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THE
HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES

O F
TI-EE PARISH OF
SAINT LEONARD SHOREDITCH,

AND
LIBERTY OF
NORTON FOLGATE,
IN THE SUBURBS OF
LONDON.
By henry E,LLIS,
FELLOW OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD,
LONDON:
PRINTED BY AND FOR J. NICHOLS,
PRtNTERTO THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES!
AND SOLD BY ALL THE BOOKSELLERS IN LONDON, OXFORD, CAMBRIDGE, &e
M DCC XCVIII.
[Price Sixteen Shillings in Boards.]
T O
RICHARD GOUGH, Esa.
OF ENFIELD, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,
IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF
^ u
HIS KIND ASSISTANCE IN ITS PROSECUTION^
THIS WORK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED
BY
HIS OBLIGED SERVANT,
St. John's College^ . •
OS. 6, X798.
HENRY ELLIS,
[
St. LEONARD, SHORED ITCR
THE derivation of the name of

from the ill-
fated Miftrefs of King Edward the Fourth has no better
this Parifh
foundation than the following flanzas of an old fong, intituled,,

" The woeful Lamentation of Jane Shore," &c. which was,
printed in *' Dr. Percy's Reliques of Ancient Englifh Poetry*,"
from an old copy in the Pepyfian Colledlion
black-letter -f j
and
before in a Collection of old Ballads, 17^7, iamo|:
" Thus weary of my life, at length

" I yielded up my vii»il ftrength
*' W ithin a ditch of loathfome fcent,
" Where carrion-dogs did much frequent.
" The which now fince my dying daye

" Is Shoreditch call'd, as authors fay;
** Which is a witnefs of my finne
*' For beinge concubine to a king."
This ftory has, however, gained firm footing in the parifh, and
is efteemed by the inhabitants as a tradition §. In the window
of a -public houfe, nearly oppofite the Bell in Shoreditch, are tw(x
* Vol. II. p. 248. •f'

Now in the library of Magdalen College. J Vol. I. p. 1 45.
§ Near to the public-houfe in Shoreditch known by the name of "The Jane
Shore," is an alley, called " Jane Shore Alley."
B; fmalL
2 HISTORY AND ANTICLUITIES
fraall figns ; the fubjedt of the one is this unhappy Favourite
in the height of her fplendour ; the other reprefents her when
" unfriended and worn out of acquaintanc *," lying in a forlorn
ftate, and a baker
f relieving her neceflities with a penny-loaf;
'
for which, as thisfalfe tradition informs us, he was afterwards
hung by order of Crook-backed Richard, and the unfortunate
Fair perifhed for want of food. The only proof which I fhall
bring againfl this miferable tale is, the words of a contemporary
Hiftorian, Sir Thomas More, who tells us t? " Proper fhe was
" and fair; nothing in her body that you would have changed,
" but if you would have wiihed her fomewhat higher. Thus
" fay thei who knew hir in hir youthe. Albeit fome that now §
" fee her (for flie yet liveth) deem her never to have been well-
" vifaged for, now is fhe old, lene, withered, and dried up,
;
" nothing left but ryvilde fkin and hard bone."

This place is alfo fuppofed to be alluded to in the Vifions of
Piers (i. e. Peter the) Plowman, in thefe words:
" To the fortry of Southwarke, or of Short-ditch^ dame Eve."
But it moft likely received its name from Shore-ditch^ q. d.

Sezver-ditcb, i. e. whence alfo the family of Sir
CloacincB foJfa\
John de. Sordig (lord of the manor her.e) derived their name **.
It is called in old Records Sordig^ Sordicb, Sorejditcb^ and
Shordych\ is one of the 23 out-pari(hes of Middlefex and
* Sir Thomas More's Life of Richard III. edit. 1557, p. 56.

•f
Though the fong afore quoted makes it a particular friend, whofe life Ihe
had faved whilft in the meridinn of princely favour.
X Sir Tho. More's Life of
Richard IIL edit. 1557, p. 56.
§ Sir Thomas More wrote his Life of Richard 111. in 15 13, about 30 years after
the death of king Edward IV-
II
Pair. XIII. fign. T. III. edit. 1561.
** Of whpm hereafter.
Surrey,
OFSHOREDITCH. 3
Surrey, named in the bills of mortality, and is fitiiated on the

North fide of the Touer divilion of the hundred of Offulton,
in the county of Middlefex.
This PariQi is divided from that of Hackney by a ditch,
leading from a ftone on the Eaft fide of Mut.ton Field which \
ditch continues to the houfe of Mr. P.hodes in Kingjland Road,

Thence it goes through a vinegar-yard belonging to Mr. Cham-
-'••
pion^ and continues to Providence Row, where is a mark between

N" 21 and 22; then to the end of Mi Idle Mdor/ields, where 3
ftones are placed to fhew the bounds of this Parifh, St. Stephen
Coleman-Jireet, and St. Luke Old Street. At the ftone here, the
line turns towards Rofi and Crown Court by the Brown Bear
public houfe, continuing on the Weft fide of the faid court to
Crown Jireet, Skinner Jireet, Primrofe Jireet, and to the houfe of
Mr. Ruflel, dyer, in Hog lane. Here it turns Eaftward (joining
Norton Falgate), which it crofles to Mr. Read's, Calendar.
Thence continuing to BloJJbm Jireet, Shor ditch is on the right
fide, and Norton Falgate on the left. In Fleur-de-lis- ftreet the
parifhes of St. Leonard Shoreditch, Chrift-church Spital-fields,
and the liberty of Norton Falgate, meet; where is a boundary
mark of each, and pofts fet up at the end of the ftreet, to di-
vide the parifhes. Hence the line continued to the North fide
of the church, where a mark is fixed on one of the gate- pofts of
the church-yard, continuing to the Hackney road (which road
divides Shoreditch from the parifh of St. Matthew, Bethnal
Green), by pafling the middle of the faid road till it comes to a
ftone near the houfe of Mr f on the left, where it turns
along the bank, at the end of which is a ftone belonging to
Mr. Bath's garden, to a ftone in the corner; from which
* Late belonging to Mr. Calvert, -f-

This houfe is at prefent uninhabited.
B, 2 ftone
4 HISTORY AND A N T I<Û I T I E S
ftone it houfe of Mr. M/-

leads to another at the Eall fide of the
chell, a gardner, ending at the mark on the bank of Mutton-field.
It is divided into t;he four liberties of
Church Endy
Hoxton,
Holywell,
Moorfields,
Here are three ecclefiaftical, and (though formerly three *)
now only two lay-manors. It contains one parifh-church, fix
"Diflenting meeting-houfes ; and, in 1786, the number of af-

fejable^ houfes amounted to 1,890, the rents of which pro-
duced ^.21,200; though, in 1735, at the time of making the
fiarvey, the total number of houfes in the parifli was 2302;
viz. in the liberty of Church End 402, in that of Hoxton 503,
in that of Holywell 767, and in that of Moorfields 630.
I. The Liberty of Church End.

The land-tax of this liberty produced, in the laft four years,
as follows ;
OF SHORE DITCH. 5
St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.

The original building was a neat old llru6lure, of Saxon
origin, the dimenlions of which, as taken in 1708, were,
Length - - - 75 feet;
Breadth - - 66 feet;
Height of fteeple, in which ^
were 5 bells *, about
It had 4 ailes, a circumftance rarely feen in any church f.
In 1581, a gallery was built within the great door, and a

brick wall on the Weft fide of it, at the expence of William
Thornton t.
In 1617, a gallery was eredled on the North fide of the
church, at the coft of well-difpofed parifhioners§.
In 1630, Captain James Slade, fervant to the Eaft India Com-
pany, built a gallery on the South fide of the church, with a
||
long feat between that and the North gallery for the catechizing
of youth out of the pulpit.
In i67 5*-'-, this church was repaired, and the altar frefh
painted in 1700 ff; at which time forae rogues, having con-
cealed themfelves in the church, ftripped the pulpit cloth, See.
of their gold and filver orrice embroidery, &c.; which had but
juft been put up at the expence of Samuel Benfon, Efq, What
velvet was left was, however, employed in the new church J|.
* New View
of London, 1708, vo!. I. p. 311. -f-
Ibid.
X Dr. Denne's Regirter of Benefacftions, N° r. § btow's Survev.

II
Dr. Denne's Regifter of Benefadions, N° 30.
** And (fay the Parifii Clerks Remarks, 1732,) nothing has been done to it fince
worthy tobe called a repair. -j-f New View of London, vol. L p. 311.
II See Dr. Denne's Regifter of Benefaftions, N° 6^ ; and, for many other gifts
of branches, flaggons, plate, &c. &c. fee N"^ 7, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, zy,
28, 31, 34> 36, 51. 65, 68, 73, 75— 80, &c, of the fame Regifter.
2, With
6 HISTORY AND ANTI QJJ I TIE S
With regard belonging to the old church, I find,

to the bells
that, in one of Queen Elizabeths progreiTes to Enfield, flie was
much pleafed with Shorditch bells - by which we may fuppofe
;
them not to have been an unpleafant ring, as her Majefty had

fome tafte for mafic.
In the papers relative to the conteft of Hanmer the vicar with
Thornton the churchwarden, concerning the houfe now in-
habited by the parifli-clerk, N" i t, dated 0(51. 13, 1589, I
find a Complaint of William Thornton againft the faid vicar,
" concerning the right and title of two tenements, fituate
" near this parilh church, which had been before given to
** certain chauntrie priefts, and other perfons, for the main-
" tenance of the fame priefts. to fay mafiTe, dirges, and for
*' other fuperftitious ufes in that church." —
It was alfo proved,
that the faid tenements were concealed chantrie land, but

that they had been employed as a fchool-houfe, and for the
meeting of veftries, and other purpofes during memory; and it
was allowed, that, about 50 years before (about 1540), a m^fs-
prieft was lodged in a part of the chambers over the fchool-
houfe by the fufferance of the parifhioners. And, according to
the depofition of " Thomas Haddon, of Hogfdon, set. 70 years,
" he knew the mafle-prieft, called fir Thomas."
This chauntry appears to have been given without licence,
and in mortmain l and moft probably by fir John Eirington,
;
as in the Certificates of Colleges, &c. 24, 126, in the Aug-

mentation Office, I find, that,
* Nichols's Progreffes of Queen Elizabeth, vol. 1. p. 12.

f Appendix oi Records, N° i. Thefc Records throw great light on the Ec-
cleiiaftical Hiftory of this Parifh.
J See Appendix of Records, N° i.
Amongft
OF SHORE DITCH.
Amongft the
To the Kynge's Majefty in quit-
rents, viijs. ixd. oB. qu. 3
Lands, tents, and To Mafter Wate in quit-rent, xv s.
hereditaments, ge- To John Butt in quit-rent, ijl.

*3
ven, willed, and To Will*" Bull in ditto, ijs.
"PocHiaS'i
âppoyntedjUntothe S. To Sir James Stock--^
Leonardi in
Church by Sir viij vilj ton, morow-maffe-
Shordice,
i
y
John Eldrington *, priefte, for his fa- /-vijli. iiijs.
knyght, of the lary, with iiij s. for

yerely value of his chamber.
And then reraayneth clere ijli."
And in the particulars for the fale of chauntries in the

reigns of Henry and Edward VI. Ukewife in the Augmen-
VIII.
tation Office, 1 find the following Inventory of what belonged
to this chauntiy; viz.
One grove of wood there of fix

yeere's growth, conteyning two
acres valued at vs. the acre. xs.
« Pocllia S'' The foyle or fprynge of the
L^' in Shorediche.-{ two acres aforefaid, rated yerely 'xxxvjs. viij 3.
Mem', at viijd. the acre, amounteth to
the fome of xvjd. ; wiche, rated
after xx yeare's purchafe, cometh
to the fome of xxvjs. viijd'._
Alfo, in the fecond volume of Mr. Willis's Hiftory of Mitred

Abbies, amongft the penfions paid, 1553, to incumbents of
chantries in the county of Middlefex, is, " St. Leonard, Shore-
" ditch, To Thomas Stoughton, chantry-prieft, ^("5,"
* Of Sir John Elrlngton, fee amongft the Monumental Infcriptions.

The Reader will here obferve, that for this, as well as every other Extraf> from
the Records, &c. in the Augmentation Office, I am indebted to the kindnefs of
John Cayley, Efq.
Over
Over the gate of the old church-yard was the mufic of the
looth Pfalm *. Above it was an emblem of mortality (a fkele-
ton lying at full length); above which was an hour-glafs, and on
either fide a flcull.
The pavement of the old church was feven feet below the
furface of the ftreet, fo that the cufliion of the pulpit was alfo
even therewith f.
About four years before the rebuilding of Shoreditch church,
a high wind carried off a part of one of the corners of the
fteeple J ; and about a year before (on a Sunday afternoon), one
of the corners of the tower gave way during the ferviee -time,
and caufed a great alarm §. Upon thefe accounts the Bifhop
of London obliged the inhabitants either thoroughly to repair,
or to rebuild, their church.
In 1734, the inhabitants having applied to parliament, an adt
was granted; purfuant to which, on 06tober 6, 1735, they be-
gan to ere<5l a tabernacle ** in the church-yard, for the per-
formance of divine ferviee -ff ; which being finifhed, the work-
* See the Copy of the Ticket for the Natives of the Parifli, which was en-
graved in 1694; in my pofleffion.
-f"
Ek Inform. Dom. Kinder; who alfo gave me a farther inftance of the manner
in which the ftreet then lay; that, before the re-buildingof the church, the public-
houfe(the fign the King's Arms) had 3 or 4 fteps up to it, which now hath 3 fteps
down ; and that oppofite the door was a wooden bridge for the convenience of foot-
paflengers, the water in wet weather rendering the road impaffable. It is a tra-
dition in the parifh, that, about 1660, the old church went up two fteps.
I So that two of the bells might be

entirely feen.
§ Ex Inform. W. Kinder. (|
Ibid.
•*'*
Juft before which the old church was robbed of feveral articles.
This tabernacle flood at the back of the prefent ftruflure, leaving juft room
-f-'f'
enough between for the men to work. It was very large, and had all the pewing of
the old churqh, wiihthe pulpit, deft, clock, and two bells ^vvhich laft were placed
behind the door), &:c. and, upon the finifliing and opening of the new church, was
;
removed to Aldgatc church; and, upon the opening of that church, was fold by the;
parifliioners to lome church in the country. Ex Inform. W. Kinder.
men
Missing Page
, ;
OF S HO R E D I TC H. 9
men began to take down the old church on May 31, 1736;
in the room of which the prefent light and elegant edifice was
,
ere(Ste4 *j .?nd opened on Auguft 34, 1740 f.

To this church there is an afcent by a double flight of fteps,
which lead to a portico of the angular kind, fupported by four

Doric columns, and bearing an angular pediment. The body is
plain, but well enlightened and the fteeple light, elegant, and ;
lofty. The tower, at a proper height, has a feries of fine columns,

and, 'oh their entablatures, which fupport as many Corin- fcrolls'
thian columns, placed on pedeftals, and fnpporting a dome, from

whofe crown rifes a feries of columns of the Compofite order,
on )the, entablature of which refts the fpire, ftanding upon four
balls, which give it an additional air of lightnefs; and on the
top area ball and fane j. Tlid dimenfions are as follow:
Length from Weft to Eaft 130 feet
^
Breadth from North to South 72 feet
Height from the pavement of^ ^
f TQ2
^ .leet 1-
the portico j
From the fftound in the vaulrl -

; .
'
?
-^ '
r . • > • 200 feet .- -
under the Ipire
J
'
'
' * ' ' . . .
* "Oil Monday,Nov. 15, 1736^ about twelve at noon, was laid at the South-welT:
" etid of ;Shoreditch new church, by Dr. Denrie, the church wardeiis, and a few of
" the principal inhabitants, the foundation-ftone, with this infcription :
" HaSi^ês in Dei cultum & honorenn,
Parochiani, autoritate publica,
fed fiiis fumptibus, a fundamentis refecerunt
Et hunc lapidem AKPOmNIAlON polliit
JOHANiNES DENNE, S.T,P, ecclefia? vicariusv
xv°dieNovembris, A.D. M.D.CC.XXXVI. -
Georgib Dance, Architcjft'o;

Gulielmo Gofwell. 1 ^-r •, ,,
n
L.?.rolo
\ T^
JJuno,
.
f>Artincibias."
;
'
J ,
Gent. Mag. vol. VI. p. 682',

Upon which occafionDr. Denne gave the workmen ten guineas.
•f 'JVIr, George Dance,, the archit'dt,' died in 175 i.
X London and its Environs^ vol. VI, article Shoreditch.
G Heio-ht
lo HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
Height infide from the pave-
ment of the communion-
upper part of 50
table to the feet.
the deling of the Attic
Itory
The Eafl window hath painted in glafs our Saviour fitting

at his laft fupper with his difciples, all upon forms; Judas,
with the purfe in his hand; and beneath him is his portrait in
fmall reprefented as hanging upon a tree. The table is fur-
nifhed with a ftanding cup, a candle, a two fmall faltceller,
loaves, a knife, fquare trenchers, and the Pafchal lamb in a
difh. In the background are fmall reprefentations of our Saviour
wafliing his difciples' feet; Judas betraying him; his agony in
the garden and the parables of the loft fheep and piece of money.
;
This pidlure was bought and fet up at the charge of certain

parifhioners * and, in 1735, at the rebuilding of the church,
;
this, with the other windows, was cafed in wood pitched, and
buried under ground. In Dr. Walker's Sufferings of the

Clergy f, I find that the i oth article exhibited againft Mr.
Squire vicar here in 164 a, was, *' allowing the pidlure of
*' the Virgin Mary, and our Saviour, and his twelve Apoftles
**at his lall fupper, in glafs. In return to which," faith Dr.
Walker, " it muft be known, that there was no pi(5ture of the
« Virgin Mary in his church; of our Saviour and his Apoftles
" there was indeed. The pariQiioners (which is owned by the
" article itfelf) would have had thefe taken down, and a crucifix
" erected in the room of them ; but this Mr. Squire oppofed |."
* Dr. Dennc's Benefaflions, p. 14. N° 34.

-f Part I. p. 69.
I Amongft other articles brought againft Mr, Squire, was that of having "Re-
" moved the communion-table, fet it altarwife, and caufed it to be railed in and
" gotten a purple velvet cloth for it." Walker, ib.
To
OFSHOREDITCH. ii
To this beg leave to add, that the figure, taken for that
I will
of the Virgin, was no other than that of St. John, who has a
very eflfeminate face *, and fits next our Saviour.
On one fide of this painting is another (which was in the Eaft
Window of the third aile of the old church); the fubjedt of
which is the Reconcihation of Jacob and Efau; and under it,
" Ex dono Thoinffi Auftin, Civis & Clothworker, Londini,
" Anno Domini i634'f'."
The fecond light of this latter compartment

the vifion of Ja- is
cob; the third reprefents Jacob on. his knees, with this fcroU
proceeding out of his mouth :
" Minor fura cunîs miferationibus tuis, &

" Veritate tua quam explevifti fervo tuo." Genefis, xxxii. lo.
Over thefe, in four fmaller lights, are the Evangelifts, with their
proper fymbols. On one fide are the arms of the Cloth workers'
Company; and on the other thofe of Thomas Aufi:in J, Azure
on a chevron, between three lapwings, Or ; as many quatrefoils
Vert. Creft, on a wreath, a lapwing Argent.

The new church was repaired in 1766, and again thoroughly
repaired and beautified in 1792.
* Ex inform. Geo. Liraming.

•f This window, with that which reprefents Jacob on his knees, Were painted by
Baptifta Sutton.Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting.
X See Dr. Denne's Regifterof Benefadtions, p. 14, N° 34.
C 2 Library.
Library.
In a room on the South fide of the Communion is a Library,
kft by the will of John Dawfon*-, of Hoxton Market-place, bearing
dateO<5t. 14, 1763, to the; vicar of this parifh for the time being,
and to his fucceflbfs for even The books, which, together with
a catalogue of them, written by hirafelf, are all bound uniform,
amount to 870 f, and coft him 300/. 16s. He was 53 years
in coUecfting them ; from 1710101763.
* John Dawfon was tht fon of James Dawfon (a native of Dew&ury in York*
'
fliire),clothworker of Leeds, whete he was born; as appears by the following

extraft from the Parifh Regifter:
" Burgus 1 " It appears by the Parifh Regifler of Leeds, that John the fon
Leeds, !•'* of James Dawfon, of Meadow-lane in Leeds, was born Sept. 21,
com. Ebor.J " and baptized Oft. 7, A. D. 1692.

''
* " Examined p Roebuck
, .;V
'
"Regifter,
" Nov.
28, 1723."
This I took from a book in his own hand-writing in the Library. Dawgreen, in
the parifh of Dewfbury in Yorkfhire, belonged to him, as appears by his mort-
gaging a part of it for £100. on Dec. 2, 1714, to Mr. William Walker, of Wake-
field; and the whole of it for ;^200. to the fame perfon on May 20, 1715; to
•whom, 6n Sept. 13, 1717, he fold the whole for jT.gzo'^. He died about
January 3, and was buried at Shoreditch on January 9, 1765, He left money for
the chimes.
-|- See my Catalogue of them.
1 This Mr. Walker died on Oftober the 28th, 1732, aged upwards of 70 yeais, leaving the
Dawgreen and other eftates, belonging to him, to William Dawfon, coufin to this John Dawfon.
Views
Tl.lSl.pi3.
J.T.
'797-
S H01B.BBITCH CjEWRCH, X.WT
OF SHORED ITCH., 13
,,., ,..> Views of the Old Church.

1. A We,ft, yiew * at the head of, a ticket for the natives of the
. which was. engraved, anno 1694.
parifii,
2. A South-weft view of the old church, 1734, by Toms.

3. A South-wett view 0^ the old churdti, 1735, by Bernard
Lens in my pofleffion^.
;
4. An Eah: view or ditto, 1735, by, Bernard Lens; likewife in

my ppffeffion.
5. Mr. George, Edwards fhewed the Society of Antiquaries in 175a
an, old, print of this church -{-.,
6. An Eaftj view of the old cJtiurch by Toms. ,
Yjews of the New Church.

1. A p^rofpeca of the n^w church built by G. Dance, engraved
'
by Toms, 1740.
2. Ih-Stow's Survey, vol. IL p* 50, is a South- weft profpeit t.
3. A South-weft view §, at the hâd of a ticket for the natives
of the parifti an St. Leonard's day, engraved in 1736,
Surveys of the Parish. •
I. A furvey of was made and engraved about the

this parifh
year 1666, which took in fir George Whitmore's houfe |I.
a. A fecond was made and engraved by Chaflereau in 1745,
which left out, the ôz(/^; the ftory of which is fully re-
lated in the account of Balmes Houfe.
* Which has been engraved for thefe iketches. See Plate I.

-f*
Gough'sBritifh Topograpny, vo). I. 540.
X Here given, fiom ibe original; Plate II.
§ In this is engraven the large flag-flalf, no kfs than 70 feet in height.
II
Ex inform. G. Limming,
Some
14 HISTORY AND A N T I CÛ I T I E S
Some Account of the Vicars of "Sti L'eOnard, ShoreditcH.
The canons of the Holy Trinity, London, in the reign of king

Henry II, pretending a right to this church, that king, in a
fuit againft them, making it appear that it was in his gift, re-
covered the fame; arid, at the king's presentation, the biihoj) of
London conftituted one Walter de Witenor, parfon thereof*.
After this, kirig John, in the firft ye^r of his reign f , granted
to William de SanSia Maria. Ecckjidy bifhop of London, this
church of Shoreditch near London, for the foundation of the
office of precentor, or chief chanter, in the cathedral of St.
Paul; notwithftanding which, after fome time, this churcli,
it feems, was alienated from the faid office of precentor (but
when, by whom, upon what occafion, or confideration, I have
not found), and appropriated to the office of archdeacon of
London ; who hath from time to time immemorial always been
parfon thereof, and always prefents the vicar ; and all matters ec-
clefiaftical in this parifti, in fubordination to the bifhop (except
in thofe parts known by
the names of Norton Falgate and
, ,
Hoxton, which belong to the dean and chapter of St. Paul's), are
fubje(5t to his jurifdidtion. The meffuages, yards, gardens, &c.
belonging to the archdeacon of London, as parfon or redtor of
Shoreditch, contain on the Weft, fronting towards theftreet, 329
feet, on the South 91, on the Eaft 250, and on the North to-
wards the church yard 191 feet.
By a compofition made between Dr. Theophilus Aylmer,

archdeacon of London, asparfon or redlor, and Dr. Richard Alli-
fon, vicar, (and confirmed by the bifhop of London and
redor Of this church,) April 6, 161 1, it' was agreed, that
* Newcourt's Repertorium, vol. I. p. 685.

•f-
See the Appendix of Ancient Records.
a the
OFSHOREDITCH. 15
the rector for the future fhould receive all the tithes of grain
and hay, and all the tithes of gardens containing half an
acre or more, to wit, of fuch gardens only as formerly have
been, or for the future fliould be, made out of fuch grounds,
in this parifh as before the turning thereof into gardens did
pay tithes to the re«5tor; and all the tithe of brick, made, or to
be'made out of land in this parifh : that the vicar fhould receive
all the tithes of pafture, and all the tithes of barren and fruitful
creatures; alfo all the tithe of wood, and orchards, and gardens,
and the tithes of all gardens not extending to the quantity of
half an acre;
Alfo all oblations and other ecclefiaftical rights belonging to
the faid church; and all fees for marriages, chriftenings, and
burials; and all other fmall tithes; but Ihall fultain all bur-
thens, ordinary and extraordinary, for the future, which have
hitherto been accuflomed to be fuftained by the vicars of this
parifh *.
N" 60, is a curious illuminated vellum
In the Harleian MSS.
manufcript, intituled, " Taxatio Spiritual' 8c Temporal' Clerl
*' infra Diocef London';" which, as far as I can ffnd, is copied
from the taxation of 1291, now in the King's Remembrancer's
Office, Exchequer f ; wherein I find Shoreditch thus defcribed i,
" Decanatus Midd^x. Spualia.. j^rc'

" Ardia Ecctia de Shordycfi — - xxj.
Decia _ _ _ xxviijs.
Medietas _ _ _ xiiijs."
* Newcourt's Repertorium, vol. I. p. 685;

\ Upon farther infpedtion, I find a few variations; and Mr. Lyfons, in his En-
virons of London, vol. III. p. 440, makes the date of it 1372. There is the fame
Valuation of Shoreditch, however, in both thefe Manufcripts,^
Alfop
: : : .
i6 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T I E S
Airp, Jimongft the CertifteateS of Colleges, &c. in the Aug-

mentation Office, tempore diffblutionis monafteriorum^ 34* ia6.
aforeqiioted *, is
*'Pochia S'' There is of howfcling people -within the faid piflie the
Leonard! in number of , ; Ef
'
viiic.'^
Shordiche. 'The decon of London is pfon ;and his patronage is by yere xIjlT.
Mem'. And fir Griffith VVillyams is vicar j and his vicarage by yere is xvj li.
and the cure is fervcd by the vicar only.
And in Newcourt's Repertorium is, the following

" Onera hujus vicariffi
^^ s. d.
I.
Primitise - - - 17 o o
Decirase — - i 14 o
Proc Epilc < TT-
^ \ Vicar
Prpc' Archidiac'
,
-
-
-|^ ,
.050
, o 3 4
Synodalia - - - " "
N. The kingdom of England, at the time of the grand re-

B.
bellion, inftead of fo many diocefes, was divided into a certain
number of provinces, made up, of reprefentatives from the
feveral clafles within their refpedlive boundaries f ; in the 8^h
claffis of which I find St. Leonard Shoreditch.
* P. 6. \ Neal's Hiftory of the Puritans, vol. II. p. 225.
A Clofe
.
pF SHOREDITCH. ^
A Clofe List of the
Vicars, and Patrons.
Walter d« Witt^nor. King Henry II.
1323- John de-Walthara. Richard de Afton, Archdeacon.

Wiilian,! ShortWopd. Icherus de Concoreto.
Roger Depham.
William de Dalby. The Archdeacon of London, not named.
1368. Geoffrey Smith. Adam de Hertington.
1368. Bernard Eyton. The Archdeacon of London,not named,
Adana de HernirtgflKirCh*
1382. Robert Bowmerfh.
> Thomas de Baketon.
1385- Robert Hoo.
1397- John Holborne, Thomas Stow.
John Chapleyn^
1409. John Langleye. Reginald Kentwood.
1410. Henry Fewer. I
William Vinour.
1429- 1 homas Tongue. John Snell.
1441' Robert Spront. Morefby.
> Richard
i46ft- Robert Weilers..
1469 John White- > Richard Martin.
1481. John Cowper.
1524. WilliaiTi Flefliraonger, D.IX John Heryng.
John Ofborne. John Young, Bifliop of Callipolis.
1543- Griffith Williams, Richard Gwent.

1552. John Maykebrayer, who Was deprived. 7 j^j^^^ Wimmerfley.
1554- Robert Stoopes. J
1-556. William Mo vk. iO'' • John Harpsfield. '
- •
Jobi^ Dane*. -,,';,> ; 1 ,

,
Nicholas ap. Evans IJaniel -f^. > John Mullins.

1568. William Ayleward, alias Confcience.
Bifliop of London, per tapfum.
1576. Gay Eaton, Sv T. B.
i57> Robert Gharke. \ John Mullins aforementioned.
.1 Ralph Maynwaring-i
580.,
1581. Meredith Hanmer, D. jCli- The Queen, per literas patentes. •
1592, Edward Vaughan. The Queen, per lapfum.

1596- Richard Allifon. D. D, William Hamon, Efq. pro hie vice,.
1612. John Squir,es* ,

Theophilus- Aylmer.
1665. AmbroJ'e Atfield. ,
Thomas Lamplugh.
1684. Jtihn Wickes. Edward Still ingfleet, D. D.
1708. Giles Pooky.D.D. William Stanley, D. D.
Francis Stanley. William Stanley, D.D.
1J2.0.
1723. John Denne, D. D. Robert Tyrwhit,' D. I).
1767. John Hotham, D. D. John .Jortin, D. D.
_
»779v John Blake, M.

A. th€ prefent Vicar \ Richard Beadon, D D. now Bifliop
(i795)' J ®^ Gloucefter.
* John Dane buried at Shoreditch, Oaober 2, 1563- Parifh Regifter.

a licence to preach, dated Nov. 155® Strvpe's Ecclef,'
Nicholas Daniel,
+' M. A. had
Meiu. vol. II. p. 522.
D Notej
m HISTORY AND ANTIQÛItlES
Note,
Matthew Clarke,!
In 1645, *
J^^ „. ,, , M ,^- -/r r,
were Minilrers here >
,
1644, Richard Lee, J ,
upon the fequeftration of Mr. Squiers by the rebels ; but, as

tkey never received indudlion as vicars, I chofe to omit them in
the Clofe Lift.
Francis Raworthf was vicar here| in 1657.
Some Account of feveral of the VICARS.
Walter de Wittenor.
Mr. Newcourt mentions one Walter de Witen, who was canon
of the cathedral of St. Paul, and a witnefs, among oth^s, to the
* Parifli Regifter.
"f Spelt
RaywoTthinKennet's Regifter and Chronicle, p. 518; where he is ftyled
minifter of Shoreditch, and this charadter given of him:
" Mr. Ray.worth, a good man, and a man of good learning an'd parts, happening
" alfo, upon the unhinging of the Government, to fall into the errors of inde-
' pendency and feparation ; proceeded fo far as to gather a church, and vi'alked in
" that way iwhile, in time became fenfible of the evil of it, and the mifchief it did
** to the publick, and returned to the communion of the church of England again,
*« and became minifter of Shoreditch." He died there of the plague on the 14th
of September, 1665 1|, where he was moft probably buried; but, as the parilh
regifter is wanting during this period, the hi\ cannot be afcertained.
I
Newcourt's Repertoriura.
II
MSB. in Blbl, Sloan. 886. Plut. 21. D.
donation
»
g jj I
OF S H O R ED ITCH. 19
donation of Nicholas Olave by Gilbert Foliot, bifhop of Lon-

St.
don, to the dean and chapter of St. Paul's Our Walter de '••.
Wittenor was prefented by king Henry II. about the year 1 185 -f-.
'1^23. ' ' -

John de Waltham
wa5 prefented to the redtory of St. Benet Sherehog, 15 kal.
Mar. 13,23 Xi having, been made vicar here on the 3d of that
month. He was alfo redor of Willingale, Doe in EfTex, which
he jrefigned in 1334 § and oil 2 kal* Feb. 1 326, was inftituted
;
to the deanry of Bocking j|.
1469. John White

was prefented on May 11, 1468, by the warden, fellows, and
fcholars, of Winchefter college, to the vidarage of Twickenham,
which- he refrgned. the fame year**;, and on April the 17th,
1469, was prefented to this, church, by Richard Martin, arch--
deacon of London.
148 1 John CoQPER,,,or CowPER,

was prefented on September the 7th, 1479 ffj to the vicarage
of 'Fulham by the bifhop of London, which he refigned in
14815 and on the 4th of July, that year, was prefented to ,
this church by the abovementioned Richard Martin. On April

the a8th, 148-9 J|,' he was prefented to the redlory of Little
Parndon in Eflex by John Colt, gent, which he religned before
L523; and died J)oirefred of this church in 1524.
* Newcourt's Repertoriura, vol. I. p. 231;
•
-f-
For more of Which, fee p." 14; and the Appendix of Antient Charters, N° I.
| Newcourt's Repertorium,. vol. I. p. 304. § Ibid. II. 667.
II,
Ibid. II. 67. «* Ibid. I. 758. tt Ibid. I. 609. H
Ibid. II. 463.
D2 '
1524,
80 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T E I S
'
1524,, William Fleshmonger, 'D.D.^ •

-
was a fellow of New College, Oxford, where he became LL. D.

in 1513 *, and fucceeded John Young archdeacon of London,
and bifhop of Callipolis, in the deaory of Chichefter about 1526.
He gave f the manor of Shering-hall, in the parifli of Takeley in
Effex, to the fellows of New College, Oxford; andjTaoo. towards
purchafing the manor of Stanton St, John's, in the county of Ox-
ford, upon condition that they fliouldbeftow annually in exhibition
upon twelve fellows j(" 12. He was a great benefaôr to Wick-
ham's College at Winchefter; as a' writing there, dated 10
March, 31 Henry VIII, flieweth J.
1543. Gkiffith Williams
was prefented to this church on July the tizd, 1 5 43; and

became rector of Hedingham Sible, in the county of Effex, on
'
February 4, 1551 §. / o.... '
There was one Griffith Williams, who was fellow of New

College, Oxford, and took the degree of LL.B. in 1552; and
in 1552 became chan^êllor.of the diocefe of Worcefter; was
fucceedcid by Willaîm TumbuU, LL.B, J|, in 1553; but,
whether the farcie Williamis, who was chancellor Xo the biftiop
of Gloucefter about the fame time, remembered by Fox for hi$
ftrange and fudden death in 1558, whith. was ^fteem^d as a
judgement upon him for condemning a blind boy to be burnt. in
1556**, my author ôes not fey. i.j j!) .
* Newcourt's Repertorium, vol. I. p. 687. .
-^Gutch's Hitory and Antiquities of the Oxford Colleges and HalLs, artide New
College, p. 185. ^ Ibid. p. 1-85.
§ Newcourt's Repertoriona, U. 323. .
>
II
Wood's Fafti Oxon. vol. I. p. 706* ** Ibid.
6 A
OFSHOREDITCH. xi
A GrifEth Williams was in 1560 collated to the prebend of

Norton in the cathedral of Hereford. He occurs poflefled of it
and a canonry in 1576 ^=*.
There was alfo a Griffith Williams inftituted to the firft
ftall in Glouj::eller cathedral, June 16, 1567, and died in

1573 t«
1552. John Maykebrayer

was prefented on May the 15th, 1552, but was
to this vicarage
ihortly after deprived by bilhop Bonner as a Proteftant %,
1554. Robert Stoopes, A.M.

was prefented on May the 6thj 1554, and refigned before June
the 23d, 1556; and was on the lothof Oilober following col-
prebend of Sneating, in the chui^ch of St. Paul, of
lated to the
which he was depri,ye;d before December the i8tb, 1559 §•
156S. William Ayleward, ^^//^î- Conscience,
was prefented to the prebend of Hampton in the cathedral of

Hereford oh March the %^d, 1560 |j; to the red?tory of St.
Anne, Alderfgate, on December the 29th, I56i:'''"^-; and to this
vicarage on April the 13th, 568 ff ; although Mr. Willis in his
i
Cathedrals tells us, lie was inftituted here in 1556.
.'Bfpy/'De Wiljis's Cathedrals. 'f-

Willis's Survey, 'vol. I. p. 74i*
J At tlae funeral of fir Ant-bony -Wingfield, who was buried ,at,Stepney oii the
icth of \|ûguft, i$S^> th^rewas a commjuniop; at which preached the vicar of
Sihoreditch, a Scot, (named Makebray} .if 1 miflake not, afterwards an exile-
Sirype's Ecclef. Mem. voj. IL p. 341.
§ Newcourt's Repertorium, J. a 1 1 . ,
||
Willis's Cathecâls.
** Newcourfs Repertorium, I. 278'. -f-f-
Ibid. vol. I. p. 687.
1576,'
ai HISTORY AND ; AN T I QÛ I T I E S
1576' Guy Eatqn, S.J.B. ,

j. ni.
was prefented to this vicarage on May the 1 0th, 1576*.

There was one Guy Eaton, Etton, or Eton, a Minorite, Gre}',
or Francifcan Frier, who took the diegree of ^B. D. at Oxford on.
January the 29th, 1534; and in the reigii of Edward VL
became archdeacon of Gloucefter; but, queen Mary coming to
the crown, he left that dignity and certain fpiritualities, and
went with his companion and friend. John Jewel into Gerniany,
and Uyed as an exile at Strafburgh; whence returning into
England in the beginning 6f qUeen Elizabeth's reign, he was
reftored to his archdeaconry, which he kept till 1571; about
which time we find him ftyled vir plus &" eruditus -j-. Whe-
ther this were the fame with our Guy Eatoil, I am not cer*airt %,
•
- K^ '
1577. Robert Charke.

In 157a, the ait of the 13th of Elizabeth for, fubfcritîng the
articles was put in execution all over 'England,' together' with the
queen's injun6tions. The Univerfity of Cambridge was at that
time a neft of Puritans; and, amongft a number of others, I
find Mr. Charke was expelled from Peter Houfe §. He after-
Newcourt's Repertoiium, I. 687.
•* -j^ Fafti- OxonieufeSj I. 686*
^ Dr. Denne feems not to haVe had any doubt of Guy Eaton,, vicat of Shorc-
ditcb, being the perfo'n who was archdeacon of Glouceftef. He mentions him' as
having been alfo prebendary in the fixth ftall in that cathedral', and admitted to the
fame in 1559. on the authority, as 1 believe, of Willis's Survey, vo^ I. p. 744..
He fays, he was admitted to the vicarage of St. Leonard', Shoreditch, May 10,
1576; but died the next year. He had in April, 1553* ^ licence to pceach.
Strype's Ecclef. Mem. vol. II. p. 534. He was, as archdeacon of Gloucefter,. in
convocation, Feb. 5, 15^2, and fubfcribed the XXXIX articles; as alfd XXIartieles
of difcipline; and to the abolifliing and altering of feveral rites and ceremonies.
*'
Strype's Ann. pp. 290, 291. 304 ; and vol. II. Add. p. 15,
.vol. I.
§ Charke, Chapman, Field, and Wilcox, were complained of by biQiop Ayi-

mer to the Lord Burleigh, as- hindering unitj of quietnefs in the church.
wards
OF SHOREDITCH, 23
wards wrote a handfome Latin apology to Lord Burleigh the

Chancellor, who, knowing him to be a good fcholar, and in
confideration that he had been hardly dealt with, interceded for
him ; but to no purpofe *. He was prefented to the redtory of
St. Alban, WoOd-ftreet, on March 20, 1577; and on the 4th
of June following to this vicarage.
He wrote
*' An Anfwer to a feditious pamphlet cafl: abroad by a Jefuit, with a
lately
*' difcovery of thatblafphemousfeft. Lond. 1579-80, Dec. 17." izmo-j*.
Which was anfwered in a pamphlet, intituled,
' *'
Brief Cenfure upon the two bobks of W. Charke and M. Hanmer,
" written againft the reafon and proffer. Lond. 1581." 8vo.
This was faid by fome to have been written by one Robert Par-
fons, and, according to others, by E. Gampanius ; to which
(faith Wood) Charke made a reply, printed in 8vo X' '
He was buried here, Feb. 19, 1579-80 §.
1580. Meredith Hanmer, D.D.
was Ton to Thomas Hanmer of Pofkington, in Shropfhire, 'where

he was born, though Fuller faith he was born in Flintfhire ([.
He became chaplain to Corpus Chrifti College, Oxford : in
April, 1 567, he took a degfêe in arts; and, after fome time fpent
there, became vicar of this church, Dec. 8,15 81 *^* where he for ;
covetoufnefs of the brafs, which he converted into coined fjlver,

plucked up many (brafs) plates fixed on the grave-ftones, and left
*Nears HiRory of the Puritans. -f"

Tanner's Bibliotheca Britannica.
J Athenae Oxon. I.p. 306. -
§ Parifli Regifter. .
: Eulkr's Worthies. Flintlhire, p.'sg. ** Reg. Lond.

J)
no memory of fuch as had been buried vmder them *." In 1 581
and 1582, he took, a degree in divinity; apd on November the
4th, 1583, was prefented to the vicarage of Iflingtoo, which
he refigned in 1590; and, in 1592, or 1593, liaving. re-
figned Shoreditch, went to hêland, and at length became
treafurer to the church of the Holy Trinity in DubUn, which;;
he kept till 1604, when he died of the plague, aged 61 years, -j-.
Though, if we may believe Weever (who tells us he had it
from fonie of the inhabitants), he committed fuicide upon him-
felf|; by the halter, as it is yet traditionally preferved by fome
of the inhabitants §.
In Strype's Annals, vol. 217, tinder the oc-

III. pp. 216,
currences, of the year 1584, is related the fcandalization of the
earl of Shrewfbury, that he had got a child by the queen ;.
and, among the witneiTes examined before the jury, writes. Re-^
corder Fleetwood in his Diary, " was one Meredith Hanmer, a
. do6lor of divinity, ein-d vicar of Illyngtdn ; who dealt ias ieudly
*'towards my Lord in fpeeches, as did the othei^, Walmefley.
" This Doctor regardeth not an oath ; furely he is a very bad
" man."
In the Confiftorial Ads of- the diocefe of Rochefter, A. D.
1588 —
1590, fol. 40. b. is this entry of a charge againft
Hanmer:
" Dr. Hanmer, vicar of Shoreditch, married Richard Turke
" of Dartforde, and Gertrude, the wife of John Wynd, without
" bannes or licenfe.'*
He was efteemed an exa(5\: difputant, a good preacher and
Grecian, and excellent for eccleliaftical and civil hillories ||»
* Stow's Survey, "vol. II. and Weever's Fun. Mon. p. 427.

p. 54 ;
•f ArheiisB Oxonienfes. I. fuller's Worthies, Fliatniire, and fir.Jeifles

p. 279.
Ware's Defcriptio Hibernias, p. 137. J Fun. Mon. p. 427.
§ Ex informatione Geo.Limramg. Aibenae Oxonienfes, vol. I. p. 279.
1|,
He
OFSHOREDITCH. z^
He was married here on June the 21ft, 1 581, to Mary Auftin,

by whom he had iflue four daughters;
Mary, who was baptifed, Aug. 29, 1582, at the vicar ege
houfe.
Margaret, baptifed Feb. 5, 1583-4,
Magdalen, baptifed Jan. 8, 1587-8, 2X \h.Q, vicaredge^
Martha, baptifed Feb. 2, 1589-90*.
He wrote
1. " The Jefuit's Banner, difplaying their original, fuccefs, &c." 158 1.
Lond. 4ro.
2. " A Confutation of a brief cenfure upon two books, written by W.
" Charke and M. Hannver in anfwer to. Mr. Campion's offer of difpu-
" tation." Printed with the Jefuit's Banner, &c. Lond. 158 1. 4to.
3. " Confutation and Anfwer of the great brags and challenges of Mr.
" Campion the Jefuit, containing 9 articles, by him dhreded to the
" Lords of the Privy Council." Lond. 1581. Svo.
4. " A Chronography, &c." Lond. 1585. &c. Folio.
•' A Sermon at the baptizing of a Turk." Lond. Rob. Waigrave.
5.
1586. Svo. On Matthew v. i6 -j~.
6. " He alfo tranflated " The Ancient Ecclefiaflrcal Htftories of the firfl
" 600 years after Chrilf, originally written by Eufebius, Socrates.,
" and Evagrius." Lond. 1585. Folio J.
With which were printed
7. " The Lives, Ends, and Martyrdoms, of the Prophets, Apoftles, and
" Difciples of Chrift, originally writtea by Dorotheus, bilhop of
« Tyre."
8- " An Ephemeris of the Saints of Ireland."
9. " The Chronicle of Ireland, in two parts ;" the third part of which was
publilhed in 1633, at DubUn, in folio.
* Parifti Regifter-
-j- Onthe 2d of October, 1586, a remarkable fermon was preached at the col-
legiate church of St. Katharine by Meredith Hanmer at the baptizing of one
Climano, born at Negropont. This fermon is printed, and the Turk's confeffion
fubjoined thereto. Ducarel's Hiftory of St. Katharine's Hofpital, p. 27.
X The dedication to the earl of Leicefter, prefixed to the fecond edition, is dated
from Shoreditch, Dec. 15, 1584.
1592.
26 HISTORY AND ANTIQ_UITIES
1592. Edwari> Vaughan,
I believe, was the author of
1. "A Divine Difcourfe on Death." Lond. i6iz. 8vo.
2. " Method for undeiftanding the Bible, by way of dialogue." Lend.
1617. 8vo.
To whom he was married, I know not; but he had three

children baptifed here;
Mary, Aug. 27, 1593.
Martha, April 21, 1595.
Thomas, Jan. 21, 1596-7*.
And in the parilh regifter for 1592 I find, "William
*'Vaughan, preacher, buried the 1 4th of January vi-
" caredge." Whether he was any relation to our vicar, I am
unable to fay; but I rather think him to have been his brother,
Richard Allison, D. D.
was married here to Margaret Coker, widow, on January the 31ft,
1603-4; ^^^ buried here on April the 27th, i6ia f.
John Squier, M. A.
was the fon of Adam Squier, D. D. fome time mailer of Baliol
College, Oxford J, and, by the mother's fide, grandfon § to Dr.
John
* Parilh Regifter. f Ibid.
J Hewas looked upon as a learned but very fantaftical mati ; (Wood's Hiftory
of Halls and Colleges at Oxford by Gutcb, p. 184.) He Was collated to the arch-
deaconry of Middlefex June, 1577; and died before 0&. 26, 1588. (Newcourt.)
§ This Squire's father was in fuch reputation with the bifhop, that he gave him
one of his daughters in marriage. But how he proved afterwards, we fhall fee
by-and-by. Strype's Life of Bilhop Aylmer, p. 179.
Bifhop Aylmer bequeathed legacies to little John and Judith, fon and daughter
of Squire, that married his daughter. Strype's Life of the Biflaop, p. 173.
At
OF SHORED ITCH. 27
John Aylraer, bifhop of London. He Avas born about the year

1587, and educated at Cambridge* hy the
Jefus College in
care of his uncle Dr. Theophilus Aylmer, archdeacon of Lon-
don, who on April the a9th, 161 2, prefented him to this
vicarage f. His diligence in vifiting the lick in this parifli was ex-
traordinary,
At p. 187, Strype gives the promifed charafter of Squire, the father of the vicar
of Shoreditch; and at p. 185, is an account of the friendfliip of two of bifliop
Aylmer's fons, ZaChary and Edmund, who were buried in Shoreditch church.
" Zachary Aylmer, fourth fon of bifliop Aylmer, buried Augufl; 3;
" Edmundj fevcnth fon of the bl(hop, July 29, iSz-j." Parifli Regifter.
* Fafti Oxonienfes, T. 805.
f- Mr. Squier preached at Paul'si Crofs,
in 1619, (fee p. 40.) a fermon upon the
fecond commandment, which, as Strype obferves, has a great deal of read'ng ip it.
Life of bifliop Aylmer, p. 191. He pabiiflied this fermon wi;h an epiflle before it,
containing an acknowledgement of the favour conferred upon him by Dr. Theophilus
Aylmer in prefenting him to this vicarage in 1612: " confefling it was he fenc
'• him
to the tiniverfity, procured his preferments there, and had been his patron
" ever fmce."
Afpecimen of the ftyle of preaching of vicar Squire Ihall here be given in his
fourfold explanation of the etymology of Whitfunday; and to it is added, relative
to the fame fubjeft, part of a note from Wheadey on the Common Praj'er, p. 241.
From a fermon apppinted for the New-church yard, by London, on Whitefunday.
Page 3. " Our countrey and cuftome call this feaft by another name than Pente-
cofl, viz." Whitfunday, that is Whitefunday; the attribute White being annexed to
the Sunday for foure caufes; from the time of the yeare, from the cuftome of the
time, from the mercy of God to man, and from the mercy of man to man, i. The
time is, tempus albi foils, a feafon of Angular funfhine, the funne having now th;;
clearcft or whiceft luftre: the time is therefore tearmed White-Sunday. 2. The
cuftome of the primitive time was, that this was Dominica in Albis: they ufed albis
vejlibus poji bapLifmum; thofe who were baptized were accuftomed to wear white
garmepts about this time the time therefore was called White-Sunday, c. Through
:
the mercy of God, the Holy Ghoft came downe on man this day (a wliite, that is,
an happy day for all Chriftians), rightly called White-Sunday. 4. Then alfo was
it the guife of the church (in thankfgiving for this great gift from God) to give a
fipall gift to man, white loaves, by way of alms to the poore: and hence alio it is
termed White Sunday. Let your firft care bee to praftife this lad point, by way
of gratitude for this great gift, on this great dayj give almes to the poore, as it
were white loaves; and (according to our homely proverb) White-Sunday fliall
rqake you white fonnes unto God, obedient children unto your Father which is in
heaven."
.-vj E 2 From
—
28 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES

traordinary, particularly at the time of the plague in 1625 *
when (though he retired forae way out of town with his family) ye
he came conftantly to his parilh, as well at the weekly fafts, as

on Sunday, to his duty. His charity was very extenfive; and
he was held in high efteem by archbiftiop Laud. Upon the
breaking out of the rebellion in Scotland, he became a ftrenuous
champion for allegiance, to which he exhorted his parifhioners;
and this was the primary caufe of all his after-fufFerings.
The more diforderly part of the parifh got an order from the
Houfe of Commons, at the breaking out of the rebellion in 1640,
to have a lecturer, who (as Dr. Walker terms it) might preach
up them; but at the meeting of the parifhioners
faction amongll:
to choofe. one, the fober and more honeft part of it (and who were
by far the moft numerous) chofe Mr. Squier. The Houfe of
Commons, however, " foiiled in a New England fellow upon
them," imprifoned, and at length fequeftered, the poor vicar.
The time of his being firft called before the committee is not
known but we find him once before them ori February the
;
1 8th, 1640; but for what does not appear. They afterwards
drew up articles againft him, which were prefented on Auguft
the 7th, 1 64 1. Upon this, however, his more refpedtable
parifhioners drew up a certificate in his behalf, fetting forth his
having been 30 years their minifter, his great diligence in the
From Wheatley's lUuftration of the Common Prayer.

** Ideoque dies intelleftus dicitur Witfonenday, vel item Vitfonenday, quia prjede-
ceflbres noftri omne lac ovium & vaccarum fuaruni folebant dare pauperibus illo die,
pro Dei amore, ut puriores efficerentur ad recipiendum donum Spiritus Sanfti."
" (ôcum, fere ad verbum, confentit manufcriptus alter, hoc titulo; * Doflrina,
quomodo curatus poffit Sanftorum vitas per annum populo denunciare.' Et certe,
qucd de lafle vaccarum refert, illud percognitum habeo, in agro Hamptonienfi (an
& alibi nefcio) decimas laSiciniorum venire vulgo fub hoc nomine, the IFhites ofJQne.
Apud Leicejlrenfes eorum lafticinia vulgariter dicuntur Whitemeat."
* In which year there died in this parifti of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, no lefs
than 1995; of which 1407 of the plague.
difcharge
OF SHORED ITCH. 29
dKcharge of his duty, his conftant preaching againft Popery,

and arming the youths he catechized againft it; alfo the mifery
and ruin of his family, fhould he be deprived, &c. He was, how-
ever, fequeftered on March the 17th, 1642, to their great grief.
His wife and children were turned out of doors, and himfelf
imprifoned, firll: in Grefliam College, whence he was removed to
London Houfe, and after that to Newgate. He at lafl: fettled at
Richmond in Surrey, where he kept a private fchool, read the
liturgy, preached every other Sunday, and died there of a quartan
ague on St. Simon and St. Jude's day, 1653 '^^^j according to
'''
5
MS. Sloan. 886, in the Britilh Mufeum, was buried on Novem-

ber the 2ifl:, that year. The articles againft him, and his an-
fwer (which he printed, together with feveral others, in 1641),
may be feen in Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy "f".
He became
M. A. Cambridge, and was incorporated in the fame degree at
at
Oxford on July the 12th, i6q8 J.

He had two fons and three daughters chriftened here;
Judith, baptized Nov. 7, 1618; and buried here Aug*
24, i6i9»
John baptized Jan. 14, 1620-1.
§,
TheophilusY buried here Aug. 19, 1622;

and ^baptized Aug. 17, 1622.
Margaret J
Judith, baptized Odt. 13, ,162411.
* Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy. -f Part I. p. 68.

X Fafti Oxonienfes, I. 805.
§ In Bibl. Sloan. 886. Plut. 21. D. I find the following entry:

" 1662. \Mt. John Squier, reader of Barnes in Surrey, died, only fonof
*'
January 9. J. John Squier, minifterof Shoreditch."
By only fon, I fuppofe, is meant only furviving fon,.
II
Parifti Regifter.
Befides
,
30 HISTORY ANB ANTI Q^\J I TIE S
Befides the fermops already mentioned, Mr. Squier publilhed fix fermon^ * between
the years 1617 and 1637 ''\''
n- v
" An Anfwer to the Articles" (of the Prefbyterians at the time of the Rebelhon)
" ."
againfl: John Squires, &c. 1 641 . .
He alfo left behind him in a folio, written againft " Sanfta Clara;" and
MS.
feveral other folio volumes, intituled, " an Englifh Rhapfodie, or the Judgement of
" particular Men concerning the general Judgement of God in England, our civil
" War, &CC.;" which he had written during his confinetnent.
1665. Ambrose Atfield
was of BaliolCollege, Oxford; prefented to this vicarage on

March i, 1665; to the recSlory of St. Mary Sonjerfet, Odt. 21,
1676; and on Aviguft prebend of Re-
the 29th, 1683, to the
culverland in the cathedral of St. Paul. He was a very chari-

table man, infomuch that in his funeral fermon J we are in-
formed, that he gave no lefs than £4.0. per annum arifing from
a Sunday evening le(Slure towards the ufes of a generous cha«
rity. He died in March, 1683-4.
1708. Giles Pooley, D. D. and F.R.S.
had been of Wrington in Somerfetlhire.

re<5lor He died on the
1 8th of September, lyao.
He publifhed the following llngle fermons on
John xiii. 35. 4to, 1705, on November the 5th
—
Pfalm cvii. 2. 8vo, 1716, Thankfgiving after the Rebellion; alfo, In
Phil. Tranf. N° 198, p 673, Ati Aecpunt of the digging and pre-
paring the Lapis Calaminaris near Wrington.
* Ex inform. Qeo, Limming.

•f-
One of thefe maybe the fermon mentioned, p. 27.
Mr. Peck, in his Defiderata Curiofa, mentions a fermon by Mr. Squier,
preached at St. Paul's Jan. I, 1636, and printed at London in 1637, ^tq, intituled,
" A Thankfgiving for the decreafing and hope of removing the Plague."
% By Richard Pearfon, reftor of St. Michael, Crooked Lane.
1720.
OFSHOREDITCH. 31
lyao. Francis Stanley
was a fellow of Corpus Chrifti College in Cambridge*. He

vacated this vicarage in 1723, on being collated to the redlory of
Much Hadham, co. Herts, on the refignation of his father' Wil-
liam Stanley, dean of St, Afaph, archdeacon of London, &c.
who had before prefented him to this vicarage.
1723. John Denne, D. D.
The following account of him is chiefly extradled from Mafters^s

Hiftory of Benet College, Cambridge, pp. 277, 288:
" John Denne, D. D. was defcended from a family of good note
in the county of Kent; which was feated at Denne Hill in the
parifh of Kingfton, fo long ago the reign of Edward the
as
ConfefTor; and there continued in a diretSl line of male iffue
till 1656; nay, longer name, by the marriage of a col-
in the
lateral branch Vincent Denne, efq. ferjeant at law with Mary
a coheirefs in the diredt line, in whofe female iffue it ended
in 1693.
" From this antient ftem fprung many flioots, that were
planted and flourifhed at different times and places tfiroughout
that county f. Whereof there was one at Littlebourne in the
time of Henry Vll. from whom came John Denne, gent, who
had the place of woodreve to the fee of Canterbury in thofe
* See Mafters's Hiftory of that College, p. 176.
•f-
What concerns the antient and flourifliing Hate of this family is confirmed by
fome manufcript pedigrees belonging to it; and may be feen in Philpot's Villare
Cantianuin, pp. 207. 52^ 89. 94. 26 u 364. 385; Weever's Fun. Mon. p. 26;
Collins's Peerage, vol. I. p. 386; Preface to' Somner's j^ iniquities of Canterbury;
and in a very remarkable inlcfiition on tiie South wall of the Temple churchj
\?vbich is printed in Dugdjle's Orjg. Jur d p 17.^.
parts.
32 ^ HISTORY AND ANT I QÛI T I E S
parts, by a patent for life frorri archbifliop Tenifon. Dr. John

Denne, his eldeft fon, was born at Littlebourne on the S5th of
May, 1693; and brought up in the free fchools of Sandwich
and Canterbiiry. He went thence to the Univerfity of Gam-
bridge, and was admitted of this college under the tuition of
Mr. Robert Dannyeon Feb. 25, 1708; and afterwards a fcholar
of the houfe upon archbifhop Parker's foundation. He pro-
ceeded B.A. in 1 71 2; M.A. in 1716; and was elected fellow,
April 20. in the fame year. Soon aftet;, be took upon him the
office of tutor jointly with Mr. Thomas Herring, afterwards
archbifliop of Canterbury; and was ordained deacon on Trinity
Sunday, 17 16, by bifhop Trimnell ; and priefl, Sept. 21,
17 1 8. Not long afterwards, he was nominated by the college
to the perpetual cure of St. Benedift's church in Cambridge;
whence he was preferred and inftituted June 13, 1721, to the
recSlory of Norton-Davy, alias Green's Norton, in Northamp-
ton ftiire, upon a prefentation from the king but this he ex-
;
changed, Sept. 30, 1723, for the vicarage of St. Leonard

Shorditch in London. He was appointed -preacher of Mr. Boyle's
ledlure in 1725, and fo continued for three years. His next
promotion, immediately after taking the degree of D. D. was to
the archdeaconry of Rochefter, with the prebend annexed; being
collated thereunto July 21, 1728, by bifliop Bradford, to whom
he had been donieftic chaplain for many years, and whofe
youngeft daughter Sufanna he was fo happy as to marry in
1724. He was inftituted July 24, 1729, to the vicarage of St.
Margaret's in Rochefter ; but this he refigned, on taking pof-
feffion of the re<5lory of Lambeth, Nov. 27, 1731, through
the favour and patronage of archbifliop Wake. He was unani-
moufly chofen prolocutor of the lower houfe of convocation
in the province of Canterbury on their late meeting to which ;
office
OFSHOREDITCH. jj
ofBce he. had prefented bilhop Lifle in February, 1734; and

was afterwards his deputy therein."
The and ufefulnefs of Dr. Denne, in promoting what
affiduity
he conceived to be for the intereft and credit of the j>arifh of
Shoreditch, were confpicuous, in his fuccefsful refearches after the
benefadions, and the application of them in the bufinefs of re- ;
building the church from its origin to the completion ; and in

eftablifhing upon the prefent plan the vegetable le<Sture founded
by Fairchild. His general character, and his fervices in his.
other preferments, may be collected from Mr. Mafters's Hiftory,
already cited; from Memorials of the Cathedral Church of Ro-
chefter,- annexed to Cuftamale Roffenfe, pp. 332, 233, 234 r ancE
from the Hiftory of Lambeth parifli, and the Addenda, to it*v
He died on the 5th of Auguft, 1767, aged 75 ; and
was buried in the South tranfept of the nave of Rochefter ca*-
thedrak
He wrote,
*' Articles of Enquiry, wFth a Letter to tHe Clergy Ta order to a Fa-
" rochial Vifitatiou. 1732."
"•The Sntf- of Bromley CoUege in KentJ"
" A Regifter of Benefaftions to the Parifti of St. Leonard Shoreditch i"
iirawn up in 1745 with notes, but not printed till 1772; 4to»
He alfo publifhed the following fingle fermons, on

2 Cor., vi. 8,. 4to, 1720 ; Ordination by Bifliop Bradford -f.-
Ifaiah xlix. l —
4, 4to, 172.3; Vifitation Sermon :|;.
—
Mark iv. 3,0 3^3 4tOj 1725; Ordinatron, Trinity Sunday*
* wauldrbe unpardonable here not to- mention^ with the greateil' gratitude ?.n(fi
It
rafpift, tlie obligations due to his fon the Rev. Samuel Denne, M. A. F.S.A.
vicar of Wilp.iwgton an<3 D-arentk. in Kent, who- haa contributed much to the im—
proveuient of -liiefj fketches>
•f-
Preached in the chapel of Corpus Chrilti. CoUegCj, Cambridge-
\, At Daventry^ at the vifitatjon of the bilhop of Peterborough,.
I? '
jSSas
: :
34 HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES

Afls xix. 5, 6, 4to, 1726. and 1737 Confirmation Sermon*.
;
,
1 Cor. X. 31, 410, 1729; Reformation of Manners.
Matt. vi. z8 —
30, 4to, 1730; Fairchild's Lcflure.
Mark xvi. 15, 410, 1730; Propagation of the Gofpel.
Gen. i. 11^-13, 4to, 1733; Fairchild's Le6ture,
Deut. vi. 6, 7, 4to, 1736; Anniverfary Meeting of Charity Schools.
2 Chron. ix'. 4, 8vo, 1737; -Acceffion before the Commons.
Heb. xiii. 7, 410, 1738; Confecration of Bifliop Herring.
Pfalm ]x. ic —
12, 4to, 174.0; Fafl: -{".
Matt. vii. 12, 4to, 1740; Spital Sermon.
I Kings XX. II, 4to, 1744, April ii; preached at Lambeth.
Ifaiah Iviii. 3, 410,, 1744-5; The Keligious, Moral, and Civil, State of
the Nation confidered X-
Pfalra viii. 4 — 6, 410, 1745; Fairchild's Leflure.
* Preached at Weftram in Kent, but dedicated to the parifhioners of St. Leonard,

Shoreditch ; whom Dr. Denne thus addrefles
" My Good Friends,
" Although the immediate occafion of publifhlng the following fermon is
" the order of the Bilhop, and the defire of the Clergy who heard it; yer,
" as it was at firfl compoled and preached for your ufe, fo I now dedicate ic
" to you, that I may thus ftir you up, and that you may have always in re-
" membrance
the direftions of your Minifter concerning the right ufe of a
moft excellent inftitution; which has often, through mifunderitanding or
*'
*' fuperftition beai fo much abufed, as not only to lofe all good efFcds in
," the Chriftian church, ,but to be neglefted and defpifed," &c. &c.
•\- Dedicated to the inhabitants of St. Mary, Lambeth, and St. Leonard, Shore-
ditch :
" fermon, not fo much at the requeft of fome of you who heard it
I print this
" from the pulpit, as for the fake of thofe among you, who, though they heard
*' it not, have yet an equal right to the firft religious inftrudion I can give them
" under fo^fflifting a difpenfation of Providence, as that of our going to war after
" fo long and full an enjoyment of the bleiEngs of peace." &c. &c.
Preached in Shoreditch churth, and dedicated to the inhabitants of that
J
parifli
" Though have already printed two fermons upon the like folemn occafions as
I
" the prefent, which I preached at my other parifh; and, though what I have faid
" therein may be looked upon as a fufficient admonition, or inftruftion, to yon in
""
your duty from htm who has nothing more at heart than your temporal, as well as
*' fpiritnal welfare; yet I cannot refift the afFeftlonate opportunity, wherewith you
*' preffed me to put this difcourfe into your hands, that you might read at leifure,
" and with deliberation, what you heard from the pulpit; though, as I fear, too
•*' many of you imperfeftly, confidering the largenefs both of our church and
** congregation."
Dr.
OFSHOREDITCH. 35
Dr. Denne collated Hearne's edition of the Textus Roffenfis

with the original at Rochefter, and tranfcribed the marginal ad-
ditionsby Lambard, paring, 8cc. &c. carefully referred to the
other MSS. that contain thefe inftruments, as Reg. Temp. RofF.
and the Cotton Library; and permitted the late truly venerable
Dr. Pegge to have thefe additions tranfcribed into his copy by
the Rev. Richard Hulband, minor canon of Rochefter *.
1767. John Hotham, D. D.

was born in Febrliary, 1734-5; ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ fecond fon of fir
Beaumont Hotham,^^ baronet, of the county of York.'^- In 1763,

he fucceeded Dr. Nichol as vicar of NoFthall, or North Olt;
was for fome time archdeacon of Middlefex, and one of the
chaplains in ordinary to his Majefty;and married, April 11,
1765, Sufan,, daughter of Flerbert Mackworth, efq. of Knole
in Glamorgan/hire, by whom he had one fon, Charles, born
May 24, 1766. In 1768, he was^prefented by Dr. Jortin to
this vicarage, which he refigned in 1779; and, 06t. 13, that
year, was promoted to the bilhoprick of Oflbry in the, kingdom
of Ireland; whence, on April 6, 1782, he was tranllated to
the fee of Clogher in the farne kingdom and, on January the
;
25th, 1794, fucceeded his elder brother Charles (who died

without iflue male) as a baronet of England. He died at Bath^.
Nov. 4, 1795, aged upwards of 60 years.
* Cough's Britlfli Topography, L 461 ; and Bibliotlieca. Topograpliica Britan-

nica,N° XX,V..
F 2 Ministers
. ;
Ministers during the Rebellion.
1643. Matthew Clarke.

the Committee for the Sequeftratbn of Minifters put in
I find
one Matthew Clerk to the living of Streatham in Surry at the
recommendation of the earl of Carlifle on March the 19th,
1643*; but, whether the fame with our Matthew Clarke, I
cannot fay ; but am rather inclined to think that it is f
1644. Richard Lee.
Whether he was the fame with Richard Lee, who was pre-
fented to the redlory of Crickfea on March 30, 1660 and, on ;
the 26th of November following, to the rectory of Stanefgate

or with one Richard Lee, D. D. who was redlor of Hatfield
Regis in Hertfordfhire, and publifhed a fermon, intituled,
" Cor humiliatum & contritum." Pfalm li. 17. Lond. 410. 1663.
I know not.
1649. George Masterton

fubfcribes as vicar here on May the loth J.
* Walker's Sufferings of the Clergy, part I. p. 1 17.

•f-
Qu.? was he the fame with Matthew Clerk, mentioned in Calamj's Life and
Times of Baxter, 581 ? J Veftry Book.
Curates,
OF SHOREDITCH, 17
Curates, who occur in the Parilh Regifter, Src.
John Haigge, died

1 577. Aug,
R, Gibbons, buried here with") June 2 8, ,
J
his wife Ahce, J June 30,^
In the parilh Regifter of St. Botolph without Bilhopfgate, in

1621, I find,
" Robert Ley, curate of St. Leonard Shorditch, and

*' Ann Norman, the daughter of Thomas Norman, of
" this parifh, were married per lycence from Sir Henry
" Martin, Chancellor, on the a5th day of February."
In Burn's Ecelefiafticul Law '5^, is the following long and curious

account of the fufpenfion (for 3 years) of the Rev. Mr. Bri^gen,
-j-
who was curate here in 1735 +, for marrying a young gentle-

man to an heirefs under age: " According to canon 6a, no mi-
*' nifter, upon pain of fufpenfion for three years
ipfo faSlo, fliall
<* celebrate matrimony between any perfons, when banns are
*' thrice alked, and no licence in that cafe neceflary, before the
* Vol. n. pp. 383, 384.

•f-
The Chancellor of London was, in his opinion, under the difagreeable ne-
ceffity of pafling this fevere fentence, becaufe the clerk Jibelled could not
prove his
having enquired of the parties, v?hether they were of age; and that, if this had
been in evidence, and the, minors had anfwered in the afErmative, it would have
been fufficient.
J This gentleman was the refpeftable Dr. John Bridgen, who was chofen Di-
vinity Profeffor of Grefliani college, Sept. 25, 172,8. Of whom, hereafter, in the
Additions to Dr. Denne's Regifter of Benefadions.
*^ parents
'
parents or governors of the parties to be married, being under
'
the age of twenty-one, fhall either perfonally, or by fuiFident
teftimony, fignify to him their confents given to the faid
marriage. Purfuant to which canon, about 1725, Mr.
Bridgen, curate of Shoreditch, having married a
London,
couple by banns pubhlhed in that church, and they appearing
not to be of age, was articled againft before the chancellor of
London, (Dr. Henchman), and had fentence againft him, as
being guilty of a breach of the canon. Mr. Bridgen, being
a man of chara6ler, and it appearing that he was impofed
upon, the chancellor and bilhop of London were willing to
have mitigated the penalty ; but, upon a confultation at Doc-
tors Commons, it was agreed, that, the canon having fixed a
penalty without leaving it in the power of the judge to miti-
gate it, he undergo the penalty of it.
mull: Then he pe-
titioned the archbifhop of Canterbury for a difpenfation of
the canon ; but it was agreed by all the civilians, that, as the
father had been at the expence of profecuting, and Mr. Bridgen
was convi<fled of a breach of the canon, he had a right to have
lawful punifhment, thereby diredled to be infli6led and Mr, ;
Bridgen could have no relief." To which I can add *, that

e publication of the banns was afterwards erafed out of the
)ok ; and that the father of the lady left a fum of money
his will, wherewith to carry on the profecution againft Mr..
idgen.
* Ex inform. Geo* Limraing..
6 Parish
OF 5HOREPITCH. A9
Parish Clerks.
James Hurst, buried here July 25, 1561.

Hugh Williamson was married here on Nov. 30, 1560;
and buried on Feb. 2, 1 596. He had one fon, who fucceeded
him. ^-^^ '
'^- •
Samuel Williamson, appointed by the vicar in 1596; and

(as appears by the parilh regifter) was buried here on Aug. 5,
1609. Joane his wife was buried h^re on June 19, 1607.
f George Cottrel, appointed in Auguft, 1653, died of the
plague in September, 1665.
Daniel Dodd, appointed in March, 1666.
Michael Tooley, appointed March 25, 1670.
Richard WinnIngton, who (as he ufed to fay) was iS
years of age at the time king Charles was beheaded j which
iixes the time of his birth to 1630 ; was appointed parifh clerk
in 1681 and died about 1724.
;
Francis Cartwright, nephew to the former, appointed in

1726, died on December 34, 1751.
William Burgess, iappointed June 24, 1752, died Jan. ar,
1784, aged 77 and was fucceeded by his grandfon.
;
George Limming, Feb. 17, 1784.
N. B. One Mackley officiated (in the vacancy between Win-

nington and Cartwright) in 1725, and would have been ap-
pointed parilh clerk, had not his over officioufnefs in Mr.
Bridgen's unfortunate affair fet him afide.
Lecturers.
V HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T I E S
Lecturers.
1641. John Squier, vicar of this parillr*.
We
have already cited from Dr. Walker his eledion to be
ledturer ; and in another part of the Do6tor's v^ôrk it is faid, that
Mr. Squires f was thruft out of the ledturefhip in 1641, be-
caufe he had preached againlt the Scots? rebellion.
Who the « New England fellow," who fucceeded Mr. Squier,
was, I am unable to difcover i but the aext le6lurer, of whom
X find any account, is
i68S. Luke Milbourne^ M. A»
He was of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, and afterwards redor of

St. Ethelburga within Bilhopfgate ; to whom Dr. Walker makes
great acknowledgements, as having received from him feverat
* See before, pp. 26, 27, 28, 29.

In 1 61 9 were publiflied in 410, two fermons; one preached at Paul's Crofs, De-
cember 20, by Roger Lea -f. Matter of Arts, of Jefus College in Cambridge,
and preacher at Sr. Leonard's Shorditch, in. Middlefex, by London; another
preached in Paul's church, December z6, being St. Stephen's day, by J,ohn Squire^
Matter of Arts of the fame college, and preacher of the fame parifh. The motto,,
Luke xxii. 38, Ecce ! duo gladii hie.
•f-
Anthony Wood, Newcourt, Walker, &c. all concur in fpclling it thusj but
in Shorediteh Regifter, &c. he always wrote his name Squier.
t The dedicatioH is to Dr, Moumfort,. canon refidentiaiy of St. Paul's, and fubfcribed„
"Rogerus !.£)."
ifaluabtar
:
OFSHOREDITCH. 41
valuable communications * relative to fequeftered divines. He

is mentioned by Mr. Pope, both in the Art of Griticifm f , and
the Dunciad ; is frequently coupled with Blackmore by Mr.

j:
Dryden ; and his abihties are very candidly difcuffed in Dr.

Johnfon's Life of that Poet §. He died April the 1 5th ||, and was
fucceeded at St. Ethelburga by Mr. Emmerfon on April the 20th,
1720.
He wrote :
1. A whimfical Copy of, Latin Verfes by Luke Milbourne, B. A. in the
" Lachrymfe Cantabrigienfes, 1670,"^ on the death of Henrietta,
dutchefs of Orleans.
2. "
Myftcries in religion vindicated," 8vo, i69Z.
3. " A
Poetical Tranflation of the Pfalms/' 1698.
4. " Notes on Dryden's Virgil," 1698.
5. " Tom of Bedlam's Anfwer to Hoadley," &c
6 A
" Defcription of Fame, in Imitation of Virgil's 4th iEneid," printed
in Nichols's Seleft Collection of Poems, vol. IV. p. 320.
7. Twenty-nine lingle fermons ** in the following order
Acls XXV. 8, 4to, 1682; on the 30th of January.
Ezra
Cor.
iv. i — 1683; Thankfgiviog, September
5, 4to,
1698 ; before the Lord Mayor.
9.
I xiii. 3, 4to,
Phil. iv. 9, 4to; 1699; Farewel.
Judges v. 12, 4to, i704j-Thankfgiving, Sept. 7. ,-;:
Zech. i. 5, 4to, 1704; Funeral of the rev, Mr. Copping. ;j
I Cor. XV.- 19, 4to, ,1704; Funeral of Dr. Symfon.

I Pet. ii. 17, 4to, 1704; County Feaft.
Rom. xiii. i, 8vo, 1707; January 30.
Ifaiah xiv. 20, 21, 8vo, 1708; January 30.
Acts XXV. 10, II, 8vo. 1 709 ; Debtor and Creditor made eafy.
Rom. xiii. 2, Svo, 1710; January 30, ::;
I Sam. xxiv. 13, Svo, 171 ij January 30.
—
Gen. xlix. 5 7, Svo, 1712; January 30.
Rom. xiii. 2, Svo, 1713; January 30.
Matt. xxii. 21, Svo, 171 4; May 29.
* Preface, p. xxvii. -f-

At line 463.
j: Book II. line 349. § Vol. II. pp. 77. 97. 171.
t
II
Leaving one fon, Luke, born Dec. 3, 1684, and entered at Merchant Tailors
School in September, 1693. See vol. III. of the Probation Book in the Library
there. ** Cooke's Preacher's Affiftant.
G 2 Chron.
4^ HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
2 Cbron. xxix. 30, 8vo, 171 3; before the Company of Parilji Clwkfe
Ifaiah lyii. 19. 21, 410, 17 13; Thankfgiving for Peace.
2 Sam. i. 16, 8vo, 1714; January 30.
Heb. xi. 38, Svo, 1714; R,oyal Funeral.
Prov. xxiv. 21, 22, 8vo, 1715; January 30.
Matt. XXV. 46, Svo, 1715; Conciones duae ad Cleruaf Londinenfcm,
2. Cor, i. 12, 8vo, 17 15; Concio ad Clerum,
John xviii. 36, 8yo, 1716: January 30. , .. ., ,
Ifaiah i. 26, '4to, 1716; May 29.

Rom. iii. 8, 8vo, 171 7; January 30.
1 Pet. ii. 15, 8vo, 1719; January ô. •,;c'["''
Nehemiah ix. 33, 8vo. 1720; January 30 *.
He alfo publtHied a book againft tbe Sooiauaos, 121110, iS^z,
'
1720. Henry Wheatley,

chofen ledturer on May 27, 1730^ 4ied May 0, 1756, aged 69.
1756. Roger Shackleton,

ivho was chofen on May the 2 5th> 1756, having fucceeded Mr.
Bedford as chaplain to Afke's Hofpital 03 0<5lober 2 a, 17459 died
Aug. 30, 1757, aged only 38 years.
After Mr. Shackleton's death, the paHftii wiflied to choofe the

Rev. Mr. Day for their leititrer; whi«h the vkar (Dr. Penne)
oppoling, g^d, they a,t length' Piiak-ing choice of him, Dr,. Sherlock
(then bifhop of London) wa$ at the QhairgQ- of filiog an infor- ^
mation of trefpafs, in the name pf the attoxney

general:,, againft
the churchwardens, Thomas Stallwood and. John Staple; the
conclulion of which was the fohowiiig decree- of the Court of
King's Bench againft thpm for; fgrcing Mr. Day into the ûJît;,
* Trîtlor) has B'^^^^."''A4 this atiecijQte of M^r. Milbourne^ thgt, after- he bad
preachcfj in the forenoon of January, thp 3Qth in his church of St. Ethejbur^b
within Bifhopfgate, he ufe4' to withdraw, to^ Shpr*.dilf;h Tcftry, and pafs the hours
in faftipgi^ till the evening fervice began.,
and
.:
OFSHOREDITCH. 43
And faying that he (Mr. Day) fliould preach in fpite of the vicar,
the bifhop, the devil, or the pope ; whereby they were obliged
to beg pardon in open court, and pay all cofts of fuit *
" Wednefday next, after r 5 days from the Day of St.
Martin, in the thirty-third year of King George II.

<' Middlefex. The defendants being prefent here in court,
The King and having now here in court afked pardon
verfus of the court and of the public for the offence
Thomas Stall wood whereof they are convicted; by confent on
and both fides it is ordered, that it be referred to
John Staple., James Burrowes, efq. coroner and attorney of
this court, to tax the cofts to be paid by them the faid defend-
ants to the profecutor in this caufe; and alfo to fettle the fti-
pend, or allowance, to be made and paid by them the faid de-
fendants to the clergyman who has officiated in the afternoon
in the church of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, during the difpute,
being from the i8th of February laft to the 35th day of No-
vember inftant, inclufive and that, upon payment of fuch colts
;
and fuch flipends as aforefaid, recognifance be difcharged, and

all proceedings againft any other perfon relative to the faid com-
plaint."
" By confent of Mr, Norton for pfofecutof f
By confent of Mr. Hale for defendant,"
" By the Court."
• Mr. Baddeley, made affidavit that he was in great fear of

the other candidate,
Ijeing hurt, and was obliged go to the Robing Room for fafety.
to
"f- Dr. Nichols, Matter of the Temple, condikfted the bufiiiefs fot Bp. Shetlock ; ahd
fir Fletcher Norton was the leading counfel. The decifion was of great importance to
the incumbents of all parifhes where there is not a leflurer endowed; for,th,atwasthe jet
of the queftidtl ; Dr. Denne had declined accepting the bequeft df Fairchild
aiid luckily
by the words of the will, it was to be preached by the
for a vegetable ferraon, becaufe,
lefturer. The executors, however, of FgJtchild agreed to the plan propofed by Dr.
Denne; and what that was will hereafter appear amongft the benefactions to the parifh.
44 HISTORY AND ANT J QJJ I TIE S
The following remarks on this profecution were communicated

to me by the Gentleman, to whom I have already acknowledged
my obligations for feveral particulars concerning the incumbents
of this parifli -; and, as he was fo nearly related to the vicar who
was with reluctance engaged gave rife to it,
in the bufinefs that
the prefumption is, that he was well informed of the principal
circumftances, and that they would make a lafting impreffion on
his mind:
" Dr. Denne, in the dedication to the inhabitants of St. Leo-
nard Shoreditch of the fall fermon preached in that church on
January 9, 1745, expreffed the pleafing fatisfadlion he felt on
the good underftanding there had been between him and his
parilhioners, as well as his grateful acknowledgements of the
many civilities he had received from them in the courfe of more
than twenty years' connexion with them : nor was there any
interruption of the harmony previous to the conteft about the
choice of a ledlurer, in which he could not acquiefce without
injuring the rights of his fucceffors. Unhappily, the pro-
ceedings of the zealous efpoufers of Mr. Day were fo hafty and
intemperate as to prevent all conciliatory overtures of accommo-
dation; for, after the fuit was inftituted in the bifliop of Lon-
don's where alone could be properly decided the merits
court,
of the queftion, it not being blended with any legal claim of a
temporal kind, that there might not be any interruption to the
ufual performance of divine fervice, the vicar readily confented
that Mr. Baddeley, as his curate, under a licence from the bilhop,
fhould, without any gratuity, preach in the afternoon; but hisi
entrance into the pulpit was indecently impeded by the church-

wardens, and the bhhop was confequently obliged to fupport his-
authority by an application to the Court of King*s Beach ; where.

