Survey of London (1633): Breadstreet Ward

BREADSTREET VVARD.

BReadſtreet ward beginneth in the high ſtreet of Weſt Cheape, Breadſtreet Ward. to wit, on the South ſide, from the Standard to the great Croſſe. Then is also a part of Watheling ſtreet of this Ward, to wit, from over againſt the Red Lion, on the North ſide, up almost to Pauls gate; for it lacketh but one houſe of Saint Auguſtines Church. And on the South ſide, from the Red Lion Gate to the Old Exchange; and downe the ſame Exchange, on the Eaſt ſide, by the Weſt end of Maiden Lane, or Diſtar lane, to Knight-Riders ſtreet, or, as they call that part thereof, Old Fiſh-ſtreet. And all the North ſide of the ſaid Old Fiſh-ſtreet, to the South end of Breadſtreet, and by that, ſtill in Knight-Riders ſtreet, till over againſt the Trinitie Church, and Trinitie Lane.

Then is Breadſtreet it ſelfe,Breadſtreet. ſo called, of Bread in old time there ſold: for it appeareth by Records, that in the yeere 1302. which was the 30. of Edward the firſt, the Bakers of London were bounden to ſell no bread in their ſhops or houſes, but in the Market; and that they ſhould have foure Hall-motes in the yeere, at foure ſeverall termes, to determine of enormities belonging to the ſaid Company.

This ſtreet, giving the name to the whole Ward, beginneth in Weſt Cheape, almoſt by the Standard, and runneth downe South, through or thwart Watheling ſtreet, to Knight-Riders ſtreet aforeſaid, where it endeth. This Breadſtreet is wholly on both ſides of this Ward. Out of the which ſtreet, on the Eaſt ſide, is Baſing lane, a piece whereof, to wit, to and over againſt the backe gate of the Red Lion in Watheling ſtreet, is of this Breadſtreet Ward.

Then is Friday ſtreet, Friday ſtreet. beginning alſo in Weſt Cheape, and runneth downe South through Watheling ſtreet, to Knight Riders ſtreet, or Old Fiſh-ſtreet. This Friday ſtreet is of Breadſtreet Ward, on the Eaſt ſide, from over againſt the North-eaſt corner of Saint Matthewes Church, and on the Weſt ſide, from the South corner of the ſaid Church, downe as aforeſaid.

In this Friday ſtreet, on the Weſt side thereof, is a Lane, commonly called Mayden Lane, or Diſtaffe Lane, corruptly for Diſtar Lane, which runneth Weſt into the Old Exchange: and in this Lane is alſo one other lane, on the South ſide thereof, likewiſe called Diſtar Lane, which runneth downe to Knight-Riders ſtreet, or Old Fiſh-ſtreet: And ſo beeSmudged ink: smudged letter obvious from context. the bounds of this whole Ward.

Monuments to be noted here: firſt at Breadſtreet corner, the North-eaſt end 1595. of Thomas Tomlinſon, cauſing in the high ſtreet of Cheape a Vault to bee digged and made, there was found at fifteene foot deepe,A faire paved way found, 15. foot deep, in Cheape ſtreet. a faire pavement, like unto that above ground; and at the further end, at the Chanell, was found a Tree, ſawed into five ſteppes, which was to ſteppe over ſome Brooke, running out of the Weſt, towards Walbrooke: and upon the edge of the ſaid Brooke, as it ſeemeth, there were found lying along, the bodies of two great Trees, the ends whereof were then ſawed off, and firme Timber, as at the firſt when they fell; part of the ſaid Trees remaine yet in the ground undigged. It was all forced ground, untill they went paſt the Trees aforeſaid, which was about ſeventeene foot deepe, or better; thus much hath the ground of this Citie (in that place) beene raised from the maine.

