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T1 - Survey of London (1598): Towers and Castles
T2 - The Map of Early Modern London
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Towers and Castles chapter of
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King of Wessex
Queen consort of England
Builder of Baynard’s Castle.
Last member of the Baynard line to own Baynard’s Castle.
Bishop of London
Monk and historical writer. Cited in
Holy Roman Emperor
First Duke of Clarence. Drowned in a vessel filled with malmsey (a fortified wine).
King of England
King of England
King of England
King of England
Queen consort of England
Biographer and clerk.
King of England and Ireland
King of England
King of England
King of England and Lord of Ireland
King of England
King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
Chronicler and historian.
King of England
First Duke of Gloucester. Prince, soldier, and literary patron. Rebuit Baynard’s Castle after it was destroyed by fire in
Bishop of Ely
Bishop of London
Lord Chancellor of England. Husband of
King of England
King of England
King of England and Lord of Ireland
King of England
Historian and author of
King of England
King of England
Printer.
Bookseller and printer. Husband of
Third Duke of York. Father of
Constable of the Tower of London.
Queen consort of England
Politician and military commander of the Roman empire.
Lord High Treasurer
Constable of the Tower of London. Possibly the same person
as
Constable of the Tower of London.
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Member of the
Leader of the Peasants’ Revolt in
Master of the Mint. Lord Chamberlain
Historian and Benedictine monk.
First Earl of Kent. Justiciar for
King of England and Lord of Ireland
Historian.
Lord of the Mercians
Chronicler.
First Earl of Essex. Portgrave of London during the
Contested Queen of England
Monk of Rochester.
Norman monk.Bishop of Rochester
Populist leader of an uprising in
Received 200 markes from
Sheriff of London
Soldier. Earned high office by loyally serving
Son of
Prince of Wales
Constable of the Tower of London in
Beheaded
First Earl of March. Executed in
Soldier and nobleman. Uncle of
Master of the coin under
King of Mercia
King of the Anglo-Saxons
Archbishop of Canterbury
Fourth Earl of Leicester.
King of Rome
Lord High Treasurer
Lord Chancellor of England
Prior of St. John’s of Jerusalem. Lord High Treasurer
Knight. Friar and Confessor of
King’s Sergeant for
Baron Cobham. After being convicted of heresy and imprisoned for his Lollard support,
Prisoner. Escaped the Tower of London in
Friar. Sent to the Tower of London. Executed in
Queen consort of England
Sheriff of London
Naval commander. Rebel. Received freedom from the City of London in
Lawyer, statesmen, and writer.
First Lord Fitzwalter. Husband of
Son of
Inherited Baynard’s Castle from
Count of Brionne and Eu. Father of
Lady of Bradham. Wife of
Husband of
Wife of
Wife of
Son of
Son of
Son and heir of
Second Lord Fitzwalter. Son of
Wife of
Mayor of London
Duke of York. Son of
Baron of Mountfitchet. First builder of Montfichet’s Tower.
Resident of Montfichet’s Tower. Exiled by
Archbishop of Canterbury
Archangel in the Bible.
Sixth Earl of Hertford, Seventh Earl of Gloucester, Ninth Lord of Glamorgan, and Ninth Lord of ClareNoble.
Earl of Suffolke.
Historian and poet.
Third Baron Fitzwalter. Persuaded citizens of
London to free
Sheriff of London
One of the leaders of the opposition to
Mayor of London
Citizen of London. Housed
Founder of the baronial family of Clare. Son of
Earl of Derby. Father of
Wife of
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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
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Before
Aldgate was the easternmost gate into the walled
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(Ekwall 36), ale
, public gate
or open to all
, or old gate
(Bebbington
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East Smithfield is a district located east of the
City of London and northeast of the Tower of
London. Its name derives from
smoothfield
, with the prefix east
helping
to differentiate it from the Smithfield northwest
of Cripplegate (Harben). As time progressed, it transformed from
what plot of ground
with very few houses into
a densely populated area by the mid-seventeenth century (Stow; Harben).
The Tower Ditch, or Tower
Moat, was part of the Tower of London’s
medieval defences. It was built by the Bishop of Ely
St. Katherine’s Hospital was a religious hospital
founded in was not much inferior to
that of [St.] Paules [Cathedral]
(Stow).
Located between Horsepool and the Fleet River, the Elms, as Le elmes
or le two elmys
. By
Westminster Abbey was and continues to be a historically significant church. One of its many notable features is
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
Gutter Lane ran north-south from Cheapside to Maiden Lane (Wood Street). It is to the west of Wood Street and to the east of Foster Lane, lying within the north-eastern most area of Farringdon Ward Within and serving as a boundary to Aldersgate ward. It is labelled as Goutter Lane
on the Agas map.
