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T1 - Survey of London (1598): Queen Hithe Ward
T2 - The Map of Early Modern London
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Queen Hithe Ward chapter of
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King of England
King of England
King of England
King of England
King of England
Biographer and clerk.
King of England
King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
King of England
Gentleman. Commons Sergeant of London. Monument at and buried at St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
King of England
King of England
Historian and author of
Sheriff of London
Printer.
Bookseller and printer. Husband of
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
First Earl of Norfolk. Father of
Gentleman and engineer. Supplied a new forcier that allowed Thames water to be supplied to west London in
Sheriff of London
Earl of Cornwall. Son of
Count of Flanders and Chief Lieutenant for
Sheriff of London
Owner of a tenement in Queenhithe Ward.
Owner of a tenement in Queenhithe Ward.
Sheriff of London
Member of the
Clerk to
Donated land to St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Member of the
Member of the
Member of the
Member of the
First Earl of Cornwall. Son of
Sheriff of London
Parson. Buried at St. Nicholas Olave.
Member of the
Sheriff of London
Wife of
Bishop of Hereford
Bishop of Hereford
Alderman. Buried at St. Mary Mounthaw.
Justice.
Lord Privy Seal
Sheriff of London
Archbishop of Canterbury
Witness of a donation to St. Katherine’s Hospital.
Witness of a donation to St. Katherine’s Hospital.
Justice and administrator.
Justice.
Witness to a contract agreement between
Witness to a contract agreement between
Witness to a contract agreement between
Witness to a contract agreement between
Witness to a contract agreement between
Witness to a contract agreement between
Noblewoman and heiress. Wife of
Nobleman. Husband of
Donated funds to St. Mary Somerset.
First Baron Sandys. Soldier, and courtier.
Buried at St. Nicholas Cole Abbey.
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Provost of Beverly. Not to be confused with
Composer and musician. Buried at St. Nicholas Olave.
Landowner. Namesake of Lambeth Hill.
Witness to a contract agreement between
Third Duke of Norfolk. Son of
Namesake of Queenhithe (also known as Edreds Hithe).
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Queenhithe Ward is located east of Castle Baynard Ward and west of Vintry Ward bordering the north bank of the Thames. It is named after the Queenhithe water-gate (Stow 1633, sig. 2M1r).
Bread Street Ward is east of Castle Baynard Ward and Farringdon Within Ward. The ward takes its name from its main street, Bread Street, ſo called of bread in olde time there ſold
(Stow 1603).
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
Knightrider Street ran east-west from Dowgate Street to Addle Hill, crossing College Hill, Garlick Hill, Trinity Lane, Huggin Lane, Bread Street, Old Fish Street Hill, Lambert or Lambeth Hill, St. Peter’s Hill, and Paul’s Chain. Significant landmarks included: the College of Physicians and Doctors’ Commons.
Lambeth Hill ran north-south between Knightrider Street and Thames Street. Part of it lay in Queenhithe Ward and part in Castle Baynard Ward. The Blacksmiths’ Hall was located on the west side of this street, but the precise location is unknown.
Thames Street was the longest street in early modern London, running east-west from the ditch around the Tower of London in the east to St. Andrew’s Hill and Puddle Wharf in the west, almost the complete span of the city within the walls.
Trinity Lane ran north-south between
Old Fish Street (Knightrider Street) and Thames Street, between Garlick Hill and Huggin Lane, entirely in the ward of Queenhithe. On the Agas map, it is
labelled Trinitie lane
.
Huggin Lane ran north-south between Thame
Street and Knightrider Street.
Although
Bread Street Hill ran north-south between Old Fish Street and Thames Street.
The label for this street on the Agas Map reads Bread
ſtreat
, but we know from Huggen
lane
and S. Mary Mounthaunt
(St. Mary Mounthaunt is another name for Old Fish Street Hill) (Stow 2:1).
Finimore Lane ran east-west between Old Fish Street Hill and Bread Street Hill in Queenhithe Ward. The lane is not visible on the Agas Map, but we have marked it running just south of St. Nicholas Olave church based on evidence from
A cooks’ house three houses west of the Old Swan Brewhouse.
Previously called the New Inn or Beaumontes Inn, this house once belonged to the Earls of Huntington. The Huntington house marks the eastern corner of Castle Baynard Ward.
According to Schofield, Paul’s Wharf is one of the oldest wharfs on the Thames (Schofield 181). Located in both Castle Baynard Ward and Queenhithe Ward, Paul’s Wharf was situated near St. Paul’s Cathedral and St. Benet. Since Paul’s Wharf was only blocks away from St. Paul’s Cathedral, the clergy used the wharf as a point of travel.
