriorie or Hoſpitall called Elſing Spittle. time a houſe of Nunnes, which houſe being in great decay, William Elſing Mercer in the yeare of Chriſt 1329. the 3. of Edward the 3. began in place thereof, the foundation of an Hoſpitall, for ſuſtentation of 100. blind men, towardes the erection whereof, he gaue his two houſes in the pariſhes of S. Alphage and our bleſſed Ladie in Aldermanberie neere Criplegate, obtaining firſt the Kinges licence of Mortmaine, vnder the great ſeale of England. This houſe was after called a priorie or Hoſpitall of S. Mary the Uirgin founded in the yeare 1332. by V V. Elſing, for CanonsCharterhouſe churchyard without Alderſgat, & one othet the like without Aldgate. Regular: the which W. Becam the firſt Prior there, Robert Elſing ſon to the ſaid W. gaue to the ſaid Hoſpitall 12. £. by the yeare for the finding of 3. prieſts, he alſo gaue 100.s̃. towards the incloſing of the New churchyard without Aldegate and 100.s̃. to the incloſing of the New-churchyard without Alderſgate, to Thomas Elſing his ſonne 80.l. the reſt of his goods to be ſold, and giuen to the poore. This houſe valued 193.l. 15. s̃. 5.ď was ſurrendered the xi. of May, the xxij. of Henry the eight.

The monumentes that were in this church defaced. Thomas Cheney ſonne to William Cheney, Thomas, Iohn and William Cheney, Iohn Northampton Draper Mayor 1381. Edmond Hungerford, Henry Frowike, Ioan daughter to Sir HWilliam Cheney, wife to William Stokes, Robert Eldarbroke Eſquire 1460. Dame Ioan Ratcliffe, William Fowler, William Kingſtone, Thomas Swineley & Helen his wife &c. The principall Ile of this church was pulled down, and a frame of foure houſes ſet vp in the place: the other part of this church was conuerted into a pariſh church of S. Alphage, Pariſh church of S. Alphage and the pariſh church which ſtoode neare vnto the wall of the Cittie by Cripleſgate was pulled downe and the plot thereof was made a Carpenters yarde, with ſawe pittes. The Hoſpitall it ſelfe, the Prior, and chanons houſe with other lodginges, were made a dwelling houſe, the church yard is a garden plotte, and a faire gallerie on the cloiſter: the lodgings for the poore are tranſlated into ſtabling for horſes.Elſing Spittle burned.

In the yeare 1541. Sir Iohn Williams maiſter of the kinges Iewels, dwelling in this houſe on Chriſmas euen at night, about ſeuen of the clocke, a great fire began in the gallerie thereof, which burned ſo ſore, that the flame fiering the whole houſe and conſuming it, was ſéene all the citie ouer, and was hardely quenched, whereby many of the kings Iewels were burned, and more imbeſeled (as was ſaid). The Lord William of Thame was buried in this church, and ſo was his ſucceſſor in that houſe, Sir Rowland Heyward Mayor &c. Now to returne to Milkeſtréete, ſo called of milke ſold there (as is ſuppoſed) there be many faire houſes for wealthy merchants, & other: amongſt the which I read that Gregorie Rokeſley chiefe ſay maiſter of the kings mints, and Mayor of London in the yeare 1275.Gregory Rokeſley Maior of London his houſe rent xx. ſhillings the yeare. Pariſh church of S Mary Magdalen. the third of Edwarde the firſt (in which office he continued 7. yeares together) dwelled in this milkſtréet, in an houſe belonging to the priorie of Lewes in Suſſex wherof he was tenant at wil paying xx.s̃. by the yere without being bounden to rerparations or other charge: ſuch were the rents of thoſe times. In this Milkeſtreet is a ſmall pariſh church of S. Mary Magdaline, which hath of late yeares beene repaired, William Browne Mayor, 1513. gaue to this church 40. pound, and was buried there, Thomas Exmew Mayor 1528. gaue 40. l. and was buried there, ſo was Iohn MitfordStow likely means John Hadle. one of the Sheriffes, 1375. Iohn Olney Mayor 1475. Richard Rawſon one of the Sherifs, 1476. Henry Kelſey, Sir Iohn Browne Mayor 1497 Thomas Muſchampe one of the Sherifs, 1463. Sir William Cantilo Knight, Mercer 1462. Henry Cantlow Mercer merchant of the Staple, who builded a chappell and was buried therein 1495. Iohn Weſt Mercer Alderman 1517. Iohn Machel Alderman 1558. Thomas Skinner Clothworker Mayor 1596.