Next to be noted, the moſt beautifull Frame of faire houſes and ſhops,Goldſmiths Rowe in Cheape. that be within the Wals of London, or elſewhere in England, commonly called Goldſmiths Rowe, betwixt Breadſtreete end and the Croſſe in Cheape, but is within this Breadſtreete Ward; the ſame was builded by Thomas Wood, Goldſmith, one of the Sheriffes of London, in the yeere 1491. It containeth in number ten faire dwelling houſes, and foureteene ſhops, all in one Frame, uniformely builded foure ſtories high, beautified towards the ſtreete with the Goldſmiths Armes, and the likeneſſe of Wood-men, in memory of his name, riding on monſtrous Beaſts; all which is caſt in Lead, richly painted over, and gilt: theſe hee gave to the Goldſmiths, with ſtockes of money to bee lent to young men, having thoſe ſhops, &c. This ſaid Front was againe new painted and gilt over in the yeere 1594. Sir Richard Martin being then Maior, and keeping his Maioralty in one of them; ſerving out the time of Cutbert Buckle, from the ſecond of Iuly, till the 28. of October.

Then for Watheling ſtreete, Watheling street. which Leyland calleth Atheling or Noble ſtreet: but ſince hee ſheweth no reaſon why, I rather take it to be ſo named, of the great high-way of the ſame calling. True it is, that at this preſent the inhabitants thereof are wealthy Drapers, retaylers of Woollen Clothes, both Broad and Narrow, of all ſorts, more than in any one ſtreet of this City.

Of the Old Exchange, Knight-Riders ſtreet. I have noted in Faringdon Ward: VVherefore I paſſe downe to Knight-Riders ſtreet, whereof I have alſo ſpoken in Cordwainer ſtreete Ward. But in this part of the ſaid Knight- Riders ſtreet, is a Fiſh-Market kept, and therefore called Old Fiſhſtreet, for a difference from New Fiſhſtreet.

In this Old Fiſhſtreet is one Rowe of ſmall houſes,Fish-Market, called Old Fiſhſtreet. placed along in the middeſt of Knight-Riders ſtreet, which Rowe is alſo of Breadstreet Ward. Theſe houſes, now poſſeſſed by Fiſhmongers, were at the firſt but moveable Boords (or Stals) ſet out on Market daies, to ſhew their Fiſh, there to bee ſold: but procuring licence to ſet up Sheds, they grew to Shops, and by little and little, to tall Houſes, of three or foure ſtories in height, and now is called Fiſhstreete. Walcer Turke, Fiſhmonger, Maior, 1349. had two Shops in Old Fiſhſtreet, over-againſt Saint Nicholas Church, the one rented five ſhillings the yeere, the other foure ſhillings.

Breadſtreet, Breadſtreet. ſo called of Bread ſold there (as I ſaid) is now wholly inhabited by rich Merchants, and divers faire Innes be there, for good receit of Carriers, and other Travellers to the City.

On the Eaſt ſide of this ſtreet,Pariſh Church of Alhallowes in Breadſtreet at the corner of Watheling ſtreet, is the proper Church of Alhallowes in Breadſtreete, wherein are the Monuments of Iames Thame, Goldſmith.

Iohn Walpole, Goldſmith, 1349.

Thomas Beaumont, Alderman, one of the Sheriffes, 1442.

Robert Baſſet, Salter, Maior, 1476.

Sir Richard Chaury, Salter, Maior, 1509.

Sir Thomas Pargitar, Salter, Maior, 1530.

Henry Sucley, Merchant-Taylor, one of the Sheriffes, 1541.

Richard Reade, Alderman, that ſerved and was taken priſoner in Scotland, 1542.

Robert Houſe, one of the Sheriffes, 1589.

William Albany, Richard May, and Roger Abdy, Merchant-Taylors.

Hic jacent Thomas Beaumond, An anciét gray Marble tomb, as in a Chappell by it ſelfe. Civis, Salter, & quondam Vicecomes Civitatis London, Alicia, & Alicia uxores ejus. Qui quidem Thomas obiit 14. die menſis Auguſti, Anno Domini, 1457. Quorum animabus propetietur Deus. Es teſtis Chriſte, &c.