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In
St. John’s of Jerusalem provided housing and care
for pilgrims and crusading knights. It was held by the
Tower Hill was a large area of open ground north and
west of the Tower of London. It is most famous as a place of execution;
there was a permanent scaffold and gallows on the hill for the execution of
such Traytors or Transgressors, as are deliuered out of the Tower, or otherwise to the Shiriffes of
London
(Stow).
Westminster Hall is the only surviving part of the original Palace of Westminster
(Weinreb and Hibbert 1011) and is located on the west side of the Thames. It is located on the bottom left-hand corner of the Agas map, and is labelled as Weſtmynſter hall
. Originally built as an extension to
As the only bridge in London crossing the Thames until
Located on the banks of the Thames, Baynard’s Castle was built sometime
in the by
(Weinreb and Hibbert 129). The castle passed to
who by forfeyture for
fellonie, lost his Baronie of little Dunmow
(Stow 1:61). From the time it was built, Baynard’s Castle was the headquarters of London’s
army until the reign of
when it was handed over to the Dominican Friars,
the Blackfriars whose name is still commemorated along that part of the
waterfront
(Hibbert 10).
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According to
The city ditch was part of London’s medieval defence system that ran along the outside of the wall
from the Tower to Fleet River. According to much filth (conveyed forth of the Citie) especially dead dogs, were there laid or cast
(Stow 1633, sig. M1v). The ditch
was filled in and covered with garden plots by the time of
Barbican was a historically significant street that ran east-west, connecting Aldersgate Street in the west with Redcross Street and Golden Lane in the east. Barbican was more then halfe
contained by Cripplegate Ward, with the rest lying within Aldersgate Ward (Stow 1:291). The street is labeled on the Agas map as Barbican
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within Vintry Ward used by the merchants of Bordeaux for the transporting and selling of their wines (Stow 1603).
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THe Citie of London
(ſaith Fitzſtephens) hath in the Eaſt a very
great & a moſt ſtrong
Othowerus, Acolinillus, Otto, and
About the yeare Henry the
third
wer of
London to be fortified with
bulwarkes,
which after they
were builded fell downe, and therefore he cauſed it to be
reedified
more ſtrongly, to his coſt of more then twelue thouſand markes.
In the yeare Edward the
firſt
Treaſurer and Chamberlaine of his Exchequer, to
deliuer out of
his Treaſorie, vnto Giles of Andwarp200.
markes, of the fines,
taken of diuers Marchants, or vſurers of London, towardes the
worke of the ditch about the Tower of London.
Edward the
fourth
And in the yeare Henry the
eight
whyte Tower. Thus much for the
foundation and building, in
creaſe and maintenance of this
Tower. Now ſomewhat of acci
dents in the ſame.
In the year
ſeditiouſly mouing the common people to ſéeke libertie, and not to
be ſubiect to
the rich,
and more mighty, at length was taken and
brought before the Archbiſhoppe of Canterburie in the Tower,
where he was by the iudges condemned, had iudgement, and
was
by the héeles drawne thence to the Ealmes in
Smithfield, and
there hanged.
In the yeare
were holden in the Tower: and likewiſe in the yeare
In the yeare
tumult againſt the Abbot of Weſtminſter, Hubert of Burgh
chiefe Iuſtice of England, came to the Tower of London, called
before him the
Mayor and Aldermen, of whom he enquired for the
principall authors of that
ſedition: amongſt whome one named
had done
much leſſe then he ought to haue done: Wherevpon the
Iuſtice ſent him with two
other to
med men, brought him to the gallowes, and there
hanged him &
other twaine.
In the yeare
of Wales, being kept priſoner in the Tower, deuiſed meanes of eſ
cape,
and hauing in the night made of the hangings, ſhéetes, &c.
a long line, he
put himſelfe downe from the toppe of the Tower,
but in the ſlyding, the weight of his body, (being a very bigge and
a fatte man)
brake the rope, and he fell and brake his necke with
all.
In the yeare Henry the
thirde
Sheriffes of London in the Tower, more then a moneth, for the
eſcape of a priſoner out
of Newgate.
In the yeare Henry
of the Barons) were lodged in this
Tower. The next yeare hee
ſent for his Lords, and held his parliament there.