Then next to this is Woodſtréet,Woodſtreet. by what reaſon ſo called I know not, true it is that of old time according to a decrée made in the raigne of Richard the firſt, the houſes in London were builded of ſtone for defence of fire, which kind of building was vſed for 200. yeares or more, but of later time for the winning of ground thoſe houſes haue béene taken down, and houſes of timber ſet vp in place. It ſéemeth therefore that this ſtréet hath béene of the later building, all of timber, (for not one houſe of ſtone hath béene knowne there) and therefore called Woodſtréet, otherwiſe it might take the name of ſome builder or owner thereof.

Thomas Wood one of the Sheriffes in the yeare 1491. dwel- led there: he was an eſpeciall Benefactor towardes the building of S. Peters church at Woodſtréet end: he alſo builded the beautifull front of houſes in Cheape ouer againſt woodſtréet ende, which is called Goldſmithes row, garniſhed with the likeneſſe of Woodmen: his predeceſſors might be the firſt builders, owners, and namers of this ſtréet after their owne name.

On the Eaſt ſide of this ſtréete is one of the priſon houſes, pertayningCompter in Woodſtreet. to the Sheriffes of London, and is called the Compter in Woodſtréet, which was prepared to be a priſon houſe in the yeare 1555. and on the eue of S. Michael the Archangell, the priſoners that lay in the Compter in Bredſtréete were remoued to this Compter in Woodſtreet. Beneath this Compter is Lad lane, or Ladlelane, forLadle lane, corruptly called Lad lane. ſo I find it of Record in the pariſh of S. Michael in Woodſtreete, and beneath that is Loue lane, ſo called of wantons. By this lane is the parriſh church of S. Albon, which hathLoue lane. the monuments of Sir Richard Illingworth Baron of the Excheaquer,Pariſh church of S. Albon. Thomas Chatworth Mayor 1443. Iohn Woodcocke Mayor, 1405. Iohn Collet and Alice his wife: Raffe Thomas, Raph and Richarde ſonnes of Ralph Illingworth, which was ſonne to Sir Richard Illingworth Baron of the Exchequer, Thomas ſonne of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliams, Thomas Oſtrich Haberdaſher 1483. Richard Swetenham Eſquire, and of William Dunthorne Towne Clearke of London with this Epitaph.

Simon Morſted, Thomas Pikehurſt Eſquire, Richard Take, Robert Aſhcombe, Thomas Louet Eſquire, Sheriffe of Northamptonſhire 1491. Iohn Spare, Katherine daughter to Sir Thomas Mirley knight, Iohn Collet, William Linchelade Mercer, 1392. Iohn Penie Mercer, 1450. Iohn Thomas Mercer, 1485. Chriſtopher Hawſe Mercer, one of the Sherifs 1503. William Skarborough Vintner, Simon de Berching, Sir Iohn Cheke knight, Adleſtreet.Schoolemaiſter to king Edwarde the ſixte deceaſed 1557. doe lie heere. Then is Aldeſtréet, the reaſonPinners hall, now the Plaiſterers hall. of which name I know not: but it is at this preſent, repleniſhed with faire buildings on both ſides: amongſt the which there was ſometime the Pinners Hall, but that company being decayed and not worth a pinne, it is now the Plaiſterers Hall.

Not far from thenceBrewers hall. is the Brewers Hall, a faire houſe, which company of Brewers was incorporated, by king Henry the ſixt in the 16. of his raigne by the name of S. Mary, and S. Thomas the Martir, the 19. of Edward the 4.

From the Weſt endeCurriers hall. of this Addle ſtréete, little Woodſtréete runneth downe to Cripleſgate, and ſomewhat East from the Sun Tauerne againſt the wall of the Cittie is the Curriers Hall.