Distaff Lane was in Bread Street Ward. It is not to be confused with Great Distaff Street, the street which crossed the northernmost end of Distaff Lane. There is some discrepancy in the exact length of Distaff Lane between the Agas Map and the information in
Diſtaf la.) appears to run south off Great Distaff Street, labelled
Maidenhed lane, terminating before it reaches Knightrider Street.
runneth downe to Knightriders street, or olde Fishstreete(Stow 1:345). Our map truncates Distaff Lane before Knightrider Street.
porche
of St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street and in a wall to the north of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey (Stow 1598, sig. U7r; Stow 1598, sig. T8v). The conduit was made of stone and lead and its building was funded by for the ease and com-moditie
of the
The Painter Stainers’ Hall, also known simply as the Painters’ Hall, was located [o]n the west side of Little Trinity Lane
(Harben 454). Sometimes referred to as Browne’s House because it was the house of
Old Fish Street Hill ran north-south between Old Fish Street and Thames
Street. old
Fishstreete hill
and Saint Mary Mounthaunt Lane
.
Salt Wharf (Queenhithe) overlooked Queenhithe along the Thames.
New Fish Street (also known in the New Fyſhe ſtreate
. Variant spellings include Street of London Bridge
, Brigestret
, Brugestret
, and Newfishstrete
(Harben 432; BHO).
Queenhithe is one of the oldest
havens or harbours for ships along the Thames. landing place
. Queenhithe
was known in the ninth century as Aetheredes hyd or the landing place of
.
A wharf opposite of St. Mary Somerset Church.
Castle Baynard Ward is west of Queenhithe Ward and Bread Street Ward. The ward is named after Baynard’s Castle, one of its main ornaments.
Holy Trinity Priory, located west of Aldgate and north of Leadenhall
Street, was an Augustinian Priory. in the parishes of Saint Marie Magdalen, S. Michael, S. Katherine, and the blessed Trinitie, which now was made but one Parish of the holy Trinitie
(Stow).
Before
St. Katherine’s Hospital was a religious hospital
founded in was not much inferior to
that of [St.] Paules [Cathedral]
(Stow).
According to
St. Giles in the Fields was a hospital and parish church. It is marked near the western edge of the Agas map with the label S. Gyles in the Fyeld
. According to
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Dowgate was a watergate opening to the Thames in Dowgate Ward, near Walbrook (Harben). According to Carlin and Belcher, Dowgate was a place where ships unloaded (Carlin and Belcher 72). According to Harben, Dowgate was called Duuegate
, Douuegate
, or Douegate
, in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries but because u
for an n
, the gate also became known as Downgate (Harben). According to Harben, the site is now occupied by Dowgate Dock (Harben).
The Steelyard was the chief outpost of the
The largest and wealthiest friary in England, Blackfriars was not only a
religious institution but also a cultural, intellectual, and political centre of London. The friary housed
London’s Dominican friars (known in England as the Black friars) after their move from
the smaller Blackfriars precincts in Holborn. The Dominicans’ aquisition of the site,
overseen by
A soke belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Billingsgate (Bylynges gate or Belins Gate), a water-gate and harbour located on the north side
of the Thames between London Bridge
and the Tower of London, was
London’s principal dock in
In the middle ages, Westcheap was the main market west of Walbrook, so called to distinguish it from Eastcheap, the market
in the east. By
The gaol at Newgate, a western gate in the Roman Wall of London, was constructed in the twelfth century specifically to detain fellons and trespassors
awaiting trial by royal judges (Durston 470; O’Donnell 25; Stow 1598, sig. C8r). The gradual centralisation of the English criminal justice system meant that by the
Cripplegate was one of the original gates in the city wall (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 221; Harben). It was the northern gate of a large fortress that occupied the northwestern corner of the Roman city.
Birchin Lane was a short street running north-south between Cornhill Street and Lombard Street. The north end of Birchin Lane lay in Cornhill Ward, and the south end in Langbourne Ward.
Eastcheap Street ran east-west, from
Tower Street to St. Martin’s Lane. West of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street, Eastcheap was known as Great Eastcheap
. The portion of the street to the
east of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street was known as Little Eastcheap
. Eastcheap (Eschepe or Excheapp) was the site of a medieval food market.
As the only bridge in London crossing the Thames until
A lane in Queenhithe, which
Just above The Thames, Timberhithe Street ran west from Dark Lane to near Broken Wharf Mansion.