Corporis ut Chriſti feſtum poſſit venerari, Hic magis inſtituit Salter iter Beaumond. Cui Deus uxoribus binis Cœleſte ſolamen, Detque ſuis pueris: Sit benedićtus. Amen. All theſe have faire plated ſtones by the Communion table, and lie not far each from other.

Here lieth buried the body of William Albany, Eſquire, Citizen, and Merchant-Taylor of London, with his two wives, Thomaſine, by whom hee had iſſue five ſonnes, and foure daughters, who deceaſed the 15. of December, 1565. And Ioane, who dyed without iſſue, the 7. of Iuly, 1579. And the ſaid William yeelded his ſoule to the Almighty the 18. day of February, 1589. being of the age of 82. yeeres: ſo rest they all here in the aſſured hope of a bleſſed reſurrection.

Reſpice & proſpice finem.

Here lieth Henry Suckley, late Sheriffe, Citizen, and Merchant-Taylor of London, which Henry deceaſed the one and twentieth day of Iuly, Anno Domini, 1564. And his foure wives, Anne Boughton, Elizabeth Engliſh, Alice Fletcher, and Agnes Cachemaide, &c.

Here lieth Robert Melliſhe, Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London, which deceaſed the thirtieth day of March, Anno Domini 1562. &c.

Robert Hulſon lyeth here, A white ſtone by it ſelf, neere to the Tombe. In his time well knowne to all; He lived well, and died ſo, When God from hence did him call.

In the three and twentieth of Henry the eighth, the ſeventeenth of Auguſt, two Prieſts of this Church fell at variance, that the one drew bloud of the other: Wherefore the ſame Church was ſuſpended,Church ſuſpended. and no Service ſung or ſaid therein for the ſpace of one moneth after; the Prieſts were committed to priſon, and the fifteenth of October, being injoyned penance, went before a generall Proceſſion, bare-headed, bare-footed, and bare-legged, before the Children, with Beades and Bookes in their hands, from Pauls, through Cheap, Cornhill, &c.

More to bee noted of this Church, which had ſometime a faire ſpired Spire of Alhallowes ſteeple ſmitten by Tempeſt. Steeple of ſtone. In the yeere 1559. the fifth of September, about mid-day, fell a great Tempeſt of Lightning, with a terrible clap of Thunder, which ſtruck the ſaid ſpire about 9. or 10. foot beneath the top; out of the which place fell a ſtone, that ſlew a Dogge, and overthrew a man that was playing with the Dogge. The ſame Spire, being but little damnified thereby, was ſhortly after taken downe, for ſparing the charges of reparation.

On the ſame ſide is Salters Hall,Salters Hall. with ſixe Almeſ-houseſ in number, builded for poore decayed Brethren of that Company. This Hall was burned in the yeere 1539. and againe re-edified.

Pariſh Church of S. Mildred in Breadſtreet.

Lower downe,on the ſame ſide, is the Pariſh Church of St. Mildred the Virgin.

The Monuments in this Church be, of the Lord Trenchaunt, of Saint Albans, Knight, who was ſuppoſed to be either the new builder of this Church, or beſt Benefactor to the Workes thereof, about the yeere 1300. and certaine Corniſh Gentlemen, 1312.

William Palmer, Blader, a great Benefactor alſo, 1356.

Iohn Chadworth, Maior, 1401. who gave the Parſonage houſe, a Reveſtry, and Church-yard to that Pariſh, in the yeere 1428. notwithſtanding, his Monument is pulled downe.

Stephen Budge, Gentleman; his Armes be three Water-Budges, 1419.

Henry Budge founded a Chauntry there, 1419.

Roger Forde, Vintner, 1440.

Thomas Barnwell, Fiſhmonger, one of the Sheriffes, 1424.