Nowe on the Weſt ſideHuggen lane. of Woodſtréete, haue yee Huggen lane, ſo called of one Hugan that of old time dwelled there: he was called Hugan in the lane as I haue read in the 34. of Edward the firſt. this lane runneth downe by the ſouth ſide of S. Michaels church in Woodſtréet, Pariſh church of S. Michael in Woodſtreetand ſo growing very narrow, by meane of late incrochments to Guthurouns lane: The pariſh church of S. Michael in Woodſtréet is a proper thing, and lately well repaired, Iohn Iue Parſon of this Church, Iohn Forſter Goldsmith, and Peter Fikelden Taylor, gaue two Meſſuages and two ſhops, with ſolars, ſellars, and other edifices in the ſame pariſh and ſtréet and in Ladle lane to the reparations of the church chauncell and other works of charitie, the 16. of Richard the ſecond.

The monuments heere be of William Bambrough the ſonne of Henry Bambrough of Skardborough, 1392. William Turnel Waxechandler 1400. Iohn Peke Goldſmith 1441. William Tauerner Girdler, 1454. William Mancer Ironmonger 1465 Iohn Naſh 1466. with an Epitaph. Iohn Allen Timbermonger 1441. Robert Draper 1500. Iohn Lamberde Draper, Alderman, one of the Sheriffes of London, who deceaſed 1554. & was father to my louing friend William Lambarde Eſquire, well knowne by ſundry learned bookes that he hath publiſhed. Iohn Medley Chamberlain of London, Iohn Marſh Eſquire Mercer and commonIames the fift king of Scots his head buried in S. Michaels church in Woodſtreet. Sergeant of London &c. There is alſo (but without any outward monument) the head of Iames the fift king of Scots of that name, ſlaine at Flodden field, and buried here by this occaſion. After the battaile the bodie of the ſaid King being founde, was cloſed in lead, and conueyed from thence to London, and ſo to the Monaſterie of Sheyne in Surrey, where it remained for a time, in what order I am not certaine: but ſince the diſſolution of that houſe, in the raigne of Edward the ſixt , Henry Cray Duke of Suffolke, being lodged and kéeping houſe there: I haue béene ſhewed the ſame bodie ſo lapped in lead, cloſe of the head and bodie, throwne into a waſte roome, amongſt the old timber, leade, and other rubble. Since the which time workemen there for their fooliſh pleaſure hewed off his head: and Launcelot Young at this preſent mayſter Glaſier to her Maieſtie, féeling a ſwéet ſauour to come from thence, and ſéeing the ſame dryed from all moiſture, and yet the forme remayning, with the hayre of the heade, and beard red, brought it to London to his houſe in Woodſtréet, where for a time he kept it for the ſwéetneſſe, but in the end cauſed the Sexton of that church to burie it amongſt other bones, taken out of their charnell &c. I reade in diuers Recordes of a houſe in Woodſtréet then called Blacke Hall,Black hall in Woodſtreet in S. Michaels pariſh. but no man at this day can tell thereof.

On the North ſide of this S. Michaels church is Mayden lane, now ſo called, but of old time Ingenelane, or Inglane.Ingene lane or Mayden lane. In this lane the Waxchandlers haue their common hall on the ſouth ſide thereof: and the Haberdaſhers haue their like Hall on the North ſide at Staning lane end.Waxchandlers hall. This company of the Haberdaſhers, Haberdaſhers hall. or Hurrers of old time ſo called, were incorporated a brotherhoode of S. Katherine, the 26. of Henry the ſixt, and ſo confirmed by Henry the ſeuenth the 17. of his raigne, the Cappers and Hat Merchants or Hurrers being one company of Haberdaſhers.

Downe lower in Woodſtréet is Siluerſtreete (I thinke of ſiluer ſmithes dwelling there) in which beSiluerſtreet. diuers faire houſes, and on the North ſide thereof is Monkes well ſtreet,Monkes well ſtreet. ſo called of a well at the North end therof, where the Abbot of Garendon had an houſe or Cell called S. Iames in the wall by Cripleſgate, and certaine Monkes of their houſe were the Chaplens there, wherefore the well (belonging to that Cell or Hermitage) was called Monkes well, and the ſtréet, of the well, Monkes well ſtreet.

The Eaſt ſide of this ſtreete downe againſt London wall, and the South ſide thereof to Cripleſgate bee of Cripleſgate ward, as is afore ſhewed. In this ſtreet by the corner of Monks well ſtreet is the Bowyers Hall.Boyers hall. On the ſaid Eaſt ſide of Monks well ſtreet be proper Almes houſesAlmes houſes in Monks well ſtreetes. 12. in number founded by Sir Ambroſe Nicholas Salter Mayor 1575. wherein be placed 12. poore and aged people rent free, hauing each of them vij. pence the wéeke, and once the yeare each of them fiue ſacks of ¦Charcoales, and one quarter of an hundreth of Faggots of hisgift for euer.

