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TY - ELEC
A1 - Stow, John
A1 - Munday, Anthony
A1 - Munday, Anthony
A1 - Dyson, Humphrey
ED - Jenstad, Janelle
T1 - Survey of London (1633): Tower Street Ward
T2 - The Map of Early Modern London
ET - 7.0
PY - 2022
DA - 2022/05/05
CY - Victoria
PB - University of Victoria
LA - English
UR - https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/7.0/stow_1633_TOWE4.htm
UR - https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/edition/7.0/xml/standalone/stow_1633_TOWE4.xml
TY - UNP
ER - Tower Street Ward is east of Billingsgate Ward and west of the Tower of London.
(TOWE4.xml)
Originally built as a Roman fortification for the provincial city of Londinium in the second century C.E., the London Wall remained a material and spatial boundary for the city throughout the early modern period. Described by high and great
(Stow 1:8), the London Wall dominated the cityscape and spatial imaginations of Londoners for centuries. Increasingly, the eighteen-foot high wall created a pressurized constraint on the growing city; the various gates functioned as relief valves where development spilled out to occupy spaces
(WALL2.xml)
(THAM2.xml)
(TOWE5.xml)
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
(BILL1.xml)
The Tower Ditch, or Tower
Moat, was part of the Tower of London’s
medieval defences. It was built by the Bishop of Ely
(TOWE6.xml)
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).
(TOWE1.xml)
(POST1.xml)
Lumley House was a large house on the west side of Woodroffe Lane, north of Tower
Hill. It was built by
during the
(LUML1.xml)
The city of London, not to be confused with the allegorical character (
(LOND5.xml)
Greenwich Palace was a popular royal residence among the Tudors, specifically during the pleasant place
. The name
(GREE6.xml)
(WEST6.xml)
Chick Lane ran north-south from Tower Hill into Tower
Street. on the east of Barking
church
(Stow). It is likely that Chick Lane also featured the diuers houses lately builded, and other
incrochmentes
found directly above the lane on the west side of Tower Hill (Stow).
(CHIC2.xml)
The church of All Hallows Barking is in Tower Street Ward on the southeast corner of Seething Lane and on the north side of Tower Street. fayre parish Church
.
(ALLH2.xml)
Tower Street ran east-west from Tower Hill in the east to St. Andrew Hubbard. It was the principal street of Tower Street Ward. That the ward is named after the street indicates the cultural significance of Tower Street, which was a key part of the processional route through London and home to many wealthy merchants who traded in the goods that were unloaded at the docks and quays immediately south of Tower Street (for example, Billingsgate, Wool Key, and Galley Key).
(TOWE3.xml)
(STMA17.xml)
A chapel located just north of All Hallows Barking. some haue written that his heart was buried there vnder the high altar
(Stow 130).
(BARK11.xml)
(ALLH102.xml)
The dwelling house of
(WHIT41.xml)
Henry Harben describes the location of Tower Wharf in noting that it is [s]outh out of and fronting the Tower
(Harben 588). The antiquated spelling of the name is
(TOWE10.xml)
(PETT2.xml)
(WATE1.xml)
Mark Lane ran north-south from Fenchurch Street to Tower
Street. It was for the most parte of this Towerstreet warde
(Stow). The north end of the street, from Fenchurch Street to Hart
Street was divided between Aldgate Ward
and Landbourn Ward. so called of a Priuiledge sometime
enjoyed to keepe a mart there, long since discontinued, and therefore forgotten,
so as nothing remaineth for memorie
(Stow). Modern scholars have suggested that it was
instead named after the mart, where oxen were fattened for slaughter (Harben).
(MARK1.xml)
Seething Lane ran north-south from the junction of
Hart Street and Crutch
Fryers through to Tower Street. The
lane, in Tower Street Ward, was marked by a church
at each end; on the northwest corner stood St. Olave,
Hart Street and on the southeast corner was All
Hallows Barking. diuers
fayre and large houses
(Stow).
(SEET1.xml)
(CHUR1.xml)
Hart Street ran east-west from Crutched Fryers and the north end of Seething Lane to Mark
Lane. In
(HART1.xml)
The church of St. Olave, Hart Street is found on
the south side of Hart Street and the northwest
corner of Seething Lane in Tower Street Ward. It has been suggested that the church was founded
and built before the Norman conquest of a proper parrish
(Stow).
(STOL2.xml)
(STOL102.xml)
Crutched Friars was a street that ran east-west from Poor Jewry Lane to the east end of Hart
Street above Seething Lane. When
(CRUT1.xml)
Aldgate was the easternmost gate into the walled
city. The name Aldgate
is thought to come from one of four sources:
Eastern gate
(Ekwall 36), ale
, public gate
or open to all
, or old gate
(Bebbington
20–21).
(ALDG1.xml)
Blanch Appleton was a manor on Fenchurch Street
next to St. Katherine Coleman in Aldgate Ward.