Sir Iohn Hawlen, Clarke, Parſon of that Church,Parſon of S.Mildred & his man burned. who built the Parſonage houſe newly, after the ſame had beene burned to the ground, together with the Parſon and his man alſo, burned in that fire, 1485.

Iohn Parnell, 1510.

William Hurſtwaight, Pewterer to the King, 1526.

Chriſtopher Turner, Chirurgeon to King Henry the eighth, 1530.

Ralph Simonds, Fiſhmonger, one of the Sheriffes, in the yeere 1527.

Thomas Langham gave to the Poore of that Pariſh 4. Tenements, 1575.

Thomas Hall, Salter, 1582.

Thomas Collins, Salter, Alderman.

Sir Ambroſe Nicholas, Salter, Maior, 1575. was buried in ſir Iohn Chadworths Vault.

An Obite conſecrated to the happy Memoriall of Sir John Chadworth, A very ancient Tombe in the North ſide of the Chancell. or Shadworth, Knight, ſometime Mercer, and Lord Maior of this City of London; who gave a Veſtry to this Church, an houſe for the Paſtor to dwell in, and a Church-yard to the Pariſhioners, wherein to bury their dead. He deceaſed the 7. day of May, An. Dom. 1401.

Here lieth a man,A faire inſcription on the wall. that Faith and Works did even (Like fiery Chariots) mount him up to Heaven: He did adorne this Church. When words were weake, And men forget, the living Stones will ſpeake, He left us Land: This little Earth him keepes, Theſe blacke words Mourners, and the Marble weepes.

Here lieth the body of Thomas Copynger, A plated ſtone before the Communion table the which deceaſed the 14. day of November, in the yeere of our Lord God, 1513. On whoſe ſoule, &c.

Here lieth buried Thomas Clivelod, The like ſtone by the other. of Warmoſter, in the County of VViltſhire, Clothier; who deceaſed the 24. day of Iune, An. Dom. 1558.

Here lieth Sir Cuthbert Barne, One faire ſtone plated, for both theſe, by the Communion table. Knight, who deceaſed the 16. day of October, in the yeere of our Lord God, 1521. On whoſe, &c.

Here lieth Roger Forde, Vintner of London, with Ioane and Margaret his wives. The which Joane deceaſed the eighth day of Auguſt, Anno Domini, 1467. And Margaret deceaſed the eleventh day of Iune, Anno Domini. 1492. And the foreſaid Roger deceaſed, &c.

Here lye buried the bodies of Iohn Ireland, A faire plated ſtone in the South Quire. Citizen and Salter of London, and Elizabeth his wife, who were married together about nine and forty or fiftie yeeres: And hee had iſſue by her ſixe ſonnes and ſixe daughters, and hee lived in this Pariſh ſixty yeeres. He was Deputie of this VVard fifteene yeeres, and was the first Maſter of the Company of Salters. She deceaſed the ſecond day of April, 1613. being of the age of ſeventy and five yeeres. And hee deceaſed the five and twentieth day of Iune, being aged 83. yeeres.

So reſt they both here in the bed of death, in hope of a joyfull reſurrection.

Reſpice & proſpice finem.

Out of this Breadſtreet, Baſing lane called the Bakehouſe. on the ſame ſide, is Baſing lane, a part whereof (as is afore ſhewed) is of this VVard, but how it tooke the name of Baſing I have not read. In the twentieth yeere of Richard the ſecond, the ſame was called the Bakehouſe, whether meant for the Kings Bakehouſe, or of Bakers dwelling there, and baking Bread to ſerve the Market in Breadſtreet, where the Bread was ſold, I know not: but ſure I am, I have not read of Baſing, or of Gerrard the Gyant, to have any thing there to doe.