* See p. 33 in noiis^
lord
OF S H O R E D T C rf,
I 45,
lord Mansfield, who prefided at the trial, without hefitation de-

clared in favour of the vicar's abfolute right to the pulpit, as
there was not a ledlurer endowed,
" Of the advantages and inconveniences of popular elecflions
to fupply vacant pulpits much has been written and, if we at-
;
tend to the notions and fpirit of the age, it is not likely that the
topic will foon be exhaufted. In the Shoreditch cafe the point
of law was clearly with the vicar; but, as the litigation was
very dilireffing to him, and the more fo from its happening at
a time, when his health was impaired, and he began to be-
he rather declined'
fenfible of the infirmities of advancing years,
talking upon the fubjedl:* From expreffions, however, which
occafionally dropped from him there is ground to infer, that his-
wiQi was to fee the fame plan adopted at Shoreditch that had
fo well anfwered at Lambeth and not any caufe has there been-
;
to regret, that in that parifli, for almofl a century, this turbid

and corrofive fpring of contention has not been opened. If the
fcheme did not originate with the judicious Dodtor, afterwards^
Eifhop, Gibfon, it was certainly countenanced and eftablilhedi
by him, while he was redtor of Lambeth for he agreed, that ;
one of his curates (and in that extenfive and populous diftri<5t

.
there mûft be always two afliftants) fhould preach in the after-

noon of Sunday, inftead of expounding in the defk ^^ the cate-
chifra, as was the antient pradlice. It was alfo underftood, that
all voluntary contributions for this purpofe fhould be the per—

quifite of the fenior curate ; and reafonable is it that a perfon^
who may for feveral years have been engaged in fo laborious a^
cure, fhould be. preferred to the junior curate;, and much more;
* At Shoreditch the antient ufage was for tEe catechift ta be in tfie pulpft ;.
Captain Janies Slade being recorded as a benefaftor, A. D. 1632, in having built a*
gallery on the South fide of the church, with a long feat between that and the Noith.--
galJery for the catechizing youth out cf the pilfit>.
4$ HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T I E S
to a clergyman, who, as.it often happens, is a ftranger to almoft

all the inhabitants of a parifll, till his name is announced as a
candidate for the le6lurefhip.
*'
Mr. Day, the junior curate at Shoreditch, not having been
long in that ftation, the vicar was much hurt that he, without
confulting his principal, fhould have been the inftrument of ex-
citing a conteft fo warm and rancorous, in which, had he been
vidlorious, muft have been to the prejudice of the fenior curate,
it
of whom the parifhioners had hitherto, and not without reafon,

entertained a favourable opinion and by the fpecimen Mr.
;
Baddeley had givfen of his talents, as a preacher, in the volume

of fermons he had publifhed *, he had lliewn that he was well
qualified for the office in which he wifhed to fucceed Mr. Shackle-
ton. Befides, the vicar could not but be of opinion, that the en-
couraging of a fpirit of party and rivalry between two clergymen,
who ought to be well affefled towards each other, as coadjutors
in promoting the tranquillity of the parilh, was not one of the
advantages refulting from a popular eledlion of a preacher of
benevolence and peace. In the part which Dr. Denne found
himfelf neceffitated to take, he certainly could not have been
prompted by any lucrative motive; for, whether the fenior or
the junior curate had been appointed; or, which, circumftances as
then were, might have been a defirable compromife, the emolu-
ments of the ledturelhip had been divided between the two cu-
rates, as long as they flood in that relation to the pari/h; they,
as the vicar's affiftants, would have been equally entitled to the
itipulated allowances.
" By the fuit in the ecclefiaflical court the vicar incurred fome
cxpences, though much lefs than thofe to which Bifhop Sher-
* George Baddeley, B. A.reftor of Markfield in Leicefterlhire, and curate of

Weftminfter, publiftied twelve fermons on feveral fubjeds in lamo,
St. James's,
1752; and twelve more in 1766, 8vo.

4 loqfe
:
OFSHOREDITCH. 47
lock was fubje(3:ed in Weftminfter Hall. The heavy charge

iuftainedby the parifh will appear from the underwritten items,
copied from the churchwardens' accounts r j-. ^^
*' In the Commons — — 160 o o
" The Bifhop of London's bill, after the Mafter"!
of the Court of King's Bench, had ftruck ofF^^'go.J ^^
" Paid Mr. Humphreys for preaching, while],
the caufe was depending j ^
jr.336 o o"
After which, there was no letSlurer, whilft Dr. Denne was vicar;
but, 1767, Dr. Denne dying, and the rev. Dr. Hotham fuc-
in
ceeding, the churchwardens prefented a lift of the candidates, int
number thirteen three of which be ftruck off the lift*
;
Soon after which was chofen.
1768, James Grant, LL. D,
vicar of Kempfton in Bedfordftiire; and^795f in-

ith June-,:'
ftituted to the re<51:ory of Garforth in the county of York, by

W. F. Scot, efq.
He was the author of
Sixteen fermons in 8vo, 1775, on- Taarous- fubj^s j- and one ffngle ferrxioa-
on Pfalm Ivi. 7, 8vo, 1777, Faft.
He refigned on, February 12, 1796, when the, floodgates of

tli^t rajii^ a^^d deftrut^Lve torrent, vsfkich muft eyei,' rufl^ frpni; a
popular; ele6îan, to a pulpit ini a pari-ih opened
la.exteniive, were, ;.,
and on Tue0ay, Feb, 23, the, books containing the names, de--
grees>, ajgi.d colleges, of the cajia!di4atest beiu^ clofed^ ,a. lift, was
,
mfertedi
; ; ; ;
48 HISTORY AND ANTI CÛ I TIE S
iaferted in a letter to the vicar for his approbation, who returned

an anfwer in the following words, having previoufly dafhed hU
pen iuvertedly through the names of
Rev. Geo. Pattrick, LL.B.
Rev. Cavalier Jouet
Rev. W. Jarvis Abdy, B. A.
Rev. Jofeph Cuthbert, M. A.
Rev Buchanan, B, A.
*'
Sir J S. Molt on, February %^, 1796.
" / received your letter to-day^ inclofing a liftof gentlemen as
*'
candidates for the vacant leBureJhip of my pari/h; alfo a pro-
" pojition to have a joint leBurepip. Tthe latter I totally difapprove
" of\ and, in purfuance of my predeceffor Dr. Hothanis plan,
*' have Returned a lijl of Jix gentlemen (and who are equally alike
" to me), from which the gentlemen of the pari/h may make their
** choice.
" I antj Sir,
" Tour faithful humble Servant
J. Blake.
*'
'' Rev. y. Cope Weflcott,

J, Jofeph Ellis,
;
JV, Wilmot Kimpton^
John Armflrong, *
John Robinfon,
'Thomas Walker^
Every candidate thus excluded, Mr. Pattrick excepted, refigned

with becoming decency. The zealous efpoufers of Mr. Pattrick,
who refufe the communion of the church of England, yet claim
a right of depriving its conftant attendants of their moft im-
portant privilege by endeavouring to impofe upon them a partizan
of
OF SHOREDITCH. 49
of their own; and in thus ading have not only fliewn great
impropriety of conduct, but have been, to ufe their own ex-
preffion, *'
deplorably" tumultuous. In oppofition to the vicar's
deciiion, thefe invaders of the church's happinefs determined to
ftand the poll ; which if the churchwardens upon application
would not take in compliance to their wilh, they themfelves
in defiance to all order had purpofed to receive. They (the
churchwardens), for the purpofe of preferving a decorum con-
fonant to the feelings of thofe of the Eftablilhed Church, con-
fented ; and,
On March 17, the poll commenced, finally doling on the
19th, when the numbers were as follow:
Mr. Pattrick - 947
Ellis - -
357
Wellcott - 132
Armftrong - 45
Kimpton - 14
Walker - - i
Upon the churchwardens refufing to declare Mr. Pattrick duly

eleiled, a fcene of confufion immediately enfued, actuated by
the fupporters of Mr. P. whofe condiidt muft ever remain a
Handing mark of indecency and violence on the annals of their
parifh ; for, fcarcely to be credited, from their premeditated in-
upper warden providentially efcaped with liis life, al-
tentions, the
though with the ftricleft propriety he had fulfilled his office.
From this time the parifhioners were continually difturbed by the
frequent diftribution of hand- bills containing illiberal infinuations,
until the 2d of April, when the vicar appointed
Rev. John Joseph Ellis, M. A;
the firft upon the lift returned, to take the pulpit.

H For
:
so HISTORY AND ANTIQ_UITIES
For an account of the redtqrs of this parifli, fee Newcourt's

Repertorium, article Archdeacons of London.
Monuments in the Old Church.
OF thefe but. few remained in the time of Stow and Weever;

the latter of whom, with great indignation, tells a ftory of Dr.
Hanmer,^ vicar here from 1581 to 1592, upon the credit of
the inhabitants of Shoreditch, by no means likely to endear his
memory to an Antiquary; that, while he was vicar of this pa-
rifl.1, he ftripped the tombs of their brafs figures, which he con-
verted into coin for his own ufe *.
Mr. Thorpe, in his preface to his " Cuftumale RofFenfe,'*
fays, *' The adt of the 5d and 4th of Edward VI. was produdlive
of the ruin of great numbers of fepulchral braffes and other
ecclefiaftical remains of antiquity; nor could the proclamation,,
iffued by queen Elizabeth to reftrain thefe flagrant abufes, totally

prevent their being defaced and torn away at times by the hands.
of mechanics and other perfons, as honeil John Weever hath,
remarked
* WeevetV Fun. Mon. p. 427. See alfo Lyfons'sEmfirons of London, 11. 148..
" Finally,
--yiwiUMftefi ^ a l^îereaa{n,^\^fi^'^jû/<e^, ajO/t^-Ûi/ca^nd S^fm/y. ^
^
^
OF SHOREDITCH. 51
"« Finally, the dreadful havock made of them by the fanatical

mifcreants in the time of the great rebellion had well nigh com-
pleted their deftru<Stion. Thefe memorials, belldes accuratenefs,
were brief, pious, and void of oftentatious encomiums on the
deceafed."
Of themonuments in the old church, the infcriptions were
copied by Stow and Weever and in the Britifh Mufeum, Bibl,
;
Harl. 1096*, are copies of the epitaphs in the churches of St.

Maiy Magdalen Old Fifli Street, St. Nicholas Cold Abbey, St.
Michael Royal and Queenhithe, St. Mary Moimthaw and So-
merfet, St. Leonard Shoreditch, and St.
Nicholas Olaves, St.
Catharine Colman which ; were "

begun to be taken the 25th
of May, 1597." Several of thofe from St. Leonard Shoreditch
may be feen in the following account f :
On the North fide of the altar, on an altar tomb, was the

figure of fir John Elrington, Knight of the Bath, in cropped
hair, plated armour, and gorget of mail. On the fhoulders and
front of his tabard his arms; Argent, on a fefs wavy Sable be-
tween five heathcocks Sable fix plates. At his feet, a grey-
hound looking up to him ; his helmet under his head. By him
* Ai'airer copy of MS, wherein the armorial bearings are tricked in a neater
this
manner, may be fben Harl. MS. 6072.
in
JC Mr. LethieuUier ftiewed the Society of Antiquaries, 1739, fir Charles Fre-
derick's drawing of a plan of the old chnrch of St. Leonard, Shoreditch ; monu-
ments of fir John Elrington, treafurer of the houfehold, K. B. on the marriage of
Richard, duke of York, fecond fon of Edward IV. 1477, and Lady, 1481, in a
North aile chapel ; alfo its Eaft window, with their arms and a figure of St. George ;
brafs of fir Thomas Leigh, knight, 1455, fixed againfl: the North wall, the in-
fcriptlon in Stowe gone; tomb 'of Catharine, wife of Thomas earl of Rutland,
1551 ; Mary, wife of Henry earl of Rutland, 1560; Catharine, daughter of Henry
earl of Weftmorland, and wife of fir John Conllable, 1590; fir Thomas Manners,
1 59 1, and Oliver Manners, 1563, both fons of the earl of Kent")-.'
Thefe (ketches (except the plan, and the Rofs monument which is in Mr. Nichols's
Leicefterfhire), having fince fallen into the hands of Mr. Gough (who rather fuppofes
them to have been drawn by Vertue), are here engraved in Plates IIL and IV.
t Gough's Bridfli Topography, vol, I. p. 567.

H 2 was
52 HISTORY AND ANTIOJIITIES
was his lady in a flat head-drefs with a ftudded frontlet, mantle
(the cape adorned with double crofles patee, and fattened by a
double cordon), furcot, and belt: a little dog at her feet, and
angels fupporting the cufhion under her head. At the fide of the
tomb fix niches, in which were contained as many figures of which ;
only two remained when the drawing was taken (i 735)> and thofe
very much mutilated. On the tomb were his arms, as before
given, impaling on a bend three fleurs de lis. Ichingham.
*
Weever hath given us this infcription :
" <!El,i!i5BB4B3t:<©i^ \, mabo m\tf^

€t JEargactta conjuf
;§it pietatc 5Bei Sita pecijennijS ci,

."
3IU €. quater jc femel .... ^ ....
In the Eaft window of the North aile, or the chantry chapel

belonging to this family, was the portrait of St. George, his crofs
on his furcot, and on the pennon which he held in his right
hand ; and in the front of the window, over his head, the arms
* Funeral Monuments, p. 42.7.
•^ Under this defaced monument, John Elrfngton, knight, with Margaret
fir
his wife, daughter and heir to Thomas Lord Ichingham, widow

to William Blounr,
fon and heir to Walter Blounr, fiifl lord Mountjoy, lye entombed. Weever's
Fun. Mon. 427. Which Margaret died in 1481. Stow, 11. 50. Sir John El-
rington was ireafurer of the houfehold to Edward IV. (Pat. 14 Edw. IV. p. 2-,
MS. Kennet) fteward and bailiff of the lordflilp of Enfield, and " niaifter of the
"game," as well in the park as in the chace there. Harl. MS. 433. f. 30. And at
fol. 122. of the fame MS. is a " commiffion" (from king Richard ill.) " for fir John
" Elrington to feaze to the king's ufe the lordlhip of South Mymmes, and all other
*• lands late belonging to his rebelle and traitour Thomas Le>vkenor, knight.
Yoveii
" the 8th day of November, a° primo." Mr. DalUway, in his Heraldic Enquiries,
faith, •' Item, that on the year of our Lord i486 the king kept his Chriftmas at-
** Windfor;. amongft other gifts at which time was fir John Elrington's,
ôs"
Weever (Fun. Mon. p. 537O mentions an infcription at Hackney for " John
*' Elryngton, fylycer of London, and keeper of the records of the
common pleas,
" who departed 1501;" perhaps fon of our fir John Elrington ; ami
in the Parifti Regifler there I find this entry : " Elizabeth Elldringeton, the daughter
" of JahnEldringeton was chrijlened the xxx^^ daye of Jpiill, 1613;" probably another
defcendant of the fame-family. Norden's Middlefes (Harl. MS. ff7o.) mentions this,
family as anciently of. Neefdon in that county..
of
Missing Page
:
OFSHOREDITCH. 55
of Elrington; impaling, Azure frette ; which may have belonged

to another wife of fir John, or to the next heir of another
branch of his family *.
On the South fide, in a chapel of brais
" tic jacent gjoijanne.^ «5a&De
f. quonaam citi^ et ^cjbacman
" ItontJDii. ; ©Hi ob. . . . . . oie vcmU an. 2&om. 3Ha.C€CC°.—€t
" anna, rxfti mi, quae ob. pcimo Die menf- 3!an. an. ©om»
The prayer for their fouls defaced %.

" (©rate pzo ailBiS jlumftptii .t>ta2fecp §, milttf^K
" nup Capitali^ 2Baroni^ Oe ^t&tcs.m tii%\i \
" et gjCabelte ujrojis! ejuji, ct omnium araicor
||
" fuor ; qucr animabu:^ pzopicietur gêuj!. amen/' **
Stowe calls this an ancient marble tomb in the choir.

Againft the wall of the North aile was a brafs plate with the-
figure of a man kneeling, bare-headed, in curled hair and plated
armour : on his tabard, quarterly and 4, on a fefs, three crofs^
i ..
crofllets fitche; 3.^ and 3, barry of 6 on a dexter canton, a.
* In Harl. MS. 109(5, I find thefe arms; a chevron Sable between three crofs
erofflets, quartering the fame number of boars' heads; and
" <PKate p?a animabu:» iDiHmi Jgiingcrfcrd et aiicie ujrojisf, qui iflam fcnett.'am ffce.nint,"
From which conclude, that both the arms and infcription were formerly painted'
I
on glafs in one of the windows. Thefe are not the arms of the noble family of
Hungerford, nor of that branch of them fettk-d at Chelfea in Middlefex. See:
Lyfons, II. 98.
-j- One Richard Gadde " of &hordyche'' was executor to the will of Elizabeth'
Roliyfley (mother to Mary laft priorefs of St. Helen's within Biftiopfgate), bearing,
date Auguft 22, 5 Hen. VIII. (Madox, Form. 783.); who might pofTibly be foil'
to John Gadde here mentioned. \ Stow's Survey, 11. 51.
§ Sir Humphfey Starky was created' Serjeant at Law 17 E. IV. 1478, aird'con-
llituted cliicf baron of the Exchequer, June 26, 1484. (Pat i Edw. V. m. 2.)
*'.He was defcended from the Starkies of Wrenbery and Oulton in Chefhire, and'
lies entombed under a fair monument in the parifli church of St. Leonard, Shore-
ditch, in London, which the injuries of time, and impious mechanics together, have-
much impaired." Philipot's Kent, p. 374.
11
Daughter and coheir of —
r— Weldon, by whom Sir H. left four daughters
** Harl. MS. 1096. Arms: Sable, a ftork proper.^
his coheirs.
Various Reading,
' Siow and Weever read " domini regis Jicnrici Sepimu"
mulii£S*
: ; :
54 HISTORY AND ANTI CLU I TIE S
mullet. Over his head a brafllefs figure, as of the Deity; and

under him this infcription
*'
idejeunDcj fie"" ttie afijc^ anti tlje tonesS
<©f M 2ri)oma^
Jjaftji deatij,
%ti^ ^ tjjat gooti
tlje «Bnti[p flill

ano tuojtljp
bemoaned,
*=
MmhU .
i©l30fc alaji,
''.
CljDugi) Ibi^ foul alliaapiS rejoice in <!Bob'^ Cgtit
•<!52eat VoaiS JjiiS isi^'Dom % anD ' ^nsXzi toa.si |i]i^ toit,
Sdi^ tifage comelp, no faa cijange s bifmapeo

Suit}) ^
ja .iftan in aK affair^, a ftina ^ to fe:tic moft fit,
tao not 35eatt) fo foon })i^ m02taf life betrajeb '.

l|e Dieb'' tlje zftJ) bap of Bobembcr, anno ©omini 1545."
*
On an antient marble tomb in the chancel was this infcription
(Harl. MS. 1096.):

" *©f pour cjjajitpc prap for tlje foule of ^' CtiomaiS
<§epmoje, iKniBtit, late aibcrman anb A®ajor
nf 3Lonbon, anb 3Bame lEarp JjijS toife ; ^t toljicl)
<Sir arijoma^ beccaCeb tije j:jt!b of ©cfembcr,

in tije peajc of ou2e 1L02b oBob, 153a; one tei})OCe
^
fotoie Siefu î!az mcjcp."
In the North wall

" ileje unber lepetl) ItoBt âap ionge ",
anb M'&ims fei^ îfe, anb jSicjjarb
ilârp Monge iiiS fonne, ^lijabeti) anb

Haajgajet jbi^ toibe.s Cometpme botJ)
proboG^ of tt)e Jlting'^ mint tditlj in
Eonbon ;
tjje acotoer of toJjici) iliitljara
tarpe gonge beccafeb ttie 23- bap

of auguU, 1545"."
* Stow's Survey.
Various Readings.
' lytth. Harl. MS.
1096. Leiye. Harl. MS. 1096. *•
* learned. Ibid.; and New View of London, 1708,1. 315. ^ %^/. Ibid.
' ivorjhip, but. Ibid. ^ which. Ibid. ^chance. Ibid. ^ Knighte. Ibid.
' bewreathed. Ibid. '^ New View of London, I. 315, faith, " 0^. 1616."
* Stowe's Survey, II. 51, reads, "Here lieth the body of Sir Thomas Seymer,
" knight, late alderman and lord mayor of London, and dame Mary his wife. The
"which Sir Thomas deceafed the nth day of December, anno Domini 1532.."
Sir Thomas Seamer (for fuch is the true orthography of his name) was lord mayor
of Lond'. n in 1526. His arms were, Party per pale. Argent and Sable, a fefs
nebulee between three grifBnb' heads erafed, all counterchanged. Wright's Prae-
torian Banner. " Harl. MS. 6072, f. 76, reads, " Harry Tounge."
" Stowe's Survey adds, " in the 36th year of the reign of King Henry VIII," &c.
4 On
OFSHOREDITCH. 55
On a fair tomb in the chancel, faith Stow * :
" l^cje Hit]) ' biicieO (jHijabeti) •f , tJje toife of

t])e late teberent) ''
fatl}Ct in ijBnO,
5EoI]n .îfenjp t S fate biOjop of iffrefotD.
(Elbe toiO trtieKtiD fatlja-, in tjje reign
* New View of London, I. 314, calls it a fpacious ton^b of marble of the com-
pofite order.
f- Elizabeth, widow of bifliop Scory, was buried March 9, i592yfrom Haliwell; as

was John Scory, knighr, December 29, 1616, from Chancery-lane; as alfo Syl-
fir
?anus Scory from St. Peter's Hill, Oft. 15, 16 17; and fir Edmund Scory, May 11, 1632..
J
" Scoiy, that had been bi op of Chichefter, though upon Day's being reftored
1
lie was turned out of his bifhoprick, did comply merely. He came before Bpnner,
and renounced his wife, and did penance for it, and had his abfolution, being,
allowed to exercife his ecclefiaflical and paftoral funftions within the diocefe of
London, under his feal the 14th of July this- year (1554); which is in the Col-
leftion." Burnet, Hiftory of Reformation, vol. II. p. 256. Colledl. part 11. bookllV
—
Number i^. Banner's Certificate that Bi(hop Scory had put away his wife; MS.
Sym.ondb, ex Pieg. Bonner, p. 347, in. Pvichardfon's Godwinn, p. 513.
" On the feal" (writes Strype), " in hard wax, of one of the bifhop's lettersr
(which I have feen) appears his caat of arms; having on a bend three crefcents;
and round about it thefe words, Meliora fpero; as if it had been his motto in his
exile." Annals, vol. IIL p. 328.
Scory was a married man; and fo,. deprived at the beginning of queen Mary's,
reign, he fled abroad, and was fuperintendant of the Englilh congregation at Embdea.
in Friezeland. Sirype's Life of Cranmer, p. 16']..
In November, 1551, a licence was graiued to John (Skory) bifhop of Rochefter,
and Elizabeth his wife, to eat llefh in Lent and other fading days during his life.
Strype's Ecclef. Mem. vol. IL p. 514.
He was a native ot Norfolk, and for theological learning confecrated, when
S. T. P. and at the age of 47, bifhop of Rochefter, Aug. 30, 155 1 ; of Chichefter,.
May 23, 1552, of which he was difpoffeffed by Mary; and by Elizabeth pro-
moted to Hereford, 1559. Dying at the age of 90., June 26, 1585, at his palace
at Whitburne, he was buried in h's cathedral, or, according to Wood, at Whit-
burne. He left ;^"20O. to the town of Leominfler; and as much to the city of Here-
ford, to be lent to the poor without interefl; and ;{,'400. to St. Bartholomew's and
Chrift's hofpitals, London. His writings may be feen in Ath.Oxon. I. 682; where
his only fon Silvanus is fuppofed to have een buried in the chancel of St. Leonardo
!
Shoreditch, 1617, near to the grave of his mother.
Various Readin&s.
* lyeth. Harl. MS. 1096; and New View of London, 1708., I. 3,i4>
**
reverent. Harl. MS. 1096.
'- Scorye, Harl. MS. 1096. Skorye. New View, of London, 1708, 1. 314.
; : :

of idling <!Etitaaj& ti)t 0)it|) *, tna^ bidjop
Df JiDctieftcr, anti tjanjitettb fjom
ti}ence to €jbici)efi«|. te Ofpaiteti
tl)!^ life at !©})itbnrn ^ in tlje countu
of iêjefeB, tJje 26 dap of 5;nne'', anna
<©omini 1585. flniJ tjie l"aiO ^ Cfisabctf)
Dcceafed in ^ôl'stoell ^ in tijijS paiiRj,

tjje 8''' Bap of Mîcl), 1592."
The New View of London, I. 314, adds:

*'
SSeati mottui qui <ôniino moriiintur.
" Jlft corp^ Igt^ ])V.t in c])tS:,

" ter foul in {êatcn noio libejJ
" Snti ffje tn)v0 Hjst reft,
" 3©l3ic}) <!5dd to ])ii faintsf gitie;;!
" ^nt in Cijrift flje oiD tzufi,

" Stiat ])i toil! l)er ixttoze
" again out of tfje Duft
" ato libe for tbermore."
Arms, as they appear tricked in Harl. MSS. J 096. and 6072 :
I. and 4, Or on a faltire Gules, five cinquefoils Or ; 2, Argent,

a chevron Gules between three billets Sable ; 3. Gules, a falcon
Or, on a caftle proper.
On the front of an handfome monument, erected to the me-

mory of feveral Ladies of the Rutland family, was this infcription
" This monument is ere6ted in memory,
that within this church do lie buried the bodies
of the right honourable and noble Ladies,
Lady Katharine Stafford,
daughter to Edward duke of Buckingham,
and wife to Ralph earl of Weftmerland,
Various Readings.
» /yxt. Harl. MS. 1096. 6"*. New View of London, I. 34.
* pyhitborne. Harl. MS. 1096. « 26 of June. Ibid.
^/aide. Ibid. ! HalHwell. Ibid.
who
OFSHOREDITCH. 57
who died in 1553;

Lady Eleanor, daughter William Pafton, knight,
to fir
and wife to the right honourable lord Thomas

earlof Rutland, buried in 1551;
Lady Margaret Nevel *,
daughter to Ralph earl of Weftmoreland,
and wife to Henry earl of Rutland, who died in 1560;
and the Lady Katharine Nevel f-,
wife to fir John Conftable, of Holdernefs, knight, and
daughter to Henry earl of Weftmoreland and lady
Anne Manners, daughter to Thomas earl of Rutland,
which Katharine died the 27th day of March, 1591.
And that here do lie alfo the bodies of two right
worthy Gentlemen, honourably defcended ; namely, of
Sir Thomas Manners, knight, and Oliver Manners |, Efq.
brethren, being the fourth and fifth fons
of the aforefaid Thomas earl of Rutland.
The firft died about his age of fifty, in June, 159 1,
after many valiant fervices performed by him
for his prince and country, both in Ireland
• Of whom hereafter, in the notes upon the curious extrafts from the Parifh Re-
gifter. f-
" Lady Katharine Conftable, March 27, Savoye." 1591. Par. Reg.
J He died young in 1563, and is faid to have been buried at Uffington in Lincoin-
ftiire; where is his epitaph; Nichols's Leicefterfliire, vol. H. parti, p. 44§; though
the entry of his burial occurs in Shoreditch Regifter, Sept. 3, that year. Qu. Is the
entry of the burial in the Regifter of Uffington ? If not, the prefumption is, that the
body was interred at Shoreditch^ and afterwards removed by a faculty to Uffington.
§ " MERE LYEl OLTVER. MANNERS,

THE 5 SONNE TO THE SAID
LATE ERLE AND SERVED
||
;
OUR QirEENE ELIZABETHE IN

HER W4.RRS AT NEWHAVEN;
AND THER FELL SICKE, AND
DIED OF THE SAME SICKNES,
ANNO DOMINI 1563."
*!
J]
Thomas Earl of Rutland, who died Sept, xo, I543.
I and
; :
^S HISTORY AND ANTI (Û I T I E S
and in Scotland, where he was knighted; and

witneffed by fundry great wounds he therein received.
The fecond died in his younger years, in 1563,
about his age of twenty; yet not before
good proof made of his valour and forwardnefs
in the fervice of Newhaven againft the French
where he took the ficknefs>
whereof he died fhortly after at Shoreditch.
Founded by the Lady Adeline Nevel at the diredlion
of the faid lady Katharine ConftablCy deceafed-,
her fifter, in February, 159 1."
In the nîiddle chancel, faith Stdw, this infcription on brafs

*' Georgius Gips, generofus, fide fubjedlus,
fpe eredtus, charitate Deo unitus, vitam
mortalem mutavit pro immortali 12 Julii,
161 1. Quatuor genuit filios, filiafque
undecim quorum Richardus, Georgius,
;
Thomas, Anna, Maria^ Martha, patris &

clauferunt, reliquorum ipfe claufit,
lumina.'*
On a curious old marble monument, with the figure of a

young lady neatly cut in a kneeling pofture, the following in-
fcription in gold letters * :
Oleum efFufiim noraen tuum,

Ide6 adolefcentulae dilexerunt te. Cant. i.
Fallax eft gratia, Si vana pulchritudo i mulier

ftimens Deum, ipfa laudabitur. Prov, xi. -f
, ** Hac tuleris quicunque gradum, fta, perlege, plora;

Hie decor, hie pietas, nobilitafque jacet.
Virgo, annis animifque Dei, I'beodojia |, donum,
* New View of London, I. 312. "f"
Stow, II. 52.
X (Theodofia). New View of London, I. 312.
4 Qu^
;
OF SHOREDITCH. ^9
Qui mentis certat fa ma, decore pudor.

Sed famam mentis fuperavit, moribus annos,
Ingenio fexum, relligione genus.
Quam neque nobilitas tumidam, nee forma procacem,
Fecerat; una humilis, clara, pudica, decens.
Flos asvi; florem dixi? dixi ergo dolorem;
Ut raatura brevi eft, heu ! ita rapta brevi eft.
Rapta fed sethereis rofa tranfplantanda viretis,

Lseta ubi perpetui tempora veris aget.
Inter Sc asternas Agni comes agna choreas,
Ignotum cafto fuccinet ore melos.
Candida virginei tumulo date lilia coetus
Virginis, O! partus, virginis, efto memor.
Ereptam Domino Jociat lux ultima fcelix.
O foelix virgol quod cupit ujque tenet.
Anno Domini 1616, Martii 17 *.'*
Arms : on a lozenge within a chaplet Or, a fefs indented Sable,

On a tomb, on the South
of the chancel, the kneeling
fide
figure of a lady ; beneath, as a creft, on a wreath a lion paflant,
Gules, holding in the dexter paw a broken fword proper; below
it this infcription:
«' Jane, the wife" of Ralph Hanfby f, efq. daughter to Wm.'
* Ibid. " 1644, Theodofia Vavafour, gentlewoman, from the Sayoye, March
1 8." Parifh Regifter.
f Had. MS. 1487, fol. ip, is a copy of this infcription, (which wants the Latin
verfes,) taken March 5, 1639, by John Withie; beneath it this Ihort defcent:
" John Hanfby,=pAwdry, dau. of Edward Hanfby,.=Margrett, dau. of
ad fonne. The. Louell of a.clerke, 3d fonne. Bryan Snawfell.
r .,
Ralph Hanfby^
„
— Skelton.
r~T
Thomas,
—-T
Beatrice, ux.
fonne and hejre, ad fonne. Herbert Davy
'
aet. 23, 1612. of Yorke."
Various Readings.
Jane, wife. Harl. MS. 1487, fol. 50. * Wiii. Ibid.
I ^ Vavafour,
: ; :
6o HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ T I I E S

Vavafour, efq. grandchild' to Thomas Manners, knt. died the azc!
day of July, our Lord 1617, and of her age the
in the year*" of
33d. To whofeblefled memory her dear hufband dedicates'' this "^
faid monument, to fignify, that with her his joy Hes here interred
*' Si genus, & virtus, 8c moribus auc5ta figura,

Pulchra bonis pietas, liquid honoris habent;
Hunc Jana tumulum fpe6lans venerate, viator.
Cum qu^ tot bona, tarn bella, fepulta jacent;
Nee minor his aderat vidlrix patientia vidtse,
Nee fpolium mortis, fed pudor ilia fuitJ'
The New View of London adds

** If birth, if virtue % if fair ^
features deckt
With gifts of mind % if piety breeds refpe6t
Her tomb then view, and grace, kind ^ paffenger.
With whom fo' many graces bury'd" were.
Conquered, by patience yet fhe' overcame;
Nor was her youth death's triumph, but his Ihame."
Arms : and 4, (Hanfby) Sable, three
three coats quarterly ; i.
Ihouvellers Argent ; 2, three quaterfoils proper ; 3, Sable two
bars, Or furtout, a lion rampant Gules * thefe impaled with : —
the arms of Vavafour Or, a fefs dauncette Sable.
Nigh to the tomb of Mr. Gips upon a grave flone was,
" May 23, 161 8, Richard Leigh •f',

merchant and citizen of
• 2. and 3. borne by the name of Haichf. See H'arl. MS. 1487, fol. 50.
•f"
Qu. Was he related to Sir John Leigh before mentioned, p. 54?
Variotts Readings.
» chiJde. HarL MS. 1487, fol.50. * yeare. Ibid. ' deare. Ibid.
• hath dedicated. New View of London, I. 313; and Harl. MS. 1487. fol. 50.
• vertue, Harl. MS, 1487, f. 50. ^ faire. Ibid. « vilnde. Ibid.
khde. Ibid. ^
foe. Ibid, ^ buried. Ibid. ^
Jhee. Ibid»
1^
" London,
OFSHOREDITCH. 6i
" London, placed memorial of his dear wife Anne

this flone in
*' Leigh, who lieth here interred by the body of Richard Brat-
*' tnph,
her firft hufband; and of her three children, Richard,
" Sarah, and John, which fhe bare to the faid Richard Brattuph.
** In fome fad and pain impatience,
ficknefs pain,
In thee a patient penitence it wrought.
Thy ficknefs joy, thy tribulation hope,
Thy body's death gave life unto thy fouL
Thus for his lambs the Lord can honey draw
From th' all-devouring cruel lion's jaw.
Ubi tua, O mors, viSioriaf ubi tuus^ O fepu/abrum, tumulus i'*
On the South fide of the church this infcription on brafs:
" Here lyeth Catharine Lively," wife of Edward

Lively, gent, and daughter of Henry Hodg, citizen
and brewer of London, and Joice his wife; whoy
after fhe had run a virtuous and religious
courfe of life 21 years, finilhed the fame the
15th day of July, 16^3.
" The memory of the juft is bleffed. Prov. x. 7.,
adorned with the effigies of a lady in piano *.
Stowe mentions likewife amongft others in the chancel:

" Guthbert Burbage and Elizabeth his wife. They
departed in September, i636.''f
Over the monument of Richard Hary Yonge, mentioned at

page 54, was another, with this infcription:
" Sir Alexander St. John J, knight,, fon of the right honourable
* New View of
London, I. 3 14. -f See the Account of the Curtain Playhoufe.
% He
reprefented the town of Bedford, 12, r8, 21, James I. and i Charles I;:
and was knighted, 1608, with his brother Anthony. CoUins's Peerage, VII. 22.
Oliver
6z HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ T 1 E I S
'
Oliver lord John, baron of Bletfo, canfed this monument to

St.
be eredted in memory of his late faithful and truly virtuous con-

ibrt lady Margaret daughter of John Frye, of Hard-
St. John *,
wick in the county of Gloucefter, efq. ; whofe body lieth near
nnto this place interred, expe6ling a glorious refurretflion."
On a flat ftone:
" Fenimus, vidimus, redivimus, refurgemus.

*' William Frenilen, efq.' eldeft fon of Thomas Fremlen, of
this parifli. He refided agent for the Eaft India Company at the
Great Mogul's court; aftervvârds fecond in council and command
at Surat; then prefident. He arrived in fafety, after twelve
years and three months, to find a grave in England, and this
parifh of his nativity; and put a period to his life in 1645,
having, by his bequeathed to charitable ufes
laft will, £^70,
and more particularly to the poor of this parifli j^" a 00."
The New View of London 312.) calls it a fpacious marble

(I.
monument, of the Ionic order, on the South fide of the altar;

and reads the infcription thus:
" This monument is erecSted in memory of William Fremlin,
'* efq. eldeft fon of Thomas Fremlin and Anne his wife, both
" of this parifli, deceafed ; whofe better genius having difpofed
*' his defires wholly unto travel, he was in the i8th year of
" his age entertained by the honourable Eaft India Company,
** and by them employed into the remoteft regions of Afia,
*' where his abilities and fair comportment found fo good appro-
*' bation, that within three years after his arrival he was fent to
** refide agent at the couit of the Great Mogul; and then, the
*' more important affairs of the honourable Company wanting
* Stc died without iflue, Aug. 27, 1636, aged 73. Collins, ubi fupra.
«« his
OF SHOREDITCH. 63
** his affifl-ance, in the chief relidence at Surat: he was called

" thither to fupply the place of fecond in council and command;
" which truft he difcharged with fuch approved diligence and
" dexterity, that by exprefs order he was appointed prelident,
" and fo continued five years, to the great fatisfatftion of his
*' honourable employers, and the abundant content of his own
*' nation,
whom he governed, and thofe other among whom he
" lived; and then, returning for England, God was pleafed to
" deliver him from as eminent danger of fliipwreck as ever any
" man efcaped, that he arrived in fafety, after the expiration of
" nineteen years, three months, and twenty-one days, to find a
*' grave in the land and parifh
of his nativity; for now, alas!
" he began to languilh; and upon the 13th of March, 1645,
*' put a period to this, in the 28th year of his age; having, by
" his laft will and teftament, bequeathed to charitable ufes ^(".870;
" and, more particularly to the poor of this parhh, ^^200.
" Reft, weary traveller! a quiet repofe
*' Suits well with adtive men but chiefly thofe,
;
" Of whofe unwearied works we truly fay,

" They bear the brunt and burthen of the day t,
*' Such days in fuch a climate fo well fpent,
" As made the precedent a prefident.

" Apres Travilie Repof.*'^
In the North aile:

" Juxta hunc tumulum
jacent
Johannes Byde,
civis &
Aldermannus Londinenfis, &
Dorothea conjux ejus, ex qua feptem fufcepit liberos;;
viz. Edwardum, Elizabethamj
Thomamj
;
^4 HISTORY AND ANTICLUITIES

Thomam, Johannem, Petrum, Samuelem, Edwardum;
quorum fuperftites
Thomas Byde, eques auratus
8c Edwardus Byde, natu minor, e
focietate Lincolnienfis, arm',
1665."
Arms: Or, on a pile engrailed Azure, three anchors of the firft.
This monument is now fixed againft the North wall of the

chancel Bengeo, co. Herts, brought from the chapel
at at Ware
park; and to the infcription is added :
"From Shoreditch church, 1736.

Wm. Stanton fecit.
A morte immortalitas."
Winifred; and Marina, daughter of fir Charles Pitfield, of

**
Hoxton, knight, whofe daughter died in 1673, and his wife in

1676*."
* Anne Slater, i68x."
*'
Eflher Haughton, wife of Samuel Haughton, citizen and
fcrivener of London, departed in 1688, and buried near her
father Robert Cock."
* Of this family, fee the notes on the curious extracts from the Parilh Regifter.
MONU-
:
OFSHOREDITCH, 65
Monuments in the prefent Church, taken Dec. 28, 1795.
On a plain marble tomb, fixed againft th« wall of the porchj^.

nigh the South-weft door of the church:
" Near this place lieth interred the body
of RICHARD WALLIS, gent, late of CHARLES
Square in this parifli, who departed this life
April 10, 1726, aged 86.
Alfo in the fame place lieth interred the body
of his niece Mrs. MARY MASON, wife of
JOSEPH MASON, Gent. : fhe departed this life
January the 20th, 173 1-2, aged 66.

Likewife of JOSEPH MASON, gent, hulband of
the abovefaid Mrs. MARY MASON, who departed
this life September 17, 1733, aged 74."
On a handfoine tomb of variegated marble, fixed againft the

wall of the South aile
" SUSANNAH DRAPER

died March the 1 8th, 1775,
aged 28 years.
Jiage is a fmall eminence,
Life's little
Inch-high above the grave ; that home of many
Where dwells the multitude : We gaze around ;
We read their monuments-^ -we ftgh\ and^ while

K We
:
66 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ T I E S I
fTe figb^ we Jink, and are what we deplofd^^l

1'bou poor pale piece
Of outcajl earth what a change

in darknefs !
From yejlerday! HARK! what voice is this.
Which in hoarfe accents murmurs from the tombf^
tnflant " Prepare to meet thy God Fly froHa !
" The wrath to come!" ere irrevocable

t T^j/ dreadful doom by death be f.x'd in woe
Unutterable !
MARTHA DRAPER
died Jamiary 22, 1777,
aged 69 years."
Nigh to which is another, over which are the arms of Croflley -f^
and upon it the following infcription
"In a vault beneath lie the remains of
ELIZABETH CROSSLEY, wife of NAHUM CROSSLEY,
of February 26, 1760,
this parifli, gent, died
in the 54th year of her age^
Alfo NAHUM, fon of NAHUM
and ELIZABETH GROSSLEY,
died April the 29th, 1760, in the a6th year of his age.
Alfo MARY C60KE, daughter of the abdve, died March 2,
1778, in the 33d year of her age.
Likewife NAHUM
CROSSLEY, hiafband of the abovefaid
ELIZABETH CROSSLEY, died Feb. 4, 1774,
in the 68th year of his age.
Alfo Mr. PETER WHITELOCK, of this parim, departed
thisHfe Auguft the lOth, 1781, aged 79 years.
Alfo Captain JAME§ ALEXANDER, a fnicere friend to
* Thefe five lines are from Young's Night Thoughts, Niglit the fecond.
+ Gules, a fefs Or, between three ctofs inolines Or. Creft a tiger's head.
4 the
:
OF SHORE DITCH. 67
the above family, departed this hfe September the

ayth, 1 78 1, aged 62 years.
Alfo the body of SAMUEL CROSSLEY, fon of the above,
who departed this hfe December 1784, aged 47 years.
3,
Alfo ELIZABETH CROSSLEY, wife of the above
SAMUEL CROSSLEY, 1789, aged 55
died Feb. 12, years.
Alfo Mrs. MARY HILLS died Feb. g, 1790,
in the 5 9th year of her age."
Eaftvvard from this, on the South fide of the altar, is a neat

marble monument fixed againft the wall ; the fubjedt, two figiires
of Death forcibly dividing a large oak tree, from the branches
of which hangs the following infcription
M.f tiiy-'
" Quicquid rôri debuit
^ ELIZABETHS BENSON,
clariffimi philofophi filiae,
clariflimi germanse;
gente paterna atavis Pannoniae regibus,
matern^ equeftribus Cantianis, editae;
j matronae religiofas,
.,
fandae, piae, munificae,

ingenio vivido,
antiqua virtute 8c fide;
hujus ecclefiae coemeterlo,
fub eodem fepulchrali marnlore contegittirj

quo pia fraternos cineres condiderat.
Hanc talem, heu! nonagenariam,
valentem, nee fenecStutis fuae pcenitentem,
infidiofe Libitina pede proripuit;
Si ftamina vitae non evoluta funt,
K a fed
s ,
^8 History and anti qjj i tie
fed difrupta,
XIV" KAL. JAN.
MDCCX."
On the root of the oak is this motto:
" RAPIT. MATURIOR. VLS."
Beneath all, the arms *.
On the North nigh the veftry dooT, is a neat

fide of the altar,
tomb; on- the top of which are the arms of Auftin; Azure, on
a chevron, between three lapwings Or, as many quatrefoils
Vert. The creft; on a wreath, a lapwing Or;
*' Near to this place in the chancell, by the communion
table, lyeth enterred thebodyes of Thomas A,uften f
and John Auften, Efqrs. two moft dearly affeiStionate
brothers (on each fide of their worthy father
Thomas Auften, Efq.), of this parifli, who were
both of the honourable honfe of Lincoln's Inn.
Thomas Auften marryed Katharine Wilfon, daughter
to Robert Wilfon, citizen and draper of London;
had iftiue by her two fonns and two daughters, and
departed this life the 31ft October, 1658, aged 86 yeares.
* Argent, three trefoils flipt oh a bend Sable, between two gemels Gules; im-
paling. Azure, a bird clofe. Argent, on a radicated ftaff fefs-wife Or; in his beak a
ring of the laft.
•f-
Among the early entries of the Auften family in the Parifli Regifter are thefe:
*' Francis Auftin, the fonne of Richard Auftin, was baptized the 25th of Febru-
•' ary, 159^. Hoxton."
"...... Auftin, the wife of Thomas Auftin, gent, buried Oft. 5, 1597."
" Marg. Auftin, wife of Tliomas Auftin, Hoxton, buried Sept. 9, 1602."
** Eliz. Auftin, wife of Richard Auftin, buried Dec'
4, 1602.
" Thomas Auftin, fon of Rich^rdj buried July 7, 1603."
** Thomas Auftin, buried Ap rill 1 8, 1610."
John
OFSHOREDITCH, §^
John Auften maryed Sufannah Winftanley, daughter

to James Winftanley, Efq. had ifhue by her a daughter;
and departed this hfe the 29th February, 1659,
aged 32 yeares. resvrgemvs,"
Beneath, the arms of Thomas Auftin (eldeft fon), impaling
thofe of Wilfon ; and the arms of John Auftin, impaling thofe
of Winftanley.
On a plain monument againft the wall of the North aile 5
" Near this place

lieth the body of
JOSEPH NEWSOM, Efq.
of one of his majefty's juftices
this parifti,
of the peace, for the counties of Middle/ex
and Effex, who departed this life the
2, 2d day of June, 177a, aged 34."
Nigh which is another, with the following infcription t

« Subtus jacent Fr: Clarke, A"". M'. ^
SarsB uxoris eius exuviae quas
Depofu^re;
Alter SepBris 35'° Air Dom. 169O.
^tatis 65 :
Altera cum Viri obitum chariffimi

annos pene 20 fleviflet vidua.
ejus hie in gremio demum
doloribus fuccubuit,
Aug. 17. 1709.
iEtatis 64^
HIC ex antiqui de Cbisfield in agro Hertf:
profapia ortum ultimus tulit, marium inde
oinniun:^
: : —
70 HISTORY AND ANTICL0ITIES

omnium 8c ultimiis morti ceffitj
'
Ecclefic£ Stoke-dauborn Surr. *

olim ReSior,
Jlla Rich. Bankes 3bns Regibus Lapidicse
foboles noviffiraa exfilivit;
Reliquifqi Fratribus 2bus, Sororibus 3bus etiam
Superfuit.
Annos prope 19 perduxerunt conjuges;
Filios habuere 14, Flliamc^ unicam, Sararrr,
quam et Filium unicum Fr: \ natu minimuin
Pofteros reliquere.
In fuoru parentum memoriam virtutum
hocce addidit Filli folius^ Gratitudo
Cenotaphivira.
His accefllt Rebeccah, uxor dicSli

Francifci Clarke filii Prima Septembris
36tQ: Anno Dom. 17 15, iEtat. a ado."
* Natural Hiftory and Antiquities of Surrey by Aubrey, vol. III. pp. 140, 141:
In Stoke Davernon chancel, on a white free ftone grave-ftone, is this infcription:
" Here lieth the body of William Ckrke, the fon of Francis Gierke of
this parifti, and Sarah his wife, who died the 21"^ of June,, 1685."
On another white free ftone grave-ftone is this infcription
" Nicholas, the fon of Francis Ckrke, reftor of this parifb,
and Sarah Ms wife, was buried here, March the 28th, 1678.
Francis, the fon of Francis Ckrke, reftor of
this parifli, and Sarah his wife, was buried here, November the 21ft, 1679."
Ibid. p. 142: On a wh-ite free ftone grave-ttone on the North fide of the
chancel is this infcription
*' George —
Francis, the twins of Francis Ckrke, reflor of this
and Sarah his wife were buryed here Aug' the 27, 167.6."
parifli
—
\ ' Filium unicum Fr.' In Letfome's Preacher's Affiftantis this entry: " Gierke,
"Francis, LL.D. commiffary of Lewes in SufTex, and chancellor of Chichefter."
Amos iii. 2, 8°, iâa. Qu. the youngeft fon oif Francis Cli?ike, reftor of Stoke
Dabernon?
Beneath,
OFSHOREDITCH* 71
Beneath, thefe arms : Party per chevron, Azure, three leo-

pards' heads Or; Or, an eagle difplayed, Azure; impaling on a
crofs Or a crofs patee Gules, between four fieurs de lis Or*
EXTRACTS FROM the PARISH REGISTER*

OF St. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH*
Christenings.
N"* I. } " Henry Parker, fon of Lord Mount-the right Ho.

1600. I" eagle of Hoxton, September the a 8th.'*
This Henry Parker (the fon of Wilh'am Parker Lord Mounteagle, who difcovered
the Gunpowder Plot) was afterwards Lord Morley and Mounteagle,, furaraoned to
parliament, in 16^4, 16^7, 1628, the ift, 3d, and 4th years of king Charles I;,
and, laftly, in the firft parlian:ient of 1640, 15 Charles L His father, the Lord
Mounteagle here mentioned, wasfummoned to parliament in the 3d, 4th, ych, 8th^
and I2th, of James Lf-
N° a. T " Mary and Anne, daughters of Hugh Middletore

1634. j" and Elizabeth, Odlober the 12th."
Sir Hugh Was the fixth fon of Richard Middleton, of Denbigh, created a baronet
Augufl: 22, 1622+. He married Eli2abeth, daughter and fole heirefs of John
Olmefteaid, efq. of Ingateflxtne in Eflex; by her he had iffue five fons, the fecond.
of whom was, I believe, the Hugh Middleton here mentioned,
* The Reader will obferve that thofe entries in this Regifler, which relate to Balmes Hbufe^
Mdggerftone, or the Curtain Phy-hoiife, arc given with the account of thofe Places^
t Dvjgdale's Summons to Parliaaleat^
J,
Beatfon's: Political Index^
;
7* HISTORY AND ANTICLUITIES

N« 3. \
*'
*« Hope, and Charity, Lewin, three twins
Faith, «*,
1704. J
" w
were buried Auguft the 4th. Hoxton.
Marriages.
N° I. 1 *' The reverend father in God Edwin, biftiop of

1 5 59-60..1
J
" Worcefter, and Sicelye AUin, gentlewoman, Feb. 1
9."
Edwin Sandys made bifhop of Worcefter, 1559; London, T570; archbifliop of

York, 1576; and died July the loth, 1588 f. In the pedigree of Sandys, given
in Nalh's WorcefterQiire ^, archbifhop Sandys is faid to have married Cicely, daughter
of fir Thomas Wilford, which {o that the archbifliop was
Cicely died in 16 10;
probably her fecond hufband.
The archbifliop was certainly a widower; for, in the reign of queen Mary, when
he found it expedient to efcape into Germany, he carried his wife with him § ; and
it is likely, (he died during his exile, confidering the da'te of this fecond marriage.
Averfe as queen Elizabeth was to a clergyman's marrying, it was hardly to be ex-

pefted, that a fecond marriage flaould not have hindered his fubfequent tranflation
to the fees of London and York.
In Strype's Ecclef. Mem. is this paragraph: "A.
|| 1553. The faid Gardiner
(lord chancellor and chancellor of the univerfity) wrote a ftiort letter to the Society
of Katharine Hall, recommending Mr. Cofin to be chofen their mailer in the room
of Dr. Sandys, becaufe he was married; and fo they did."
In Strype's Annals ** is this paragraph : " Sir John Bourne faid, the bifliop feemed
to be difpleafed with him, when he was at the bifliop's table, for drinking to his
wife, (whom Bourne gave this charafter of; that {he was fair, well nurtured, fober,
and demure, fo far as he had feen;) and for calling her lady : whereat, faid Bourne,
he chafed, ,and faid he mocked both him and her." At p. 357. is the bifliop's —
anfwer; " He bringeth in my wife to fpeak evil of her, if he could, that I fhould
be oifended with him, becaufe he drank unto her. I would gladly know, how he
underftood it by word or countenance. I need not fear fir John Bourne of all other men
for, he mifliketh all priefts' wives, and dare call them whores ; and, I fuppofe, none
of them have great caufe to favour him. In calling her ladyf which is not her name,
neither ever was fo called, either before or fince (and he then did it to mock her),
I told him, that therein he abufed us both."
*Sic in Grig. f Le Neve's Lives of the Archbilhops of York, p. 65.

X Vol. II. p 221. § Magn. Britan. Antiq. & Novaj vol. VI. p. 297. Vol. III. p. 52.
||
** Vol. I. p. 348, chap. 35, intituled, ' Biftop of Worceftcr's Vindication of himfelf
againft Sir John Bourne."
4 N! a,:
OFSHOREDITCH. 73
I *< Richard Scory* and Alice Eldrington, June 31."

1588
Alice Eldrington, here mentioned, I look upon to have been defcended from fir
John EIrington, who was buried here. Edward Elrington -j-, efq. was chief butler
to king Edward VI, queen Mary, and queen Elizabeth, He had a grant of the tithes
of the donative of Theydon Bois in EfTex, in 1548 |, and his defcendants poffeiled
them till 1656. He held the manor of Widyngton in Effex, and prefented to the
reftory of Widyngton in 1558 § ; in which year he died, leaving a fon Edward
31 years old, who held the manor of Birch -hall in Theydon Bois, Ellex ||. He died
in 1578, and his fon and namefake held this and the manors of Theydon Bois, Wy-
dyngton **, and Shortgrove in Newport -f-'f- ; and died in 1578, and was fucceeded
by his fon and namefake, 7 years old at his father's deceaie, who died in 1618,
leaving a fon Edward 17 years old J^. For a farther account of this family fee
page 52.
^' " Roger Parker

I §§, D. D. and Alice Probie, June 3d."
16
N° 4. 1 Mr. Alex'
*' St. John to Margaret Draynor, widow,
i^SS- J
" 12 Nov."
Mr. Alexander St. John, fon to Oliver, third Lord St. John, of Bletfoe||||,
was elefted to parliament for the town of Bedford in the 12th, i8th, and 2,1 ft,
years of James I, and ift of Charles I; and knighted in 1608, with his brother
Anthony. He married Margaret (widow of Thomas Draynor, Efq. ***), who
was daughter of John Frye, of Hardwick in the county of Gloucefter. She died,
and was buried here on the 27th of Auguft, 1655, aged 73 -f-f -f-.
" Thomas Hare, Knt. to Elizabeth Dafliwood, 20

1680. J" April."
* Qu. What relation to the bifliop, mentioned at page J ?
5
\ Probably the fame with Edward Elryngton, to whom, with Humphrey Metcalf, the fite of
the Gilbertine prjory in the town of Cambridge was granted, 35 Hen. VIII. (Tanner, Not.
Mon, p. 19.) ; as was the manor of Chiftiull Grange in Eflex. Morant, II, 607.
X Morant, I. 163. § lb. II. 556, lb. I. 162.
||
** lb. II. 556.
t+ lb. II. 586. It was probably his daughter Mary, who was married to Richard Cutt of
Arkefdene, Effex; and died in 1594.
J| lb. I. 162; II. 566.
§§ Air. Denne fuggefts a query, whether Roger Parker, D.D.' was not Roger Parker, who was
'
clca-ed dean of Linco'n, Nov. 29, 1613. ||l| Collins's Peerage, vol. VII. p. 22.
»** See Dr. Denne's Regifter of Benefaftions, N's?, 1633.
fff See before, p. 62.
L N° 6.
74 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T I E S
N° 6.•
" Alex' Pitfield, Efq. to Eliz. Waller, 20 Ap."
1680 I
perhaps may not be difagreeable to infert here feme account of the family of
It
Pitfield; for which I am obliged to James Browne, Efq. of Stoke Newington.
Sir Charles Pitfield (who lived at Hoxton *) was knighted Auguft 22, 1676;
v/hofe fon Alexander Pitfield, efq, here mentioned, had iffue by Elizabeth,
daughter to Waller, efq. one fon and two daughters. The fon had iffue
one fon, Charles Pitfield, efq. who died in July, 1740, aged 23 or 24 years, having
married Dorothy -f, daughter of Solomon Alhley, efq. by whom he had iffue two
daughters; the firft of whom died an infant; and the other, Mary, born in April,
1743, who now enjoys the eftate, married in. 1756 to Humphrey Sûrt, efq. late
member in parliament for Dorfetfliire, by whom flie has thirteen children. The
eldeft daughter Diana is married to fir William Milner, hart.; and the eldeft fon,
Humphrey Afhley Sturt, was married about December, 1781, to Marv, third
daughter of the reverend Edward Woodcock, LL.D. reftor of Watford, Herts.
Of the two daughters of Alexander Pitfield, efq. aforementioned, one was married
to fir Thomas Clarke, knight, member in parliament for the town of Hertford ia
the reigns of William III, Anne, George I, and George II; and died without iffue.
The other daughter Winifred was married to Solomon Afliley, efq. by whom (he
had iffue two daughters; one married to Julines Beckford, efq. who had iffue Peter
Beckford, efq. (married to the honourable Louifa, daughter to George ird P^.ive^s);1
and the other married firft to Charles Pitfield, efq. and afterwards to the honourable
Felton Hervey aforenientioned.
The North part of the Hoxton effate was fold to pay the debts of Charles Pitfield,
efq. and bought by his "fon in law Mr. Sturt. The reft remains in poffeffion of his
daughter Mrs. Sturt.
Burials.,
N° " The righte Ho. Lady Margarett Rutland was buried

I. 1
J" the xxift of oaober." " HalHwell."

;.]"
1559.
Lady Margaret Rutland was daughter to Ralph Nevil, earl of \^"eftmoreland^

and firfl wife to Henry, (econd earl of Rutland, to whom Ihe bore two foiis and one
daughter.
* In a large red brick houfe, long fince detnoliflied.

^ Who was afterwards (aged only 18) married to the honourable Felton Hervey (the proto-
type of the charafter of Fribble in *• Mifs in her Teens,") on December the 2'sih, 1740,
From
ÔFSHOREDITCH. 75
From this houfe (fays Stow, fpeaking of Halywell *) was carried the Corpfe of the
Lady Rutland, Oftober the 21 ft, 1559, to Shoreditch church, with thirty Clerks and
Prieftsfinging; about threefcore poor men and women in black gowns; mourners to the
number of an hundred; two heralds of arm?, Garter and York; then came the
corpfe before a great banner of arms; and about her four goodly banner rolls of
diversarras.' Mr. Becon preached, after was difperfed a great dole of money, being
2d. a-piece to each; and fo all departed to the place to dinner; and about the
valance was written, .§ic tcanUt gfDl'ta muntii.
T. Becon was a native of Norfolk, or Suffolk, educated at Cambridge, and a
ftrenuous defender of the reformation. He was twice imprilbned in Mary's reign,
and efcaped to Marpurg ; but on her death he returned, and died at Canterbury
about 1570, in his 60th year, being chaplain to Archbifliop Cranmer, who ap-
pointed himoneof the fix preachersjand afterwardscollated him to the fourth prebendal
ftall in Canterbury cathedral. He was prefented on IVIay the 24th, 1547, to the
reftory of St. Stephen Walbroke -f-, of which it appears he was deprived in
1554 \ ; on Oftober the 2ifl:, 1,560, he was preferred to the redtory of Buckland,
^^ in Hertfordfliire§; and, Auguft 10, 1563, to the rectory of St, Dionis Backchurch ||.
In Fox's Afts and iMonumenrs I find, that at the time bifbop Bonner fet in com-
miffion for the fix articles, 1641, Robert Wifedome and Thomas Becon, preachers,
\?ere prefented unto him, and brought to Paul's Crofs, to recant and revoke their
doftrines, and burn their books **. Wood calls him an old Calvinift-f>-}-. He wrote:
I. " CcenffiDominicae & MifiTsePapiflicffi comparatioBaf. 1559;" 8vo|];.
2. " Various Treatifes ;" folio, black letter by Day, 1560; very fcarce.
^
-
3. " The AdtsofChrifteand Antichrifte;" Lond. izmo, 1577; fcarce§§.
4. " The Reliques of Rome-," black letter by Day, 1563, fquare i6rao;
fcarce. On the fide oppofite to the title is the head of Thomas Becon;
behind which is written, "^tatis fuze 41, An°Dm 1553;" which makes
the time of his birth 15.12; and, at the time of his perfecution in 1541,
he muft have been about 29 years of age,
5. " Poflills upon the fundrye Gofpels, 4to, Load. 1566. Printed by T.
Marfh.
6. " His Works ;" in 2 vols. Lend. 1564 U||.
7. " The Sick Man's Salve, or direftjons in Siclcijefs, aad how to dye ;"
Edinb. 1613, 8vo***,
* Stowe's Survey, edit. 1754, vol. 11. p, 49.

t Newcourt's Repertorium, vol. I. p, 540. * Ibid.
§ Ibid. vol. I. p. 815. II
Ibid. I. 330.
** Afts and Monuments, vol.
-f-f Ath. Ox. vol. I. p. 348.
11. p.
450, edit. 1684.
XX Bodl. Cat. 1674. io. §§ In the Britilh Mufeum. Bodl. Cat. 1674. fo.
||||
*** His writings
Ibid. are enumerated by Tanner in BibliOtheca Britannica, p. 85; and
Herbert's edition of Ames /ub amis.
La N° 2.
76 HISTORY AND ANTI QÛ [TIES
N° 2. 1 " William by the grace Of God 25 Septem.
1563- J
" Church End."
This was moft probably William Chifliolm, who was made biftiop of Dumblane
in Scotland in 1527, upon the refignation of his brother James. He was a great
adverfary to the Reformation, and alienated a great part of the revenues of his fee, mpft
of which he beftowed upon his nephew fir James Chifholm of Cromlix, and the reft
on his own three baflards. He was fucceeded in 1564. by his nephew William
^ -*
}
f
Chifliolm*.
N°3 " Nicholas Parker Novemb 6. Hoxton,

1563:}
N° A "V
161 " Walter Greene, the Serg' of London, May ad.**
N° 5. " Rob' Draynor, fon of John, Charter-houfe, 8th

I
1561. J" June."
N° 6. "1
" Lady Katharine Mountjoye frona Greenwich, June
I 576- 1" 25."
She was wife to Charles Blount lord Mountjoye, who was created earl of
Devon in 1603 by James Ij but the title became extinft by his death in 1606.
Lord Orford in his Royal and Noble Authors -}-, tells us, that *' Sir Charles
" Blount, afterwards earl of Devonfliire J, a very comely young man having didin-
" guilhed himfelf at a tilt, her majcfty (queen Elizabeth) fent him a cbefs queen of
•' gold enamelled, which he tied upon his arm with a crimfon ribband. Eflex,.
" perceiving it, faid with affefted fcoru, * Now, I perceive, every fool muft have a
•' favour!' On this fir Charles challenged, fought him in Marybone park, difarmed
" him, and wounded him in the thigh."
" William Thornton §, Minifter, Church End, Dec. 3."

1578.J
* Keith's Scotch Bifliops, p. loj. f Vol. I. p. 131.
J See a longer account of this nobleman in CoUiei's Diftionary.
§ William Thornton. Qu. vicar of Bromfield in Eflex ? as in Newcourt's Repertorium, vol. II.
p. g6, John Maddox is mentioned as inflituted to ih^t benefice, June 25, 1579, fer mart. Thornton.
N° 8.
"
OFSHOREDITCH. 77
00 I " Thomas Cam aged 107, 28 January."

1588. J
^'
I «' Sir Thomas Manners knt. 29 May. Strande."
Lady Manners, with fir Thomas Manners, and Mr. John Manners as a knight,
attended as mourners at the funeral of Mary Queen of Scots in Peterborough ca-
thedral on Aug. I, 1586 ||.
Alfo "
Bridget Manners (gent.) Stebenheath, Oft. 24, 1592," occurs in the Re-
gifler of Burials here.
N° " Dorothy Lee, daughter of

10. 1 Rob Lee Merchant
1593. J" Taylor, 10 Septem."
Robert Lee was fon to Humphrey Lee of Bridgenorth in Shropftiire. He was
iherifF in 1594, afterwards knighted, and made mayor of London, 1602 -f.
N° I i.l " Thomas Taylor, a Meflenger of her Majefties cham-

i6ot. J" her, 5 October. Holywelle Streete."
N° 12.]
1 2. 1 " Lady EHz. Rutland huried from Stepney i6th Ja-
<
i6o|. J" n uary:{:. .

-I-
N° 13-1 " The righte ho. Lady Iflabell countiffe of Rutland,

1606. J' Stebinheathe i6th Jan^"
Edward, third earl of Rutland, married jfabel, daughter to fir Tliomas Hoi-
croft, of Vale Royal in the county of Chefter, knt. The earl died April 14, 1387,
at his houfe nigh Puddle Wharf.
In Mr. Nichols's Hiftory of Leicefterihire §, is an original letter of this lady, to
ford keeper Puckering, dated " 18 Nov. 1592 at Stepney j" the fignature to which
is engraved in vol. L pi. XIL of the fame work, together with her monument.
* Memoirs of Learned Ladies, 4to. in the Life of Mary Queen of Scots, p. i68.
Ballard's
•[•Stow's Survey, vol. II. ed. 1754, p. 229.
J Elizabeth, daughter and heir to the famous fir Philip Sidney, and wife of Roger, fifth earl
of Rutland, who died without. iffue in 161 2. Collins, I. 437. § Vol. II. P. ].p. 47.
N° 14.
78 HISTORY AND AN T I Q_U I T I E S
N° " Richard Jordan, fon of Edw. Dpaor of Phificke*.

14,
I
1610. J" 31 Auguil."
N° 15. ]
1 *' Nicholas Tavernor, chapleine to the counteiTe of
1610. J« Kent, 25th September."
N° 16. "1
*' John Sinaeon, the firft perfon buried in the new
1614^. J" church yard, 5 Ap."
!N° 17 1
" Sufan Countefs
f-
\ Dowager of Kent, 5 Aprill."
She was daughter to Richard Bertie, efq. (by Catharine his ,wife, widow of
Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk,) relict of Reginald Grav, earl of Kent, v ho re-
ceived fummons to parliament in 1572, 14 Eliz. This Reginald, having by his
frugality -f much recovered the family eftate, re-affumed the title of fearl of Kent
in 157 1, which his father had declined, being the fixth of his family to whom the
dignity belonged. In the 15th of Elizabeth J he was one of the peers for the trial
of the duke of Norfolk; and, dying § on March the 17th, 157I, was buried in
St. Giles's church, Cripplegate, leaving no iffue.
N°i8.-1 ,,
Sir Roger Halton Knt. Dec. a6th."
1616. J
Whofe widow was buried here, May 25, 1625 |(. In the year 1621, Thomas
Draynor, of the manor of Rumbalds in Stepney.
efq. died feifed His next heir was
Elizabeth Halcon, grand-daughter of Robert Halton, ferjeant at law, who married
his Cfter **.
N° IQ
^* 1
V " Alex' Nafmith, aged 84, 20th Aprill;"
having failed round the world with lord Anfon, declared a few days before his death,
that there was but one other perfon livingwhohad failedupon the fame expedition -f-f-.
• Who
wrote on the Bath waters in 165.2. Brit. Top. II. 196,
f Camden's Annals of Elizabeth. % i^^'^- Hafted's Kent, vol. I. p. Ixxiv,
§ Stowe's Annals, p. 674 y Parifli Regiller.
** Lyfons' Environs ot London, vol. III. p. 426; from Harl. MS.
tf Ex inform. Geo. Limming. Nafmith probably liiennt Jofeph Allen; M.D. for upwards
of 30 years mafterof Dulwich College, who died Jan. 10, 1796, and is mentioned in the Obituary
of Gent. Mag. vol, LXVl. p. 85, as having been the fuppofed laft furvivorpf thcfe circumnavigators.
Q, Singular
—
!
OF SHORE DITCH. 79
Singular Entries *.
N° 20. "1 '< Eight perfons buried from Thomas Bovie's houfe;
^575*
57 5. J "viz. his wife, two children, fervants, &c. Odt. i."
As far as I am able to find, no ficknefs or particular difeafe prevailed at this

time, which makes the entry fomewhat extraordinary.
N° 21. 1 *' Steven Larramore, Steven his fonne, and Mary his
1593. J" daughter, were all three buried the 15th day of
" Julye Haliiwell Street."
N° 22. " John Edwards, being excommunicated, was buried

1
1619. J" the 7 June in the King's high waie in HoUywelle

*'
Li/iae near the Gurtaine." June 7, 1619.
N° 23.] " Margaret Breame, wyfe of Gyles Bream, and Eliza-

i6o|. }" betli his daughter, perrilhing in the fire which hap-
*' pened the 27th ot December."
* Mention is made, in the 1^59 and 1592, of the names

Reg'fter of Burials between the years
of fonrteen ptrl n^» who occupation Moniers; and the fame term is given to Thomas
arc ftyled Liy
L inr\ I'uried in 1614. Alfo " Wm

Charrols, Oatmeal maker, June 30, 1593." And " John
^ Lu';. v C fl.::m.iigir, D.c c, 1612." This laft is 'no uncommon appellation ; and, though applied
to fruiterers in general, feems, ai cording to Dr. Johnfon's explanation of " cojiard, an tipple," to
have beer, in general confined to dealers i.i that fpecies of fruit, unlefs appleWks pomum be a general
term, including all forts of fruits. Cojiard, faith Bailey, is a fort of apple; and cofiardmonger oi
mangejne (Sax. a trader), an apple-monger, a dealer \a fruit : but neither of thefe lexicographers give
\ls any etymology of cojiard.
Though the etymology of cojiard afple is unknown, it is plain, that it ivas an apple in repute
with the monVs of the abbey of Reading, 5s will appear from the following article, copied from
C(Avcl's Law DiiSionary; " Coftard, an apple, whence co/?i:.' J-monger, i. e. a feller of apples
" reddendo inde annuatim nobis & AeffrfiZ/âj noftris unum pomum costard de forgabulo f ad feftum
" S. Michaelig. Cartular. Abbat Radings, MS. fol. 916." But qu. is not /j^?fi^;âj rather an
improper term for a body corporate, particularly as the members thereof were under a vow of
celibacy ?
in his Gardener's Didl'onsry has' no' even notic;d the once-famous coftard apple; but he
Miller
, enlarges on a tree, or plant, growing in the Weft and E'aft Indies, which he denominates guana~
bonus, rendering it the cujlard apple. •
t QS- '5 /orgoiK.'affl equivalent to wliat is now called a Joicband rent in the miilland counties, msaning a rent referved
Burials.
So HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
* OF S HO RE DITC H. 8i
Plague Number of Of whom

years. who died.
Perfons were of the Plague.
1582 225
1592 311 at the coming on of the plague.
1202 Not above half this yeai's

1593 773 burials were regiftered.
{
1603 II88 From March to l!)ecember.
The plague in 1603 is faid

to have Jafted, more or lefs, 8
years, as from Shorjsditch Re-
gifteris evidenr. In 1604, there
died 148; 1605, 14-5; 1606,
186; 1607, 238; 1608, 326;
1609, 429; but in i6iOj we
find them reduced to 295, and
lefs onward.
("From December 16, 1624,

1625 1995 1,407 to December 15, 1625.
(^
betwixt April and December.

1636 767 406
1665 3669 1949 No burials were regiftered from
July the 7th, 1663, to March
the 8th, 1665.
Of this year take the follow-
ing, from the weekly Bills of
M o rtal ity concerning th is parifh:
July ir to July 18 died 64 perfoni.
July 18 to July 25, 84
July 25 to Auguft I, Tio
Sept. 12 to Sept. ig, 183.
Sept. 19 to Sept. 26, 156
Sept. 26 to Oft, 3, 128
715 perfons
in 37 days.
M Ancient
8i HISTORY AND ANTI QJJ I TIE S
""
Ancient Cross at Shoreditch.
**
From Holywell in the High Street (faith Stow) is a continual
"building of tenements to Shoreditch, having one fmall fide of
" a field, already made a garden-plot. Over againft the North
'* corner of this
field, between it and the church of St. Leonard
*' Shoreditch,
fometime flood a crofs, now a fmith's forge, di-
" viding three ways *." And, as we learn from the fame writer
f,
it was of ftone whence, and from its fituation, I was at firft led
;
to conjedlure, that it was one of thofe celebrated memorials of

the affedlion of Edward the Firft for his beloved Eleanor; and
the fite to have been the fpot where her body refted in its way
to Weftminfter, the place of interment; but for this I find no
authority: and very frequently, as in the prefent -inftance, they
were eredled at the divifion of roads.
This crofs might probably have been deftroyed at the time of
the diffolution of religious houfes, as in the papers in the parifh
cheft '^y relative to Dr. Hanmer's i gib Marcb,
conteft, dated "
" 317^ ^f êen Eli^f'', 1589, I, find it called the Smith ^.
" Thomas Haddon of Hog/don at. 70 2""" appears to have
*' depojed upon oath,'''' (amongft other particulars) " that when be
" was young many parijlnoners of S'. Leon^ Shorditch, beinge haymen
** and Women, did
fundrye tymes meet together^ did make good ^
*' Cheer
e, and contribute their Monyes towards the mayntenance ^
*' repay ringe
0/ ^Z*^ Smith ^ meetings were termed Brotherhoods',
|| ;
* Strype's Stow, ed. 1754, tol. II. p. 50. Hackney R.oad is not included
herein, being cf more recent date. -f-
Ibid. vol. I. p. 17.
X See the Appendix of Records, N° IV.

§ Which name it retained till it was taken down, foon after 1764, when the aft
for re-paving Shoreditch, Holywell Street, Hog Lane, &c. took place. According
to the depofition of Haddon, it (liould feem that it was-called the Smith before the
Reformation, becaufe Afterwards it is not likely thefe fhould have been avowed
brotherhoods of S' X"?^", or of our Ladie.
fl
Qu. if this does not prove, that the crofs bore this name before a fmith's forge
fucceeded It? Was it the work of a man of that name or profeffion?
" viz,'
OF S HO RE DIT C II. 85
« viz. one Brotherhood of Si X''^'"" &' S'. James, W one other of

*"."
*' our Ladie
The Spring of St. Agnes le Clere f

derived its name from the clearnefs and falubrity of its water,
and was dedicated to St. Agnes.
occurs in an old record, dated June ig^ 37 Hen. VIII. in the
It
Augmentation Office |, by the name of " Fons voc" Dame Agnes

*' n Clere;^^ as alfo in the Survey of the prebendal manor of
Halliwell, alias Finfbury, taken in the year 1 567 ^, by the name
of " 'the- Well called Dame
Agnes the Cleere\\ ;" and, amongft
the Parliamentary Surveys in the aforementioned Office, is one **,
taken in December, 1650, by which this well appears to have
lain upon the wafte lands if, then " late belonging to Charles
" Stuart, fometime king of England," and was environed with
a brick wall; and alfo that by an inquifition, taken on the 1 »th
of September, 20 James I, by Sir William Smith and Sir Thomas
Walfingham, knights (to whom a comraiffion had been granted
for that purpofe, bearing date Auguft 20'^, that year), that it was
then (1633) tenanted by John Million, and was at that time
valued at forty fhillings per annum', and that it arofe from cer-
tain little fprings arifing from Mr. Marfh's grounds in Newington.
* See the Appendix of Records, N° IV.

•f-
Vulgarly Annifea Clere. % Fee-farm Rolls,, 45. 150.
§ Strype's Stow, ed. 1754, vol. II. p. 98.
11
The fame author, vol. I, p. 25, faith, '^fomewhat North from Eoly Well is
•' one other well, curbed fquare with (lone, and is called Dame Annes the Clear."
** N° 70.
Thefe confifted entirely of open fields, from Agnes St. Clare to Hoxton town,
•f-f-
tfllabout the year 1689, or thereabout. Pitfield Street was a bank, parting two
pafture grounds; and Afke's hofpital was another open field. Tour through Great
Britain, edit. 1769, vol. II, p. 102.
Ma It
_ :
It an excellent fpring, of the depth of eighteen feet, faid to

is
be of great benefit in all rheumatic and nervous complaints, and

efFedtually to remove head-achs, &c. Here is novv^ a commodious
hoiife and the fpring is divided into two baths, the larger of
;
, which -is fet apart for the accommodation of the gentlemen, and
the fmaller for that of the ladies.
The Vicarage House

was rebuilt in 1631, by Mr. Squier, at the expence of jTioo.
only of his own money * the better part of his parifiiioners
;
fupplying the reft'-j-; and the initials in the following infcription,

are probably thofe of the moil: munificent benefaiStors
s:^
J. F-
TH
AILMER
1 63 1 \_f:^
IL~ IM ^Ê
S'^ J.F„ might probably mean Sir John Fenner, who was a
o-reat benefactor to the parifh about this time "^ ;" though fome
perfons think thefe to be the initials 6f Sir John Foliot, whofe
lady § was either aunt, or afterwards mother, of Mr. Squier ([.
I. has been fuggefled to me as the initial of Bijhop
Jewel, who had been Mr. Squier's tutor; but this is unlikely,
as Bp. Jewel died in September, 1571.
* The whole cofting ^(400, Ex inform. G. Limming.
•f
Walker's Sufferings of the Clerg)', part II. p. 175.
+ Dr. Denne' Regifler of Benefaftions, N° 163.
§ Elizabeth, fecond daughter of biftiop Aylmer, was married to fir John Foliot
of Pirton, co. Worcefter. Strype's Life of Bifliop Aylmer, p. 186; as likewife
Na^'s Worcefterftiire, II. 25 8.
Biographia Britann'ica,' article Aelmer.
II
(SL.)
O F S H O' 11 E DITC H, 85
(sL.) wtuld rather take the I. sl together, and apply them to

I
Cai)tain Jcnnc'^ Siade^ who was a great benefadior to the church

about this time *.
I. L. mi^ht perhaps be meant for Judith Lynche, daughter to

bifliop Ayhner, and after whom r.Ir. Squier named his daughter
Judith f. Slie was eldefl: daughter of bifhop Aylmer, and
married William Lynche, of the county of Kent, efq.
S. I obvioufly means Mr. Squier, and the year of his re-
163 1. J building the houfe.

IM. John Mor daunts, who was the fecond hufband of Judith
Lynche aforementioned.
TH. 1 T'beophilus Aylmer, archdeacon of London, who
AiLMER. Jprefented Mr. Squier to this vicarage in i6i2:|:.
Z ^ E. are doubtiefs the initials of Zachary and Edmund Ayl-
mer, the fir ft of them official to his brother the archdeacon,
and both of them benefadlors to the church ^. But thefe letters
could only have been put up in memory of them, as they both
died before the re-building of this houfe viz. Edmund on July |I
; -
**.
3, and Z,ach-ary on Auguft 39, 16:^7
This houfe was pulled down in 1784 (and, in 1785, a watch-
houfe was eredted on the fite of it); at which time the above
infcription was copied. It was partly engraved by W. Toms
and B. Lens in their S. W. views of the old church; and is

engraved in PL L ,
It was 4a feet in length; 17 in width; and contained 17

roorfis, being 3 ftories in height f-f-.
* Dr. Denne's Regifter of Benefaftions, N° 30. -j-'See p. 29.