Harben explains that [a]fter the dissolution of the monasteries [the wharf] was granted to Thomas Broke [and was] described as a great messuage in the parish of St. Michael Queenhithe
(Harben 111). However, prior to his ownership the wharf passed through many other hands and was known by aliases such as Bockyng Wharffe
and Dockynes Wharfe
; it was also referred to as Broke Wharffee
and Brookers Wharf
(Harben 111). Harben tells us that [t]here can be little doubt that these names commemorate the various owners, who held the wharf or wharves form time to time, as it was the common practice for these wharves to be designated by the names of their respective owners
(Harben 111).
Trig Lane was the lane leading down from Thames Street (now called Upper Thames Street) to the river landing place called Trig Stairs on the north bank of the Thames. Trig Lane was in a fairly rowdy area full of water traffic, sailors, and porters.
Boss Alley (Queenhithe) was in Queenhithe Ward. It is labelled
on the Agas map as Boſs allee
.
A house once belonging to the Abbots of Chartsey. Near Boss Alley (Queenhithe).
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NExt vnto Bredſtréet Warde, on the South ſide
therof, is Quéen Hithe Ward, ſo called of a
wa
ter gate, or harborow for Boates, Lighters and
Barges, and was of olde time for ſhippes, at
what time, the timber bridge of
London was
drawne vp, for the paſſage of them to the ſaide
Hithe, as to a principall ſtrand
for landing and
vnlading againſt the middeſt and hart of the
Citie. This
Warde beginneth in the Eaſt, in Knightriders
ſtréete,
on the South ſide thereof, at the
Eaſt ende of the Pariſh church cal
led the holy Trinitie, and runneth Weſt on the South ſide to a
lane
called Lambert hill, which is the length of
the Warde in Knightri
ders
ſtréete, out of the which ſtréet are diuers Lanes, running South
to
Thames ſtréete, and are of this Warde: the firſt is
Trinitie
Lane, which runneth downe by the Weſt
end of Trinitie Church.
Then is Spuren Lane, or Sporners Lane, now
called Huggen
Lane. Then Bredſtréet hill. Then S. Mary Mounthaunt: out of the
which Lane, on the
Eaſt ſide thereof, is one other Lane, turning
Eaſt, through S. Nicholas Olaues Church
yard, to Bredſtréete hill.
This Lane is called Finimore
Lane or fiue foote Lane, becauſe it is
but fiue foote in breadth at the Weſt ende: In the middeſt of this
lane, runneth downe one other lane broader, South to Thames
ſtréete, I thinke the ſame to be called Deſboorne Lane, for I reade
of ſuch a Lane to haue bin in the pariſh of Mary
Summerſet, in the
Edward the 3
lye betwéene the Tenement of
the Eaſt part, and the
tenement ſometime pertaining to
Gladwine
wards Thames ſtréete
25. foote &c.
Laſt of all, haue you Lambart hill Lane, ſo called of one
owner thereof: and this is the
furtheſt Weſt part of this Warde.
On the North ſide comming downe from Knightriders ſtréete, the
ſide, from the
North end of the Black-ſmithes Hall (which is
about
the middeſt of this Lane) vnto Thames
Stréete. Then part of
Thames ſtréete, is alſo of this Warde, to wit, from a
Cookes houſe
called the ſigne of King Dauid, thrée houſes Weſt, from the
olde
Swan Brewhouſe in the Eaſt, vnto Huntington houſe,
ouer a
gainſt Saint Peters Church in the Weſt, neare vnto
Powles
Wharffe. And on the land ſide from a
Cookes houſe called the blew
Boore, to the Weſt
ende of Saint Peters
Church, and vp Saint
Peters Hill, two houſes North aboue
the ſaide Church. And
theſe bee the boundes of this Warde: in which, are
Pariſh
Churches ſeuen, Halles of Companies two, and other Orna
ments, as ſhall he ſhewed.
Firſt, in Knightriders ſtréete, is the ſmall Pariſh Church of
the
holy Trinitie, very olde and in daunger of downe falling: col
lections haue béene made for the repairing thereof, but they
will
not ſtretch ſo farre, and therefore it leaneth vpon proppes or ſtilts.
Monuments are therein none. Towards the Weſt ende of
Knightriders ſtréete, is the
Pariſh Church of S.