On the South ſide of this Lane is one great houſe, of old time builded upon arched Vaults, and with arched Gates of stone brought from Cane in Normandie. The ſame is now a common Oſtrey for receit of Travellers, commonly and corruptly called Gerards Hall, of a Gyant ſaid to have dwelled there. In the high rooffed Hall of this houſe ſometime ſtood a large Firre-Pole,A Pole of 40. foot long and 15. inches about, fabuled to be the juſting ſtaffe of Gerard a Gyant. which reached to the roofe thereof, and was ſaid to be one of the ſtaves that Gerard the Gyant uſed in the warres to runne withall. There ſtood alſo a Ladder of the ſame length, which (as they ſaid) served to ascend to the top of the ſtaffe. Of later yeers this Hall is altred in building, and divers roomes are made in it. Notwithſtanding, the Pole is removed to one corner of the Hall, and the Ladder hanged broken, upon a wall in the yard. The Hoſteler of that houſe ſaid to mee, the Pole lacked halfe a foote of forty in length. I meaſured the compaſſe thereof, and found it fifteene inches. Reaſon of the Pole could the Maſter of the Hoſtery give me none, but bade mee reade the great Chronicles; for there he heard of it. Which anſwer ſeemed to me inſufficient: for he meant the deſcription of Britaine, for the moſt part drawne out of Iohn Leyland his Commentaries, (borrowed of my ſelfe) and placed before Reyne Wolfes Chronicle, as the labours of another (who was forced to confeſſe, that he never travelled further than from London to the Vniverſity of Oxford) hee writing a Chapter of Gyants or monſtrous men, hath ſet down more matter than troth, as partly (againſt my will) I am enforced here to touch. R. G.I.e., Richard Grafton. in his briefe Collection of Hiſtories (as he termeth it) hath theſe words:

I the writer hereof, did ſee the tenth day of March, in the yeere of our Lord, 1504. and had the ſame in my hand, the tooth of a man, which weighed ten ounces of Troy weight: and the ſcull of the ſame man is extant and to bee ſeene, which will hold five peckes of wheate; and the ſhin-bone of the ſame man, is ſixe foote in length, and of a marvellous greatneſſe: this ſaw R. G.I.e., Richard Grafton.

The errour thereof is thus: he affirmeth a ſtone to be the tooth of a man, R. G.I.e., Richard Grafton. ſaw a ſtone, and ſaid the ſame to be a tooth, but being by my ſelf proved a ſtone, there failed both ſcull and ſhankbone, and followed a cluſter of lies together, yet ſince increaſed by other. which ſtone (ſo proved) having no ſhape of a tooth, had neither ſcull nor ſhin-bone. Notwithſtanding, it is added in the ſaid deſcription, that by conjecturall ſymetry of thoſe parts, the body to be twenty and eight foote long or more. From this he goeth to another like matter, of a man with a mouth ſixteene foote wide, and ſo to Gerard the Gyant, and his ſtaffe. But to leave theſe fables, and returne where I left, I will note what my ſelfe hath obſerved concerning that houſe.

I reade, that Iohn Giſors, Maior of London, Gerards Hall reſtored to his old name. in the yeere 1245. was owner thereof, and that Sir Iohn Giſors, Knight, Maior of London, and Conſtable of the Tower 1311. and divers others of that name and family, ſince that time owed it. William Giſors was one of the Sheriffes, 1329. More, Iohn Giſors had iſſue, Henry and Iohn: which Iohn had iſſue, Thomas: Which Thomas deceaſing in the yeere 1350. left unto his ſonne Thomas his meſſuage, Gerards Hall overthrowne with Gerard the Gyant,& his great Speare. called Giſors Hall, in the Pariſh of Saint Mildred in Breadſtreet: Iohn Giſors John Gisors died in 1351. See Kingsford (1908) 349, l. 36 for a note about this transaction. made a Feoffment thereof 1386. &c. So it appeareth, that this Giſors Hall of late time (by corruption, hath been called Gerards Hall, for Giſors Hall, as Boſomes Inne, for Bloſſoms Inne, Bevis Markes, for Buries Markes, Marke lane, for Mart lane, Billiter lane, for Belzetters lane, Gutter lane, for Guthuruns lane, Cry Church, for Chriſts Church, Saint Michael in the Querne, for Saint Mihel at Corne, and ſuch others. Out of this Giſors Hall, at the firſt building thereof, were made divers arched doores yet to be ſeen, which ſeem not ſufficient for any great Monſter, or other than men of common ſtature to paſſe thorow. The Pole in the Hall might bee uſed of old time (as then the cuſtome was in every Pariſh) to bee ſet up in the Summer a May-Pole, before the principall houſe in the Pariſh or Streete,Every mans houſe of old time was decked with Holly and Ivie in the Winter, eſpecially at Chriſtmas. and to ſtand in the Hall before the Scrine, decked with Holme and Ivie, at the Feaſt of Chriſtmas. The Ladder ſerved for the decking of the May-Pole, and Roofe of the Hall. Thus much for Giſors Hall, and for that ſide of Breadſtreet may ſuffice.