\ Seep. 27 § Dr. Denned Regifter of BenefaiSions, N" 21, 1627.
in noiis.
II
Mr. Denne obferves, that Zachiiry and Ecmund might give or bequeath a fum
for the purpofe, when vicar Squier might find tiimfelf able, -per fe Cs? per alios, to
re-build the vicarage houfe.
** See Ex
p. 27 in noiis, -W inform. Geo. Limming,
Upon
Upon the taking down of this houfe, the parifli agreed to
purchafe a fuitable refidence for the vicar in Hoxton Square, in
;lieu of rebuilding it.
The Bell Inn,
In year 15 14, I find *, that one Richard Hunne, Mer-

tlie
chant-tailor, being fent to the Lollards Tower, was afterwards

privily murdered there on Sunday December 3, that year; and
Charles Jofeph, the chief adtor in this tragical fcene, on the
Saturday in the Chriftmas week following, came home late
at night, bringing with him three bakers and a fmith of Strat-
ford; and the fame night they carried out of his houfe all his
goods by the field-fide to the Bell in Sboreditchy and conveyed
them early the next morning in carts to Stratford.
Part of this houfe ftill remains, and is known by the name
of "The Old Bell.
In ^he Augmentation Office f is the furvey of a tenement,

(taken tempore interregni^ 1653,") adjoining to a fmith's (hop
^^
by Shoreditch, valued at ^^4. per annum^ late the poflTeflion cif

Charles Stuart, fometime king of England.
* Fox's A£ls and Monuments, ed. 1684, vol. II. pp. 12, 13.
•f-
Parliamentary Surveys, N" 78.
Manor
OFSHOREDITCH. 87
Manor of Shoreditch.
The firft lord of this manor, of whom I find any account, was
Sir John de Sordig, or Sbordycb\ of whom hereafter.
After Sir John de Shordych, John de Northamptanj draper,
occurs. In and 1382, he was lord mayor of London *j
J1381
and, upon the confifcation of his goods (for what caufe does not
appear) in 1383, this manor reverted to the crown, and John
de Northampton was fentenced to perpetual imprifonment.
In 1 39 1, 15 Ric. II, I find the manor of Shoreditch, with the
PoleHoufe and Bowes (fo expreflTed in the Record, faith Sto.w f), late
belonging to John de Northampton, granted to Edmund^ duke
of York, and earl of Cambridge', Ifabel, his wife; and Edward,
earl of Rutland^ their fon.
Of that part of the manor of Stepney and Hackney, which

'
lieth, or hath lain, in Shoreditch,
Roger de Winchcombe, John de Leycefter, ^nd John de

Haveryng, anno 1376, gave 80 acres of land in Hackney,
Shoreditch, and Stepney, to the new hofpital of our Lady without
* This John de Northampton had been fheriff of London ia 1376; and, during
his mayoralty, had been very aftive in the fuppreffion of ufury. (See Stow's Sur-
vey.) His lafl will bore date 1382; and he died in 1397. His arms were; Gules,
two lions rarr.pant, guardant,. conjoined; their tails between their legs, wrapped
over their thighs. Or'; with only one head, crowned, Azure.
•f Suivey,. ed^ 1754,, vol. II. p. 50.
Bifhopl^
.1
88 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ T I E I S
Bifhopfgate*; and, at the diffolution, king Edward VI. by let-

ters patent, dated April i6, in the fourth year of his reign,
granted to fir Thomas Wentworth, lord chamberlain, a part of
his late received gift, viz. the lordfliips of Stepney and Hackney,
with all the members and appurtenances thereto belonging in
Stepney, Hackney-way, Shoreditch, Holywell Street, &;c. f
Family of Shoreditch J.
The earliell: mention of any perfon of this family, whom I
have been able to difcover, is
Elias de Sboredicb, clerk ; who was prefented to a moiety of

the church of Springfield November the i8th, 1397 §. I find
likewife, that Elis de Schordich, clerk (probably the fame), was
prefented by king Edward II. to the church of Northope in Wales,
and difpoifefled by the bifhop of St. Afaph, who gave it to one
David ap Blethyn, to the great hurt of the king and council, and
a writ was iflued to the juftice of Chefter to fummon the bifliop
before the king in parliament to fhew caufe, (a Edw. II.) 1308 ||.
* Efch. 50 Edw. III. p. 2. Pat. 50 Edw. III. p. 2. m. 9. Lyfons' Environs

of London, vol. II. p. 458. -f-
Strype's Stow, vol. II. p. 121.
J Arms: Family of Shoreditch of Bekyfwell ' in Norfolk; quarterly j- Argent

and Ermine, a bend Sable; over all a crofs Gules. (Edmondfon, vol. I.) Family
of Shoreditch: quarterly, Ermine and Argent, a crofs Gules; over all a bend Or.
(Ibid. vol. II.) § Pat. I Edw. 11. Newcourt's Repertoriutn, vol. II. p. 537.
II
Rot. Pad. I. 277.
* The manor of Bexwell in Norfolk was held by a family of its own name from the time of
Henry H. to that of Edward II 5 Hen. VIII. Richard Bexwell, alias Shorrlich, was lord of it.
:
I Edw. VI. John Bexwell, alias Shordich, died feifed of it; in 1577, Francis Bexwell enjoyed it;
and Henry Bexwell, efq. died feifed of it in 1654. Blomcfield, vol. IV. p. 68.
. The
O F S H O R E D IT C H. 89
The next of this family, of whom I find any account, is John

de Shordiche *-, who was, moil probably educated at Queen's Col-
lege, Cambridge, as the name of " Joh'es Shordyche" occurs
amongft its early benefadors f. In 1331, (4 Edw. III.) he was
made advocate of the Court of Arches and in the fame year ;
was rewarded (as we find by the Rolls of Parliament) with the

manor of Paflenham, in the county of Northampton, which
he might give up for £^0. in land or rent; but he was dilpof-
feffed of it, and prayed to be compenfated for his lofs, andj
reprefenting that the place of chief clerk in the Court of
Common Pleas was not fufficiqnt provifion for him, defired forae-
thing, more :|:. In January, the fame yeai", (133 1-2 ^,) the king
appointed the bifhops of Worcefter and Hereford, Henry earl of
Lancafter his relation, John Walewyn canon of the cathedral
of Hereford, and John Shordich LL. D. his arnbafladors to treat
with Philipj king of France*, concerning the marriage of John j
eldeft foh of the faid king with Eleanor, filler of king Ed-
* Nigh the South and not far from the tomb of Dryden, was buried one
crofs,
fir John de Shorditch name there were two; the firft a man of charafter
; of which
in the time of Henry III. by whom he was feht ambaffador to Rome ; the fecofld ia
like favour with Edward III. by whom he was fent ambaffador to France, and was
the man who vindicated to the French king his mafter's bearing theEnglifii pards in
his arms befbre the Fretich lilies. If w'hat the hiftorians of this cliurch fay is true,
that Helena bis wife lies buried here, it Ifiould feeili to be the latter '. The father
appears to have died before 1331, as abbot Curlington is mentioned as having been
buried near the tomb of fir John de Shorditch. The antient account of this tomb
is, that it was placed in the South crofs, before' the altar of St. Benedift, under a lamp
there burning near the door '.

f Baker's MS Coileaioas. flarl. MS. 7048, fol. 4.
% Rot. Pari. 11. 41. V

§ Pat. in Turr. 4 Edw. III. p. i.
• Dart's Hillory of St. Peter's, Weftminfter, I. 90. * Ibid.
N ward
90 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T E I S
ward III. « In 1334, (7 Edw. III.) John d€ Shordich appears to

have had the office of chirographer, or engroffer of the fines
to the Court of Common Pleas^ granted to him for the term of
his life, " dum in Jlatu extltit crkali-^ and afterwards, being
knighted on February 3, that year, the king permitted him to
hold the fame \. He appears to have been fumrapned to par-
Hament in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and twice in the 10th, years of
king Edward III; in the i ith, three times; in the 12th and
13th, and, laftly, in the T4th, year of that king's reign, tvi'ice:
the fummons were diredled " Johanni de Shorediche'':|:. On
November t;he loth, 1337, the king appointed him a baron of
the Exchequer during tlie royal pleafure §. About this time we
find him holding lands in Hackney as appears by deed of
||, a;
grant from him and Elena his wife, with Nicholas his brother,
to William de Croftone, his chaplain, bearing date (12 Edw. III.)
1339 **•
In 1343, fir John Shordich (as Holinftied tells us -ff),
aperfon well fkilled in the laws, and greatly trufted by king Ed-
ward the Third, was fent by him to Pope Clement the Sixth,
then at Avignon, to remonftrate^ to his holinefs againft his claim,
of prefenting to Englifh livings, and filling them with foreigners,
who never refided on their cures, and drained the kingdom of its
wealth. This the pope took much amifs, infomuch that fir
John, who had perhaps too zealoufly e!xecuted his coramiflion,
* A" 13J0, Rapin, Edward, in his attempt towards the conqueft of France,
fays
tried to gain time,by propofals of a double marriage of his brother and lifter witli
the fon and daughter of Philip. Rapin's Hiftory of England, 8vo, III. 416; who
refers to Aft.Pyb. IV. pp. 392. \\\, 413. 427. Eleanor, fecond daughter of king
Edward however married in 1332, (6 Edw. III.) to Reynald, duke
the Second, was
of Guelders; and had £15,000. to her portion. Ibid. III. 382.
•f Pat. 7 Edw. III. p. I. \ Dugdale's Summons to Parliament.
§ Pat. 10 Edw. III. p. 2; & Dugd. Orig. Jurid. Chronica Series, p. 43.
})
Qu. if the fame with the manfion called Beaulieu, (mentioned at page 91,) as
that was not granted to Nicholas de Shordych till 1352- Lyfons, II. 458.
* Wecver's Fun. Mon. p. 427. -f-f-
Holinflied's Chroniclej ed. 1557, II. 922.
thought
:
OFSHOREDITCH. î
thought it beft make

to a Cpcedy retreat. The time of his
death is not known; but Strype * has recorded, that " Sir John
*' Shordich was buried' in Hackney church, and had anciently a
" monumental ilone and infcription, though no'sv both are gone;"
and Weever '|~ gives us this infcriprion at the fame church
•' Here lyeih Jone Curteys, the daughter of Shordyche, . . . . 1399-"
Nicholas de Shordich, brother to John, appears to have

fir
been the firft of the family who fettled at Ick:enham in Middle-,

fex, where his defcendants jj'^/ rellde; for, in 1349, John, fon
and heir of William de Brook, confirmed to John de Charleton,
citizen and merchant of London, during his life; and to Nicholas
de Shorediche and Juelle his wife and to John, fon of the
:|:
;
abbvementioned John de Charleton; and to William de Shure-

Ihall; and the heirs of their bodies; the manors of " Ikenham"
and Southalle; and one meffuage, with three carucates of arable
land, 23 acres of meadow, and fixty of woodland in Tykenham;
and the advowfon of the church of " Ikenham" v^. In 1352,
Philip de Thame, prior of the hofpitalof St^ John of Jerufalem,
granted a capital manfion, or place, (placea edificata^) in Hack-
ney, called Beaulieu, with its appurtenances, late the property
of John de Banbury, to Nicholas de Shordych and John Blaunch,
to be held by an annual quit-rent of 6j-. 8^.**. The fite of
this fuppofe to have been the fame with that vulgarly
manfion I
called Shore Place, conjedlured by Strype -j-f- to have been the
* Strype's Stow, II. 796.

Funeral Monuments^ p. 537; and Strype's Stow, II, 796.
-f
X Daughter of the abovementioned John de Charleton; fee the pedigree at p. 92,

§ CI. 22 Edw. HI. p. 2. Harl. MS. 1176, fol. 113. The defcendants of Ni-
cholas de Shordich appear to have prefented to the refVory of Ickenham from 1382.
See Newcourt's Repertorium, I. 663.
** Lyfons' Environs of London, II. 458; and Cotton MS. Nero E. VI. fol. 66.
f-f Strype's Stow, vol. II. p. 796.
N 2 habitation
9i HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
habitation of John de Shordich; the proper name, however,
fir
appears to have been Shorditch Place, from the two following

entries in the Parifh Regifter of St. John at Hackney:
" Jn% the fon of Jotn Key of Shorditch Place, buried 28 Sepf, 1600."
" Maria, flia pofuli *, born at Shorditch Place m the barn there, 1602,"
In the Monafticon Anglicanvira -j- Alexander de Schoredych

appears amongft thofe who figned the foundation charter of St.
Mary Bethlehem, " Anno Domini MCGxlvii. die Mercurii pod
" feftum fandli Lucse Evangeliftae." How he was related to fir
John 1 know not.
* Filia populi. Is not this a curious, a peculiar, entry?

Without father, without mother, &c. is, remarks Mr. Gilpin ', a very common
way in fpeaklng of thofe whofe anceftors are unknown. Thus Livy fays, " patre
" nullq, matre fervaj" Liv. and Seneca, (Epift. 108.) fpeaking of two Roman
Icings, Servius Tullius and Ancus Martiua, fays, " alter pattern non habet ; alter
** matrem;" aTrctjcitp Tum «ji/.j)7wp were common expreffions, among the Greeks alfo, to
4iftingui(h people c^ unknown families.
t Vol. m. p. 382.
' E:q)ofition of tlie New Teftajnent, vol. II. Hebrews, vii. 3, note.
Pedigree
I
OF SHORED ITCH. ^^
Pedigree of the Ancient Family of Shordich; from the Heralds' Office.
Sir John Shnrdich, 50=Elene, Nicholas (brother to-^Jewel, daur of

Edw. 3°. ux. SirJohn),marr.8Ed.IlI.John Charleton *,
i333,died34Edw.3<'. 8th Edw. 3''.
f
—
John Shordich, Dec' 4, 1407, & fepultus eft=pElefle,
'
in boriali infula Eccl. de Chelchiih. j

ux.
: \ /
r \
\
John Shovd;ch, Dec' 15, 1410 -j-, fepultus eft in Choro Ecc'l.=pElizabeth,
novi Hofpitalis Beats Mdris extra Bifliopfg. (
ux.
^ ^
/
John Shordich, died about the 22'' year of Edw. 4"", i472.=pMatrId3, ux,
^^ ^
/'
Rob. Shordich died 5 5.=^Margaret Tan6eld of Northamptonfli.

^ ^
1
-^
1
-.
^
George \ Thomas§ Shordich=pMaude Sankye, aunt toTho* A daghter, marrtt©
fans iffiie. died 151 8. Sankye of Eldefborowe Pigot of
Hertford.
r — /
Robert Shordich died i567,,=pMarie, daughter of John Ofhaftone, Efquier,
buried at Iknahm. of Oxfordfliire, of Hartfordfliire.
j
John. Edmond Shordich died 1 583.=pEllen, the da. of WiJl.Saye. Thomas^

r
Marie, marr. to Ri-
T ^
Michael Shordich,=pElliaor,
the d^. of Sir
. V
Edmond
||, an ho-
chard Stepham. eldeft fon. [ RicLaclifordofSurrye. n,eft youDg m^,

/ - 1
^
Richard Shordich of .Ickenham,=pJaHe, da. of John Qarret,
eldeft fonne, living in 1634. of Uxbridge. J
/ -r-^ ^
s
Robert Shordich, eldeft fonne. Elizabeth, eldeft daughter. Mary, z* daur."'
* See p. 91.
t The manor of Southall (held under the archbifbop of Canterbury) vras in 1595 and 144a
the f>roperty of John Shoredych, efq. as appears by the Court Rolls, Lyfons, III. 321.
X In the year 1512, it was p.refented by a jury, that the bridge called Terpple Mill Bridge,
alias Marfti Street Bridge, in Hackney Maifli, was very ruinous, and that William Teye of Col-
chefter ought to repair it, as proprietor of a^ certain pafture, called Wallisj-in Hackney, formerly
belonging to Andrew de Barking, and afterwards to George SchordUhc, Lyfons, II. 460; anct
Cotton MS. Nero, E. VI.
§ Clofe Rolls Hen. IV, Thomas de Shordich, of the city of Weftminfter, and others releafed t»
Thomas Joriftiam, of the fame place, and his heirs all his right to one meffuage and garden ad-
jacent. (1-297 Rawl.)
y The only entry of the 'Shordich family in the parifti regifter of Shoreditch is of the daughter
©f (I believe) this Edmund Shordich, by which it appears he lived at Hpxton ; viz, i6i7, "i/iaa-
" beth Shordich, daughter of• Edmund, July llth, Hoxton" buried^
94 HISTORY AND ANTI QÛ I TIE S
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OF SHORE DITCH. 95
Manor of Haggerstone.
Haggerftone *, or Agafton, and in old records Haggerfton -f-^
Haggarllon I, Hagarfton §, Hoggefton |J,

Hargarfton **, Har-
gefton ff » Argarfton and Heregoteftane §§
J']:, ; from which lait
1 am incUned to think, that in the Saxon times it -was written
He']ae'5C'ar-|-cancf, and that its name may be derived from H€?|ief-
je'ac, militaris apparatus, and zon, or conef, oppidum, having
perhaps- been a military ftation ; or from he'ne^, exercitus ; 5e'ac,
via% and cone:', town beyond the fub-
oppidum\ as being the firft
urbs of London, through which the Via Militarise or Ermin IJ|J

Street ran.
* The family of Haggerfton did not derive their name hence, but from the town
of Haggerflon in Northumberland, where they have had their refidence for ages.
" Richardus Hagerjioun, miles, '^ was one of the Scottifti knights who figned the
treaty with the Englifli, 12,49. (NLcholfon, p. 2, note.') Thomas Haggerfton
occurs among the commiffioners returned for Northumberland in 12 Hen. VI. 1433.
(Fuller's Worthies, p. 310.) Sir John of Agerflone is mentioned as fighting on the
fide of lord Percy in the ancient ballad of Chevy Chace (Percy's Reliques, L 14.);
and fir James Agurftone in that of the battle of Otterbourn (ibid. I, p. 30.) The*
pedigree of this family may be feen in Hutchinfon's Hiflory of the County Palatine
of Durham, III. 378.
f Parifh Regifter, 1558, and 1580. % Ibid. 1562* § Ibid.
CI. 26 Edw. III. m. 21. 23. d.
||_
** Parifh Regifter, 1566. Ibid. 1605.

«f-j~
XX Record in the Augmentation OfEce, ^^ Hen. VIIL
§§ Domefday, vol. I. fol. 130. xiV
Ermin, q. d. Pepeman, fignifying a foldier,, and SrjieC, a; road or way.-
jjll
Thia
96 H I S TO R Y A N D A N T I QJ3 T I 1 ES
This manor in the reign of king Edward the Confeflbr * was

held of the crown by Alumnm^ -f, a free man, Vy'ho had power
to difpofe of it. At the time of the general furvey, which was
completed in 1086, it was held o~f the king by Robert de Gernon;
at which time it appears, that in the reign of the Confeflbr it
confifted of two hides % » and, at the time of forming the furvey,
was aflefled at 1 ploughlands. There were then 3 ploughs
upon it, with 3 villans § and 7 bordars |1, who were tenants of
the
*
Ho
" Terra Roberti Gernon
CO Rotbert Gernon ten de rege
_
.
Ofvlveftane
11-.
'
'1
hid in Hergo
Hund.
TESTANE . Tra . e . II . car .7 ibi funt . iii . car . Ibi . iii .
uifti .7 VII . bord qui tene/l' banc tra .7 yaJ-XLV . fot
(ô r ecep xl '

fat . T R E
. . . l . fot. Hoc CO tenuit
"j
Aluuin ho regis E. uende potuic cui voluit."

Domefday, vol. I. fol. 130. i'^.
' Aluuinus homo', homager, or vaffal, which laft
•f was then only another name
for the tenant or holder of the lands '. In Domefday, vol. II. fol. 24. b. he -is
called " Aluuinm Uber homo" ; and-Mr. Majendie* (VetuftaMonumeata, vol.111.)
tells us, the manor of Hedingham, in Effex, wai originally. poffeffed by Uluuims,
a Saxon of great note '.
\ " Hida'k primicivacooftitutione tx 100 acris conftat." (Liber Niger.) " Sci-
*' endum, qu6d magnum feodum militis coadsit ex quatuor Bidis,
bcunahida ex qua-
" tuor virgatis, & una virgata ex quatuor forlingis, & una forlinga ex decern acris; '
*' ita ut feodnm militis magnum conftat ex ^80 acris." Ex initio Lib. Rubfi in
Scaccario. x
5 The ' 'villam' had their name de villis, becaufe they had ffermes, and were the
lord& tenants of a fomewhat fuperior order, but burthened with fuch ftated fervilc
works as had been annexed to their lands and tenements.
II
The * i/ordarii' are called by lord Coke boors, or hufbandmen; by Spelman,
cottagers who but Mr. Nichols,
refided on the borders of the village: in the Dif-
fertation on Domefday fubjoined to his Hiftory of Leicefterfhire, vol. I. p. xliv.
' Blackftone, vol. II. p. 53. * Fjom Domefday; and MS. F. H. in

Bibl. Bodl.
* Qu. was our Aluuinus fame with Alwin Stichehare ("a fervant of the king"), or Alwin
tlie
fon of Britmar both of whom held lands in the adjoining parifli of Stepney?
; The latter tenanted
the fame parcel of laud in the time of the ConfelTor. See Domefday.
with
OF SHORE DITCH. 97
the land, which was valued, at the time they had it firft granted
them, at 40 J. per annum, and had been before valued, in the
reign of king Edward, at 50 J", though it then produced only
45 J. per year.
Robert de Gernon, Gernun, or Greno, was defcended froni
the houfe of Bologne. He affifted WilUam, duke of Normandy,
in the invafion of this reahn and, in reward of his fervices,
;
had grants of many lordfhips, in the counties of Middlefex,

Hertford, Buckingham, Plereford, Cambridge, EiTex, Norfolk, and
Suffolk *. How,'' or upon what occafion, this manor became
alienated from himj or his defcendants, I am at alofsto difcover;
but hope the following cor^cife account of the Gernon family

may prove an agreeable digreffion :
with good reafon, fuppofes them to have been hufbandmen, or farmers, who occupied
part of the lord's demefnes, and paid their rents principally, if not entirely, in pro-
vifions; but were of lefs elevated rank than the w7/«»/.
* Morant's Efl[ex, vol. II. p. 576 ; and Kelham's UluftratioQ of Domefday.
Ars^
.
98 HISTORY AND ANTI QÛ T T I E S

Arms of Ge.non and Montjlchet: Palie, wavy of fix, Argent and Gulei.
Robert Gernon, who arrived in England with Duke Williaxn,
1066, and became lord of the manor of Haggerftone,
I
'
Robert de Gernon *. Wiliiam, who aflumed the furname of Montfichet f .':=: .....
J -*
I
.
Matthew, or, as others call; :Hodierna de Gilbert Montfichet J, who, with hisfon,
him, Anthony Gernon, livingia Saucaville. | builttheprioryof Ankerwyke,Buck.s,
bui
I
the reign of King Stephen. Hen. 11.
Ralph de Gernon:: = ...'. fitter to Richard Montfichet, keeper of the foreft of=pMelicenr,
Pain Briewfe. Eflexj.in the yeai' 1194, attended King Ri
chard I. into Normandy, and died 1203
r T r; ;
Sir Ralph Ger-: - . > . . Richard Mont- = Mar- Margery, wife Aveline, wife Philippa, mar-
non,kt.juflice Baflet. fichet||, ob. garet, to Hugh de ofVVilliamde ried to Hugh
itinerant, ob. 1258, f. p. Botbec, of Forz, Earl Ac Plaitz.
"47 §• Northumberl'. of Albemarle.
_L -7")
Sir William Gernon^, of the councilÊleanor. Edward de Gernon. Mary Gernon, married
to King Henry HI. ob. 1259. to William Mantell.
SirRaljjhde Gernon, ktj=p Geoffrey Gernon,'of Moorhall, in the Peak, co Derby .r^.
I
~ zr
William Gernon ob.=p Roger de Gernon, of Grimfton-=pMary daughter of John Pot-
43 Henry III **. I hall, in the county of Suffolk, ton, lord of the manor of Ca-
j
died.17 Ed. III. veudifli, near Clare, Suffolk.

I
'
1
Richard Gernon f f. He left four fons, who all took the furname of Cavendifti, from
the manor above-mentioned and from whom the prefent noble
;
family of Cavendifti, Dukes of Devonfliire, are lineally defcended.
• This Robot de Gernor, in iiiz, was a great benefaftor to the monaftery of St. Peter, Glouceller. See Dugd.
Mon. I. 120.
f He founded the abbey of Stratford Langthorne, 1135. In Harl. MS. 606, f. 67, I find " Sir Richard Montfichet, end
the hart of his ivife Dame 'Jonei, itiere burled at Stratford abbey, tuhich he had founded.^* Sir Richard appears to have given
certain lands in Fuilmere; fee Dugd. Monaft. 1 883. Amongft the witiieffes to the foundation deed of Stratford ahhey by
Killiam Montfichet we find, " Mathia Gernun it, Willielmo filio Radulfi, & WiUielmo de Monteficliet nepote meo;" ibid.
t The builder of Mouatfichet's tower, near the Thames.
§ " Ob. 1-47, Jit Mariis frox' foft ftftum S'ci Andrea'' Cott. MS. Julius, C. vii.
\ Who, fiding with the Barons againft king John, was one of the twenty-five who were made cliocce'of to govern the
realm; and was taken prifoner at the battle of Lincoln, June 18, 1217; though afterwards, in 1236, conftiiated Juftice
of the King's Forefts in Effex. Hewas flieriffof Effexfrom 1241 101146.
In Cott MS. Julius, C. vii. are tricks of two of his feals, on each of which appears a man, clothed in armour, mounted
upon a horfe, holding in his right hand a pennon, whereon are depifled the arms <if Geinon and Mountfichet afure-
mentioned, as well as on the ftiield which he fupports with his left. In another part of this MS. is a third feal, whereon the
man, inftead of 4 pennon, bearsa large fword, in hisriglu hand, with the following in(cription : " sioillvm richardi
CE MONFXTCHET." Appendant to this is a fmaller fejl, with" sigillvm secretit" round it, and the arms in the
centres
f\ Prom whom the maaor of Iheydxn derived the adjunct of Cermn, diftinguilhing it from Jhcjdtm Boyi, both in the sounty
ofElTex.
** MorantlL 159. tt I*''^'
Mr.
:
OFSHOREDITCH. 99
Mr. Lyfons, in his Environs of London *, tells us, that,

" In the year 1352, Sir* John de Afpale leafed his mano^ of
" Hoggejion in Hackney to Thomas Harwold f It was in the .
^ poffeffion of Elizabeth Afpale, his widow, anno 372 In i

:J:.
" the year 1389, John Quy releafed all right in this manor to
" Henry Vanner and others § ; John Philpot died feifed of it
" anno 1485,, his fon John being his heir. It was held of the
" bifhop of London by a quit-rent of laJ". I have not met ||
" with any other records relating to this manor, nor do I know
" its lite. The hamlets
Hoxton and Haggerflone are both
of
" within the adjoining parilh of St. Leonard Shoreditch."'
Whether this has any relation either to Hoxton or Haggerftone,
I am unable to determine; but, as the name and lite of the
manor are entirely unknown in Hackney, I am inclined to give
it to Haggerftone: with what juftice, the candour of the Reader
will determine.
The next mention which I find of this manor of Haggerftone
is Fee-farm roll **, in the Augmentation-office,, dated the
in the
26th of Auguft, 1535; where it appears as parcel of the polTeffions-
of the late-diflblved priory of St. Mary Spital without Bitliopfgatey
and to have been part of the great manor of Hickmans, belong-
ing to the faid priory, confifting of certain inclofures, with fe-
veral meffuages, then in the tenure of Robert Beckett or his
uflignees, and valued at ixj. annum. To whom it was
xi^. per
given at the fuppreffion^ I know not; but by the Index of the
above record, it appears to have been to " various granteesJ'
* IL 457. f CI. 26 Ed\v. III. m. 21. 23. d. + CI. 46 Edw. IH. m. 17. dl
§ C!. 12 Ric. IL m. 32. ||
Efch. 2 Ric. lil.N° 26,
* * Fee-fcrm Roll, 45. 149
" Parcel]. polT, nup Priorat. five Not, Hofp. be Mar. Virg. extra Bifliopefgate,
" Reddit. refervat f>ro toto illo maner..de Hickmans
" ac eriarn oran. & fingHlis meff. &c. in Arârjlon infra. ^ ^""*
" poch. de Shoredich, in tenura Rob" Beckett veL . jx^.xj'^.
" aiBgnatorum fuorum, 26 Aug. 35 Hen. VllL'*
O % The
~
loo HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES

The fragments of a once-noble manlion are ftill
fcattered
vifible here, though nothing material remains belide an old
ftone door-way ; and its extenfive boundaries may yet be traced
by an antient wall of brick, which nearly furrounds the lite of
the old houfe.
The poor people, who inhabit the tenements which are built
within the wall, mention a tradition, that the great Earl of Effex
formerly refided here; though I am unable to difcover any
grounds for the aflertion. By the Parifh Regifter of Shoreditch it
appears, that " Sir Roger Chamleys''' had two fervants buried hence;
one on May 13, 157a; and the other, named Roger Cocke,
Nov. 12, 1583; from which I conclude that he refided here.
Sir Roger Chamley,

Cholmeley, or Cholmondley, was natural fon to Sir Richard
Cholmondley, who was knighted in 1497* by king Henry VII.
He was made lord chief baron of the Exchequer Nov. 11, 1546;
and on March 21, 1552, conftituted chief juftice of the court of
King's Bench. And it might probably be to this houfe that^ on
June 27, 1558, forty Proteftants being found in a field near
Iflington, and feized upon by the conftable of that town,
27 of whom (the reft having efcaped) were carried before fir
Roger Cholmeley (the juftice who lived neareft at hand not
being at home), who, with the Recorder of London, made out
a bill of their names, and committed 22 of them to Newgate;
of which number, fome time after, feven were burnt at Stratford,
and fix at Brainford f He founded the free fchool at Highgate
.
in 1562 J.
* Archdale's Peerage, vol. V. p. 56.

Iri(h
•\- Fox's Ads and Monuments, ed. 1684, fo. vol. III. p. 732.
X Strype's Stow ; and Mr. Lyfons' Environs of London, vol. III. where is a long
and curious account of that inftitution.
By
'o^ ^ ii b R rbî T CH. Voi
By another entry in the Parifh Regifter, 1603, I find,
" Netherhil Bogges, ferv' to my lord mayor, was buried on Sepr 30'^ Haggerflone."
The mayor of London at that time was S"" Thomas Benet,

who might probably have *made this 'his couhtry retirerfi^nt.
In a MS. in the Mufeiim *, intituled " Smith's Cata-
Britifli
" logne of Perfons deceafed, whom he knew in his life-time," is,
" 1665,
" Scptem. 14. Alderman Bide, at Haggerftone, ex pejle -f."
Haggerftohe continues in'^the pblleffibn of Mr, Byde's dcfcend-

ants till 1720 J, when the premifes were fold by Thomas Byde,
efq. of Hertfordfhire to . ... . "Nichors, efq.whofe grandfon in
1794 ôld a part of them to Mr. Rhodes of Hoxton §.
* Bibl. Sloan. 886. Plut. 21. D. .i

'
, ^ ..-.
f. Mr. Peck, ^whppubliih^dltfpgeextraas from this MS. in the "Pefiderâ Cu-
fiofa,", by mift'alce reads it Pride, p. 544. The infcription on Alderman Byde's
tomb, forinerly at Shoreditch, now at Bengeo in Herts, may be fecn at p. 63. of
this work.
X Allen Badger, gent, a great benefadtor to this parlflijidied^ here in 1676; of

whbm fee Dr. ^3cnne'% Regifter of Benefeftions, lSl»'XLH; arid in the Britifli
Mufeum, Bibl. Sloan. 886. I find, " 1^74, Auguft 7, died M" A6ne Badger, of
Haggefftbn, buried at Shoreditch Aug. 11, when D"^ Hatfield preached."
§ Ex inform. Geo. Limmirig.
{'\i-
Of
lo* HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
Of the ROMAN ROADS in Shoreditch Parifh.
I. Erminge Street.
Dr. Stukeley, fpeaking of the antient Romans, tells us *,

that " in the reign of Nero, in all probability, they made the
«* Hermen Street, as now
by a Saxon word equivalent to
called
** the Latin Fia Militaris ^. That this was the firft feems inti-
*' mated by the narne,' in that it has retained KcPi eôj^rjv, what
" is but a common appellative of fuch roads;" and afterwards
tells us X-)
" it is generally thought the Hermen Street goeS
" through Bijhopfgaie, and along the Northern road;" and, in
another part of his work §, he fays, " a third road is the Hermen
" Street from the fea-fide in Suffex to Scotland i it went by Bi-
<' Ihopfgate."
To this account I am rather inclined to give credit, than to that
of its palling under Cripplegate ||
by way of Old
though Street-,
the latter is (if I miftake not) the notion generally received by
* Itinerarium Curiofum, I. p. 6.
\- See the derivation of Erminge Street at p. 9.5.
X Itin. Curiof. V. p. 77. § Ibid. Cent. 11. p. 13.
II
Syftera of Geogrs^hy, 2 vols. fo. art. London,. Pennant's London, ift ed. p. 9.
the
O F S H O 11 E DITC H. loj
the Antiquaries of the prefent age. The groundwork of this

laft idea (of its proceeding by way of Qld Street) may, doubtlefs,
be found in Stow *, who tells his readers, that, before the

erection of this gate, travellers, refufing to take their journey
eaftward, out at Aldgate, " muft then take their way by the
" North, out at Alderfgate^ through Aider/gate Street and
" G'ofwell Street^ towards Iflingto7t\ and by a crofs of ftone on
" the right hand, fet up for a mark by the North end of
*' Golden Lane^ to turn eaftward through a long ftreet, unto this
*' day called Al'de-Jlreet^ to another crofs, ftanding where now a
*' fmith's forge -f
is placed by Sewers-ditch churchy and then to
" turn again North towards 'Tottenham^ Edmonton^ Waltham^
*' Ware, &c."
PafTingover the'inconfiftency of fo many turnings with the
cuftom of the antient Romans, whofe roads ran invariably in a
ftraight line, except where they met with fome local impedi-
ment let us examine its route from that part of Surrey, where
:|: ;
the writers on this road feem to have mifled its track.

Dr. Stukeley thinks " goes by Stane Street, Croydon, Stret-
it
ham ^, and by its pointing was defigned originally to pafs the

Thames at the ferry, called Stangate, ,by Lambeth, where it co-
Watling Street." He then conjedlures, that it
incided- with the
might afterwards have " defledted a Tittle from its primitive in-
tention, to falute the Augufta of Britain, deftined to be the altera
Roma.'''' I rather think the
never to have led toErmin Street
Stanegate by Lambeth ; but the moft antient paflage of the
Romans over the Thames to ,what has been fince denominate4
* Strype's Stow, 1754, vol. I. p. 17. -
,1 See p. 82.
-f
X Mr. Leman's Effay oa the Romam Roads, i in Mr. Nichols's Leicefterfttire,
Incrodudtory Volume, p. cxlix.
§ Itinerarium Curiofum, Cent. I. It. V. p. 77.- Stretham, q. d. Street-bam^ or
the town fituated on the high road.
Lon-
,
J«4 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T I E S
London ^. to have been above the prefent bridge, at the terrain

nation of a ilVeet in the parilh of St. Mary Overy, {till called
Stone (or Stoney) Street and it is highly probable, that there
;
might l)e a road branching off from the oppofjte fliore towards,
BiJJjopfgate^ the earheft note of which, that I read, faith Strypef,
is in I2JO but in the Domefday Survey § (1086) mention is
X\
made of twelve acres of land belonging to the dean aad chapter
of 5t. Paul's " ad efi portam,'"' which is doubtlefs that tra6t of;
land now known by the name of The Dean and Chapter's Manor
of Norton Falgate. Stow conje6inres it to have been built 1|
about 685 by Erkienwald, bifhop, of London; and Weever **,

on the credit of fome of our old chroniclers, makes it§ exift-
ence coeval with the time of Julius Caefar, 5 1 years prior to the ,
birth of our Saviour; but, to lay afide the fabulous accounts

of '^bur ancient Rhymei;s, may we not fuppofe Bjjhopfgate, a fe-
condaryname, evidently Saxon^ have been one of the earlieft to
ereited gates of oiir metropolis, and to have been rcr built,, rather
than built, ty Erkenwald ?
In the earlier ages, I haiveTDut little doubt that Finfbnry and
Lolefworth fields compofed one valt mprafs ; and, inftead of .
agreeing with t)r, Stukeley ff and fevexaj, other writers ++, who ,
havie derived the latter from Lollius Urbicus, I flioi^ld rather think
they'
took the^name oi .holefy)orth from the time of the ere(5tion 'I I
-'^
,
,.,•; ' --4. f: i)
.i-rr !. •'i . " ' »
* Probably by way of Kent Street, where many Roman remains have been
r " r;
difcpvei*ed.' See Lelahd's Collefllnea, vol. I: lViii.
"f Stow's Survey, ed. 1754,
I. .17.
% " BJlh'opfga'te (faitH Mr. Gough in his Additions to Camden, II. 16.) is firft
mentioned in 1 2 1
2." § Mid^lleie, ?ol.
Survey, I. 17, ed. 1754. *• Fun. Mon. p. 419, 420.
Ij
^\ Itinerarium Guriofum, Cent. I. p. 8.

' >''
JJ.Horfley's Brit. Rom, 51. Gale, in Anton. It*in» aS.'
4 ^
;
O F S II OREDITC H. ios
of Bifliopfgate only, when the high-way was carried through it

deriving the name from the Saxon jLuH, a mar/h^ fen, or ;;/56»r '••
and pop's, an high-wayj^; and that it was- no uncommon thing

with the Romans to diredt the courfe of their highways through
fenny ground appears from the remonftrances of the antient
Britons, who '* complained that the Romans wore out their
" bodies and hands in fortifying woods and marflies, accompany-
" ing their blows with infults ;]:."
Lolefwortb, or Spittle-fields, is fuppofed by Stow to have been
nfed as a cemetery, not only by the Romans §, but the Saxons [(,
from the veflels, lamps, lachrymatories, paterce **, and coins
of the former and from the coffins of ftone, &c. of the
;
latter : but whether he rightly deemed it Saxon, from the

coffins of ftone, may be doubted, as they have been found in
Roman cemeteries -f-f", and in countries where it is to be doubted
if the- Saxons ever reached; and that the Romans in Britain did
not always burn the remains of their departed friends is
evident, not only from the prefent inftance, but from others in
its vicinity "^ thus, on re-building Bllhopfgate church,
:
amongfi many other fepulchral remains, with a filver coin of
* Whence
the Scotch and Irifli loch^ lough.
\
Dr, Gale, in his Commentaries upon Antonine's Itinerary, (p. 28,) mentions
Lowiefworth upon the Hermen Street, without Bifliopfgate, in Spittle Fields.
4: Mr. -Gough's Camden, I. xlvii. from Tacitus, Vit. Agr. c. 51.
§ Strype's Stow, I. 418, ed. 1754. Ibid. I. 419. ||
** Some of white-earth, with long necks and handles, fuppofed for fa:ri ic^s.
Mr. Gough's Camden, II. 16.
•f-f At Bootham Bar, near York. Mr. Gough's Camden, III. 62. At Cnr!';iiff:,
CO. Durham. Ibid. III. 113. See alfoMr. Gough's Sepulchral "'lonunc: l., vî. I.
p. xviii. & feqq.
U Though burning
the ordinary cuftom, yet
and enclofing the
many
allies of the deceafed withia ar !;rn was
inftances of interment occur; and we find tac great
law-giver Numa particularly forbad the burning of his own body, bue cc . manded
it to be laid entire in a Jione coffin. Kennet's ilon.an Antiquities, 335.
P Antoninus
io6 HISTORY AND ANTI QJJ I TIE S
Antoninus Pius aug. cos. hi.), an arched vault was

(rev. vict.
difcovered, 14 feet deep, with large equilateral Roman bricks,
and in it two Jkektom perfect; fuppofed a Roman burial-place
after the eftablifliment of Chriftianity *.
It has been a cuftom amongft the earlieft nations to appoint the

place of burial v/ithout the city ; and that this cuftom was at-
tended to with more ordinary diligence by the antient
tiian
Romans, who neither burned nor buried their dead within the
city, we can have but little doubt, as it was enforced by the
law of the twelve tables, ** Hominem mortuum in urbe ne fepelito
" 7ieve urito f :" their places of interment were ufually near the
high-ways |, not only to be confpicuous, but to remind thofe
who pafledby of mortality; and hence we may derive the fre-
quent infcription of " siste, (or aspice,) viator." Here then
we have every argument to believe the Hermen Street paffed by
way of Lolefworth, not only from the derivation of its name, and.
the antiquity of Bilhopfgate, but from its fituation as a funereal
receptacle^ and inftances of thefe are far from wanting in almoft
every part of the kingdom.
Hence we trace this celebrated road by a ftreet known by the
name of Artillery Lane, which, with feveral others in its vicinity,
once conftituted the liberty of the Old Artillery Ground^ formerly,
faith Bagford ^, a Roman ftation, being ufed by that warlike
people, as a field of Mars, for the training up of the Britifh as
well as Roman youth in the exercife of arms. It "is " obferved
" (faith he) to have been a Roman camp by a judicious author in
* Mr. Cough's Camden, II. 16, 17J from Le Neve's notes in the Antiquary
Society's minutes.
\ Cicero, de Leg.ii.
c. 23. Sec alfo Woodward's Remarks on the Antiquity of
London, ed. 1723, p. 36, &c.
+ Kennct, 353. Adams' Roman Antiquities. Horfley's Brit. Rom. 391.
Mr. Cough's Camden, I. xlviii. Salmon's Hertfordfliire, i6p. 355, &c.
§ Leland's Colleftanea, I. lxi.
*' the
OFSHOREDITCH. 107
" the latter end of queen Elizabeth's reign, publifhed in a valuable

" quarto pamphlet; but I have forgot the author's name." This
will, doubtlefs, ferye as another barrier to the proofs already-
adduced, if we call to mind that the camps and ftations of the
Romans were always fituated in the neighbourhood of their
military ways.
Hence we trace it through Norton Folgate (which in Brune's
fouridation charter of St. 247, is called " vicum
Mary Spittle, i
''^
regium'''' h-^ Shore-ditch^ XowzvAs Kingjland '\^ fomewhat to
'-'^)^
the Weft of the prefent road | which it leaves on the Eaft

;
by Kinglland-green, a little to the North of the turnpike, in the

parifh of Hackney § ; where we will for the prefent take our
leave of it.
II. Old II Street.

This road, as Dr. Stukeley tells us, came from Stanes (the
Pontes of Antoninus) through Brentford, " being the common
" road to Turnbam Green, where it turns Northward from the
*' prefent road, pafling over a little brook, called from it Stanford-
" bridge, entering the A6ton road at a common and a bridge, a
" little Weft of (jamden houfe, fo along Hyde-park wall, and
" crofles the Watling Street at Tyburn, then along Oxford
" Road**," continuing to Old Street, on the North fide of the
city whence it goes to Colchefter in ElTex "f-f
; Dr. Stukeley .
named this road Fia Iceniana %% or Trinobantica §§.

* Mon. Angl. II. 383.
\ 'King/land' road ; of the fame import as the Saxon riyne-fcprer, re^'a v'ra,
fublica via. Lye v. yVj\seV. j^ Stukeley, Itin. Guriof. II. p. 77.
§ Sketches of the Hiftory and Antiquities of Sroke\Newington, Bihl. Top.
N°'IX. p. 2. Sax. eal6. ** Itin. VII. p. 205. TheB'ill.p. iV, -
ff
^X Itin.Cent.lt.
II
p. 13. Caraufius, p. 12 — 14.

''^'
§§ Ibid,
Pa Prebend
:
loS HISTORY AND A N T I Q_U I T I E S
Prebend of Old-Street.
This Prebend, in 1291, was taxed* at 50s. and the fame
valuation occurs in the taxation of 1327 f.
In the Parliament Surveys of 1649, the following note of

Eald- Street occurs amongft thofe Prebends which have no
Surveys I
"Eald-Street,1 The and fuppofed to be fwallowed
corps loft,
Mr. HallleadJ by Wenlock-barnes on one fide, and Hoxdon on

the other. But the prefent Incumbent has re-
covered a Well called Annis de Cleer, after feveral
chargeable law-fuits, and lett a leafe of it to the
Brewers' Company for 2,1 years, at 25/. per annum J*'
Prebendaries of Eald-Street, from Newcourt's Repertorium,
vol. I. p. 148. V
Aufchitinus, Ardhid. Cant.
Fulcherus Epifcopus.
* This taxation was madb at the time that Pope Nicolas IV. granted a tenth
of all ecckfiaftical revenues to the king, to defrajr the cxpences of the holy war.
A record of this taxation, together with the original roils whence it was compiled,
is preferved in the King's Remembrancer's ofHce in the Exchequer. Another copy,
iiot fo full as that at Weftminfler, is in the Bodleian library % amongfl Sir Henry
Spelman's MSS, to whom it formerly belonged, and is often referred to under the
title of the Bodleian Valor; this MS. is imperfefl^, and confifts of 197 foho leaves,
containing the dates of the diocefes of York, Durham, Carlifle, Canterbury, Ro-
cheller *, Chichefter, London, Norwich, Ely, London, Winchefter ', Salifbury *,
V/orcefter », part of Exeter, part of Exeter and Wells, part of Exeter and Bath,
Coventry and Lichfield*, Chefter, LlandafF, St. David's, part of St. David's and
Bangor, part of Bangor, St. Afaph, Hereford '. See Mr. Lyfons's Environs of
London, L 10, and Britifli Topography L 116.
f Harl. MS. 60, in Brit. Muf. X MS. Rawl. in Bibl. Bodl. No. 1375.
*
N°3395.
' Printed in
pp. 78, 79, of the Antiquities of the Church of Rochefter,
5 Printed p. 324 of the fifth Vohime of Aubrey's Antiquities of Surry.
* Printed p. 383 of th -
third Volume of Afliraole's Berkfliire.
' Printed p. 4 of the Antiquities of the Church of Worcefter.
' Printed p. 2 of the Antiquities of the Church of Lichfield.

' Printed p. 145 of the Antiquities of the Church of Hereford.
Hamo
OFSHOREDITCH. 109
Hamo de Reins, vel Reme.

Theodoricus, junior. ^
Godefridus de Luci ^.
Petrus de Walmer.
Will, de San6lae Mariae Ecclefia ^.
Alanus de Hertiland, vel Heruland.

Hugo archid. Wellen ^.
Barthol. archid. Winton.
Hugo de Sandto Edmundo ^.
Almaricus de Montforti.
Will, de Sardena e.
Tho. de Cobham f.
Ric. de Ellesfeld g.
Rog. de Halis, Feb, 4, 1327^;
Hen. de Shorn a.
*
Joh. de Eggifhale. '
Joh. Bramore'.
Joh. de Ixworth, LL. D. Nov. Tg, 1418^.
Pet. Hendewyck, Jun.
141 9'. 9,
Joh. Piquet, Mar. 26, 1426.
Alan Kyrketon, D. D. Dec. 7, 1432.
'.Dean of Paul's from 1231 to his death in 1241..
St.
•>
Dean of on the death of Godfrey de Luci, died 1243.
St. Paul's
' Archdeacon of Colchefter. ^ Archdeacon of Colchefter 1250
' Prebendary of Ifledon, official of the arches 1297.

—1260,
* D. D. prebendary of Fenton, York, and of Hereford, till 1317 ; canon and

fubdean of Salifbury; chofea archbifhop of Canterbury by the monks; but,
Reynolds obtaining the fee, he accepted that of Worcefter in his room in 13 17;
a learned writer, and known by the name of the Good Clerk; died in 1327; and
was buried in his cathedral. Godwin. Newcourt. -
s Succeeded Cobham in
1317, being king's chaplain, and dean of St. Martin le
Grand, and reftor of Stawell, Middlefcx. He died in i;528.
1"
Archdeacon of Middlefex in 1326. Died in 1418.
'
^ Archdeacon of Worcefter, and prebendary of Erlington inChichefter; ofRecul-
rerland in 1419, or 1421J and St. Pancras in 1421, refignedfor John Ixworth, jun.
Archdeacon of Colchefter in 1424, died in 1426.
Pbii-
no HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ T E
I I S
Phil, ap Rice, D. D. Aug. 1443.

Will. Byconyll, LL. D. Nov. 1445^.
Rog. Keys ^.
Ric. Lanftrother, 4. Feb. 1448.
Walter Heit, A. M. Sept, 23, 1467'^.
John Smith, LL. B. May 30, 1484'^.
Ric.Terynden, LL. B. Ap. 12, 1487^.
'
Joh. Wyppyll, A.M. oa. f, 1488^.

Tho. Nor bury.
Hugo Saunders, S. T. P. Jan. 10, 15088.
Tho. Bennet, LL. D. Nov. a6, 1517 ^^
John Afhwell, D. D. Nov. 7,,.isai K
Rob. Higden, S. T. B. Aug. 23, 1541''.
John Crook, LL. D. June ^5, 1544.
John Warner, cl. M. D. April 3^), 1547 '.
^ Official of the arches in 1444.

Refigned in 1448; reftor of St. Dunftan's
*>
in the 1443, which he refigned in 1452.

Eaft in
" Reftor of Rochford, Effex, in 1464; refigned it in 1.455; reftor of St.
Martin Vintry in 1456; refigned in 1472; died in 1484. Qu. if \icar of Hallfted
in i4ro? * Probably of Cadington Major in
1487.
= Or Torrington, reflor of Ramfden Cray, Effex, in
1481; refigned in 1488.
' Redtor of Birtiop's Wickhara, Effex, in 1485 refigned in 1487 for Hornfey;
;
and died in 1504.

B Of Merton college, D. D. in
1500; principal of Alban hall in 1501 ; vicar
of Mepham, Kent; reftor of Mixbury, co. Oxford; vir Uteris &
•ulrtute Celebris.
Ath. Oxon. I. 637. Hift. & Ant. Oxon. II. 341. He was redtor of White-
chapel in 15 12; Geflirtgthorpe, Effex, in 15 16; died in 1.557.
^ Treafurerof St- Paul's in 1520; died in 1558. Qu. if precentor of Sarumin 1541?
B. D. reftor of Mifley in 1504; refigned in 1516; D. D. and vicar of Little-

'
bury; vicar of Halfted, which he refigned in 1537; and died in 1541.

^ Vicar of Northall, Middlefex; of St. Botolph's, Bifhopfgate, in 1541; and
"died in 1544.
Fellow of ^Ml Souls college; proflor of the univerfity in 1529; M. D. in 1535;
'
warden of All Souls, which he refigned in 1555, and refumed in 1558 (Ath. Ox. II.
176); profeffor of phyfic ; and in 1541 one of the firft prebendaries of \\'înche{lcr;
archdeacon of Cleveland and of Ely after 1547; recflor of Hayes, Middlefex, in
1557; in 1559 prebendary of Ulfscomb, Sarum, and dean of Winchefter; died in
1564; and was buried at Great Stanmore, Middlefex. (Ath. Oxon. f. 678. 687.)
Ric.
OFSHOREDITCH. iii
Ric. Rogers, S,T.B. 061. 25, 1566^

John Spencer, S. T. P. Nov. 13, 161a''.
Tho. Weftford, S.T. B. Apr. 12, 1614.
Win. Wilfon, S. T. P. '^
d.
Joh. Whiting, S. T. P. June 27, 1613
Joh. Taylor, S. T. P.
Will. Walwyn, S.T.B. Aug. 1660^.
27,
Hen. Halfted, A.M. Jun. 21, 1671 f-
Will. Butler, LL. B. Dec. a 6, 1729.
Jofeph Syms, 1755.
Samuel Carr, D. D, ^
Matthew Feilde'', M. A. in May, 1795.
Rev. Robert Watts 1797.
',
^ Vicar of Great Dunmow 1560 — 1569; Little Canford till 1566 ; fuppofed by
-Newcourt fuffiagan bifljop of Dover in 1569; and dean of Canterbury in 1589.
(Ath. Oxon. I. 587.)
" A Suffolk man, of Corpus Chridi college, Oxford, A. B. in 1557; Greek
reader in sssS-, fellow and A, M. in 1579; a noted preacher, chaplain to James I.
prefident of his college, P. D. 1607; 'lAi^^d in compiling and publifhing " Hook-
er's Ecclefiadical Polity;" died in 1614; and was buried in his collegiate chapel,
where he has a monument^ with his buft and epitaph. (Antiq. Oxon. II. 234.)
" Chancellor of St. Paul's, died in 16 15.
"i
Seems to have been reftor of St. Martin Vintry in 1611; Eaft Ham in 1612;
D.D. of Cambridge; and died in 1629. (Ath. Oxon. I. 832.)
" Of Merchant Tailors' fchool, fcholar of St. John's, Oxford, about 1634; a
noted preacher, and look arras for the king; B. D- in -1647; ejefted from his feJlow-
fhip in 1648; and, after much fuffering, obtained the vicarage of Eaft Coker,
Somerfet (Ath. Oxon. II. 74 3.) » chaplain to fir John Stawell, who prefented him
to the reflor of Rampifham, Dorfet, where he died in 1671.
^ Reftor of St. Benet, Gracechurch Street.
s Of Clare Hall, Cambridge, D. D. reftor of St. Andrew Underfliaft, St. Mary
Axe, and of Finchley ; to all which he was prefented in 1770 by bilhop Terrick,
on the ceffion of his lordfliip's nephew Walter, and died Jan. 1794.
*>
Vicar of Ugley in Eflex, 1785 ; reflor of the united churches of St. Anne Al-
derfgate and St. John Zachary, 1788; prebendary of Gretten, in the church of
Lincoln; and under grammar-mafter in Chrift's Hofpital. He died Aug. 11, 1796.
' Re6lor of St. Helen's, and Thurfday-afternoon lefturer of Allhallows, Bread-
^
ftreet.
6 Alms-
iiz HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
Almshouses, 8cc. in the Liberty of Church-End.
Morrel's, or the Goldsmiths', Alms-houfes,
are fituated at the extremity of the parifh, near Hackney road.

On the front is the following infcription, beneath the arms of the
Goldfmiths' Company:
"Anno Domini 1705.
Then fix Alms-houfes were
ere<Sted, by the worlhipful Company
of Goldfmiths of London, for the
relief poor members of
of fix
that Company, purfuant to the laft will

of Mr, Richard Morrell, a late
member of the fame Company, who
left a competent eftate, in lands,
for maintaining the fame

Alms-houfes for ever."
Mr. John Cooper
Mr. Zouch Watfon
Wardens.'
Mr. John Snell
Mr. Edw^. Blagrave
Each member has two rooms, 2 s. per week, half a chaldron

of coals, a quarter of an hundred of faggots, and a gown, yearly *.
* Maitland, vol. II. p. 13 18.
On
:
OFSHOREDITCH. 113
On the Eaft fide of Kingfland road are twelve Alms-houfes.

On the front:
" THESE XII ALMS HOUSES WERE BUILT AND ENDOWED ANNO
DOM*"'. 1713, AT y" sole COST OF MR. SAMUEL HARWARR,
CITIZEN AND DRAPER, OF LONDON, LATE OF THIS PARISH DECE'",
fHIS NEPHEW MR. RICHARD SAVILLT tr „
BY< ^HIS EXECU ."
Land mr. JOHN
tohn BLANDFORD,
blandford, J
Adjoining Northward of thefe is the Ironmongers Hofpital,

founded by Sir Robert JefFryes.
In the centre is the chapel, on the front of which, in a niche,
is the ftatue of Sir Robert, in a flowing wig, and habit of Lord
Mayor of London; near him the city fwprd: and beneath,
" S*^ ROB"^. GEFFRYE, KN'^. ALDERMAN
AND IRONMONGER,
FOUNDER OF THIS HOSPITAL."
Behind the North wing of thefe Alms houfes (the firft houfe
.
in which belongs to the chaplain) lies the burial ground.
On a plane of ftone againft the Weft wall

*'Revd. W"i. HESSE,
Obt. Novr. i9'\ 1792,
^t, 31.
* Sir Robert Geffrye was Mayor of London 1686, He died Feb. 26, 1703,
in the 91ft year of his age; and lies buried in the chancel of St. Dionis Back-
church, with this epitaph : " In this chancel is interred the body of Sir R. Geffrey,
" knt. and alderman, fome time fince lord mayor of the city of London, prefident of
" Bridewell and Bethlehem ; a moft excellent raagiftratc, and of exemplary charity,
" virtue, and goodnefs who departed this life the 26th of Feb. 1703, in rhe 91ft
;
" year of his age. And alfo the body of Dame Perciila, his wife, daujnter of
" Luke Cropley, efq. who died the 26th of 0&. 1676, in the ^^d year of uis age."
Thefe Alms-houfes were not built till 17 13.
Q Belpw
Below this on an upright ftone :
" M. S.
Here lyeth the body

of Mrs. MARY COOK,
the wife of Mr. JOHf^ COOK,
citizen and ironmonger,
of London.
She departed this life
December the 2 2d, 1747,
j[
in the 73d year of her age.
And near unto heth y^ body
, of Mrs. MARY GREGORY,
her daughter, who died
Auguft the 31ft, 1 746,
in the 30th year of her age."
Ml
Oil one fide of this, on a fmall head' flone, is
'
"E.G."
Oppofite to the above, between two lime trees and an horie-
chefnut tree, is an altar tomb, without any infcriptiori ; but on
the top appear thefe arms :
Argent, two pales Sable, each charged with three crofs

croflets fitchee Or.,
It was ereded, about 1729, to the memory of Mr. Betton^,
* In November 1729,. the raafter and keepers or wardens and commonalty o£

the Fifhraongers of the city of London obtained the king's licence to take and
purcbafe any freehold lands and tenements not exceeding the yearly value of;/,' 1000.
above all charges and reprizes, the profits tliereof to be difpofed of for certain
charitable ufes appointed by the Jaft will and teftament of Thomas Betton, deceafed,
late merchant, and member of the faid Company. London Evening Poji, Nov. 8,
17*9.
of
OFSHOREDITCH. n^
of the Ironmongers' Company, who left lol. per annum to in-

creafe the chaplain's falary *.
Laftly, on a fm^l head ftone, at the Eaft end :
" E. H."
Chaplains.
Jofeph Cookfon.
William Hefle.
1792. J. Gerrard,
In one of thefe almfhoufes lived the fon of the celebrated

Bernard Lens, drawing-mafter to the Duke of Cumberland,
who engraved the Views of ShpreditQh in 1736, (fee p. 13.)
Fullers Almshouses
are fituated on the South fide of Old Street ; on the front,
" Thefe Almshoufes were built

*'and endowed by Judge Fuller, 1591.
-v.
* Parifh Clerks Remarks,, p. 430.
r Qz *' Rebuilt
:
ii6 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T.I ES

" Rebuilt by Voluntary Contribution;
" Benjamin Brookman, 1 ^, ,
,, ,, . > Churchwardens.
*'
Moses Alsept, J,,
1787."
And at the Eaft end is the ftone which was placed at the front ofi"
the old houfes

*' Thefe 12 Houfes were built 1591, the gift,
"ôf John Fuller, ^fq,. to i a poor Widows

" of this parilh, aged 50, who endowed,
" them jCso. per annum, for ever.
" This ftone was put up 1736;
« tL'^^'mL^ls? Churchwardens.-
}
For a farther account of them, fee Dr. Denne'sRegiftfer of Bene--

fa<5lions, hereafter to be given^, N° III. 15 91..
Oppofite Fuller's are eight Alrnflioufes founded byv John Wal-

ter, efq. (See Regifter of Benefaaions, N° XLV. 1658.) On
the front,
" M. S.
^,
" Anno Dom'. 1,658.
' ** Thefe Almlhoufes were built by
" the; appointment and at the colt
"and charge of Mr. John Walter,
<* Citizen and
Draper of LondoHy
" late deceas'."
Adjoining
.
OF SHORE DITCH. U7
Adjoining to thefe laft are feveral other Almflioiifes ; at the

front and Weft end of which is this infcriptionj under, an effaced I
fhield:.
" This building was eredled by the

"Company; of Weavers, London,
'*
For the ufe and benefit of. poore
"Members of that Company.
*'Towards the charge thereof Mr. William
" Watfon, aNmember of the- fame
" Company, was a good benefactor,-
" AnaoL 1670^"
In 1774,. an A<51 of Parliament was obtained for building a 1
Workhoufe for the better relief and .employment of the Poor,

and for purchafing a piece of land for a burial-ground; for the
explanation and amendment of whieh another a6t was pafTed the
following year.. On the front, of the Workhoufe,. fituated oiii
,
the Weft lide of Kingfland Road, is the following infcription :
" Shoreditch Workhoufe, finifliedAnno Domini 1777,,

" Richard Wright,' n ^, , ,
r- J T. • KChurchwardens."
"^
<«.
Edward
1 .
Lewis, J
And " on Wednefday, 19 Aug. 1778, the Bifhop of Londonc

confecrated the new burying ground behind the new-eredledi
workhoufe belonging to St. Leonard, Shoreditch"*.
Gent. Mag. vol. XLYIII. p. 388.,
Thst
;
ii8 HISTORY AND AN TICLUITIES
The Liberty of HOXT0N.
Eftreats.
The Land Tax of this Liberty /. s. d. L s. d.
for 1789 produced - - 801 10 8 22 98
1 79 1 produced
- -
849 00 8150
HOXTON,
Hochefton*, Hpckefdonf, or HogfdenJ.
The name of this Hamlet may probably be derived from the

Saxon daca § lignifying an Additament, and Con or Consfj a 'Town
or Village ; as not having been built till fome time after Shore-
ditch; and, in this opinion, I believe I am fupported by the
Bifhop of London's Regiller, wherein is this entry
" Ric de Ravenfer preb. de Hoxton ab atitiq. nominala

" Shoredich et Job. de Ludham preb. de Empyngham
" in Eccl. Lincoln, pmutant non. Novemb. 1363 [|."
* Domefday, vol. I.
tf- Norden's MS Colledtions in the Britifh Mufeum; and Ray^s Letters, p, 193,
J Ray'*. Leit' rs, p. 127.
§ Fr ui Gi an, addere, augere.
\ Had. MSS. 6955, 6956, intituled, " Excerpta e Regiflro Lend."
And
OF SHORE DITCH. ir^
And ill Harl. MS. 2195, intituled, " Certificatio Hundred, per
Angliam" taken in the ninth year of King Edward II. I
find
'
I a a f^^^^
Oilnefton|g^
^^ Shordiche cu Stokneuton^ Decanus & Capit.
Fynefbury 1 S'î Pauli Lond.""
the firft of which undoubtedly alludes to the Manor of

Hoxton.
According to the Domefday Survey, which -was begun in io8oe

and finiflied in 1086, this manor appears to have been then (as
now) in the poffeflion of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's,
cathedral, and is thus recorded :
00 Hocheftone tenejT^ canon j) . iii . hid. Ad. in.

car . eft . tra .
7 ibi funt .7 vii . uiffi q ten banc tia
7 XVI . cot . I1U totu valet .lv . fol .
qdo recep.
Similk . T.R.E. lx. fot . Hoc CO jacuit 7 jacet
in seccta S Pauli *. viz.
The Manor of Hocheftone is held by the canons of St. Paul,

confifling, in the reign of King Edward the Confeflbry of 3
hides, and novy aflTeffed at 3 ploughlands, which are tenanted
of thofe canons by 7 villans and 6 cottagers, and is altogether'
1
valued at fifty-five fhillings per annum^ in like manner as at the

time they firft received it ; thougli in the reign of the Confeffor
itwas valued at fixty fhillings.
This manor lies (as formerly) within the deraefne of the
Cathedral Church of St. Paul.
* Domefday,^ ,
HOXTON
u^ :HIST0RY and ANTIQÛITIE:S
HoxTON Square
iis pleafantly fituated; of the figure

of a parallelogram, whofe
.area above an acre and a half.
is
It has been remarkable as the refidence of many

eminent
Non-conformift and other diffenting Divines.
Cha.rles's Squarx.
A fmall neat Square near Prtfield Street, Hoxton. The area

is furrounded with wooden xaih and a row of trees on each
iide.
It was 1684, by Mr. Charles, and was known for
built, in
manyêars by no other name than that of " The New Square;"
"by which name it occurs (1685) in a letter from Sir Philip
Skippon to Mr. Ray, Dec. 13, 1667^ in Ray's Philofophical
Letters, p. 193 J where, and at p. 27, of the fame work, may
be found a curious account of the nature, qualities, 8cc. of a
bituminous fweet-fmelling earth found in Capt. Maffey's garden,
from which a fvveet-fmelling oil had been extradled. It was
difcovered in digging a cellar for a new houfe at the end of a
garden, three feet below the furface, the feveral fuperincumbent
layers having all of them more or lefs the fame fcent. The.
uppermoft
. OF SHOR EDITCH. 121
uppermoft ftratum was loam intermixed with a bituminous

fubftance of a brownifh colour, the tough confifterice preferving
its fmell a pretty while in the air, and 8 pounds troy weight of
it, yielding 1 pound of phlegmatic liquor, and 6 drams of oil of

a different fmell from any thing yet met with. The next layer
was gravel from 37 to about 47 feet deep like the former, but
lofing its fmell fooner. The third layer was an earthy fand
fmelling ftronger and much more fragrant than the other two,
and ftronger at the greateft depth, but lofing its fcent in a fort-
night in the air; 8 pounds of this at 9 feet deep yielded only
6 ounces of phlegmatic liquor and two drams of oil. At
t8 feet deep, water came in plentifully, which had at top a
curioufly-coloured film like a rainbow ; vinder it a white
coloured water, which, after ftanding a few days, let fall a
brownifh fediment. It fmelt very ftrong like the earth, and
was bitter and clammy. Galls would turn it red immediately

after taking out, but not after two days. Several perfons having
drunk of this well about 3 pints fay that ufually it works about
3 times by ftool and very plentifully by urine. Such was Sir
Hans Sloane's account of it to Mr. Ray, Nov. 10, 1635.
Mr. Ray, in reply to this letter of Sir Hans Sloane, Nov, 17,
1685, fays, he was " lately informed that it was no natural
" bitumen mixed with this earth, but had its origin from the
" burning of a painting-fliop Handing over the fpot where the
" earth was digged up, and that there was no fuch earth around
" about, but juft within that compafs. Whether there be any
" truth in this you can beft inform me, but I fuppofe there is
" none, becaufe you mention no fuch thing, and you have done
" very well to examine the eaith, fo that probably there may be
*' good ufe made of it."
R This
122 HISTORY AND A N T I Q_U I T I E S
This hint was ll:iortly after adopted by a regular phyfician, irr

*' A (hort and plain account of the
late found balfamick Wells
" at Hoxdon, and of their excellent virtues above other mineral
' ** waters; which made 'em efFedUially cure moil difeafes, both
" inward and outward. With dire6lions how to ufe'em by T. ^
" Byfield, M. D. Lond. 1687," lamo; dated from the

Dodlor's houfe in " New Street by Shoe lane, near the Five
" Bells;" and dedicated to the " proprietors of the late-founded
" balfamic wells at the Golden-heart in Hoxdon fquare."
He difcovered the conftituent principles to be only thofe fol-
lowing: " The firft ens or mother of falts, the balfamick prin-
** and purified by a volatil fait, and
ciple îfulphur well digefted
" retaining in it a great deal of the embryonate fulphur, and-
" both thefe fixed by the third principle the vitriol of Mars.
*' But, befides thefe, we are as forward as any other mineral
*' water; for we have a pure vitriol of iron depurated and cleanfed
" by nature from a dangerous VrZifô, or ironifh rufl", which may

** be precipitated in fome mineral waters. A parallel to thefe,
** waters, I believe, is examine
not difcovered. The more I
*' them, the more I wonder to fee fuch life in waters from them-
** felves fo pure. There is no unwholefome glebe, or any

" dangerous mineral or metal, that cafts one unhappy ray into
*' this healing fountain, fo that it appears to be a moft excel-
*' lent compofition, no lefs than the original property of fait and
'*fulphur digefted with the fineft vitri,ol of Mars. Now as I can
" difcover by my art no other principles in this water, fo I hope
" there is no other; for I cannot imagine what is wanting to
** render them highly valuable, and promoting the greateft
" benefits to human bodies if rightly ufed. 'Tis true they are
" not far-fetched, therefore, may be difefteemed by fome but ;
" I have
Ot-SHOREDITCH. 123
*' I have found out a way to make them grateful even to fuch per-
*' fons. Since then we cannot remove the wells to Germany or
" Tunbridge, if they will but remove thither, and fo fend for
*' them, or come once a year to them, that fqueamifh diftemper
'« will be cured." He pronounced them antifcorbutic, which,

rightly confidered, '* is a proud medicine," and good againft ftone
" and gout ;" they are " admirable againft dropfies, juftly
" recommended againft the jaundice, yellow and black, melan-
" choly and fearful paflions, colick, diarrhoea, dyfenterea, and
*' the diftempers called vapours
offending head and heart they ;
*' ftrengthen the lungs, cleanfe the kidneys and are com-
,
" mended to thofe fubjedl to head-aches, vertigo, megrim, &c.

" and good for wounds, ulcers, fiftulas, fores, itch, fcabs, fore
** eyes, fore legs, leprofie, Sec. are to be taken alone from one
** quart to two or five pints at moft (but to fickly perfons but
*' half a pint a little warmed weather) after flight pre-

in cold
*' paration in the morning fafting, and at convenient intervals,
** and followed by gentle exercife promote them by urine.
to
" It is not fit to dine till the waters are paft, and half an hour
** before dinner for fome perfons a glafs of rhenifh, white wine
*' or claret I think not amifs. The ufe to be continued for a

*' fortnight or three weeks together, and again after two or
" three weeks for fear of a diabetes or other injuries. Now if
*' in this lliort trail I have not given fome fatisfaitory account of
" thefe balfarmc wells as to their virtue and ufe, I Ihall be ready
*''to give further directions to any that are pleafed to require it."
R a Akcient
Antient Houses, &c. in HOXTON LIBERTY.
Balmes House.
This houfe, now known by no other name than that of Sir
George Whitmore's (having once been the rural retreat of that'
worthy knight), was originally called Balraes *, Baumes, Barnes,
Bams, or Barmes, from its firll pofFeflor and, though at this ;
time confidered as belonging to the parilh of St. John, Hackney,

originally belonged to that of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, and
appeared as fuch in the plan of the latter parifh, as taken
about 1666 1-. It is remarkable that the entries of
chriftenings from this houfe between the years
and burials
1580 and 1603-4 may be found in the parifli-regifter of Shore-
ditch; but from 1608 to the prefent time they are made
at Hackney. I have received information from feveral
of the parilhioners of Shoreditch that it has been traditionally
delivered to them, that this houfe and its appurtenances were
originally within the boundaries of their parilli ; but that, about
1680, a man was drowned in the moat there, who, being
brought to the churchwarden of Shoreditch, was refufed inter-
ment but, upon application being made at Hackney,^ his body
;
was received there, from which time the parilhioners of Hackney

claimed the houfe and its appurtenances, as parcel of their
parilh and ever fince the extent of the boundaries of Shoreditch
;
parifh has been fixed, and the perambulations made, at the top
* All the leafes and other deeds relative to this houfe are made out in the name
of Balms, as I was informed by the prefent inhabitant. -f See p. 13.
f The double row of antient elms, which ufed formerly to ftand on either fiJe
the road leading to the gate of the houfe from Hoxton, the lafl of thefe trees were
in 1794, grubbed up; and, in the fpring of 1795, a few young (hoots placed in
their room.
a of
"
. : i :
-I.
OF S HOREDITC H. 125
of Balmes Walk f inftead of going entirely round the houfe

,
as tijey had been accuftomed to do.

In the parifh-regifter of St. John, Hackney, amongft the
burials in 1662, is this extraordinary entry:
'<
A young man was found drounded in a pond nere the
Barnes. Not knowing from whence he came, was buried the
*'
" 2ift of March —

which may probably above-mentioned tradition.
relate to the
This houfe is fituated at the extremity of Hoxton, built of
brick *,' and in fuch a manner, as to appear to have two ftories
of what would be commonly called garrets. The Old Hall was
a few years fince ornamented with the bulls of the twelve
Caefars upon brackets -j-. The cielings are all uniformly carved*
It has a large garden walled in, and was, in better days,
entirely furrounded with moat, a great part of which yet a
remains; and no longer than fifty years fince, the only entrance
was over a large draw- bridge X- There are now two avenues to
* The outer gate was of brick, and on each fide of it, over the door-pofts, were
two globes, and in the centre, over the door (the date cut in the pannels of which
was 1623) a fun-dial. This gateway was deftroyed in 1794, and a modern one
eretfted in its room.
•f The remaining
eight of thefe are now (1795) removed to a fummer-houfe at
the bottom of the garden.
In a South window of the Old Hall were a few years fince feveral fragments of
painted glafs, which are now (1795) removed into a fmaller room. They confift
of the old arms of Great Britain, with a family coat, but modern ; alfo fome
paiiwings of birds.
J Amongft the Dutch views in five volumes, mentioned in Mr. Cough's Topo-
graphy, I. lii. is,
" Balms
in the couniie of Mid'dlefex, maifon de campagne de thon. Richard
"
Sr de Beauvoir fituee au bout du village de Hogfden dans la paroijfs de Hackney
"
(3 un quart de lieue de hondr^sT
" h.le Canal. " B. Porte deFer."

The arms under it, a chevron between 3 cinquefoils. Creft, a griffin's head
and wings.
In Canonbury field, Ifllngton, is a very antlent well, which has fupplied this
houfe with water, time out of mind, till within thefe few years.
it.
it,one from the Northern extremity of Hoxton, the other from

the turnpike road * leading from Shoreditch to Kingfland, Stoke
Newington, &c.
Without fide the wall, though within the moat, was a walk,
adorned with fruit trees; demolifhed about 30 years ago.
This houfe was originally built (as I am informed by the
prefent inhabitant) about 1540, by two Spanilh merchants,
brothers, of the name of Balms ; and in one of the rooms yet
remains the original portrait of one of them, having on one fide
of the head
« NATH^. BALMS,
^t. 57 Yrs."
and on the other
" JOHN DE HEMESSIN,
1543."
He is reprefeiited with a black cap upon his head, in a black gown

furred; on the third finger of his left hand is a gold ring, which
appears with a large ruby in the middle, and on either fide of
fet
it a diamond ; and in his right hand a white glove. This pidture

(as the fame gentleman informed me) was found in a clofet, in the
back room of the firft ftory. The hiftory of Don Quixote, in
tapeftry, whi^h originally adorned the room, yet remains. But, as
Cervantes, who was
born in 1549, publifhed the firft part of
that celebrated fatire on chivalry in 1605, and the fecond in
161 5, it is hardly probable that the builders of the houfe (as has
been fuggefted) could take fubjedVs for tapeftry from it.
At the time of the city's entertainment of King Charles I. on Nov. 25, 164T,
*
the mayor, recorder, &c. received his majefty, in the fields between this houfe
and Kingfland road, at which time the Icing knighted both mayor and recorder in
the field i fee Stow's Survey, Ed. 1754. vol.11.
To
: :
OF SHORED ITCH. 127
To whom houfe afterwards belonged, I know not ; but in

this
the paiilh rcgifter of St. Leonard Shoreditch, in 1582, is this
entry
" Henry Steepe was buried the twelfth day of 0(51. Bawmes."
And again in 1587,
*'Rachel Ure, the daughter of Robert Ure, was buried the
" eighth day of December. Bawmes."
Alfo in the regifter of chriftenings, 1590,
" Anne Munt, the daughter of Geo. Munt, was baptized
*' the agth of September.
Baumes."
And, 1594^
" Eliz. Munt, the daughter of Geo. Munt, was baptized
"^ the 1 3th of December. Barmes.'*
In 1595,
*' Mary Croch was baptized the 7th of September, born ia
« Copt Hall. Barme."
And laflly amongft the burials in 1603-4,
**
Geo. Mounte, from Barnes, 25 Jan.'^
At the death of Mr. Munt, or Mounte, it moft probably came

into the pofleflion of the Weld family, as in the parifh regifter
of St. John, Hackney, is the following entry
" Ann Welde, daughter of John Weld, of London,

the
*' Efquier, and of Fraunces, his wyfFe, was borne att Ballmes
*' in the p'ishe of Hackeneye in the count' of Midd', uppon
" the 27th daye of September, a° 1608, and baptized the
" fame daye."
To
I
128 HISTORY AND ANTIQ_UITIES

To explain this entry, I fliali here exhibit the pedigree of
Weld, from Had. MS.
partly 1476, "f. 106, (Vilitation of Lon-
don, 1634,) and partly from a colleflion of Shropfhire pedi-
grees, in the library of Richard Gough, efq. at Enfield.
'
John Weld of Eton co. Chefter, gent.
I .
Sir Humphrey =:pAnne da. of John Weld ci- =pDorothy da. of=Hughj| Offley
Weld mayor of Nicholas tizenandhaber- Roger Grefrt old alderman of
London, 1609, Wheeler daftier of Lon- citizenandtaylor London, fecond
built Aidgate, efq. don, fettled at d.June 8, 1610, hulband.
died Nov. 29, Wiliey, in aged 68 §.
1610. Shropfhire.
Mary da. of = Sir John=pFrancesda. of Humphrey Joanna Weld

Sir Stephen Weld-^ Wm. Whit- Weld, who who married
Slaney knt. knt. more of Lon- died young. Sir R. Brooke
living 1610, don, efq. of Cockfield
fecond wife. CO. Suffolk kt.
John Weld
1
Anne Weld, Jone wife SirJohnWeld= :Eliz. eldeft Dorothyf
—
-f.
knt. banneret, born Sept. 27, of Henry town -clerk of da. of Sir m. Sir W.
of Compton 1608: Slaney of London and of William Whitmore
Baffet, Wilts, London, Wiliey CO. of liomney, of Aply
d. 1674. mer.^ Salop, knt. knt. and co. Staff.
"**
anno 1633. alderman.
1
Sir John Weld= "Elizabeth da. of Rebecca,

of Chelmerft], Sir G. Whitmore Mary,
CO. Salop, fonne mayorofLondon, Dorothy j|.
and heire anno knt.
1633 tf.
* The pedigree in the hands of Mr. Weld cf LuUvorth
is carried back for five generations
errlier. See Hutchins's Dorfet, I. p. 226. 2d Ed.
* St Jolin Weld lived ft Balms, (fee p. 125.) In the Lulworth pedigree he is fty'.ed of
Arnolds' in Edmon on, co. Midditfex. He married a daughter of Vv'm. Lord Stourton. (Hiit-
chinf. lb.) t MS. penes R. Gough, Arm,
\ f«r. Reg. of Hackney, (fee p. 125.) § MS. penes R. Gough, Arm.
Hr.r.. MS. 1476, % Ii)id.
II
** Mr. Gough's MS. her Eliz. Jones of Doifct, and mentions four daughters, viz.
calls
Mary, Sarah, and Elizabeth, who died young, and Anne, married to Rithr.rJ Co btt of Stoke
on Ternc, co. Salop. In the Lulworth pedigree Corbel is laid to marry the fecond daughter of Sir
Humph. Weld, lord mayor.
f See page 127. ff Harl. MS. 1476. Ibid. H
Pedigree
OF SHOREDITCH. 129
I30 HISTORY AND A N T I QJJ I T I E S^
From tbe Weld family this houfe came into the poffeflion of
SirGeorge Whitmore, whofe elder brother married Dorothy,
daughter of John Weld, efq. brother to Sir Humphrey Weld.
Sir George Whitmore

was fecand fon to William Whitmore, of Apley* in Shropfhire,
He was a citizen and haberdalher of London, of which coni'-
pany he became mailer in 1 6 , alderman of Langbourn-ward,
.
.
IherifF in 1621-2, and mayor of London, 1631-3,'!" at which

time he was a great benefa(ftor to the repairs of St. Paul's
cathedral: he was alfo a great fupport to, and fufFerer for,
king Charles's government, his confcience having coft him (for
his great age would not permit him to ferve his majefty other-
wife) 15,0001. belide plunders, decimations, and many other
troubles He was a fufferer for his loyalty (faith Mr. Ly-
:|:.
fons§) during the reign of Charles I, having been imprifoned

in Crofby Houfe together with Sir Kenelm Digby, Sir John
Jacob;, and Roger Pettiward, efq. for refufing to contribute
money for the fervice of the parliament {{. He fupported many
orthodox minifters and dutiful gentlemen, to whom he is faid to
have given 5000I. while living, and a great deal more at his
death •[[. He was knighted by king Charles I. at Greenwich on
* Stow's Survey, Ed. 1754, H. 230, faith Charely.

•^ Ibid. Mr. Gough, [Britifh Topography, vol. I. p. 676,3 mentions a pageant
*' London's jus honorarium expreffed in fundry pageants
on this occafion, intituled
" and Ihows, at the initiation of the r. h. Sir Geo. Whitmore, at the charge of the
*' right worlhipfuU Society of Haberdafliers, by J. Heywood, 1631."
J Mr. Nichols's Canonbury, p.
10. § Environs of London, II. p. 488.
See alfo " Single Sheets, &c. printed in 1641." Brit. Muf.
II
^ Mr. Nichols's Canonbury, p. lo. In Brit.. Muf. Bibl. Sloan. 886, I find that
« 1647-8, January 17. JohnFanlhaw Monier died at Baulmes."
May
.
OF SHORE DITCH. ijt
May 27, 163a*. He died here on Dec. laf, and was

buried at London on Jan. 6, 1654I. Amongft the baptifms
in Hackney Regifter, ,which have reference to this houfe, is, in
1651, the following:
" Charles the fonn of Charles Keniifh knt. and barranet
*' by Lady Margret his wife .was borne at Balmcs the
1 8th.
" and baptized the 29th of May An. Dni. 1651. Sir Geo.
" Whitemore and Sir Thomas Whitemore godfathers, and
" the Lady Wilde § of Shropfhire godmother. '»
Upon the death of Sir George, this houfe fell to

i
William Whitmore,
his eldeft fon, who had, for fome time, refided at Ramfey Hall,
in Effex, but, in 1654II, removed heref^. In his advanced
years, he married Penelope, one of his menial fervants, by
whom he had one fon, William, his heir, and one daughter,
Mary, who was baptized Nov. 10, 1668**. He died-in 1678,
and was buried at Jlamfey in Eflex f f
inOBritifh Mufeum, Bibl. Sloan. 886, is this entry:

" 1664, Feb. II, old Mrs. Pitts wife to Ed w. Pitts at
** Balmes, died, aged (upon
report) 105 years."
'
i
,
A-nd, again in
* MS. in. Heralds' Office. f Dec. 14. Peck's DeGderata Curiofa, c'le.
t Par. Reg. of Hackney. § /. e. WHde. '
" William Rudge buried fro' the Latjy Whitaiore's, July

il
30, 1656." Par.
Reg. of Hackney. ** Par. R^. of Hackney.
f MocaQt's Eflex.
•f-f- Morant's Effex.
s a ««
1667,
:
132 HISTORY ANDANTIQJJITIES

*'
1667, Ap. 16, Mr. Edw. Pitts of Balmes near Hag-
** gerfton, being in drink at Shacklewell, by a fall of his
*' horfe, brake his fkuU, and died fpeechlefs."
Mr. Whitmore was fucceeded by his fon and heir,
William Whitmore, Esq.
who was contradled in marriage to the daughter of Sir Thomas

Whitmore, knt.* of Bridgenorth in Shropfhire, as appears
from the following entry amongft the marriages in Hackney
Regifter
" Mr. Wm. Whitmore the fon of Wm. Whitmore of
" Balmes, Efq. and Francefs Whitmore, the daughter of
*' Sir Thomas Whitmore of Bridgworth in the county of
*' Salop, were, by virtue of a licence from the archbp's
^
** of Canterburies office, married Aug. a6, 1675 ;"
he did not, however, confummate his marriage, till fome time

after his father's death, which accounts for the fame entry's again
occurring in the Regifter. on Nov. 29, 1679.
He was killed accidentally in his own chariot as he was re-

turning from Epfom, being under age, and without a child.
In cafe he ftiould die without iflue, his father had by will fettled
his eftates, in the power of truftees, who were to fell them,
and divide the produce amongft about 25 legatees. The truftees
were
Wm. Marquis of Powis,
T. Wm. Earl of Craven,
Charles Lord North and Grey,
* Lyfon's Environs of London, II. 4S8.