Nicholas Colde Abbey, a comely Church, ſomewhat auncient, as
appeareth by the
builded a conuenient Ciſtern of ſtone and lead, for receit of Thames
water, conueyed in pipes of leade to that
place, for the eaſe and com
moditie of the
olde Fiſhſtréete.
of London, did in his life
time deliuer to the
gers
conducting of the ſaid Thames
water, and ſiſterning the ſame, &c.
In the pariſhes of S. Mary Magdalen, and
S. Nicholas Colde Ab
bay neare vnto Fiſhſtréete, ſeuen hundred pound, and other two
hundred pound to
charitable déedes: he deceaſed, 1583. and ſhortly
In Trinitie Lane, on the weſt ſide thereof, is the Painter ſtay
ners Hall, for ſo of olde time were they called, but now that
worke
manſhip of ſtayning is departed out of vſe in England Lower down
in
Trinitie Lane on the Eaſt ſide thereof, was ſometime
a great
Meſſuage pertaining vnto Cornwell, in the
teenth of Edward the third
on both ſides, bee diuers faire houſes, inhabited by
Chéeſemoongers, and Marchants of diuers trades. On the Weſt
ſide whereof, is the pariſh
church of S. Nicholas Oliue, a
conueni
ent church, hauing the monumēts of
ger, one of the Sheriffes 1375.
On the Eaſt ſide of this Olde Fiſhſtréete Hill, is
one great
houſe now letten out for rent, which houſe ſometime was
one
of the Halles pertaining to the
time as they had ſix Hallmotes or méeting places:
namely, twaine
in Bridge ſtréete, or new Fiſh ſtréet, twaine in old
Fiſh ſtréet, wher
of this was one: and twain in Stockfiſhmonger Row, or Thames
ſtréete, as
appeareth by a Record the 22. of Richard the 2
Next Weſtward, is one other Lane called Lambard Hill,
the
Eaſt ſide whereof, is wholly of this Warde, and but halfe the weſt
ſide: to wit, from the North end of the blacke Smithes
Hall. Then
in Thames ſtréete of this
Warde, on the North ſide ouer againſt
the Quéenes Hithe, is the Parriſh church of S. Michaell, a con
uenient church, but all the Monuments therein are
defaced.
I finde that
in Norfolke, ſometime Mearcer, Chamberlaine of
London, then
one
of the Sheriffes and Alderman, in the yeare 1404. decea
1409. gaue
Then is a ſmall Pariſh church of S. Peter, called Parua or
Little, vpon the Thames, neare vnto Powles
wharffe: In this
church no Monuments do remaine. At the UUeſt ende
thereof, is
a Lane called Saint Peters hill, but two houſes vp that
lane, on the
Eaſt ſide, is of this UUarde, and the reſt is of Caſtle Baynarde
UUarde.
On the South ſide of Thames ſtréete, beginning againe
in
the Eaſt, among the Cookes: The firſt in this Warde, is the ſigne
of Dauid the
King: then is Townes end lane,
turning downe to
the Thames. Then is Quéene Hithe, a large receptackle for ſhips,
lighters, barges, and ſuch other veſſelles.
Touching the Antiquitie and vſe of this gate and Hithe, firſt
I
finde, that of olde time the ſame belonged to one named Edred
was then called Edreds Hithe,
which ſince falling to the hands of
Stephen
pre
gaue it vnto the Prior and Couent of the holy Trinitie within Ald
gate, as appeareth by this
Charter. To
God Archbiſhop of Canterburie, Primate of England, and Legate
Apoſtolike, to the Biſhop of
London, and to all
faithfull people,
Clarkes, and laye men,
Know ye me to haue giuen and graunted to God, and to the
Church of the Holy Trinitie of London, to the Pryor and
Cannons
purtenances, with ſuch deuotion, that they ſhall ſend euery yeare
twentie
pound vnto the maintenance of the Hoſpital of S. Kathrens,
This Edreds Hithe after the aforeſaid grants, came againe
to the Kings hands, by
what meanes I haue not read, but it pertai
ned vnto the
Quéene, and therefore was called Ripa Reginæ, the
Quéenes Banque, or Quéenes
Hithe, and great profit thereof was
made to her vſe, as may appeare by
this which followeth.
Henry the
third
the Conſtables
of the Tower of London, to arreſt the ſhippes of
the Cinque Ports on the riuer
of Thames, and to compell
them to bring their
corne to no other place but to the Quéenes Hithe
onely.