Now on the West ſide of Breadſtreet, amongſt divers faire and large houſes for Merchants, and faire Innes for paſſengers, had yee one Priſon-houſe, pertaining to the Sheriffes of London, called the Compter in Breadſtreet: but in the yeere 1555. the Priſoners were removed from thence,Compter in Breadſtreet. to one other new Compter in Woodſtreet, provided by the Cities purchaſe, and builded for that purpoſe: the cauſe of which remove was this: Richard Husband, Paſtelar, keeper of this Compter in Breadſtreete, Priſoners removed from the Compter in Breadſtreet to a new Cópter in Woodſtreet Keeper of the Compter ſent to Newgate. being a wilfull and head-ſtrong man, dealt (for his owne advantage) hard with the priſoners under his charge, having alſo ſervants, ſuch as himſelfe liked beſt for their bad uſage, and would not for any complaint bee reformed: whereupon, in the yeere 1550. Sir Rowland Hill being Maior, by the aſſent of a Court of Aldermen, he was ſent to the Goale of Newgate, for the cruell handling of his priſoners: and it was commanded to the Keeper, to ſet thoſe Irons on his legges, which are called the Widowes almes. Theſe he ware from Thurſday, till Sunday in the afternoon, and being by a Court of Aldermen releaſed on the Tueſday, was bound in an hundred Markes, to obſerve from thenceforth an Act made by the Com mon Councell, for the ordering of priſoners in the Compters: all which notwithſtanding, hee continued as afore, whereof my ſelfe am partly a witneſſe: For being on a Iurie,Queſt of inquiry indight the Keepers of the Goals for dealing hardly with their priſoners. They indighted the Bowling-Allies, &c. to enquire againſt a Seſſions of Goale delivery, in the yeere 1552. wee found the priſoners hardly dealt withall for their achates and otherwiſe, as alſo that Theeves and Strumpets were there lodged for foure pence the night, whereby they might be ſafe from ſearches that were made abroad:for the which enormities, and other not needfull to be recited, hee was indighted at that Seſſion, but did rubbe it out, and could not bee reformed, till this remove of the priſoners: for the houſe in Breadſtreete was his owne by leaſe, or otherwiſe, so that he could not be put from it. Note that Iaylors, buying their offices, will deale hardly with pitifull priſoners.

Now in Friday ſtreet, Friday ſtreet. ſo called of Fiſhmongers dwelling there, and ſerving Fridayes Market, on the Eaſt ſide is a ſmall Pariſh Church,Pariſh Church of S. Iohn Evangeliſt, ſometime of S. Werbridge.I.e., Church of S. Werbridge. commonly called Saint Iohn Evangeliſt. The Monuments therein, be of Iohn Dogget, Merchant-Taylor, one of the Sheriffes in the yeere 1509.

Sir Christopher Askew, Draper, Maior, 1533.

William de Avinger, Farrier, was buried there in the 34. of Edward the ſecond.Either Stow or the gravestone is mistaken because Edward II had only a twenty year reign.