It is marked on the Agas map as Blanch chapelton
. discontinued,
and therefore forgotten, so as no-thing
remaineth for memorie, but the name of Mart Lane
(Stow 1598, sig. I1r).
The site was claimed by the Mayor and Commonality of the City in Blanch Appleton Court
(Harben).
(BLAN1.xml)
Aldgate Ward is located within the London Wall and east of Lime Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Aldgate Street, are named after Aldgate, the eastern gate into the walled city (Stow 1633, sig. N6v).
(ALDG2.xml)
(COCK1.xml)
Mincing Lane ran north-south from Fenchurch Street to Tower
Street. All of the street was part of Tower
Street Ward
except the corner house[s] towardes Fenchurch
streete
, which were in Langbourn
Ward (Stow). tenements there sometime pertayning to
the Minchuns or Nunnes of Saint Helens in Bishopsgate streete
(Stow).
(MINC1.xml)
St. Helen’s was a priory of Benedictine nuns located
in Bishopsgate Ward between St. Mary Axe Street and Bishopsgate Street. St. Helen’s is visible on the Agas map with the
label
S. Elen
written in the churchyard.
(STHE1.xml)
Fenchurch Street (often called pork and peas
after her sister,
(FENC1.xml)
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.
(THAM1.xml)
Galley Key was a port on the north bank of the Thames, east of London Bridge, and south of Lower Thames Street in Tower Ward.
(GALL1.xml)
(CLOT1.xml)
(GRIS2.xml)
Beer Lane ran north-south from Tower Street to Thames
Street in Tower Street Ward. many faire
houses
(Stow).
(BEER2.xml)
(WATE7.xml)
(CUST1.xml)
(BAKE1.xml)
Church Lane was a semi-circular lane that wrapped around the south side of the parish church of St. Dunstan in the East, in Tower Street Ward. Both ends of Church Lane led south off Tower Street.
(CHUR3.xml)
Galley Row was a short because Galley men dwelled there
(Stow).
(GALL2.xml)
(STDU2.xml)
(STMA13.xml)
Fowle Lane, Tower Street Ward was later known as Cross Lane. Harben records it running west to east from St. Mary at Hill Street to Harp Lane (Harben, Cross Lane).
(FOWL1.xml)
(STDU102.xml)
One of the
(SMAR1.xml)
(STDU1.xml)
(WATE3.xml)
(PASS1.xml)
(HORN2.xml)
(WOOL1.xml)
(CUST2.xml)
(PORT7.xml)
Charing Cross was one of twelve memorial crosses erected by builded of stone
and was of old time a fayre péece of work
(Stow 1598, sig. 2B3r). It stood for three and a half centuries, but by the beginning of the 17th century [the cross] had fallen into a very ruinous condition
(Sugden). It, as well as the other crosses, was condemned in
(CHAR1.xml)
Whitehall Palace, the Palace of Whitehall or simply Whitehall, was one of the most complex and sizeable locations in the entirety of early modern Europe. As the primary place of residence for monarchs from [i]t lay on the left bank of the Thames, and extended from nearly the point where Westminster Bdge. now crosses the river to Scotland Yard, and from the river back to St. James’s Park
(Sugden 564-565).
(WHIT5.xml)
(SCOT1.xml)
Aldersgate was one of London’s four original gates (Stow 1598, sig. C7r), labelled Alders gate
on the Agas map. The gate was likely built into the Wall of London during the Roman Conquest, marking the northern entrance into the city.
(ALDE3.xml)
(LITT1.xml)
(HANS7.xml)
The Vintry was located along the Thames between Queenhithe in the west and Broad Lane in the east.
(VINT4.xml)
(COBH2.xml)
The Julian calendar, in use in the British Empire until September 1752. This calendar is used for dates where the date of the beginning of the year is ambigious.
The Julian calendar with the calendar year regularized to beginning on 1 January.
The Julian calendar with the calendar year beginning on 25 March. This was the calendar used in the British Empire until September 1752.
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referred to as
The Anno Mundi (year of the world
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creation of the world, which is calculated from Biblical sources. At least two different
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Regnal dates are given as the number of years into the reign of a particular monarch.
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Sheriff of London
Member of the
Printer, bookbinder, and bookseller.
Rebel leader.
First Baron Hunsdon. Lord Chamberlain of
Chamberlain of London. Son of
Sheriff of London
Archdeacon of Canterbury. Cousin of
Sheriff of London
Bishop of Saint David’s
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Writer and book collector. Revised
King of England
King of England
King of England and Ireland
King of England
Queen of England and Ireland
Sheriff of London
Lord Chancellor of England
King of England and Ireland
King of England
King of England and Lord of Ireland
King of England
Earl of Surrey. Poet and soldier. Monument at All Hallows Barking.
Poet and antiquary.