Then in little WoodſtreetAlmes chambers in little Woodſtreet. be 7. proper Chambers in an Alley on the weſt ſide, founded for ſeuen poore people therein to dwel rent free, by Henry Barton Skinner Mayor, 1416. Thus much for the Monuments of this ward within the walles.

Now without the Poſterne of Cripleſgate, firſt is the pariſh church of S. Giles, a very faire and large church lately repaired after yͤ the ſame was burned, in the yeare 1545. thePariſh church of S. Alphage without Cripleſgate. 37. of Henry the 8. by which miſchance the monuments of the dead in this church are very few: notwithſtanding I haue read of theſe following to be buried there, to wit, Elianor wife to Iohn Writh Eſquire, daughter to Thomas Arnald Eſquire, ſiſter and heir to Richard Arnald Eſquire, Iohn her ſonne and heyre, Margaret VVrith her daughter, Iohn Brigget, Thomas Ruſton, Gentleman, Iohn Talbot Eſquire, and Katherine his wife, Thomas Warfle, and Iſabel his wife, Thomas Lucie Gentleman 1447. Raph Rochford Knight 1439. Edmond Watar Eſquire, Elizabeth wife to Richarde Barnes, ſiſter and heire to Richarde Malgraue Eſquire of Eſſex, Richard Gowre Eſquire Iohn Gowre Eſquire, Frauncis Baromi of Millaine 1546. Sir Henry Grey Knight, ſonne and heire to Geroge Grey Earle of Kent, 1562. Reginald Grey Earle of Kent, Richard Choppin Tallow Chandler one of the Sheriffes 1530. Iohn Hamber Eſquire 1573. Thomas Hanley alias Clarenciaux, Herrald of Armes, Thomas Busby Cooper who gaue the Quéenes head Tauerne to the reliefe of the poore in yͤ pariſh 1575. Iohn Whelar Goldſmith 1575. William Bolene Phiſition 1587. Williā Bolene 1575. Richard Bolene 1563. Robert Crowley Uicker and Preacher there: all theſe foure vnder one olde ſtone in the Quire, the learned Iohn Fox writer of the Actes and Monuments of the Engliſh Church 1587. The ſkilfull Robert Glouer alias Sommerſet Herralde, 1588.

There was in this church of old time a fraternitie or brotherhoodBrotherhood in S. Giles Church. of our bleſſed Ladie, or Corpus Chriſti, and Saynt Gyles founded by Iohn Belancer in the raigne of Edwarde the thirde, the 35. yeare of his raigne.

Some ſmal diſtance from the Eaſt end of this church is a water Conduit,Water Conduit without Cripleſgate. brought in pipes of Leade frō Higberie by Iohn Middleton one of the executors to Sir William Eaſtfielde, and of his goods, the inhabitantes adioyning caſtilated it of their owne coſtesBoſſe in the wall of S. Giles churchyard. and charges, about the yeare 1483.

There was alſo a Boſſe of cleare water, in the wall of the churchyard, made at the charges of Richard Whittington ſometimes Mayor, and was like to that of Belingſgate: of late the ſame was turned into an euill pumpe, and ſo is cleane decayed.

There was alſo a fayre Poole of cleare water neare vnto the Parſonage,Poole of ſpring water. on the weſt ſide thereof, which was filled vp, in the raigne of Henry the ſixt, the ſpring was coaped in, and arched ouer with hard ſtone, and ſtaires of ſtone to go downe to the ſpring, on the banke of the towne ditch: and this was alſo done of the goods, and by the executors of Richard Whittington.

In Whitecroſſe ſtréeteVVhite croſſe ſtreet. King Henry the fift builded one fayre houſe, and founded there a brotherhoode of Saynt Giles, to bee kept, which houſe had ſometime beene an Hoſpitall of the French order,Hoſpitall of the French order. & being ſuppreſſed, the lands were giuen to the brotherhood for reliefe of the poore, One alley of diuers tenements ouer againſt the north wal of S. Giles churchyard, was appointed to be almes houſes for the poore, wherein they dwelled rent frée, and otherwiſe were relieued: but the ſaid brotherhood was ſuppreſſed by Henry the eight, ſince which time Sir Iohn Greſham Mayor purchaſed the landes thereof, and gaue it to the maintenance of a frée ſchoole, which he had founded at Holt, a market towne in Norfolke.