In the yeare
from
the Tower by water, towards VVindſore, ſundry Londo
ners got them together to the bridge, vnder the which ſhe was
to
paſſe, and not onely cryed out vpon her with reprochfull wordes,
but
alſo threw myre & ſtones at her, by which ſhe was conſtrained
to returne for
the time, but in yͤ year
faine to ſubmit
themſelues to the king for it, and the Mayor, Alder
men,
& Sheriffes were ſent to diuers priſons, & a Cuſtos alſo was
ſet ouer
the Citie, to wit,
In the yeare LeolineVVales
being taken
at Blewth
Caſtle,
Roger Mortimer
on the Tower.
In the yeare
of the aſſyſes, were ſent
priſoners to the Tower, which with
great ſommes of
money redéemed their libertie.
In the yeare
wer, for tryall of matters,
wherevpon
of London, and many other fled the Citie for feare of things they
had
preſumptuouſly done.
In the yeare Mortimers yéelding themſelues to the
King, he ſent them priſoners to
the Tower, where they remayned
long, and were
adiudged to be drawne and hanged. But at length
Wigmore by
giuing to his kéepers a ſléepie
drinke, eſcaped out of the Tower, and his vncle
kept
there died about fiue yeares after.
In the year
Tower out of the Conſtables hands, & deliuered all
the priſoners.
In the yeare March was
taken and bro
to the Elmes and there hanged.
In the yeare Edward the
thirdFlorences of gold to be made and coyned in the Tower, that is to ſay,
Henrie the
firſt
nes,
forme of face, croſſe &c.
This
which was round, ſo to bee quartered,
by the croſſe, that they
might eaſily bee broken, into halfe pence and farthinges. In the
Richard the firſt
raigne
oned, and yet oft times
the ſame is called argent as afore, and not
otherwiſe.
The firſt great ſumme that I read of to be paid in Eſterlinges,
was in the Richard the
firſtRobert Earle of Leyceſter
Now for the pennie Eſterling how it tooke that name, I think
good briefly to
touch. It hath béene ſaid that
the
ſecond King of the Romaines commanded money
firſt to bee
made, of whoſe name they were called Numi, and when Copper
pence, ſiluer
pence, and gold pence were made, becauſe euery ſil
uer pennie
was worth ten Copper pence, and euery Gold pennie
worth ten ſiluer pence, the
pence therefore were called in Latine
Denarij, and oftentimes the pence are named
of the matter and
ſtuffe of Gold or ſiluer. But the money of England was called
of
the workers and makers thereof: as the Floren of gold is called
of the Florentines, that were the workers thereof: and ſo the
Eſterling pence
tooke their name of the Eſterlinges, which did
firſt make this mony in England in the Henry the ſecond
Thus haue I ſet downe according to my ſmall reading in anti
quitie: theſe money matters, omitting the imaginations of late
writers, of
whom ſome haue ſaide Eſterling money to take that
name of a ſtarre, ſtamped in
the border, or ring of the pennie: o
ther ſome of a birde
called a Stare or ſtarling ſtamped in the cir
cumference: and
other (more vnlikely) of being coyned at Siri
Starling, a towne in Scotland. &c.
Now concerning halfe pence, and Farthinges, the account of
which is more ſubtiller
then the pence, I neede not ſpeake of them
more, then that they were onely made
in the Exchange at
London,
and no where elſe. The kinges Exchaunge at London,
The kings Exchaunger, in this place, was to deliuer out
to e
uery other Exchaunger, throughout England, or other the
kinges
Dominions, their Coyning irons, that is to ſay, one Standerde,
or
Staple, and two Truſſels, or Punchons: and when the ſame
were ſpent and woorne,
to receiue them with an accounte, what
ſumme had beene coyned, and alſo their Pix, or
Boxe of aſſay and
to deliuer other Irons new grauen, &c. I finde that in the
Iohn
at Wincheſter, Exceſter, Chiceſter, Canterbury,
Rocheſter, Ipſwitch, Norwitch, Lenn, Lincolne, Yorke, Carlell, Northhampton, Oxforde, S. Edmondsbury, and
In the yeare Wincheſter, and
Treaſurer of Englande, a wiſe man, but louing the
Edwarde the 4
both of
golde and ſiluer to bee made, whereby he gained much:
For he made of an olde Noble a Royal, which he commanded to
go for
x.s̃. Neuertheleſſe to the ſame Royal was put 8.ď. of Alay,
and ſo weighed the more, being ſmitten, with a new ſtamp, to
wit
a Roſe. He likewiſe made halfe Angels of 5.s̃. and Farthings, of
2.s̃ . 6.ď. Angelets of 6. s̃ .8.ď. and halfe Angels 3.s̃. 4.ď. He made
ſiluer monies of 3.ď. a groate, and ſo of other Coynes after that
rate, to the greate
harme of the commons. William Lorde Haſtinges
Thus much for Mint and coynage in and by occaſion of this
Tower, where the
chiefe coining hath long continued, vnder cor
rection of
other more ſkilful may ſuffice : and now to other acci
dents
here.