- by
OF SHORED ITCH. 133
by whom I believe this eftate was fold about 16 So to
Richard Beauvoir, Esq.

of the Ifle of Guernfey, who died July 17, 1708, aged 6y,
and was buried at Hackney, in whofe family the property of this
manfion flill remains *, belonging to Peter Beauvoir, LL.D.
Queen Elizabeth ifflied a proclamation, dated at Nonefnch,
July 7, 1580, prohibiting any new houfes to be built within
the city and fuburbs. This proclamation was fhortly afterwards
feconded by another, which however could not hinder the ftrong
propenfity of the people towards building; fo that, in 1583,,
noticewas taken of it, and feveral perfons puniflied in the Star
Chamber. About this time (if tradition doth not deceive us),
an old houfe at Hoxton, nov/" known by the name of Burrows's
Workhoufe, was built by a licenfe under Queen Elizabeth's fign
manual.
Above the Cold Bath, called Dame Agnes

f , on the a Clere
north fide of Old an houfe, on the front of which is
Street, is
the figure of a fwan, carved in fi:one, above it E. D. and be-

neath it 1668. This was the original fi:one fign, fixed up in
the front of an houfe called the Swan Tavern, in Stocks
Market, which was rebuilt in the above year, having been
deftroyed by the fire of London. But the houfe on which this
curious fign is now fixed, is ftill more remarkable, as the place
where inoculation was firft brought to any perfedion, and
whence, in 1765, it was removed to the Small- pox Hofpital.
* "Francis Tyffen, of Shacklewell, Efq. batch el or, and Mrs. Rachel Beavoirci
" of Balms, fpinfter, both of this parifli, were married in the Domeftic Chapel at
" Sbaklewell, on the i8th day of November, 17 12, per lycens." Hackney
Regifter.
•f-
See p. ^^.
Meeting
134 HISTOar AND A N T I QÛ I T I E S
^'pEETING-tÔUSES.
There are two Meeting-houfes in this Liberty, one in Hoxton

Square; the other about the middle, of Hoxton town, on the
front of which is
HOXTON
NEW MEETING,
1789.
It was built by a gentleman of the name of Reeves, who died

Ihortly after the opening of it.
_ 1
Minifters.
1789. Mr. Barfield,

179a. Mr. Robert Simpfon, M. A.
Mr. Coward's AcAdtIvIy.
At the end of the Addrefs at the Funeral of Dr. Savage *,

is the following account of this Inftitution :
This *'Seminary was chiefly fupported by the liberality of

William Coward, of Wakhamftow, Efq. He died" April a 8,
" 1738, and the defign of his munificence, in this inftance,
will appear by the following wouds of his will, extra6ied frOm
the Regiftry of the Prerogative Court of Caiiterbury. And my '
* mind and will farther is, that they my faid Executors and
* Truftees fhall and do, out of the dividends and produce of my
* capital ftock in the Bank of England, receive by two half-
* yearly payments the fam of five hundred pounds every year
* See the Funeral Sermon.

for
OF SHOREDITCH. ^35
* for ever upon the and to and for the purpofes in that
truft
* behalf mentioned, (that is to fay,) that they my faid truftees,
* and thofe who fhall fucceed them in the faid trufts, do and
* Ihall, after reimburfing themfelves all their charges and ex-
' pences of executing this particular truit hereby in them repofed,
< apply the refidue and remainder of the faid fum of five
* hundred pounds annually for and towards the education and
* training up of young men between the fever^l 'ages of fifteen
* and twenty-two years, in order to qualify them for the Mi-

* niflry of the Gofpel among the Protertant Diflenters, fo as no
* one particular perfon fo to be educated have more than eighteen
* pounds in one year and my will is, that my faid truftees, and
;
* thofe who Ihall fucceed them as hereinafter diredled, do take

' care, that the faid ftudents be well inftrudled in the true Gofpel
* Dodtrines according as the fame are explained in the Aflembly's
* Catechifm, and in that method of Church Difcipline which is

* pra£tifed by the Congregational Churches
.'
—
This Inftitution was a few years ago removed to Daventry, in
Northamptonfhire, and fince to Northampton.
Divinity Philofophical Mathematical
Tutors. Tutor. Tutor.
John Eames,
1744. David Jennings,
D. D. died Sept.
16, 1762.
176a. Samuel Morton Andrew Kippis, .Abraham Rees,
Savage, D. D. LL.D.diedoa* D.D.latePre-
who refigned 8, 1795*. fident of the
1790. He New Acade-
died Feb. ai, my at Hack-
1 79 1. ney.
* See Gent. Mag. vol. LXV. pp. 803, 883, 913.
Alms
13^ HISTORY AND ANTI QÛ I TIE S
ALMS-HousESy &:c. in Hoxton Liberty.
I. Aske's Hospital
Stands at the upper end of Pitfield Street j it is an heavy edifice

of brick g,n4with a piazza in the front, where is an
ftone,
ambulatory 340 feet in length*. In the center, beneath an
angular pediment, in a nich, is the effigy of the founder, Ro-
bert Ailie, Efq.f In his hand a roll of parchment, which feems
to be his lait will ; beneath him this infcription ** Roberto
AJke :
« Armigero^ hujus Hojpitii Fundatori, Sock. Haherda. B. M. P. C."

and on one fide, '^^ Anno Chrijii 1692, Societas HaberdaJJjerorum
" de London hoc Hofpitium condtderunt ex Legato ^ Tejlamento
" Roberti AJk Armigeri, ejufdem Societatis Socii, ad viginti 'Jenum
** aliment a^, ^ totidem piierorum educationem."
" 1'be Worjhipful Company op Haberda/hers built this bofpital
** purfuant andtruji of Robert Afke, Efq. a late worthy
to the gift
*'
Member of it^ for the relief of twenty poor Members^ and for tBe
*' education
of twenty boys^ fons of decayed Freemen of that Com"
** pany:'
Dr. Birch, in his Life of Archbifliop Tillotfon J, fays, " To-

*' wards the beginning of the year 1689, Dr. Tillotfon, with
** his friend Dr. Sharp, afterwards Dean of Canterbury, were
** engaged by the will of Robert Alke, Efq. as joint executors
* New
View of London, II. 747.
Mr.
\- was lineally defcended from Richard Afke (a younger fon of Afke,
Al]ie
•)f Richmond), who founded a chantry at Howden, in the county of York,
1365; and whofe grandfon married Elizabeth, daughter of fir William Gafcoigne,
lit. judge. See the Pedigrees of this family among the Harleian Maiiufcripts in the
BrittOl Mufeum, N° 1196, and N° 1487, f. 194.
f. 9, The chief feat of the
family was at Aughton, in the Eaft Riding of Yorkfhir?. Arms, Or, three Bars
Jz. Creft, a Saracen's Head bound round with a wreath or fillet.
X Edi;. 1753, p. 216.
" thereto,
Jl. Co^ ocii^/i
OF SHORED ITCH. 137^
" thereto, which he intended to fovnd

in regatrd to the Hofpital
** at Hoxton and -amongft other legacies had left each of the
;
" executors jT. 200. and ^(".400. to twenty fuch poor clergymen
;
'' as they fliould nominate. The executors were fo prudent,

" as to let the agents of the Company (of Ha^herdaflhers, in
** whofe was ultimately vefted) have^ the cuf-
truft the bufinefs
" tody of all the ready-money and bonds which were found be-
" longing to the deceafed or at leaft they were put into fome
;
" common hand trufted by both parties, till the will was com-
" pletely executed. This caution of theirs proved afterwards of
" great importance to them, by enabling them to give full fa-
" tisfadtion to fome who had (upon falfe fuggeflions) fufpedted
*' that the executors had difpofed of fome of the Alderman's
" efFeils before they delivered in the fcheûle to the Com-
" pany."
Mr. W
ard in his Lives of the Grefharn Profeflbrs *, has
alfo,
recorded that " About December, 1691, Dr. Hooke was em-
*' ployed in forming the plan of the Hofpital near Hoxton,
" founded by Alderman Afke. This has been generally efteemed
*' an handfome building, but Dr. Hooke blamed for
exceeding
*' the fum allotted for it, and by that means lelTening the re-
" venue. But in anfwer to this charge he ufed to fay, though
*' the fa£t
was true, yet it was hot occafioned by his fault or
*' miftake
; but partly by new additions and alterations of the firft
" defign, .and chiefly by his not procuring and agreeing with the
" workmen himfelf."
The manor of Shingleton in the parifh of Great Chart in

Kent was given to the Company of Haberdafhers as truftees for
the fupport of this hofpital by Andrews, Efq.f
. . .
* P- 106.
f Hafted's Kent, III. 245.
T The
138 HISTORY AND ANT I QÛ I TIE S
The annual expence of the hofpital, with the chaplain^

falary, amounts to about ;C8oo.
The ehapel, in the centre of the building, was confecrated

by abp. Tillotfon, Nov. 24, 1695.
Chaplains.
OFSHOREDITCH. 139
Church, in Briftol, from 16721700, where his attacks 011

to
the ftage were printed, -1705-6*, whence he was removL^d to
*' Newton St. Loe. a private hving in Soraerietihire-f-," foon after
which, as he himfelf informs us;!;, ^^ ^^"^^ prompted to undertake

a work on " Scripture Chronologv," by reading over the preface
to abp. Ulher's Annals, in which the primate gave his cjjiinion
concerning a more exadl method of " a Chronological Syitem
" of the Sacred Scriptures, by the Help of Alironomy and a
" competent Skill in the Jewilh Learning." After many
difficulties, Mr. Bedford flattered himfelf that he had fucceeded,
and then digefted his thoughts into fome method. Soon after
this, coming to London, to affiftin the correction of the Arabic
Pfalter and New Teftament, for the benefit of the poor

Chriilians in Alia, he fhewed his thoughts to fome friends, who
advifed hirn to publifli them ; with which he complied, with a
delign not to have exceeded fourfcore or an hundred pages in
the whole. A few flieets were printed off, but, Mr. Bedford
having received information that a work of a limilar nature was
intended to be publifhed from the papers of Sir Ifaac Newton,
and being advifed by fome friends, contrary to his firft inten-
tions, to publifh the work on a more extenlive plan, he fup-
prelTed his papers, Befide this, it was impeded by his publica-
tion of " Animadverfions on Sir Ifaac Newton's Book, intituled,
*' The Chronology^
of Antient Kingdoms amended §. London,
'« 1728," 8yo.
* Barret's Hiftory of Briftol, p. 547. He had before been curate to Dr. Read,
reftor of St. Nicolas's church, Briftol.
•f Preface to Script. Chron. pp. i, ii. Jofeph Langton, efq. was patron from
i7i3.toi755-
X Ibid.
§ " As for Sir Ifaac Newton (faith Mr. Bedford in the Preface to his Scripture
Chronology, p. vi.) " he is contrary to ail maalciud, and tears up ail form2r
*' learning by the roots,"
T 2, Two
:
14© HISTORY AND A N T 1 QÛ I TI E S
Two work, Mr. Bedford

years after the publication of this
came again into notice by a fermon which he preached at St.
Botolph's, Aldgate, (where he was -afternoon-ledlurer) from '
2 Tim. ii. i6, againft the then newly- ere<5led play-houfe in

Goodman's Fields It was afterwards publiftied with an Appen-
:
dix. The proprietor of 'the houfe, Odell, cleared jfioo a

week, till the city got him expelled. The hiftory of Mr.
Garrick would be a hiftory of this play-houfe, where he made
his firft appearance. It was pulled down about 1746*.
Amongft Sir Hans Sloane's Manufcripts in the Britifh Mu-

feumf, I found the following original letter to him from Mr.
Bedford
" Hoxton, Sept. 20, f737»

'**
Honoured Sir,
*' intended to have waited on you this day concerning the

I
*'
printing of the Ethiopick Pfalter and New Teftament^ but
*' it hath pleafed God to affli<St me with a diforder, that I cannot
*' come forth. However I intend to wait upon you fome Tuef-
" day morning, as foon as I Ihall be able, having that affair
** very much at heart.
"I am
*' Your moft humble fervant,
" For Sir Hans Sloane, "Arthur Bedford."

*' at his houfe near
** Bloomfbury-Square."
* Brit. Top. I. 688. f No-4037.

He
,
OP -S H O HE D I T-C H. 141
He died September 15, and was buried in the ground behind

the hof pital, two days after, 1 745 ^'\ Tradition informs us his
death was occalioned by an accidental fall whilft making obferva-
tions on the comet, which appeared that year.
Mr. Collier, who had abjured the' eliablifhed church, found
in Mr. Bedford, a minifter of it, a good fecond in his attempt
to reform the ftage, which involved him in a very brifk con-
troverCy with feveral of the greateft wits and ableft writers of
the age, in whiih he acquittejd himfelf with fo much force and
vivacity, that the mofl ronfiderable of his antagonifts (Dryden,
Congreve, and Vanbrugh,) were obliged not only to quit the
field of battle, but confefs that they were Vanquiflied and, ;
though fome of them did not do this with the bell grace, yet,
as their failing .in point of manners ought to be attributed to the
fmart of their wounds, it is very far from reflecting upon the
merit of our author, whole animadverfions actually produced
both repentance and amendment, and was the original caufe of
that decorum which has been for the molt part obferved by the
modern writers of dramatic poetry-f Yet Mr, Bedford's fliare
.
in this laudable controverfy has remained hitherto unnoticed.
He wrote
A Second Advertifement concerning the Play-Houfe.
Brijiol, 1705, 8vo.
The Evil and Danger of Stage-Plays.
Brijlol, 1706, 8vOi
/ The Temple of Muiick- Lond. 1706, 8vo.
* Afke's Hofpital Regifter.
•f-
Biog. Brit. Art. Coitier, toI. II, 1410, where fee the titles of Mr. Col-
lier's writings and thofe of his antagonifts, 1699, 1700, 1703, 1708, in note F,
firft edition, and vol. IV. 18, 19, fecond edition. See alfo Johnfon's Lives of
the Poets, vol. III. 49, i,'^, 1783.
2
Abufe
142 HISTORY AND AN TIQÛITIES
Abufe of Mufick. Lond, 17 n, Svo,
Eflay on Singing David's Pfalms, 1708.
Serious Remonftrance againft the Stage.
Land. 17 19, 8vo.
Animadverfions on Sir Ifaac Newton's Chronology.

Lond. 1728, 8vo.
Scripture Chronology, or an Account of Time from
the Creation of the World to the Deftrudtion of Jeru-
falem ; with a Vindication of the Hebrew Text.
Lond. 17 so, fol.
The by Faith ftated accord-

DocSlrine of Jufiification
ing to the Articles ot the Church of England. Con-
tained in nine Quelhons and Anfwers.
Lond. 1 741, 8vo.
Horae Mathematicse Vacuoe*, or a Treatife of the
Golden and Ecliptick. Numbers. Lond. 174.3, 8vo.
And the following fingle ferraons f :
a Tim. II. — izmo. 1705.

16. The Abufe and EfFedls of the Stage.
— 8vo. 1730. Againft the PJay-houfe in Goodman's

Fields.
I. Pet. II. 13. —4to. 1 7 17. ' Affize.
Ifai. II. 2. — 8vo. 1717.
Ifai. LX. 10.— 8vo. 1717.
* In the advertifement prefixed to this work, Mr. B. makes the following apo-
logy for the liJe " The author hereof labouring under a long and painful Sciatica,
.
" which hath deprived him of the ul'e of his limbs, and being willing to divert his
" melancholy thoughts by fome amiifem.^nt, happened to pitch upon the compofing
"of the following I'rea'ile." 1 he original MS. of this work is now preierved in
Sion-College library, OB. iv, lo.
>f See
Cooke's Preacher's Afliftant.
Prov.
:
OF S HORED I TC H. 143
Prov. ly. 34. — 3vo. 17 1

7. Affize.
Mat. XXII. 21. — 1717. 8vo. Corouat. Serm.
Luke XIX. 42. — 8vo.

1717.
I Cor. XIV. i_g.— 8vo. 1733. On Divine Mufick.
Lev. V. I.:
— 1734.
4to, On Ref. Manners.
Roip. XIV. I. — 8vo. 1738. Doftrine of Affurance.
I John. V. 7. — 8vo. 1741. 8 Strmons on the Doflr'ne of the

1 riniiy, at Lady Meyer's Lefture.
In 17 1
9, a plan was formed for the eftablilhment of a
Syriac profeflbrfliip in the Univerfity of Oxford; the chief
fupporter of which was Dr. Chariet, who wrote to Mr. Bedtord
for advice on the fubje<5l, from whom he received the following
letter
" Newton St. Loe, Dec. 11, 1719.

'* Reverend Sir,
" I intended
have given you fome account of the
to
*' nature and uiefii'neis of the Chaldee and Syriack languages;
"^
but, lince all that can iay, and more than can be compre-
I
*' handed in a letter, is contained in Mr. Ockley's Introduction
*' to the Otiental Languages, in the Appendix to the Polyglot

"Bible, and in the Appendix to Bp. Beveridge his Syriack
*' Grammar, I mull dtlire to be excufed, and refer you thither.
" I cannot but highly approve of the defign of founding a
" profeffc^rfhip in Oxford for the Syriack language; and have
" reafon to hope,' what 1 heartily wifh, that the pious and
*' charitable benefadtor, who promotes the ftudy of that
*' language which our bleiTed Saviour fpoke when he was on
"'
earth, will hear hiin fay, ' Gome, ye bleffed,' at his return
" from heaven.
« The
;
144 HISTORT ^ND A NT I QÛ I TIES

" The manner how fuch a defign may be made moft ufeful,
*' can be better concerted among thofe who are fkilled in thole
*'ftudies, in fo famous an univerfiiy as Oxford is. But fince
" you were pleafed to defire an account thereof from me, I Ihall
" with fubmiffion to their judgenjent, give you my thoughts
" thereof.
"beheve that it would be better to fettle a profeflbr of the
I
" Chaldee and Syriack languages than of the Syriack alone,

" For firft ; The Chaldee and Syriack differing little more
*' than the lonick and Dorick dialedls among the Greeks, may
" eafily be carried on by the fame profeffor ; and he who is
" mailer of the one may alfo, in a few months' time, be mailer
" of the other.
" Secondly. There being very few books extant in the

" Syriack language, except the verfion of the Bible, I cannot
" fuppofe that there would be employment enough for a pro-
*' felibr in that lingle lludy.
" Thirdly. I find a canon in the council of Vienn^s; * under
*' Pope Clement V. which requires, that there Ihould be a
*' profeflbr of Hebrew, Chaldee, and Arabick, in the univerfity
" of Oxford, and Ihould this be fettled in fuch a manner, it
<« anfwers exadlly to the defign of that council ; and, if the
" Syriack language is added to it, then the four moll ufeful of
*' the Oriental languages will be promoted by profelTors for that
" purpofe.
** Fourthly. The Chaklee is abfolutely neceflary, not only
*' for the underftariding the paraphrafe on the Bible, but alfo
<' of the Jewilh commentators, the Maforites and the Talmud
* Vienni?, in Dauphiny, not Vienna, 131 1.
"fo
;
OF SHORE DITCH. 145
<*
fp that without it, a ftudcnt cannot make a much greater
" proficiency in the Jewifh learning than what is contained in
« the Hehrew Bible.
** Fifthly. A Chaldee le£lure will in my opinion encourage
*' the Oriental ftudies more than the Syriack alone. The natural
** method is, to begin with the Hebrew Bible. Now the Bible
^' cannot be read over without fome underftanding of the
*' Chaldee ; hecaufe a great part of Danieland Ezra, and a
^' verfe in Jeremiah, is written in that language. This done,
*' a ftudent wilt be capable of profiting by fuch a lecture. The
*' affinity of thefe two languages will be an encouragement to
**'
proceed to the third. And every on«, who reads the Chaldee
*' in the Hebrew Bible, will be in h&pes of fuch a profefTorlliip
*' which may be a greater encouragement to future induftry.
** Laflly. Ths encouragement of the ChaWee language may
*' be the beft means for the converlion of the Jews. The Jews
*' are all fkilled in the Hebrew and Chaldee but they know ;
*' nothing of the Syrikck ; and the befl arguments againft them
*' may be takers from the Chaldee paraphrafe, for which they
*' have a great efleem. Thus may our divines be trained up
*' to confute them from their own authors, and to bafHe them
** with their own, weapons. We think it plain from Scripture,
*' that a time will come when the Jews fhall be converted to the
*' Chriflian Faith; and I hope the time is near. Now the fame
"-.God, who ordains the end, diredls to means ; and probably
" fuch a pious benefadtor may be an infh-ument for fuch a
" glorious purpofe, arid may accpfdingly hope for the reward
" (Dan. xii. 3.) of thofe who tarn many to righteoufnefs,
*^ which is, to fliiae as the flars for ever and ever.
u "As
146 HI S TORY AND ANTI QJET I TIE S
" As for the times in which fuch lectures fhould be read, if

" I might give my advice, it fliould be once a week both in
" Term and Vacation throughout the year, the Holidays,
" Chriftmafs, Lent, Eafter, and Witfontide, excepted and ;
" that the le6tures ihould be alternately for each month in tha
"year, one month for Chaldee, and another for Syriack. Thus
" all who come to keep the Eafter and Ail Terms might hear
" lectures for both languages. And, as the Hebrew lectures are
" appointed to be read in Term time, and the Arabjck in the
" Vacation, fo there might be two lectures at leaft weekly in the.
'*
Oriental ftudies throughout the year, excepting the times,
*' before mentioned."
" I am,
" Reverend Sir^
" Your moll humble and afFe<Slionate Servant,.
'
** Arthur Bedford."
2. Roger Sharleton-
who fucceeded Mr. Bedford here Oft. 22, 1745, (to whom he
had been an afliftant for feveral years) was born in 1719. He
was chofen le6turer of Shoreditch in 1756 ; and died Aug. 30,
i7S7j aged 38 years*. '
..il'l ." !
3. Michael Marlow, M. A.
was born Jan. 28, 1710-11, and educated at Brazen-Ndfe
College, Oxford. He refided during the earlier years of his life
as tutor in the family of Mr. Hill (father of the prefent learned

Serjeant Hill) ; was firft prefented by the lord chancellor to' the
* MS. in Shor€clitch Library.
vicarage
GF SHORED ITCH. i47
vicarage of Nafing in the county of Eflex; then (i 761) to the

reaory of Lackford or Lackforth by Sir Charles Kent ; and in
1775 to that of Frefton St. Peter by the fame patron; both in
the county of Suffolk. He died Jan. 30, 179S> in the 84th
year of his age *.
4. Watts Wilkinson, M. A.
who married onfe of the two furviving daughters of his pre«

deceflbr. =
:
On Hoxton Gaufey (the path which leads from Afke's Hos-

pital to Sir Geo, Whitmore's houfe) are ten alms*houfes, on the
front of which is this infcription :
<'Mus. MARY WESTBYf

n:; :; Of Bocking in Eflex, widow,
/a ,')', . Ii Erected and endowed
* Gent. Mag. 'vol. LX7. p. 1 73.

I
-f* She
was daughter of William Sherwill of London, merchant, and widow of
Thomas Weftby, efq. of Linton in the county of Cambridge, who, dying Nov.
19, i747,-]lylrs.'êftby, in, 1750, was married to William Cromwell, great grand-
ion of thfeProteabr; (he died March 4,' 1752, leaving Mr. Cromwell a moderate
fortune. In 1750 J, Mrs. Weftby, in conjunaion with her filler Mrs. Bromfale,
foujêdnhe, above-mentioned alms-houfes for ten poor widows or fmgle women, who
ihoulcffie rroteftarit-Diirenters, profefling the Prefbyterian, Independent, or Anti-
pasdobaptift tenets. Three out of each of thefe^congregations were impowered by
the name of to\u(tees to govern them, and ajJppiHt other^'upon vacancies happening
by death or refignation. Thefe, though neither founded by, nor for the fole benefit
of 'fingle women, are improperly called the Old Maids Alras-hgufes. See Mr,
Npble's Memoirs Off Cromwell, Edit. 1787, vol. I, p. 225.
X 1749. Maitland, p. 1325.
, ul:a U 2 Thefe
l^S HISTORY ANP. AtTTICÛITrES
Thefe ten Alr^^-lionfes. - r
For ten poor Worpefiy A. D» 1 749>-

Aod appointod Nine Truftees,, } ,
A. D. 1750."
Oppofite Luke's workhoufe behind the public houfe knowns

St.
by the fign of the Shepherd and Shepherdefs are the Lumley

alms-houfes. On the front:
" Thefe Ahns-houfes were built in the year 1^72, are

" the Gift of Lady Vifcountefs Lumley to St. Botolph
" Aldgate and Si. Botolph Bifliopfgate, repaired 178 1 :
" Jofeph Wife, John Scott, Thomas Tucker, An
" drew Toupard, Churchwardens- of Aldgate:-
" William Archer, William Collier, Churchwardens'
" of Bifliopfgate." >i' H'v (.
From " Abftra6ts of the Title-Deeds" of Lady Vilcountefi;

Lumley's benefaction it appears,; that, in 1 661, Edward Under-
wood did by will appoint that Jane Underwood his wife and execu-
trix, fhould, within two years from the time of his deceafe, pay
into the hands of the deputy, common-councilmen, and church-
wardens, of the parifti of St. Botolph's Without Bifliopfgate,
London, 100/. to buy a houfe and land forever for the ufe
of the 16 poor people, that did or fllauld inhabit his alms-
houfe in the faid parifli *.
It appears likewife that the faid Jane Underwood bqfore
March 15, 1663., had added unto the faid loo/. the farther fum
of 1 1 2/. I OS. i with all which flie purchafed of William
* Originally erefled at the Weft end of the reftory-houfe of St. Botolph's

Bifliopfgate i but, in 1739, they were removed to Laml' /illey, in the feme parifhi;'
See Maitland, p. isH*
Dafliwood,
,
; ; , V 1 D^ tS H R E D I T C H. 14^
Daihôqd, I
citizen and brewer, four, acres jQfpaftijre'ground lying
in the parifh of St. Leonard," Shoreditch, abutting upon the
footway leading from London to Iflington.
1673, on a part of the beforementioned 4 acres of

In
paftiire-ground, were built by the aforefaid parifhes, 6 alms-
'houfes:' ator'Biflioplgatei and 3'for Aldgate, given phdqwed ^d
" ^^^^
by lady Lumley. '
.'.1 /IL- ;
''.::.' i
< Mr. Badger's Alms-houfe at Hoxton Mra^ 1698, pur-

built in
fuaht- to his /will, for 6 aged women. On one iide the
'
dbor this infcriptionj- srii -îao •
** "thefe fixAlms-Houfes
^ 'êre thdGift of Mr.
Allen Badger, late
6f this. Parilh, deceafed,
'
fbr fee Poor of the 'faid
'
Parifh,
Anno Domini
,- > 1698.'^ '
For a farther account of them iee Dr. Denne's Regifter of

Benefa(5lions, No. LXL 1676, p. 23^
In Alms-houfe Yard, Hoxton, ftand the alms-houfes built

about 1 70 1 by Mr, Baremere, a Preibyterian minifter^ for 8
3 poor
.
JSO HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES

poor women/' who. have only a yearly allowance of half a dhal-
''' -'
tlroii of coals*.- -•-'
: • '
îiti >. ].'. --.I '':' ':<'(:

; ,, li-'.i .
Nearly oppofite .to thefe are {i%. .AliTis-houfes built in 1794

by Mr. Fuller, for 1.2 aged women profeffing the Prefbyterian
tenets.—-To each of Whom Mr. Fuller, allows 3J. 6d. per weekf
and a chaldron of coals, /j^r ^;2?^.
"
Jews Burial-Ground. ,
On the Eafl fide ofnHoxton Town 'is a cemetery belonging to

Ihe Hamborough Jews, (whofe fynagogue is in Magpye-alley,
Fenchurch-ftreet). In this ground the deadi are; interred in
rows, a certain fpace being allowed for each grave. The fpot
contiguous to that laft occupied is ufed for the next perfon that
dies, whether rich or poor, e:!j.cept in very few in fiances, either
man and wife, or where a.fmaUplot of around, purchafed for a
confiderable fum, HaS;,been referved pig^ the grave of fome
near relation. Thefe cemeteries are called avn nna, or the
Houfe of the Living.
It has been a burial-ground about 90 years. On the wall
of the Eaft fide is this infcription :
"This Wall. was newly repaired , .-^ -

.
t
"May 29, I 78 1.
" Tof. Gompertz :i.^—

JGoverners.
-Ab^Hort
:.:;.: ;>.;' ::-3£riluR^l^nr,SalonK)n5X(ê^rer.''' ;^m!- r^ ; ;
* See Maitland, p. 1290.

^
<• The
'
, OF SH.OREDITCH» 151
The p^rfpn bnrijed^here was interred in Awguft, 1795

lafl »
fpoji after wkiffh. it was ddfed up.
Preberid of HoxTON.p .
" The Prebefidary of Hoxton or HogeJJon, of old, named

*' Shordich, hath the ninth ftall on the left fide of the choir
*' [of St. Paul's cathedral]; and the corps of his prebend is in^
"the parifli of St. ; Leona^fd. Shordich, or within the limits
" thereof^."
jTlie prebendal manor is thus recorded in the Domefday

Survey, 1086. =
'^ -'
la Hocheflone -hnt, canon S Bguli . 1 . hid Tra . . i . car
.7 m ibi eft . 7*111 . uiffi tenent banc tra fub cahonicis,
Paftaad pecun. H traTaluit 7 yalet :s.x-i.foJ".H«c
jacuit 7 jacet in dniq aqcctas /^ Pauli. rj ,
'" In Hoxton the Canons of St. Paul's poffefled in the Reign

** of the Confeffor. i hi.cje. This land •
is now aflefled at i
** ploughland, which tenanted of the C-arions_by 3 Villans,
is
*' with an allawance of pafture proportionar to the number of

" cattle. It i§ Valued, as formerly, at 20^. and lies, as here-
" tofore, in the Demefne of the Cathedral."
:n L.
In an old Regifter of the Cuftoms, &c. of St. Paul's cathe-

dral collected by Ralph de Baldockj dean of the cathedral, about
* Newcourt's Repertorium, vol.1, p. i6a.

the
^ '
t$& HIST OR Y i Af^ B A N T I CÛ I T I E S

the year 1300, " HsxtmU'fi ScMrdyc^y^'is taxed at 5 marks*.
Though in the cbpy of Pope Nicolas* 'fexation in his Mafefly's
Remembrancer's office in the Exchequer (Anno 1291) it is
vakied at 5/. 4J". od. as well. as in. th^ Valor of 1327^. And
in the Liber Regis at 10/. 5^.
In the Parliament Surveys of 1649 viê have
*' St. Paul's, '^ • >

'^'^
X <« Clear Value
*« Lond®n. - * ^'^^ ^^-^^ -
uhrs e/,j ''^
per Annum.
*' Hoxton rThe Manor of' Hbxdeyrf in"! 'iii^/^S .
*' Years, fo. i54.<'Sh'6reditch, Rent referved I43/.J 13J, ^d."*

" Mr. Baynes. \^s. ^d.
(^ J
•» n I II «
Prebendaries from Newcotirt's Repertorium, vol, ''

I, p. 162,
:. ,,J ;. . . .[3-, ;.
Ofbemiis Mafculiis 'i ^ •
Gaufridus, filius ejus, ' ^ 1
Hugo,,Archid. . . ,,
* From a dopy in Bp. Tanner's Colledton of MSS. at Oxford.
•f-
Harl. MS. 60." In the copy of'theVdor of 1291, in the Cottofi Xibraiy,
Tiberius C-. X. (of wtich Mr. Gough has a Very fine tfanfcrip? from the duke
of Argyle's libraj-y) Oxton prebend is valued at five marcs; the prebend of
Halliwell at twenty marcs. The. temporalities of the dean and' chapter of St. Paul's
in the parifti of St. Leonard Shordich were 39X. j4. in Pope Nicoks* Valor
The archdeaconry of London confifted in the church of Shoredich, then taxed at
twenty-one marcs. ^^
";} *' '
.Ik, "k: iSt;--' :. .•
I.;. Ty '
') 0> j <bcdW5 inthe yeai- 114*.

'
Hen.
OF SHORED ITCH. 153
Hen. filiils ejus.
Joh. Cumin ^?^/ Comyn.

Robertus de Camera.
Petrus BlefenfiiS \
Magifter Walterus''.
Gervafius de Hobrugg %
Tho. de Urfo.
Petrus Cantor**.
Joh. de Wenghara Praecentor*.
Joh. Maunfell^
Edm. Truffell.
Richardus Vaghan^.
Will. Bradele ^
Ric. de Ravenfere'. '
^
Joh. de Ludham, non. Nov. 1363.

Tho. Grocer "".
Tho. Fereby, Nov. t8, 141 i.
Pet. de Altobofco, Aug. 1420.
Ric. More^y, LL.B. Maii 31 ', 1427.
* Occurs archdeacon of London, 1102.
'•
He was archtêacon of London in 1197, in which year he laid the firft ftbne in the building of
St. Mary Spittle.
*=
He
was chancellor of the diocefe of London, 3 Id. Julii 1214. He fucceeded Alard de
Burnhamasdean of London in 1216, but was fliortly afterwards dspofed.
Was precentor of St. Paul''s in 1^27, and again occurs in December 123 j.
"•
°
He was nephew to Henry de Wengham, biftiop of London. He occurs precentof of St.
Paxil's in 1262, being' then prebendary of Hoxton.
* Newcourt, in his Repertorium, (vol.1, p. 112,) has recited his different preferments and ;
Matt. Paris, (in his Hiftory, pp. 859, 931,) has recorded his opiiJence. In 1253, this Johu
IManfell, provoft of Beverley, founded a priory for Auftin Canon<! at Biljhgtm in Kent, and en-
dowpd the fame ; snd, in 1257, an alien priory at Rumney in tlie fame neighbomhood.
8 He occurs 13+8. '
^ He occurs prebendary here in 1351.

" T he kinggave him this picbend Sept. 15, 1361.
* He refigned the reftory of Hedingham Dec. 6, 1378, at which time he was
Sible in EfTcx
sdinitted reftor of Booking, and on Oft. 12, 1379, dean of the fame.
' Cokftfd to the archdeaconry of London in 143O and, as fuch, prefented to the viinrage
;
of Slioreditch in the ytar 144J. In the following year, however, he refigned his archdeaconry.
X Job.
154 HISTORY AND A N T I QJU I T I E S
Job. Derby, Nov. 1443. 2.
Job. Guntborp™, A. Mv Dec 30, 1468. •
Ric. Martin".
Job. Gigbs, LL. D°, Jun. 22, 1482.
Job. Forfter^, Nov. 16, 1490.
Tbo. Seweir', S. T. P. oa. 1512.
Tbo. BeIe^ S. T. P. Nov. 11, 1521,
Job Brereton, Aug. 5, 1530.
Nic. Wilfon', T. P. Dec. 14, 1542.
S.
Will. Glyff', LL. D. June 11, 1548.

Hugo Evans, Dec. 14, 1558.
Job. Duffield", S. T. B.
1579-ult. Feb.
Hen. Hamond", A.M. 0£l. 13, 1585.
" Admitted to the reftory of St. Mary, Whitechapel, Aug. 8, 147 1; and collated to the
prebend of Wenlakefbarn, Feb. 22, follovvia'g. In 1472,. he became dean of Wells, wherein,
Eccoidingto Godwin, he was fucceeded in 1498.
" He prefented to the vicarage of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, in April 1469. In 1471, he
was collated to the prebend of Ealdland, being then B. D, and died in 1480.
" Became archdeacon of London
June 22, 1482, by the refignation of Richard Martyn, who
was likewife his predeceflbr here. He was by birih an Italian^ born in Liicca, and the Pope's
Inquifitor here in England by the title of the colleilor of the apoftolic chamber. On Aug. 30,
J497, he became bifliop of Worcefter by virtue of the Pope's bull; was inftalled April 12, 1498,
and died the fame year on Auguft 12.
' Archdeacon of London, 1490. He died 1512. \'-
' Having refigned the prebend of Hoxton in 1521, he wag collated^ to that of Pancrafs, which
was vacated by his death in 1^7.

' Prior of St. Mary Spittle, and fuffragan biftiop of Lyda; of whom hereafter. _
'
He occurs archdeacon of Oxford, 1528. Dec. 20, 1557, he was admitted reftor of
St. Martin Outwich, London, which, with the prebend of Hoxton, became void by his death
in 1548.
' Collated prebend of Twyford, Nov. 11, 1526, and to the archdeaconry of
to the
London, 0&. 1529, which he refigned in Augufl 1533 ; and was in the fame month made
30,
archdeacon of Cleaveland, chanter of the church of York in 1534, and treafurer of the fame
church, April 13, 1539. In 1548, he refigned his prebend of Twyford, and was the fame year
ccllatedto that of Hoxton. He was afrerwards made the third dean of Chefter, and died at
London in 1558,
" On Marchi, 1586, he was admitted reftor of Dengy in EfTex, which he voided by his
death.in 1589.
= Collated to the vicarage of Broxbourne in HertfordOiire, Nov.
9, 1583, and to this prebend
as above, in 1585, which he refigned for that of Wenlocklbarn the fame year. He died 1592.
6 Geo.
OFSHOREDITCH. 155
Geo. Dickins^ A.M. Dec. 11, 1585.

Will. Hutchinfon', S. T. B. Apr. 10,1591.
Joh. Simpfon % A.M. Feb. 22, 1605. .
Rob. Cottesford'', A.M. Sep. la, 1633.

Tho. Holbech", S. T. P. Aug. 33, 1660.
Tho. Beaumont, A. M. Nov. 13, 1680.
John Gohier, Feb. 2, 3710.
Chriftopher Baynes, A.M. Aug. 5, 1713.
Jac. Gibbon.
Francis Aftry^ D. D. Nov. 7, 1718.
Jac. Waller, A.M. Nov. la, 1766.
Townfend Andrews % LL. B. May 23, 1771.
y re<Slor of St. Albans, Wood-ftreet, June 21, 1580.
Admitted Vicar of St. Lawrence Jewry,
1581. Albans, Wood-ftreet, he refigned in 1588; and May
St. 10, that year, was admitted
reftor of St. Mary, le Bow. He refigned his prebend of Hoxton in the beginning of the year
1591, and was collated to that of Harleftoii, He died 1593.
" Archdeacon of St. Albans, 1581, prebendary of Wildland, 1588. He refigned the pre-
bend of Hoxton before Feb. 22, 1605.
' Collated to the church of St. Ethelburgha, London, in 1586: and, in 1590, admitted reftor
of St. Olave's Hart-ftreet. He died 1633.
Vicar of Canewdon,
* Effex, 1629 ; afterwards reftor of Hadleigh and Monks Ely, Suffolk.
The order for his fequeftration at Hadley paffed the Houfe of Commons Oftober 9, 1643. He
fuffered much for his adherence to the royal caufe ; but died before the Reftoration of Charles II.
took place.
' Vicar of Epping, Eflex, 1641, being then B. D. became mafter of Emanuel-college,
Cambridge, March 9, 1675, ^"'^ '''^'' ''^ Oftober 1680.
Made an exchange with Mr. Gibbon for this prebend ; be was treafurer of St. Paul's cathedral,
''
proftor for the chapter in the lower houfe of convocation, 1725, and proftor for the clergy,
1754; preached a fall-fermon before the lord mayor, &c. of London, at St. Paul's, March
14, 1760 ; and died 0&. 30, 1766, aged 91 years. He was reftor of St. Martin's, Ludgate,
and publiihed two fermons in 4to. 1716 and 1733.
f Pi'eiented to the reftory of St. Catharine Coleman, Oft. 3, 1774.
\ X 2 III. Liberty
.
III. Liberty of Moorfields,
Eftreats.
s. d. jr s. d.
In 1789, the land-taxi
15 IS i^
of this Liberty produced) ^^'^ ^
1. Moor or Finsbury Fields
formed in earlier times a dreary and unprofitable wafte; coii-

fifling of one vaft trait of morafs, interfedted by fever^ ditches^
communicating with each other ; and mofl: probably reforted to
by the different kinds of water-fowl. It " was in antient
" writings called Magna tnora, becaufe of the great extent of
" the Moor or Mere^J''' The earlieft record hereof is in the year
1068, when king William the Conqueror gave to the col-
legiate church of St. Martin le Grand all the Moorland without
Cripplegate, declaring in his charter thereto that a running water
paffed into the city from it f
Strype's Stow, II. 53. •f-

Mon. Ang. III. 26.
«' That
OF SHOREDITCH. 157
*' That part of thefe fields fijuated nigh Cfipplegate (faith

*' StoW''') was calleu Finjbury^ q. d. Fyne/bury, having been ot
" old time iifed for the culture of vines." It has frequently
•the fame appellation in the London Regifter as well as in that
of the dean and chapter of St. Paul's. Yet why we fliould
prefer the derivation of its name from a Vineyard rather than
from its Fenny ftate, I know not. Mr. Johnfon, of whom
hereafter, derives its name from Sir William Fienes, a knight
of Rhodes, polTeiibr of it before the conqueft. More probably
F\n is a corruption of F^nm. vulgar pronuntiation ^ efpecially as
another part of this Avamp gave name to the pi-ebend of Mota.
Fitzftephen, who wrote his Defcription of our Metropolis

before I183, has therein introdufed a curious account of the
antient manner of fcating in this part.
The following defcription may perhaps afford amufement to

the inquifitive reader. " When that vaft lake, which waters
*'the walls of the city towards the North, is hard frozen, the
" youth in great numbers go to divert themfelves on the ice ;
*' fome taking a fmall run, for an increment of velocity, place
** and are carried Aiding fideways
their feet at a proper diftance,
*' a great way. Others will rnake a large cake of ice, and,
" feating one of their companions upon it, they take hold of
" one's hands and draw him along, when it happens, that
*' moving fwiftly on fo flippery a plain, they all fall headlong.
" Others there are who are ftill more expert in thefe amufe-
" raents on the- ice; they place certain bones, the leg-bones of
" animali, under the fo'es of their feet, by tying them round
" their ankles, and then taking a pole fhod with iron into their
•
' :
* Strype's edit. II. 58.
" hands,
"
iS8 HISTORY AND A N T QÛ T I E S

I I
" hands, they pufh themfelves forward by ftriking it againft

" the ice, and are carried on \yith a velocity equal to the flight
*' of a bird, or a bolt difcharged from a crofs-bow*."
Amongft the records in the Tower is Pat. 49 Hen. IIL rh. 5,

" pro mera extra murum civ. London ex parte boreali anne(5landa
" prebendce de Halliwellf;" probably that part of this fen
on which the fquare of Finfbury has fince arifen ; formerly
the receptacle for the old pavement of London. To this Moor
belonged a filhery for the ufe of the city; but, in the third year
of Edward III. Walter de Merton feized them both; which, upon
*an inquifition, was prefented and complained of by the jurymen
of alderman Peter Aungier's ward;]:. Soon after this it feems
to have been in fuch an unprofitable ftate, that, in the following
reign, the greater part of the fen was let for four marks only
per annum%.
In the Augmentation-office are two original grants, one from

Richard de Hopfton to Martin Elys 1|, redtor of the church of
St. Faith, London, of
* Fitzflephen's Defcription of London, 410. 1772, tranflated by Dr. Pegge,

p. 78. In a note, Dr. Pegge obferves, that " in the above defcription a rough kind
" of, fcating feems intended ; of which probably this may be the firft defcription on
" record. The polefhod with iron, for the procuring of velocity, is, however, now
" grown obfnlete ; no,r have we any battling at this time amongft fcaters. Slips of
*' iron, moreover, have now fuperfeded the ufe of the bones of animals." —We
are informed by the author of that ufeful book, " The Anecdotes of Britifh Topo-
" graphy," (cd. 1769, p. 281.) that, after Domefday book, Fitzflephen's Tra<fl
affords us the earlieft defcription we have of our metropolis j "and (faith Dr.
" Pegge, in his preface to it) I conceive we may challenge any nation in Europe
" to produce an account of its capital, or any other of its great cities, at fo remote a
" jjeriod as the twelfth century."
-\- Tanner, Not. Mon.
\ Strype's Stow, ed. 1754. vol. II. p. 53.
\ Ibid.
II
Amongft the obits at St. Paul's as mentioned in the London Regifter was " 3 Non.
" Avg. Martinus Elys minor Camnieui i8j."
" quatuor
.
OF SHOREDITC H. 15^
*' quatuor acras et tres rodas p'ati fimul jacentes in

" loco vocat' k More cum p'tin' in Sbordich in com'
" Midd. prout cum quodam foflat' vocat' le Mordicb
" includ' ratu' et gratu'." —
*' J)at. apud Crepulgate
" in fuburbio London', odavo die Julii anno regni
" Regis Edwardi tertii poft conqueftu' tricefimo
" oaavo*:"
and the other from John de Cantebrugge, citizen and fifh-

monger, to John de Middleton, Alexander de Whiteby, John
Bays, William Stouwc, and John Taylor, of
** Plena' pacifica' et perpetua' feifinam de quatuor

" acris et trib' rodis p'ati fimul jacent' in loco vocato
" le More cum fuis pert' in Sbordich in com' Midd.
" prout cu' quoda' folTat' vocat' le Mordicb includ'
—
" ratu' et gratu'." " Dat. Crepulgate in fuburbio
-j-
*'London, decimo quarto die Aprillis, anno regni

" Regis Edwardi tertii quadragefimo nono|:."
In Madox's Form ul are Anglicanum is a feoffment in fee

fimple of meffuages and land, from William de Walworth and
William de Halden, citizens of London, to king Edward III.
and others, in which are the four acres and three roods of
meadow land with 4:heir appurtenances in the plac€ called ie
More^ which John de Cauntebrugg held for the term of his
* Anticnt Charters the Angmentation-ofBce, Q^ 12.

in
"f-
The More ditch was cleanfed in1540, during the mayoralty of Sir William
Holleis, and again cleanfed and widened in 1595, though but to little purpofe.
Strype's Stow, vol.]. p, 13. It fliouldfeem by this to have communicated with the
town ditch, as the Foffedyke at York.

j; Antient Charters in the Augmentation-ofEce, Q^ 1 1
life,
'
i6o HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I TIE S
life, dated Nov. 23. 50 Edw. III.* Alfo a reJeafe of the fame
from the arthbifliop of Canterbury and others, joint-feoftees
with king Edward lil. to the fam€ king and his heirs ; dated the
laft day of November the fame year '>'
-f.
In 1415, 'Thomas Faivconor, mayor of London, opened the

poftern at Moorgate, for the convenience of the citizens, and
caufed the adjacent by means whereof
ditches to be cleanfed ;
he began to drain this watery trail; but, in 1477, it was again

fpoiled by Ralph Joceline^ mayor, by the manufa6luring of
'
brick for the reparation of the city wall, hi 15 2, however, f
Roger Atchleye^ mayor, made farther progrefs in tae draining

of thefe fields; and, in 1527, Sir 'Thomas Seymour continued_
the work by caufing the ftagnate waters to be turned by fluices
over the town-ditch into Wallbreok, an-d onward to the
Thames |. * But Stow hath^ recorded that Sir Leonard Halltday
brought it to perfc(5tion in 1606 §. His laudable proje6t,
however, for bringiijig a river through thefe parts did not take
effeail.
On April 10, 1549^, the cloifter called Pardon church-yard,

(on the walls of which was depifted the celebrated dance
of death by Hans Holbein,) together with the charnel-houfe and
chapel on the North fide "of St. Paul's, fell vi<Si:ims to facrilege,
and were levelled to the ground by the Protedor Somerfet, for
the fake of the materials, which he made ufe of in buildins:
the magnificent palace which bears his name. The tombs in
the chapel were detlroyed, and the (amounring to
bones
leveral thouland cart-loads) impioufty flung into Finfbury
Fields. They were thrown into that part of the fields^ beyond
'•
Formnlare Anglicanum, p. 202, cccxxxix. •f
Ibid. p. 389, Dccvi-
t Strype's Slow, vol.11. 54. § ibid. \\
Ibid, vol.1, p. 13.
^ Harding's Chronicle, p. 1004. '

^
Finfbury
OF S HO.REDITCH. i6i
Finfbury Court, which, Stow obferves *, had been much " over-
" heightened with lay-ftalls," whereon feveral windmills were
afterwards eredled. In Aggas's Map bf London faid to have been
taken in 1563, and re-engraved in Mr. Pennant's Hiltory of
London, three ^windmills appear. The fame number is men-
tioned by Stow (vol. II. p. 54.); but, in another part of his
work. (vol. I. p. 583.) fix are mentioned f-. That part of the
field whereon they flood was, till the building of Finlbtiry
Square, a great deal higher than the common field and had ;
the name of Windmill Hill but when the fite of the fquare
;
was raifed to a level therewith, it took the name of Windmill-

Itreet, which it now retains. Though the windmills continually
occur in Shoreditch regifter, they were iituated in the-parifh
of St. Giles, Cripplegate.
Richard Johnfon, in a thin quarto pamphlet, intituled>
** The pleafant Walkes of Moore Fields, a Dialogue between a
" Country Gentleman and a Gittizen," reprefents them as •
*' being the guift of two lifters, now beautified to the con-
*' tinning fame of this worthy citty ;" and, in his addrefs " to
*' the right worfhipfuU the knights and aldermen thereof," fays
*' thofe fweet and delightful! walkes, as it feemes, a garden to

** this citty, and a of fweet ayres foi* cittizens
pleâfurable place
*' to walke in, now made moll: beautiful by your good wor-
** Ihipfull appointment, hath emboldened me to fearch for
** the true antiquity thereof; and farthermore, to fatisfy the
" deflres of many, I have given here a true light of the late
* Strype's Stow, vol. II.

p. 54.
•\ In the iurvey of theprebendal manor of Finfbury, 1567, in Scow's Survey,
edit. 1754, vol. II. p. ^8, mention is made of " the field' called the High fields or
" Meadow ground, where the three windmills ftand, commonly called Finpury-
*^ field"
And the marginal note points thisout as the fpot ufed by the archers.
Y *' glorie
Ida HISTORY AND AN T I QÛ I T I ES
" glorie (lone unto the fame, and withal briefly Tet down a fewe
" notes of antienr recorde, of there beinge a kinde of moorifli
" ground in times paft, and by whome, and in what manner,
" they were brouglit to this beneficial ufe, together with many
" other honors done to this citty."
The country gentleman, obferving that " of all the pleafure

*' that c(/ntents him, thefe fweet walkes of Moorefieldes are the
" chiefeil, and the caufers therefore deferve much commenda-
" tion," is told the caufers were " the worthy aldermen and
" commoners- of London, feeing the diforder ufed' in thefe
" fielde?, have beftowed this coll, and, as occafion requires,
' intend farther to beautify the fame," refervingv them '* only
" for cittizens to walke in to take the ay re, and for merchants'
" maides to dry clothes with necelTary gardens at their
in,
" dwellings." Thefe two fields were given to the city " by tviô
" mayds, the only daughters of Sir William Fines ^ a knight of
*' Rhodes, in the time of Edward the Confeflbr, who dying,
** left thefe fields of Fine/berry^ after his own name, to his two
" daughters, Mary and Katharine, who, refufing the pieafures

" of this world, betooke themfelves to a devout kind of life,
*' and becam-e two nuns in the monaftery of Bsdlem, when,
*' having fpent their dales in the fervice of God, at their death.
'* gave there forefaid fieldes to the citty of London for an eafe
" to the cittizens, and a place for their fervants to dry clothes
<'
in, and likewife builded the a crofles, the one at Bedlem
*' gate, the other at Shoreditch*."
Gent. " Thefe walkes, Sir, as it feemes, beare the fafliion

M of a crofle êqually divided 4 wayes, and likewife fquaj-ed
f For an account of the crofs at Shoreditch, fee p. 82.

'
" about
OF SHOREDITCH. 163
" about in pleafant walkes the trees thereof make ; a gallant

" fliow, and yields unto one's eye much delight."
Citizen. *' They may well ; for the like border of trees are
*' not at this day in all the land again, for they be in number
•'
within thefe two hundred fourfcore and eleven, befides
\yalls
" thofe others Handing Weftward without, to the number of
*' fome four or five and tllirtie."
Gent. " I've heard that many of thefe trees do carry proper
*' names." ^
Citizen. " According to the planting thereof they doe, and

*' thefe which I remember fo called, now ftand on the Weft fide
" within thofe the firft of them at the corner of the middle
;
" walke Weftward was firft of all placed by Sir Leonard Hollydayy
" then lord mayor the next on the entrance North Weftward
:
" cf the fteppes coming downe, by a captaine, being a gentle-

" man of good reputation a third by a cittizen, and a fonne
:
" to Sir Leonard Holly day which ftandeth next to his father's
^
*' tree. There ftandeth neare unto that a tree called the Two
" Brothers, planted by two little boyes and fonnes to a cittizen
*' here in London. There is likewife a tree called the Three
" Sifters, by the name of three maidens that fet it and another ;
"the Three Brothers. There is a tree likewife at the North

• «'
Weft corner, which I faw fet up, (called Stubs his Tree), by
" one Chriftopher Stubs, one of the principal porters of Black-
" well Hall, a man well-beloved, and of. good credit. Many
*' others were fet up lay other citizens, which I think needlefs
" to fpeak of, nor tell of the bountie they Ihewed to the
" workmen alf the planting of thefe fame trees."
Gent. '* The charges thereof fliew their liberall minds ;
*' and, no doubt but this field will be maintained time out of
; Y 3 " minde
;
1^4 HISTORY AND A N T I QjU I T I E S
" minde in as good order as it is nowe kept, for what you

" citt zens meane to give glory toa, no coft nor care can be
*' wanting.
"But I pray you, how many akars may this plot of
" ground contain r"
Citizen. "Marry, Sir, within the walls fome lo akars,

*'which was fo meafured aut, and by a level! plough made
" as it is now, a thing that never hath been feene before ia
" neare to London."
Gent. " But why are thofe ftockes of wood here proviiled
" with a large chaine of iron locked to the wall?"
Citizen. " Onely as a punilhment for thofe that lay any

" filthy thing within thefe fields, or make water againlt the
*' fame, to the annoyance of thofe that walke therein, whiclv
" evill favors in times pait much corrupted men's fenfes, and
*' fuppafed to be a great nourhher of difeafes."
Gent. " That beares good reafon, and the manner of this
'
** punilhment I like well, and pitie it were but it fhould be

*'
maintained ; for it is one of the beft things that ever your
*' citie befl.owed coft upon."
Citizen. *' The

hereof they regard not, and the more
coft
** they beftow hereon, the more honour they tye unto the citie
*' and the caufers of thefe- walkes hath delerved high com-
'* mendations, making their pofterities famous by thefe their
<' deeds."
Gent. " It feemes they intended farther grace to thefe

« fields."
Citizen. " Their purpofe is not fully knowne, but furely

" their intents are inclined to bountifull proceedings as I heare
" the
•
' O^ '
S H ORED I TC H. 165
**
the building of certain houfes for (lielters for maidens having
** their clothes lying there a drying, if at any time it fl;iould
*' chance to raine."
Gent. " But I pray you Ihew me, Sir, have they never
** been othervvife ufed ?"
Citizen. " Yes, they have, for time is often the overthrower
^' of laudable cuftoms ; for Halle's Chronicle fetteth down that
" the inhabitants about London, as Iflington, Hogfden, Shore-
" ditch, before the reign of Henry the eighth had fo enclofed
*' thefe fields with hedges and ditcht?, that neyther the young
*' men of the cittye migb.t Ihoote,' nor the antient perfons
'**
Wiilke for pleafure in ttieie fieLJs, bii'- that either their bowes
*' and arrowes were taken a.vay or broken, or the citizens
" arretted for waikine, fayino; that no Londoners oueht to ?a
*' out of the cit-ty b ktThis fo grieved the Lon-
,in bye waves.
" doners, that injhe fixth \eare of king Hcirie VIII a great
*' number of the cittizens alTembieii themfelves in a morni-jg,
">and a turner in a fool's coat ran crying thicv^h the citty
" Shovels and Spades, Shovels and Spades^ by which means
" followed fo many people, that it was a wonder to behold,
" and, within lefs than 3 honres, all the hedges about the cittie
" were caft downe, and ditclies filed up, and every thing
" made plaine. Such was the quicknefie of thefe diligeot
** workmen ; after this, the fields were never more hedged in.**
*
* ^ St
'
&: :'.:
* * ' * " *
Gent. " But now, Sir, let us returne by the walke neere
" this ditch-fide, where I am willing to iinderfiand howe thefe
<* fields came fo beautified, being
in time paft, as I have heard,
" a fea or moorifh kinde of ground."
Citizen.
i66 HISTORY AND ANTIQ_UITIES
Citizen. " To begin firft afterwas given by thefe 2
it
*'
fifters to this citty, I find that in the time of William the
*'
Conqueror it was continually in wafte, as you fay, a great
fen or moore of water, ilretched all along betwixt Cripple-
« gate and Bifliopfgatej but not in fuch good manner as it now
" doth ; whole fields of Finfburie from Hollow well'*
for all thefe
''^
was a waft and unprofitable ground a long time,
to this place
*' fo that in the raigne of Edward II.. it was let to farme for
" fome marflies by the yeare biit, in the yeare 1415, ;
3
*' Henrie
I. Tho. Falnerf, mayor, caufed the wall of the citie
*' to bee broken toward this moore, and builded here the
" pofterne called Moor Gate, for the eafe of- the citizens to
** walk this way upon caufies (as was then) towards Iflington,
" Hogfden, and fuch like. Moreover^ the ditches of the citie
" from Shoreditch to Houndfditch, ana fo to this moore ditch'
" along by Bedlem, to bee newe caft and cleared, by meanes
".whereof this fen or moore was greatly drayned and dryed ;
" fo fhortly after it grew fuch handfome ground, that Ralph
*'
Jofelen I, maior, for repayring the citie wall, caufed this moore
*' to be fearched for clay, and here in this place bricks to be
*' burnt."
Gent. " But, Sir, here is ftones fet upright ; what is the
•' the meaning of them ?''
Citizen." Marry where they fland runnes underneath the

*' common Ihore from a fpring called dame Annis de Clear ey
*' called by the name of a rich London widow, called Annis
" Clare, who, fnatching herfelf with a riotous courtier, in the
*' time of Edward I. who vainely confumed all her wealth,
* i. e. Haliwell. -)( Fakon^r or Fawfonor, fee p. 160.

16 J.
J Jofelin^, fee p.
6 " andj
OF SHORE DITCH. i6y
*'
and, leaving her much in povertie, there drowned fhe
" herfelf, being then but a Ihallovv ditch or running water,
" fince which, as I faid before, runneth by fluces arched over
" all along by thefe ftones here Handing, which fluces or ,
" bridges was made in the yeare i 5 12, by Roger Atchley'^\ maior,
" who likewife caufed the ground to be levelled, as t'ley were
" this laft yeare by Sir Leonard Holliday, maior, and the. other
'* worfliipfull
aldermen and brethren, whereby thefe fields were
" made fomething more commodious, but not fo pleafant and
" drye as nowe they are, for many times they flood ftill full of
" noifome waters, which afterwards in the yeare 1 ^27, was, by
" the meanes of Sir T'bomas Senior maior, made dry, who,
"i-,^
" repairing the lliores, conveyed the fayd waters over this to%vne
*' ditch into the corner of Wallbrooke flioare, and fo into the
*' Thames, and, by thefe degrees, was this fen or moore at
" length made maine and hard ground, which before
*' being overgrowne with flags, fedges, and ruthes, ferved for
*' no ufe, fince the which time all the farther and higher
*' grounds beyond Fine/bury court have heene fo heightened
*' with leaftals and dung, that now three windmills are fet
" thereon, the ditches being filled, and the bridges over-
** whelmed."
The time when Mr. Johnfon's account was
written may be fixed to the year 1607, as in one part he
mentions Sir Leonard Halliday's improvements as efFedled " this
" lafi yeare.^'' His work is an objedt of curiofity in itfelf, yet
claims but little merit from its accuracy.
Mr. Pennant's Obfervations on the modern ftate of Finfbury

Fields Hand- thus I "Thefe fields were, till of late years, the
:
* Atcheley^, fee p. 160.

•f Seymour, fee p. 161.
I
Hiftory of London, ed. 1793, p. 263.
** haunt
i68 HISTORY "^LND ANT I QÛ I TIE S
*' haunt of motley amufements, and fome of not the. moft

raoft
" innocent nature among them was every allurement
;
" to low gaming, by little fraudulent tricks. It was

*' likewife the great Gymnajium of our capital, the refort of
*•
wreftlers, boxers, runners, and foot-ball players, and every
*'
manly recreation. Here the mountebanks fet up their ftages,
*' and difpenfed infallible medicines,, for every fpecies of difeafe,
*' to the gaping-gulls, who furrounded them. Here too I
" lament to fay that Religion fet up its ftage itinerant, beneath
" the trees and here the pious, well-meaning, Whitefield
;
*'long preached fuccefsfully." We may add, other itinerant

preachers have occafionally followed his example, but not with
equal fuccefs that the famous Z)r. Leoni, of the College oj
;
Sapientia at Rome^ wrought wonderful cures in cancerous and

other defperate cafes, particularly in taking a very large wen
off a man's cheek, of which awooden cut was made; and that
the exh-ibitions of wild beafts were made here within the laft
40 years.
Thefe Fields were long famous as the place of exercife for

the London train Whilft England was perpetually
of archery.
threatened with invafion, the ufe of the long bow was in high
eftimation.- Statutes were enadted by our anceftors for the
regulation of the exercife, which rendered the EngliQi bowmen
fuperior to thofe of other European nations. In 1363, Edward
III. forbad many rural fports, and, in their Head, injoined the
ufe of archery *. In the reign of Henry VIII. the neceffity
of its revival was frequently inforced-j-, Arthur^ his elder
brother, was particularly fond of it, infomuch that an expert
* Mr. Harrington's Obfervatjons on the Practice of Archery in England; Ar-.

chaeologia, vol. VII. p» 50. \ Ibid. p. c^t^,
bowman
OF SHORED ITCH. 169
bowman was flyled Prince Arthur -K From the *^

PoJitionsY^
of Richard Mulca/ier, firft m after
of Merchant-Tailors' Ichool,
" for the training np of children, either for fkill in their booke,
" or health in their bodie," we learn that in 1581 a fociety of
archers, exilted, who termed themfelves Prince Anbury's knights.
" In the middeft of lb many earneft matters, I may be allowed
*' to entermingle one, which hath a relice of mirth, for in
" prayfing of Archerie, as a principall exercife, to the preferving
*' of health,, how can X but prayfe them, who profefTe it
" thoroughly, and maintaine it nobly, the friendly and franke
*' fellow Ihip of Prince Arthur s hiyghtes in and about the citie
" oi London^ which of late years have fo revived the exercife."
Onr author afterwards mentions himfelf with " Maifter Hewgh
*' Q^>" " Syr Launcelot" as of the fame fellow (hip and
"^^^ ;
concludes with faying, " Nay, would not Prince Arthur himfelf,
*' maifter tbomas Smith, and the ' whole table of thofe wel
*' known knights and moft adive Archers^ have laid in their
" chaleng againft their fellow-knight, if, fpeaking of their
" paftime, I fliould have fpared their names?" This fellowfliip
is unnoticed by Mr. Earrington in his Obfervations on the Prac-
tice of Archery in England.
John Lyon, who founded Harrow fchool in i 590, two years

before his death, drew up rules for its diredlion, wherel)y the
fcholars' amufements were confined to " driving a top, toffing
** a hand-ball, running, and Jhooting.^^ The laft-mentioned
diverfion was in a manner infifted upon by the founder, who
requires all parents to furnilh. their children with " bow-ftrihgs,
" ihafts, and brefters, to exercife fhooting :{:." A filver arrow
* Mr. Barrington's Obfervations, p. 66. ")» 410. 1581, pp. loi, 162.
1 Lyfons' Environs of London, vol. II. p. 581.
Z ufed,
ufed, till within thefe few years, to be (hot for by the young
gentlemen of Harrow School. So much was the pradlice of
archery promoted in this country during queen Elizabeth's
reign. Annual prizes are alfo ftill given at Edinburgh to thofe
who excel in this exercife -="'.
When Henry VIII. became king, he gave a prize at Wind-

for to thofe who
(hould excel in this exercife, when BarlO'\,
(one of his guards) an inhabitant of Shoreditch^ acquired fuch
honour as an archer, that the king created him duke of Shore-
ditch on the fpot J,
This title, together with that of marquis
of JJlington^ earl of Pancridge^ &c. was taken from thefe
villages, in the neighbourhood of Finfbury Fields, and cxin-
tinued fo late as 1683 §.
Honeft Stow hath recorded jf

that thefe fields were firfl:
occupied for the practice of archery in 1498; but, in the fixth

year of Henry VIII. the inhabitants of Iflington, Hoxton, and
Shoreditch, by their encroachments on the common fields,
occalioned a flight infurredlion. The mob, headed by *' a
" Turner in a Fool's Coat, came crying through the city, Shovels
** and Spades, Shovels and Spades ^"^ numbers went out to affift :
The hedges were demoliflied, the ditches filled, and the fields
reduced to their original flate ; after which the rioters returned
to their refpedlive homes.
"*
Mr. Barrington's Obfervations, p. 59.
•f-
Among the marks in Finfbury Fields one was named Barlow. See the
** Ayme for Finfburie Archers, Lend. i6a8/' pp.6, 35, 99.
\ Strype's Siow, vol. I. p. 302.
§ Gervas Markbam's Art of Archerie, 1634, lamo. Barrington's Obferva-
tions, p. 57.
II
St:rype*s Stow, Tol. II. p. 58.
In
OFSHOREDITCH. 171
In the •* Remembrance of the worthy fliow and fliooting by

*' duke of Sboredhcb and his aflbciates,"
the " upon Tuefday
"the 17th of September, 1583," by W. M-*. we are told
(p. 56.) that " the train paffed to Shoreditch church, and then
" turned down into Hogfden fields into a fair large green
** pallure-ground of goodly compafsj where a tent was fet up
" for the duke and the chief citizens."
Charles I. Mr. Barrington) feems, from the dedication

(faith
of a treatife, intituled, " The Bowman's Glory -j-," to have been
himfelf an archer ; and, in the eighth year of his reign, he
ilfued a commiffion to the chancellor, lord-mayor, and feveral
of the privy-council, to prevent the fields near London being
fo enclofed as to " interrupt the neceflary and profitable exer-
'* clfe of fliooting," as alfo to lower the mounds where they
prevented the view from one mark to another %. The fame
commiffion
* London, 1682, lamo.

Mr. Barrington's Obfervations, p. ^6. " The Bowmau*s Glory; or Archery
f-
" revived giving an Account of the many llgnal Favours vouchfafed to Archers and
;
" Archery by King Henry VIII. James and Charles I. &c. by ffiliiam Wood»"
1682, i2mo. 80 pages. Mr. Pennant (in his Hiftory of London, edit. 1793^.
p. 219) fays, that " from the prefent rage of archery, this work has been ibid,
" within thefe two years, for a guinea and an half." William Wood lies buried in
the church-yard of St. James, Cierkenwell. His epitaph begins,
" Sir William Wood lies very near th's ftonc," &c.
Maitjand tells us, (Hiftory of London, p. 1364.) that " the title of Sir was
'* only a compliment of his brethren-archers, by way of pre-eminence, for Ws
" dexterity in Ihootin'g."
4: In 1628, was printed at London, the " Ayme for Finfburie Archers ; or,
" An Alphabetical Table of the Names of euery Marke within the fame Fields,
" *ith their true Diftances, according to the DIraenfuration of the Line; newly
" gathered and amended by James Partridge." In the preface are given the rules
by which the Archers' Company were governed; whereof the eighth and moil
Z 2 material
17*^-' HISTORY AND ANT I QÎT I TIE S
commiffion difeds that bridges (hould be thrown over the dikes>

and that all fliooting- marks which had been removed fhould
be reftored.
During the grand rebellion, the practice of archery feems to

have received no encouragement, but rather to have fallen into
difrepute. Sir William Davenant^ in a mock poem, intituled,
'' The long Vacation in
London," defcribes the attorneys and
pro<Stors as making matches to meet in Finfbury .Fields,
" With loynes in canvas bow-cafe tyde;

" Where arrowes ftick with mickle pride ;
" Like ghofts of Adam Bell* and Clymme.

" Sol fets for fear they'l fhcfot at him f ."
In 1676, Catharine of Portugal, queen of Charles IL by
the conlribution« of Sir Edward Hungerford and others, pre-
fented a iilver badge, weighing 35 ounces, to the marihall of
the Archers' fraternity, on which was reprefented an archer
drawing the firing of the long bow (in the proper manner) to
his ear, with the following infcription Regina Catherina Sagi-
:
tarii. The fapporters, two bowmenj with the arms of England

and Portugal %.
material is " Eightly,

if you name one mark, andfhoot at another, you are to
" loofeyour (hoot, and they are to follow at the mark named." Subjoined to Mr.
Barrington's Obfervations ; Archaeologia, vol. VII. pi, iv. is an engraved plan
of the Finfbury marks.
* Mam Bell was alfo the name of a mark in thefe fields. Sec the " Ayme for
" Finfburie Archers," 1628. Adam Bell, Clym of the Clougb, and Wiliiam of
Cloudjlef, were three noted outlaws,, whofe fkill in archery rendered them as
famous in the North of England as Robin Hood and his contemporaries were
in the Midland counties. Bp. Percy's Reliques of Englifti Poetry, p. 129, 1765^
\ Sir William Davenant's Works, fol. 1673, p. 291. and Bp. Percy's Reliques
of Antient Englifti Poetry, edit. 1765, vol. 1. p. 130.
\ Mr' Barrington's Obfervations, p. 57.
,
<
In
;
OFSHOREDITCH. 175
In 1682, there was a moft magnificexit cavalcade and enter-

tainment given by the Finlbury archers, when they beftowed
the titles of duke of Sboreditch^ marquis of Ij7ington, ^c. upon
the moft defer\/ing. Charles II. was prefent upon this occafion
but, the day being rainy, he was obliged foon to leave the
,iield *.
had now degenerated from being the glory of Britifh

It
warriors to a mere m^nly recreation. Finfbury Fields were

unoccupied for the pradtice of this noble fcience, and the very
name of Archer feemed forgotten, till, in 1753, tangets were
ereded during the Earter and Whitfun holidays, when the belt
fhooter was Ityled captain for the enfuing year, and the fecond,
lieutenant -f-.
Of members of this fociety there
the original
were only two remaining, when Mr. Barrington compiled his
Obfervations ; Mr. Benjamin Poole^ and Mr, Philip Con/table,
who had frequently obtained thqfe titles. The fociety is
now incorporated with the Archers' divifion of the Honourable

the Artillery Company.
The fletchers, bowyers, bowftring-makers, and of every

thing relating to archery, inhabited in old times Grub-ftreet,
the laft ftreet in this part of the town in being about the time
of Aggas's map of London ; all beyond as far as Bijkopfgate
Without were gardens, fields, or morafs %.
The Mr. James Sharp, having conceived the idea of a

late
grand canal of communication between London and the ad-
jacent country, made choice of the fpacious area of Moorfields
* Mr Barripgton's Obfervations. -|- Ibid. p. 14.

% Pennant's London, p. 262, 3d cd.
as
174 HISTORY AND ANTI QJJ I T ES
I
as the efxtreme point to might be moft commodionfly

which it
directed. With this view, about 1772, he caufed the level to

be taken from the quarters of Moorfields, in order to try whether
it would run into the river Lee when, to his great furprize,
;
he found it extend no lefs than thirteen miles and a half,

and to approach fo near 10 Waltham Abbey as to make that
place the other extreme point whence it might proceed.
In the courfe of this furvev itwas obferved, that fuch a canal
would, in its progrefs, pafs through a pleafanl part of the
country ; through every capital 'village in the natural courfe
of its 'direction and through inclofures exhibiting .the richeft
;
and moft delightful rqral profpedts that can be conceived.

The gentleman Mr. Sharp employed in taking this furvey
was the ingenious Mr. Robert Whiiworth, draughtfman to the
late celebrated Mr. Brindley, who affifted in projedling itnolt of
his magnificent works.
This gentleman, upon trial, found the projedt (formed only

in idea by Mr. Sharp) not only pradticable, but much more
eafy than in moft countries through which navigable canals
have been made and, according to his calculation, a canal
;
lixty feet wide at the furface, four feet and a half deep,
and terminating in a bafon 400 feet long and 200 feet broad,
might be completed from Waliham Abbey for the fum of
52,495/. a fum inconfiderable in comparifon to the advantages
that would accrue from it to the city of London, but more
particularly to the country through which it was intended to
pafs, every foot of which adjoining to its banks would be
increafed in value in proportion to its foil and fituation.
Upon this reprefentation of carrying his defign

of the facility
into execution, Mr. Sharp thought proper to proceed, and to

caufe
OF SHORE DITCH. 175
caufe a plan * to be prepared to be laid before the court of

Common Council, in order to take the fenfe of that refpedtable
body in a matter that lb highly concerned the interefts of
the This being a
city. work that required time, it was not
very Ipeedily that it was completed.
But it was no fooner feen than approved, and a petition had

been already prefented to parliament for leave to bring in a
bill to enable the city to carry 'it into execution.
Previous to this prefentation, Mr. Whit worth was defired to

conlider of the manner of condudling the canal, and of the
application of it to the molt beneficial purpofes, as well with
refpedt to health and ornament as for general utility.
He was given to underftand, that the quarters of Moor-

fields were fet apart as a pleafure-ground for the citizens of
London to walk in for the benefit of the air; he therefore very
juilicioufly contrived not only to fecure to them that privilege,
but to heighten the plealure of their enjoyment. He pro-
pofed to furround the bafon with a fpacious gf^vel-walk, by
which any number of perfons might amule themfelves by the
fides of a clear flrearn, which no doubt, would be filled with
velTels of various conftrudlion, as none would be admitted but
boats for pleafure, except only thofe for carrying light goods
and paflengers to and from the country. For, be (ides this
fmaller bafon in Moorfields, which Mr. Whitworch appropriated
chiefly to pleafure, he projected one of a more ample con-
flruiStion, of a circular form, 500 feet in diameter, to be laid
out in the field between Holywell-mount and the Tabernacle
* See the engraTed plan, Gent. Mag. vol. XLIV. p. 121.

6 with
with wharfs extending 80 feet every way from the water's
edge, fkirted round with buildings for mercantile purpofes,
which would amazingly encreafe the inland commerce of the
city, and produce many great and extenfive advantages, fome
of which Mr. Sharp enumerated, and are as follow :
Health he confiders as the and greateft advantage; and

firft
that, he thinks, would be promoted in an eminent degree by

a conftant circulation of free air, occafioned by the paffing and
repaffing of veiTels for pleafure and bufinefs upon a clear
flream ; and by facilitating . the communication with the
country.
Next to he rates the advantage of being more

health
copioufly fupphed with provifions, the moft likely means to
reduce the price. Milk, in particular, which is now of a very
bad quality, owing to the rank, food of cows in the fuburbs,
would be brought twice a day by water from cows fed in
meadow-lands with wholefome grafs inflead of grains and
cabbage- leaves.
Butcher's meat would lae brought in like manner from places

remote from town, where would be flaughtered without
cattle
being heated with over-driving, and confequently would be

fitter to be preferved by fait.
Corn, malt, and flour, at a fmall expence, would be fpeedily

tranfported to town from Ware, Hertford, Bilhop*s Stortford,
and other towns and villages at a greater diilance, without

being loaded with the expence of double carriage; and coals
and other heavy articles returned nearly as cheap as the fame
are fold in the heart of London.
Hay,
O F S H O R E D T C H.I 177
Hay, ftraw, coals, bricks, ftone, chalk, lime, fand, but more
particularly timber, would be capital articles of traffic on this
canal.
The number of horfes would be diminiflied in proportion

as the quantity of thefe heavy goods brought by water is
inereafed; fo that the faving of provender would be no incon-
liderable obje<ft.
The conveyance of palTengers by water in vefiels elegantly

built and decorated, from one end of the canal to the other,
at the fmall fare of 3^. will be of great convenience to
palTengers in general, but more particularly to thofe who may
be inclined to colledl and bring to market the fmall articles of
poultry, butter, eggs, Sec.
A large refervoir of water would always be ready for extin-

guilhing fires in every part of the city.
By means of channels of communication, the filth of the

city might all be carried off from the common fewers, at times
when the abundance of rain would make water plenty.
Thefe and many other advantages would accrue to the city of

London.
To the proprietors of land, and to the inhabitants at a
diftance, the advantages would be proportionably great; fields
would be converted into gardens, wallies into fertile fields, by

means of the plentiful fupply of manure ; and the penvu of
the poor country-labourer relieved by the profufion or the
citizen.
The' plan of this noble undertaking would ilie the couile ^
through which it was intended to be carried, and woi:ia convev 'a

A a clearer
178 HISTORY AND ANTIQ.UITIES
clearer idea of its importance to the curious reader than any
defcription in words *.
From the Gazetteer of April 14, 1774, we learn that *' a

*' petition of feveral jDerfons, owners of lands, through which
*' the canal was intended to be made, was read againit it, as
" likewife feveral petitions from the pariflies of St. Luke's,
" Sboreditcb, Tottenham, Edmonton, Sec. relpeitively in favour
—
" of it."- " It was very evident that the friends of the city had
" infinitely the better of the argument; fo much fo, indeed,
" that every reafon offered on the other iide rather made for than
" againft the meafure but, the country gentlemen being in a
;
*' great meafure prejudiced againft fuch undertakings, when the

" queftion came to be put, the fupporters found themfelves in a
" lamentable minority, the numbers on the divifion being
*'
Ayes 10, Noes 61." The land through which the canal was
intended to pafs was furveyed, by order of the committee of
common-council of the city of London for canal navigation,
dated June 18, 1773. The expence of carrying this canal
into execution, according to Mr. Robert Whitworth's eftimate,
returned oaober 5, I773» was ^^52495 as mentioned in
page 174.
Stowf mentions a map or plan of Moorfields as intended to

be out by one Leate, a citizen, which he was to have
laid
inferted in his book. Leate was an alderman of London well
known in the reigns of Elizabeth and James L for his furveys and
projeils, many of which were executed to the great advantage
v^.
and ornament of the city:J:.
* Gent. Mag. rol. XLIV. p. 121. f Edit. 1633, p. 302.

1 Granger, (vol. K p. 280,) who mentions a head of him with two lines abouf
the oval, and feven under it. (Bromley's Catalogue. Brit. Top. vol. I. p. 689.)
Monf.
OF SHORED ITCH. 179
Monf. Le Pays, defcribing the manners of London in the

reign of Charles II. fays, " There is an alehoufe near a place
<' they call Moorefields '••-,
where the company are entertained
" with mufic and merry andrews, who perform in their turns
" from rhorning till night on purpofe to divert thofe who come
" to drink, and where the company give themfelves up to every
" kind of gallantry. There are a number of adtors of both
" fexes, who are painted to appear fair; and, as the place is
" built like an amphitheatre, the principal fports are made upon
** the open grafs-plat in the middle, v/hich being the fame in
*' this place as the flage in a theatre, a very numerous company
** may enjoy the diverfions very much at their eafe f."
In this liberty are two meeting-houfes one (for Bapthls)

;
in Worfliip-ftreet ; the other (a Methodillical place. of worfliip)

in Prince's ftreet, Moorfields.
* " Note by the Tranjlator. — The alehoufe alluded to, near Moorfields, is the
" Flying Horfe, and is flill diftinguiftied by the fame fign. It is on the Eaflerii
*' fide but a few years fince the large yard of the houfe had an entrance into
; and
*' Union- ftreet, which is now flopped up. According to the relation of aged
*' perfons, now living, it was in this yard that the diverfions defcribed by the
" French author were carried on. They remember the fmall houfes in the vard
•' having their tops covered with feats, though within their memory only cudgeling
*' and boxing were exhibited in that place, except that children and women ufed
to
*' ride upon the feats in the wings of a large wooden horfe, that had a mechanical
"motion for the purpofe upon a platform, and run in grooves. The afTemblies
*' at this place being prohibited, probably on account of the gallantries
alluded
" to by M. Le Pays, the diverfions of boxing and cudgelling were ftill carried on
" in the middle of the Upper-field ; where, till within forty years pall, the ring,
*' as it was called, was under the direftion of a mafter of xhofe
ceremonies, very
** well known by the appellation of Old Vinegar. —
Moorfields was, till within
" twenty years paft, divided into Upper and Lower, by a wall, that ran from the
" end of Chifwell-flreet to the oppofite frde."
•f Gent. Mag. vol. LXL p. 928.

A a 2 The
i8o HISTORY AND ANTICÛITIES
The congregation at Worfhip-ftreet appears to have been
formed out of one firft fettled in White-alley, Moorfields, re«
moved to Barbican, and founded, with three others here, under
the late Mr. Charles Bulkeley, who April 15, 1797, in
died
his ^8th year. He was interred in this meeting-houfe, or the
burying-ground belonging to it, on the 25th*; and an addrefs
delivered over the grave by Mr. John Evans, M. A. his fucceffor,
the prefent minifter, who preached a funeral-fermon for him on
the 30th, as he had done before for three eminent diflehting
miniiters of different perfuafions, Stennet, Kippis, and Harris,
06t. 18, 1795 He alfo publifhed a " Sketch of the
"i-.
*' feveral Denominations into which the Chriftian world was.

*' divided;" which has gome through two editions for the benefit
of his pupils :|:.
Alfo Mulberry- Court, Long- Alley, are feveral alms-

in
houfes belonging to the Dutch church in Auftin-Friers* Oa
a plane of ftone againft the center houfe is,
1'heje two 'tenements

No. 6 and 7, are the Gift
of Egbert Guede, Gent,
born at Szvoll in Overyffel one
of the 7 Provinces of Holland
on the ic^th Bay of January in
the Tear of our Lord 166 2, and
died at Bighgate in Midellefex
on the 7 Day of February 173S
Aged 7 1 Tears.
* Of him fee Gent. Mag. vol. LXVII. pp. 439, 587.

t Ibid. vol. LXV. p. 45- + ^P'^^' P* 5^3'
By
OFSHOREDITCH. iSi-
By his Iqft Will he endowed

T'he/aid a Tenements for the
Habitation and Maintenance
Of 4 fucb poor Men
of and belonging to the
Dutch Church
in Augustine Fryars
London.
Traders' Tokens.
I.
WILLIAM GODBEE,-.'aisTEiisr,—AT. FINSBURT. 1671. A Hor/e and Biih.

II.
JOHN. RUDUCK. At. FINSBURT. WIER DRAWER. L R. E. ,
III.
AT THE MOREFElLDS.—AtiAttgil.
.C
KEARE. BADLAM-GAT. H.S.
IV.
JOHN ANNISON AT THE WITALEBON.—A Whale Bone hefween 6 Ctf 8.