In the
ble to deſtraine any fiſhe
offered to be ſolde in any place of this cittie,
but at the Quéene Hithe. Moreouer, in
Kings raigneWilliam of Yorke
Prouoſt of Beuerley,
Henry of BatheHierome of Caxton
Iuſtices Itenerants,
ſitting in the Tower of London, touching the
cuſtomes of Quéene Hithe, obſerued in the yeare laſt, before the
warres, betwéene
the King his father, and the Barons of England,
and of olde cuſtomes of other times, and
what cuſtomes had béene
chaunged, at what time to Taxe and payment of all things
com
ming thither, and betwéene woorepathe, and Anede Hithe, were
found and ceaſed according to the
olde order, as well corne and fiſhe
as of other things: all which cuſtomes were
as well to bee obſer
ued in the parte of Dounegate as in Quéene
Hithe, for the
Kings
vſe. When alſo it was found, that the corne arriuing betwéene the
gate of Guild Hall of the Merchants of Colleyne, and the Soke of
the Archbiſhop of Canterburye (for he had a houſe neare
vnto the
Black Fryers) was not to be meaſured by any other
quarter, then
be that of the Quéenes ſoke.
the ſaide Recogniſion, fourtéene forraine ſhippes laden with Fiſh,
arriued at Bilnings Gate, which ſhippes ſhould haue
arriued at
the ſaide Hithe: And therefore it was ordered, that if any
forraine
ſhippe laden with Fiſh, ſhould in forme aforeſaid, arriue
elſewhere
then at this Hithe, it ſhould bee at the Kings pleaſure to amerce
them at 40. ſhillings. Notwithſtanding, the
ſhippes of the citizens
of London were at libertie to arriue where the owners would
ap
point them.
After this, the ſaide Henry the third
Richard Earle of Cornwell
vnto
don, and their ſucceſſors for euer, as by this his
Charter appeareth:
Ireland,
Duke of Gwine, and Earle of Aniowe, to all Archbiſhops, &c. Be
it
knowne, that we haue ſéene the couenant betwéene our brother
Richard Earle of Cornwell
Communaltie of London on the other partie, which was in this
ſort. In the 30. yeare of Iohn
of the
tranſlation of Edward
was made betwéene the honourable lord Richard Earle of Cornwell
Edward the
ſecond
ſhillings nine pence ob. q. out of the
rent in London, to be
receiued
of the Quéenes Hithe. Certaine
Inpoſitions were ſet vpon ſhips
and other veſſelles, comming thither, as vppon
Corne, Salt, and
other things, towarde the charge of clenſing Roomeland there,
the
41. of Edward the 3
The Edward the fourth
being hindred by the
ſlackneſſe of drawing vp London Bridge, it
was ordeined, that all maner of Ueſſelles,
Shippes, or Boats, great
or ſmall, reſorting to the Citie with victuall, ſhould
be ſold by re
taile, and that if there came but one Ueſſell
at a time, were it ſalt,
wheate, Kye, or other Corne from beyonde the Seas, or
other
graines, Garlicke, Onyons, Hearings, Sprattes, Eles, Why-
to Quéene Hithe, and there to make ſale: but if two
Ueſſailes
came, the one ſhould come to Quéene
Hithe, the other to Billings
gate: if
thrée, two of them ſhould come to Quéene Hithe, the
third to
Billings gate, &c. alwayes the more to Quéene Hithe: if the Ueſſell
being great, comming
with ſault from the Baye, and could not come
to theſe keyes, then the ſame to be
conueyed by Lighters, as afore is
ment.
One large houſe for ſtowage of Corne (framed
out of Lighters
and Barges) is there lately builed. Iohn Lion
or, 1554. by his Teſtament, gaue one hundred pound towards it,
Next adioyning to this Quéene Hithe, on the Weſt
ſide
thereof, is Sault Wharffe, named of Sault
taken vp, meaſured
and ſolde there. The next is Stewe
lane, of a Stewe, or hotte
houſe
there kept. After that, is Timber Hithe, or
Timber ſtréete, ſo called
of Timber and Boordes
there taken vp and Wharffed, it is in the
Pariſh of Saint Mary
Somerſhithe, as I reade in the
Henry the
thirdEdward the
ſecond
Brookes
wharffe, & broken wharfe, a water gate (or Keye) ſo called,
of
béeing broken and fallen downe into the Thames. By this
Bro
ken Wharffe, remaineth
one large olde building of ſtone, with
Arched gates, which Meſſuage as I finde
in the raigne of Henry
the third
and in the Edward the
ſecondThomas Earle of
NorffolkeIreland: In the Henry the
ſixt
to Norffolke,
&c.
Within the gate of this houſe, (now belonging to the cittie of
London) is lately, to wit, in the yeare,
1594. and