Then lower downe is one other Pariſh Church of S. Margaret Moyſes, Pariſh Church of S. Margaret Moyſes. ſo called (as ſeemeth) of one Moyſes, that was founder or new builder thereof.

The Monuments there, be of Sir Richard Dobbes, Skinner, Maior, 1551.

William Dane, Ironmonger, one of the Sheriffes, 1569.

Sir Iohn Allot, Fiſhmonger, Maior, 1591.

There was of elder time buried, Nicholas Stanes, and Nicholas Bray, they founded Chauntries there.

Beati mortui qui in Domino moriuntur. APOC. 14. To William Dane that ſometime was A Monument in the South wall of the Chancell. An Ironmonger; where, each Degree He worthily (with praiſe) did paſſe. By wiſedome, truth, and heed, was he Advanc’d an Alderman to be: Then, Sheriffe; that, he with juſtice preſt, And coſt, performed with the beſt. In Almes franke, of Conſcience cleare; In grace with Prince, to People glad: His vertuous wife, his faithfull Phèere, Margaret, this Monument hath made: Meaning (through God) that as ſhee had With him (in house) long lived well; Even ſo in Tombes bliſſe to dwell.

Obierunt in Christo.

Ille, Sabat. 5. Septemb. 1573. Ætatis 56.

Hæc vero 18. Novemb. An. 1579.

April. 5. An. Domini, 1593.

The Monument of the Right Honourable Sir Iohn Allot, A faire Monumét in the North wal of the Chancell. Knight, late Lord Maior of this City of London, and Maior of the Staple of England; who deceaſed the ſeventeenth day of September, Anno 1591. in the time of his Maioralty. Ætatis ſuae 66.

Here lieth the body of Alice Daniel, A faire plated ſtone under the Communion table the wife of Iohn Daniel, Eſquire, and mother of Gerard Daniel, Fiſhmonger. Which Alice deceaſed the thirteenth day of October, Anno Domini 1481. OnSmudged ink: smudged letter obvious from context. whoſe, &c.

Ever doe well.

On the Weſt ſide of this Friday ſtreet is Mayden lane, Mayden lane, or Diſtar lane. ſo named of ſuch a Signe, or Distaffe lane, for Distar lane, as I reade in Record of a Brew-houſe, called the Lambe in Diſtar lane, the ſixteenth of Henry the ſixth.

In this Diſtar lane, Cordwayners Hall. on the North ſide thereof, is the Cordwayners or Shoomakers Hall; which Company were made a Brotherhood or Fraternity, in the eleventh of Henry the fourth.

Of these Cordwayners I reade, that ſince the fifth of Richard the ſecond, (when he tooke to wife Anne, daughter to Wenceſlaus, King of Bohemia)Wenceslaus was Anne’s brother. Anne’s father was Charles IV. by her example the Engliſh people had uſed piked Shooes,Long piked ſhoos, tied to the knees. tyed to their knees with Silken Laces, or Chaines of Silver and Gilt: Wherfore in the fourth of Edward the fourth it was ordained and proclaimed, Piked ſhooes forbidden. that Beakes of Shin and Bootes ſhould not paſſe the length of two in ches, upon paine of curſing by the Clergie, and by Parliament to pay 20. s. for every paire. And every Cordwayner that ſhod any man or woman on the Sunday, to pay 30. s.

On the South ſide of this Diſtar lane, is alſo one other Lane, called Diſtar lane; which runneth downe to Knight-Riders ſtreet, or Old Fiſhſtreet.

And this is the end of Breadſtreete Ward: Which hath and Alderman, his Deputy, Common Councell ten, Conſtables ten, Scavengers eight, Wardmote Inqueſt thirteene, and a Beadle. It ſtandeth taxed to the Fifteene in London, at ſeven and thirty pounds, and in the Exchequer, at ſixe & thirty pounds, eighteene ſhillings, two pence.