NEW CHEAPSIDE IN MOREFEILDS . HIS HALFEtENr.
V.
MART FFLWOOD. LONG (A Star.)
ALT IN MORE FIELDS. M. F.
IV. LlBJlRTT
i8a HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
IV. Liberty of Holywell*.
Eftreats
^ S' d.
Ill 1780, the Land-Tax of thisl

}^^' ^
Liberty produced
1790, 581 o o
1791, 570 8 o
1792, 586 o o
I793> 534- 4 o
OFSHOREDITCH, i8 J
decayed*. on the Eaftern

This well was originally fituated
extremity of Finfbury Fields, as w,e learn from the charter of
confirmation granted to this priory by king Richard the Firft,
bearing date, Od. .7, 11 89, wherein he confirms, inter
.alia^
" Locum ipfnm in quo praefata ecclefia fita eft, cum

" omnibus pertinentiis fuis ; fcilicet Moram in qua
'''•
fons qui dicitur Haliwelle oritur f."
The prebend of St. Paul's, to whom it name, is called

gives
the prebend of Haliwell, alias Finfbury ; and the firit prebendary
who poffeiTed it occurs fo early as 1 104 %.
Fitzftephen, who wrote his hiftory between 11 70 and 1182,

mentions this well as one of the moft efteemed §.
" Sunt etiam^ circa Lnndoniam ab aquilone fuburbani
" fontes praecipui, aqua dulcl falubu perfpicua, et ^
* Newcourt, Repert. vol. L p. 64. There were o'her holy wells about London,
the chief of which, in Fiizftephen's thne, befide .h.u uovv LiXjted ot, were Clerken
well, and St. Clement's well. In S v.v's Survey 1], feveral others are enumerated, as
Skinners' well nigh Clerkenwell, Fags well nigh the Charter-houfc, Tods well,
Loders well, and R^ds well ; to which may be added Jacub's well in Barbican,
Croivder's well hy Cripplegate, and Motik well nigh Alderfgate-fticet. Of the well
or fpring of Dame A^nes a Clere in Shoreditch paiiQi, fee p. 83.
f- !vion. Ang. vol. I. p. 531.
J Newcourc, liep. vol. I. p. 5.
§ Dr. Pegge's edition of Fitzltephen's Hiftory of London, ^to. 1772, p. 61.
Jl
Strype's ed. vol. I. p. 35,
VARIA LECTIO.
' Sunt et. H. Strype.
((
per
i8+ HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
" per claros rivo trepidante lapillos [i]:"
" inter quos fons Jacer^ fons clericorum, fons fan
" Clementis nominatiores habentur et adeuntur ce^ ;
" lebriore * acceffu, et majore frequentia fcholarium'',

" et urbanas juventutis in ferotinis[a] asftivis auram
" exeuntis."
The where this celebrated well was fituated, which in

place
Newcourt's time was overplanted with garden-plots, &;c. * is
now built upon, and a pump eredled over the fite of the
well.
This well, or fountain, together with that part of the field

or moor wherein it arofe, were given before the year 1127
to fome religious women by Robert Fitz Gelran, canon of the
cathedrid of St. Paul -f whereon a priory was built to the
;
honour- of Chrift, the Bleffed Virgin Mary, and St. John

Baptift, for nuns of the Benedi6line order, who followed the
fame rules as the monks of that order, omitting only what was
not proper for their fex %- Their h^bit was a black robe, with
a fcapulary of the fame, and, under the robe, a tunic of white
or undyed wool. When they went to the choir, they had over
* Newc. Rep. vol. I. p. 64.
•f Tanner's Not.
Moa. p. 305. He was one of the earlieft prebendaries of
Holywell.
X Ibid. prcf. p. xiv.
VARIANTES LECTIONES.
= Celebriori, et mox majori^ in Stoveo H.
^ Scholarum. H. male.
ANNOTATIONES.
' Per claros rivo trepidante lapillos'] Hexameiri fragmentum.
fi] Strotina, fubftaDtive ufurpaturn, LexicisetClolTographis ignotum eft; valet idem ac v{i^<r«.
zj 'Serotinis']
all
OF SHOREDITCH, 185
all a bhck cowl like that of the monks; and their heads always
covered with a veil*.
King Richard L in the firft year of his reign, confirmed to

thefe nuns the-mooror fen in which the well beforementioned
arofe, together with the land which John de Hilewit had given
them; the land which Walter f (precentor of St. Paul's cathedral)
gave, confifting of 3 acres the church of Dunton with all its
;
appurtenances, &ic. and the land in Camberwell hereafter men-

tioned'; with all rents within the city of London, as mentioned
in the charters of endowment.
The fame king alfo, in the fixth year of his reign, confirmed
feveral other donations made to them, viz, half a rood of land
at Dunton given to them by Geoftry Ghamberleyn, wbigh had
before been in the poiTeffion of Grregory the prieft ; another
half-rootl' at Dunton by Gsgoffry/ de Melicho and his brother
William; one rood at Hinxteworth^: by Theobald the ion of
Fulk ; the chureh of Wurelew by Gunnora de Valoniis§, the
* Tanner's Not. Mon. pref. p. xir. In Stevens, vol. I. p. 169, is a cut of

fuch a nun without her cowl, as there is in the Mouaflicon, vol. I. p. i, of one
with her cowl.
•f-
This Walter was archdeacon of Londbn in 1 197, at which time (faith Stowe)
lie laid the fbundatlon-ftone of the hofpital of St. Mary SpitaU
Hinxworth in Hertfordlhire.
X
§ Gunijora was daughter to Robert de Valoniis, a great baron in the reign of
king Henry II. and great grand- daughter to Peter de Valongies or Valoines, whom
Blomefield (Norf. vol. V.p. 767.)calh the Conqueror's nephew. He was a great baron,
and married Albreda, filler toEudo Dapifer ; his defcendants made the caftle of
Oxford the principal feat of their barony. Gunnora was married to Robert Fitz-
Walter, by whom flie had one daughter, Chriftiana, who was living in 1221, and
was married to- William de Mandeville, earl of Effex, (Cotton MS, Julius, C. VII.)
B b , town
i86 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T I E5
town of Luiton by the fame Gunnora * lands in Gatefby by ;
John Gatefby, and a garden without CrippJegate,. by Juliana

Gardin.
In the manor of Weftby Afhwell is a farm called 'turri&ks

in
OY -Nunzvick^ with a moated fquare of 3 acres, on the North fide
of which are 1 fmall ftone edifices adjoining to one another, that
feem to have been part of one fide of a fquare. One of thefe barns
has a vaulted ceiling lathed and plaftered^ and near the roof ©fl
the crofs beams, fhields of arms : one, a chevron between 3.
pheons, or flag^s' heads. The other barn was a narraw room
with chimneys ; both feem to have been for entertainment.
On the Eaft fide without the moat in a pafture-ground is a fmall
artificial tumulus anfwering to the middle of the fquare ; and oa
each fide in the fame part an oblong piece of raifed ground

about I a yards by 6, at about 60 yards from, the tumulus,
anfwer to each other, and to the fquare. If this were pofleflcd
by any nunnery, Mr. Salmon fuppofed it was by Haliwell^
becaufe in Richard I's charter confirming the donations to that
convent there, there is mention of a virgate of land in Henx-^
•worthy of the gift of Theobald the fbh of Fulk. In Henxwortb
we do not find any land belonging to a religious houfe ; but, ac»
cording to the record, Peter de Valoines' eftate there had beea
''* The town of Luiton.^ here mentioned, was that part of the parifli of Leyton ia
Eflex, which belonged to Peter de Valoines (abovementioned) at the general furvey..
(See Domefday, vol.11, f. 786.) At the diflblution of religious houfes in 1540,
thefe lands were granted by letters patent, 36 Hen. VIIL, to Morgan Philips alias
Wolfe, (Pat. 32, Hen. VIII. pt. 5. Feb. 11.) (by the names of Croft, HowfielJ,.
Showfield, Les Harpe, and Halliwell, late belonging to HaJiwell priory;) whofe
cldefl; fon Julinus died feized of it in 1557, (iVIorant, voL I. p. 23)^ Mr. Lyfons
(Environs of London, vol. IV. p. 164.) was unable to find how this eftate afterwards
defcended, or who is the prefciit owner. It is probable (faith he) that it became
incorporated with LeytoQ Grange, another manor in the fame parilh. (Ibid. vol. IV..
p. 160.)
takea
OFSHOREDITCH. 187^
taken out of Afhwell, and was called a berewyke of Afliwell, fo

that might be accounted in one parifli or the other.
it Another .
lord of a manor in Henxwortb is in the record faid to be I'etbald,

which anfwers to TbeoMIdus in Latin, and was probably the Ion
of Fulk^ and the benefadtor recorded in king Richard's grant,
and Geffrey de Melicho and William his brother having given
half a virgate in Dunton contiguous to this to the manor of
Hallywell, the conjecture is the more probable *.
' Henry de Hallingbury releafed to the nuns all his right and
claim to lands, tenements, efcheats, wards, reliefs, in the
towns of Henxwortb and Dunton, by deed dated at Haliwelly the
Sunday after St. Michael's feftival -j-;
They had tenements in Soutbminjier % \ the advowfon of the

church of Brampton §, in Suffolk ; fome intereft in the
church
of Trumpington |1, in Cambridgefhire, of which they owned the
redlory^; and fome polTeffions in Bedfordlliire **.
The following church of 'Trumpington (as

account of the
far as concerns the nunnery of Haliwell) is taken from Mr.
Blomefield's MS collections for Cambridgefhire, in the pofTeffion
of Richard Gough, ef(j. at Enfield.
* Salmon, p. 344. See alfo Eflibn. 10. Ric. I. rot. 26, de reddit in Effeweli
[Hertf.] verfus Fulconem filium Tbeobaldi quos Theobaldus pater eis dedit.
(Tanner, ubi fupra.)
f- Original deed in Briti(h Mufeum, cart. ant. 83 B. 32, printed in Gent. Mag.
Tol. LXV. p. 569.
% Cart 19 Hen. III. in 9 & 10 Fin. Surr. 25 Hen. III. n . Fin. com. ignot.
.
44 Hen. III. n. 57 de terr. in Southminfter.
\ Fin. SufF. I Ed. I. n. 151, pro advoc. eccl. de Brampton [SufF.] Fin. SufF.
12 Ed. I. n. 7. de eadem.
Pat. 17 Ed. III. p. 2. m. 35, pro ecclefia de 7VaOT/>/»g-/(?«.
,11
^ See Biomefield's CoUcft. Cantab, p. 235. '

** Plac. ap. Bedf. 4 Ed. III. quo war. rot. p. 12. Cart. 10 E. III. 1932.
B b 3 " This
i88 HISTORY AND ANT IQjCJ IT I E S
" This was taxed at 20/. and was of the patronage

re<fôry
**of the priorefs and nuns of Haliwell by London, and was,ap-
" propriated to them by the king's licenfe, and confent of ihe
" bifhop, chapter, and archdeacon, of Ely ; a penfion of 6s. Hd^.
" being referved to the archdeacon. Simcm *, bilhop of Elf,
" granted them the patronage which they purchaled of the
*'
John de Cailes. He was fon x)f Simon de Cailes,.
heirs of
*' lord of a manor in Trumpington, and patron of the ad-
" vowfon, I Edw. L
" 1290. Nicolas was reftor,, and it appears that there

" was a re£lor and a vicar : the lafl being always pre-
" fented by the former.
" In 1389, the nuns prefented the re6torf.
" 1390. yobn Bar^ re<5tor of Taverham, in the diocefe^
" of Norwich, exchanged with Wilham Stepy, of Hotoft,,
" vicar of Trumpington ; and the faid John was inftituted
" vicar at the prefentation of Ifabella, priorefs of the houfe
" of Haliwell, Lond. dioc. 26 April :|:,
«'
1392. John Eardy exchanged with William Forfl-er»
" redlor of Quendon, Lond. dioc. and the faid William;
" was inftituted at the prefentation Of the priorefs of
« Haliwell §."
" 1393* 7^^^ Bradle, prejh. fon of Luke Bradle, infti-

*' tuted upon the death of William Forfter, at the prefer!--
»* tation of the priorefs of HaUwellli, 24 March.
*,Reg. Fordbam, 21 B.. n n-t. • j

~\- Thus far from the printed Colleftions for Cambridgefliire. The remainder
from Mr. Cough's MSS.
t Reg. Fordham, 21 B. § Ibid. 34 A. }|
Ibid. 43 B.
'*
1395^
OF SHORED ITCH. 189
*'
1395' John Karlill was inftituted upon the death of
" John Bradle, at the prefentation of the priorefs of
" Haliwell *, 1 2 Dec.
*'
John Hardeware occurs chaplain of Trumpington,
** in a conventual leafe belonging to this priory, dated
,
« Feb. 1 8, I533t-
The vicarage of Dunton likewife, co. Bedford, with the

chapel of Melo, (now deltroyed) was appropriated to this
priory % ; and, in a record in the Augmentation -office, I find
a grant dated June id, i Ed. VI. from the crown to the
dean and chapter of St. Paul's cathedral of a yearly rent of
3 (hillings going out of certain meffuages in Norton Folley §,
parcel of the late diflblved priory of Haliwell.
" The manor of Camberwell Frerne, or Fryern, (faith Mr.

*' Lyfons||,) was part of the polTeffions of Haliwell priory*!^.
*' It was acquired partly by purchafe, and partly by grant*'".
*' About- the reign of king Stephen, Robert earl of Gloucefter
** gave one hundred acres o|" wood to Robert de Rothomago,
the
" latter gave them to the priory. The fame earl made feveral
" other contiderable grants to various perfons, particularly to-
** Thomas de Tychefey, and Reginald Pointz ; the latter took
** upon him the crofs, and left his eftate at Camberwell between
* Reg. Fordham, 48 A.
\ Conventu Le ifcs in the Aagraehtation-office, No. S.
1
X Sfe Bacon's LJber Regis, p. 486. § Or Folgate. Vol.1, p. 71. I|
% In the Monalticon, vol.

6&1, there is mention of an agreement made
I. p.
1245, between the prior of Bermondfey and the priorefs of Haliiwell, relative to
tithes in Eall Dulwich.
** Dugdale's Monaft. vol. I. p. 532.
3 « his
—
ISO HISTORY AND ANTItÛITIES

*' his four one of whom, Nicolas Pointz, gave ten
nephews ;
" acres of land to the nuns at Haliwell, and they afterwards

" pnrchafed of him the whole of the fhare that. had been his
,
" brother Walter's. Solomon de Bafyng bequeathed them fome
' *'
land, called NeWelersfield, and ten acres which had belonged
** to William Frango. After the diffolution of monafteiies, this
*' manor was granted to Rol>ert Draper^ page
--f the jewels*,
** whofe daughter mairied John Bowyer, efq. of Shepton
** Beanchamp, in the coimty of Somerfet; and it now, by
is
** defcent, and under the will of Edmund Bowyer, who died
*' in 17 1 8, the property of Jofeph Windham, efq.
f*
" John de Gatefbury, in the time of king John, was
*' poffefled of the manor of Gate/bury, and he gave to God and
*' the church of St. John Bapiift, Hal y well, near London, this
*' manor, and the land called Gatefbury-/;i^|, with all their
" appurtenances, one acre of meadow, and three acres of land,
" which Nigell of Gatefbury held ; four acres of land, which
*^ Ofbert Mead held; one part of an acre called '2otenbolei
" thirty-five acres of land in a field called Budings; and Jordan
*' de Zuine, the lord of whom John de Gatefbury held this
*' manor, did confirm the fame^."
The
* Pat. 36. Hen. VI I L p. 9, July 2U

•f-
Prom an nunnery (taken in 1544)
old valu ition of the poflefTions of Haliwell
amongft the Harleian MSS. No. 60-, it appears, that the lands which they poffelled
in Camberwell, Peckliam, and Deptford, produced 15/ 45. od. fer annum.
X Salmon, Herts, p. 229, reads -field

§ Chauncey's Hertt. 235. It feenis a miftal<e that John de Gatefbury gave the
mancr to the nunnery, for wc find it afterwards in l.iy hands ; perhaps the lands
given lay in the manor, or they might be exchanged by the nuns for other lands,
the inftrument of which exchange is loft, for we have no mention of them at the
diflbiution ; or of the original grant, except the confirmaiioa of John de Gatef-
bury's
OF SHOREDITCH. 191
The manor of Halywell in Afhe took its name of the Bene-

didline nunnery of Halywell fituate on the Well fide of the
ftreet leading from Bilhopfgate to Shoreditch in London*.
In the 14th ofEdward II. the priorefs of Haliwell had certain

iberties granted for this manor in AJh f and, at the diflblution ,
of religious houfes, the fame was granted by king Henry VIL

to Sir Martin Bowes, l^nt. who
566, and was fucceeded
died in i
by his fon Williar, who, dying without iflue male, it became

the fole property of Sir Edward Fowler, who married one of
his two co-heirefles ; and his grand-daughter and heirefs carried
it by marriage to Multon Lambarde, efq. knighted at the coro-
nation of George II. and the inheritance is vefted in the iflue

of his nephew, Thomas Lambarde, of Seven-Oaks, efq. de-
ceafed; fince which it has had the fame owner as Alh :^.
There appears to have been a difpute, fome time in the reign

of Edward II. between the priorefs and convent of Haliwell on
the one part, and the prior and convent of the Holy Trinity on
bury's giftof terra de Gatejhy by Richard I % The family of Gatefbury held

lands in Braughing in rhe reign of Henry V. when they paffed away by co-
heireffes *. John de Gatefbury confirmed his grant in the prefence of Henry Fitz
Ailwin, lord-mayor of London', who, in the regifter of Trinity priory, London,
is made grandfoa of Leofftan, who rebuilt Layfton church, which was called after
him 4.
* Hafted's Kent, voL I. p. 28^3.
•f-
Plac. apud Cantuar. 21 Ed. L affif. Rot. 9. de terris in Afhe juxta Mepham.
Breve Reg. 7 Ed. II. Fin. Rot. & Plac- ap. Roff. temp. Ed. II. Rot. c,. de liber-
tatihus in Aftie. Plac. Rot. 8, apud terris in Land, in Ed. II. qûo warr. ut i^
Ed. r. p. i.^^ in. 25,,
X Hafted's Kent, vol. I. p. 285.
• Sa'mon. Herts, p. 229. *; Ibid, S Chauncey,

p. 225.
* MS. Le Nfcve. (See the note on " ^'fewkk" in the next page.)
the
/'
the- other part, concerning lands m Jlfewick'^"', as among ft the

records in the king's remembrancer's office iji the Exchequer -j:^
I found an antient deed, dated July i, i 2 1 7^ fetting forth that ihQ.

priorefs and convent of liahwelle had held of the king's pro-
genitors, time beyond the meinory of man, and ought of right,
ftill to hold certain lands in * Alfewyke' in the county of Hert-
ford, containing the eleventh part of a knight's fee ; and, rn Ste-

vens's Supplement to the Monallicon, vol., II, p. 212, appendix
cl.Kxii, is atranfcript of an antient deed, dated Aug. 4, i 239, from
the prior and convent of the Holy Trinity, yielding'all the meadow
and pafture lapds, together with a mill andits appurtenances, to
the priorefs and convent of Haliwell, which had bLtorc been
held of the faid prior and convent by Richard de Lefllone-
church ; and nigh to the end of this inlfrument, it is faid,
'* Pro hac autem conceflione, & prefentis cartse confirmatione
** dedecuat nobis, ijiemorae prigriflT^, 8t MoniaJe feptem matcas
^* IterUngoruin X.""
Amongft other perfons, the following appear to have been

principal benefa6lors:
Richard de Balmeis, eledted bifliop of London about

the year 1118, and, dying January 16, 1127, was
* This ismanor in Layfton (antiently Leofjlancherche'' in the county of Hert-

a
ford, ^Salmon, pp.314, 315,) to wiiofe church its chapel was united, aqd -both
were in the patronage of trinity priory, London, (Ibd. Efion.)
•\- Rec. in Scacc. penes Rem. reuis, 17 Ed. II. Mich. Rot not referred to by
biftiop Tanner. To which and lents in Effex and Kent, Fii^. 50 H. III. and lands in
Olmele (Elmeley, now Emky,) in Kent, Fin. 3:, H. 111. bloih omitted by that
indefatigable writer, and by Mr. Hafted, vo:. il. p. 6/4, but fupplied by Edw.
Kowe Mores, efq.
X The original of this charter was formerly in the pofleffion of Ralph Thorefby
of Leeds.
a great
^9$
6f SH CREDIT C H. 19J
a great benefadlor hereto * ; whereupon Stow might

ground his opinion that a bifhdp of London was the
founder f.
Stephen Gravefend, bifhop of London, about the

year 131 8, was hkewife a benefacSlor, faith Stow J.
Sir Thomas Lovell, knight of the garter, was an

active man Henry the VH's time. In 1485, when
in
an efquire only, he was made chancellor of the ex-
chequer for life, and the fame year had an annuity
of 40 marks as an efquire to the king's body. In
1473, Henry Heydon, efq. granted him an annuity
of 20s. out of his manor of Snoryng Parva^ called
Dorkettys, for his good counfel^ that he had already,
and ihotild hereafter^ give him. He was firft made
banneret, and in 148 7 was knighted at the battle
of Stoke, and afterwards inftalled knight of the gat-
ter. In 1 5 02-, he was treafurer of the houfehold,
•
and prefident of the council; he was one of the .

\
executors of Henry the VII's will, conftable of the
tower, furveydr of the court ôf wards,, fteward and ,
marfhal of the houfe to king Henry VIII. He- built

the gatehoufe at Lincoln's Inn, 1518, and placed
on it the king's arms, the earl of Lincoln's, and his
own §, by which Mr. Blomefield imagines he had been
of that fociety. He built Eajl Herling-hally in Nor-
folk, on the tower of which his arms ftill remain,
_
and a brafs bufl: of his own likenefs furroiinded with
* Tanner's N'otitia Moriaftica, p. 306, note (c). ;\ ; .
•! Stow'sSurvey, ed. 1754, ~

vol. 11. p. 49. J Ibid.
^ Tkefe three coats are ejigraved.
G c the
.
m HISTORY AND ANTIQ.0ITIES

the garter. 1508, upoii the 4€ath of Edmund
In
lord Ros of Hamlake, without iffue, the manor
of Worcefters in the parifh of Enfield came to Sir '
Thoma^s Lovell, who had married Ifabel his filter

and heir*;) where, in 15 16, he was honoured
with a vifit by Miargaret, queen dowager of Scotland,
lifter to Henry VIII. on Afcenfion day and there he;
died May 25, 1534, and was buried in a chapel,

which himfelf had founded withiii this priory f
•
It may be prefumed his lady wgs buried in Haliwell with

him, and not as Mr. Blomefield:^, (and Mr. LeNeve in a MS note
in his copy of Dugdale's JBaronage §,) at Enfield, the monument
which he miftakes for her's in that church belonging to fome
of the RoflTes,' and bearing their arms with thofe of Lovell and
Mtifwell, who intermarried with thepij which laft are quartered
by Lovell |j.
Leland tells us that Sir Thomas rebuilt this priory 5[; Blome-
field, that he refounded it "** ; and Weever, that he was a great
* She was daughter to Thomas lo/d Ros of Hamlake, 'who died in i Ed. IV.
She had before been r,iarried to Sir Thomas Everingham, and, after the death of Sir
Thomas Lovell, was a third time ingriied to Sir Thomas Grey of Werke. See
Mr. Nichols's Leicefterfhire, vol. 11. pt. 1, p. 27.
Weever's Fun. Mon. p. 428. See alfo Mr. Lyfons's Environs of London, vol.
•f-
II. p. ^93.
—
** maff^ fynyfchid, the Abbott [of W^ltham] with them of the quyer,
" came and burled the body in his chappell, under a tomb of white marbelJ, wiche
" both hit and the chappell were fonded by hym, and it ftonueth 00 the Southe
' fyde of the quyre of the faid church. Heralds' College MS Funerals, LXI.
p. 82, containing a curious account of the ceremonies ufed at the funeral of Sir
Thomas Lovell : printed in Mr. Lyfons' Environs of London, vol.11, pp. 293, z(j\.
^ Norf. vol. I. p. 219.
§ In the poffeflion of Richard Gough, efq. at Enfield.

II
Sepulchral Manuments of Great Britain, vol. II. p. 1^9.
% Colledtanea, vol. L p. 71. ** Hiftory of Noxtolk, vol. L p. 219.
benefadlor
:
OFSHOREDITCH. 195
benefa6lor only*; but, after am

all, I inclined to give the moft
credit to honeft Stow's affertion f , that he . was a great
'benefadlor, and built much
here J; as on the front of a houfe,
two doors from the end of Holiwell lane, are the arms of king
Henry VI. which were probably fet up about i 5 ro by Sir Thomas.
Mr. Ellis,- in his Campagna of London, mentions a houfe in
the Lower ftreet, Iflington, formerly the refiderice of Henry
Dudley, fuppofed to have been built by Sir Thomas Lovell.
The arms of Lovell, quartered with thofe of Mufwell, were
carved on a ftone chimney-piece, and remained extremely
perfefl: till the deftruilion of the houfe. Mr. Ellis had been
informed that the arms of the priory of Holiwell were (179 1)
not long lince extant on painted glafs in a window of the
fame houfe §.
Sir Thomas, by his laft will, bearing date Dec. lO, 1533 |I,
willed his manfion-place at Haliwell to his coufin Sir Francis

Lovell % upon the demolition of the pyiory-church, many
; but,
houfes were built upon its lite, which were inhabited by feveral
noblemen, 8ic**.
* Fun. Mon. p. 428. -f-
Stow's Survey, ed. 1754, vol. 11. p. 49,
J On aimoft every window (faith .Weever) was painted tiiis diftich
" Al the nunnes in Holywel
" Pray for the foul of Sir Thomas Loud."
but Mr. Blomefield, in the Hiftory of Norfolk, gives thefe lines differently j and fays
they were infcribed on a wall of the priory-houfe :
" ailpgniinnôf^fllitoeir.
" gcai pc hati) Oap ant> nigbt
" pp7 tl)e foul of
" JBljom i|a?2g
M SCjjotnasS
tlje I'ebtntl} mabe

Unuel,
fenigtt."
§ Campagna of London, p. 96. Qu. what were the arms of this nunnef}'?
il
Though Blomefield, (vol. L p. 219,) fays it was dated Oft. 14, 1522, and
proved Sept. 26, 1528. (See p. 190, note J.)
^ He died Jan. 21, 1550.
** Slew's burvey, ed.. 1754, vol. II. p. 49. The deTnolition of the church
belonging to this priory was perhaps done immediately upon the fuppreffion of the
houfe in 1539. Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. II. p. 130.
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From Eaft Herling Regifler, which begins in 1538, Mr.

Blomefield made the following extra<a:s * :
" 1539. 22 May, buried Lady Ann Lovell.- 1548. 16 J. —

*' mar. Thomas Verman, efq. and Dorothy, daughter of Sir
" Francis Lovell. —
1548. 29 Sept. Mr. Fee Williams fon of
"Will. Williams, efq. —
1551. ao Jan. died Francis Lovell,
" Kt. and the 12th of the fame month died Elizabeth Lovell,
«.his wife. —
1553. 4 Dec. Edm. fon of Tho. Lovell, Kt.
*' bapt. —
1556. 5 Aug. bapt. Mary, daughter of Thomas
<* Lovel, Kt.— 1557. 4 Nov. died Dorothy, fifter of Sir
"Francis Lovel, Kt. —
1559. ^7 ^^^* Tho. fon of Tho.
"Lovel, Kt. bapt. —
1560. 6 Ocft. Leonard Spencer and Kat.
"Lovell mar. —
1560. Mr. Francis Sturgis and Elenor Lovell
—
"mar. 18 June. 1562. 4 Sept. Elenear and Kath. D". of
** Tho. Lovell, Kt. bapt.- —
1563. 9 Nov. Tho. Lovel, efq. and
" Alice Huddlefton, mar^"
In 1 5 1 3, Sir George Manners •^, knt. (who was Lord Ros,
1487,) being at the fiege of Tournay and Turenne in France,
with king VIII. took a very fevere illnefs, whereof, after
languifhing fome time, he died, and, purfuant to his laft will,
was buried nigh the altar in the chapel belonging to this

priory +.
Sir
* See his MS
CoUeftlons in Mr. Cough's Library.
•f He was eldeft fon of Lady LovÛ's eldeft fifter, Eleanor, by Sir Robert
Manners. (
J In Dugdale's Monafticon, (vol.1, p. 729.) we find it recorded that "in

** redeundo obiit in menfe Oftobris, Anno Domini MDxiij et fepukus Londini in
*' ecclefia monialium dc Haliwell;" (fee alfo Leland's Itinerary, vol. I. p.
109, and
Dugdale's Baronage, vol. II. p. 296.) Mr. Nichols, in hi? Hiftory of Leicefter-
fhire, vol. II. pt. i. p. 41, fays, " Lord Ros might probably be there buried, an^
" after the death of his lady be removed to Windfor, where both their figures are
I *'
upon
0/ SHORE DITCH. 199
Sir Thomas LoVell founded a chauntry here in' the chapel

by himfelf f, which I find thus d^fcribed in the inventory
biiilt
of churches taken in the reign of Edward VI. yet remaining

in the Augmentation-office.
£ J. d.
"The chapel of SirThos, rTheGrocersh^ve"| Sf James Hurft ... vij jv o
'J
*' Hally well within >Loveirs < theiaudes and >Penc' ... cs
' Shordiche poche J Qiantry ^finde J S' Richard Mary fF. . vij jv o
"
Penc' .... cs
Hence it appears here were two chantry priefts, though Mr.

Willis, in his account of Incumbents of
Penfions paid to
Chantries in 1555, mentions only one (then living) who, at the
diilblution, had a penlion of 5/. granted him **.
Queen by letters patent, gave to John Farneham,

EUzab';fh,
one of her gentlemen penfioners, the melTuages which belonged
to the Elriugton chantry in Shoreditch church, and Lovell
chantry here. The
mentioned as a meffuage (and gar-
latter is
den) called the Prieji's houfe^ then or lately in the tenure of
William Wallys, iituate in the parifli of St. Leonard Shoreditch,
formerly inhabited by certain priefts who celebrated daily mafs in
the chapel of Haliwell for the foul of Sir Thomas Lowell, knt.
" upon one tomb ;" in the North aiie of the Royal chapel Qf St. George within
the caftle, with this infciiption :
" I^cre [pctte faurgcD sjfovge matvo?^ \<^'^^< Ictde ?Joojt va|)D Dcccffeb t'je pviij Oaje cf
" >©aobcr, in tlje \tiz of cti| loroe sob ii'l©Fiij and (atin Sinne \>\^ wpfe tioteBijte: cf
" anne mic|)cffe of (^.tetir.-, Cfler unta h?ng cBbteajti tijc fD;iitl)e ar.O of 2!;})oraaiJ
" ;&ontliinoa" femigtt tfic tojcbe anne DeceiTcD Hje iiij akn of aprpti in tije pr?e o£ ouc
" %a^ a53& îEt^vt'bj on toijoi'c foul.::; ijoD Ijalie mcrrji, amen."
^ On the South fide of the choir of the priory- cliurch. See the Heralds' Col-
lege MS Funerals, LXI. 82, before referred to.
** Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. II. p. 137.

Prioresses,
eoo HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
Prioresses,
Agnes* occurs 1239.

Juliana f 32 Hen. III.
Benigna in the fame reign.
Chriftianalf 53 Hen. III.
fifter of Matilda Mountague, 1341.
Ifabella Norton 1390. '
Clemencia § occurs 0(5t. 4, 23 Hen. VI.
Elizabeth Prudde occurs March 3, 1474.

Clemencia occurs 15 21.
Joan Lynde occurs 061. i, 7 Hen. VIII. and
again in 2 9 Hen. VIII. in which
year
Sibilla Nudigate ||
was made priorefs.
In the king's remembrancer's office in the exchequer, is a

*' book of an indenture, Feb. 24, fecond and third years of
*' Philip and Mary between king and queen and
the faid
*'cardinal Poole legate from the pope, concerning charging
" all perfons with payment of ufual rents and profits to the
* Stevens's Monafticon, vol. II. App. No. clxxii.
•fJuliana/ with the four next following, and ' Clemencia' who * occurs
*
* 1^21,' were very obligingly communicated to me from the colleflions of Mr.MS

Edward Rowe Mores, by Richard Gough, efq. of Enfield ; to whofe kindnefs this
little work ftands much indebted.
J Chriftina (poffibly the fame) occurs izkal. Dec. 1283.
§ ' Clemencia,' with Elizabeth Prudde and Joan Lynde, from conventual leafes
in the Augmentation-office.
jl
Newdegate, or Nudegate.
" clergy
n
O F S HORED I TC H. ôi
are particularly fpecified in this

*' clergy as formerly, which
*' book ;" wherein we have
r Will'mi Barnes Sl Anthonii Newdigate,

^
" f eod. < conjundim audit« omn. poffeiT' ib'm, v ex.
(per annum - - . - - J
rSibille Newdigate p' ann' - 1/.
EleneClaver - - - Hij-f. jv^-
,, „ . Alicie Marty - - jvA

'
^"""^"'MAlicieGoldwell - - - jv/. iu. viijV.
Beatrice Fitz Lewis - - Ivjj. viij^.
.Agneti Bolney - - .. liijj. jv^.''
Thefe penfions vere doubtlefs granted at the diffolution of

the monaftery, which was furrendered Nov. 4, 1539, 29
Hen. VIII.*
Mr. Gough informs me, that he has *« fomewhere read of

" paintings on the walls of (what is called) king John's palace •f',^
" but has never been able to find them." The gateway men-
tioned in the new edition of Camden | was deftroyed about
1785, and but few traces of the priory are left.
At the Diflblution, a meffuage and garden with the fite of

the monaftery were granted from Henry VIII. to George Harpur,
* Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. II. p. 130. by whom thefe penfions, &c. arc
mentioned with a fmall yariation.
f The vulgar appellation given to the remains of Haliwell priory.
,
X Vol. II. p. 30.
E> d .
March
2oa HISTORY -AND A N T I Q^W I T I E S ^
March i6, in the thirty-third year of his reign *, and the fite
of the monaftery, with the appurtenances belonging thereto^
were granted to Henry Webb, by letters patent dated Aug. $',
36 Henry VllI t.
It was valued at the fuppreflionj according to Stow, at 29 3/+.

though Weever § adds los. Cd. to that fum. The fumma clara^
in the MS Valor referred to by bp. Tanner \\ and Mr. Stevens,
194/. 6s. id. Speedy values it at 347/. is. $d.\ Bacon's
Liber Regis** at 300/. 19^" 5*5?. In an antient MS. con-
ventual lurvey in the Augmentatiori-office, the fum total of itfr
value is niatlc 34J. 14^. bd. vi^. Temporalities, 29'V. 8s. >d.
— Spiritual PoiTeflions, 45/, tj. \Qd. MS. in the CottonA
Library !-}", makes the giots fum 347/. is. '^dt and the clear
yearly value 29-^/. ds. id. Laflly, among the Harleian MSS ;|;^.
is a valuation of the lands, &c. heretp belonging, taken

rents,
1544^^, (and faid to have been formerly' kept in the Firft-

pruits-office,) which makes the grofs fum to be no more than
^73/. and the clear yearly value, 162/. 3J". 9^.; hut, u:)on )
examining this furvey, difcovered that feveral of their pof-

i
feflions were not enumerated.
* Record in the Augmentation-ofEcf.. -f-

Ibid. J
Srow's Survey, ed. 1754.
§ Fun. Mon. 428. Notitia Monaflica, ed. Nafmith.
|| ^ P. 1080, b.
** P 564. 4+ Cleopatxa, E. iV. f. 343. %% No. 605.
§§ In this furvey, the pofleflions of the nuns in Shoreditch p.rifh are valued
at 38/, 8 J. od. and the " tirnf terr. infra ambitum dc. nup' Monafi" at.
10/. 6s. 8d.
A Repertort
OF SHORE DITCH. 203
A Repertory of antient Charters, 8cc. relating to

THE Priori of Haliwell,
I. Printed Deeds.
L Monafticon Anglican um, vol. I. p. 531, are two

In the
charters of confirmation to the nuns of this priory, by Richard
I. the firft bearing date April 11, 6 Ric. I; the fecond, Odt. 7,
I Ric. I; and, at page 532, is a "memorandum de terris in

Camerwell," ex cod. MS. Cotton. Vitell. F. 8.
II. In Stevens's Supplement, App. No. clxxii, is "carta

II.
*' Prioris et Conventus S. Trinitatis Londini de terris in Alfe-
** wick conceffis monialibus de Halliwell, dat. Aug. 4, i 239."' ;
III. In the Gentleman's Magazine for May 1795,

3^9t P*
is, '* Carta Henrici de Hallingber' de in Hinckefteworth
terris
**
& Dunton ecclefiae S. Joh. Bapt. de Haliwell ;" and, with it,
an engraving of the feal *.
* The feal engraved in Gent. Mag. is entirely different from that appendant to the
original.
D d 2 II. Original
.
*04 HISTORY AND ANTIQ.UITIES
II. Original Charters in the British Museuivt.
43" A. 37. Gregorii Papse filius S. Salvatoris Winton. Dioc. 8c

S. Bartholomv:! London. Prioribus^Q Pfioriffa &: Con-
ventu de Haliwelle.
Seal loji; dated Jan. 9, wth Tear of the Pontificate.
83. A. 47- Carta Rogeri de Brahi Ecclefiae S. Joh. Bapt. de

Haliwell de terr. in Duntune.
Seal appendant ''-
; no date, fuppofed about 1 1 8 1 »
83. A. 49. Carta Galfredi Camerarii fil. Robert! Camerarii.

Ecclefiae Haliwell de terr. in Dunton.
Seal\\ date 1239.
83. A. 50. Carta Roberti le Chaumberleyn fil. 8c her. Galfredi

le Chamberlein Ecclefiae de Haliwell de terr. in Dunton. ^
Seal.
83. B. 10. Carta Lalirentii fil. Agnetis de Dunton Eccl. S. Joh.

Bapt. de Haliwell de ditnid. virgat. terr. in Dunton.
Seal\ no date.
83. B. 32. Carta Henrici de Hallingber. Eccl. S. Joh. Bapt.

(Haliwell) de terr. in Hincfteworth 8c Dunton.
Seal\ date i Ed. I. 1372.
* The infcription on the feal is, " Sigillum Rogeri de Bray."
f Infcribed,
" Sigillum Galfredi Camerarii."
83.
OFSHOREDITCH. 205
83. B. 39. Carta Galfridi de Miilenho & Willielmi fratris fui
et Emmae uxoris Oliveri fratris eorum Eccleliae S. Johannis

Baptiftae de Haliwell de terr. in Dunron,
Seal lojl ; no date.
%2i' K. 40. Carta Willielmi fiL Galfredi de Melnho Ecclefiae de

S. Joh, Bapt. de Holiwelle juxta Lond. de dimid. virg.
terr. in Dun ton.
Seal^^\ no date.
8'3. E. 45.. Carta Radulphi Starling et Adaliz. uxoris fuae 8c

Mariae & Ifabellas filiarum Thomae de Terefield 8c Sarrss
legitimae fponfae fuae Eccl. S. Joh. Bapt. de Haliwelle
de diraid. virg. terr. in Dunton.
' T'bree Seals appendant t.
83. B. 48. Carta Thomae de Terefield Ecclefiae S. Joh. Bapt.

de Halliwell de terr. in Dunton.
Broken Seal\., no date.
52. I. Carta Ricardi de Langeford Ecclefite

12. S. Joh. Bapt.
de Haliwell de terr in Brauhing.
Seal\. no. date^
* In-fcribed, " Sig Galfrid. de MELNHO."

•f This deed is mutilated.
X The fragtiieat of the feal, which remains in green -wax, has, impreffed upon
it, an Eagle difplayed.
III. Aug--
ao6 HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
III. Augmentation Office.
Amongft the original deeds preferved in this office are fever^

leafes from the priorefs and nims of Haliwell, viz.
Midd\ Rot. I. No. 3, is a leafe dated March 3,1474, between

Elizabeth Prudde, priorefs of HaUwell, and Ralph Joffelyn,
alderman of London.
Ibid. No. T. A leafe between Sibille, priorefs of Haliwell,

.and Thomas Legh *, Dodlor of Laws, dated May ay, 29
Hen. VIII,
Ibid. No. 5. A leafe dated April i, 30 Hen. VIIL between

Sibilla Newdegatc priorefs and Richard Manners.
with feveral other leafes betwixt the priorefs of Haliwell and

various other perfons. in the 7th, 17th, a ill, and 29th,
years of Henry VIII.
IV. Records in the Tower.
Cart. Antiq. W- 8, Carta Ricardi primi Ecclefias fan<Sli Joh.

Sapt. de Haliwell t.
* On the feal append int to this leafe, is " T. L." Qu. was he the Thomas
Les^h, LL. D. whom Cromwell appointed one of his deputies at the vifitation of
religious houfes?
-f Printed in the Monadicon, vol.1, p. 531.

V. In
OF SHORED ITCH. 207
V. In the Bodleian Library at Oxford,
amongftMr. Dodrworth'smanufcripts, (vol. ClI. p. 90), we find,
" Golle<5lanea quaedam ex Regiftro de l^'olywell ;" thus

mentioned by bp. Tanner, in the Notitia Monaltica ; but, upon
examination, ir appears to be nothing roore than an extradt
from a manukript in the Cott o Library, VitelL f 8, printed
in the MoDaltiion Angliearmtn, (vol. I. p. 532,) beginning,
'* Mem. quod Rob'tu-> comes Glouc. &c.'' " Reg. PrioriiTae de
" Haliwell," is faid, in bp. Tanner's Notiiia Monaftica, to have-
been *" penes Edm. B.''
Holywell Mount.
Tradition^ mentions this fpot of ground as the funereal'

receptacle of thoufands who died of the plague in 1665*.
Yet, from better authority -j-, we find, it was no other than
a mound of earth railed as a fortrefs for the defence of
the Hcrtfordihire or high North road, in 1642, when the city
of London was furiounded by a trench. It is faid to have
covered three acres of ground ; it was levelled about 17.87,

and feveral ftreets have arifen on its fite.
* It. is alfo defcribed as fuch in the Hiftory of the Plague, Load. 1754, 8vo.
p. 267.
f Mr. I.yfons's Environs of London, vol. III. p. 475.
^ Meeting-
ao8 HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
Meeting-Houses in the Liberty of Holywell-Street.
On one of Holywell, mount
fide is a Methodiftical place of
worlliip; on the front of which is
" Holywell Mount Chapel, 1777."
At no great diftance from this is another, called

" Cumberland Chapel."
Play-houses in the Liberty of HoLrwELL-STREET.
L The Theatre,
Mr. Malone obferves, from its name, might probably have
been the firft building eredled in or near the metropolis for
fcenic exhibitions. Edmund Howe, in his continuation of
Stow's Chronicle, declares, that, before 1570, he " neither
" knew, heard, or read, of any fvich 'Theatres^ fet-ftages, or
" play houfes, as have been purpofely built within man's
*' memory *." In what part of the parifh it was fituated is
now paft difcovery, though it could not be far from
U. The Curtain,
Both Theatre and, Curtain are mentioned in Stockwood's
Sermon at Paul's crofs on Auguft 24., 157B. And, again
in Northbrooke's " Treatife againlt Idleneffe, vaine Playes, and
" Enterludes," 1579 t)y way of dialogue between youth
'f',
and age.
* P. 1004.
\ 4to. 1579, p. 29. b.
Mr.
or SKOREDITCB. wy
Mr. Chalmers, m his Apology for the Believers in the
^Shakfpearian forgery *, has printed an order of privy-council',
June C4 2, 1600, for reftraining the nomber of play-houfes.
In this the Curtain was ordered either to be ruined or plucked
**
" down, or to be put tofome other good ufe." Mr. Malone, how-
ever, informs us, that, in Heath's Epigrams, 1610, it is mentioned^
as being then open ; and the HeSior of Germany was performed at
it by a company of young men in 161 5. The original lign
hung out at this play-houfe was the painting «f a ftriped'
^curtain. The performers were ftiled tlie prince's Tervifits, till
the acceflion of Charles I. to the crown ; foon aftec whieli

it feems to have been ufed only for prize-fighters.
Players.
Richard 'farreltm, X)v Tarkton^ the celebl-ated comiib iBcst of

few parts, was born at Gondover in Shropfhire, brought to tmvtt
by a fervant of ôbfcrt earl of Leicefter, firft kept an ordinary
in Pater Nofter -row, then the 'fabor tavern in GrateChtttcti;-
d[lreet; one of the queen's la players, with wages and livery as
grooms of the cliaml)er, at Barn Elmes, 1588, but difcharged
forfbme fcurrilous refleilions on Leicefter and Raleigh. His
portrait, with tabor and pipe, ftill ferves as a fign to an alehoufe
in the Borough. His ** ^fts" were printed 1611. Camden
gives his epitaph f, as an inhabitant, of Shoreditch. He was
probably engaged at XheXiurtain. The entry of his burial at
Shoreditch is given at p. 21 1.
* P. 406. rj- Gent. Mag. vol. L, pp. 324, 3a5»
E e Richard
siio HISTORY AND A N T I <^W I T IE S^
Richard Burgage, the raoft celebrated tragedian', ofr SKafc-

fpear's tiriie, was another inhabitant of this parilh ; Camden!
has placed the time of his death to March 9 *, but his willi
is dated March 12, 1619. He had four daughters chriftened-
at Shoreditch ; and the entry of his interment occurs in the-
parjfli regifter on March 1.6, 161 9,.
Richard Cowley ^f an atSlor of a low clafs, lived in Shoreditchi

parifh. By his wife Elizabeth he had two fons, chriftened here..
Ben Jon/on y the celebrated poet, entered' at the Curtain very

earty in life, for which place he like wife wrote but never made,;
any figure either as wrker or adtor. His forr

I*
Benjamin Jonfoni in conjuncSlion- withBrome^ produced' as

play called A Fault in Friend/hip, which was adted here by the--
Prince's company in Odtober x6 2 3,
John Underwpody of whom ^/Ir. Malonet has given only his

laft will^ by which he.configns his (hare in the Curtain " fituatedr
** in or. ne?LT. Ho//owey [i. e. Holywell] in 'the parifli of St.,
** Leonard, London," to his five children, to be divided amongft
them in equal parts. His will is dated bit.. 4,, 1624, and he:
died in. the latter end of the fame year,
* In " Regni Regis Jacobi Annalium Apparatus yô. 16^1** * 1619, Martli;
•
^, Richardus Burbadge, Alter Rofcius obiit.'
f- See p. 211..
% HiftoriwlAccountoftheEngUfli Stage, p. 359, edit. 1793'
Entries
OF SHORE DITCH, ^
in
Entries In the Parish. Register rei,ativ:e to the

Curtain^
Joane Dowle the wife of Ifaac Dowle buried the igth of

'"
" Februarie. Curtayn." 1580.

« -Oliver Stiddard the fonne of Thomas Stiddard bapt. 1 7 Feb.
*« Curtaine." 1582.
*<
John Aynfworth (the player) Sep. a 8, 1582."
" Agnes Beal, the daughter of fRichard Real, was baptiized
-" ^ne 6." " Gurtaine." 1583.
.** Richard Tarrelton was buried the Sep. 3^ 1588. Halliwell
" Strfiet."
'* Humphrey . from the Curtaine Garden buried the 25tb

. ;
*' of Aprill.* Curtaine." 1592.
'*'
James Bufbege the fonne of Gutbert Burbege buried the
<* 15th Julye 1 597'"
*' James Burbedge was buried the 2d of February 1596 from
« Halliwell."
*'Cuthbert Gowlye the fonne of Richard Cowlye was bapti-zed

*' the 8th day of May from AUins." 1597.
" Richard Gowlye the fonne of Richard Cowiye was baptized
**'
the agth of Aprill. Halliviêll." 1599.
Go wley wife of Richard buryed 28 Sep, 16 16.
^H.
*' Eliz.
« Street."
**Elizabeth Burbedge the daughter of Gutbert Burbedge was

*< baptized the 30th of December 1602. .Halliwell.'*
Ee 2 « Richard
«4 HISTORY AND AN^TKÛITTES-
" Richard Burbadge Player was bur. ^6 March 1618-19^,
" Hallywell Street.*'
" Guthbert Burbardge was buryed the 1 7tii! Sept. 1 636 *.**
'^'
" Geo. Wilkin^ (Poet) Aug. 9th^. 1613, buried
f-
f.'
Margery the daughter of William Bamfter and Jane his;

**
**^wife was bui;. 3,1ft January (1639), from* the G^rtain^

« Houfe."
"' Jpikn the fonne of Wm. Hyemarth and

Jbane his wife was
**^
baptized the fame day from the Curtaine. Houfe.- 15th March,.
*' I)S39/'
* Gf the Burbedge family there are the following entries in the PArifh Regifter
«f St. Bojtolph Â/itho^»t Bifliopfgatc:
*' Mary da. of Thomas Burbedg and Mary bapt. 23,Sept..i6ai.*
•«
The. Bjarbedg ajad A-nn Vardey were married on the 14th of this raoneth.'* :
March, 1625.
*' Ellis Burbedg buried the 30 Aug.. 162-5.'*
He was the
•fr author (with W. Rowley and John Day) of
"The Travels of the three Englifli Brothers, Sir ThomaSj.Sir Anth, and Mh
« Rob. Shirley," a tragi-comedy. Lend. 1 607, 410. He wrote likewife
« The Mjferics of. Enforcied Marriagie," Land, 410. 1607-, 1629, 16.31; &
) .
I-" V
Alms-
OF SHORED ITCH. aij
"
iÊMSHousE in the Liberty of Holywell Street.
This houfe, fituated at the bottom of Elder-ftreet at the

extremity of Shoreditch parifti, (and not as Maitland, p. 1303,
in the liberty of Norton-Falgate,) was founded by Nicolas
Garret, citizea and weaver, for fix decayed members of that
company^ m 1729; they have an annual allowance of eight
pounds, a chaldron of eoak, and one dozen and an half ofi
candles.
©nthe front this infcription r
These Almshouses
were erected and endowed
by the Charity of
NICHOLAS GARRET, Efq^
deceafed, a Member oif the
Company of WEAVERS ia^
LONDON
for the Reception of fix
Poor Members of tha
faid Company
ANNO DN'l
1729.
JOHN JOHNSON ]g^^y^'**^^

^jg.^,
BENJ. BURROUGHS]
PETER LEKEUX
i Wardens*
JOSEPH HAMBLE
l?rebendiE
Wjt HISTOR-Y AND AK TI Q.U I T1E S
l^rebendal Manor of Haliwell, alias Finsbury.

The manor of Haly well and Finfbury had been early granted
to the prebend of FinjQjiiry in the cathedral of .St. Paul's % In
the time of Roger., bifliop of London, a propofal was made for
exchanging this prebend with Henry, the chancellor, and appro-
priating it to the chancellorfh^p of St. Paul's ; but it never took
anyeffedl, or, if it did, continued not long. On May
22, 1315,
an agreement was made Jietween Robert de Baldock^ prebendary,
of Haliwell, and John Gifors, mayor, and the commonalty of
London ; whereby Robert de Baldock, with the confent of the
/dean and chapter, granted all bis right in Mora de Halywell, to
fthe faid mayor and commonalty ; for which they were to pay
him the annual rent .of aoj ji^. The right afterwards reverted
to the church ; for, we find the following .Survey^ taken December
30, 1567, 10 EwzABETH, .of ihe Manour of Finsbury, in
the County of Middlesex, belonging to the Prebend of Halli
wzi, and Finsbury, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Lon-
don. Wherein are particularly fpecifiedf as well the capital Mef-
fuage and Scite of the faid Manour^ and all other Meffuages^ Houfes,
Gardens, Orchards, Lauds, 'Tenements, Meadows, Paflures^ Leafures^
and other {Grounds, being of the Demaines of the faid Manour ;•
%vith the Butts and Bounds thereof As alfo the Rents and Services
belonging to the faid Manour : and the Names of the Tenents by
whom the faid are to be paid. With Mention alfo, for what Lands the
fame Rents and Services are due with the Butts and Bounds thereof.
;
The Demain Lands. The Manour Houfe, commonly called

Fin/bury Farm; a great barn, a gate-houfe, and ftables : a court
^nd orchard belonging to the faid manour houfe,
* Levegarus, j^rebendary in Newcourt's Lift, witneffes a. deed 1104.
the firft
~\ Newcourt's Rcpertorium, vol. J. p. 139.
Six
O-F SHORED'ITCIT. its
Six" gardens, whereof one in the tenure of William Cbivall,

draper ; the other five feverally held by matter Lionel Ducket^
alderman ; John Bully grocer ;. William Fulwood, grocer ; John
Heweij cloth worker ; and William Leonard, mercer. All which
lie together adjoining to the faid manour upon the North ; and
tiie Moor Fi^ld cind Lane there, leading between the- faid gar-
dens, and other teiators and gardens,, belonging to the prebend
of the Moor ; and now in the tenure of the Merchant Taylors,^
upon the SoUthi And a garden, now divided into more parcels,
alfobelonging to the faid lordfhip, in the tenure of John God,^
merchant taylor, on the Weft, and the ditch and way there,
leading, from London towards Fin/bury Field and Halliwely on the-
party Eaft.
A lodge and certain gardens and teinter ground, in the tenure

of John God, merchant taylor,. inclofed on the North, towards^
Chifwel-Jireet, with a brick wall ; and upon a tenement and
garden belonging to Richard Marten, goldfmith; and others
upon the Weftr. And'uporra way lying between the fame, and^
certain gardens and tenters belonging to the pr-ebend; called the'
Moor, in the tenure of the merchant taylors of Eondon, on the-
South. And the great garden and orchard belonging to the faid^
manour, aow in the tenure of Jvhn Grejham, mercer, and other
gardens^ belonging to- the faid lordflîp, on the party Eaft.
A tenement, a Iddgjp, a loft over the gate,, and five gardens,^

now in the tenure of William Erdifwick, merchant taylor,,
whereof four abutting upon Finjbury Field
. on the Eaft, and
ChifweUjireet on. the South j, and the lands of late. belonging to
John Conningjby, now the lands of William Eaji, gentleman, in
the right of his wife, one of the daughters of William Wakejield;.
and late in the. tenure of John Hilliard, ^gldimithf on the North ^
4: party-.
*i6 HISTORV AND A N TIQ^tJ I T IE S
party and upon a gate-way, leading from Cbifwel-Jlreet, as

:
well toward the faid gardens, as tawards a little barn there, in

the tenure of jilban CbiJJelton^ bowyer, on the Weft. And the
fifth garden Eaft, upon the faid great way and South, upon
;
the faid barn, in part and Weft in part, upon a tenement and
;
garden in the tenure of Thomas têe^ fletcher, being parcel of

the faid demain -lands, and the faid tenement, lodge, and loft,
over the faid gate, abutting on Chifwel-Jireet towards the South.
Another tenement, a garden, and the. faid oM barn, in the

tenure of Alban Cbiffelton, bowyer, butting upon the South
fide of Cbijwel-Jlreet, and next adjoining to the faid tenement,
now in the tenure of the faid Thomas Lee, on the party Eaft.
Atenement and a garden in the tenure of Hugh Green,
iletcher^ next adjoining to the faid Alban Chijfelton, on the
iEaft, and upon Chifwel-Jirect on the South.
A cottage and certain gardens, in the tenure

of yobn Manf-
bridgey merchant taylor, lying in Cbijweljireet on the Souths
x:ontaining in length from South to North, ftretching along a
brick wall, belonging to the lands fometimes John Wifoes,
founder, on the Weft party, thirteen rods and eight foot of
aflife; and in breadth at the North end, butting upon the
ground or garden plots, fometimes John Conijbks, gentleman,
and now in the tenure of William 'Eaft, gentleman, from the
Eaft to the Weft fifteen rods and three foot of aflife; and in
length from the North to the South, towards the Eaft, running
towards certain gardens belonging to the faid manour, now in
the tenure of the faid Erd^wicH, fifteen rods and fix foot of
aflife ; and in breadth, at the end towards the South, from the
Eaft to the Weft, butting u^pon Cbijwel-Jlreet aforefaid, fourteen

Eods and five foot of afiOfe.
A
;
X)F SHORE DITCH. 417
A piece of ground converted into certain gardens, now^ in

the tenure of John Medcalf^ Ikinner, lying near Whitecrofs-Jlreety
between the pafture ground belonging to the faid manour of
Fin/bury J called "Bonhil-Jidd^ or 'Fin/bury -Jields, on the Eaft, and
•the ground oi John Conijbiey gentleman, now in the tenure of
'ôbn Millyard^ goldfmith, on the Weft and Soutli, and the
grounds of late belonging to the priors df Halliwel^ now belong-
ing to th€ faid ôbn Medcaij\ on the party North.
A garden 'plot, în the occupation of William Gilly ftretching

from Wbitecrofi-Jired ^n the Eaft, Weftward 165 foot of aflife
on the South fide of the fame ground, and on the North fide
from the fame ftreet, ftretching Weftward, 180 foot of afiife ;
and at the Weft ^nd of the feme, ftretching North and South
'^2 footef affife ; in breadth right line and plummet, from limit
to limit, arid batting iSoath îpon the lands late beloaging to the
^parifk clerks of £.ondon^ and the lands of the faid William Gill,
^late Ralf Symondss) oil the party North and Weft, and the
ifaid Wbiiecrojs-fireet on the party Eaft,
And eleven tenements 'lying on the Weft fide of Grub -/treef,

Vith eleven gardens to the fame belonging, in the feveral tenures
of David a Powelj John ^Stlham^ Nicholas Hunt, yobn Wildb(yre^
Jobn Mayes^ ^sbn ^hompfon, John Andrews, Jobn Ap Rice, Henry
Ever ton, Jobn Reetoe, and George Fuller, lying in the faid lord-
ftiip, and comity of Middle/ex, and acôining to a corner tene-
ment, being in tlie liberties crf^ the -city of Ijmdon, in the tenure
of William Franklin, iietcher, belonging to Henry Soutbcot, mer-
cer, and the lands of the faid Henry Soutbcot^ in the tenure of
William Bullen^ and a garden groiand in the tenure c£ Philip
Garland, clothworker, on the South, and exlendeth in length,
upon the faid South fide, from Grub-Jireet^ aforefaid, unto cer-
Ff tain
. .
3i8 HISTOjRY AND' A N T I CÛ I TI E S.
tain g.ardensupon the Weft, belonging to John Whiteborne^^ and^

otheES there, 199 foot of affife;. and in breadth,, ati the Weft
end of the faid gardens, from the faid South; fide, ftretcbing,
;
\\\Mo:Chifzvel'Jlfeet on. the Northj 1.83 foot of affife, and ex*-

tendeth in length at the North., fide ujôn Cbifmel-Jireet, 2jo$',
foot and a half ofj affi fe,
The field called. Sft«/&//f/fi^/4 belonging to the faid manour off

Fin/bury^ butting South upon the high way there, called Cbifwet-
Jireef, and extending- North upon^ the high way that leadethi!
ftoxnJ'Fenlocks Barn, to the well. called. Z)^;^^ Agês the Cleere.
The high way leading from the raanouF of Finjbmy, aforefaid,
towards Hollywel^ on the eaft party, and the gardens and grounds
.
late belonging to the prioFS of Holywel,. now in-, the- tenure of
Jahn Medcalf, Ikinner, William GUI, gardin^r,. and other the

lands- belonging' to John HiUiardf goldfmith^ and certain. gardens
belonging to the faid manour of. Finsbury, now in the tenure of
the feid Medcalf\ the lands of late of John Coningsby, gentleman,
now in the tenure of Wiliiam Eaji, gentleman : And alfo four .
gardens, now in the tenure of. WiUiam<. Erdifwick^ alfo belonging

,
to the faid manour of Finsbury, on the party Weft :, and'the fame

field,with half th& ditches meafured with the. fame, Eaft, Weftj
North, and South, containeth twenty-three acres,, one. rod, and
. ,
fix pole.
Whereof, four acres and a the South end of

half, being at
the faid field, butting upon Chijweh-Jlreeti beginning: at the

ditch on the party Weft, extendeth towards the. ground and.
pond there (belonging to the faid manour) -on the party Eaft, in- .
breadth fixteenpole: and extendeth from Cbijwel-Jlreet an the.

South, nnlo^Bonbil on the North in length forty-five, pole,, and-
:
from the Eaft fide, at the Notthend againft.the£(?«M, to the

midft
(OT SHOREt)ITCH. 219
-miiclft of the faidon the Weft party, fixteen pole ; and

tlitch
from the North end upon the Weft fide, ftf etching to Finsbury
South, in length forty-five pole,
bridge^ to Cbifwel-Jireetxli^vQ
€very ôle containing fixteen foot and a half. And alfo there
•is one other acre clahued for the lands late John Coningsbys,
gentleman, fuppofed to lie in the faid field, beyond the faid
-Bonhil (as it is faid). 'But it hath been occupied as parcel of

the demaines of the faid .n:^nour, .by Iheipace of forty years
laft paflfed.
The Mallow JeJd, butting upon tTie rails next

field called .the
10 the Moor Jield South, the high way leading from the brick
bridge theretowards the windniils, belonging to the faid manour
of Tinsbury on the party Weft, the high -way leading from the
faid windmils towards Norton Folgatey on the North, and the
aands belonging to Jabn Worfop, ^merchant taylor, and Jobn
Nichols J girdler, on the party Eaft ; containing with the half
.ditch, in meafuce on the iides, Eaft, Weft, and Northj twelve
acres and a half, and twelve^pole.
The field called the .High fields or' Medo;w ground, where fhe
!three windmils ftand^ commonly called Finsbury field, butting
upon the high way that leadeth into Norton Folgate, on the
party South ; the highway that leadeth to Hollywel, and the
lands belonging to the earl of Rutland on the party Eaft; the
lands belonging to the heirs of Mafcal Brewer, and the high
wayjeading from the manour of WenlockS Barn, to the well
fcalled ;Dame Agnes the Cleer, upon the Bonhil field on the party
Weft; all which field contains in meafure forty-five acres, with
tthe half ditches that endofe the faid field on the party South,
;Eaft, and North, in the faid meafure.
Ff 2 Whereof
220 HfSTORY AND ANT I QJCTI T IE S"
Whereof John WorfophsiXh on the Eaft fide of- the faid fieldj,
butting upon the high way leading, to Norton.' Folgpte on the-
party South, the windmils and ground of t/he faid; manour on;
the party Weft, and the medow and pafture ground belonging.
to the faid manour on. the party North and Eaft,. fix. acres and at
half.
More adjoining to the faid high way on the party South, andl
next the faid ôr/opj landi there on the party Eaft, one acre and;
thcee rods of medow. or pafture ground,, belonging, to John:
NieJbolSf girdler..
The fum. of the acres of the faid three fields are eighty acres,,
three rods, and eighteen, polies,. by themeafurcs aforefaid*.
Whereof belohgeth to the faid John Worfop^ in; the High)

^(?/^ aforefaid, fix acres and a half.
To the faid John Nichols, in the fame fiield;, one acre and-
three rods*
To the maior, commonalty,, and citizens af6refaid>. in\B(>«>6//
êld aforefaid, four acres and a half.

If
Siimm twelve acres and three rodSk.
So lemaineth fixty-eight acresj and eighteen poles*.
Go/ding Lane.
The Free Tenants
Of Henry Edbn, efquire, out of! certain tenements and gardens--
at the North end of Gelding lane,, fometimes mafter Ponds, and

of late Richard Calkrds, and fince Elizabeth Hays, daughter and
heir of the faid RicJbardCallerd, butting on the Weft fide of the
faid
O^F SirOREDITCir. %zx
feidlane; and on the South fidfe upon the lands late of Henry
Gletherae^ now in the tenure, of Jobtt Hilliardr i S-f* 4^-
Of the faid Henry Edon^ out of a tenement called the SiDany
and other tenements thereunto adjôining ; in the tenure of John
Cellins, gardiner, butting on the Eafir lide of the lane,, late th&:
faid CailerdSy. and. fince a& aforefaid,. ^d. ob..
Of William HalJy out of certain tenements there adjoining to

the fign of the Swan in the faid lane,, now in^ the tenure of
Richard Brake^ gardiner, 3^; obi.
Of the raafters and^ Bartholomews>lcio{ig)ii?X inl^

governors of St.
Weft Smitbjield^ by the hand* of Thomas Hallway their farmer,,

out of certain tenements and gardens late Robert MelJi/beSy mer-
chant taylor^ of. the Weft' lide of Golding. lane^ at the fign of
the L.egy butting upon the lands of the aforefaid Henry Edofm,.
and upon the fouth of the lands oV William- Wakejieldy, late in.
the tenure of Dionife Wilj'on^ 3J.
Of Richard Roper ^ baker, out of certain tenements and' gar-

dens at the iign of the George, on the Eaft lide of Golding lane^
and the lands now of William Gilly gardiner, '7'bomas Langhamy
filhmonger on the North, and the heirs of Gregory Nicholas on
the South,. V. 2^-
Of the heirs of John lViUoughb% fihee Peter Dovey in- the

right of jfoan, his wife,, out of certain lands and tenements on
the Eaft lide of Gelding lane, now in the tenure oi Joice Aujleny
widow, butting upon the lands belonging to Gnegory NicholaSy
now Thomas Waltony Elq, North and South, is^. ^d*
Ofthe dutchefs of ^^ô/^j out of a meffuage and' nine tene-
ments on the Weft fide of Golding lane^ butting upon the lands
of
1-î HISTORY AND ANT I Q.tr I T EI S
William Wakefield on the North : -and the tenements late be-

c)f
longing to the parifh of Aldermary-ov London ^ now iin the te-

nure of Walter Cooper^ tyler., on the South, i .//.
Richard Atkinfon^ in the riglit of his -wife, out of a cot--

Of.
tage and garden in the faid lane, butting upon the lands of
Richard Buckland^ haberdatlier, late Sir Michael Fijhers^ knt.
North and Weft, and on the South, butting upon the lands .of
Menry Keen^ upon Golden lane on the Eaft, \s. .^d.
Of Henry Keen aforefaid, tenant by, the courtefy, in -^fhe rigbt-

of Agnes his wife, daughter and heir oi Henry PKarnen, deceafed,
out of the iQu^vatnt Chequer, and other cottages and gardens on
the Weft party of Golding lane^ butting South upon .the lands
belonging the hofpital oi St. Bartholomews aforefaid, late the
fto
faid Rjobert Mellijbes, now in the tenure of '3'homas Hallyway\

and North, as well upon the land of Richard Aikinjon, as alfo
upon the lands, now the faid Richard Bucklands, Jate the afore-
faid ?i]x Michael Fi/herSi Jtnt. on the party Weft, is. id.
tOf 'Thomas Wilkinfon, one of the certain tenements at the figa

of the Cocki at the North. end of GoJding lane^ belonging to ^r-
miger Wade^ Efq. u.
'Thomas Walton, Efq. out of certain tenements and gar-
Of
dens lying on the Eaft tfide of Golding lane, late called Armitage
Alley^ X'uXQ Gregory Nicolas^s, and ^before that i?/V^«r^ Jb«^j, but-
ting upon -the lands late Peter Doves, who married Joan, the
daughter and heir of John Willougbby, on the North .fide, and
the lands of the faid Gregory JSJicbolas on the South, 2 J.
-Of the faid Thomas Walton^ out of tenements and gar-

certain
dens at the fign of the Windmill late the afoxefaid .Gregory Ni-
solais, at the Eaft lide of Golding lane, fometimes John Mores,
.and
^
or SHORED itch; i23
amcf before that William' Wigmorepoles^ butting, upon the lands

late the faid Feter Doixes, as is aforefaid, on the South j and the
lands belonging, to Bartholomewi ho^îtilf late Mellijhes afore-
St.
faid,, and now in the tenure o£ the- faid RJcbard Roper o\\\\iQ-
Northj ax, 2d.
Oijobn Hillyard^y out of the tenement Flower-de-

gpldfmith,-.
lit€£f and a garden, oa the Weft fide oLGolding lane, now in
the tenure of John BankSy brewer, butting iipon the tenement

of 'J;obn Leeje,, carpenter,, on the South,, and the tenements be-
longing to the, faid hofpital oi?)t.. Bartholomews,, Izie- the faid
Robert. Melli/bes,, and in, the tenure, of. Walter Cooper, tyler,, orv«
the. North, 7//. oh;.
Beech "Lane.
Of tile vicar of Grippkgate, out' of the comer tene-

St. Giles
ment at the Weft end of Bee£h lane, on the South fide of the
faid lane, in the tenure of Martin Capons,- barber-furgeon, and v
openeth, upon Redcro/s-Jireet- cm the Weft fide, .3^,.
WhitHroJs-Streeti
OfWilliam Bligbton,. butcher, out of two tenements^ on the

Weft fide of Wbifecrojsr-Jireet, late Edmund Godwin^ butting
upon the lands belong to the^parifli. clerks of Z/b«fife«, on
late
the North, and a corner, tenement belonging to the i-sSidi Bligb-

ton, on the South, ^d.
Of tbomas Perkins^ butcher, tenant of certain lands and te^

nemeutsr, of late belonging to the faid parifli clerks, now bcr ,
longing to- How, gentleman^ on the Weft

, fid^ of î*//^-
crofs'
214 HISTORY AND ANT It^TJ I T IE S
crojs-jlreet^ butting upon ^he lands oi William Bligbton^ aforefai^
on the South party ; and the lands of Richard Lijler^ la.te Joljn
Cores; in the itenure of ft/jomas Versy^ brewer, on the Norths
I //. 4J. 4<f«
On Richard Lifler^ clofhworlser, out of certain Tenements

and gardens ^n the Weft fide of WMtecroJs-^JirBet^ late belong-
ing to John Core^ grocer; and fince that, 'Nicholas Carem's,,,
and fince that, Adam ^Hutchinfon'Sy butting upon the faid lands
and tenements of late belonging to tlie iaid parifli clerks, North
and South, 4J-. td.
of the faid William Gillf out of a cottage and gardens at

the Weft of Whitecrojs'ftreet^ of late Ralf Symonds'Sy and
:fide
after "Thomas Langbams J fiflimonger; and hatting upon a gar-

den "beion^ng to the faid manour of Fin/bury, on the South
fide, and on the North part of the lands belonging unto jFoI^n
Wor/op, IS. lod.
Of JobM TravieSj in the f igkt of his wife, out of a cottage

and garden on the Weft fide of Whitecrofs-Jlrêt, late belonging
to John Worfop^ fc-rivener, and before that to Lettice Ireland^
and late ^bomas Popplewely adjoining to the faid Gill, on the
Soutih, gd,
Of the faid TravieSy out of a little parcel of groan<d there,

on the North fide of the faid G/7/, \t.heretipon fometimes
Hood a mill, late the faid Worja^s^ and late the faid Popple*
welfs^ 3^.
Barnes^ Mercer, out of two tenement-s and a gar-

Of Jobn
den, on the North fide of Cbifwel-Jireet^ now in the tenure of
Thomas Mountain, abutting to the gardens belonging to the
jnanour of Fin/bury aforefaid^ on the Eaft fide, and the tene-
ments
OF sh6reditoh. lii
merits of Robert Iraps, goldfmith, late ^'homas'ârnes^s^ and

before that, John Wi/hefs^ founder, on the Well fide, ij'. 4<7.'
Fin/hury Field.
Of yobn Worfop^ merchant taylor, for fix acres and a^half of

medow and pafture, lying in Fin/bury fields in the parilh fdi Rr.
Leonards in Sborefditcbj towards the windmils abutting u])oii ;
the windmil next Norton Folgate^ in the tenure of Tbomsrs Pul-

lijjpnon the party Weft, the high way leading -towards Norton
Folgate aforefaid, 6n the party South and rtiedow arid pafture
;
grounds, parcel of the demaines, belbnging to'the faid lordfhip

on the party North and Eail, now or late in the tenure of
John Popebblley /^s. lOd.
The faid yobn IVorfopt for ten acres and three rods of lancT,
lying in the faid field called the M«)or, upon the lands ...butting
aforefaid of the faid Nichols now being gardens, on the party

j
South and the faid Mallow field Weft the high .way leading
; ;
from the faid farm of Finsbury, towzrds, Norton Folgate on the ^
party North, and the lands and gardens, late Sir Martin Bows%
Eaft, 7J. ob. '
o ,.
One annual rent of twenty IhilHngs, ifluing and going put

of certain tenernents without Ludgqte^ adjpining to the. faid
gate, in the j>ari(h of St/ Martin within Ludgate, of tôndont
fometi^nes in the tenure of John 5^«/o«, .haberdalher, and now
in the jenure of Chrijiophsr Harbottel, citizen and haberdafhet
of London^ i //. ,. <
Memorm^dum^ That thU Survey; was copied put of the Surve/

annexed to the laft: leafe granted to t|ie lord maior, cornmo-
nalty, and citizens of LondoHf of the faid prebend, Mar. iSs
158a. Re£. Elizabethte 35."
Gg Th<?
tt(> HISTORY AND ANTICIUITIES
The
prebendary granted, -sviihjn this century, to the city a
leafe for forty-one veaTS, on v\hich a few buiUlings were eretfled.
Jt was then difeovered, that to build on fo Ihort a tenure would
be imprudent. The prebendary and the tity applied to par-
liament, and got the power enlarged to ninety-nine years. The
prebendary for the time being and the city unite in granting the
leafes. On thi**, Finjbury Square arofe, a fquare that does not
give place in beauty, and not much in fize, to the moil boafted
in the Weft end of the town. The late prebendary got for
himfelf and family above two thoufand pounds; a year for the
remainder of the leafe. It is faid, that the value of rent to the
prebendary in poffeflion, and to the city, is at this time (1793)

not lefs than fix thoufand pounds a year*.
la the Valor of 1291, this prebend is valued at xx marcs.

In the Parliamientary Surveys of 1649, we have ^
Clear Value. per Annum.

** St. Paul's London jT s. d.
[The Manor of"

*' Finfbury Prseb. Fmflaury rent
J
'I218 00 O* '!V0! .'(
•* Years, fo. 59. referved

" Dr. Lambe. [39/. i^s. 4^.
and in the Liber Regis it is valued at 39/p i^s. 4^/.
•
There is in the Bcklleian library a^ fmall neat map of this
manor. It is dedicated to the affeiSled friends, Mr. R. Baker,
and Mr. R. Sharpe, and all other lovers of archerie, frequenting
Finfbury Fields; by William Hole^^ndfidate-âfted oii board
— meafures 9 inches by 5.
• Pennant's London, p. 265. ,
PrebEN-
OF S HORED r TC H. fti
Prebendaries, from Newcourt's Repertorium.
I.evegarus Cantor*.
Robert fil. Generanni ^
Magitter Radulphus*".
Walt. Proecentor''.
Joh. de Cant. Cancellarius London %
Simo de Langeton.
Phil. Fortis Brachiae.
Hen. de Cornhull Cancellarius V
Ric. Talebot^.
Walt, de Merton\
Will, de Ewell *.
« Occurs canon of St. Paul's cathedral in H04.

^ Occurs in 11 27, as the founder of Haliwell prioiy, (fee p. 184) ; and again in iiM, Sk
witntfe to a deed.
' Prsecentor of St. Paul's. He was prebendary here when Gilbert Foliot was bifhop of Loll-'
don ; and again occiirs in 1183.
PraEcentor of St. Paul's cathedral, and archdeacon of London,
'
Occurs prebendary of Pancras by the name of John de Cantuar. He wa« chancellor of St.
*
Paul's in 1205, as well ai when Alard was dean, who died in 1216. His name occurt among
the witneffcrs to the confi mation of the church of Shpreditch to ths office of prsecentor.
' Occurs prebendary of Wildland. He was inade chancellor of St. Paul's in 12 17 after which ;
he had the king's tetter of prefentation to a prebend in Capella Domini Regis de Erugti, June 6,
(Pat. 10 Hen. in. m. 5.) which he refigned igHen. HL in whii-h year he was fent by that king
to the king of France, to confer with him about the ftate of that kingdom. He died April 9,
« ^^'as treafurer of St. Paul's in 1259 and 1260. He was afterwards chofen dean; and, on
Auguft 18, 1262, elefted bifliop of London ; but, in the following month, disd. before the
confeca'tion.
* Had town given him by the king in 1258. He alfo occurs prebenJary
the prebend of Kentifh
of Fittfifury,and granted to Will de Sandon two gjrdcn* at Fynjhuy, Dec. 7, 1272.
' O-eurs as canon of St, Paul's in 1279; and preb.ndary here in ia89, and again 101301.
G g a Rob.
AzS HISTORY 4Kp ANTICLUITIES
Rob. de Bal lock '',
1313.
1 ho. de Alleley K
Refens ap Howel, Dec. 4, 1326.
•'
Ric, de A^fton ™. ''^-
-
'
Will, de Fulboorne ".
Rog. Albryghton% Aug. 2, 1391.

Joh Burton'', Mail 24, 1393.
Reginald Bray broke'', Jul. aj, 1394.
Joh, Malvern \ D. D.
.-jlr
Nic. Herbury. .
'
Ric. Cawdrjf , Jan. 9, 1424.
Succeeded to the archdeaconry of London in 131^.

» After rapid fucceflion qf4)referraent»,
^-i
(»11 of which are recited in Newcourt'8 Repertbrium, vol.' I. p. 78 ) he arrived at the bifliopric
of Norwich in 1326, and foon after became lord chancellor. UîlUam de" Ayrfmin, however,
having been placed in the fee of Norwich by the Pope's aqthority, he w^s unable to r-tiin his
bifliopric. Shortly after this, he was deprived of his other preferments, and thpown into New-
gate by the mob, where he died on May 28, 1327.
' Archdeacon of Lotidon, which office he refigned in 1333 for the treafurerthip of St. Paul's.
He was prebendary of Exeter and Salifcury in 1325, and of Lichfield in 1328. He died in
J348. , .
" Ayas by the lyt^ in this prebend and in the church of Langeton, Sept. 20, 1359.
ratified
'^
Was chaplaiti to king Edward -IL wh6 promoted hi'm to a prebend in the cliapel of Pîiryn^^
Cornwall, Dec» ij, 1128,, and, tê fapne ye^r, made him one o£ the. barons of the exchequer.
He had before been reftor of Widdington in EfTex, which he refignedîn 1326,
Paul's. ....
° Refigned this prebend in 1393, and, on Auguft 20, the fame year, became treafurer of St.
Suppofed by Newcourt to be the fame John de Burton, who was admitted to the church-
»
of St. Mary Somerset in 1387, which became void by his death in 1394. The fame alfo who
was admitted to the vicarage of Boreham in Eflex, Nov. 21, 1389, which he refigned about
September 1391 and was admitted before the '27th of that month and year to the church of
;
St. Margaret Pattens, which he refigned in 1392.

» Newcourt takes it fbr granted that he was related to Rob. deBraybroke,then biffiop of London.
' Suppofed by Ne*coilrt to be the fame with John Malvertie, who was collated to the church of
St. Dpnftan in the Eaft by the archbilhop of Canterbury, March i, 1401. He became prebendary
of Chamberlain-Wood in 1405. ,
' Whom NeWcourt takes to be the fame with Richard Cawdray, who was coUateet by, the arch-
bifhopof Canterbury to the church of St. Vedaft, alias Fofter, .London, May 11, 1421, and,
re£gning it on March 16 following, was, on th? fame day, collated by him to th^ church of St.
Dunftan in the Eafl. In i43'9, he occurs dean of the collegiate church of St. Martin le Grand.
Jac.
—
OF SHOREDITCH. "9
Jac. Stanley ', Ang. 26, 1.458.
Had. Langley ", ,Awg. ii, 1481.
Joh.Hill% Ap. 15, 1493.
Bob. Sherborne % Nov. 3, 1493.
Galfr. Symeon % D. D. Aug. 19, I494«
Will. Horfey ;% D. D.
Jac. Fitzjames ''^ A. M. Jul. 6, 15 1 3.
Ric. Pace", 06t. a a, 15 19.
« Son of Thomas
earl of Derby, was born in Lancafhire, and educated in the univerfity of
.Oxford. Ip 1481 he exchanged this pivbend with Ralph Langley for the waruenfliip of the col-
legiate church of Manchefter, In 1391 he became prebendary of Sarum,_and, in 1493 he occurs
dean of St. Martin le Grand , in iôo, ar^hdâcon of Richnidnd and, in 1506, bifliop of £,ly.
;
He died March' 22, 1515, and was buried in the collegiate church of Manchefter.
" Warden of Manchefter-college, 148:.
» Vicar of Witham, in Fflex, 149' of Finchley, Middlef^x, 1492; preb?ndary of Re-
reiSor
;
•cAilverland1492; reftor of South Okendon, Eil'tx, 1492 —

1494; prebendary of VVildland 1493;
vicar of Leyton, co. ^flex, 1494 —
1495; prebendary of Mapelbury 1495 He was probably
relatfed to Richard Hill, biftiop of London.
' A Hampfhire man, (el.ow of New coJege, Oxford, r474; prebenda y of Wi d! nd 1480; of
Mora 1496; of Alresford, in the church of W

nton, 1531; canon of Lincoln; prebendary of
Whitchurch and Benegaru. in Wells, 1493; archdeacon of Taunton 1496, and of Huning !on and
Buckingham dean of St. Paul's 1499 ; 1504 fcnt ambaffador .0 Rome b fliop of St David's
; ;
1505, of Chichefter 1508, where he died, and was buried 1536, aged 96, according to Godd-
win, but, according to Wood, 85, having much beautified the latter c„thedial..
» Fellow of Nfw college proiSor of the Univerfity dean of ^hr chapel royal to Henry VII.
;
;
and of LincoiH 1506; died 1508, at Colerne, Wilts, where he probably was buried, fays Browne
Willis.
" Archdeacon of London, which, with tl}is prebendary, he refigned 1513; precentor of St.
Paul's 1514; chancellor to bifliop Fitzj.im;s. He preferred articles of herefy againft Richard
Hunne, the ftory of whi.h m.iy be feen in Fox's A&fi and Monumerilsf, who tells o , that after
Horfey was found not guilty of the murder, yet, having a guilty confcience, he letired to
•Exeter, and durfl not return to London. He held his precentorfliip till 153:, and was that year
collated to the prebend of Totenh.ll, which he held till' his death 1543.
Son of Sir John Fitzjames, chief-juftlce of the King's Bench-,' and nephew to R'chard Fitz-
!>''
james, bifliop of London, reftor of St. Clement Danes, i5i4,and Lambourne --Fflex. 1519: B. A.
of Alban hall; and chancellor of Wells 1516; redor of North Cadbury, and pre^nday of
Warminfter, in the church of Wells, 1524; afterwards dean of that church; he died in the be-
ginning of the year 1541.
" (i; Archdeacon of Dorftt, 1514 1522: prebendary of Combe and Harnham, in the church
*f Salifbury 1521-^1522; dean of St. Paul's 1519, on the death of Colet; and, before th ,t,
dean of Exeter. He was fent to Rome to promote the advancement of Wo
fey to thf popedom,
was a principal correfpondent of Erafmus, and a learned writer. He died 1532 „t Stepney,
lod was buried in the chancel there.
Richard
—
*5o HISTORY ANb ANTIQ;UITIES

Bichard Wolleman ^\ D. D. Junii 25', 15^7.
John Spendlove ", Sept. 19, 1537.
Edward Mowle ", Maii 26, 1554.
Thomas A. M oa. 23, 1558.
Collyer eg,
John Spendlove rellored.

Samuel Aelmer, Sept 14, 1581.
Theophilus Aelmer"*', Sept. 14, 1583.
Thomas Weeks, or Wykes ", 0(5l. 29, 1636.
William Collingwood A. M. Aug. 26, 1660.
'''',
" Qu. D. D. of Cambridge 1523, and of Oxford 1531, and archdeacrn of Sudbury (Wood's
Tafti. V 1. I. vicar of Walden 1524; dean of Wells 1530; rc-ftor of High Oiigar 1532;
p. 36.);
cnnoii of Winiifor'i 532 died 1537; and was buried in the c'oifter of bt. Stephen, Weftminfter,
;
•• Rei'ôr of LitLle Bhdnw

ip+ 1575; prebendary of Ifledon 1536; reflor of Finchley 1533 f
prcbendaiy of Msi'tftury 1534; reftor of Hackney 1537 and of St. Andrew Underfliaft 1535 ;
;
deprivt-d of Finchley, Hackney, and this prebeq^dary, by Mary, but reftored to them all by
Elizabeth, and died 1581.
" Firbendary of Ch fwiek 1539; archd.acon of London; and archdeacon of Effex 1543;
Tcfôraf Copford I5tj5 ; died 1558.
•• Prebendary of Bromtfoury 1558 dep ived by Elizabeth, who put in Speadlove.
;
SeconJ Con of Thomas Atlmcr, bifliopof London reftorof Much Hadhani 1589 archdeacon
; ;
of London 1 591 refto of St. Magnus, Lcndc n Biidge, 1592; and chap ain to James'I. The bilhop
,
pur haled the minor of Much Hadham, and relided frequ.-ntly at the houfe belonging tb.r-to,
and made his fon reftor of the paiidi, ufing his t,fliftance in the difcharge of a burth.n which
uas now grown too heavy foi' him. This, as it was a great eafe to the bifliop, fo it was of gêaf
bei cfit to the dioctfc for Dr. Theophilus Aelmer was a mod woi thy divine, a pious and
;
primitive' preacher, an excellent man, and indefatigable in his duty, as appears by the articLs and
many exce lent inftrutlions drawn up by him, and clelivsred tohis clergy as archdeacon of London ;
an able and zealous preacher againft the Puritans, and charitable to fo extenfive a degree, that he
left his own farriy in but inditf.;'ent circumftances. He lived a true pattern of Chriftan piety,
and <:i-d [Jan. 1625,] heroically clofing his own eye-!'ds, and with thefe words in his mouth ; " Let
" my peoj !e know that ihei.- paftor d ed undaunted, and not afraid of Death. 1 biefs my Gcd,
*' I have no fea:, no doubt, no rehiiSancy, but a fu.e confidence in the fin-overcoming merits
" of Jelui Chnft." He was buiied in his own parifli-church and the excellent primate, Ullier,
;
preached his fun. r.d rermoii. He was joint-executor to h.s father with his eldeft brother, Simuil,
and educated at Jefus college, Cambridge. He prefen ed to the vicarage of Shoreditch his
filter Squire's eldeft fon, who gratefully acknowledged his obligations to turn in the dedication
cf a leriron preached at Paul's crofe 1619 (fee before, p. 27.) Stiypc's Life of Bifllop Aylmer,
pp. 127. 18+
" P.ecenror of St. Paul's 1638 ; vicir of Great Dunmow 1635 rertor of St. Botolph, Bifliopf-
;
Mte i03q, of Finchley 16401 ofGrea'Tey 1644; in which year he dic<^.