In the yeare France,
being confirmed, Edwarde
ſtraight to the Tower, to ſee the French king then priſoner there,
whoſe
ranſome hee aſſeſſed at three millions of Florences, and ſo
deliuered him from
Priſon, and brought him with honor to the
Sea.
In the yere Kent, drew out of the Tow
er (where the king was then loged,)
of Canterbury, Lorde
Chauncelor: S.
Iohns, and Treaſurer of
In the yeare RichardChriſtmas
in the Tower. And in the yeare
priſoner to the Tower.
In the yeare
Tower. And the ſame yeare a Parliament being holden at
Leiceſter, a
Porter of the Tower was drawn, hanged and headed,
In the yeare Randulph
er, and was
there ſlaine by the Parſon of S.
Peters in the Tower.
In the yeare Henry the 6
the Tower
was yeelded to the Maior of London, and his
Brethren the
deliuered Henry
thether, and there murthered.
In the yeare, George Duke of Clarence
ned in the Tower: and within
5. yeares after Edwarde the
5
ElizabethHenry, the 7
in the
Tower. In the yeare
white Tower was burned. In the yeare Anne
Bullen
Thus much for theſe accidentes: and now to conclude thereof
in ſummarie. This
Tower is a citadell, to defend or
commande
the Citie: A royall palace for aſſemblies, and treaties. A priſon
of Eſtate, for the moſt daungerous offendors: The onely place of
coinage for all
Englande at this
preſent. The Armorie for war
like prouiſion. The Treaſurie of
the ornamentes and Iewels, of
the Crowne, and generall conſeruer of the moſt
auncient Re
cordes of the kinges Courtes of iuſtice at Weſtminſter.
The next Tower on the riuer of Thames, is on London bridge
at the North ende of the draw
bridge. This Tower was
new begun to be builded in the yeare,
Maior of London, laide one of the
firſt corner ſtones, in the foun
dation of this worke, the
other three were laide by the Shiriffes,
and Bridgemaiſters, vpon euery of theſe
foure ſtones was engra
uen in fayre Romaine letters, the name
of Iheſus. And theſe
ſtones, I haue
ſeene laide in the Bridge ſtore houſe, ſince they
were taken vp, when that Tower
was of late newly made of
timber. This gate and Tower was at the firſt ſtronglie
builded vp
of ſtone, and ſo continued vntill the yere 1577. in the Moneth of
Aprill
cayed was begunne to bee taken downe, and then were the heads
of the Traytors
remoued thence, and ſet on the Tower ouer the
gate at the bridge foote, towardes
Southwarke. This
ſaide Tow
Iohn Langley
the Shiriffes, and Bridge maiſters, on the 28. of Auguſt
the September, the yeare 1579
er was finiſhed a beutiful
and chargeable peece of worke, all aboue
the bridge being of timber.
An other Towre there is on London bridge, to wit, ouer
the gate at the South ende of the ſame
bridge towardes South
warke. This gate with the Tower thereupon, and two Arches
of the
Bridge fell downe, and no man periſhed by the fall thereof
in the yere,
ritable Citizens gaue large
ſummes of money: which gate being
then again new builded, was in the yere
riners
and Saylors of Kent, Fauconbridge
Captaine.
In the weſt part of this citie, (ſaith
ſtrong caſtels &c. Alſo
Henry the
ſecond
the year of.
is correctly changed toRobart Fitz Richard
in later editions ofRobert the sonne ofRichard
Aboute the yeare
twixt king
the king vnlawfully loued, but could not obtayne her,
nor her fa
ther woulde conſent thereunto, whereupon (and for
other like cau
ſes) enſued warre throughout the whole Realme.
The Barons
were receiued into London, where they greatly indamaged the
king, but
in the end the king did not onely, (therefore) banniſh the
ſaid
ſed his Caſtle called Baynarde, and other his houſes to be ſpoiled,
which
thing being done
ſent vnto her, aboute the kinges ſuite, whereunto ſhee would not
conſent, was
poiſoned.
then paſſed into France, and ſome other into Scotland. &c.