Queen of England and Ireland
Monument at St. Olave, Hart Street. Not to be confused with
Playwright, actor, pageant poet, translator, and writer. Possible member of the
Sheriff of London
King of England
King of England
King of England and Lord of Ireland
Historian and author of
Sheriff of London
Lawyer and landowner.
Clockworker and servant of
Soldier. Husband of
Sheriff of London
Merchant. Monument at St. Dunstan in the East.
Sheriff of London
Monument at St. Dunstan in the East.
Esquire. Monument at All Hallows Barking.
Husband of
Possible member of the
Politician and military commander of the Roman empire.
Felmonger. Benefactor of St. Olave, Hart Street. Monument at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Felmonger. Benefactor of St. Olave, Hart Street. Monument at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Wife of
King of Arms. Monument at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Churchwarden of All Hallows Barking.
Sheriff of London
Churchwarden of All Hallows Barking.
Sheriff of London
Esquire. Monument at All Hallows Barking.
Chaplain of the Parish of All Hallows (Barking).
Member of the
Florentine emigré. Monument at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Knight. Monument at St. Dunstan in the East.
Member of the
Member of the
Tenant of Griste’s House.
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Esquire.
Courtier.
Merchant and naval commander. Played a large role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
Cousin of
Member of the
Sheriff of London
Parson. Monument at St. Dunstan in the East.
Sheriff of London
Parson. Buried at St. Dunstan in the East.
Soldier. Husband of
Esquire. Brother of
Brother of
Sheriff of London
Ale house manager.
Sheriff of London
Soldier, diplomat, and administrator.
Wife of
Husband of
Wife of
Sergeant of the King’s Larder. Monument at St. Dunstan in the East.
Member of the
Member of the
Monument at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Knight.
Esquire. Monument at St. Dunstan in the East.
Merchant. Monument at St. Dunstan in the East.
Knight. Member of the
Merchant. Monument at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Knight. Monument at All Hallows Barking.
Churchwarden of All Hallows Barking. Son of
Sheriff of London
Esquire. Clerk of
Knight. Monument at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Sheriff of London
Merchant, admiral, and sea captain.
First Earl of Worcester. Beheaded in
Wife of
Husband of
Member of the
Member of the
Central figure of the Bible.
Apostle of
Administrator and founder of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Buried at St. Bartholomew’s Priory.
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Judge and Speaker of the House of Commons.
Lieutenant of the Tower of London during the reigns of
Administrator and lieutenant of the Tower of London during
the
Judge.
Judge.
Buried at St. Mary de Barking.
Librarian.
Son and heir of
First Baron Ferrers of Chartley. Soldier and councillor to
Buried at All Hallows Barking. Not to be confused with
Buried at All Hallows Barking.
Wife of
Member of the
Member of the
Wife of
Wife of
Husband of
Parson of All Hallows Barking.
Landowner.
Landowner. Member of the
Landowner.
Landowner.
Landowner.
Landowner.
Benefactor.
Daughter of
Son of
Benefactor and owner of the White Lion. Not to be confused
with
Wife of
Benefactor. Husband of
Benefactor.
Sergeant of the Cellar for
Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber of
Wife of
Member of the
Alderman. Father of
Member of the
Wife of
Merchant and possible member of the
Father of
Merchant. Husband of
Wife of
Father of
Daughter of
Daughter of
Son of
Wife of
Husband of
Wife of
Member of the
Husband of
Wife of
Son of
Son of
Wife of
Husband of
Member of the
Wife of
Musician and gentleman of the Privy Chamber for
Wife of
Benefactor of the poor.
Benefactor of the poor. Knighted on
Member of the
Parson of St. Olave, Hart Street.
Wife of
Sergeant at Arms.
Wife of
Wife of
Wife of
Wife of
Wife of
Son of
Wife of
Wife of
Wife of
Wife of
Wife of
Central figure of the
Venerated saint in the Bible. Raised from the dead by
Landowner.
Landowner.
Clergyman.
Parson of St. Margaret, New Fish Street.
Landowner.
Clergyman and landowner.
Member of the
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Denizen of London.
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Falsely imprisoned in the Tower of London by
Solicitor. Falsely imprisoned in the Tower of London by
Sued
Servant of
Servant of
Falsely imprisoned in the Tower of London by
Benefactor.
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Prior of All Hallows Barking.
Prior of All Hallows Barking.
Teacher at Oxford. Prior of All Hallows Barking.
Prior of All Hallows Barking.
Chaplain of All Hallows Barking.
Chaplain of All Hallows Barking.
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Member of the
Woolpacker.
Buried at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Buried at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Possible member of the
Father of
Wife of
Father of
Daughter of
Daughter of
Arms bearer. Father of
Husband of
Buried at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Buried at St. Olave, Hart Street.
Venetian. Buried at All Hallows Barking.
Monument at All Hallows Barking.
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Member of the
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