»» Redor of Gicat Bi.ch, Effex, j6j8; dijd 1666.
\
William
—
OF S H O RED TC I [^. tî
William Johnfon ", D. D. Jun. i, 1666,

John Hall'"'", B. D. Mar. ai, 1066^7.
William VVhirReld'"", A.M. Dec. 22, 1707.
Henry Lambe "", LL. D. Mar. 16, 1716; occurs in 1729.
I anceldt Jackfon'''', MA. Jan 25, 1733-4.
Chriftopher Wilfon •'^- D. D. 1758.
Eaft Apthorp", D. D. May 5, 1792.
Chaplain and fub-nlmoner to Cha Its II. archdeacon of Huntingdon 1665; did 1666;
"'
buried in the North tratvCept of Weftminfter abbey. Ath. Ox. II 797. " :n his Deus nobifcum,
" a Sermon prtached lipon a grtat deliverance at fea, 1648, he relates, that he was twice flii, -
" wrackt, and that he lived four days without any fuftenance, and lay two nights 2nd two days
" upon a rock in ths deep, &c. He was at once the moft witty and the moft pious man iiving."
Bp. Kennett's Not. son the Athena: Oxonienies in Mr Goiigh's library.
"" Recftor ot St. Critlopher ie Stocks, London, 1665; a..d of Finchley, Middiefex, 1666.
Admitted a king s Icbclar at Weliminfter in 1673; and eiefled, in 1677, to Chrifl Chu ch,
Oxford, where he took the degree of M. A. June 3, 1684. He was chaplain in or inar^ ro
king William III. in 1607, when he preached two Vilitation Sermons at Guildford, (firft
printed in 4to. 1698); and was afterwards reftor of St. Marrin's Ludgate prebendary of Finf-
;
bury 1707, and of Car.terbnry 1708; pro^^ti r in convocation for the chapter of Canterbury;
and, in 1714, vicar of St. Gilts, Cripplega'.e, where he died March 16, 1716-17, and was
buried in the chancel. Seven finge Sermons ot his are in print; amongfl. which is one preached
before bifliop Trelawney at his primary VifitaticJn at Guildford, July 5, 1708, in anfwer to fome
poinls treated of in " Tb^ Rights of the Chriftian Church.''
°° Was nninifter of Stratford Le Bow, lefturer of St. Mary Magdalien, Bermondfey, and
,
reftor of Nurfling, in Hampftiire. He publilhed five fingle fermons. (See Cooke's Preacher'*
Alliftant.)
»' Gent. Mag. vol. XIV. p. 108. Ht was of Queen's college, Oxford; B. D. 1737,;
D. D. 1743.
" Was of Catha. ine-hall, Cambridge, and proftor of the univerfity ia 1742-3. He occurl
reftor of Fulham
; redtor of Williaga e Spayne, in EfTex, from 1744 to 1770; and vicar of
Halfted in the fame county from J744 to 1768 ; the former in the gift of the crown, on the
nomination ot the bifhop of London ; the latter in the gift of the biftiop of London abfolutely :
and wa;, in 1748, inftall^d a prebendary of Weftminfter, which he refigned in 1758, on beings
made a canon refidentiary of St. Faiil's. He came to the fee of Briftol in 1783 and held the ;
living of Barnes in Surrey M «««»<&/». He died April ig, 1792. fSee Gent. Mag. &c.)
—
" Prefented to it as an option by the abp. of Canterbury. He vsras vicar of Croydon 1765 ;
reftor of St. Mary-]e-Bow, London, 1778; author of i. " Letteri on the Prevalence of Chrift-
*' ianity. before it was eftabliflied; with Olrfervations on Gibbon's Roman Hiftory, 1778." 8vo.
J. '* Difcourfes on Prophecy, particularly at isifliop Warburton'sLefture, 1785." 2 vols.Svo,
Traders'
t3« HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
Traders* Tokens.
EDMOND BANNISTER IN HOLL- (a Lyon) B

IVAr LANE SHORDJfCH ibbi. en UAi.reBsiir. E. C.
II.
THE ROSE AND CROWNE. (a rofe crewiied.)

IN SHOREDJTCH. 1668. (a Gridiron.}
III.
RICHARD HOULDER IN (a 'winc-prep.)

SHORDICH, PATTEN MAKER. Sis b^lfpennt, 1669.
IV.
JOHN PARSON BIS HALtptKur.
IN SHOREDITH. 1668. (a gridiron.)
V.
THE ROSE & CROWNE (a ro/e ero-wntd.J
JN SHORDICH. 1652. (S. P.J
O F S H O R E D I T C H. 233
THE circumilances attending the renewal of the City's leafe

from the Prebendary of Fiiifbury, under the z6i 9 George III.
as.flated in p. 226, having excited confiderable enquiry, I have,
lince the former llieet was printed, appUed for information to a
City Friend, who has kindly furniilied me with the following
authentic documents.
A Survey of the Manor of Finfbury, with the rights, members, and appurtenances
thereof, lying and being in London, in the county of Middlefex,.late part of the
poflelTions of the late Prebend of the Prebendary of Halliwell and Finfbury, and
late belonging to the late Deane and Chapter of the Cathedrall Church of Sc.
Paul's, London, made and taken, by us whofe names are hereunto fubfcribed, ia
the month of Auguft, 1649, ^V virtue of a commiffion to us granted, grounded by
t"he Commons of England aflembled in Parliament, for the abolifhing of Deans,
and Deaneries and Chapters, Cannons, and Prebends, and other Offices andall
Tythes, of and belonging to any Cathedrall or|Collegiate Church or Chappell in

England and Wales, under the handes and feales of Five or more of the Truftees
in the faid Aft nominated and appointed.
ANNUAL RENTS RECEIVED. ^'ImproTfm^ntf
Imprimis.
£ j. ^^
The quitt rents due of the afbrefaid manor of Finfbury
to the lord
within the parifh of St. Giles without Criplegate, London, holding
of the free foccage tenure, and of the manor of Greenwich, — r jq- c|
The like rents due from the freeholders within the parrilh of
Leonard's Shoreditch, holding as aforefaid — — I ig 4*
The court baron and court leet, fines and amerciaments of courts,
iflues, poft fines upon different alienations, herriotts, releifes, waiffes •
and ftrayes, deodands, fellons' goods, goods of fellons of themfelves,

of fugitives, and of condemned perfons, wrecks, offenders, hawkeing,
hunteing, fowleing, fifliing, and all other profittes and perquifitts with-
inthe forefaid manor, to the royalty thereof appertaining, we eftiraatc,
conmunibus annisy — — — 400
H h There
—
234- HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES

There is a court ket kept in the manor onqe every yeare, and a court
baron every three weeks and the fteward of the faid court baron hath
-,
power to try any aftion of debt under forty Ihilliugs by way of attachnnent.
, The freeholders of the faid manor do fuite and ferve at every court
baron ; and, ujJon default of the fame, to forfeit advoluntatem homagii.
The baliffe of the faici mannor hath power toarreft within the liberty
thereof for any matter payable in the faid court : but we are informed'
that there is a grand bay ly wick belonging to the late Deaneand Chapter
of Paules that hath power to execute the (heriff's writts which, in regard ;
it belongeth not folely to this mannor, but is a place peculiar to itlelfe,
we could not tell how to value.
Memorandum. There is an antient prifon oil the faid mannor, which

belongs particularly to the fame, and which the leflees, by their leafe,
are bound to maintainel
A Rentall of the Freeholders of the Mannor of Fintbury,, with their refpeftlve Rentst.
Whitecrofs-Jinet.
The Vicar of St. Giles; for two tennumentsin Beech-lane — '

q
Francis Tewnfend, for three t«nnuments and eight acres —
Henry Hayward, for certain tennumcnts, — —
"jDhn Carpenter, for the like,
— • —
Edward Goodfellow, for the like, — — —
William Goodfellpw, for the like, -r- -—
Francis Leake, for the like, — —
Mrs. Ann Goodfdlow, for the like, — —
Golden-laine^
Mr. Wootton and others-, for certaine tennuments, "^

Mrs. Elizabeth Offley, for the like, — —
The fame, out of certaine tennuments,. — —
The fame, ©ut o£ certaine tennuments,. —
WhitecroJ[e-fireeP.
The" heire of Tbomas TrafCf — —

Golden-laine,
• -
OF SHORED ITCH. 235
I s. d.
Edward Thicknejfe ana others, for tennuments,
—
—
—
022
Mr. ^//f«, for a cottage and garden, o i 10
Butchers' Clofe.
John Worfopp, eight acres and a roode of land, — 0410

The fame, four acres and a roode of land, — o 2 10
The fame, fix acres and one roode of land, — — 042!
Whitecrojje-fireet.
Churchwardens of Criplegatey late William Hurkle, for a little parcell of

common ground, — — o o o|
The fame, for a garden, — — 009
• French-alley.
Nicholas Allin, for a meffuage and nine fliopps, — 100

The' fame, for tennuments and gardens,
—
—
—
— 051
The fame, for tennuments, 014
TFhitecrofs-fireet.
John Majfey, for Cx cottages and a garden, — 014,

Golden-taine.
To the Mailer of 5/. Bartholomew's, for tennuments and gardens, —

Richard Hodgfon and others, for tennuments and lands, —
The Widdow Greene and others, — —
The heires of John Barnewell, a garden, — —
The heires of John Hall, for tennuments, —
Nicholas Keene, out of the tennument called *The Chequer, a garden
and other tennuments, — —
The heires of John Wakejield, for tennuments, —
The late King's Majeftie, for tennuments, — —
Rowland Backhoufe^ for tennuments, — —
The heires of Mr. Hanby, two tennuments, — —
Fitcbt-hatch.
Mr. Jtftfr/JB, for a cottage and garden, — — . > .— © 13
Hh a 3rhe
.
2p HISTORY AND A N T I Q_U I T I E S
Tfie Demeafnes of the faid Manner.
All that capitall meffuage or mannor-houfe,. the fite of the faid manner, with the
appurtenances and all other houfes, out-houfes, dove-houfes, Ihopps, cellars, fol-
lars, roomes, barnes, ftallfes, yards, backfides, orchards, gardens, court-yards, and
curtillages, thereunto belonging, now divided into the feverall tennuments and
flables, yards, and gardens, hereafter mentioned; that is to fay, One garden now
or late in the poffeffion of John Marjhall; one other teiinument and garden now
or late in the poffeffion of George' Dunne ; one other garden now or late in the
poffeffion of Flewellen ; one other tennument and garden now or latein the
poffeffion of George Hudfon ; two other, tennuments and a garden now or late in the
poffeffion of i?oî?r/ fffW ; one other tennument and garden now or late in the
poffeffion of William Greene; one other tennument and garden now or late in the
]poSeSionoi William Franc klin; one other tennument and garden now or late in the
poffeffion of Ed-ward Jermine; one other tennument and two gardens now or late
in the poffeffion of Edward Waikins; one other tennument or coach houfe in the
p'oSeffwii of Edward^ Doogood ; one ffiop or fmith's forge ia.the poffeffion of Ed-
ward Wilde ; one other tennumeiit now or late in the poffeffion of John Bold; one
other tennument and wood-yard now or late in the poffeffion of the faid Edward
Jerndne',.ox\c other tennument or garden now or late in the poffeffion of
Iron/ide; three ftables now or late in the poffeffion of Elizabeth Joyce; one other
tennument and ftable now or late in the poffeffion of Samuell Nicholh ; one other
tennument npw or late in the poffeffion of William Cox ; one other tennument, the
prifon-ho,ufe, and. one ftable, now or latein the poffeffion oi Thomas Heade one
;
other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of the wlddow Marjhall; one other
tennument, called Tjê Court-hquje, and a garden, now or late in the poffeffion of
George Fo^craft ; one other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of Mary Robin
foh; one other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of Jarhn Alcock;onQ other
tennument now or latb in the poffeffion of Arthur Denton ; one other tennument
and yard, and two ftables, now or late in the poffeffion of John Greene; one other,
tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion of Robinjon ; one other
tennument and two gardens now or late in the poffeffion of Elizabeth Dunn ; one
other brick tennument, a large yard, and two faire ftables, now or late in the
poffeffion of Bently; one other tennument and garden now or late it} the
poffeffion of William Ragdale ; one other tennument and two gardens now or late in
tlie poffeffion of John Powell ; one other garden now or late in the poffeffion of
Cardivel/s ; one other tennument now or late in .the poffeffion of Tobias^
Marjhall; one other tennument and garden now or lute in the poffeffion of Walter
Wythers ; one other tennument now or latein the pofleffion of Zouch Percivall;
one other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of Robert Hollis one other ten-
-,
nument now or late in the poffeffion. of Fleming; two ftables now or late
in.
OF SHOREDITCH. 237
in the pofleflion of William Dajh ; one fliopp now or late in the pofTeffion of
William Cox; one other tennument and liable now or late in the poffelTion of
Richard Smarte; one other tennument now or late in the poflTeflion of 7'Aomas
Williams ; one other tennument and three (tables now or late in the poffeffion of
Henry Davis; and one other tennument now Or late in the poffeffion ot John Hol-
land: All which faid premifes are fcituate^ lyei,ng, and being, in Finlbury aforefaid,
in the county of Middlefex, and abutting Weft of certaine lands, parcell of the
freehold of the faid inannor, now or late in the poffeffion of Thomas Shrawley ;
and South upon certaine lands belonging to the late Prebend of The Moore, now
or late in the poffeffiOn of the mafter and wardens of the company of Merchant-
Taylors, London, and adjoyning Eaft upon the highway that leadeth from Moore-
gate to the Windmills, and North on the highway kading to Chifwell-Jireet ; and to
containe in length from Eaft to Weft on the South fide thirty-four pole and eight foot
of affize, and from Eaft to Weft on the North fide thirty-one pole and fifteene foot
of affize, and in breadth from North to South at the Weft end fixteene pole and
one foot of affize, and from North to South at the Eaft end twenty-five pole and
one foot of affize, more or leffe and all ways, paffages, lights, eafements, water-
;
courfes, coramoditys, advantages, and appurtenancys whatfoever, to the faid

meffuagcs or teniiunieats, lands and premifes, or any of them, or any part or
parcell of them, or any of them, in any wife belonging or appertaining; and are
worth upon improvement, over and above the rerit referved, 41a/. 10s. per arm.
All thofe other m.eflliages or tennuments, fhoppes, cellars, foUars, chambers^

barnes, ftables, out-houfes, gardens, yards, backfides, court-yards, and curtillages,.
with their appurtinancys, being alfoe parcell of the demeafnes of the faid mannor
of Finfljury, and confifting of the feverall tennuments hereafter mentioned; that is
to fay. One tennument now or late in the pofleffion of Thomas Fletcher; one other
tennument and a wood-yard now or late in the poffeffion of Paule Watts ; one
other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion oi David Pozaell; one
other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of George Evetinge; one other tennu-
ment now or late in the poffeffion of, Thomas Wilkinfon ; one other tennument now
or the poffeffion of Mrs. Aujlin; one other tennument now or late in the-
late in
poffeffion lof Mr. Bridge; one other tennument and garden now or late in the
poffeffion of John Hutton ; one other tennument and garden now or late in the
poffeffion of James Wife; one other tennument and garden navv or late in the pof-
feffion of John Meybue , one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffef-
fion of Willum Cartwright ; one other tennument now or late in the
poffeffion- of
Elizabeth Riddly ; one other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of
Pate; one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion of Anthony
Tanner ; one other tennument and garden in the poffeffion of George Greenbanck
;
one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion of Walter Haddon
\
one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion of the widdow Ran-
dall; one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffefiion oi
Ann-
Medwell ; one other tenpument and garden now or late in the pofleffion of James
Hh 3 . Bayly y,
238 HISTORY AND ANTICtUlTIES
Bayly one other nieffuage and tennument now or late in rhe poffeffion of Richard
;
Cofby ;one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion of Willidm
Hallord one other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of Robert Jtkinfoni
;
one other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of Ifaack Plover ; one other ten-
nument now or late in th* poffeffion of William Smith \ one other tennument and
garden now or late in the poffeffion oi'Humphrey Ballard: Which faid premifes or
paroell of building are fett, lyeing, and being, in the parifh of St. Giles without
Cripplegate^ London, aforefaid, in a certaine llreet there commonly called Grub-
Jireeti and abutting Eaft upon the faid ftreet, and Weft in part upon lands belonging
to the faid citty of Londoh ; and partly upon the freehold lands of the faid manner ;
and adjoyning South upon certaine lands within the liberty of the faid citty, and
North upon a certaine ftreet there commonly called Chifwell-Jlreet ; and doe con-
taine in length from Eaft to Weft on the South fide twelve pole and five foot of
affize, and on the North fide thirteen pole and two foot of affize, and in breadth
from North to South att the Eaft end thirteen pole and feaven fodt of affize, and att
the Weft end tenn pole and eight foot of affize, more or lefs ; and all ways,
p^ffages, lights, eafements, wafer-courfes, commoditys, advantages, and appur-
tinancys whatfoever, to the faid meffuages or tennuments, lands and premifes, or
any of them, or any part &r parcell of them, or any of them, in any wife belonging
or appertaineing ; and are worth upon improvement, over and above the rent re-
ferved, 146/. per annum.
All thofe other meffuages or tennuments, fliopps, cellirs, follars, chambers,

barnes, ftables, out-houfes, ftiedds, gardens, yards, backfides, court-yards, and.
curtillages, with theire appurtinancys, being parcell alfoe of the demeafnes of the
faid mannor of Finfbury, and confifting tennuments hereafter men-
of the feverall
tioned ; One tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion
that is to fay. of
Chriftopher Kirbyi one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion of
Ralph Symcock; one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion of
Bennington one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion
; of
Chrijimas; oneother tennument and garden, with a wood-yard and two ftiedds,
now or late in the poffeffion of Edward Cadwell; one other tennument now or late
in the poffeffion of fVilliam Ceoper ; one other tennument now or late in the pof-
feffion of iliV/âri Slater; one other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of
Lawrence Harkett ; two other tennuments and three ftables now or late in the pof-
feffion of John Parker; onq other tennument and garden now or late in the pof-
feffion of the widdow Juton; one other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of
James. Lann ; one other tennument and yard now or late in the pofleffion of Thomas
Hou'grdve ; one other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of Margarett Bryan ;
one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion of William Williams ;
one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion of William Bunn;
one other tennument and garden now or late in the poffeffion of Henry Weji ; one
other tennument now or late in the poffeffion of Charles Chipperfield ; one other
tennument now or late in the poffeffion of Roberts j one other tennument
now
;
OF SHOREDITCH. 23^'
F.ow or late in the pofleffion of Gahriell Dyer ; one other tennument now or lat« in
the pofleffion of John Cunter ; one other tennument now or late in the pofleffion
of Edward Shcafe one other tennument and garden now or late in the pofleffion
:
of 'j'nhn Stafford; one other tennument now or late in the pofleffion of Edward
-Dubber; one other tennument and garden now or late in the poflTeffion of Elizabeth
Thrajher ; one other tennument now or late in the pofleffion of Francis Wiggley ;.
one other tennument and garden now or late in the pofleffion of Hopper ;
one other tennument and garden now or late in the pofleffion of Francis Wife ;
one other telinument and garden now or late in the pofleffion of William Crojfet ;.
one other tennument and garden now or late in the poflTeffion of John Martin ;
one other tennument and garden now or late in the pofleffion of Thomas Gunn
one other tennument and garden now or late in the poflTeffioh of Thomas Poole;
one other terlnument and garden now pr late in the pofleffion of Jacob Launce ;
one other tennument and garden now or late in the poflieffion of John Browne ;
one other tennument and garden now or late in- the pofleffion of Stephen Street ^
one other tennument now or late in the poflfeffion of George Smylhier; one other
tennument bow or late in the poflTeffion of Ifaack Taylor; one other tennument and
garden now or late in the poflTeffion of Leonard Marjhall one other tennument and
;
garden now or late in the pofleffion of Franklin ; one other tennument and
garden now or late in the pofleffion of Elizabeth Deane one other tennument now
;
or late in the pofleffion of Walter Heynes; two other tennuments and a garden now
or late in the pofleffion of George Wynch ; two other tennuments and a garden now
or late in the pofleffiorKof John Tate ; and one other tennument and garden now
or late in the pofleffion of William Cowley : Which faid premifes are fett, lyeing, and
being, in the parrifti of St. Giles without Cripplegate aforefaid, in a certaine ftreet
then commonly called Chifwell-Jireet, adjoyneing South upon the faid ftreet, and
North upon part of the freehold tennuments of the faid mannor, and abutting
Eaft upon the way leading out of the faid ftreet called Chifwell-Jireet into Bunn-
along by the wall of the New Artillery Ground^ and Weft upon other
'hill-field,
part of the freehold tennuments of the faid mannor ; and doe containe in lengtJi
from Eaft to Weft on the South fide twenty-fouer pole and fifteene foot of
aflize, and on the North fide twenty-five pole and fifteene foot of affize,,
and in breadth att the Eaft end from North to South feauventeene pole and, fif-
teene foot of affize, and att the Weft end thirteene pole and fourteene foot of
affize, more or leflTe ; and all wayes, paflages, lights, eafements, water-courfes,
eommoditys, advantages, and appurtinancys whatfoever, to the faid meffûageS'
or tennuments, landes and premifes, or any of them, or any part or parcell of
them, or any of them, in any wife belonging or appertaining ; atid are worth upon<
improvement, over and above the rent referved, 243/. xos. per annum\
All thofe other meflTuages or tennurnents, and fhops, cellars, foUars, roomes*
bames. Arables, out-houfes, flieds, orchards, gardens, yards, backfides, court-
yards, and curtillages, with their appurtinancys, Tjeing parcell alfoe of the de-
meafnes of Finftjury, and confifting of the feveral tenements hereafter mentioned^;
that is to fay, One tenement and, garden now or late in the poflfeffion of John'
Hh 4. Smarter
;; ;
240 HISTORY AND A N T I QJJ I T I E S
Smarie; one other tenement and garden now or late in the pofleffion of Jo/jn Tale ;
one other tenement and garden now or late in the pofleflion of Peter Miles one -,
other tenement and garden now or late in the polTeflion ai J-Filliam Williamfin
one other tenement and garden now or late in the poffcflion of Pompillion;
tvvo other tenements and gardens now or late in the poffeffion of Stebbinge',
one orher tenenicnt and garden now or late in the poffeffion of Thomas Hatbar;
one other tenement and garden now or late in the poffeffion of John C/i/lon one ;
other tenement and guden now or late in the poffeffion oi Anthony Clarke- one
other tenement and garden now or late in the pofltffxon of James Blackborne ; one
other tenement and garden now or late in the poffeffion of Nicholas Clarke; one
ether tenement and garden now or bte in the poffeffion of Samuel Smallwoad ; two
other tenements and gardens bow or late in the poffeffion of Nathaniel W)iters
one other tenement now or late in the poffeffion of Riehard Felis ; one, other tene-
ment now or late in the poffeffion of John Higgins one other tenement now or late
;
in the poffeffion of Richard Fuller one other tenement now or late in the pof-
;
feffion of John Sleith ; one oiher tenement now or late in the poffeffion of Jacob
Slee; one other tenement and garden now or late in the poffeffion of Thomas Skyti^
tier: All which laft-mentioned pr_emifes are fituate lyeing and being in the parifli
oi St. Giles without Cripplegate aforefaid, in a field commonly called Bunbill-ficld
abutting Eaft upon the faid field, abutting Well: and adjoyneing South upon part
of the freehold, lands of the faid mannor now or late in the poffeffion of Juftice
Fojler, and North upon other parts of the freehold lands of the faid mannor and ;
doe"~containe in length from Eafte to Weft on the South fide thirty-two pole and
fix foote of affize, and on the North fide thirty-five pole and eight foote of affize,
and in breadth from North to South at the Eaft end fifteen pole, and at the Weft
end fixteen pole and fourteen foot of affize, more or leffe ; and all wayes, paf-
fages, lights, eafements, water-courfes, commoditys, advantages, and appur-
tenances whatfoevcr, to the faid meffuages, tenements, lands and premifes, or
any of them, or any part or parcell of them, or any of them, in any wife belonging
or appertaineing ; and are worth upon improvement, over and above the rent
referved, 103/. fer annum.
All thofe other meffuages and tenements, ffiopps, cellars, follars, gardens, yards,
backfides, fhedds, court-yards, and curtilladges, with their appurtenancys, con-
fifting of the feverall tenements hereafter mentioned; that is to fay, One tene-
ment and garden now or late in the poffeffion of Jarvin Kidd ; all that tenement
and fhop now or late in the poffeffion of Hacke; one other tenement and
fliop now or late in the poffeffion of John Porte ; one other tenement and ffiop
now or late in the poffeffion of Nathaniel Sheppard; one other tenement or Ihop
now or late in the poffeffion of William Haughton ; and one other tenement and
garden now or late in the poffeffion of Bartholomew Gibfon : All which laft-men-
tioned premifes, are feituate, lyeing, and being in the parifti of St. Giles without
Cripplegate aforefaid, in a certaine ftreet there commonly called IFhitecroJfe'-Jlreet,
abutting Eaft upon the faid ftreet, and Weft upon the yard belonging to the Fortune
4 Playhoufe,
OF SHORE DITCH. 241*
Playhoufe, and adjoineing North upon the way or paflage leading out of Whifecroffe-
Jirectaioxdnd unto the laid Playhoufe, and South upon part of the freehold lands
of the faid manner ; and doe containe in length from Eaft to Weft on the South
lide tehn pole and eight foot of affize, and on the North fide tenn pole and fifteen
foot of affize, and in breadth at the taft end three pole and tenn foot of affize, and
at the Weft end foure pole and two foot of affize, more or lefs ; and all ways,
paffages, lights, eafements, water-courfes, comm.odities, advantages, and appur-
tenances whatfoever, to the (aid mefluages or tenements of lands and premifes,
or any of them, or any part or parcell of them, or any of them, in any wife
belonging br appertaineing ; and are worth Upon improvement, over and above
the fald rent referved, 24/. per annum.
Al that other parcell of demeafne land belonging to the faid mannor, commonly
called and known by the name o{ Rotten-row, lyeing, and being, in the parifh of
fet,
St. Giles without Criplegate aforefaid, in a certaine ftreet there commonly called
Old'f.reet, adjoyning North upon the faid ftreet, and South upon a way or paflage
leading out of Old-Jireet aforefaid into the Pitcht-hatch, and abutting Eaft upon the
Cage and Prifon houfe in Old-Jlreet aforefaid, and Weft upon part of the freehold
lands of the faid manner, confifting of feverall fmall and very old cottages in the
pofleffion of very poor people, and containing in length from Eaft to Weft on
the North fide one hundred and twenty yards of affize, and at the South fide
one hundred twenty four yards of affize, and in breadth from North to South att
the Weft end thirty yards of affize, and att the Eaft end twelve yards of affize,
more or leflTe ; and all wayes, paffages, lights, eafements, water-courfes, commo-
ditys, advantages, and appurtinancys whatfoever, to the faid tenements or cot-
tages, lands and premifes, or any of them, or any part or parcell of them, or
any of them, in any wife belonging or appertaining ; and are worth upon improve -
ment, over and above the rent referved, 4/. per annum.
Meadow and Pafture Ground, parcell of the Demeafnes of the faid Mannor.
All thofe two now commonly called or knowne by the name of The Upper
fields
Moorjields, and heretofore commonly called and knowne by the name oiThe Mallow-
fields, whereon ftandeth certaine rows of fmall pollard elms, abutting South upon
The Lower Moorefields, and North upon the highway leading \.6 Norton- Falgate,
and adjoineing Eaft upon certaine tenements and gardens parcell of the faid freehold
lands belonging to the faid mannor, and Weft upon the highway leading from
Mooregate to the Windmills, conteyning by eftimation twelve acres and a half, more
•or lefle ; one other field, parcell alfoe of the faid demeafne of the faid mannor,
commonly called and knowne by the name oiThe Bunnhill-field, abutting South,
upon the highway leading from Cbifwelljlreet, and Norih upon the highway lead-
ing out of Old-Jireet towards Dhme Agnes u Cleere, and foe to Shoreditch, and ad-
joyning Weft upon parcell of the demeafne and freehold lands belonging to the
Hh 5 faid
*242 histCrt and ANTIQÛITIES
fald manner, and Eaft upon another field heretofore commonly called The High'
Jield, or Meadow-ground, and doth containe by eftimation twenty- three acres,more
or leffe; one other field heretofore called Ike High-Jield, or Meadow-ground, afore-
tnentioned, now commonly C3.]\tAThe Wrajlling-field, parcell alfoe of the dcmeafne
of the faid mannor, adjoyning Weft upon the field lafl-bcr.e-mentionerj called
The Bunnhill-field, and Eaft upon certaine tenements and gardens in the parifli of
St. Leonards, Shoredilch, in part, and in part alfoe upon the highway leading to
Hallyivell, and abutting North upon the faid highway leading from Old Jireet to
Tjame Agnes a Cleere, and foe to Shoreditcb, and South upon the faid highway
leading to Norton Folgate, containing by eftimation forty-five acres, more or lefTe,
row or late in the poffeffion of William Dajh ; all that tenement and garden in
the poffeffion of the Common Hunt, commonly called and knowne by the name of
The Lord Mayor's Bogg-houfe, and other fmall cottages and tenements, together
with certaine taynters commonly called The new-eredled tenements and taynters,
being inclofed with a brick-wall lying at the North-weft corner of the faid High-
field; and one other garden orplott of ground thereunto belonging, now or late in
the poffeffion of Stebbing, conteyning together by eftimation nine acres
more or leflfe ; and alfoe all thofe fix windmills now or late in the feverall pofleffions
of Robert Keyes, Ihomas Goodhand, Nicholas Abbotts, Richard Keyes, Carr,
and Joel Farttridge ; and alfoe divers fmall tenements or Ihedds, in the feverall
poffeffions of John Baker, Richard Martin, Stephen Howton, John Higgins, George
Frymlyn, Lillie, Widdow Gregory, 'Widdow Paryo/zj, Richard Davis, Richard
Water/on, and Thomas Jackfon, together with fix taynters, and the ground there-
unto belonging, now or late in the poffeffion of Hodges ; and alfoe one tene-
ment and garden in the poffeffion of John Noble, which laft-mentioned tenement
and garden conteyned by eftimation one acre and a halfe, more or leffe All which
:
laft-mentioned premifes are fituate, lyeing, and being, in the faid High-field, and are
parcell thereof, and conteyned within the aforefaid meafure of the faid field ; all
which faid foure fields with the inclofures, tenements, and mills, thereupon eredted,
are worth upoii improvement, over and above the rent referved, 285/. per ann.
Memorandum. Twelve acres or thereabours of the faid field called Bunnhill-field

are now inclofed with a brick wall and a pale, and commonly called or knowne by
the name of The New Artillery Ground, four acres and a halfe of which faid in-
clofed ground is freehold land belonging to the faid mannor, to which we had a
refpeft in one particular valuation of thepremifes.
Memorandum. There is lyeing in the faid field called The High-Jidd feaven acres
and a halfe, more or leffe, of freehold land, which is comprehended alfoe within the
faid meafure, to whith alfoe we had a refped in our valuation of the premifes.
Memorandum. The faid mannor lands and premifes were, by John Spendlowe, late
prebendarie of the prebend of Halliwell and Finjbury, and the late Deane and
Chapter
*^
of the Cathedrall Church of St. Paul, London, by two feverall indentures,.
the
OF SHOREDITCH. 243*
tfieone bearing date the fourteenth day of February, and the other bearing date
the fixteenth day of the fame month of February, in the tenth year of the raigne of
the late Queen Elizabeth, demifed to the Mayor and Commonalty of the Cittyof
London : habend' for the feverall termes of feaventy yearcs and feaventy yeares,
reddeni per ann. thirty-nine pounds, thirteen fliillings, and foure pence, on the fea-
venth day of January y the eighth day of Aprill, the feaventh day of July, and the
twelveth day of O£loher, by equall porcions ; but are worth upon improvement,,
over and above the rent referved, 1218/. per annum.
The leffees to digg clay or gravel, and to digg to mend the pipes or fpring-
heads ; and to level the places foe digged by them before the end of their terms.
The leffors to touching the premifles at the charge of the

prof^cute all fuites
leffees; be recovered by any fuch fuites to the leffees
and to deniife whatfoever fhall
during the termes aforefaid, difcharged of all incumbrances, under the yearly rent
afore faid.
Theleflbr tofave harmekfle the leffees from all fuite, fuites, tenthes, fubfidies^
and after-dutys, due to the late Queeneand her Succeffor.
The leffees to pay theire rent to the Deane and Chapter in the vacancie of the
faid Prebendary, either by death or otherwifc, during the terme of fuch vacacion.
The leflee to fave harmleffe the leffor from all quitt-rent that ihall grawe due-
for the premifes dureing the faid terme.
The leffees not to fuffer theire fervants or yeomen to occupie as officers within
the liberties of the faid mannor, nor to be officers there ; but the fame to be elefl:
at the courte, according to th« cuftome. The fteward only to be at the choyce of
the leffor.
The leffees to caufe all manner of vagabonds found within* their liberties of the
faid mannor to be brought to the prifon there,^ and to none other and there to be
;
difcharged according to law.
The leffees, at theire coft and charges, once a yeare, betwixt Michaelmas and
Chriftmas, to deliver coppies of the rent-rolls to the Prebendarie or Deane and
Chapter, when they fhall be thereunto reafonably required.
The leffor to enter once in eyery twenty yeares during the leeffe, and to make
a veiue and furvey of the mannor and premifes, and the leffees to be affiftant .
unto him therein which furvey, taken at the fequall charge of the leffor and the
-,
leffee, to be fairely written and fubfcribed by the charaberiin or under-chamber-

lyne and fteward, and delivered to the deane of the faid church or to the
prebendaries.
The bond of one hundred markes given by the leffees upon theire payment of
theire rent at the tymes and place limitted to be paid ; and for every time default is
made in payment thereof, the fame to remayne in force.
Hh 6 Thei-e
«a44 HISTORY AND ANTICLUITIES
There was one hundred thirty-five years of the termes aforefaid granted' by the
fîd leffees to come the feaventeenfh daye of Julye lafl: paft.
Memorandum. There is a rent of twenty flnllings^«r annum, mentioned in the

leafeof the premifes to be grajited to the Mayor and Commonaltye and the Cittizens,
out of a certaine tenement in the parifli of St. Martin's within Ludgate, which, as
wee are informed, the leffees could never find out ; nor can we make any difcovery
thereof, and therefore leave it to your Honours' confideration.
The totall of all the prefent rents and values in this furvey is 39/. 135. ^d.per ann.
The totall of the improved values conteyned in this furvey is iziÛpsr ann.
The totall of the premifes, rents, and improved values, is 1257/. 13J. 4^. per ann.
H. Dumarefq,
John Yeate, „
Surveyors.
NoahBanckes, >
,
Thos. Bonghes,
ExanC per Will'm Webb, Supervif. Gen.
In what condition the of the City- were with regard to

affairs
the Prebendal Manor, is clearly recited in the Preamble to the
A6t already mentioned, " to enable Chriftopher Wilfon, D. D.
** and Prebendary
of Finfbury, to make and grant unto the
" Maypr and Commonalty, and Citizens of London, a leafe of
*' the Prebendal eftate, for a term
of 99 years ;" which Fream-
ble recites, that Edward Moyle, Prebendary of Haliwell and
Finfbury, by his deed indented, made Dec. 14, in the firft
and fecond years of Philip and Mary, granted to the Mayor and
Commonalty of London the whole manor of Finfbury, with
its appurtenances, for the terra of fourfcore and ten- years, at
and under the yearly referved rent of 39/. i3J". 4^.; and that,
by indenture, bearing date 16 Feb. 10 Eliz. John Spendlowe,
clerk, then Prebendary of Haliwell and Finfbury, granted and
let to farm the fame for the term of feventy years from the
expiration
OF SHOREDITCH. 245*
expiration of the term made in Edward Mblles' leafe. It was

likewife witneffed by the fame indenture, that the faid John
Spendlowe, for and in confideration of ao fodder of lead, given
by the faid Mayor and Commonalty toward the repairs of St.
Paul's Cathedral, granted them an additional term of 70 years
at 'and under the fame yearly rent. And the A6t recites that the
Prebendary was reftrained by law from granting a longer leafe
than would extend the then-exifting period to 40 years. He
was therefore empowered to grant a leafe of 99 years from 1768.
Dr. Wilfon fucceeded to the prebend in Oclober 1745, at
'
the age of 29; and the rental in that year was 895/. The
leafe would not expire until 1783, a diftance of ^8 years, which
did not afford much profpedt of the great advantages that after-
wards enfued. In the firft ten years nothing but light conver-
fation paffed between the Corporation and the Dodtor on the
fubjedt of renewal; but in the next fivebecame more ferious; it
and he was defi-red to name a fum by way of fine which h6 ;
did, and, from its magnitude, was not even liilened to.
From the Journals of the City it appears, that ,fo early as
1760 the renewal of the City's leafe by the Prebendary was de-
bated ; andwas agreed, that two furveyors on each fide fhould
it
be appointed, to afcertain the term of renewal*. But as, for

reafons mentioned in the A (ft, the Prebendary could not grant a
leafe for any confiderable term, every thing was fufpended.
Time crept on and the Doctor, being in good health, began to
;
threaten to outlive the leafe, and increafed his demand. He began

with 5000/. and foon got to 20,000/.; and, in his own words
to the writer of this article, faid, " that whenever terms were
*' nearly
agreed upon, fome good friend or other ftarted ob-
" jedlions in the Court of Common Council, which created far-
* City Journals, vol. L XII. f. 14. b.
Hh 7
« ther
*H^ HISTORY AND ANTIQ_UIT1ES
" ther delay," and always turned to his; advantage. He knew
the Chamber was pooTy and that confequeiitly a >large -fine
was not convenient which made him turn his thoughts to the
;
arrangement fettled in the A£t. The Corporation had great par-

liamentary intereft; he had himfelfa confiderable fhare, through
his patron the Marquis of Rockingham ; aud> by way of collei^-r
ing the affiftance of the Church, a portion of the accumulating
profit was to be annexed to the Prebeivd. This fcheme proved
very palatable, as no money would be wanting, and the joint-
intereft enfured fuccefs. The rental, in J 766, had increafed to
1 800/. a year and the proportions agreed upon were divided
;
into fix fliares ; three to the Corporation, who were to have the
trouble of management ; two to the Do6lor and his heirs, to the
end of 99 years, in lieu of fine j and one to the Prebend, which
veiled -with himfelf for life.
In 1767, the Prebendary having aûally applied to Parlia-

ment, a fpecial Committee was appointed, by the Mayor and
Commonalty, to treat with him for the renewal of the leafe*;
and the next year, when the A^ had palfed, the fame Committee
was re-appointed to carry the ptirpofe^ôf it into execution.
They did not,, however, deliver in their report March, 1770;
till
when it appears they had perfecSted their bufinefs j a leafe having

been granted, agreeably to the A<St, for 99 years..
The Committee 1767 had been likewife inftrucSted to treat

in
and agree with the Artillery Company, and all perfons claiming
under covenants of renewal refpe-dting the Finfbury eftate but, ;
on the 2ift of March, 1770, when they reported that, a leafe

of the faid eftate had been procured for a term of 99 years, no
notice was taken that they were unable to come to any agreement
with the Artillery Company, for yielding up the Artillery Ground
* City Journals, vol. LXIX. f. 7.
to
OF S HOREDITC H. 447*
to iKe-City, towards the beiter idiproving of the eftate. The

Artillery Company aibfolutely refufing to comply with the con-
ditions propofed by the 'City, every thing on that head dropped;
and, in 1773, the Committee appointed by the City, attended by
Dr. Wilfon, having infpe<£led feveral plans and deligns for the
improvement of the eftate, were unanimoufly of opinion, the
beft method of improvement. wotild be, to begin by building a
fquare upon the middle of Moorfields, agreeably to a fketch
then produced. Mr. Dance, the City Surveyor, was likewife
dire6ted to make another defign of the Whole eftate, introdu-
cing the faid fquare, and difpoling of the other parts to the
beft advantage, independent of the Artillery Ground -*. The
plan for improving the eftate w'as not, however, decidedly agreed
upon till 1777 f ; as, was made by
early in that yeîr, 'an oirder
the Common Council, to fix in the Council-chamber a plan
for its improvement. On the i8th of June, a report was made
by a Sub-committee; when it was agreed that Mr. Dance
Ihould " make a plan for letting the Eaft front of the Artillery
" Ground, and alfo plans and elevatiohs for letting the ground
<' on the Eaft and South fides of the intended South fquare, and
" on the North fide of the Quarters of Moorfields, dividing the

" faid pieces of ground refpe(5lively in proper lots, and likewife
" to prepare conditions for letting the faid lots." A new ftreet
from Finfbury along the North fide of the Quarters of Moor-
fields into New and another along the Eaft fide to
Broad-ftreet,
London-wall, at Moorgate, Were propofed, but did not take ef-
fect. At firft the ground in Moorfields was continually adver-
tifed to be let on building leafes, but there were no biddings.
Since that time, however, the prefent magnificent Square has
arifen on the fite. ;
* City Journals, vol. LXV. f Ibid. vol. LXFX. f. 7.
H h 8 The
*248 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES
The Weft of the Square, except two houij^s at. the North
fide
end, was built in 1777 ; and from that time it lay dormant for
feveral years, which may, in fome raeafuFe,.be accounted for by
the following circumftance: Button Seaman, efq. Comptroller ,
to the Corporation, being fuperannuated by age, was

almofl:
fufpended from atSlive lervice, but enjoyed the emoluments of
the place, having purchafed it. Mr. Bufbnan, then fenior clerk
in the office, was appointed a(Ii>ftant, with a proper allowance
;
and, on the death of Mr. Seaman, in- 1785, was chofen his.fuc-
ceffor, with a falary of 700/. per annum, and the profits of the
leafes. The abilities of the new Comptroller very evidently ap-
peared, when his own benefit was united with the improvement.
Plans foon came forward; and in 1789 the North fide was let;
in "1790 the Eaft ; in the year following the South; and the
furrounding flreets in progrelp.oti. The good effects were quickly-
evinced by the increafed profits ; for, in 1 7 83, the year the old leaf©
would have expired, the rents produced 4792/.; and in 179-7
they arrived to 7598/. It is worthy remark, that the increafe has
not been from leafes falling in, .but ground rents, with good
fubftantial houfes eredled ; the former rents being moftly from
citizens' pleafure-gardens, called Rus in Urbe, and fmall cottages
and old houfes, which required feveral rent-gatherers, and fb
miferably inhabited, that moft of them might be confidered as
weekly tenants, the whole of which is done away..
The Earl of Darnley pofTefTes an eftate on the Eaftrfide of Up-
per Moorfields, which in the year 1 694 was built on ; when a
wall 392 feet from North to South, and 9 to 18 inches
breadth,, belonging to the Finfbury eftate, was pulled, down^
through which there was a right of pafTage-way, and was
granted to the Earl, byleafe, for 88 years, for a fine and annual
rent. The front of the houfes was built on the foundation of the
wall,
OF SHORE DITCH. 249*
wall, which occafions the Earl to make application for a renewal

whenever an improvement is wanting to be made on the pre-
milTes, at the mercy of the Corporation. This proved ferviceable
to the making of Paul-ftreet in a ftrait line, which joins the Earl's
eftate ; and could not have been accomplilhed without fome
agreement with him; which was eafily obtained, the Earl vânt-
ing at that time to renew the leafeof the wall with the City.
The original defign was, to make the centre of the fquare a
piece of water, the ground being fo low as to be formed for it,
and that might be a refervoir, in cafe of fire, or accident, to the

it
New River but, from the apprehenfion it would be a depofit for

;
filth, and unwholefome, it was changed to a garden, by far the
more a-greeable accommodation to the inhabitants. The expence

of making the area, and other matters to the amouDt of 4000/..
was defrayed by the Corporation Iblely, and muft be placed-
amongft their munificent works. Their objedl: was, to accom-
modate the merchants with dwellings, and create a refpedtablie
neighbourhood near the City but the Prebendary faid, " that was-
;
" NO ADVANTAGE TO HIM ;" and the ground on the North fidb
was let fb cheap (only 5/. 3^^. a foot), that it would not afford it.
And £0 little profpe6t v/as there of benefit to the builder at
this low price, that the perfon who took the firft three lots
of ground petitioned to be releafed from, his bargain, after the
foundations and part of the houfes were built, though they be-
came a profit to him of 5000/. in the end. It n.uft be far-
ther flated, for the credit of the Corporation in laying out this
large fum,. that the whole ground-rent of the fquare does not
amount to more than 425/. per annum, of which they have but
a moiety ; and the reverfionary value is very fmall, having only
feven years before the 99 expire, when it returns to the Church,,
with its valt income, unlefs the wifdom of Parliament Ihonld-
other wife difpofe.
Hh o.
'
The.
;
*2So HISTORY AND ANTIQ.UITIES

The Church few inftances of fuch an in-
hiftory affords but
creafe of value ; and ftill fewer of its individuals, that have
amafled fuch an immenfe fortune from fuch flender mean^, a
life-intereft of only 39/. i3j-. 4^. a year. It may be faid, fuch
opportunities feldom occur ; but the merit of the man muft not
be forgot, who was equal to the chance. He was an able calcu-
lator; and poffefled a perfevering fpirit, and a temper and manners
of all others, fuited to foothe and harmonize the contentions of fo
fluctuating a body as the Corporation of London in near 50
years intercourfe. In tracing his benefits from authentic docu-
ments it appears that he received more than 50,000/. clear of
all dedudlions, in his life-time, without the affiftance of accu-
mulating iiiterefl ; and he charged this eftate in his will with
legacies to the amount of 50,000/. more; which, on the au-
thority of his executors, has proved ample, and will leave a
very large refidue.
He was not the only one of his family whom Fortune had
favoured with her abundance; for his brother equalled his fuc-
cefs, by early engaging in the Selby Navigation ; and, growing
wealthy in YorkQiire, (hewed his affectionate regard, by prefling
the Dodtor to take time, and ufe precaution, in agreeing to
renew the Leafe ; for he could and would support him.
The brother died firft, a batchelor
; the Dodtor, who obtained
the Bifhoprick of Brirtol in 1783, died foon after, leaving a
numerous offspring to inherit the great property of both.
The
net divifion at Chriftmas 1797, after all dedu(5tit)ns, was,
to the Corporation, 3646/; to the heirs of Bp. Wilfon, 3431/;
to Dr. Apthorpe, the prefent Prebendary, 1215/.
It Ihould have been before obfervedj that, previous to the re-
newal of the City's leafe, feveral fchemes were propofed for the
improvement of the eftate ; two of which deferve mentioning
and the latter may one day take effedt.
In
OF SHOREDITCH. 251*
In 1766, Mr, Long preferred a petition to Parliament, to

nable him to purchafe part of the City's eftate, held under the
'rebendary of Finfbury, for the remainder of the term. His
efign was, to make a refervoir of water, whence; the City might
e fupplied; Seventeen years of the leafe were then unexpired.
?he lelTees of the London Bridge water-works had covenanted;
nth the City to fupply fuch refervoir, when made, with a fuffi-
ient quantity of water; and Dr. Wilfon, then Prebendary, was
/illing to grant a proper leafe for a fufficient term of yearfr, - but
iâs not by law empowered fo to do*.
In 1767, a number of merchants, of whom Charles Dingley,
fq. was the chief, prefented a petition to the Houfe of Com-
Lions, praying that a bill might be brought in,, to enable them
3 open a itreet from the Manfion-houfe, to communicate with
he Prebendal eftatet This, however, being ftrongly oppofed
»y the City, did not take place f.
In 1772, Mr. James Sharp projedled a navigable canal from
he river Lee at Waltham abbey on one ,^ level, to Upper Moor-
ields and another canal was propofed from Welling's farm,
;
ârybone, to the fame place, which was to be made a grand

lort. There had formerly' been a furvey for a canal from the
iver Coin, at Uxbridge, and another from the river Thames,
t Bolters lock, by Maidenhead,, which might be joined to the
(loorfields plan, and conftrudted large enough to bring the weft—
ountry barges to Moorfields.. The Corporation adopted the
ishcme, ordered a furvey and plans to be made; and, on the
!-5th of February 1774, prefented a petition to Parliament for
bill to carry the fame into effecSt J.
• Repertory, 64. 13. b. 18. b. -1" lb. 109. b.

See a particularvaccount of this prajeiEt, p. 173
4: —
178 ; and the Report to the
loufe of Commons at large in their Journalsj vol. XXXIV. f. 637 646. —
H_h 10 This
*zSi HISTORY AND ANT I QÛ I T I,E S
This application was ftrongly oppofed by a petition to the

Houfe, April 12^ from feveral proprietors, occupiers, and holders
of lands, hoiifes, mills, wharfs, &c. in the parifhes of Sf.
Leonard Sboreditcb, Hackney, 1'ottenbam High Crofs^^ Edmonton^
Enfieldf Cbejhunt, and Ley ton Stone* ; and as ftrongly fupported
by feven counter- petitions, on the 14th, from the gentlemen,
freeholders, and holders and occupiers of lands, in the pariflies
of St. Luke, St. Leonard Sboreditch,
Matthew^ Betbnal Green^
St.
St. Jobn Hackney^ Tottenham, Edmonton^ Enfield, Epping, Chef'
hunt., and Waltham Abbey

\ ; and, after a long and patient in-
veftigation before a Committee of the Houfe, to whom Mr.
Whitworth declared " that the plan was much ealler to execute
" than moft had been made, and that he had been employed
that
*'in things of that nature many years;" a motion being pro-
pofed, that leave be giyen to bring in a bill for making the
Canal; it was negatived, on a divifion of 61 againft 10 i.
In December, 1777, the Corporation petitioned Parliament
for powers to make a new ftreet, to extend from Moorfields,
oppolite Chifwell ftreet, towards the Eaft, into Biftiopfgate -ftreet;
and^ by another ftreet, to make an opening from Shoreditch to
Spital-fields This A6t pafted, and the improvement
church.
has been effedled ; the expence of which was defrayed by a far-
ther charge on the Orphans' fund.
* Journals of the Houfe of Commons, vol. XXXIV. p. 621.

'j' Ibid. p. 637. \ Ibid. p. 646.
Charity
OF SHORED ITCH. 241
Charity-Schools of St. Leonard, Shoreditch*
The Boys' School.
In the year 1705, the parifliioners of St. Leonard, Shore-

ditch, in the county of Middlefex, being defirous of diffemi-
uating.rehgious and ufeful knowledge among the lower ranks of
the people, firft eftablifhed a charity-fchool for the education of
fifty boys, the children of honeft and well-difpofed parilhioners,*
who, having large families, or being otherwife in indigent cir-
cumftances, were unable to afford a fuitable education, or perhaps
no education at all. This benevolent defign continued to be
fupported by voluntary contributions of the parifhioners ; and,
by colle6lions occafionally made at the church-doors until 1723,
when a fund was i:ollec5led, fufficient to build the prefent fchool-
houfe, and alfo to acquire Ibme property- adjoining thereto *. On
Sept. 35, 1705, it was determined by the truftees to agree for
a houfe, then lately inhabited by alderman Fofter, at the yearly
rent of 4/.; foon after which they appear to have chofen a mafter
for the fchool, allowing him 3 o/. a year ^".
The income of the fchool for the firft three years was as follows
Income from Michaelmas 1705 to Michaelmas

17C6, , 139 16 9
Difburfements for the fame period, 83 2 3
1707, 144 10 2i
Difburfements for the fame period, 91 17 2 ^
* Account of the Rife and Progrefs, &c. of the Bo^'s* Charit}' School. Drawn
up by Peter Colquhoun, lifq. lamo. 1753. .
^''".'-
'\- Minutes ot the Truftees. In addition to which he now hns an adJirional-

gratuity ot 6/. 6\s. od. and ^L a year for initruftiug the boys in pfidmody.
I i Income
.
242 HISTORY AND ANTIQJJITIES

*7°^» 141 19 4
Difburfement for the fame period, - 10 r i 11 #
The prefent annual expence of the boys' fchool, according to
Mr. Colquhoun's account, is 165/. and the total permanent
income no more than 70/. the deficiency, amounting to 95A
;
being made up by four charity-fermons, and other voluntary

contributions, from the parifhioners
f
The Girls* School
was on January 25, 1709, on which day the fub-

inftitiited
fcribers thereto had their firft meeting, when they chofe John
Waxham, Jolliua Hyam, and Percival Sergeant, truftees for the
year enfuing. It was originally inftituted for 40 girls ; as on
Feb. 23} that year, the truftees agreed to wait on Dr. Pooley
to defire that feats might be made in the church for that num-
ber. On February
24, in the fame year, they took the leafe^
of a houfe in Pitfield-ftreet, Hoxton, for the term of eleven
years, at the annual rent of 5/. commencing from Lady Day
17 10. From March 1709, the truftees difcontinued their
meetings till October 19, 17 15, when it appears that there
were fifty girls educated in the fchool. In 1722, the leafe of
the houfe in Pitfield-ftreet being -expired, the truftees of both
fchools came to a determination, as before mentioned, to eredt
a fchool-houfe, the foundation whereof was laid on June 39^
1722 ; and the girls entered upon the new fchool on March 25,
17^3.
•*
Minutes of the Truftees. -J-
Mr. Colquhoun's Account, p. 6.
Register
OF SHORED ITCH. 243
Register of Benefactions to the Parifli of St. Leonard,

Shored ITCH, Middlefex collected and compofed by the Rev.
;
Dr. John Denne, Vicar of the faid Parifh, and Archdeacon

of Rochefter; in the Year 1745; xMeffrs. Richard Bowles,
and Peter Buckmaster, Church-wardens,
In Mumy. Rmts per Amum.
£ s. £ s,
I. William Thornton, of this parifli,
taylor *, in 1581, gave two tenements near

the church, for a veftry-room, fchool-
houfe, and a lodging f for the parifli-derk,
for ever.
He coming-
X alfo built a gallery at the
in of the great door of the church, and a
brick wall on the Weft fide of the church. § 2 10
* Old Benefadtlon-table, as compofed and coUefled in 1664, in die Parilh-
regifter, Stowe's Survey, Parifh-writings, A. No. i.
\ For ihe vicar or minifter to dwell in ; (Old Benefaftion-table and Stowe's
Survey.) The fexton lived in one of thefe tenements Oft. 6, 1670. (Orders of Veftry.)
Thefe tenements adjoined to the vicarage-lioufe and the church, but were pulled
down on re-building the church in 1735 j and a houfe fince built on the other fide
for the clerk.
\ Mr. Thornton made this purchafe May I, 1584, the 26th of queen Eliz. and
March the. 1 9th, 1585 (Parifli-writings, A. No. 26.) ; but his right was contefled
in the court pf exchequer, 31 Eliz. 1589, by Dr. Hanraer, the vicar; in which,
fuit it feems to have appeared that the right was really in the parifh, and that
Thornton had made the purchafe in his own wrong (Parilh-writings, A. No. t.
3. 4.) probably, as of houfes thai were then fuppofed to have been forfeited, as
given to fuperftitious ufes ; fo tliat he afterwards took a leafe of them from the
parilh, December the i8tb, 1591, 33 Eliz. (Parilh-writings, A. No. 5) He —
was, I believe, buried April the 29th, 1593, or, at lead, March the 15th, 1598,
(Parifli Regifter.) It was u fed as a fchool-houfe by leave of veftry (Veftry-Order,
July I, 1662.)
§ So valued in the Old Table of Eenefaftions, and Stowe's Survey j though
Maitland, in his Hiftory, reckons ihe-m at 12/. loj. -ptr annum,
I i a 11. Stephen
a44 HISTORY AND AN TICÛIT I ES
Jn Mone), Rints per Annmh
£ J* £ J..
'"II. Stephen Sky DMORE, <3//(3j Skyddye, .^
citizen ancf vintner of London, in 1585,

gave, by his will *, a rent-charge, payable
after his deceafe, by the Vintner&'
wife''s
company, out of his eftates in Black Friars ;

to be beftowedin wood, coal, or other fuel,
yearly, in the month of Odtober, among
the poor, by the difcretion of the renter-
v^'arden and one other officer of the com-
pany, jointly with the churchwardens of
the parifli, and the overfeers of the poor, I q,
III. John Fuller, of Bifliop's hall, in

Stebonheath, efq. "j", one of the judges,
under queen Elizabeth, did, by his will,
dated March 39, 1591, 3,3 Elizabeth,. -
dire6l and inftru6l his wife Jane:}: to ere£t

one alms-houfe in this paridi for tv/elve
poor widows, of good name, and of the
age of fifty years or above ; to caufe them
to be incorporated ^, and to fettle on them*
a
* See copy of if, which was proved December 17, 1585 ; as alfothe Old Table
of Benefadlions, and Stowe's Survejf. This is, by miftake, valued at 26/. /xfr «»».
in the New View of London, vol. I. p. 315.
f Old Table of Benefaaions.

+ Who afterwards,, according to Stowe, married Sir Thomas Mansfield,, and air
lowed the widows but 8/. per annum during her life j probably on account of de-
duftions for building the faid alms-houfe.
§ This being never done in due form, according to the orders of the founder. in
his will, and the Mercers' company renouncing their trufl. May 19, 1668, payment
was
OF SHORE OITGH. 245
a rent-rharge of 50/. per ann. for ever, out

"'-
of all his eitate and lands in Lincolnfhire
He appointed alfo, that this alnis-houfe

fliould be governed, vifited, and ordered,.
by eight of the moft antient perfons of the:
Mercers' company for the time being, by
fuch and ordinances as the faid
jftatutes
perfons Ihould declare, with the confent
of his wîfe and the overfeers of his faid
will ^. The allowance now to each woman
is 4/. 3 J. 4^. per a?m. and 3 bufliels of
Goals. 50 O'
was refufed forfome years by Sir Geoi-ge Keymeys and William Herbert, efq. than
poffelTors' of the eflate whereupon, after a long fuic at law, it was decreed in
:
Chancery, Oft. 29, 1668, " that an incorporation fliould be procured, and that'
" rent-charge of -o/. per arm. (hould be fettled according to the will of the founder."
But this affair was not finiibed without another decree in Chancery, May ay, 1687 j
upon which, a deed of incorporation was procured, June 27, 1687, by George
Keymeys, appointing a warden, a fingle woman of the age of fifty years, or above,
and eleven members, poor finale women of the like age, to hav« fucceffion for ever,
•nd to be chofen or removed by him the faid Grorge Keymeys, his heirs and
affigns and to have likewife a common feal, with the creft of John Fuller, efq.
-.
and this infcription round it, " Slglllum Communis Hofpit. vocat. Fuller's Hofpital in
—
" Shoreditch." The viQtors by this decree are the lord-chancellor, the lord-chief-
juftice of the king's bench, themafter of the rolls, the lord-chief-juftice. of the
common pleas, and the iord-chief-barsn of the. exchequer, for the time being,
(Parifh-writings, D. No. i. 2. 3. 4. 5.) The pariflido now repair this alms-houfe,
and nominate the perfons, probably by way of corapromife for fo doing. (Veftry-
orders, Sept. 29, 1703; and Nov. i a, 1706.)
* See Terriars of thofe lands. (Parifh-writings, D. No. 2.)"
•f-
New View of London, vol. II. p. 765 ; and Maitland's Hiftor-y, p. 656, makes
this benefaction 4/. to each per ann. The coals are paid for by the church-wardens^
being, the gift of John Eomans, «//«jTice. (Vid»No. 15.)
146 HISTORY AND ANT IQ_UI TIES
In Money. Refit sftr .^wtuml
£ s, jC s.
IV. Thomas Daniel, gent, gave,

by his will, dated Oc5t. 8, 1593*'-, ^^ the
ufe of the poor of this parifh, a rent-
charge of per ami. for ever, out of his
a/,
three mefluages or tenements f in Thames-

ftreet', in the parifh of St. James, Garllck-
'
hythe. a o
V. Thomas Russel, citizen and dra-

per of London, gave, by indenture, dated
July 6, 1 593+, an annuity of 2/. \2S.
per arm. for ever, to the church-wardens
for the time being ; to be paid quarterly by
the Drapers' company, out of an annuity
granted them by the fame indenture, and
chargeable on his meffaages, lands, &c.
then known by the name of the Crown
Rents §,• in Shoreditch. The faid annuity
to be diftributed for the relief of the poor,
*
by the churchwardens, on every Sunday
throughout the year, in twelve pennyworth
* Old Table of Benefadions; Maitland's Hiftory, p. 769; Stutzer's Papers.-*-

He was buried Oft. 4, 1593. (Parifti regifter.)
f-
Thefe were fold, in 1655, to Lionel Newman; but, in 1664, they were in
the poflefGon of Dodfon, (Old T^ble.) lin 1723, an arrear of 13 years
was recovered from Dan. Dodfon, before a commiffion of charitable ufes (Veftry-
Order) Feb. 6, 1723; payable by Geo. Dodfon, of Philpot-lane, London,
gentleman.
t See copy of it in Old Table of Benefaftions, Stowe, and Maitlantf.
Kuffell's Row, as before Rotten Row,
§ They were afterwards, I believe, Called
as being rebuilt by him. (Stowe.)
of
OFSHOREDITCH. 247
In cmmy.
Money, Rtnlspey
Rents Anmni.
pet Annul
of bread, accounting 13 loaves to the

dozen. a i
VI. William PEake, of Hoxton,

gent, gave, by his will*, dated Jan.
ig, and proved Jan. 32, 1596, one an-
nuity of 5/. 4^-. per ann. payable for ever,
out of his lands, tenements,
&c. f at
Hoxton, to the church-wardens of the
parifli X for the time being, for and towards
the relief of the poor dwelling or abiding
therein, by diftributing it among them for
ever ^, weekly in bread. '
5 4
VII. Robert Brainsforth, of Shore-
ditch, gent, gave, by his will ||, dated
April 9, 1608, one annuity of 9/.
per ann. to be paid for ever by the go-

vernors of St. Thomas's Hofpital, in South-
wark, who are befides thereby obliged to
receive every )ear, if need require, into
their hofpital, one dileafed perfon for his
* See copy of the will. Old Table of Bencfadlions, Stowe, and Maitland ; though
it isreckoned at no more than 3/. 4J. in the New View of London,- vol. I. p. 315.
He was baried Jan. 27, 1596. (Parifh-regifter.)
•\ Then called the, rents of Mr. Wall, his nephew; (Old Table of Benefadlions.)
is now paid by Oldfield, M. T). of Bijliter-lane,. London. Stutzer's

Papers.
;J:
Who have, in cafe of failure of payment for three months, power to diftrain,.
both for arrears and charges. (See copy of the will.)
§ At 2 J. a week* (See Old Table of Benefaftions and Stowe.)
jl
See copy of the will, and Old Table of Benefaftions,. Stowe,. and Maitland.
recovery^
:
£4$ HISTORY AND ANT IQ^tJ I T I ES

In Money. Rinli ftr Atom.
Is. is,
Tecovery, out of Holly wjel-ftreet; for which
piirpoles he bequeathed to the faid go-
vernors all his freehold lands, tenements,
"
Sec. in Diftaff-lane ; as alfo thofe in Crut-
ched Friars, St. Olave, Hart-flreet, known
by the fign of the Black Bull. This an-
nuity is to be applied to the following
ufes * .
90
1. Three pounds to be diftributed among
the poor, every St. Thomas's day, before
Ghriftmas.
2. Fifty fhillings in like manner every
Good Friday.
3. Fifty fhillings in bread, to be dealt in
equal portions on every Sunday in the year.
4. Twenty iTiillings to the vicar or
preacher of the parifh, for two fermons,
for his memorial and the edification of the
people, viz. the one at Chriftmas, the
other at Eafter. Ten fliillings each fermon.
Hem. He gave 3/. to be diftributed
among the poor at the time of his burial "f. 3 o
* Thefe diflribmions to be left to the difcretion of the church-warJens and

overfeers of the poor ; but the clerk of St. Thomas's hofpital to fee that all dif-
tiibutions and payments be made according to his will. —
The parifli-clerk and
fexton are to have an equal portion of them with the poor. (See copy of the
will.) According to Stowe's account, fixty perfons were to be relieved on St.
Thomas's day, thirty on Good Friday ; and twelve pence to be allowed in bread
every Sunday.
'Y He
was buried May 15, 1608.
2 Item.
OFSHOREDITCH. 249
In Money, S^nti fer Anmm'
Item. He gave a green carpet for the

communion-table *.
VIII. Simon Burton, of London,

wax chandler, in i59.'<, gave an an-
nuity, by his will, of thirty groats, to be
diftributed among the poor'f of this parifli
for ever, by the governors of St. Thomas's
hofpital in Southwark, every year, on St.
Thomas's day. 10 o
Item. He gave to the poor of this
parifli two pounds, a o
IX. George Clarke, citizen and dra-

per of London, in 1608, gave the fum
of one hundred marks in money, to the
ufe of the poor J. 66 13
X. George Paljn, of London, girdler,
in 1608, gave, for the poor's ufe §, 10/. 10 o
*Ofbroad-cloth, according to the Old Table of Benefaflions, and 'Stow e.

Old Table of Benefactions, Stowe's Survey, and Maitiand's Hiftory.—New-
•\
court makes this benefadion to be twenty Ihilllngs for thirty poor people and adds
;
to it fix (hillings to the vicar, tor a fermon in Lent ; but no fuch ferraon is npw
preached, nor is more paid that ten fliiiiings per ann, by St. Thomas's hofpitaJ.
(Ncwcourt's RepertQiium, vol. 1. p. 668.) It appears by the wil that the faid twenty
,
the poor, and fix (hillings for the fermon, were given to the pari(hof St.
ftiiilings to
Andrew Underfhaft. (See copv of the will, ''.ated May 17, 1393.)
Stowe's Su-vey, and New View of, London, vol. I.
J Old Table of Benefuftions,
p. 315; though Mr. Maitland reckons this benefaction but at three pounds, ten
(hillings. His Hiftory, p. 679.
§ Old Table of Benefadions. Stowe adds, for ever.
K k XL Robert
950 HISTORY AND A N T I Q_U I T I E S
In Morrfv. Rentt per ^mimt
XI. Robert Rogers, of London,

"leather-ftller, in 1608, gave to the ufe of
the poor thirty pounds in money *, to be
laid out every year in fea-coal, at the belt
time, referving always the Itock entire -f. 30 o
XII. Agkes Spence, of London, wi-

dow, in 1608, gave an annuity for ever
of 2/. lbs. to the ufe of the poor :{:
; .to be
paid by the' Fifhmongers company at :
Chriftmas §. 2 10
XIII. Thomas Scriven, efq. in 1608,

gave 10/. in money to the ufe of the poor^ • '
'
for ever ||. 10 o
XIV- Agnes Smith, widow ^, in 1620,

gave 50/. in money to the Drapers' com-
pany *'•% upon condition of tlieir paying fft
* Old Table of Benefaftions, and Stowe ; ihough Maitland makes the gift to be
l/. \ OS. per ann.
\ This ftock was increafed to 50/. in 1653. (See Orders of Veflry, Aug. a,
1653, and June 2,7, 1654.)
X Old Table of Benefadtions, and Stowe.
§ Stutzer's Papers,
II
Old Table of Benefaflions, and Stowe.
% According to Stowe, her name was Anne, and flie was late wife to Willfatn.
Nifam, deceafed.
** Old Table of Benefaftions, and Maitland's Hiftor)'-.
•f-f- For this payment, fee the company's bond, dared Sept. 25, 162,0. (Parifli-
writings, G. No. 2.) Stowe makes the diftribunon to be is. each Sunday; and,
according to the New View of London, fuppoles the annual income to be 5/. 4J.
5 ,
for
OF SHORE DITCH. zî
In Money. R/nfi per /^nnunt,
Is. £ s.
for ever, one annuity of fifty fliillings, by-

quarterly payments, to the poor of this
parilh, to be diftributed among them in
bread every Sunday. a lo
Item. She gave a pulpit- cloth and
cuihion.
XV. JohnEomans, c7//<3j-TfcE, tufftafata-
weaver, of this pariih, in 1620, gave to
the poor 10/^ in money, to be diftributed
yearly in one chaldron of fea-coal, for
ever, among the twelve poor widows of
efq. Fuller's alms-houfe -. 10 o
For the ule and maintenance of the
poorf. 100 o
XVI. Cicely Tice, late wife of John
Tice aforefaid j:, gave foon afterwards, in
1:631, the fura of 20/. § for a ftock of fea-
coal, forever]!, for the ufe of the poor. 20 o
—
* Old Table of Benef ,if;!ons, and Stowe. He was burled July 27, 1621."
(Parifli-regifter.JSee tnpy of will, proved Auiûft 7, 1621.
\ This was a concitional benefaftlon, on the death of his fon, before his wife,
but whether it took place is not cei-tain. (See cpy of the will, proved Augult 7,
1(521.)
X Old Table of Benefaaions, and Stowe. —

She foou married Mr. John Heath.
Died, and was buried June T, 1622.
§ The fums given by Mrs. Tice were laid out, April 9, 1633, with other be'ne-
faftions, amounting in all to the iU«i of 256/. in purchafing of Richard Middleton,
three tenements, and three acres of land, (the Land of Promifc, inHoxton), wl ich
were leafed out Feb. 7, 1636, to H. Hempfon, for 41 years, at 16L per ann. and
to Edward H.Lint, Oft. i, 1668, for 5-1 yâs, at 20/. per a;nt. and to Charles
Garret, Oft. i",, 1683, f(\ 65 years, at the lame rent (Old Table of Benefaftioni,
:
and Parifh-writings, G. No. 6, 8, 9, 10.) .'ini Jately to Samuel Beightouj from

Lady-day, 1744, for 103 years, at 20/. per ann.
II
Veftry-orders, Aug. 4, -1653, and June 27, 1654,
K k^ Item.
*52, HISTORY ArND A N T I QÛ I T I E S
In Money, Rents per Annunu.
£ s. jT s.
Item. She gave 'id. in money to buy

a filver flaggon for the Holy Communion. 20 o>
She gave 20/. in

Item. money for the
maintenance of two £ermons yearly for
ever the one on Lady-day in Lent, and
;
the other on Lady-day in harveft

^
for :
which the vicar is to have yearly i/. loj. ao q i 10
"^
XVn. Nicholas Wilkinson, alias
TooLEY, gent, of this parifh,
16.4^ in
gave the fum of 80/.*- in money f, to
remain as a ftock for ever, to buy 32
wheaten loaves, to be given to as many
poor people at the church, every Sunday,
after morning-prayer. 80- Q:
XVin. Richard FishbournJ, mer-

chant and mercer, in 1625, gave 20/. to
be difpofed of among 60 poor men.. 20' o.
* Old-Table of Benefa6lions, and Stowe;. though the New Survey of London-

makes the Turn 180/. vuK I. p. 316.
•f-
This fura, with 20/. moie, was laid out Oft. 30, 1624, by the provident-
care of the vicar, church-wardens, and veftry-men, in pvirchafing of Robert Smart
a yearjy rent-charge of 6/. loj.. or 32 penny wheaten loaves; ilTuing out of the
George brewhoufe, (now George- yard), in HoUywel-ftreet now payable by John
;
Stevens, in CafUe-alley, near the Royal Exchange, Cornhill. Old fable of Bene-
îons,. and Stowe. Stutzer'S papers, A. 2, 9, \<^, See original deed.
\ Old Tuble of Benefactions,.
XIX. CHRIS'-
OF SHO'RE DITCH. .tS3
In Mo/tey, RerttJ per j4mum»
XIX. Christopher Freeman, gent.*

gave, to the ule of the poor f, loA lo o
XX. William Badgfr, of this parifh,

gardener 1626, gave a filver flaggon-
;[:, in
for the wine at the Holy Communion,
value ao/, 20 o
XXI. Zachary Avlmer §, official to

the archdeacon of London, in 162^5 to-
gether with his brother Edmund Aylmer,
gent. II
gave a filver flaggon for the wine
at the Holy Communion ^. 30 o .
XXJI. A perfon unknown, in 1627,

gave a filver flaggon for the wine at the
Holy Communion**. Value 20 a
XXIII. John Leavys, weaver, in 1618,
gave a filver chalice and cover for the wine.
at the Holy Communion •j-f.
* Old Table of Benefactions. —

He was buried July 20, 1625.
fThis benefaction, with others, making up the funi of 305/. lOi. was laid out>
Nov. II, 1647, in purchafing, of Conradiis Hewett, 4 freehold tenements in
Hoxton, which- were leafed oiii to the faid Hewert, at zzL per ann. for 61 years,
eommencing at Chrirtmas, 1647 and to Edward Taylor, 'or 6i years, commencing
•
Michaelmas, 1680, at 'jL per ann. now to Francis Vanderwalls, of Crutched-friars,

from Michaelmas, 1741, for 09 years, at 7/. per ann.
X Old Table of Benefaftions, and,!~>towe.
§ He died, and was buried at Shoredirch, Aug. 3, i6if. (Parirti-regifl-er.)
jj
He died, and was buried at Shoreditch,, July 29. 1627. '(Parifh-regifter.)
<|f
Old Table of Benefaftions, and Stow(>,
** Stowe, and Smtzer's Papers.
-f-f Old Table of Benefa£îoPs, and Stowe.
XXIV. WiL^-
25+ • HISTORY AI?D ANTIQÛITIES
In Money, Rmli ptr jlnnum,
£ s. £ s.
XXIV. ^ViLLiAM Wood, gardener, of

this parilTi, i6a8, gave a filver chalice
in
and cover "for the wine at the Holy Com-
munion as i^llo 4 pewter flaggons *.
;
XXV. Isabel Jackson, widow of Wil-

liam Jacklbn, _y,rocer, of this parifli, in
1628, gave a filver patin for the bread at
the Holy Communion f.
ItcfJi. She gave an annuity | for ever
of 2/. ilTuing out of Squire's Rents, being
one houle North of Black Swan-alley, in
Holly wel-ftreet, and the feveral houfes in
the faid alley, nuw payable to Ralph Har-
wood, efq. 2 o
XXVI. Joan Smales, alias Cooke, of

this parifli §,- in i6a8, gavejj, by deed,
dated July 25, 1628, a leafc of a houfe
in Holly wel-ll:reet, for a thoufand years,
* Old Table of Benefaîons, and Stowe.

•\ Old Table of BeiictcriitioiiS, and Stowe. —
Fe was buried at Shoreditch, Sept.
15, 1612; and (he. May 3, 1634. (Parifh-regifter.)
X Old Table of Bentfadiions, Maitland, and Snuzer's Papers.

§ She was widow of Mr. Cooke, but married John Smales, March 2, 1619.
—
She was buried iVTarch 7, 1628. (Parifli-regifter..)
Thomas Stowe makes the gift to be 40/. :o the poor; it fliould le forty {hil-
II
lings yearly, befides the allowance for fermous. —

The hcuie indeed was !e. led to Mr.
Bifhop, 4/ per ann. for three years from Chriftmas, i6tii, but
at now on Im.": to
Richard Crippin, at 7/. per ann. for twenty-one years from Ladv Day 17^,6 ; now
payable by William Syinmonds, of Portifmouth, brewer. Old Table of Beae-
fadions, and Stutzet's Papers.
at
OF SHOREDITCH. 2^5
i« Money, Rents fer Annum
^ J-. £ s
at the rent of a pepper-corn, to the fol-

lowing ufes, .viz.
'
7 ^
1. For four fer mons : on St. Stephen's
day ; on the Purification of the Virgin
Mary ; on St. John the Baptift ; and on
St. Michael the Arch-angel ; i os. each
fermon.
2. The remainder of the rent to the
ufe of the poor that Ihall be prefent at ^
hearing the faid fermons.

"
XXVII. Mr, Jackson, brickmaker, of
this parilh, in 1629, gave to the church,
a great brafs candleltick, with branches *.
XXVIIL Mrs. Roe, of this parifh, in

1629, gave a purple velvet carpet, em-
broidered in the middle with I H S, with
gold and filk, for the Communiontable;
and alfo a black velvet hearie- cloth, with
a cufliion for the pulpit of the fame, edged
with gold and filk fringe'i\
XXIX. ~
BERNARD Hyde, efq % in.
1630, gave 4/. loj'. to be diftributed once
* Old Table of Benefafl:'on<;.

f Old Table of Benefatt ns, and Stutzer's Papers.
>
% He was, I believe, a benefatlor ro the parifliefs of St. Andrew, Un(5erfhaft,

ind St. Dunftan in ihe E»(l:. New View of London, vol. I. pp. 121, 215. Old
Table of Benelaftions.
in
6
*5S HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES

In MoKiy, Btnfs fir Ainum.
£ s, £ s,
in ten years fucceflively for ever ^-^ to 1

poor widows, or maidens, at $s. each, re-
fiding in this' parifli ; whereof Salters' wi-
dows and daughters (if there be any) are
to be preferred f. 410
, XXX. Capt. James Slade, fervant to,
the Eaft India Company, in 1630, built a
gallery on the South lide of the church,
with a long between that and the
feat
North gallery, for the catechifing youth
out of the pulpit J.
XXXI. Henry IJodge, of this parifh,

citizen and brewer, of London, in 1632, j :;
did, by his laft will §, dated Sept. 21,

1632, give, after the deceafe of his wife
Joyce, one yearly rent-charge of 5/. as. ||
to be beftowed by is. a week for ever in

bread, among the poor of this parifh, on
Wednefdays. 5 4
Item. He gave a diaper-cloth for the
Communion-table ^F-
* This benefaction is to be^ paid by the Salters' company, whereof he was a

memter.
•\ The laft payment was due and received at Chriflmas, 1741. Stutzer's Papers.
^ Old Table of Benefaftions, and Stowe.

