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St. Peter upon Cornhill stood at the highest point of the city in the south east of Cornhill Ward. According to a tablet preserved within the church, St. Peter upon Cornhill was founded by not by what authority
(Stow 1:194) the tablet was written.
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St. Peter upon Cornhill stood at the highest point of the city, on the south side of Cornhill street near the corner of Gracechurch Street. It was located in the south east of Cornhill ward and was featured on the Agas map with the label S. Peter
.
St. Peter’s upon Cornhill was of medieval origin. An often cited tablet preserved within the church claimed that St. Peter’s was the first Christian church in London founded by
Be hit known to all men, that the yeerys of owr Lord God, An. CLXXIX.Lucius , the fyrst Christen king of this Lond, then callyd Brytayne, fowndyd the fyrst chyrch in London, that is to sey, the chyrch of Sent Peter apon Cornhyl; and he fowndyd ther an archbishop’s see, and made that chirch the metropolitant and cheef chirch of this kindom, and so enduryd the space of CCCC. yeerys and more, unto the commyng ofSent Austen , an apostyl of Englond, the whych was sent into the Lond bySent Gregory , the doctor of the chirch, in the tyme ofking Ethelbert , and then was the archbishoppys see and pol removyd from the aforeseyd chirch of Sent Peter’s apon Cornhyl unto Derebernaum, that now ys callyd Canterbury, and ther yt remeynyth to this dey. AndMillet Monk , whych came into this Lond wythSent Austen , was made the fyrst bishop of London, and hys see was made in Powllys chirch. And thisLucius , kyng, was the fyrst foundyr of Peter’s chyrch apon Cornhyl; and he regnyd king in thys ilond afterBrut , MCCXLV. yeerys. And the yeerys of owr Lord God a CXXIV.Lucius was crownyd kyng, and the yeerys of hys reygne LXXVII yeerys, and he was beryd aftyr sum cronekil at London, and aftyr sum cronekil he was beryd at Glowcester, at that plase wher the ordyr of Sent Francys standyth.
Adding to the legend, the second archbishop of London,
Records show that
Although the clergy of St. Peter’s was chiefly composed of members of the
(Harben 469),
St. Peter’s burned down in the Great Fire and was rebuilt by