It happened in the yere IohnFrance
with a greate Armie,
that a truce was taken beewixt the two
kinges of England and France, for the terme of 5. yeares, and a
riuer or arme of the
ſea being then betwixt eyther Hoſt. There
was a knight in the Engliſh hoſt, that
cried to them of the other
ſide, willing ſome one of their knightes to come and
iuſt a courſe
or twaine with him, whereupon without ſtay
being on the French parte, made himſelfe
readie, ferried ouer, and
got on horſebacke, without any man to helpe him, and
ſhewed
himſelfe ready to the face of his challenger, whome at the firſt
courſe, he ſtroake ſo harde with his greate Speare, that horſe and
man fell to
the grounde, and when his ſpeare was broken, hee
went backe againe to the king
of France, which when the king
had ſeene, by Gods tooth (quoth hee) after his vſuall oath, hee
were a king
indeede, that had ſuch a knight: the frendes of
hearing theſe words, kneeled downe and ſaide:
O King hee is
your knight: it is
he was
ſent for, and reſtored to the kinges fauour : by which
meanes peace was
concluded, and he receiued his liuinges, and had
licence to repayre his Caſtle of Baynarde and other Caſtles.
This
Dunmow, and
his Barony
of Baynarde, was in
the warde of king Henry in
the nonage of
ſecond wife Ferrars,
of London, hee acknowledged his ſeruice to the ſame Citie
for
his Caſtle Baynarde, hee deceaſed in the yere
iſſue Robert Fitzwater
deceaſed in the yere Robert Fitz Robert Fitzwater,
Robert Fitz Robert Fitzwater.
A third Tower there was alſo ſituate on the riuer of Thames
neare vnto the ſaide Blacke Friers Church, on
the weſt parte
thereof, builded at the Citizens charges, but by licence and
com
mandement of Edwarde the 1Edwarde the 2
reth by their grantes : which Tower was then finiſhed and ſo
ſtoode for the
ſpace of 300. yeares, and was at the laſt
taken
downe by the commandement of
in the yeare
An other Tower or Caſtle alſo
was there in the weſt parte
of the Citie, perteyning to the king: For I reade
that in the yere
20. of VVilliam the firſt
the Church of S. Paule. being burned,
of London afterwarde began
the foundation of a new Church,
whereunto VVilliam
ſtones of this Caſtle ſtanding neare to the banke of the riuer of
Thames, at the weſt
ende of the Citie. After this Mauritius, Ri his ſucceſſor, purchaſed the ſtreetes aboue Paules church
On the northweſt ſide of this Citie, neare vnto Redcroſſe
kenning,
for that the ſame being placed on a high ground, and alſo
builded of ſome good height, was in the olde time vſed as a Watch Tower, for the Citie, from whence
a man might behold and view
Some other Burhkennings or (Watch Towers)
there were
of olde time in and aboute the citie, all which were repayred,
yea
and others new builded, by Gloceſter,
in the Henry, the
third
Armes, and held the citie
againſt the k
reconciled to
his fauour in the yeare 1
Burhkenninges, watch towers, and Bulwarkes made and re
pared by the ſaid Earle, to be plucked downe, and the ditches
to
be filled vp:ſo that nought of them might be ſéene to remaine and
then
was this Burhkenning amongſt the reſt ouerthrowne and
deſtroyed: and although
the ditch neare thereunto, called Hounds
ditch was
ſtopped vp, yet the ſtreete of long time after was called
Houndes ditch, and of late time more commonly called
Barbican.
The
plot or ſeate of this Burhkenning or watch tower, Edwarde
the thirde
Tower Royall was of old time the kinges houſe, but
ſithence
called the
Queenes Wardrobe: the Princeſſe, mother to
Richard the 24. of his raigne
ced to flie from the tower
of London, when the Rebels
poſſeſſed
it: But on the 15. of Iune
ſlaine, the king went to this Lady Princeſſe his mother, then
lod
ged in the Tower Royall,
called the Queenes Wardrobe, where
ſhe had tarried
2. dayes and 2. nightes: which Tower (ſayeth the
Recorde of
Edwarde the 336. yeare
S. Michaell de Pater noſter, &c. In the yeare
RichardeAnneChriſtmas
at Eltham, whether came to him Lion king of Ermony
vnder
pretence to
reforme Peace, betwixt the kinges of Englande and France, but what his comming profited he
onely vnderſtoode: for
beſides innumerable giftes, that he receiued of the king,
and of the
Nobles, the king lying then in this Royall at the Queenes War
drobe, in London, granted to him a
Charter of a thouſand pounds
by yeare, during his life. Hee was (as hee
affirmed) chaſed out
of his kingdome by the Tartarians. The reſt concerning this
Tower ſhall you reade when you
come to the Vintry
warde
in which it ſtandeth.