§ See copy of the will, and Old Table of Benefa.iftions.
|iIfluing out of 4 meffuages and a brewhoufe, then known by the [name of the]
Bell, in Shoreditch, and occupied by John Byde, efq. and now by Ralph Harwood.
«fq.
f Old Table of Benefaflions, and Stowe.
Item.
OF SHORED ITCH. ^
257
In M'lnty. Rmli fer Annum.
£ s, £ s.
Item. He gave.a table of benefa6lions,

which was let up in the chancel, near the
Communion-table, in 1 6 33, which is
either perifhed or loft.
XXXII. Margaret Draynor, widow *

of Thomas Draynor, efq. afterwards lady
St. John, in 1633, was a benefa6lrefs, but
the fum unknown f.
XXXIII. John Noble, of this parifh,
citizen and tallow-chandler of London |,
and another perfon unknown, in 1633,
gave certain monies for two fermons yearly
for ever^, the one on Nov. 5, and the
other on St. John's Day, at Chriftide,
againft exceflive gaming for which the ; <
vicar is to have thirty fhillings. i 10

Item. He gave, by will, 2.0 j. yearly
for ever ||, to be diftributed among the
poor ; 1 OS. after each fermon.
* Old Table of Benefaftions. Her hufband, Thomas Draynor, efqt was buried
at Shoreditch, June 4, 1632; and flie married Alexander St. John, Nov. 12,
1633. (Parifli regifter.)
•f- The fum, whatever it was, was laid out, with Mrs. Tice's gifts, in the purchafe
of the parifli-eftate in the Land of Promife, Hoxton, as above, under No.
,XVI. (n).^
X Old Table of Benefaflions but a gardener by trade.
; See copy of his will.
§ Which was laid out, in like manner as Mrs. Tice's and Mrs. Draynor's gifts,
in the purchafe of the parifti-eftate in the Land of Promife, Hoxton.
' See as
above, under No. XVI. p. 251, and No. XXXII. in this page.
This annuity ought to iffue out of his freehold lands in Cock-lane, which cannot
II
now be found. (Sturz«r's Papers.) It was given by his will, dated Sept. 8, and
proved Oft. 10, 1651. (See copy.) —
He was buried Sept. 11, 1651.
L I XXXIV. Tho-
«58 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T I E S
In Money. Mtitli per Aimam,
£ s. £ I,
XXXIV. Thomas Austin, efq. citi-
zen and clothworker, and alderman of
London, in 1634, gave the painted win-
dow * that was at the Eaft end of the third
aileof the old church, but is now the
uppermoft compartment in the large win-
dow over the Communion-table^
The great painted window, which wa&
at the end of the great chanceL in the old
church, and reprefentsf "Our Bleffed
" Saviour diftributing the Eucharift/' and
is now in the lower cofnpartment, in the
large window, over the Communion-
table, was bought J, and fet up by certain,
parifliioners.
XXXV. Robert Gootridge, of this

parifh, in 1634, gave the Three Books-
of Martyrs to the church, with a cafe
—
* Old Table of Benefa<flions. This window contained threellghts ; in the firft,.
is the Vifion of Jacob ; —the fecond, his meeting with his brother Efau ; — and, itv
the third, he is on his knees, with this fcroll proceeding out of his mouth : " Minor
fum cuntlis Miferationibus tins', iyViritate iud quam explevijii Servo, ttw." Gen. xxxii...
10. Over ihefe, in four fmaller lights, are the Evangelifls, with their proper
types : on one fide are the arms of the Ciothworkers' company, viz. Sable, a
chevron Ermine, between two habicks in chief, Argent, and a teffel in bafe the •,
creft, on a torce, is a ram paffant. Or. — On the other fide, a,re the arms of Auftin,
viz. Azure, on a chevron, between three lapwings Or, as many quatrefoils Vert j.
the creft on a wreath, a lapwing Argent. — Beneath is this infcriptioa ; Ex Dono
thotna Aujiin, Civis & Clothworker, Londini, Anno Domini 163.4.
•f-
Itreprefents the Supper of our Lord; his wafliing his Difciples feet; and his
Praying in the Garden ; with the Death of Judas the Traitor,
X Old BenefaaioD-t«js}e.
a of
OF SHORE DITCH. 25?
^ In Monty, Rmtt per Aiuuai'
£ s. £ s,
of wood, grated with iron, to preferve

them *.
XXXVI. Sir John Fenner, knt.

dire6led, by his will, dat^d Nov. 15,
1633, lands purchafedf, and
to be
the tenth part of the produce to go an-
nually to this parifh for ever, to the fol-^
lowing ufes, viz.
I. Six pounds for providing yearly 20

bibles of the canonical Scriptares only,
* Stutzer's Papers.
The purchafe direfted for each afe were fixty and fifty pounds per am. arid of
-J-
his will,made Henry Reade, Thomas Warwick, John Blackifton, and John
Taylor, executors; fince which, the faid Henry Reade, Thomas Warwick, and
John Blackifton, are deceafed ; and John' Taylor, the only furvivor of the faid
Henry Reade, Thomas Warwick, and John Blackifton, with the eftate, did, ac-
cording to the will of Sir John Fenner, purdiafe lands of Henry Finch, efq.
called Godlesford, otherwife Goddelsford Andrew, near Ipfwich, in the county of
Suffolk, of the yearly value of 220/. or thereabout; and, by a decree made in the
high court of Chancery, bearing date the fkft day of June, 1654, it was, amongfl:
other things, adjudged and decreed, that John Taylor, the furviving executor,
ihould, for performance of the faid will, out of the faid lands, affure to the ten
parifhes mentioned in the faid will, lands of the yearly value of i jo/. (that is to
fay) the farm, late Percival's, now Truelove's, being 85/. per am.; and out of the
farm, late Harley's, now Goodale's, -z^L per ann. to make up the full fura
of no/, per ann. (Stutzer's Papers.) it was let to William Worts at 100/.
per ann. fo that the parifh received no more than lol. to their proportion, yearly ;
out of which is abated their part of the land-tax and the lord-rent. (Stutzer's
Papers.) The faid Worts hath come to an agreement with the truftees for a leafe
of twenty one years, to commence at Michaelmas, 1746, at the annual rent of 105/.
for which term the parifhes are to receive 10/. lOJ. a year, clear of all deduftions
whatever. (Stutzer's Paper's.)
N. B. The writings, with a terriar of the lands, are kept by this parifh, and
are in a box, with three locks, in the veftry ; the keys of which are kept, one in
Whitechapel, one at St. George's, Southwark, and the other in this parilh. (Stut-
zer's Papers.)
LI a well-
a6o HISTORY AND ANTKÛITIES
In Money. Rtnts per ylmum,
well-bound and clafped ; to be diftributed

about Eafter, yearly, for ever, by the chief
minifter and church-wardens, to young
perfonSj who are not able to buy them.
2. And five pounds to be diftributed at
Eafter, Midfummer, Michaelmas, and
Chriftmas, among poor fick perfons, for
ever, by the chief minifter, church-war-
dens, overfeers of the poor, and fuch as
they fhall make choice of. (See the will.) ii 9
Item. He gave 40/. in money *, as a
ftock to buy coals yearly, for the poor of
this parilh, at the cheapeft rate.
XXXVII. Thomas Nevitt, gent,

gave to the and parilh of St.
vicar
Leonard, Shoreditch, by his will, dated
June 28, 1633, but not proved till 1638,
the yearly annuity of thirty fhillings : viz.
loj. fermon on Good Friday, and

for a
aoj. to be diftributed among the poor on
the fame day. I o
* Stutzfer's Papers. Old Benefaftion-table makes it 50/. Mr. Maitland reckons

the whole of the benefaftions at 12/. los, per ann.
•f-
This annuity to be paid, with other gifts of the faid Thomas Nevitt, by the
company of Girdlers, London which purpofe he gave the company twenty-four
; for
acres of land in Snave and Orlefton in Kent now let to Peter Belcher, of Egerton,
;
at 19/. a year ; as alfo i io7. to purchafe lands of 67. or houfes of 8/. a year.
XXXVIII. JAS-
OF SHORE DITCH. a6i
In Maniy, Renti ftr ^num.
XXXVIII. Jasper Yardley, gent, in

1639, fecond matter of Guildford-hofpital,
in Surry, gave, by his will *, proved June
20, 1639, the fum of 40/. to this parifh,
to be equally divided into eight fhares, and
to be lent yearly by the vicar and church-
vrardens, upon bond, for one year only,
without intereft, to 8 poor tradefmen and
fhopkeepers, living in the fear of God,
•
and willing to take pains in their trades and

occupations ; but having no great ftocks,
and being young beginners -j-. 40
XXXIX. Mrs. Mary. Par ADiNE, gave-,-

by. indenture J, dated March 25, 164a,-
the fum of ico/. upon condition that
the vicar and church-wardens Ihould.
lay it out § in the purchafe of lands or
houfes,and diftribute the rent thereof
among the poor for ever. 100
* See copy of his will, and Awbrey's Hiftory and Antiquities of Surrey, vol. III.
—
p.^97. He died May 31, 1636, and was buried at Guildford.
f- This is faid to
be given by a perfon unknown, (Old Table of Benefaftions) ;
but appears to be Mr. Yardley, by a veftry-order, Feb. 24, 16.52, when forae of;
his_ benefaftions had been embezzled, and the church-wardens were ordered to
make..fuch embezzlements good, when called upon by a commiffion of charitable
ufes..
+ See original parifli-papers, G. No. 4.
among Old Table of Benefaftions.
§ With Mr. Freeman and others, was laid out iu a purchafe from Conra--
that of
dus Hewett, of four tenements at Hoxton. See No. XIX. p. 253.
XL. Ed-
t6i HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
In Mcaiy. Sail f» Amaih
XL. Edmund Tuberville, alias TuR-

viLE, efq. citizen and grocer, of London,
in 1 64 1, gave to the churchwardens of
St. Leonard, Shoreditch, by will*, the
fum of 5/. yearly for ever f, to be by
them diftributed among the moli poor and
needy in the faid parifh, at their difcretion.
XLL John Byde, efq. alderman of

London, and brewer, of this parifti, gave,
by indenture, dated July 20, 1642 J, the,
leafe of a houfe §, in Holywell-ftreet H,
for 199 years ^; the rent whereof is to
be diftributed in bread among the poor,
as the veftry fhall think meet.
* See copy of the will, dated Jan. 10, and proved Jan. 29, 1641. (Old Table
of Benefaftions.)
-p Payable by the Grocers' company, London, at Grocers' hall, on demand.
(See Will.) —
Recovered by an appeal to a commiflion of charitable ufes. Orders
of Veftry, Sept. 9, 1686.
—
X Stutzer's Papers, B. 3. 'He died, and was buried in Shoreditch, Sept. 16,
1665 his epitaph in the New View of London, vol. L p. 315. (Pari(h-regifter.)
;
§ Formerly in the tenure of Richard Telkue, and now of Richard Tdvey; let
to Mr. White, at 6/. per ann. Veftry-orders, Nov. i, 1661. Old Benefaflion-
table, and Stutzer's Papers, A. 19. —
Leafed to Guy Brian in 1687, and expires at
Chriftmas, 1747.
II
For providing two dozen of wheaten loaves, accounting thirteen to the doên ;
to be diilributed every Sunday after morning-prayer. (Old Table of Benefadlions.)
^ The corner-lioufe on tlie Souih fide of Goddard's Rents' gate, on the Eaft fide
of Holywell-ftreet; on leafe to John Poole, for 31 years, commencing Chriftmas
1747 ; expires Chriftmas 1778.
XLIII. WiL-
OF SHOREDITCH. 263
Jn McHiyt Xmii fir jiniam.
^ s, Is.
XLII. William Fremlin, gave*, efq.
by his will, in 1645, to the poor of this
parifh, towards purchafing of lands and
houfes in fee-fimple, to be diftributed in
fuel for ever, by the church-wardens and
overfeers of the poor. 200 o
XLIII. Mr. Atkinson, of Cree-church,

in 1647, gave a leafe of certain tenements
(the Blue Boar-inn) in Holywell-ftreet, to
the ufe of the poor -f;.
XLIV. John Walter, efq. clerk of the

Drapers' company, London, in1658,
gave certain moneys I for the building and ^
endowing an alms-houfe at Church-end,,

in Shoreditch, for 8 aged, diftreft, quiet^
honeft, and godly, poor widows,, or fingle
* Old Table of Benefaftions ; and his epitaph in the New View of London, Vol.
11. p. 311.T— He died March 13, 1645, and was buried March 25, 1646.^ See
copy of his will, proved March 17, 1645. This benefadion, with that of Mr.
—
Freeman, and others, was laid out in the purchafe from Conradus Hewett, of four
tenements at Hoxton. . Vide No. XIX. p. 253, and No. XXXIX. p. 261.
Which being not tenantable, were fold by the parilh for the better advantage
t'he poor. —
(Old Table of Benefaftions.) The Blue Boar was leafed to Mr.
Gotterel, during the term of Mr. Atkinfon's leafe, whogave it to the pariflr. Veftry--
orders, Dec. 11, 1647, and Aug. 12, 1661.
\ Old Table of Benefaftions, and indentures between the Drapers' company, the -
vicar, churchwardens, &c. dated Jan. 1.1,, 1658. (Parifl^writings, E. No. 3.)
WO-
a64 HISTORY AND ANT I.QÛ I TIE S
In Money. Rentt fer jinnum.
jC ^' £ ^'
women*; for the building whereof, the
_
parilh purchafed a rood of land f . The
allowance to each alms-woman is ^s.
monthly; and half a chaldron of coals
yearly ; to be paid for ever by the Drapers'
company |.
XLIV- William Rawlins, yeoman,

of this parifli, and vi<51:ualler, in 1658,
gave, by his will §, a yearly rent-charge
of 20 J. for ever, to the church-wardens,
out of a houfe in Hoxton ; i oj. whereof
||
* The women in the fix alms-houfes towards the Weft, to be nominated and
chofen by the vicar, churchwardens, and overfeers, and by all fuch of the parifh
that have born office, within fourteen days after any vacancy ; and the perfon fo
chofen, to be prefented to the company, whom if they rejedl, another meeting muft
be called for a new chance. (Indenture as above.) The two Eaftern houfes to be
difpofed of by the four church-wardens of the Drapers' company, after Mr. Wal-
ter's deceafe.
-j- Of William Wall and Thomas Auftin, for 35/. byjndenture, dated May 31,
1658. (Parifli-writings, E. No.
2.) The building was erefted in the fame
i,
year, but after Mr. Walter's deceafe, on the Nort hfide of Old-ftreec road. (See
infcription on it in the New View of London, vol. II. p. 765.) This building,
with the walls and pump, is to be repaired at the expence of the parifh ; as it was
In 1671, 1672, and 1710. (Indenture, Jan. 11, 1658; and Veftry-oiders, May
25, 1671; Ofl. 3, 1672; June 13, 1710.)
The Weaver's company pays ds. a year ground-rent to the pariCh for their alms-
houfe. (Stutzer's B.)
X The New View of London makes the monthly allowance to be 5J. vol. II.
P- 765-
§ Dated Sept. 3, and prove<l Sept. 23, 1658. (See copy.) Old Table of
Benefaftions.
The houfe was then inhabited by
II
Hilton, a flocking-weaver, now by
James Latour, gent. The annuity is paid by John Olmius, efq. in Cecil-ftreet in
the Strand. (Stutzer.)
is
OF SH CREDIT CH. 265
In ^lorry. Rents per Annum,
is for afermon yearly, on Dec. 25, between

the hours of eight and twelve in the fore-
noon and 1 oj", to be by them diftributed
;
on the fame day in penny loaves, among

the poor*. i
Item. He gave twenty dozen of wheaten
bread to be diftributed among the poor the
next day after his burial.
XLVI. Richard Saunderson, of this

pariQi, carpenter, in 1638, gave, by
, hi.s
will "[•, 3/. to buy bread for the poor. 3 o

'Item. He gave an annuity of 40^. for
ever +, to buy coats for three old men,
fuch as "his guardians and executors fliould
approve of j to be difpofed of about Mi-
chaelmas. 2 O
XLVII. Thomas Austin, efq. of this

parifh, in 1659, gave to the ufe of the
parifh 100/^. which fum was laid out in
* If the fermon be not preached, and the bread given, according to the will
the honfe difcharged from payment.
is (See will.) He was buried Sept. 5, 1658.
(Pariih-regifter.) Now payable by Gabriel Heath, of Hoxton, bricklayer.
•f-
Proved Od. 2J, 1658. (Stutzer's ^Papers, B. 3. and Old Table of Bene-
faftions.) —
Buried Odl. 5, 1658. (Parifh-regifter.)
X Iffuing out of his tenements at Church-end. It never appears that this annuity
was paid. (Stutzer.)
^ He died
Oft- 30, 1658, (fee epitaph,) and was buried NoV. 6, 1658. (Parifh-
regifter.) See Enquiries after Charitable Legacies of his Widow. (Veftry-orders,
April 6, 1667.)
Mm purchafing
266 HISTORY AND ANT I Q^tT I T I ES
In Money. ' Rcnii f»' j/mbtu
purchafing of Thomas Auftin, his fon and

heir, a piece of ground*, abutting Eaftward
on tlie church-yard, and fince added to
it. 100
Item. He gave, for feven years after
his death, 60/. per ann. t to put out poor
houfekeepers' children apprentices ;|:.
XL,VIII. Anthony Bennet, of this

pariQi, viflualler, in 1659, gave §, by
will, an annuity of a/, to be dillributed
among the alms-people every Chriftmas-
day, yearly, during his leafe of twenty- ||
three years, of 5 tenements at Church-

end. X
XLIX. Alexander Jones, of London,

merchant; in 1661, gave, by his wîll ^,
the fum of 50/. to the minifter and church-
* It is a copyhold, lies in the parifh of Stepney; was furrendered at a courr

baron, Dec. 14, 1671, for the ufe of a burial-place for ever. (Old Table of
Benefadiions, April 8, 1674. Stutzer.)
\ See copy of the will, proved Dec. 15, 165,8.
+ Regard to be had to the pariflies of Slioreditch, St. Botolph Biirmfgate,
and Twickenham.
§ Old Table of Benefaftions. — He was buried Dec. 27, 1659. (Parifti-re-
gifter.)
II
This leafe commenced at Michaelmas 1657 ; and expired at Michaelmas 1680.
His executors were MelTrs. Rainbud and Coleman, who were to be freed from
the payment by nothing but the cafuahy of fire. (Old Table of Benefaftions.)
51" See copy of the will, dated May 5, 1660; and proved 0£l. 16, 1661.
wardens
;
OF SHARED ITCH. a67
In }\hn€f. Renti per jlvium,
wardens, to be lent*, by 25/. a piece,
to two inhabitants, upon good fecurity, at
the yearly intereft of 4 per cent. The

faid intereft to be by them diftributed
among the poor. 500
Item, He gave a filk-ftocking frame -f-,
with be diftributed weekly,

its profits, to
on every Lord's day for ever, in bread and
money, among the poor who frequent the
church.
L. Love Branson, of this parifli,
weaver, in 1661, gave 50/. for the ufe :|:
of five poor decayed mafter-weavers in it

loj. to be paid to each of them yearly,
out of the intereft of it, at Michaelmas §. 50 o
Item. He gave, by will, a table for
benefadtors ||
names ; but, his widow and
* But this leafe failing, the whole was loft beyond recovery. (Old Table of
Benefaftions.)
•f-
It was in the poffeffion of John Shardfon, of Spitalfieldsj but, the occupant
being unrefponfible, and embezzling it foon after the donor's death, the parifli was
forced to accept of a fmall fum of money in lieu thereof. (See will, and Old
Table of Benefaftions.) Veftry-orders, Dec. 10, 1663.
+ See copy of will, proved Dec. 16, 1661.' Buried Dec. 3, 1661. —
(Parifli-
regifter.)
.
§ Old Table of Benefaflions.
—
^This gift, with feveral others, mentioned in this
table, was laid out in purchafing of Eleanor Harrow, Dec. 3, 1663, a copy-hold
tenement in Holly well- ftreet, then occupied by Old Guelfon, but let on leafe for
21 years from Chriftmas 1664, to Thomas Harding, at 10/. fer annum; whereof
a building-leafe was granted in 1688, for 71 years, at 6/. ioj. per annum; fince
paid by William Bewley, fhoemaker. (^Stutzer, A. No. 9, 4, ii^ 19, andB. 3.)
Wherein he defigned his own legacy to be fairly written and commemorated.
II
(See copy of the will.)

Mm 2 ' executrix
a68 HI STOREY AND ANTIQÛITIES
In Money. Sailt ftt <*www».
executrix pleading poverty, it could never

be obtained.'
LI. Thomas Webb,, of this parifh,

bricklayer, in 1662, by his will*, dated
June 8, 1 66 1, gave, after the death of
Mary, his wife, his freehold-lands called
Copthall, at Church-end,, to the pre-
lident and governors of Chrift's hofpital,,
London, on condition that they receive,
cloath, and educate, three children, born
in this parifli, recommended f by the
church-wardens and overfeers of the poor r
and, when they are of age, they be ap-
prenticed, and
with each of
5/. given
them and, at the expiration of the under
:
leafes to William Grey and George Erner-

~
fon, lix children are then to be received,
educated, and apprenticed, in like manner^
for ever:|:.
Lll. Mrs. Snowe, of Golden-lane §,

'
gave to the poor's ufe, 50 o
* Old Table of Benefadîons, and Stutzer's Papers, A. 4, 11. B. 3. —Buried atr

Bethlara, Sep. 27, i66z. (Parifh -regifter.)
•f-
Three children were put Mar. 12, 1673; and as often
in, Veftry-order, as a.
vacancy fh'all happen.
^ The leafes expire 1753. (Stutzer.)
§ Old Table of Benefaftions; Mr. Maitland fays Mr. Snowe, and makes the.
benefaftion 2/. 10s, pr annum.
LIV. A
OF SHORE DITCH. ^^9
In Money, Jienfi fer Annum^
LIIT. A perfon Unknown ••'=, by the name

of God's Providence, gave, '
.50 o
LIV. Sir George Stawood, of Clerken-
vvelH,. in 1663, gave to the poor, 10 o
LV, Mr. Browne, in 1663 4!, gave to

the poor, 10 o
LVL John Wild, gent, of Edmonton,

but formerly of this-parifh, in 1664, gave
to the poor's ufe for ever, two copyhold
tenements on the Weft fide of Hollywell-
§,
ftreet, to buy on or about the feaft of St.
Bartholomew, cloathing of Northern kur-

ieys for fix poor women ; and the refidue
of the rent to be diftributed in bread,
among the poor, every Lord's Day. 6 o
LVII. Edward Gabry-, alias Gabet,.
citizen and merchant, in i566, gave, by
his will, to the poor's ufe of this parifii |[, 20 o
* Old Table of B-nefaftions.

f Ibid. % Ibid.
§ One
of thefe was in the tenure of Robert Woodcock, which came to the
pari-fh upon the donor's death, Dec. 1664; and Woodcock's leafe expired in
1694;
rent 8/. ftr annum. They were furrendered in court of the manor of Stebtmheath,
March 12, 1664. The other was in the tenure of John Lodge, and came to the
parifh on the death of the donor's widow Sufanna. Ledge's 'eafe expired in 1667;
rent ^j/. per annum. (Old Table of Benefaftions.)
They were both out Jan. 9, 1699, upon a leafe of 61 years, to James Ware
let
;
rent 6/. pr
annum. Now paid by Mrs. Mary Loubier. (Stutzer's Papers, A. i j^
19,) See copy of will, proved Jan. 12, 1664.
It was paid by his executor John Gabry, Dec. Old Table of Beae-
II 5, i666.
faftions, and Stutzer's Papers, A, 5.
LVIII. John
zio HISTORY AND ANtI QÛ I TIE S
I
In Money. ênfs per ^nmm,
X J- £ s,
LVIII. John Ferrer, efq. of tMs parifh,
in 1670, gave, by will, the fum of 50/.
which was paid to the parifli, and the in-
tereft thereof is to be applied to the follow-
ing ufes*-, viz. 50 o
For a fermon to be preached on Eafter-
Monday, loj-.
To be given to the poor in bread, loj-.

To putting out a poor child apprentice,
2/. OS.
LIX. Mr. Litchfield,1675, gave to in

this parifli t100/. the interelt to be an-
nually, for ever, diftributed to twelve poor
men. 100 o
LX. Allen Badger, of Haggerftone,

in this parifh, gent, in 1676, gave, by
his will I, 10/. to the poor, to be laid out
every year in buying coals, to be fold to
them prime coft.
at 100
Item. He gave to the vicar and church- •
wardens, th€ leafe§ of his houfes in
* Old Table of Benefaftions. Veftry-order, May 15, 1671 ; and Stutzer's

Papers, A. 5, 2.0, 21. —
^He was buried April 2, 1670. (Parifli -regifter.) See
copy of will, proved May 26, 1970.
-f-
Stutzer's Papers, A. 5.
His will was dated Feb. 7, i«J74, and proved June 23, 1676.
;{:
See copy.
(Parilh-writings, F. No. 6.)
§ See title to his houfes. Pafi(h- writings, F. No. 5.
c Sharp's
OF SHORED ITCH. 271
/« Mqiuv. Koifi Mr jfntum-
Sharp^s Norton -Falgate, in truft,

Alley,
that they (hould fave and employ the en- »
creafing rent in building lix alms-houfes
for lix poor aged men of the parifh * and ;
for endowing f them with 9/. per annum^

fo that each of the alms-men may have
i/. loj". per annwn.
Item. He gave the reverfion of his

freehold eftate in Whitechapel and Step-
ney, to the poor of this parifh for ever,
after the deceafe of his brother's fon, and
in default of right heirs of his kindred,
for building and endowing twelve alms-
houfes %.
Richard- Jervies, citizen and

LXI.
draper of London, in 1680, gave, for
arching the fewer in the church-yard, 20/.
* Accordingly, a piece of ground was purchafed for 20/. %s. of Daniel Badger,
and Jonathan Parker, Jan. 20, 1697; thereon the houfes were built, and a de-
claration of truft was made Mar. 30, i6q8, wherein the three furviving^ rruftees
were to appoint a new lucccfliori. Parifh-writings, F. No. ^, 3, 4. (Stutzer's
Papers, A. p. 5, B. p. 4.)
The grounds are faid to be given by Dan. Badger ; (Veftry-order, Feb. 15, 1697)
and to contain 9 fquare rod and 152 feet, infcription on them. See New View of
London, p. 765.
f Though thefe houfes were built in 1698, yet they could not have their full
endowment till the expiration of the leafe, which had 20 years to come the rgnt
:
then' being no more, than 6/. êr annum. (New View of London, vol. I. p. 765;
and Maitland, p. 659.)
\ See an account of his heirs and relations. Parifli-writiDgs, fol. 6.
Qfi
173 HISTORY AND A N T ICÛ I T I E S
In Money, 'Rcntt ftr ^^nnim.
•on condition that the parifli fhall lay out

2CS. yearly to buy cloth, to niakefliirts and
ihifts for fix poor men and women*. 2,0 o i O
He gave, by deed of
Item. gift, to the
•of company Weavers, London fum of
the
-f-,
I do/, on condition that the faid company

Ihall pay for. ever to this parifli the fum of
2/. yearly ; and the fame fum to the parifli
of St. Giles, Cripplegate, for binding out
a fon of a poor weaver in each parifli an
apprentice]:. 100 o 40
LXII. Sir Charles Pitfield, knt. in
1680, gave, by will §, to the poor, the
fum of 50/. and one acre of land in Laf-
Hoxton, for ever ||, or a houfe
terne-field,
for the poor to dwell in, as the minifter
and churchwardens fliall think meet,
* This money was accepted, on condition to be-clifpofed of on Chii'''fnas Eve,

bv the gift of three poor
Ihirts people
to threein Hoxton liberty, of civil life and
. onverfation ; and to three of the fame qualities in Holywell liberty. If the g ft be
omitted^ the money to be returned to the laid Richard Jervies, his heirs, or execu-
tors. Veflry-order, Oft. 6, i6Si; Stutzer's Papers, A. p. 5.
'\- The Weavers' company gave bond to the parifh for performing thefe con-
(]itions, July 15, 17CO, (Parilh writings, G. No. 7,) as they did before to the
benef.idor, Dec, 25, 1692. (Stutzer's Papers, A. p. 5, 11, and B. p. 4.)
X If no fuch boys
to be found, then the money to be diftribucV/ imong twelve
poor widows of Weavers in each parifti, at 3^. 4^. each. (Stutzer s Papers, A.
pp. II, and B, p. 4.)
5,
§ See copy of his will, dated Odt. 9, and proved Oft. 19, 1680. So fettled by
a commiffion of charitable ufes, July 2, 1685. Stutzer's papers, A. a, 6, andB.'
4i Veftry-order, April 25, i68g.
To have 5/. diflributed yearly on Chriftmas Eve, in bread or cloth.
IJ
upon
OFSHOREDITCH. in
In Money. X/nti per .itnhum.
£ s. is.
upon condition a pew ^•-
in the church and
a vault for a burying-place for the family
be referved. -
50 o 50
LXm. Samuel Saunders, weaver, of
this pari fli, in 170a, gave 200/. by his
wilH, for purchafing an eftate ia truft for
the following ufes for ever % ; viz. 8/. per
annuMf to be laid out in cloathing three
poor freemen and three widows of the
faid company, upwards of fifty ; two out
of Norton Falgate liberty, two of Shore*
ditch parifh, and two of Biftiopfgate ; to
each a coat or gown, value i%s, a pair of
fhoes and ftockings, value 6s. \ and in
nione, aj. ^d%. ao.o o 80
Item. He gave 200/. to be laid out I|
in lands, to the yearly value of 8/.
* The pew
and land rcfufed until the land be fettled and confirmed to the parifh
by Veftry-order, Mar. 3} i6gi.
his heirs. Both affured to the femily by parlia-
ment, in an aft for rebuilding the parilh'church, 8 Geo. II. 1734.
\ See copy of his will, dated Aug. 11, and proved Aug. 26, 1^02. Parifh-
writings, B. Stut. papers, A. 6, B. 4.
X This is payable by the Weavers' company on the firll Monday in Oftober,

yearly. Stut. Papers, A. 12, 15.
§ If neither poor weavers that are freemen, nor the widows of freemen are to.
be found, then the fame allowance is to be made to poor weavers and poor weaver's
widows in each parifli, upwards of fifty years of age. Stutzer's Papers, B. 4.
This legacy was laid out in the purchafe of a farm, called Toogood's, at
11
Tillingham, in Eflfex; now let at 19/. per ann. and payable to the overfeers of
Norton Falgate, who pay the parilh three-êighths of the produce annually. Stut.
Papers, A. 12, 15.
'
N n Three-
a74 HISTORY AND ANTICÛITIES
Three-eighths of the produce to be dif-

tributed in bread, among the poor decayed
weavers, houfdceepers, refident within
the colle<Slion-book for the Long-alley
watch, every firft Friday in the month. aoo o 8 la
LXIV. Samuel Benson, efq. in 1700,

gave to the pariQi a pulpit-cloth of purple
velvet*, with gold orrice upon the feams,
and I HS
embroidered in the middle,, with,
the date of the year 1700 in gold; with
a culhion of the fame for the pulpit.
Item. A carpet for the communion-
table of the fame, marked I H S, with the
date of the year 1700 in the fore part;,
as alfo a cufhion of the fame for the com*
munion-table.
Ifem. A cloth of purple velvet for the
wall at the back of the eommunion-table,^
with a dove embroidered with filver, and.
the date of the year 1700 embroidered
with gold.
LXV. Elizabeth Benson, firft wife-
of Samuel Benfbn, efq.. ia 1710, of this
* Thefe wer-e all ftripped of their gold and filrer orrice and embroidery by fome
rogues concealed themfelves in the churcb> and the velvet that was good was
who
employed ia the furniture of the new church..
pariiity
,
OFSHOREDITCa 175^
I» Monty. Renfs fir Annum,
parilh, gave*, by will, a 00/. towards

€re6ting a workhoufe for maintaining the
poor of the faid parifti.
LXVI. Samuel Harwar, citizen and

draper, London, gave-f, by will,
of
to the Drapers' company, money and lands,
towards ereiSling and endowing X an alms-
houfe for fix men and fix women, three of
each fex to be placed by the Drapers' com-
pany, and the other three out of the parifh, , ,
where the faid alms-houfes ftiould be

eredled which were erecSled in the year
:
1713, on the Eaft fide of Kingfland road,

in this parifli §. The allowance to each
perfon is 6s. a month, and 18 bulhels of
coals yearly.
Ifem. He gave, by will to be dif- " J
||,
tributed among the poor, 75 o
LXVII. Susannah TRioe, gentle-

woman, gave to the parifli the fum of
* The was paid May 5, 1726, upon the ereSIng the workhoufe
fuiti-princlpal
at Hoxton, as the had been till that time. Veftry-ordcrs, Jan. 2, 1723 {
intereft
—
May 7, 1724; April 7, 1725; May 5, 1726. She died Dec. 19, 1710.
•f The benefaôr's lands in Kent were left for the maintenance of the poor refiding
in the fame alms-houfes. Stnt. Papers, B. and Maitland.
The parifli agreed in veftry to thefe conditions ; as alfo.to repair and uphold
:j:
the faid houfes. Veflry-orders, Jan. 3, and Jan. 24, 171 1. Stut. B.
§ Maitland's Hiftory, p. 670.
I See Veftry-order, Dec. 8, 1704.
N n 2 30/.
—
30/.* to be laid out, or fo much of it as

Ihould be requifite, in purchafing a velvet '
pall, for the ufe of the poor. 30 o

LXVIII. David Vollet, citizen and
glazier of London, gave for ever, by will -f-,
after the death of Elizabeth Knight, his
daughter, without heirs, fix houfes %, Sec. in
Kingfland-road and Ball-yard one moiety j
to the poor of this parifli, the other moiety

to the poor of the French church, m
Tbreadneedle-ftreet. 20 o
LXIX. Alexander PiTFiELD, efq. of
Hoxton, in 1736, gave the fum of aoo/. §
towards eredling a workhoufe. 200 o
Item, A farther legacy |j,
to the fame
tife, in 1^28, 200 6
LXX. Richard Wallis, of this pariih, '
citizen and painter-ftîiner, of London,

gave, by will proved April 1 1, 1727, the
* See Order ©f Veftry, May 11, r^ '4; as alfo for purehsî^ att Iron chefl, fw
the better fecurirg the pall and the parilh plate»
-f"
Dated Mar. 6, 1724. Stut. Papers.
X Two of the faid houfes on the road-fide, and two in Ball-)'ârd, are on leafe to
Mark Ward; comnnenced at Lady day, 1738, and expires at Lady day, 1769;
rent 24/. 10/. —
moiety 12/. 55, The other two on the road fide are on leafe to
Thomas Dixon J commenced at Lady dayy 173S, and expires at Lady day, 1769$
rent 15/. loj. —
moiety 7/. i^s.
§ See Veftry orders, April 7, 1725 ; and Aug. 17, 1725.
U By will, proved Oa. 23, 17*8. *

— —
0FSH0RE3DITCM, til
In Momy, Rtnli per Amum.
fum of %or. to be diftributed among the

poor; with fome reverfionary contingen-
ees, which ceafed on the death of his
niece, «- Mrs. Mafon, and her hufband.
LXXI. , Thomas Fairchild, of this-
parifh, gardener, in 1729, gave, by hi&

wiUf, the fum of. 25/. to the truftees of
the charity fchool and the church-wardens,^
to be by them placed out to intereft, for
the payment of aos. annually, for ever^
for a fermon on Whitfun-Tuefday in the
afternoon, on the " Wonderful Works of
" God in the Creation ;" or on the " Cer-
" tainty of the Refurredlion of the Dead,
" proved by the certain Changes of the
** Animal and Vegetable Parts of the
" Creation." 25 o
LXXIL Eight new were pur-

bells
Chafed %y and hung, for the moft part by
voluntary
* She died Jan. 20, 1731 j he died Sept. 17, 17^3. (See copy of his Will.) Mr.
Wallis died April 10, 1727.
•f See copy- of his will, dated Feb. i, 1728, and proved Oft. 23, 1729. He —
died Oft. 10, 1729.
X Their infcription and weight are what follows,, viz^
Jt proper Times my T raife,
I. Voice
And found to my Subfcribers Fraê.)
l
_««_ 7 I 7
II. — Thomas Letter made Me, ~—^ — 7 313
15 o 20
HI.—
—
a;^ HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES

Jn Mmiy, Rain ftt jlnnim.
voluntary fubfcription *, in 1739, ^* t^®

expence of 800
•nut.
Brought Forward.
—Thomas
III. made Me. Lefter
I —Thomas
v. made Me. Lefter ^
V. —Tho. Dunn, Wm. Gofwell, builderi^ of the church.

'
Thomas made Me.

Lefter -
VI.—Hen. Wheatley, and John Hart, church-
lefturer,
warden, 1739. Thomas made Me. Lefter
VII.— and John
Rich. TillQey, church-wardens, Hiller,
1739. Thomas made Me. Lefter
—John Denne,
VIII. Wm. vicar, Tillard, efq. tceafurer
to the truftees for rebuilding the parilh-church.
* Money ralfed by voluritary fubfcription, —

By metal of the old bells
By fines of parifli-offices, as by order of veftry. Mar. 31, 1740,
The principal fubfcribers were.

Rev. Dr. John Denne, vicar, and archdeacon of Rochefter,
Cornelius Witternoom, efq. — —
William Tillard, efq. -_ _ _
John Smart, efq. — — —
Nathaniel Chandler, efq. — —
John Calvert, — efq. — ^ —
Paul Heafch, efq. — — —
Cornelius —
Jeffon, efq. — —
Rev. Mr. Henry Wheatley, — lecturer,
Mr. James Harwood, — — —

The expence is as follows, viz. -^
For {6 cwt. of jr. per

17 lb. — metal, at 61. cwt. 698 8 o
1
o 13
2 cwt.
I
of qr. perlb, —clappers, ac is. lb, n 17 o

Frames and hanging, — — — 90 o o
800 ^ o
LXXIIl. Mr.
OFSHOREDITCH. 879
In Manej, Stntt fit Jhmm
L XXIII. Mr. Thomas Lester, in

confuleration of its being the firft peal he
had caft on his own account, in 1740,
gave, for the life of the parifh, 10 O
LXXIV- Mrs. Mart Drought, of
Iflington, in gave ao/. towards
1740,
eredting a marble-font, and purchafing the
new branches and chains in the church ^. ao a
Item. By her will, to poor houfe- .
keepers, which was diftributed accordingly

by the church-Wardens, 10 O
LXXV. Mr. Richard Bowles, mafon,

of this parifh, in 1 740, gave the marble*
flab for the communion-table^
LXXVI. Mr. Ralph Fordham, ca-

binet-maker, of this parifh, in 1740,
gave the mahogany-frame for the com-
munion-table.
LXXVII. The ornaments, Ten Com-

mandments, &:c^ at the Eaft end of the
church, were done, in 1740 f, by a
voluntary fubfcription of 45 i©
* The whole expence of thefe was 105/. of ^^hich, fome Was- raifed by fines for
pari(h-ofEces.
•i" They were painted by Mr. Thomas Seaton, as were tbe figures of Mofes and;
Aaroo.
LXXVm. Mr,
*8q history akd ANTIQÛITIES
,
Li Money, Rents ftr Atmm,
£ s. >£ s.
LXXVIII. Mr. Thomas Paq£, of this
parifh, in 1740, gave the piaures of Mofes
and Aaron, as painted at the Eaft e^d of |-
the church.
LXXIX. The parifhioners raifqd, by a

voluntary fubfcription *, in 1742, the
fum of 150/. towârds purchafing the
church-clock and dials, and towards the
well- fencing and railing the Weft end of
the church-yard towards, the ftreet. 150 o
LXXX. Mary Wicks, gentlewoman,

of New Windfor, Berksj gave,, by willf,
the fum of 10/, to be diftribytiod among
poor houfekeepers ^. 100
«
LXXXI. George. Cranstqn, g^t.

by a codicil annexed to his will, gave the
intereft of 4200/. reduced bank annuities,
in 1761, to the poor inhabitants not
receiving alms' for ever.
* The
TheRev. archdeaeon Denae,
William Tillard,
John Smart, a»ct
efq.
Jobs
—
principal fubfcribera were,
\icar,
Calvtrt, efqrs.
g,n4CoroeUg^Wil:teroqom,
—
—
—
efq.
330
— 440
£
10 10
s. d.
o
"f"
Bearing date Sept. 18, 1741, and proved Feb. 4, 17^4.
I By. Mr. Dieone» and the pajjiflv-ckrk.
Note —
For the particulars of houfes fituate in Blue Aochor-allcy, Limehoufe,
refer to papers io eiii^ iooa cbefl in the vellEyicooDo.
Additions-
OFSHOREDITCH. «5i
Additions to Dr. Denne's Regifter of Benefactionsi.
I. In a MS. in the Augmentation-office of the time of

Henry VIII. is
"P'ochia Sti Leonard! 1 TFirma unius tenetn' ib'm cum om'bus t.
" in Shorediche com' p^'^l ^"'^ P*^'"' '" tenuiaWiiri Upchurchedc

" Midd'x. I anno * I
" Memorandum'— this tenement was given by Angell John's widowe to the churchc-
" wardens of the faid p'ifhe to thentente that they (huWe yerely for ever difcharge
" the pore people in the faid p'iftie of all manner of dewtes and charges to be payd
" and borne by any fuch pore people at Eafter as fpr the 4 offerynge dayes for tl^
" how/cU and pafcall Jight."
From another MS. in tlie fame office f , . it appears, that the

vakie of her gifts, at the time of the Diflblution of Religious
Houfes, amounted to cxixj. viij^.
II.Page 247, No. yi. William Peake. ^The lands, &c. —

af this benefa(5tor are the prope;;ty of Lord Sommers, and are
held by a leafe of 1000 years from Chriftmas 1690, at 2s. 6d.
per ann. The Iqafe was purchafed by the late Edward Lambert,
gent, and, after the death of his widow Chgrlotta, was fold by
au<îon, March 15, 1792, to Robert Mutter, of Little Mopr-
•* Thp gr,^jvtc« at
'
the diflblution of Religious Houfes were Henry Tanner and
Thomas Bowker. - . '
^
•\ xxxiv. 126.
O o fields,
282 HISTORY AND ANTIQJJITIES
fields, who built a town upon the
little eftate. Mr. Peake
charged it with the annual payment of
£ s. d.
To the Debtors in the Poultry Compter - 600
To the Debtors in Wood-flreet Compter - 600
To
To
the Poor of Shoreditch Paridi - -
the Poor of Wellingborough in Northamptonfliire

540
540
2280
III. Page 247, No. vn. Robert Brainsworth. — In the
marriage- regifter " Robert Braynforth
of Shoreditch, we have
" and Helen Laramore widow. Mar. 14, 1593-4."
IV.Page 252, No. XVII. Nicholas Wilkinson, alias

TooLEY, was one of the unnamed aflbciates of Shakfpeare,
Butbadge, and Hemmings, at the Globe; and was one of the
©riginal adtors, of Shakfpeare's chara(£lers. His will is printed
at large in Mr. Chalmers's *' Apology for the Believers in the
" Shakfpeare Papers -*." '
V. Page 252, No. XVIII. Richard Fishbourne was a

native of Huntingdon. His funeral-fermon was preached at
Mercers' Chapel, May 10, 1625, by Nathaniel Shute, re€tox
of St. Mildred in the Poultry, which was afterwards publiftied
with the title of Corona Charitatis^ on Nehem. viii. 14. -f
At page 25 of this fermon, the preacher informs his
readers, *' fiiCh was the death of this thrice-worthy gentleman^
** whom death too foone for vs, though too late for himfelfe,
** hath, with dn Habeas Corpus^ removed intd another world."
* Pp. 4>o, & feqq. \ 4to. 1626.
Mr.
O F S HOR E DITC H. ^h
Cha-
Mr. Fifhbourne lies buried in the Ambulatory of Mercers'
I)el ; and, on the fide
of his tomb, is this infcription :
" Richard FiHiborne Mercer

" A worthy Benefa6lor
" Died 8 April 1625."
VI. Page 27c, No. LX. At.len Badger '' —

Six alms-
" houfes for fix poor aged men;" or, (faith the pariih-clcrk's
remarks) fix poor men and their wives.
VII. Page 273, No. LXIII. Samuel Saunders. Note — I|
—
" Toogood's Farm," add Two-good's contained, in 1706, by
eftimation, 1 1 acres of arable land, and 7 acres of pallure,
with appurtenances of barns, out houfes, &c. A leafe of the
houfe and grounds was granted on Sept. '29, 1706, to John
Cook for the term of 7 years. Another leafe was granted to
Sarah Cobbs, bearing date October 22, 17 15, at the yearly rent
of 10/. IOJ-. for the term of ai years, expiring at Michaelmas
1806.
VIII. No. LXXI. Thomas Fairchild.

Page 277, Little—
more is now difcoverable of Mr. Fairchild than that he died on
October 10, 1729. Had the ledlure not been eftablifhed at
Shoreditch, it was the teftator's direction (as will hereafter be
mentioned) that it fhould be preached at St. Giles's Cripplegate.
Whether he gave this fecondary preference to the latter parifh.
frorn his having been a native of it, or from his having formerly
refided in during the earlier part of his life, I know not.
it He
publifhed a work, intituled, " The City Gardener containing:
" the moft experienced method of cultivating and ordering

" fuch Ever-greens, Fruit-trees, Flowering Shrubs, Flowers,
O o a *« exotick
!rS4 H I ST OR V AND A N T I QÛ I T I E S
" exotick Plants, &c. as will be ornamental, and thrive beft>

" in the By Thomas Fairchild, Gardener, of
London Gardens.
*' Hoxton. London, lyaa, Price One Shilling." An odtavo —
pamphlet of 70 pages, dedicated to the governors of Bethlem
and Bridewell hofpitals.
Dr. Denne, in the preface to the fecond fermon which he

piibliflied, preached at this le(flure, fays, " I publilh this fecond
'* on the Wijdom and Goodnefs of God in the Vegetable
EiTay
" Creation ; hoping thereby to excite the fame fpirit in others,
" that was in the founder 'of this le6lure, who did according to
*' his ability, when he left the following legacy in his will^
" dated Feb. 21, 1728, and proved 06t. 13, 1729.
*
Item. I give and bequeath to the truftees of the charity-
* children of Hoxton and their fucceflbrs, and the church-
* wardens of the parifh of St. Leonard Shoreditch and fheif
*
fuccelibrs, the fum of 25/. to be by them placed out at in-
< tereft, for the payment of aoj. annually for ever, for the preach-
*
ing a fermon in the faid church of St. Leonard Shoreditch, by
'
the le6turer of the faid pari(h, or fuch other perlbn as the faid
*
tfwftees and churchwardens-, and their fucceflbrs, fliall think
* proper, in the afternoon of the Tuefday in every Whitfun-week
*
in each year on the fubjeit following, viz. The wonderful
*
Works of God in the Creation : or, On the Certainty of the
*
Refurredion of the Dead proved by the certain Changes of tlie
* Animal and Vegetable Parts of the Creation.

*
Aiid in cafe default be made in preaching the faid fermon
'
at the time aforefaid; thfen my will is, that the fum of 25/.
*
fliall be foffeitetl to the churchwardens of the piiriCh of St.
*
C3iles's Crii*plegate, London, on tlie fubje<^ and in the manneY
* aforefaid.
:
OF SHORE DITCH. s,Ss
* afofefaid, by fuch perfon a$ the faid churchwardens and their

* fucceflbrs fhall think proper.'
" This
legacy, you fee, provides but a flender recompence for
" a preacher; and eveii that is hkely to be leffen'd or loft, fince
" hitherto the truftees have not been able to place out the prin-
" cipal money upon good fecurity, fo as to anfwer the yearly
" intereft of aoj."
1
In the dedication to Cornelius Wittenoom, efq. of the next

fermon at the Fairchild ledlure publiftied by Dr. Denne, he
Vi^rites, thus
"'tFaving in my preface to the laft fermOn I printed on the

" like occafion, informed the world of a defign then on foot, to
" make by a voluntary fubfcription fuch an addition to Mr.
" Fairchild's legacy of .35/. as may aiford a generous recom-
^
*', pence to the preachers of this ledture, for their trouble and
" ex|)ence ;.J ought in jurtice to declare, that it is now fo far
*' perfecSled, as that 100/. capita! ftock in South-Sea annuities
*' has-been purchafed and is fo fettled, that the yearly produce
;
•*
thereof fhall be wholly applied to this purpofe as likewife ;
*,* th«t (after the deceale of the parties principally concerned

*' herein) this ftock fhall be transferred to the Pre/ident, Council^
" antl Fellows, of the Royal Society^ as being the moft proper
,*/ perfons, in wliom to repofe and^ perpetuate a truft fo fuitable
"to. the very end, of their incorporation, that of promoting .
• th€ knowledge of Natural Things to the Glory of God, and

^
""
" the Good of Mankind." ^''
It was fettled by indenture dated June 1 1, 1 746.
' ^' '.

The
»36 HISTORY AND ANTICtUITIES
The following is a copy of the Subfcription-roU, dated May
"^
5i ^733» which, in juftice to the memory of thofe perfohs
who contributed toaugmentation of the ftipend, .ought no
th-e
longer to be v/ithheld from the public eye.
" Whereas Mr Thomas Fairchild, late of Hoxton^ Gardener*

" did, by his lalt Will, give and bequeath to the parifli of St»
" Leonard Shoreditch 25/. for the payment of 20s. annually
*' for a ledlûre to be preached in the faid parifli-church on
*' Tuefday in every Witfun-week upon the wonderfuU Works
" of God, &c. Mr. Stephen Bacon, his nephew and execu-
*' tor, who
is fince dead, and others, judging the fum of 25/.
" not fufficient to carry on this excellent defign, propofed a

" voluntary Subfcription to increafe the faid fum of 25/. to
" 100/. Now, towards eftablilhing and perpetuating the
- *' faid leiSture manner, we underwritten do fub-
in the heft
" fcribe thereunto thefe undermentioned fums:
jC s. d.
" Cornelius Wittenoom -^ - -
3 3 ^
Adam Denne - - - - 2 a o
Nathaniel Pretty - - - - 220
Jofeph Bay ley -
-
-
-
-,.
-
-
-220#220
John Calvert
Gyles Dance - - - - 2 2 6
Dirk Wittenoom
-
-
-
-
-
- 220
-320
Hans Sloane
22*
Catharine Walpole
Coleraae - -
-
-
-
-220
-
22 I o
Johrx
OF SHOREDITCH. 287
£
Brought forward
John PhilHps
Charles Cavendifli
Cornelius Lydde
Robert Taylor
John Richards
Robert Myre
John Thorold
Robert Gale
Alexander Stuart
Samuel Horfeman
James Douglas
J. Rauld
John Whormley
Gordon Milbourne
Vincent Bacon
James Powell y
John Goleraine
'* To which Dr. Denne, vicar, added out of

the money he had received for preaching the
faid ledlure 1 5 years
1 ' —
288 HISTORY AND ANT I Q.U I T I E S
Preachers at FAiRctiiLD's Lecture

1730 Rev. Dr. Denne. .
-
17 31 Rev. Henry Wheatley, Lecturer of Shoreditcfa*

1732 Rev. John Bridgen.
1733
-
to Rev. Dr. Denne. , '^
1758
^759
h
Rev. Dr. Stukejey.
17 6 }
17.62 Rev. John Vade, Vicar of Crdydon.
1763 Rev. Dr. Stukeley. . . ;• J
1764 Rev. Michael Marlow,- M. A. ^ r' -^'-l

-
[ 1765 Rev. John" Vade. •* '^
.f
1766 "Rev.Anfelm Baylef, LL. D.

1767 Hev. Henry Owen, M. D* IRedor of St.
"Olave's, "Hart-rtreet.
. 1:...
'
1784I
'
1785 Rev. William Jones, M. A. s t
17^6
17*87
to Rev. Samuel Ayfoougli, FrR. A. S. Si
\jZ
1798J
* Dr.'DenHc, Matt. vi. 28-30. 4to. 1730. Wifdonn of God'in fhe'.Vegeftame-Greatieni-
Gen. i. 1 1-13. 4to. 1733- On the fame.
Pfa. viii. 4-6. God's Regard to Man in his Works of Crea-
8vo. J74S-
o tion and Providence.
4to. 1760. Sermons, intituled, " The Glories of the
Dr, "Stukeley. Gen. i. II. }3
4to. 1763. Vegetable Kingdom difplayed."
Mr. Jones. Gen. i. 12. 4to. 1785. The Religious Ufe of Botanical Philofophy.
Gen, i. 25. 410. 17E6. Confiderations on the Nature and Oeconomy
of Beafts and Cattle.
Gen i. 9, 10. 4to. 1787. Confiderations on the Natural Hiftory of the
Earth and its Minerals.
In 1790, Mr. Jones publiflied 30 Sermons on Moral and Religious 'Subjects, in 2 vols, 8vo.
In the iecond of which the three Fairchild Sermons were re-printed.
IX. In
OF SHOREDITCH.
IX. In 1791, Mr. Henry Trafford * gave five

hundred pounds, four per cent, confolidated annuities,
that the intereft thereof might be divided on the a 6th
r
day of June annually for ever, at the difcretion of
the rainifter f and church-wardens, (they firft de-
duiSling three guineas for their trouble,) among 6
poor widows of the precindt of Hoxton. - 20 o o
X. On 1794, a perfon unknown gave 100 but-

Dec. 24,
tocks of beef, lop quartern-loaves, and 100 Ihillings to be
distributed among 100 poor people of this pariflti, that they
might enjoy a Chriftmas dinner.
* He died Sept. 11, 1791.

'\ It was agreed June 26, 1792, that the vicar and the two churth-wardem
(hbuld elefl two widows each as often as the money (hould be given away, Mrs*
Sarah Hincks, the executrix, being prefent.
P P Original
*5o HISTORY AND ANTICLÎTIES
Original Deeds, &:c.
I.
G *. d. g. Lond. Epus Oibus— falut. Notificamus nos ecctlam Sci Leonardi db-.
Sordig quam contra Ganonicos see Trinitatis London ad dni Regis ptinere donacoenv
in curia fua publice oftenfum eft & plenario comprobatum prefentaeoe dni Regis,
magro Waltero de Witten ctico nro dediffe &conceffiffe, ipfumque in ea pfouam
—
colempniter conftituifle Teftibus Walt, de Conftant Epo Line -f-. Rico Elyens
Arcliido dni Regis Thefaur. Rado Archido Heref. dni Regis Sigillar'. Ganfrid'fil-
Petri, Almarico difpenfar'. Aylwardo Camerar'. Rob. Folet, Rado de Gliilt', Gilb.
Ban Canonicis- Sci Pduli ; Wallo fil. Walttri, Joh. Wyting^ I'ho Briton, Rob^
Foliot,. Cticis..
Reg. Dec. & Cap. A. f. 5.
Ill
Charter of the Church from King JOHN: to Wm, de

Sandtae Mariae Ecclefiae Bp.. of London..
(From. NewG, Rep. L 685.),
•'
Johannes, &c. pro falute anim£e nofti:£e,. & pro anima Dom. Henrici
Sciatis nos
Regis Patris noftri et pro animabus omnium antecefforum noftrorum, etad petitionem
tenerabilis patris noftri in Chrifto Willielmi Lond. Epifcopi, dediffe et conceffifle
praefato Epifcopo, et Ecclefiae Sti Pauli,, London. Ecclefiam de Sordig cum omnibus,
* Gilbcrtuj Foliot.
4 Walter de Conftantiis became bifliop of Lincoln in ii8"3, and was fucceedid by St. Hugh in>
1186; which, with the death of Gilbert Foliot, bifhop of London in the latter end of the fame
year, or the beginning of 1187, fiacs the date of this charter about 1185,
pertinentiis
OF SHOUEDITCH. *9»
Ecclefia
pertlnentiis et libertatibus fuls ad faclendam pra;centonam in prjedifla
S. Pauli, ita quod quicunque praecentor
eandamecclefi^m in praEcentoriam habueref,
fuent, vel per
po anima n\n\ ant'cefforuu. noftrorum per fe C Prefbyter
S. P^"»' '" "^^^/^^/j^^"'
alium Prefbyterum loco fuo in memorata Ecclefia
London, et
miniftrabii. Quare-Quod pr^diOus Epifcopus m ecclefia SPauli per-
de Sordig^cum omnibus
eiufdem ecclefia. precentor prênominatam ecclefiam
fuis, bene et m pace, libere et
tinentiis, libertatibus, et liberis confuetudinibus
Archiepifcopo, E. Lhcns,
quieta, integre & honorifice habeant. Teftibus H. Cant.
H. Sarum, Norwic. Epifc. G. fil. Petri &c. Dat. per manum S. prffipoliti, &c.
J.
apud VVeflm. 26 dLe Mart. Anno5." ^ ^
See alfo Cart. 5 Joan. tn. 8, n. 65.
III.
The Inilrument or Deed of Grant of this Church from Wm. de

Stae Mar-ise Ecclefise to Benedi<5t de Sanfetun, Precentor
of St. Paul's Cathedral.
(From Newc. Rep. Vol. I. p. 685.)
" Omnibus Willielmus Dei gratia, Lond. Epifc. Salutem, ad univcr-

(itatis veftrae notitiam volumus pervenere, nos concefliffe, et autoritate,qua fungi-
mur Epifcopali confirmaffe Benedido de Sanfetun quem
nos in Ecclefia beati
*,
Pauli, London. Precentorise miniftraturis, Ecclefiam de Shordich, juxta ciyitatem
London, fitam, cum pertinentiis, quem venerabilis Dominus Johannes, Dei gratia,
illuftriff. Rex Anglise Precentoriê prjefatae Ecclefise tondon. de petitione et affcnfu
noftro in perpetuum liberalitatem affignavit, quod ut flabile, et inconcuffum per-
feverit in perpetuum prefenti fcripto, et figilli noftri appofitio dignum duximus
confirmandum. Hiis Teftibus
Alardo Decano Ecclefise London.
Ricardo. Archid. Effex.
Magiftro Johanni, Cancellario.
RSt.":::}c»p="--
* Benedia de Sanfetun appears to have been the firft precentor of St. Paul's after that office was
endowed. (Newc. Rep. vol.1, p. 98.) From the precentorfliip he was preferred to the bifliopric
of Rocheiler, confecrated Feb, n, 1115. He died in 1226, (Godwin dcPraeful, RofFen.)
Pp 2 Hen.
Hen. fle Pottern.
Magiftro Michaek.
Wiilielmo de Hatfield.
Johanni de Waltbam.
et pluribus alHs. ,
X)eQds which concern the Houfe inhabited by the Parifh-CIeik

copied from the Original hiftruments in the
Pariih-Cheft, June 28, 1795*.
IV.
<* In Libro Ordinationum Fine Decretore de Terrains
^. Michaelis Anno xxxi Reginae Elizse,
Jovis xvi die 06tb'.
*' MIddx.
Whereas Wm. Thornton heretofore exhibtted hfs bill of complaint agamft Mere-
dith Hanraer, D. D. and vicar of the parifli of St. Leonard Shorediche in the
county of Middx. and otherwife for and concerning the right and title of two
tenements fituate near theparrfli church of St. Leonard in Shorediche aforefaid wich
the faid complainants ciayme by fonn of agreement to him and to Nic£s. Alcherne
deceafed and to theire heires and affignes for ever from Anthony Collins and James
JMulIard who have the fame from her Majeftie by Letters Patent under the great
feal of England to them and their heires granted in fee farme as conceyled land
referving a certaine yearly rent to her Majeftie her heires and fucceffors for the
fame two tenements which fometyme belonged to the faide church of Sr. Leonard
and gyven without lycence in mortmayne to certame chauntrie prieffe and other
perfons for mayntenance of the fante priefte to fay maffe, dirges and other fuper-
ftitious ufes in that church as the plaintiff pretended while the defendent by his
anfwer did denye and claymed the fame two tenements to beparcel of the vicaridge
of the faid parifli church whereof he was and yet is vicar, but which anfwer the pi.
reptyed to and the defendant thereunto rejoyned and fo the plaintiffs defcended to
iffue and fued a comnulTion oat of this court to prove their allegations touching, the
* Tbefe throw fome light on the ftate of the parifli at the time of the Reformation.
prcmifes.
OFSHOREDITCH. 293
premlfes as by tbe fame pleading with the interrogatories and depofitlons certified
and returned into this court and there remayning of record may appeare now upon
fo much as upon full hearinge of the matter before the righte Honorable the Lord
Treafurer and Barons of this Court in the prefence of the councell learned of either
of the faid parties that appertain tiot to this Court by the pifs. proofe that the
premifes- were conceyled, but that well appeared that the fame during memory had
'
beene ymployed to the ufe of a fchole howfe and for the meting for the parifh for
the veftries and for the fufFrygance of the veftrie and wherein the churchrwardens
uled to deliver upp theire accompts to the parilh for fuch things as they had receyved
and done for the ufe of the faid pariQi and that about 50 years fince a mafle prieft was
lodged in a part of the chambers or lodginge over the fchole howfe by the fuffer-
iTance of the parifliioners, and that no vicar of that church within memory ever made
any title or claimeto the faid two tenements or any parcell thereof nor ever took
any proffitt there of fave the defendant onlie and that the fame two tenements have
been during memory difpofed maynetyned and kept by the faid parifliioners to the
ufes aforefaid and for that the defendant proved not that the fame two tenements
ought to belong to the vicar of the fafd church for the time being in right thereof.
Therefore yt is thus ordered and decreed by the faid Lord Trealurer and Barons of
this Court that the faid two tenements fliall at all times hereafter for ever remayne
and contynieu to be ufed as the pofleffion of the vicar and parifhioners of St»
Leonard aforefaid for the lodging a minifter or a fchoje mafter or a parifh dark, in
fuch place where a lodging hath been in ancient tyme and for the ufe of the keeping
of a fchole by a fchole mafter to be nominated by the vicar and parifliioners, and
allowed by the busfliopp of the dioceiTe, and of the faid churchwardens for keeping
therein a veftrie and for the parilhioners to meet in and fuch other good com'on
ufes as the fame hath heretofore been ymployed to without lett disturbance interrup-
tion or impeachment of the plaintiff, his heires or alSgns or of the faid defendant
or his fucceffors vicars of the faid church of St. Leonard, and of all other perfons
whatfoever clayminge by or from or under the faid defendant or any other vicar there,
that hereafter Ihall be or in his or their or any of their rights, or by there or any
of their rights, or by there or any of theire meanes affents or procurements. And
that all fuyies by the defendant commenced at common lawe againfl the plaintiff,
about the prem.fes Ihall be ftayde and that no further fuytes (hall commence againfl
the plaintiff for the fame by any of the faide defendant nor againft the defend^t by
the plaintiflf or his heires or affignes..
Ext. per me Thos. FatJhall.
The Subftance of a Depofitton of Witnefles taken in the Parifh-

Church of St. Leonard Shordytch Middx. on the 19th March
^.j4 H I S TO R V AND A N T I QÛ T I I ES
3ift of Queen Eliz. before Richard Grafton Roger Bowth

Fabian Poftulate alias Smythe apd Wm. Gadlar by Virtue
of a Commillion ilTued from her Majefties Court of Ex-
chequer
Wm. Thornton Plr.
Meredith Hanmer, D. D.
^
Richard Woodward 1
1. Thos. Haddon of IlogWon jet. 70 years depofed upon oath
2. that he knew the plaintif and defendant — & Hugh Williamfon vvhofe honfc
lie had remembered to have been ufed as a fchool houfe & the lodging over the
veftry houfc was occupied by the dark Wmfon and.pariftiioners for thefafe guard of
their veftry houfe.
3. That he knew a maffe priefl: called Sr. Thomas* about L years part: lodged in
a part of the chamber over the fchoole houfe by the appointment or fufferance of the
parifhioners who met there for the church wardens to give up their accompts, and —
had meetings called by the names of the brotherhoodes of St. Chriftopher, St. James
and our ladie.
4. The bounds & limits of the church yard had ever been the
5.fame within his memory : And that the vicars have always had the benefit of
the church yard to his knowledge.
7. that about LII years agoue the wall whereupon the houfe where Williamfon
dwelt doth ftand, was builded at the charges of the parifhioners, and in the fame
place, before there was an Ould Houfe propped up & likely to fall.
8. That the houfe over the veftry was a building longer than he could remember
& to what ufe it was built he knoweth not, but it was ufed for a faveguard to the
veflrey houfe & was in times pafl verie ritche of churche ornaments & of better
times the parifh clerkes have ufed to dwell therein & it is builte over the veflary
& adorned to the foundation & building of the church & that the foundation of the
church & veftry are boath one.
10. That the tenement articulate was built at the charges of the parifh upon
veflry called for that purpofe about LII years lince &
that boath the Ould Houfe.
inftead whereof this new one was built & alfo the new houfe were ufed for a fchole
houfe & far a place of meeting for the parifhioners & that the new building is in
the proportion of the Ould Houfe & upon the fame foyle where the Guide Houfe
fiood.
12. That when he was young many parifhioners of St. Leonard Shoreditch
beinge laymen & women did fundrye tymes mecte together & did make good
cheere 8e contribute their monyes towards the mayntenance & repayringe of the
Smith which meetings were termed among them brotherhoods viz. One Brother-
hood' of St. Chrjllopher & St. James, & one other of our Ladie : & the place
«f their meeting was at the houfe where 'Williamfon did dwell.
* Thomas Stoughton, of whom fee p. 7.
VI.
OP SH CREDIT CH» «j>5
VI.
Richard Auftin of Hogfdon monler aged 60 years upon oath faith be lived inr the
parifh ever fince his nativitieand that the houfe where in Hugh Williamfon did
inhabit and the tenement or lodging over the veftry at the time of his remembrance
have belonged to the parifhioners of Shoredytchc & by them have been from tyme
to tymedifpofedof and mayntained and kept.
He faith the fame that Haddon doth of the maffe prieft the meeting of the pa-
rifhioners and the brotherhoods and the boiHids of the church yard^ but thought
the tenements did not belong to the vicars about 16 or 20 years fince. One Par-
pointe dwelt in the faid lodging over the veftry and the foundation of that and the
veftry were all one. And the tenement was by the faid parifhioners rebuilt, inflead
of an old ruyones houfe and both the old and new. houfe mofl; ufefully imployed for
a fchole houfe and for a place of meeting for the parifhioners of Shordytch beinge
lay people both men and women did meet for merrymente and good chere and that
he (Auftin) was of the brotherhood of St. Xtophers and St, James and alfo our
ladie becaufe it was accounted creditt to men in thofe dayes to be of the brotherhoodsc
and to fpend there raonyes amongll them and this was XLII years fythence^
vn.
Henry Fettes, gent» faid he heard Mr. Treafurer give order to Mr. Wigfliore thac
Mr, Hanmer fhould have fuch money rendered again to him by the parifhioners as he
had diiburfed thereabout which was faid to be dvl. and that the parifhioners of
Shoreditch (hould have fuch title of thofe tenements afligned anew to them from her-
majeftie as had been out by one inquilition. He kneweth that Mr. Hanmer was
prevented of his purpofe by the fute of the parifli to the Lord Treafurer and he
faith he did fee iVIr. Wigmore receive 6\L to the ufe of Mr. Hanmer at the hands
ef the ("aid Wm. Thornton according to my Lord Treafurer's order in that behalfe
and he did hear the Lord Treafurer give order to Mr.-Wigmore to let Mr. Hanmer
know that; he fhould furcealfe his faid fuyte and that many of the parifhioners of
Shoredy tch to the number of twenty and more did labour to my faid Lord Treafurer
of intent to have Mr. Dr. Hanmer canfed to furceaffe his faid fuyte in purpofing
to have the faid tenements found concealed and that the faid Thornton was appointed
by divers of the parifhioners to procure the puichafe of her Majelties title, and-
being queftioned whether he himfelf had advanced any monies he would not anfwer
and fo.wtas not further examined.-
TIIT*
»$S HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
No. VIIT.
Jovis 1 6° die Odt. 1589.

•>
Inter Wm. Thornton, queft.

et Termio Mich'is
Meredeth Hanmer facre Anno Regn.
theologie ^fcflbr ac Vicar S'cti R'ne Elizabeth
Leonardi in Shoreditch, in xxxift et
Com. Midd'x. &c, Defen. xxxij '*°.
Whereas the faid Compt. heretofore exhibited his bill of complaints in court, for
and concerning the ryghte and titelle of tow tenements fituate nere the parifli ch. of
St. Leonardes in Shorditch, in the Com. of Midd'x, which the faid Comp. claymed
by force of a Grant to him, and to one Nicholas Alchorne, defefed, jointly, and
to their Heires and Affignes, for and from Ant. Collyns and James Mallard', who
had the fame from hir Maj'' by letters patent under the great feal of England, to
thefe and theire Heires ^rantet in fee-farme, refervinge a certain yearly rent for hir
Mj'' hir heires, &c. and fince the faide tenements belonged to the church of St.
Leonard's, and given without licens and .in mortmayne, to ct'n Chauntry prieftes or
other p'fns, for maynetenance of the fame p'fns, to fay Maffe, dirdg, and other fu-
perftitious ufes, in that church, which the Def. did not deny, but claymed the
fame ij tenements to be parcel of the Vickaryges of the faid Ps. Ch. where he was
and is yet Vicar.
At lenghth they defcended to iffue, and upon the full hearing it plainly appeared,
that the faid tow tenements, during memory, had byn houlden by the Ps. of St.
Leonardes, and imployed to the ufe of a Schoole Houfe, &c. [See the 3d, 7th,
and loth, articles of Haddon's Evidence, p. 294.]
Therefore, it is this day ordered and decreed, by the faid Ld. Treafurer and
Barons of this court, that the faid two tenements (hall at all times hereafter, foe
ever remayne, and continue to be ufed, at the difpofition of the parifliioners of St.
Leonard aforefaid, for a minifter, or a fchoolerar. or a parilh clerke ; and for the
fayd church wardenes for keeping their veftries, and for fuch other ufes as the fame
have heretofore bene ymployed without lett, difturbans, interruption, or impeach-
ment of the faid defendant or his fucceffors, vicars of the faid church of St. Leo-
nard's and of all other perfons whatfoever, claymeinge by, from, or under,
; the
faid Deff. or any other vicar theare that hereafter (hall be, or in his, or their or any
of their rightes, or by theare or any of their means, affents, or procurements j and
that all fuch by the DefF. commenced at the common law againft the PI. about the
4 premilTes
OFSHOREDITCH. 497
premifes fliall be ftayed, and that noe further fute fliall be commenced ag't the PL
or the fame by any of the faid DeiF. (See No. IV.)
John Savile
^ 1589
Fr. Morgan.
VIII.
The Order for Thornton

(Without a date)
fets forth, that Hanmer went about
to purchafe the premifes of her Maj" as con-
cealed land, notwithftanding he pretended right thereto as vicar. The Ld. Trfa-
furer ordered that Thornton (hould be rti- imburfed his monies until further order
taken, and that Hanmer had fued him at common-law; it was therefore decreed,
that Thornton Ihould have all his mony and expences which he laid out on the
premifes made good to him, and that the fame (hould be affured to him for the
ufe of a free-fcoUe, and Hanmer not to difturb Thornton after the premifes Ihall be
conveyed.
IX.
To the Right Hon. the Lord Burghley, Ld. Treafurer of Eng.

SirWaher Mildmay, Knt. Chan, of the Exchequer, Sir Roger
Manwood, Knt. Lord Chief Baron, and to other the Barons
of the fame.
That whereas our late fovereign Ld. King Edward the VI. was lawfully feized
in his demefne, as in the right of the Crown of England, in the tenement fituate
n.eare thcparifti church of St. Leonard, in Shoreditch, Middx. and abutting upon
the Queen's highwaie. Weft, and upon the vicarage there. North, lately in the te-
nure of one Hugh Williamfon; and of another tenement, adjoining to the Weft of the
church aforefaid, lately in the occupation of Kath. Kingfmill, widow both which
;
tenements, with their appertenances, were fometime belonging to the faid church,
and given without licenfe, and in mortraayne to certaine chauntrie priefts, and to
the pariQiioners of the parifti, for the maintenance of the chauntrie priefts, to fay
raafle, dirge, and other fuperftitious matters, in the faid parifli-church, and which
in the 5 years next4)efore the making of the ftatute in the firft year of the faid
Q^q late
X
S98 HISTORY AND ANTICIUITIES
late Kingfor the fupprefling fuch fuperftitions were foufed and employed : The faid
King being feized therein died after whofe death the premized defcended unto the
;
late Queen Marie, and of force thereof Ihe was of the premifes lawfully feazed.
And afterward the late King Philip, and the fiid late Queen, being thereof feazed,
fhe died, and the fame defcended to our fovereign the Lady Elizabeth.
Yet, neverthelefs, after the diffolution and luppreffion of the faid chauntries and
and the faid ftatute made for veiling of chauntries and their Lands
fuperflitions,
and tenements thereto appertaining in aiSuaJ, real poffeffion of ihe crown, the pre-
mifes lay concealed till within 4 years laft pad, untill the comifion granted to Me-
redith Hanmer, by which it was made appear that they were given In mortmayne,
and belonged to the church and parifliioners.
#
[Here read the Deed which is numbered VIII.]
And the faid Alchorne died in Sept. the year 1586 ; and the Ld. Treafurer iffiied
hJs order, that the faid Hanmer was to be paid five pounds, by Thornton, for ex-
pences, and fhoiild take no advantage of her Majeflies title: yet the faid Hanmer
had a fiite depending againfl: Hugh-WilliatBfon, the late tenant, after the faid 5
pounds had been truly paid, and took poffeffion of both tenements, upon a feigned
interelt, and got into his poffeffion divers inftrumenls, proving the premifes to
have been given to ufes aforefaid, and which belonged to Thornton ; and caufcd
one John Edward to bring an adlion againfl: 7 or 8 perfons, in the Court of King's
Bench, concerning premifes, all which is contrary to the meaning of the order of
the faid Lord Treafurer, and an hindraqae to the erefting a fcholle-houfe for edu-
cation of youth. Your petitioner therefore prayeih a fupoena to be diredled to
the faid parties to appear, and that her Majeflies precept ma,j be ilTued to the
iheriif, that yqur petitioner may have quiet poffefTioni
X.
Dr. Hanmer's Rejoinder
fetteth forth, that the 2 tenements in queftioUj as

he verelie thinketh, appertalneth
to him as vicar, which he is rather perfuaded one is built
to believe, becaufe the
over the veftrie, and of the fame foundation as the church is, and within the
church-yard; and the other, in the tenure of Hugh Williamfon, is allfo parcel! of
the church-yard, as by the adjoining and view thereof it may appear. For at fu-
nerall times, when the ground within the faid tenement hath been digged, there
have been found fkulls, limb-bones, teeth of the dead ; from whence he fup-
pofeth the dead to have been buried there, and that the premifes did belong to his
predecefTors^,
OFSHOREDITCH. 299
predecelTorSj the vicars of Shorcdj'tch ; and he thinketh that the faid Cwo tene-
ments ought to appertain to him in right of the faid church, being prefetiied
thereto by her Majefty's letters patent under the great feal, unlefs there appear
caufe to the contrary :the gift for fuperftidous ufes he denies. And this defendant
faith, after he was prefented, inftituted, and inducted, ihto the real poffcffion of the
faid church as lawful vicar, he made claims unto the two tenements, but the te-
nants refufed to hold of him, wherefore he made leafe thereof to Edmund Auftin,
who brought his aftion, but proceeded not to trial. It being noifed that the pre-
mifes were concealed, he reforted to Mr. Wigmore, who had charge of fuch lands
under Sir James Croft, knr. comptrolef of hir Majefty's hons, and compoundect
with him for certaine fum of money if upon inquifuion they fhould be found to be
concealed, that they might be procured for him and his heires; wherefore, there
was a commiffion awarded, who fat at thecaftle without Smithfield, wither mofl: of
the pariftiloncrs reforted, but none of them gave anie fufficient evidence of her
Majeflies title to the faid tenements, upon which, mifliking his agreement with
Mr. Wigmore, he relinquiftied it the plan pretendeth the opening a free-fcholle,
:
he hath digged the cellar for an alchoufe, and abufeth this honourable court with
fond uncertainties, and at the expiration of the former- leafe he again leafed it to
Edmund Auflin and John Edwards, upon which he entered the tenements under
Hanmer, as vicar. He denieth that iie hath any writings of Thornton's, and prayeth
to be difmiffed with reafonable cofts and charges, in this cafe wrongfully fuftained.
XI.
To this Thornton made a long reply, importing, that he ôuld prove hi& Peti-
tion, and that Dr. Hanmer's rejoinder was falfe.
XII.
Indenture, J°h" Ban.^Gardener,
^ ^^" William Thornton, Nich. Alehorne,

a6thofÊliz
Richard Turner, Yeomen.
The Queen having authorifed Sir James Croft to dlfcover all concealed lands,
and to conclude and agree concerning the fame, he appointed Lawrence Cokfon
and Robert Curder, they therefore have made and conftituted John Ball their de-
,putie, for all lands, &c. to the value of 2J. and 8d. by the year; the faid Ball doth
of a certaine fum of monie to him in hand paid, fell to the faid Thornton, and Ale-
rurn, and Turner, the tenement fituate near the church-yard, known by the name
Q^q 2 of
of the church houfe, or veftrie houfe, now in the occupation of the parlfli clerk,
and the cottage in poffeffion of Katharine Kingfieldj widow.
(Signed)
Witnefs, John Ball.
William Wifam's mark >i*
William Afhton I I I mark.

Henry Bett.
XIll.
'
The Worlhipfull Meredith
Indenture Hanraer, DD. Vicar,
Dec. 33d &
of
1
£"«"—
8,
i^go. Sf
y
William
Thorn, T
Betton, J
^j^^ y^^,^ '
William Thornton, Taylor,

do agree which Hugh Williamfon, parifti clerk, dwelt, in the way
that the houfe in
leading to the vie. houfe, and the houfe in which Kath. Kingfield widow dwelt,
Ihould for evermore thereafter remayne, continue, and be ufed, at the difpofition of
the vicar for the time being, and of the parifhioners, for the lodging of a minifter,
or a fcolemafler, or a parilh clerke, in fuch place where a lodginge hath beene in
ancient time, and for the ufe of keeping of a fcolemafter for the good education of
the youth to be nominated by the vicar and parifli loners, and allowed by the bi-
(hop of London ; and of the church wardens, for keeping their veftrie without let
or hendcrance from the faid vicar, or his fucceffors, or the faid Thornton or
his heirs, which they both allow notwithftanding their faid claymes, that the faid
two tenements be converted to fome profitable ufes, the which allfo the neceffity of
repayring the faid tenements requireth, they being at this time very ruinous and
decayed, therefore as well the faid church wardens at this prefcnt beinge, for them
and their fucceffors, and the faid Dr, Meredith Hanmer, for himfelf and the vicars
his fucceffors, agree that the faid William Thornton may have and receive all rents
and profitt, until he Ihall be reimburfed all the expences of the law-fuit, and mo-
nies laid out in repaires, and the vicar to receive fix pounds, beinge his expences in
the lawrfuit, and the parifli to meet in veftrie on the premifes as ul'ual ; and the. faid
vicar Ihall notclaime of the faid Thornton any of the premifes, or rent for them, for
the maintenance or lodging of any fcholenlafter, curatt, or parifh-clerk, untill the
faid expences be paid.

(Signed)
f William Thornton Lfl mark.
}ch. Wardens.
l^mL^Cn,
XIV.
— —
OFSHOREDITCH. 3°'
XIV,
The Bill of Expences difburfed and allowed to William Thornton.
£. s. d.
Paid to John Ball - ^S ^9 ^
to Mr. Wigmore, for the patent and conveyancing and Dr. Han- \
raer's commiffion, &c. — 12
J
500
'
to Dr. Hanmer, oy ordtr of the lord treafurer —— -<
to Dr. Haniner, according to the charge of indenture — 600

Timber for repairs 800
For digging the cellar and bricks 10o o
for the 14 actions brought by Dr.
For removing
Hanmer, &c. ' 300
all the faid futes into the Exchequer 18 9 8
——
•
Paid for conveyancing o 10

8
Dr. Hanmer's part , —
XX
-- 050
iijxix — iiij x 79 4 10
XV.
Indenture 1 ^^. c
of -vv
j ^7^
Ehz,
March ,9
between Anthony Collins and Jam€s Maylande, of Lond. gent, on the one part,
and William Thornton of Shordiche, iVIidd'x, taylor, and Nicholas Alcharne of
Shordiche, yeoman, on the other parr.
To fell the tenement in occupation of Kath. Kingfield, (wid.) lately o'wtn in
mt)rtmain, in fame manner as Queen Elizabeth did by letters patent give and grant,
on the 17th day of May, in the year above-written, to be held as of her manor of
Eaft-Greenwiche, Kent, by fealty onlye, and not by knightes fervice, at the yearly
rent of twentie pence, half at Lady-day and Michleraas, and agree to bear Williant
Thornton and Nicholas Alcharne harmlefs, and every part of the contraft to be
made good within five years.
(Signd)
In prefence of Jas. Maylande.
Tho. Wm. Amor, Anth. Collins.
D. Hoik* Geohefter.
XVI.
— .
3o» HISTORY AND ANTICIUITIES

XVI.
By a Taxation of County of Middlefex, Hail. MSS.
Lands in the
366, between the Years T581 and 1588, at folio 75, is
Thomas Trayhand, knt. la. ct.
Valentine Browne, knt; la txvjt.
Thomas Wylforde, gerite. in lande xxt.
Hoxton Thomas Bawde *, gent, in lande xxt.
Shordyche George Cole, gent, in lande xt.
John Sarys, efqr. in lande — xt.
Richard Holland, in lande — xxt.
Edward Baflaus -f-,
alien in goodes xxt.
Paramoure, in lande Lt.

Halliwell \f}t%'^
i m"'. stone, wydoe, in go. xxxt.
Streete.
|_ Alexander Terelius, .alieo^ in go. xxxt.
XVII.
And by another Taxation which follows it, doubtlefs made about
1588, from what is faid in one of the Notes below.
Lands Fees.
SJohn
Cole, gent, in la. —
Goodes.
Thomas Draynor gent, in g. xt.
Hoxton
& Henry Stephenfon, in g.
;j:,
«— xt.
Shordiche.
j
I
George Clonghe, in g.
Richard Auftin §,
Thomas Haddon, fenior, in
in g.
g.
— •
— ___—
— —
xt.
xf.
xt.
tjohn Atteridge, ats Bedele^ in g. •
viijt.
Lands Fees.
Anne Lytherot, in la. vjl.
Halliwell Goodes.
Robert Afkewe||, —
Streete.
__Robert Atkinfon, in g.
in g.
- — viijt.
xt.
* " Thomas Bawde, gent, buried Jan. 19th 1594. Hoxton." Parifh Regifter. alfo, •« Eliz'thi
Bawdc, gent, was buried Aug. 16, 1^92. Hoxton." Ibid.

" Valentine Baflaus, fon of Edward Baflaus, gent, was buried May 21, 1600." 'Ibid.
f
t His wife Eliz. bjiried at Shoreditch on Sep. 39, 1603. Par. Reg.
& Richard Auftirt was buried July 29, 1603.
Jl
Robert Afcough, gent, was buried May 17, 1588.
««• V Xlla
OF S H O R E P I T C H,. 303
XVIIL
None Roll. 14 Ed. III. 1341, from, the Original in the King's
Remembrancer's Office, in the Exchequer.
Tax. xiiijt. lidem r' comp' de de Jofte de Mundene & Jofies Stowr de n.
xiiijt.
garbar' veller* & agnor' poch de Shordych commifs' eifdem ad taxara-

una cum porcio'e nonas prebendse de Fynefbury quam tenet dns Tho-
mas de Aftcle, que valuit eodem anno vs id. o'Bq. & cum porcio'e
Bonje de Wallokefbeme in eadem, qiie valuit viidq. Et porcio'ibus
nonse monetariore viJft Petri le Yqnge, que valuit viiijs, iiijd. Ec
nonje Jotiis filii Rogeri le Hert, que valuit iijs. xd. oB. Et non^
Rici le Yonge, que valuit vijd. q. Et nonce Rogeri le Hert, que va-
luit vijs. ijd'. oB. q. Et nopaa Wiffi le Hert, que valuit vs, xjd. oB. q,
Et nonse Jbhis filii Rici le Here, que valuit vijs. ijd. Et nonffi Jotiis
le Yonge, que vajuit iijs. vijd, ob.. Et nonae Wiffi le S tour, que
valuit vjs. vd. ob. Et nonee Stephi Modyj. que, valuit vijd. q. Et
nonse Jotiis M. que valuit vijd. q. Et nona5 Wiffi Norkyn, que v.
xvjd.. Et eft fumma xlvjs. unde breve hab'ent de fugercedendo om*
nino XV nichiU
Norton-
S04 HISTORY AND ANTI(ÛITrE8
Norton Folgate,
otherwife Northern or Norton FoUey *, derives its adjundl from

its iituation,North from Bifhopfgate. It lies in the Tower di-
vifion of the Hundred of Offulfton, and as appears by the Exche-

quer Books was affeffed t© the land tax in 1693, (after the rate
of 4s. in the pound) at 574/. lOJ. od. the year real, eftreats
i6/. 14J. od.
The Manor of Norton Folgate was of old time, as now, pof-

by the dean and chapter of
fefled. St. Paul's, as appears in the
Domefday furvey,
vîanonicl "S Paull hnt ad porta Epl.^x cot
If ff
de IX. acr. q reddt p annu. xviii. fot. 7. vi. den.
T. R. E. fimilit. tenuer. 7 tntd habuer.
" The canons of St. Paul's pollefs (as heretofore in the reign of
king Edward the Confeflbr) x cottages upon nine acres of land,
which produce xviii fhillings and fixpence per annum as for-
merly."
I find alfo in a record in the Augmentation Office that, on

June I oth, 1 E. VI. the king made a grant to the dean and
chapter of of a yearly rent of 3 fhillings, going out
St. Paul's,
of mefTuages in Norton FoUey, parcell of the late diflblved pri-
* Perhaps from the Saxon FolD-pej, ibe Highway, an appellation beft explained
by referring to page 107.
cry
: —
OF S H O R E D I T C H. 305
ory of Haliwell. As tikewife a grant of 9 (hillings going out of

the fame, parcel of the priory of our Lady without Billiopfgate.
" This Liberty, of a very antient date, is faid to belong to
the parifh of St. Faith, by St. Paul's but the antients of this ;
Liberty fay, that it is extra-parochial, becaufe they main-

tain their own poor, marry and bury where they pleafe. But,
though part of the Liberty" (within the Manor belonging to the
dean and chapter of St. Paul's) " may be fo, yet the whole is
not ; for part of Long Alley, Hog Lane, and Bloflbm Street, pay
towards the maintenance of the poor of St. Leonard, Shore-
ditch, in which parifh they ftand, but as to the watch and ward
they pay to this Liberty *." .
In a taxation of lands, &c. in Middlefex, between the years

1581 and 1594, among the Harleian Manufcripts -j-, I find
the following
{Stephen Vaughan J, gent, in la. — •— It.
Nicholas Saunders, gent. la. -< xlt.