In Red Croſſe ſtréeteRed Croſſe ſtreete. Libar S. Butolphe. on the Weſt ſide, from Saint Gyles Church yard, vp to the ſaid Croſſe, be many faire houſes builded outward, with diuers Alleyes turning into a large plot of ground, of olde time called the Iewes Garden:The Iewes Gardaine, or place to bury their dead. as being the onely place appointed them in England, wherin to bury their dead: till the yeare 1177. the 24. of Henry the ſecond, that it was permitted to them (after long ſute to the King, and Parliament at Oxford) to haue a ſpeciall place aſſigned them in euery quarter where they dwelled.

This plot of ground remained to the ſaid Iewes, til the time of their finall baniſhment out of England, and is now turned into faire garden plots and ſommer houſes for pleaſure.

On the Eaſt ſide of this Red Croſſe ſtréete, be alſo diuers faire houſes, vp to the Croſſe. And there is Béech Lane,Beech Lane. peraduenture ſo called of Nicholas de la Beeche, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, and put out of that Office in the 13. of Edward the third. This Lane ſtretcheth from the Red Croſſe ſtréete, to white Croſſe ſtréete, and is repleniſhed, not with Béech Trées, but with beautifull houſes, of ſtone, brick, and timber. Amongſt the which, was of old time, a great houſe pertaining to the Abbot of Ramſey, The Abbot of Ramſey his Inne. for his lodging when he repaired to the Cittie: It is now called Drewry houſe, of Sir Drewe Drewry, a worſhipfull owner thereof.

On the North ſide of this Béech Lane, towards White Croſſe ſtréet, the Drapers of London haue lately builded 8. Almes houſes in Beech lane.Almes houſes of brick and timber, for 8. poore Widowes of their owne Company, whom they haue placed there Rent frée, according to the gift of the Ladie Askewe, Widowe to Sir Chriſtopher Askewe ſometime Draper and Maior. 1533.

Then in Golding Lane be alſo Almes houſes,Golding Lane Almes houſes there. 13. in number, and ſo many poore people placed in them Rent free, and euery one hath two pence by the wéeke for euer. Of the foundation of Thomas Hayes Chamberlaine of London, in the latter time of Henry the eight, he left faire lands about Iſeldonne, to maintaine his foundation: Maiſter Ironmonger hath the Order of them.

On the Weſt ſide of the Red Croſſe, is a ſtréet called the Barbican,Burgh Kening or Barbican. becauſe ſometime there ſtood on the North ſide therof, a Burgh-Kening or Watch Tower of the citie, called in ſome language a Barbican, as a bikening is called a Becon: this Brugh-Kening was by the name of the Manner of Baſe court, was giuen by Edward the 3. to Robert Vfford Earle of Suffolke, and is now pertaining to Peregrine Bartie, Lord VVilloughby of Ersby.

Next adioyning to this, is one other great houſe, called Garterhouſe,Garterhouſe ſometime builded by Sir Thomas VVrithe, (or VVritheſley) knight, Alias Garter, principall King of Armes, ſecond ſon of Syr Iohn VVrithe knight, Alias Garter, and was vnckle to the firſt Thomas Earle of Southampton Knight of the Gartar, and Chancelor of England: he built this houſe, and in the top thereof, a Chapel, which he dedicated by the name of S. Trinitatis in Alto. Thus much for that part of Criplegate Warde without the wall, wherof more ſhalbe, ſpoken in the ſubburbe of that part. This Ward hath an Alderman & his Deputie within the gate. Common Counſaile eight. Conſtables nine. Skauengers twelue. For Wardmote Inqueaſt ffftéene, and a Beadle.

Without the gate, it hath alſo a Deputie. Common Counſaile two. Conſtables foure. Skauengers foure. Wardmote Inqueſt ſeuentéene, and a Beadle. It is taxed in London to the fiftéene, at fortie poūd, and in the Exchequer, at thirtie nine pound ten ſhillings.