Thomas Fowler, gent, in goodes Ixt.
Robert Hare, gent, in go. xxi."
And in another Taxation which follows this, made about

1588, is
Lands fTees.
Richard Henton, in la. — .. .
vjt.
John Bamford, gent, in la. 1-
vjt.
" Norton j Goods.
Falgate. Matthew Warren, in g. viiif.
j
Thomas Watts, in g. — ^
viiiL
Edmond Moore, in g. xt.
John Turner, in g. vijit."
* Parifh Clerk's Remarks, i2mo. 1732. p. 296.

f No. 396. fol. 73. I See p. 325.
R r About
ZoC HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ T I E S
I
About 171 1, after the adt for ereding fifty new churches
had pafled, propofals were made for the building one of them
within the precin<(5t of St. Mary Spittle; as appears from the
following curious paper in the cheft of the liberty :
Goddard by deed in writing did give, grant, andfonfirm^.

"8th February f^'"^**^*
J^'-j
, p.. to diverfe of the parilhioneis of St. Botolph'a Bilhopfgate, and the
24ti iz.
-
[înhabitants of Norton Folgate, Feoffees in truft.
One annuity of 30 quarters of charcpale yearly for ever, to be ifluing and goeing
out of one <;apitall meiTuage and gtiii in St. Mary Spittle without Bifliopfgate, corn-
only called the Candle-houle, and out of all orchards, gardens, backfides, and other
eafements and commodityes, to the fame raeffiikge belongeing thereunto, and to the
ufe of the faid feoffees, their heirs and affignes for ever, to be delivered, between
the feaft of St. Michael the Archangell and All Saints, upon truft, that they fliould
caufe and fuflfer the churchwardens of the faid pariQi, with the confent of their
parfon and two of the inhabitants of Norton Folgate, yearley,. betweene the feaft of
All Saints and the Nativity of our Lord, to deliver and diftribute to fuch poor peo-
ple as the faid parfon, churchwardens, and two other others, dwelling in Nortoii>
Folgate, (hould think moft neceffary to be relieved, viz. one. third part thereof
amongft the poor of Norton Folgate and the Spittle, and the other two thirds
amongft the poor of faid parifli, in fuch proportion as they Ihogid think good, with
a forfeiture of 20 noin paene if not delivered by the limited'' time, and a claufe -of
diftrefs for arrears, and alfo the nom. pasne.
That as the feoffees and truftees of this charity have dyed of, and their number
been reduced to a few, the fame has from time to time beene kept pn foott by
affignments to new truftees; and the fame charity has beene conftantly paid and
applyed according to the intent of the donoFj fo long as the faid Candle-houfe was
ftanding, but that haveing been downe for feverail years paft, and .the ground
whqreon it flood lajn entirely waft and ufelefs, and thereby th^ charity much in ar-
reac, the faid ground is not likely to be taken for re-building an hpufe on.
That this waft ground, and other Waft ground belonging tothe earle of Bullit)g«
broke thereto adjoyning, is thought a cgnyenient pl^ce for building a new church
upon, (perfuant to the late vBi for building 50 new churches) for the ufe of the
inhabitants of Nprton Folgate, and other extra parochial places, who have agreed
for the faid earle's waft ground, are willing, and defirous to agree with the feoffees
and truftees for the poor of the pariflv of Bifliopfgate, for their right and title to
the faid Candle-houfe ground, but not williiig to give, (nor is the fame worth), near
foe much as would make gppd the arrears thereof.
Qu. In regard the charity is to the poor by the ground lying waft as
ifttirely loft
aforefaid, may the feoffees and truftees of the fame fafely fell and convey the faid
peicc
^
OF SHOREDltCH. '
307
peice of wafte ground for the erefting a churcH thereon, they applying the money
arifing from fnch fale to the. nfe of the poor generally, without appropriating it xc-
cording to the intent of the donor, it not being ("ufficient; and by what convey-
ances and aflurance beft ta be done?
I conceive the trvjiees or feoffees fannot fell, or make a good title to a purchafer,
Qu. If the feoffees can't well f^li as aforefaid,, what i-T,eaHes are mofti feafible to efFei^
the end proppfed; whether hy a decide, of a court of equity, or coramiffioners of
charitable vifes, or by a claufe to be offered to an aft about to be brought in, for
enlafgeing the tinre ef tîe lafl! aQ. limith;d to the coramiffioners for the building of
churches, sind for putting the fame aft in execution- ?
/ am (f opinion, that the. end^proppfed cannot be effected by a decree in equity, becmife
noe decree can be obteyned to foreclofe the heires or ajfgnes of the donor ; but I conceive
that the commijfioners for charitable ufes may decree a perpetual, enjoyment of the land
itfelf againfl the heirs and ajftgnes of the donor. However, I thiii-k a clatfe in the aSi
may be mcf^ ^ffeSlual, if it can be obtained, which I doubt cannot, unleffe the hetn and
ajftgnes of the donor canfent, becaufe, if the legUlature Jhould take away a man's ejlate
withmt and againjt his canfint, it would be fich an irmajion of property that will cc-
cajion clamours, and I prefume the legiflature will not do it if it be oppojed.
Pv. ACHERLY."
After which is another paragraph, importing that the heirs and afligns of the
donor had given their confent, and were willing to join with the truftees in the
fale of it, &c.
Signed R. A. and dated, 5 March, 17 11.
Why th€ plan of eretSling one of the fifty new churches * in

the Spittle Liberty failed, I know not. The diftrias I imagine
where they w6re to be built were never fpecified; and the num-
ber which have been ereaed under the aft of parliament fall,
probably, far fliort of half a hundred. Church-work is flow
work, as Addifon facetioufly makesRoger de Coverly com-
Sir
plain f . The nietropolis on the Weft
fide of Temple-Bar makes
ftill a heathenifli appearjince when contrafted with the flecples
to the Eaft.
* A lift of thofe a^Lially built may be feen io the Gentleman's Magazine, vol.
LIV. °
p.499.
f- Speâtor, N" 383.
R r a St.
3o8 HISTORYANDANti QJU I TIE S
St, Mary Spital.

*
This hofpital was founded by Walter Brune, citizen of Lon-

don *, and his wife Roifia, for canons regular of the order of
St. Augulline
f ; Walter, archdeacon of London, laid the firft
ftone on the i8th of the kalends of July, 1197 | ; and William
de Sandlae Marias Ecclefia, biftiop of London, dedicated it by the
name of Domus Dei, to the honor of God, and the bleffed Virgin.
The
deed of foundation and endowment, recited in the Mo-
nafticon 1|, is a curiofity to a London Antiquary, and as fucb
is given in the appendix, collated with a manufcript in the BrL-
tifli Mufeum*§.
Brune and his wife {eem not to have been fole, but joint
founders with Walter Fitz-Eilred, alderman of London, William
de Elie, John Bloundie and Wymarke de Elbegate **.- They en-
dowed their priory with the churches of Shaldeford and Woge-
ner/h\\^ in the diocefe of Winchefter, together with, the chapel of
* Harl. MS. 47X, calls him " Walter Browne, Dean of Pazvks" So docs
Johnfon's Pamphlet i6i6;. fee p.. 161. He was (a mercer, and) fheriflf of Londoa
in 1203. As was John de Ely, a co-founder,^ the year before. Stow's Sur-
vey, ed. 1754, vol. II. p. 213.
v|~
Their habit was a long black caffocj with a white rochet over it, and over
that a black cloak and hood. The monks were always ihaved; but thefe canons
wore beards and caps upon their heads. Tanner's Not. Mon. ed. Nafmith, p. xi.
\ See Newcourt's Repertorium, vol. I. p. 466. And the Monafticon, vol. IL
p. 385. But, according to Newcourt's Lift, William de Sanftae Maria; Ec-
clefia was not confecrated bifliop till 1199, which is likewife attefted by Wharton
and Godwin. Mr. Davies''MS. Stow, places this a£t of the archdeacon, 18 kal.
Jul. 1 172.
.Monafticon Anglicanum, vol. II. p. 383.
11
§ MS. Gotten. Nero, C. III. 53^
** Leland's Collectanea, vol. I., p. 36; '^
•ff Sbawford zn6. Wonijht near Guilford, Surrey*.
Bromlegh
OFSHOREDITCH. $09
Bromlegb annexed to the former, by deed, dated 4th April,

H97 *. The ground on which the priory was built was
given by Walter Fitz-Eilred or Ealdred,
In 1235, the hofpital was refounded, and as a work de novo^

and not relatively to any other foundation, received the appella-
tion of 'fbe New Hofpital of our Lady without Bijhopfgate. The
lite of the church, according to Leland,by the was, new
foundation reverfed t, and the Weft door placed where before
had been the Eaft end before the altar of which the founder
;
and his wife were buried *•

t.
Befide the churches of Shaldeford and Wogenefli, they were*

pofleffed of thofe of Duntesfieldand Puttenhara ||, in the fame
diocefe and county ; all which were confirmed to them by king
Edward the Firft in the 33d year of his reign..
In ia79, Thomas dfe Ingaldefthorp the dean, and the chapter

of St. Paul's, confirmed to this hofpital a certain well or fpring, in
the parifti of Stepney ». The deed of grant was dated 6 Id. Aug. §
In 1328, the prioE of this hoipital held the moiety and

fourth part of a knight's fee in the vill of Chalvedon, in Effex**,
under Robert Fitz Walter, lord of the manor, who died that
year. Walter, lord Fitz- Walter, held the fame eftate at the
time of his deceafe, in 1386. At the fuppreffion it was granted
to Thomas, lord Cromwell, but whether as parcel of the
* Mon. Ang. vol. IT. p.

2t^^^
•f-'
Another circumftance exptanatory of tHe word lêw, implying the renewal or
revival of the church. + CoUeftanea, vol. I. p. 36,
II
Pat. 16 Ed. III. p. i. in. 17. pro eccl.de Duntesfield et Puttenham. (Diec-
Winton.) § Newcourt's Repertorium, vol. I. p. 159.
** In the pariih of Bures or Buers GiiFord..
poflelEonSs
;
3J0 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES

poffeflions of St Mary Spittle, does not appea^r*. Upon lord
CFomweH's attainder, the manor of Chalvedcm reverted to the
crown, when it was affigaed as part of the maintenance of the
princefs Mary.
Mr. Morant f fuppofes that the ma,nor of Frerne or Fryerne,

in Newendon Parva, was, about 141 9, fevered from the manor
of Bromforda, in order that it rnight be -fettled ni.)ori this hof-
pital, in which it continued till the DilTolution ; when the
grantees were, the mayor and commonalty of London, to whom
it was given by king Henry VIII. 13th of January, 1546. In a
colle6tion of Conventual Surveys, taken 1544^, it appears, that
the poffeflions of this hofpital in Effex, at Seberow hall,
PYerne, Upmynfter, llford, See. &c. produced that year 30/,
3x. 4^/.
The manor
of Sabur or Seboiiow Hai,l is faid to be in
the three pariflies of Orfet, Mucking, and_Chadwell, in Effex.
It antiently belonged to this hofpital ; but by whom it was
given thereto is known. King Henry VIIL

not in 1543,
granted it to John Wifeman, of Felftead §.
In Stow's Survey ||
we " There was one John
are informed,
Buckett held lands in Hackney, of the bifliop of London, who
had granted them to St. Mary
without Bifliopfgate Spittle,
as was found by an inquifition in la E.I. concerning a licence

Ho/pit ali S'le Maria extra Bijhopfgate, for lands in Hackney,
granted to John Duckett. The jnqueft found, that he held
thofe lands of the bifliop of London ; and the bifliop, of the
king."
* Morant's Hi ft. of Effex, vol. I. p. 456. f Ibid.

+ Harl. MS. 605. § Moram's Effex, Tol. I. p. 224.
II
JLd. 1754, vol.11, p. 795.
In
I
OF SHOREDITCH. 311
In 1507, king Henry the Vllth granted by letters patent to

this hofpital the priory and manor of Bikenacre *, with all their
appurtenances, in confideration of 400/. f The priory of Byk-
nacre had been long falling to decay, fo that, at the time it was
appi-opriatedto St. Mary Spittle, the obfervance of divine wor-
Ihip, the accuftomed hofpitality of the place, and other works
of piety, had- been laid afide. The prior was dead, and but
one canon left. After the king's death, by fentence in the Con-
iiftory Court of London, Nov. 9, 1509, a penfion of i^s. 4d.
was referved to the bilhop, 6s. 8d. to the dean and chapter of
St. Paul's, and 6s. 8d. to the archdeacon of EiTex, and to their
fucceflbrs for ever ; as well as all procurations cuftomarily paid

by the prior of Bikenacre to the bifhap, in his ordinary vifita-r
tion:|:. Mr Morant, in his Hiftory of Eflex, vol. II. p. ^g, has
ftrangely confufed this part of the hiftory of Bikenacre. He
calls St. Mary Spitde, *' the convent of Eljing Spittle without Bi-
fhopgate ;" and fays the manor of Priors, in Woodham Ferrers,
parcel of the pofleffions of Bikenacre, was annexed not to St..
* A copy of thefe letters patent, 21 and 22 of Henry VII. which contain no-
thing of any confequence, may be found in Madbx's Colleftions in the Britifli Mu-
feum, vol VI. fol. 6. In the next folio of the fame MS. we have a copy of the
letters patent, 23 Feb. 3 1 Plen. VIII.
-j- Stow's Survey, ed. 1754, vol. I. p.. 427.
J Newcourt's Repertorium,, vol. I. p. 468. vol. II. p, 206.

" Likewife the prior and convent of the hofpital of St. Mary were to maintain
for ever one chaplain, being a regular prieft, and one of the brethren of their own
bo^fe, who Ihould be continually refident at Bykenacre, where he was daily to-
offer up prayers for the fouls of Henry VII. and alfo of Henry II. vhe founder of
Bykenacre, and of Maurice de Tiltey,. a benefaftor, and of all other benefaftors'
and their progenitors ; for the good eftate alfo of Henry VIII. And farther, that,
on the 27th of Oftaber every year, certain maffes fliould be faid for the fouls of
the parties abovementioned, as well in this priory or, hofpital of St. Mary, by the
whole convent,-' as- in the faid priory of Bykenacre, by the faid chaplain; and in
each of the faid priories xx pence fliould be given and diftribured among the poor
on one of the faid days yearly for ever." Newcourt's Repertorium, vol. I. p. 486.
Mary
3 '4 HISTORY AND ANTIQ^ÎTIES
Mary Spittle, but to St. Mary Bethlehem-, and, which is ftill more
carelefs, cites Newcourt * as his authority.
The manor of Bikenacre were granted by letters pa-
priory and
tent, dated 23 Feb. 31 Henry VIII. to Henry Polftede and AHce his
wife, with other poflTeffions, liberties, Sec. thereto appertaining, in
K-onfideration of five hundred and fifty pounds " legalis mbnete."
The prior and canons of St. Mary Spital, in 1517, prefented
to theredlory of Woodham Ferrers, perhaps as parcel of the pof-
feffions of Bikenacre priory, united to their hofpital \.
Of the other Nbenefadions to this hofpital we know little more,

than to whom they were granted at the Diflblution.
Henry VIII. by letters patent:}:, dated ar Aug. in the 36th
year of his reign, for the fum of 1 733/. 6j-. $d. granted to
Ralph Warren and others the manors and lands following.
The fite of Newport Hofpital, EfTex, with all the lands, &c.
belong to it. All the lands called Burgoynes lands §, in Shor-
diche, Hackeney, and Stebenheth, parcel of the poffeffions of
the New Hofpital, without Bi(hopfgate. All thofe great tene-
ments, little tenements, and 48
of land, with appurte- lin. |]
nances, in Hackney and Shoreditch aforefaid, parcel of the faid

hofpital. Two and one rod, in the Weftfelde, in
acres of land
the parifh of Hackney, with the lands called Burgoyne's land
in the tenure of Richard Younge **. Other lands in Hackney
aforefaid, belonging to the faid land, called Burgoyne's land.
The manor of Foxton, in Cambridgefhire, belonging to Chateris
priory. The manor of Eaft Lathe, co. Oxford, belonging to
Bruerne priory. Clear value of the whole, 89/. os. gd.
* Vol. II. p. 206, -f-
See Newcoun's Repertoiium, vol. II. p. 6Su
'
X MS. in Mr. Cough's library.
§ The annual rent of thefe lands, in 1544, was 30/. lys. Sd. Harl. MS. 605.
II
MS. 6822. has acr\
Harl.
** Had. MS. 6822. re^refcnts thefe as in the tenure of Jobn Hu/ey.
Befide
. .
OFSHOREDITCH. 3^5
Befide thefe, the canons here had the church of St. Peter
Weftcheap* ;
ad hujl. at London -f in the parifli of
poffeflions ;
St. Botolph Biftiopfgate nigh the Tower of London %

; and in ;
the county of Effex §. They held certain mefluages, with an

hundred acres of land, at Newenham rents in the pariflb of
|| ;
St. Giles Cripplegate-*; and had confiderable poffeflions in the
parifli of Mountnefing, in Eflex, called Boughlande ; which lalt

were granted at the diffolution by King Henry VIII. to Sir Tho-
mas Sperte, knt. and Richard his fon, for the term of their
lives ff
PRIORY- Hoxjsfi.
Of this fcarce any veftiges remain, except pirt of one of the

buttreffes, in White Lion-fl:reet, with on which a
a ftaple
was once hung.
pofl:ern In Mr. Bagford's time, however, there
feem to have been confiderable remains ; for, in his letter to
Mr. Hearne on the antiquities of London ++, he fays,
* Harl. MS. 606. folio 68. \ Pat. 9 Ed. I. M. .

\ Pat. 9 Ed. I. Among the poflcflions of the Spital priory in its oWn tieigh*
bourhood was the Old Artillery-ground ; for an account of wljich, as the materials
are not compleated, the reader is referred to the conclufion of the work.
§ Plac. in com. Eflex. 13 E. I. affif. rot. 51.
Plac. in com. Oxon. 13 Ed. I. afiif. rot. 12;
** Plac. in Middlefex. 22 Ed. I. affif. rot. 21 dorfo.
•\\ Harl. MS. 608. 76i_ b» Small bequefts of a few penCe to the (ick perfons
ftnaintained in the priory, would be needlefsly mentioned here. Suffice it to ob-
ferve, that items of this kind are frequently found in antient wills. And that Tho-
mas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter and Admiral of England, who died in 1426, by his.
will left to every fick perfon in the Hofpitals of St. Mary, St. Bartholomew, St.
Thomas, and St. Giles, and Elfing Spittle, all in or near London, \%d^ a-piece.
See Royal and Noble Wills, p. 250-— 264.
XX Primed in Leiand's CoUeftanea, vol. I. p. Ixxviii.
S s "I fliall
" next obfefve the various forms ©f building, from the-
I fliall
" houfes that are left ftanding in and about the adjacent parts of
" this city, feme of which are worthy our obfervation, and by
" often viewing may be near affigned to the age in which they
" were built. The moil antique are thofe that remain, of the
" difTolv'd monafteries. Molt of them are built with timber, as.
*' forae few in Great St. Bartholomew's near Smithfietd. But
" the oldeft I have feen is now Itanding at the Spittle in Bi-
*' fhoj^lgate-ftreet, being the Spittle Houfe, ftrongly built with
" timber, with a turret at one corner, which I tike to be very
" ancient."
Mr. Cough's Additions Camden* mention part of the ruins,

to
of St. Mary Spittle as difcovered in 1723. And in 1725, fome
pillars^ pavements. Sec. difcovered in Norton Folgate, were be-
lieved by Mr. Le Neve, who viewed them, the remains of the
hofpital f To this we may add, that the foundations of many
.
houfes in Spital-fquare, and its vicinity, are laid upon, or with,

the remains of the priory.
Apparently unconnected with the priory church, was the

chapel of St. Edmund and St. Mary Magdalen here, founded
about 1 391 by William Evefham,. citizen and pepperer of
London J.
-
Befide the founder and his wife (mentioned at p. 309), the

only perfons have heard of that were buried in the priory
I
church, were, John Shordich, efq> 14S0 §, and Sir Henry Pie-
llngton, knt. in 145 a H-
* Vol. II. p. 22. "t"

Ibid. p. 17.
J Stow's Survey, vol. I. p. 428. ed. 1754.

§ Pedigree in Heralds Office ; printed in p. 9^3. /
II
Stow's Survey, vol. I. p. 427. ed. 1754.
OF SH CREDIT CH. 315
Jn the yard of St. Mary Spittle was the
Pulpit Cross,
formed of wood. When it was eredled is unknown ; but it is

mentioned as early as the reign of Richard II. in 1398, when
that monarch, negle6tful of public honour and advantage, ex-
cited the murmurs of his people. The Duke of Gloucefter's
defperate projedts roufed the indolent king, who began to thirik
hisenemy formidable. On
the 17th of September, 1397, he
fummoned a parliament in hafte at Weftminfter, the conftituents
of which " pafled whatever a6ts the king was pleafed to dictate
^' to them ; and all the lords fpiritual and temporal, and the
*' commons, bound themfelves to maintain and obferve them
" by a folemn oath, on the Crofs of Canterbury, before the
" flirine of St. Edward, in Weftminfter Abbey, on Sunday; the
*^ feaft of St.
Jerom, Sept. 30, 1397*." Early in 1398 (Jan.
27), the parliament met again, at Shrewfbury. And Richard,
to fecure the a(5ls they had pafled, made both Lords and Com-
mons fwear anew to them, on the Crofs of Canterbury -f; but,
ftill anxious, he got them confirmed by the papal authority
|,
* Rot. Pari. vol. III. p. 355. Pari. Hifl. vol. I. p. 505. Vit. Ric. I.
p. 141.
Hume's Hiftory of England.
•f-
In the Parliamentary Hiftory, vol. III. p. 505, it is faid that the pope's bull
;j:
of confirmation is in the anonymous Life of Richard II. p. 165. The page is wrong
cited ; and the fentence of excommunrcation pronounced in Weftminfter Abbey, p.
142, feems to have been miftaken for it.
S s 2 and
3i6 HISTORY AND A N T I QÛ I T I E S
and the confirmation was pronounced at Paul's Crofs and other

moft noted places in the kingdom *.
In I478, the Spittle pulpit was ufed for a purpofe widelf
different : to commemorate the munificence of pious founders.
The Divinity-fchool at Oxford had then been recently built in a
ftyle remarkable for a freedom and elegance unknown before.
All the innovations of the profufe Gothic were moft beautifully
difplayed in. its roof. The edifice Was fpoken of as one of
the miracles of the age^;and the founders were ordered to be
remembered in every fermon at Oxford, Paul's Crofs, and the
Spittle X.
But that our pulpit was fometimes ufed for meaner purpofes,,
appears from Mr. Fox's Adls and Monuments of the Church §^
where we are told, that, in 1529, Dr. Goderidge, on Tuefday
in Ealler week, having read a bill for repairing the conduit irt
Fleet-llreet, and prayed for the foul of a perfon under the cen-
fure of the church, was called before the bifhop. Proof was,
brought that the preacher had received a groat for reading the
bill ; and he was fufpended for a time from performing the office,
of the mafs ; and forced to revoke his prayer at Paul's Crofs.

To purpofes like thefe, fometimes pious, and at others im-
pious, were Paul's and the Spittie,^ the firft pulpits of our king-
dom, ufed or proftituted.
* " Pr<»mulgari fecit Londoniis ad cnjcerh Sanfî Pauli & alils celeberrimis regni
locis." Wallinghain, Hilt. p.. J56. Ypodigma Neuilrice, p. 552. "-Ac Paul's
Crofs, and oilier places throughout England." Tyrrell, v.oL Hi. p. 783. Stow,,
" »t the Spittle."
p. 175, ed. 1608, adds,
•f-
Warton's Gbfervadons on Speuler's Fairy Queen, book IV. c, x, f. \u
^ Curious Difcourks, vol. U. p. 409.
^ Edit. 1684, vol. II. p. a6o.
The
f^
•- OF S H O R E D T C H. I 317
The method of preaching is thus accounted for by Mr. New-

court :
** It isbe noted that, time but of mind, it hath been a

to
** laudable cuftom, that, on Good Friday in the afternoon, fome
** fpecial Ifârned man, by appointment, hath preached a fermon
** at Paul's Crofs, treating of Chrift's Paffion, and upon the
" three next Eafter holy-days, Monday, Tuefday % and Wednefday,
" the like learned men (to wit), on Monday a bilhop, on Tuef-
** day a dean, and on Wednefday a dodlor of divinity, have,
"by like appointment, ufed to preach in the fornoons in the

" faid Spittle on the Refurrecflion ; and then on Low^ Sunday
^* one other man at Paul's Crofsj to make rehearfal of thofe four
" fermons ; and, that done, he v^âs to rnake a fermon of his
" ow^n, which in all were five in one. At thefe fermons, fo
" feverally made, the mayor and his bretheren the aldermen
" were accuftomed to be prefent, in their violets, at St. Paul's
" on Good Friday, and in their fcarlets at the Spittle on holy-days,
*' except Wednefday, in their violets, and the mayor, with his
*' brethren, on Low Sunday, in fcarlet, at Paul's Crofs.
*'This cuftom continued tiil the late rebellion, in 1642,,
*' which then broke it off. But, after the Reftoration of King
'* Charles-ll. it was revived again ; only the fermons which
" were wont to be preached at Paul's Crofs were preached in the
*^ choir, becaufe the Paulas Crofs pulpit was demolifhed in thofe
*' late rebellious times. And thus it continued till St. Paul's
** church was burnt down in the late conflagration of London
*' in" 1666 \ lince which time, all thefe fermons (the rehearfal
* In of Satyrical and Mjfcellatieou? Petitions,. ,1642, folio, in the

a Colleflion
Britifh Mul'eum, on a half Hieet, " A Ffalme of Thankfgiving to be fang by
is,
the Children of ChriU's Hofpicall, on Monday in the Ealler Holidays, at St. Marie's
Spink, for their Founders and Benefaftors, anno Domini 1641,"
" only
3i8 HISTORY AND ANTICÛITIES
" only excepted, which hath ever fince been laid afide) have
" been continued as before, only inftead of having been preached
" at and the Spittle, they have been fince preach'd,
St. Paul's
" fometimes at one parifli church and fometimes at another, at
*' the difcretiqn
of thofe that appoint them. , But the Spittle
« fermons moftly at Sr. Bridget's church, fince the new
" building thereof, and the Good Friday in the choir of St.
" Paul's, fince it was opened *."
In
* Newcourt's Repertorlum, vol. I. pp. 467, 468. Mr. Strype has recorded the
names of feverai of the preachers here. The titles of fuch of the fermons delivered
,from this pulpit, and afterwards printed -f', previous to the ReftoratioD, as have fallen
in my way, I (hall here throw together. All fince that time may be met with in. the
Preacher's Affiftant. Among the manufcripts of the indefatigably inquifitive Biihop
Tanner, at Oxford, are fix printed fermons of Thomas Drant, between 1569 and
1572 ; which, faith Mr. Warton, are more to be valued for their type than their
doftrine, and at prefent are of little more ufe than to fill the catalogue of the ty-
pographical antiquary. Two of them were preached at St. Marie's Spittle. War-
ton's Hiftory of Poetry, vol. III. p. 429, 436.
Archbifhop Sandys's Sermons. London, 1585, 4to, p. 225. fermon xiv. *' A
Sermon made at the Spittle in London, from Adls x. 34."
Bifliop Andrews's Ninety-fix Sermons. London, 1632, folio. " A Sermon
preached at St. Marie's Hofpital, on the loth of April, An. Dom. 1588. i Tim.
vi. 17, 18, 19.

" Wednefday in Eafter Weeke, 1593, by Tho.
T he Pathway to Perfeftion.
Playfere, D, D. Lond. 1597," i6mo.
" The Meane in Mourning. Tuefday in Eafter Weeke, 1595, by Tho. Play-
fere, D. D. Lond. 1597 t/' i6mo.
" The Poor Man's Preacher. Tuefday in Eafter Weeke, Apr. 7, 1607, by Ro.
Wakeman, B.D. and Fellow of Balioll College, in Oxford §. Ecclef. xi. i. Lond.
1667/' 8vo-
Dr.
t In the library of St, John's College, Oxford, is a manufcript «' Sermon preached at St. Ma-
rie's Spittle in Iôndon, the 23 daye of Apiil, an'o 1576." ,h.&% xxiv. 14, 15, 16. By Tobie
Mathews, Pref. of the College 1572 ^1576. —
X Ames, Typogr. Antiq (ed. Herber;.) vol. III. p. 1373.
& III the ftatutes of many of the antient colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, it is ordered, that
the candidates in divinity (liall preach a fermon, not only at Paul's-crofs, but at St. Mary's
Hofpital in Bifhopfgate-ftreet, " aJ Ho/jpitak heatte Maria." Walton's Hiftory of Poetry, vol. III.
P- 430.
:
OF SHOREDITCH. 319^
In 1439, Philip Mai pas, (lierifFof London, gave 20J-. to the

three preachers here: in 1454, Stephen Forller, mayor, gave
40/. to the preachers here and at Paul's Crofs : and, in 1487,
Sir William Littlebury, aliasHorn, mayor of London, left to
every preacher at Pavil's Crofs and the Spittle ^d. for ever*'.
On the South of the pulpit was a houfe of two ftories, the

firft of which was for the mayor and aldermen when they came
to the Spital fermons, the fecand for the prelates who might
attend. This houfe was built at the expence of Richard Raw-
fon, alderman, and his wife Ifabel, in 14H8. But,, in 1594,
the Pulpit Crofs having fallen to decay, was renewed, when the
preacher, who before fronted the Weft, now faced to the South
and a new houfe was ere£ted Eaft of the pulpit for the ufe of
the governors and children of ChrilVs hofpital -j-, at the expence
of William Elkins, alderman, then lately deceafed. Within the
firft year, however, the houfe decayed ; and the city, at a great
exj>ence, repaired it |.
The Pulpit Crofs ftood at the North- eaft corner of Spital-

fquare; nearly facing the fpot now occupied by Sir George Whe-
ler's chapel. And here may be obferved, that Spital-fquare was
originally called Spital-y^rfi^, an appellation now given to an ob-
fcure nook at its Weftern entrance.
Dr. Donne*s Twent3'-fix Sermons. London, 1661, folio. P. 341, fermon xxv.
"A Sermon, preached at upon Eafter Monday 1622."
the Spittle
" A Sermon preached at St. Marie's Spittle on Munday in Eafter Weeke, the
Fourteenth Day of Aprill, 1623, by Walter Balcancûall^D. D. and Mailer of the
Savoy, iônd. 1623. Pf- cxxvi. 5."
* Newcourt^s Repertorium, vol. I. p. 550.
•f See note -f, p. 316.
X Stow's Survey, vol. I. p. 428. ed. 1754.
Priors
Sto HISTORY AND ANTIQ.UITIES
Priors of St. Mary Spital,
Godfry occurs about 1 2 1 8 *.

William Hortone occurs April 13, I3i8f ; and again, 3-
May, 1325 J.
William Helpelby refigned, and
/ John Mildenhale was appointed on Jan. 13, 1388 §.
Fr' Roger occurs cited to convocation Nov. 28, 1407.
Fr' John occurs cited to convocation May i, 1437.
Thomas Hadley ; upon whofe refignation
William Sutton wâs elected prior, April 14, 1472 |1; and,
upon his refignation,
Richard CreiTul was appointed 0<5l. 15, 1484**. He occurs
1515.
Thomas Bell occurs cited to the convocation at Oxford in 15291
of whom Anthony a Wood gives the following account " Tho- :
*' mas Bey 11, was bred a canon regular of the order
Bele, Beel, or
<' of St. Auften, and educated in academical learning amongft
*' thofe of the order, ftudying in St. Mary's-college, in Oxon, of
" which he became prior about 1508. After taking the de-
" grees in divinity ff, he became lord prior of St. Mary Spittle
" without Biihopfgate, in London and at length fuffragan to
;
*' Richard Fitz-James, bifhop of London, under the title of
* Dugdale, Mon. vol. II. p. 385.
f Cart. Antiq. in Brit. Muf. 44. F. 59. X Ibid. 5^. H. 28.

§ Reg. Lond. |i
Ibid. * Ibid.
•f-f-
He became D.D» Mar. 20, 1514. Fafti Oxon. vol. I. p. 656.
" EpifcopUS
OF SHORE DITCH. 521
**
EpifcQpus Lydenfis * ; which is under the patriarch of Jerufa-
" lem. He town of Bury. St. Edmund,
lived moftly in the
" in Suffolk, where, dying about the 12th ofAuguft, T540, he
" was buded in the church of our BlefTed Lady St. Mary there,
" in our Lady'^ aile, near to the head of John Holt, gent, -f-.'*
He was fucceeded here by
William Major, the laft prior, who, with Thomas Ambros
and ten- others, fubfcribed to the king's fupremacy 23 June,
1534; and the priory was foon after diirolved:|:, when it was
valued, according to Dugdale, at 478/. 6s. 6d. ; though Speed
^^ys 557^' I4J"« iO(3^. According to the return in the Firft
Fruits Office, the clear yearly value was 504/. i is. i ^d. ; and
the total, -563/. 13J. ^d. ; while a MS Valor, in Dr. Rawlinfon's
collection at Oxford, makes the grofs amount 580/. i%s. 11 d. ob.
It is, at this diftance of time, in vain to enquire why the Com-
miffioners varied fo much in their returns,
* " Thomas Bele, epifcopusLyddenfis, floruit 1520 1530." — Bibl. Top. Brit.
No. XXVIII. Bele, as fufFragan to the Bifliop of London, with John Sharnbrok,
abbot of Waltham, affifted at the funeral of Sir Thomas Loyel, 7 June, 1524, at
Haliwei priory. See p. 194.
•f-
Athen. Oxon. vol. I. p. 569. From William Major's fubfcribing to the king's
fupremacy in 1534, it would appear that Thomas Bell had refigned.
X Willis's Mitred Abbeys, vol. II. p. 126.
T t Froia
-$it HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
From the bools. in his Majefty -s iRemembrancer's Office in the
Exchequer, mentioned in 200, the following extract has beeti
p.
made of the penlioris granteil at the diliolution of this priory :
" N'ovii HofpitaP 1 rRogeri Cholmeley tn"^'% capita-

extra Bifshopêfgate. Feod' ^ lis fen'' figill' conventual' -^
J
annu xxvjs.
xls.
OFSHOREDITGH. $2$
vices, many others there were, regular in their condu<St, well

governed, and unexceptionable ; among which 7/^^ New Ho/pi-
fa/ of our Lady is entitled to a confider able fhare of attention,
where, at the diflblution, were found no lefs fhan 180 beds,
for the reception of lick perfans and travellers.
Nor is it foreign to our purpofeto obferve, \hz.t Ho/pital, which

now means " a place for th& reception of tbejick, or fupport
built
*'
of the poor ^''
originally lignified '* a place for Jhelter^ or enter-
** tainment *."
" They fpy'd a goodly caftle, plac'd
** Foreby a river in a pleafant dale,
«' Which chufing for that evening's Hofpttal^
" They thither march'd."
Spenser's Fairy Quecn^
And here I with pleafure prefent my readers with Sir Richard

Grefham's petition to King Henry the Eighth, when lord mayor
of London, 1537 f j tranfcribed from the original in the Bri-
tilh Mufeum % :
" Moft redowted and noble prynce. My molt dradd beloved

<« and naturall fov'aigne Lprde, I your pore humble mQ|t &
*' obedient s'vant ; dailly confideryng and ew' more and morp
** p'cey vyng, by your v'tuus begynnyngs 8c charitable p'cedyngs
" in all yotir cawfes, yo"^ p'fone and mêftie royall to be the
" eledled and chofen velTell of God, by whome not alonly thp
" very and true worde of God is and flialbe fett forthe and ac-
* Johnfon's Diflionary.
^ For an account of him, fee Ward's Lives of the FrofeiTorf of Grefliath Col-
lege, p. 2, and the Appendix, p. 12.
^ Cotton. MS. Cleopatra, E. IV. f. 122.
T t a ^} cordyng
SM HISTORY AND ANTIQjtJITIES
*' cordyng to the trewgh and very tie of the fame, but alfo to be
*' he whome God hath coqftituted and ordeyned bothe to re-
*' dreiTeand reforme all crymes, offences, and enormyties, beyng
*' repugnant to his. doilryne, or to tne detryment of the com'on
" welthe, Sc hurte of the pore people, beyng yo' naturall fub-
" jeas; and/ffarder to forefee Sz. vigilantly to p'vyde for the cha»
•'
reformacion of the fame; which thyng bathe and yet
ritable
" dothe encorrage me, and alfo my bounden dewtie obligeth me,
** beyng moll: unworthy yo" leveten'nt &; mayor of
in efpeciall
" of London, to cnforme and adv'tife yo' moft
yo' citie royall
" gracious highnes of one thing in efpeciall for the ayde and
*' comforte of the pore, fykk, biynde, aged, & impotent
" p'fones, beyng not able to helpe them felffes, nor havyng no
*' place certen where they may be refrefshed or lodged at tyll
" they be holpen and cured of theyr difeafes and fykn.es, fo it
*< is, moft gracious Lorde, that nere and w'yn the citie of Lon-
" don be iij hofpitalls or fpytells, com'only called Seyn( Maryes
»' Spytellj Seynt
Eartholomewe's Spy tell, and Seint Thomas Spy-
** tell, and the new abby of
Tower hyll, founded of good devo-
* cion by auncient ffaders, & endowed w' great pofleffions and
•* rents onely
for the releffe, comfort, and helyng of the pore
*' and impotent people not beyng able to helpe theymlelfFes,
** and not to the mayntenaunce of chanons, preeftes, and monks,
** to lyve in pleafure, nothyng regardyng the miferable people
** liyng in ev'y ftrete, oflfendyng ev'y clefie pTone paflyng by
•* the way w' theyre fyithy 8c nafty favours Wherefore may

:
** it pleafe yo' marcifull goodnes, enclyned to pytie & compaf-
** lion, for the releffe of Cryftes very images created to his own
^* limilitude, to order by yo' high authoritie as fup'me head of
" this chyrche of England, or qtherwife, by yo' fage difcrecion',

** thatyo' mayer of yo' citie of? London and his brethern the
" aldermen
OF SHORED ITCH. 3^S
** aldermen, for the tyme beyhg, fhall and may from hensforthe
** have the order, difpoficion> rule,and gou'naunce both of all
*' the lands, tenements, and revenewes apperteynyng & belong-
*' yng to the faid hofpitalls or any of they.m, and of the mi-
*' nifters which be or Ihalbe w'yn any of theym. And then yo'
*' grace thall facilie p'ceyve that where now a fmall nombre of
** chanons, preefts, and monks, be founde for theyr owne p'fette
" onely &: not for the com'on ntilitie of the realme, a great
" nombre of pore, nedy, fykk, and indigent p'fones (halbe re-
" frefshed, maynteyned, 8c comforted, and alfo healed & cured of
** theyr infirmyties frankly & frely by phificions, furgeons, 8c
" potycaries, whjch fhall have ftipende and falarie onely for that
" purpofe; fo that all impotent p'fones not liable to labour flialbe
*' releieved, and all fturdy beggers not willyng to labo"" fhalbe
*' punyfshed, for the whiche doyng yo^ grace fhall not alonely
*' meritt highly towarde God, but fhew yoTelffe to be more
** charitable to the pore than yo' noble progenito' Kyng Edgar
*' foundour of fo many^ ilionafleries, or Kyng Henry the thyrde
" renewer of Weftrnynfter, or Kyng Edwarde the thyrde
" foundo' of the New Abbey, or Kyng Henry the fyfte fonndo""
** of Syon and Shene ; but alfd Ihall have the name of conferua-
" tor, protedtour, 8c defehdour of the pore people, w' conty nuall
** prayer-, for yo"" helthe, welthe, and profTperitie long to endure.
" yo' homble and moft obedyent s'v*nt,
** Rychard Gresham."
Richard Grefliam*s petition is a neat fpecimen of the per-

Sir
fualive eloquence of his time : nor, in juftice to his memory,
fhould it be forgotten that King Henry the Eighth, a fhort time
before his death, nine years after he had received tîs petition,
founded St; Bartholomew's hofpital anew*
'
It
—
$zS HISTORY ANQ ANT I QÛITIES '
Itwas not till eight years after its diflbliition that the fite of
this Priory was granted to Stephen Vaughan, efq. 34 Henry VlIL*
of wliofe family the following fhort defcent is prefer ved among
the Harleian MSS. t
Arms Per Pale Barry wavy of four, Gules and Or, in chief a lion's paw erafed,
:
between four fleurs-de-lis, and as many leopard's heads counterchanged. Creft,

an armed hand grafping a dragon.
Steven Vaughan=p
Steven Vaughan, of St. Mary=pJone, da. of Richard Srroude,

Spittle without Biftiopfgate, ^ of Newnam, co. Dorfet. I
« ]
1
r—p-j
Steven, Sir Rowland Vaughan |,=j=Frances, da. of Elizabeth §, wife to John
fonne of St. Mary Spittle,- Sir Edward Knighton, of Baford, co.
and heire, anno 1633, Watfon, of Hertford,
unmarried. Rockingham Dorothy ||, wife to John
.
Cdftle, CO. Leard, preacher, and af-

Northatnpton. ter to John Hercy, gem.
Katharine **, wife to Tho-
mas Spring, of Iclingham,
J
— com. Suffolk.
Elizabeth, da. and=pSir Pawlet St. John, Knight of the Bath,
fole heire. 2d fonne to Oliver firft Earl of Bolingbroke.
I
Oliver St. John, fonne and heire, set. 10 weekes 1633 -f-f-.
* Among the fee farm rent rolls in the Augmentation Office, bundle 2. Blbmeley 12, Dated
13 April, 1653, is, Fee farm rents referved.
—
« The
A
fcite
tenement
of St. Mary
called Brick
Vaughan 8e ux*
Spittle to Steph'
fame priojy to the fame
Houfe in the
£.0 Ss.
—
oJ.
— —
080
—.028
Tenements within the precinfts to the fame
Other tenements there to the fame
) Harl. MS. No. 1476. ViCtation of London in 1633 and 1634.
— —4." — —01
% " July 16, 1641. S' Rowland Vaughan, aged So. St. Mary Spittle, kn*, buried." Parifh
Clerk's private Account of burials at St. Botolph's Bilhopfgate.
§ «' Elizabeth Vawhan, bapt. y' 1 1 of May," 1572. Parifli Regifter of Bifhopfgate.
II
" Dorothy, y* dang, of M" Stephen Vaughan," bapt. " the 10 of July," 1576. Ibid.
«* " Katherine Vaughan, bur. the 7 of Dece." 1 586. Ibid. Qyery, if the fame w ith the Ka-
tlierine in the pedigree. The following entries in Bifliopfgate Regifter relate to the Vaughan family.
Baptifms. — 1570. " Humfrey Vawhan, bapt. the st of Marche." Perhaps brother to Sir Row.
land, but probably dying before 1633 was not mentioned in th« pedigree.
1614. "
Stephen, fonne of M' Rowland Vaughan, y« 22 Maye."
1620. '
Marie, da. of Auguftinc Vaughan & Kather. bapt. 16 July."
f f He had two brothers, Paulet, who fucceeded hin^ in the earldom of Bolingbroke, and
Francii. Harl. MS. in Brit. Muf. 1233. f. 135.
Since
OFSHOREDITCH. 327
Since the former pages were written, have been informed

I
that a houfe in Spital-fquare, inhabited by Mr. Pearfon, has long

been called Spital Houfe and, in the early part of the pre-
;
fent century, was the dwelling of the notorious Vifcount Bo-

lingbroke. That it was the fame that was inhabited by Sir Row-
land Vaughan is beyond a doubt. But whether it afterwards
defcended to the perfecuted vifcount I cannot affirm with any
certainty. Soon after 1700 the eftate pafled by purchafe from
the St. John of Bletfo to the TTihard family, in which it ftill
continues William Tillard, cfq. being the prefent polTefTor.
;
Befide the Vaughans, other refpe<aable and noble families,

after the Diflblution, inhabited the Spittle, as will appear by the
following extracts from the parifli regifter of Bifhopfgate.
Among the baptifms in 1593, is,
*' Henry, fonne of Sir Horatio Paulavacino, knight *, tha

*' Countefs of Shrofburie (the younge deputie), for the
*' Queene's Majeftie, being godmother, the Lord Treafnrer
" and the Earl of Shrofbury godfathers."
« Of Sir Horatio Palavicini, fomething may be found in Lord Orford's Anec-

dotes of Painting, vol. I. p. 172,410; and a longer account of him in Mr. Noble's
Memoirs of the Cromwells, vol. II. p. 173, &c. See alfo the new edition of
Camden, vol. II. p. 138, 139. His fecond fon, Henry,, here mentioned, married a
Cromwell (Noble's Memoirs, vol. II. p. 178.)} and died without iffue Odt. 14, 1615.
Sir Horatio was colleftor of the papal taxes in England, in the time of Queen
Mary, upon whofe demife he abjured the Romifti church, and retained the treafure
due to the pontiff. Among the antient charters in the Britifh Mufeum (XII. 69.)
are Queen Elizabeth's letters patent (with the great feal annexed), declaring that
Horatio Pallavicini, a noble Grenoefe, had lent to the queen 33,374/. 4/. ^d.
Thefe letters are thus indorfed; " Et pro majori fecuritate H. Pallavicini nos con-
filiarii privati confilii- Heginae nominibus noftris propriis & &
privatis promittimus
nos obligamus pro plena fatisfaftione debiti. T. Bromley, cane', W. Burghley,
R. Leycefter, F. Knollys, Chr. Hatton, F. Walfmgham."
In the fame houfe which Sir Horatio, in the firft year of King James the Firft,
the ambaflador from the Archduke of Auftria_ lodged with kis company. Stow's
Survey, ed. 1754, voK I. p. 427.
In
328 HISTORY AND ANT I QJJ I TIE S
In the regifler of burials, 1627,

*' Lady Eliz. Gilford, wife to Sir Henry Gilford, who died
" the 6th of this month at her houfe in St. Mary Spittle,
" being the da. of Earle of Wofter, and
*' was buryed at Benonden, in tiie county of Kent, 8c caryed
** away by night. She, was of age. 8 Aug. Kent."
And in the parifh clerk's private accounts we have, Feb.
5» 1637,
" Mr. Henry Gilford, fon of Sir Henry Gilford, knt. \vho
" dyed at his houfe in St. Mary Spittel, being atout the-
" age of 22 yeares, and was buried in the South quier of
" y* church in y' nighte."
Where the houfes they inhabited ftood I atn not certain; but
think it probable that the handfome buildings in Spital-fquare
are tiieir fucccffors,
In the. back part of a houfe, known by the name pf the

Rofe and Crown, No. 26, Holywell-ftreet, the bottom of Nor-
ton Folgate, was a large antient bay window, containing the
arms here engraved *-, making in all ten coats, feveral being re-
peated, and two of them the royal arms ; the reft were dated
1596 and 1599. The fize and age of the window befpoke the
houfe to have been a ftately building. The frame was in many
parts fo decayed, that it was fcarcely flrong enough to fupport
the glafs. Such was the Itate of the houfe in 1776. It was
purchafed by the late Samuel Whitbread, efq. a few years after;

and the glafs being carefully preferved, was by him, in confe-
quence of an accidental enquiry after it, preferited in the moft
handfpme and unexpe<aed manner to Mr. Gough, the windows
* * See the Plate.
of
I ;
OF SHORED ITCH. 329
of whofe library at Enfield derive no fmall embellilliment from

thefe ten coats ; five of which are engraved in PI. Vlif.
Quarterly i. O. a bend vaire A. and Az. between two cotifes Gu\es. Bowyer
1. :
2. A. on a fefs humette Gules, three lions' faces O. Brabanl ; 3- A. a chevron '
S. between three acorns G. Boys; 4. A. on a fefs Gules ', beween three an-
nulets G. a mullet of the field between two cups Or. a crefcent for difference, A.
Draper 5. A. on two chevronels S. fix martlets A '. between three efcallops S.
;
Draper ; 6. Erm. on a chief Azure, three lioncels rampant O. Anger 7. A. on ;
a chevron G. three crofs crofsletsO. Urfwkke; 8. Erm. on a bend engrailed Az.

three cinquefoils O. Fyfield, alias Lowe, of Bromlej', Kent; 9. Erm. a fefs cheque
A. and Sable, 1596. '1 he bend and cinquefoils, and the chevron and crofles are qiiar-
terings on the arms of Lowe, lord mayor, 1604.
2. Boivycr impaling iJrjZ'i?;?/, quartering ^qyj. 1599.
3. Fyfield, alias Lowe, quratering Kirktofte, or Urfw'tcke; impaling cûar-
terly, i. G. a fhag's head O. with a crofs patee fitche, between the horns O.
Bulfirode ; 2. A. a chevron G. between three ravens' heads G. 3. paly of fix A. ;
and Az. on a chief S. two fworJs in faltire A. hilted Or. Knife; 4. S. fefs lo- A
zenge A. Thomas ; 5. G. a chief Az. overall a pair of barnacles A. 6. A. a chevron ;
G. between three fquirrels S. Wyoft 7. A. a bull's head G. winged S. ; 8. Erm.

;
a pair of barnacles G. Spelling; 9. A. five cinquefoils G. in a canton dexter S.

a mullet and crefcent A. ; 10. A. a fefs dancette G. between three leopards
faces G. 1599.
4. Boivyer quartering Brabant, impaling Draper with its quarterings. Bowyer
and Boys are erroneoufly tranfpofed in the firfl and fecond quarter.
5. Erm. on two chevronels between three efcallops S. fix martlets A. The
mod common of the two coats of Draper.
Creft oi Bowyer, on a ducal coronet O. a tiger feiant A. on the firfl: of thefe coats.
PEDIGREE to illuftrate thefe Coats.
...... Anger=j=. . . daughter and heir of Urfsvick.
William Brabant=pAlicia dau.fjhter of Richard Boys,

*"
Thomas Draper^. . . daughter and
of Burton, co. Someri'et. couCa and heir to John Boys.
| of Flintham, co. heir of . . Ang-r.
'
— Nottingham
John Bowyer of Shepton:T=Joan daughter and heirefs |
15eauchamp,co.Somerfet. ( to VVilliara Brabant. Thomas Draper

p '
of Flintham
John Bowyer of^Êlizabeth daughter and heirefs
Camberwell. of Robert Draper of Cambcrwell.
) |
J
H
Edmund Bowyer of Camberwell,
I
Robert Draper o£=j=Elizabeth, daughter and

in the Commiffion of the Peace for Surrey. Camberwell, heirefs of John Fyfieid,
living J 623. Surrey. alias Lowe.
Ro/ei are drawn here, but fliould be Lions' faces.
The fefs is not engrailed here, and there are on it fwo cups. ^ Here Or,
U u A Refer-
A Repertory of antient Charters, &g. relating to
St. Mary Spital*^
I. Printed Deeds.
I.
(Mon. Ang. vol. II. p. 383.)
Carta Walteri Bruni & Roifise uxoris ejus, de fi'indatrone Novi

Hofpitalis Beatse Marias extra Bifhopfgate, London ; una cura
dotatione ejufdem.
Ex MS. quodam in Bibliotheca Collegii C. C. C. C.
" Univerfis Sanflje Matris eccIefiEe filiis, ad quos preefens fcriptum pervenerir,
IVahefus Brunus, civis London. & Roifia uxor ejus, falutem. Ad univerfitatis
veftra? no.itiam voliimus pervenire, nos charitatis intuitu, ex fpirituali devo- &
tione, quam erga Dei genetricem & perpetuarn Virginem Mariam habeuius ; pro
falute etiam animarum patruni & matrum noflrorum & omnium anteceffurum nof-
trorum, t<. omnium fidelium defuhdtorum, in puram & perpetuarn elemofinam
TDeo & Hofpitaii Beatse Mariie Virginis, quje in fuburbio civitatis London, extra
portam epifcopi, in honorem Dei & ipfius genetricis fundavimus dediffe, concef- ;
liffe, & hac piffifenti cart^ noftra confirmatFe totam terram illam, c\Mjim tValtenii
filius Eilredi aldermannus, mihi Waltero Bruno & fociis meis dimifit, ad fundan-
dum defuper pr^diflum hofpitale qua continet in fronte fecus vicum reglum
:
occidcntalem in latitudine xliiij iilnas de ulnis ferreis regis Joh' Angliae-J- ; & in
capite orientali verfus campum qui vocatur Lo//tf/«;or/,6 cxvij ulnas de eifdenv;}:
ulnis § & quandam aliam terram qffam idem Walterus filius Eilredi mihi Waliera
:
* 1 he deed of foundation and endowment is here given at length from the Monafticonj for
reafons (ipecified in p. 308. _
,
Virga ferrea>,
f The ulna, or -virga ferrea, was a royal ftandard meafiire, kept in the Exchequer,
as a meafure of land, occurs in the ctiartulary of Leominfter priory, cited by Blount, in his Law
Diflionary, in voce, anfw'eriiig to our rod. In the char er brfore us, we have " ulnas de «/«j.
/errr/j Johannis regis Anglia;
;''
and, in another of Queen Eleanor to. the hofpital of St. Kathe-
rine ||, " ulna' »/?;<«• ferrea domini reigs." Du Cange, in voce, explains uha, '' modus agri
ajiud Anglos cujus menfura exa£ta ad ulnam ferream Johannis r6gis Angliae." See Gent. Mag, vol.
LVII. p. 50. % See p. 10^.
§ Here Cotton MS. Nero, C. ^3. fol. 198, arids,
" &£ in profuuditate a p'd'to vico rtgio ufque ad
cmpum <iui vocit" Lvllifworth clxj ulnas de eiidem ulnis."
11 Mop. Aug. vo'. II. p. 460.

& fociis-
i
OFSHOREDITCH. 53^
-& mels dimifit extra eandem poftam,.ex alia parte vici versus occidentem,
fociis
qufficontinetTecus vicum regium in latitudine xiij* ulnas, in capite occidental &
xvj ulnas, & in profunditate Ixxviij ulnas, de prsediftis ulnis. Ec duas acras &
dimidiam terrte lucrabiiis.
" Item totatn terrara illam quam Sywardus Carpenter milii IValtero & hasredibus
meis dimifit, extra eandem portam epifcopi, quje cOntinet in fronte fecus eundem
vicum regium occidentalem Iviij ulnas. Et in capite oriental! Ix ulnas. Et in pro-
funditate 3;liij ulnas, de przedidlis ulnis. Item totum croftum quod Galjridus al-
dermannus de Cornehull 'a\'^\ Waltero & haeredibus meis dimifit extra eandem por-
tam, quas continet in longitudine a gardino, quod fuit WiLlielmi de Sakfiury f-,
ufquead prsedidtum canipum, qui vocatur LoUefwortb cxviij ulnas; & in latitu-
dine xxviij ulnas de praedidtis ulnis. Reddendo inde annuatim eidem Galfrido &
heeredibus fuis xij denarios ad quatuor terminos anni. Item totam terram illam
c^zm. Robertus filius Ricoldi\ mihi Waltero & haeredibus meis dimifit extra eandem
portam, verfus auftrum gardini fui, quse continet in fronte fecus eundem vicum
regium occidentalem v ulnas & unum quarterium § ex utraque parte xlvj ulnas
& in medio vj uliias & dimid' & in capite oriental' iiij ulnas, & in longitudine de
prsdidtis ulnis. Et totam terram illam, quam idem Robertus mihi Waltero & hje-
redibus meis verfus orientem gardini fui przedidti, quje continet in longitudine a
prffidifto gardino ufque ad prjediftum campum, qui vocatur Lollefworth cxvj ul-
nas. Et in latitudine xv ulnas. Reddendo inde annuatim eidem Roberto vel ha-
redibus fuis duos folid' ad iiij terminos anni ||.
*' Item ;totam terram illam, quam Jacobus Herbar mihi Waltero hseredibus &
meis dimifit extra eandem portam epifcopi; quje continet in longitudine a prasdi<9:o
gardino praefati Roberti filii Ricoldi** ufque ad campum qui vocatur Lollefworth
cxiiij ulnas ; &
in latitudine Ixxxxv ulnas de praedidis ulnis -f--j~.
" Item totam terram illam, quam Salomon de Stebenheth mihi Waltero haeredi- &
bus meis dimifit extra eandem portam epifcopi, quse jacet inter terram quam Jaco-
bus Herbarius tenuit de pra^dido Salomone verfus aquilonem, quam Ailwinus &
Hunne tanner tenuit verfus auftrum. Quas^continet in longitudine a terra, quae
fuit Henrici majoris London' ufque ad pr^didum campum qui vocatur Lollef-
worth cxxij ulnas. Et in latitudine xj ulnas de praedidis ulnis. Et xij denar'
reddit' quos idem Salomon de Stebenheth mihi Waltero &
haeredibus meis dimifit
quos Godardus filius Ailredi &
hffiredes fui reddere debent de crofto quod tenent de
* Cot. MS. Nero, C. 3. reads " xvj," inftead of xiij.
Wili'm de Sarefbiry. Cott. MS. ut fupra.

•|- .
X Richard;. Ibid. fol. 198. _
^ ârterium, generally ufed in the meting of corn; See Cowel. Here it is evidently the
fourth part of the ulna.
From " reddendo inde" to " iiij terminos anni," omitted in Cott. MS. Nero, C. 3, fol, 198.
II
** Richardi. Ibid.
ft From «' & in latitudine" to '« ulnis," omitted in Cott. MS. Nero, C. 3. fol. 198".
Uu 2 praedido
. -
33^ HISTORY AND ANTIQJJITI^S

terram quam Eilwinus Hunne tanner tenuit,. & terrajTt
prsedl<£to Salomone"-- inter
quam idem Godardus teniiit de Ada iêr f
"Et quinquefolidatas \ redditus, quos idem Salomon mihi Waltero & hseredibus
meis dimifit, quos Syward Carpenter eidem Salomoni reddere folebat, cum toto
redditu & fervitio quod debet de dida terra qnam tener. Item totam terram
illam, quam Henricus Major London mihi 'Waltero & hjeredibus meis dimifit,
qu^ jacet intra terram quse fuit Godardi filii Eilredi, verfus aquilonem, &.
terram qu£e fuit Reginaldi Herbarii verfus auftrum. Et continet fecus vicum
regium in latitudine xxv ulnas &
\\] quart'. ¥.t in capite oriencali xxiiij ulnas &
uuum quart' & de prsdictis ulnis. Reddendo inde an-
in profunditate xlij ulnas
nuatim eidem Henrico yel hseredibus fuis unam libram cinnamoni infra "viij dies
fefti Sandti Michaelis. Item totam terram illam (\uz.<cn Radulphus C\mc\.K de Sti-
benheth mihi Waltero & hteredibus meis dimifit extra eandem portam epifcopi,
qu£e continet in fronte feeds vicum regium occidentalem xij ulnas. Et in capite
oriental! x ulnas. Et in profunditate xlvij ulnas de prsediiftis ulnis. Reddendo
inde annuatim eidem Radulpho vel hjeredibus fuis iijrf. infra yiij dies fefti Sandtr
Michaelis. Et reddendo annuatim pro prsedidtis terris, quje funt de feodo Salomonis
de Stebenheth dimid' marcam argenti eidem Salomoni vel hzeredibus fuis ad quatuor
terminos anni.
" Item centum folidatas redditus infra clvitatem Lond' fcilicet v folid' quiett
redditus de terra qu^ jacet versus orientem terrse mese, fecus cimeterium eccle--
fise S. Helenje, dc feodo ejufdem ecclefije ; quae continet fecus cimeterium xi ul-
nas &
tres quart', &
in capite auftrali xj ulnas dimidiam, &
in profunditate xvj &
ulnas & dimid' de prsdidtis ulnis.
" Item xxiiij folidatas redditus de terrra in Blankefapelton § hofpitalis lapidei de
feodo de Strides in parochia de Stanyngcherch\[, inter terram quje fuit Roberti Tine-
toris, verfus orientem, &
terram quse fuit Ernaldi Permenter verfus occidentem,
quje continet ffecus vicum regium aquilonarem xxiiij ulnas, in capita auftrali xx: &
ulnas; 8e in profunditate xxv ulnas, de prsediftis ulnis. Reddendo inde annuatim-
capitalibus dominis gufdem feodi iiij^. &
unam libram piperis ; fcilicet Radulpbo-
de Marty vel hasredibus fuis unam libram piperis ad feftum S. Maria Magdalence.
Et ad Strodes iiijj. ad quatuor terminos anni. Item viij folidat' redditus de terra.-
* Cott.MS. Nero,. C. 3. reads " de crofto qui Godardus filius Eilredi tenuit de prediAo Sa—
lamone," fol. 198.
-j-Ada (/£ Ver. Cott. MS. Nero, C. 3. fol. 198. b.
j Forlhe explanation of this term I fhall refer the reader to Cowel's- Law In-terpreter, art;
" Farding-deal," alias Farundd of land wiiere folidata is fuppofed to mean 12 acres of land.
;
^ " Blanch Apleton was a manor belonging to Sir Thomas Roos of Hamelake, knt. 7 R. II..
at the North-eaft corner of Mart-\ane, fo called of a privilege fome time enjoyed to keep a mart
long fince difcontiniied, and therefore forgotten, fo as nothing rcmajneth for memory but in the
same of Jkf<jr/-lane, and that not uncorruptly termed Mart-lane. I read that, 3 E. IV. all bafket-
Biakers, wyer-drawers, and other forraincrs, were permitted to have fheep on the mannour of
Blanch Apleton, and not elfewhere within this citie o. fuburbs thereof," Stow, ed. 5633, p. 160.-
I'
Stamchurci ; now Allhallows Staining.
quae.
OF SHOREDITCH. 333
quse fuit WiLLiELMi Bruni patris mei, in parochia de Fancherch, inter terram
quae fuit Rich. Fener verfus orientem, &
terrain qiis fuit Rofta de Fancherch verfus
occidentem ; quse continet fectis vicum regium aquilonalem xvij'uinas, & in ca-
pite auftrali xiiijulnas dimidiam ; & in profundiiate xxxviij ulnas de prsediftis
&
ulnis. Reddendo inde annuatim capitalibus Dominis ejufdem feodi vji. duobus
terminis anni^
" Item xvj folidat*^ redditus de terrH hofpitata lapid'juxta ipfatn terram, quae
eft de de JVaremanJhaker, inter terram qu* fuit Will. Bruni, patris mei ver-
foca-
fus orientem, & terram qua fuit praedifts Roifije de Fancberch verius occidentem;
quae continet fecils vicum regium aquilonalem xiiij ulnas & dimid', in capite &
auftrali xiij ulnas j &
in profonditate xxvij ulnas de prsdidtis ulnis. Reddendo
inde annuatim ecclefise Sanfti Petri de Gant iiij denarios ad feflum S. Mich'. Item
*. folidat' de terra, quam Thomas Tapimr & Walterus de C/î^w?// Carpenter tcnU-
• .
erunt in parochia S. ]\Sirgareta' Patynz, inter terram quae fuit Rob. Wefant, verfus
auftrum, &
terram quas ftfit Walteri facerdotis verfus aqxiilonem ; quse continet
fecijs vicum regium occidentalem xj ulnas, &
interius xix ulnas, & unum quarter'^
& dinjidium; & interius xlj ulnas, &
in capite orientali xlv ulnas ; & in profun-
ditate Ixvi ulnas de eifdem ulnis. Reddendo inde annuatim capitalibus^ Dominis^
feodi ejufdem iiijj-. fcilicet haeredi Will, de Blemter 'n\]s. duobus terminis anni. Et
hseredibus Dominse Agnetis fororis S. Thoma v denar'^ infra xv dies S. Michaelis.
" Item unam marcatam quieti redditus de terra quadam in parochia Sanfti Petri
Parvi, inter terram quam Folemarius Piftor tenuit de me, de feodo ecclefice- de
Cerencejire, &
terram quam Walterus Rufus Hareng tenuit de ecclefia S* Bartholo'
»z« ; qlije continet fecus vicum regium auftralem vi'ij ulnas, dimidiam; & in &
eapite aquilonari ij- ulnas &
dimid' & in proftuiditatp xxv ulnas, dim' de prse- &
didtis ulnis. Item xv folidat' &
ix denar' quieti redditus in parochia S. Martini dc
Ludgate, de quadam terra, qu£B jacet inter foffatum caftellum Munjichet'^ dc feodo
Ric. Munfiehet, & teo'am quse fuit Martini Permentaria de Fleta, qua continet feciis;
vicum regium aquilonarem xxvij. ulnas- dimidiam,& &
in capite auftrali xix-
ulnas & dimidiam, & in profunditate, verfus- occjdentem, xJiij ulnas, verfus &
orientem xxvij ulnas de pr^didis ulnis ; pro fervicio rotandi unam loricam femel
in anno pro toto feodo, quando Dominus ipfius feodi fuper ipfum feodunv illarft
miferit.
" Item XX
folidatas redditus de terra Ilia, quze jacet inter terram qua: fuit Alani
Cuner, verfus orientem, de feodo hofpitalis S. Bartholomei-, terram qus fuit Ra- &
dulphi de Warre ivLtorh, verfus occidentem, de feodi hofpitalis Sanfti Jacobi ; qu£e
terra eft de feodo ejufdem hofpitalis S. Jacabi'ia parochia S. Sepulchri verfuS Hok--
:
* Mimtfipiit (Mountfichet) tower or caftie on the Thames belonged to William Baron Mount-
fichet, who came in with the Conqvieror, and built it, but Richard de Mcuntfrchet being baniflied
by King John, 1213, his caflle, with other cnftles of the barons, v.'as probably deftroyed, but
not completely till 1276, when Archbifliop Kilwardby built the Black friary church with the roa-
teiials, the beft of whifih'the Bifliop of London had obtained of William the Cooqneror to re--
cdify the upper part of St» Paul's church, deftroycdby ftre. Stow, ed. 1633, p. 61.
kirn0^
^34 HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
•iurtie, & continet feciis vicnm regium aquilonarem xxv ulnas ; & in capitc
adftrali xlv ulnas ; & in profunditate, verfus orientem, xxiiij ulnas ^ 8c verfCis oc-
^cidentem xxxvij ulnas de prasdiftis ulnis.- Reddendo inde annuatim capitalibus
Dominis ipfius feodi xs. ad quatuor terminos anni. Item duas folidatas quieti red-
•ditus de terra quam Rogerus Perchaminarius tenuit in parochia S. Martini de Otef-
wich, qu£e continet fecSs vicum regium auftralem v ulnas, & in capite aquilonari
iij ulnas ; & Et in profunditate x ulnas de prsediftis ulnis.
dimidiam :
" Quare volumus & concedimus firmiter & fideliter, quod hsc omnia prjedidla
integre & finaliter remaneant prjedidto hofpitali & fratribus & fororibus ibidem Deo
fervientibus, in puram- & perpetuam elemofmam, faciendo inde fervicium annua-
tim capitalibus Dominis feodorum, ficut prasdiftum eft. Ut autem ha;c noftra
•donatio & conceffio & confirmatio perpetua firmitate confiftat, earn in honorem
yefic Chrijli & ipfius genetricis &
perpetuas Virginis Maria prsefenti fcripto liollro
coxifigBamus, & figillis noftris roboramus. Hiis teftibusj &c."
II.
(Men. Ang. voL II. p. 385.)
Compofitio inter Priorem & Conventum Hofpitalis Beatas Mariae

extra Bifliopfgate, 8c Re6torem EcclefiEe S. Botolphi.
Ex MS. quodam, nt fupra.
" Omnibus Sanftas matris ecckfiffi filiis, ad quos prsefens fcriptum pervcTierlt,
magifter Johannes Witing, reftor ecclefiffi S. Botolphi extra Eijhopfgate, Land.
seternam in Domino falutem : Nova-it univerfitas veftra, quod hsec eft compofitio
fadta inter ecclefiam difti S. Botolphi & me ex una parte, & domum Dei & Beatse
Maria extra Eijhopfgate, & Godefridum priorem & canonicos 8c fratres ejufdem loci
€X altera, parte, fuper jure parochiali quod ecclefiffi prsefatai S. Botolphi debebatur,
de territorio & curia prasfatas domus Dei & Beat« Maria, prsefente Domino W.
Lond. epiCcopo & affenfum prsebente, cum capitulo S. Fauli ; videlicet quod didti
prior Sc canonici & fratres 8j eorum fucceffores jura & libertates prefata ecclefi^
S. Botolphi, quantum ad eos pertinet, fervabunt illaefas ; 8c fingulis annis eidem
ecclefias, pro jure parochiali, pro omnibus decimis 8c obventionibus territorii
8c
praefati & curias praefatse, quae incipit de Berewardejlane *, verfus auftrum, 8c ex-
* Btrwards (probably Bear-wards) lane, now Hog-lane. Stow, ed. 1633, p. 175, where this
(Comj>ofition is abridged. The fite is now occupied by Petticoat-lane,
tendit
—
OFSHOREDITCH, 3^5.
tendit fe in ktitudin-em ufque ad parochiam, Sandti Leonardi de Soreditch verfuS'

aquilonem'; & in latitudine a vico regio verfus occidentem, ufque ad campum Do-^
mini Londori qui vocatur LoUefword, verfus orientem, decern folidos fterlingorum
perfolvent ad quatubr rerminos anni ; fcil' ad Pafcha duos folidos,, & fex denar'.
Et ad nativitatem S. Jghannis Baptiji<€ duos folidos & fex denar'. Et ad feftum S.
Michaelis duos folidos & fex denar'. Et ad Natale Domini duos folidos & fex^
denar'.
" Sciendum quod de omnibus terris aliis fuis in pradidla parochia extra praeno-
minatas fines decimas perfolvent. Veruntatem fervientes eorum, qui non funC
converfi, vel qui vote Domini eorum non funt aftrifti,, quater in anno, & in fefto-
S. Botolphi, venierlt ad diftam ecclefiara, & omnia facramenta ecclefiaftica, quse
didtis diebus fient ibidem, recipient. Et omnes alii a jure pgrochiali erunt ini
munes. Praefati vero prior & canonici & fratres, eorum fucceffores, nullum de
parochianis diftie eccIefiÊ vivis vel defunftis ad oblationem feu aliquod officium
ecclefiafticum ; nee aliquid ab eifdem parochianis eidem ecclefiie debitum maliciofe
in, ipfius ccclelis vel perfons prasjudicium, vel damnum admittent Nee etiam ad
:
fepulturam, nifi prius prefatse ecclefias fatisfecerit competenter. Ut autem omnia

prtedida fine dolo & fraude fideliter a prsediftis priore & canonicis & fratribus ob-
fcrventur, Godefridus prior prsefatfe domus coram Domino W. London' epifcopo,.
cautionem prasftitit juratoriam, & omnes fucceffores ejus, coram Domino Lond\,
qui pro tempore fuerit, vel ejuS fifficialibus ad hoc deftinatis, confimilem gr^fta-
bunt cautionem. Et ut ha;c compofitio ficut prsfenti. fcripto cirographato conti.^
netur notata, perpetus firmitatis robur obtineat, prsefens fcriptum ligilli mei ap—
pofitione corroboravi. Hiis teftibus Roberto decano ecclefise San<9iiJP«K//j & aliis.T
(Mon. Ang. vol. IL p. 385.);,
Carta Regis Edwardi Primi, de advocationibus Ecdefiarum- de-

Shaldeford^ Woghenerfli, Puttenham, &: Duntesfeld,, &c.
\ Cart. 33 Ed. I. n. 49,
" Rex archiepiftopis, &c. falutcm. Sclatis nos pro falute anim^ noftrse, &'
animarum progenitorum noftrorum quondam regum Anglic ; necnon ad augmen-
tationem cultus c^lVini in hofpitali Beatas Maria extra Bijhopfgate, Lond\ fuften-
tandi ; ac etiam in fubyentionem fuft^ntationis pauperura ibidem venientium, & irp
eodem hofpitali df gentium, dediffe h conceffifle, pro nobis & ha£redibus.noftris,i
4, dileflis.;
;
^-6
:>o
HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES
dileftls nobis in Chrifto priori &
conventui ejufdem hofpitalis, duo meflliagi^
quinquaginta & duas acr^s & duas acras bofci cum fervitiis
terra;, tres acras prati,
libere tenetrtiurti, & omnibus aVus perUnentiii (uh in Sha/de/erd : Et advocationes
ecclefiarum de Shaldefor'd, Woghenerjh, PutUnham, &
Duntesfeld, Wyntonieofis
diocdis, & noftri patrodatus. Habendas & tenendas eifdem priori & conventui &
eorum fuccefforibus de nobis & hasredibus noftris, regibiis Anglias, cum advocatione
capellse de Bromlegh didtas ecclefiie de Shaldfford annexe ; necnon cum mercato &
feriS & omnibus aliis ad praedidta mefuagia, terram, pratum, bofcum & advoca-
tiones qualitercumque fpedantibus, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam elemofmam.
'* Et infilper conceffimus eifdem priori &
conventui pro nobis & hsredibus
noftris, quod ipfi prsdidtas ecclefias de Shaldeford, & Ifoghenerjh, cum prjedifta
capella de Bromlegh, di£tse ecclefis de Shaldeford annexa, fibi & hofpitali praedidlo
appropriare &
eas fie appropriatas tenere poffint fibi & fuccefforibus fuis, in libe-
ram, puram &
perpetuam elcmofinara (Sec). Data per manum noftram,apud
Weftm', vjij die Aprilis."
II. Original Charters in the British Museum.
44. F. 39.. Licentia Fundand' Cantar' in Eccl' Novi Hofp' Sc

in Eccl' B. M. Bothawe*. Dated 13 April, 13 18.
* This charter, rather mutilated, fets forth that James de Botiller, citizen and draper, who
died the 4th day of February, 13 17, by his laft will and teftament, left, after the death of his
wife Agnes, to this priory, a tenement, with its appurtenances, in the parifli of St. Mary Bo-
thawe, formerly in the tenure of Walter de Londonefton, with fix ftiops annexed to it, of which
two were in the faid parifli of St. Mary Bothawe, and two in St. John's Walbroke, with another
ihop in Candelewyke-flreet, fol- the finding and fupportitig four fit chaplains, daily to celebrate for
ever for the fouls of James Botiller and his wife Agnes ; for William and Olive, father arid mo-
ther of James ; Walter de Londonefton and Chriftian his wife ; and for the fouls of all faithful
peifons departed'} two of the chaplains from among the canons of the hofpital, there to celebrate,
and two others, feculars, to celebrate in the church of St. Mary Bothawe, where James de Botiller
was buried, and on his obit day, viz. 4 Feb. one penny of the current money of England (monete
turfah'ilis Anglia) is ordered to be given to each fick perfon in the hofpital. The deed continues,
that the prior and convent fwore, for them and their fucceffors, to keep the faid James de Botil-
ler's will; and pronounced the curfe of the greater excommunication upon
themfelves, or their
fucceffors, fliould they either break their compaft, or prove negligent in the performance of it
and agree, negleSful, to undergo fuch ecclefiafticai cenfures as fhall feem moft expedient for
if
the welfare of their fouls, '^ prout falubrius animabus d'c'orum difnnSonim 'oiderint expedite" The
tvhole is confirmed by the Bifliop of London ; whofe feal, with that of the priory, was formerly
'
appendant. Dated 13 April, 1318.
44. F.
OF SHORED IT CR 357
44. F. 40. Carta Fund' Gantariie in Ecclla SVi Jacobi de

Garlekehyth *. Broken feal f T. E. H. .
53. H. 28. Carta Fund' Cantar' in Ecd'ia Novi Hofpitalis 8t

in Ecd'ia S'c'i Georgii j. 3 May, 1325.
* This deed declares, that, by the unanimous confent of the canons, and in confideration of
300 marks given them by Robert Newton and Henry Jolypace, chaplains, in their great neceffity,
for the relief of their houfe, which was grievoufly in debt, ([ua are alieno graviter onerata, they
granted to Thomas Prefton, chaplain of the chantry, at the altar of St. John the Baptift, in the
church of St. James Garlekhyth (founded by the royal licence), and to his fucceflbrs in the chan-
itry, twelve marks a'year, to be received from all their lands, tenements, and rents, with their
appurtenances, in the parifli of St. Martin Vintry, St. Peter Cornhill, and St. Botolph Bifliopfgate.
\ On this feal is a reprefentation of the Virgin Mary and child infcribed, " sigillum ;
. LONB."
J This charter fets forth, that la Bere gave a meffuage, with its appurtenances, in
Roger dc
St. Botolph's lane, by the parifli of St. George, London; and one other mef-
Billingfgate, in
fuage, in Candlewicke-ftreet, in the parifli of St. Mary Abchurch, to this priory ; for the finding
of three chaplains to celebrate daily, for the foul of Henry Wodlok, formerly Biftiop of Lin-
coln ; for the good eilate (pro faltibrijlatu) of Roger de la Bere, while he might live, and for his foul
when he fliall have gone the way of all flefli (pojlquam viam camis humana fuerit ingreJjTusJ ; for the
fouls of his father and mother; and for all ca«ons re-
faithful perfons departed this life. Two
gular of St. Auftin to celebrate in the priory church ; and one fecular chaplain in the church of
St. George. The deed was executed at St. Mary Spittle, in the prefence of Roger de la Bere, 3
May, 1325. When the prior and convent appointed brother Robert de Corne, and brother
Henry de Crefsbroke, of their houfe, chaplains for the two chantries in their church, and John
Davey, the fecular chaplain, to celebrate in St. George's church. They likewife agreed annually
to celebrate the obits of the Bifliop, and Roger de la Bere's father and mother, and his owa
when dead (cum ab hocftcula tranfmigraveritj^ io a folemn manner, with the tolling of bellj, &c-.'
William de Horton, prior.
X X III. Cotton
III. Cotton MS. Cleopatra, E. IV, folio 203.
(Pat. II E. II. p. 2. m. 24.)
Index Benefadlorura.
if
Gilbenus le fferon dedit vj folidat' qnieti redditus pcipiend' de terr' & tent' que
fuer' Algar le fferon in pochia Sci Clementis in Eftchepe.
Nichus filius Gervafii leSirer vna mcata quieti redd' de quadam domo in pochia
Sci Michis Woodftrete.
Serlo mcer «5es terr' fuas in pochia Sci Laur' vfus Thamefin *.
Martinus fili' Jo' de Ely, & Joha foror' ejus vna mcata quieti redd' in pochia
Sci Anthonii.
Tho* pfona ecctla Sci Petri de Magna Walfingham o(fto mcas quieti redd*, de
quibufdam feldis in foro Londi in pochia oim Scor' in Hony lane.
Petrus GiBun capitale mef q fuit pris fui in pochia Sci Jacobi,juxta vinetar'.
Wiltus Junevall totij cellar' q fuit Jordani Pev'ell in pochia Sci Mictiis vbi bla-
dum venditur -f".
Hen' filius Hen' Crifpi totu capitale mef fuu in pochia Sci Benedî Serhoge cu
toto iure q huit in advoc' dee ecctie & de oihz terr' & redd' q huit in London &
extra.
Warinus de turr' Lond' vnu mef
Wodcrowell in pochia Sci Olavi de Thon-
in
gate, Lond'. Ac Agnes que Warini le preacher remifit jus fuum q huit
fuit ux'
in vno mef in Woderoulane in pochia Sci Olavi de Thongate iuxta Turr' London'.
Juliana' que fuit vx' Walteri de Tundrefby tota terr' & domus quas huit hi
pochia See Ma' Wulnoth.
Laur' le Efcote xij denar' quiet' redd' de una (hopa in peffmaria in garda que
fuit Alani de Balm in pochia Sci Nichi.
Wiltms Camer redd' ij^"^' folidatarum de terr' qm Nichi de Belvors de eo emit.
Hen' Pikebon totu ius fuu in tota terr' qua tenuit de eiufdem pore & ffibj in
pochia Sci Sepulchri.
Margeria que fuit vx' Simonis capellar' dedit tota terr' in do.mibus quas huit in
pochia oim Scor' in Berekyngeth.
Alicia filia Galfrid' Boffe dedit totu jus fuu q huit in ij""" domib? in pochia Sci
Dunftani vfus Turr' London'.
Martinus filius Martini Wodyn dedit reddit' qua huit in pochia Ma' de Arcub'.
Robcrtus de Curlingh^m ded' iiij denar' redd' de domib' q tenuit de Simone
m atore in pochia See Trinit' Lond'. <
* Q, St. Laurence Poultney. f St. Michael's Comhill.

Ni-
OFSHOREDITCH. 339
Nlgdlus capellarlus dedit ofto folidat' quieti redd' de teiit' dotnib' que The- &
obald de Alegate de eo tenuit juxta porta AUegate.
RaSus filius Wiltmi filij Baldewini dedit medce terre qm funt de Reginaldo filio
Rogeri in ôchia Sci Georg' Suwerke.
Edelina que fiiit vx' Radi pdci dedit fuam medte lerr'-qm ipa & pdcus Radus
emer' de Reginald pdco in |>ochia pdca. Vendicoem etca c|m WiltrHs filius Petri
de Horma de fecit prior' &frib' pdcis de fepte folidat' redd' vn' libr' pigis de &
quada terr' que fuit VVilttni itin' nicer in pochia Sci Aug' in veteri pifcaria.
Edia la Blund dedit vn' mef in pochia Sci Dunftani.
Eadem Edia ded' aliud mef in eadem pochia.
Hen' le Lutre dedit xxiijj, i]d. quieti redd' de tent' que tenuit abfee Be Marie de
Stratford apud Ludegate in pochia Sci Martini & Londonesftane in Candlewickftrafe
in pochia Sci Clementis & Sci Micbis in Candlewickftrate Eftchep & Limeftrate.
GilBus de Affyngdon dedit redd' fex nicar' &
di' de quadam Senda que fuit
Hen' de Coventre in foro occidentali in pochia Sci Pancrafii. Et ij meat' redd' dc
Scnda qm ide (jilbertus tenuit in pochia be Ma' de Arcub' Lond'.
Jolies Adulphus dedit', redd' vij denariat' de mef q fuit Hen' le Cuttder in "vica
Sci Clemen' iuxta Candelwickftrate.
Galfr' de Hundefdich dedit totum domu fua qm !iuit in pochia Sci Botelphi extr'
porta epi Lond'.
Jofies de Stanes civis Lend' dedit xiiij fhopas in pochia Sci Olavi vfus Turr'.
Bartlius de Caftro cticus civis Lond' dedit terr' & domos fupedificat' quas huit
in pochia Sci Albani de Wodeftrete London'.
Galfr' fili' Hen' at Barre dedit vj deaar' quieti redd' de tent' in pochia Sci Both
extra Alegate LotKlon'.
Simon' de Paris civis London' ded' Selda cij quodam bratmeo in pochia Sci Petri
de Wodftrete London'.
Jo' Tony dedit tent' cu fliopis folar' & gardinls que fcuit in pochia omn' fcor'
de Staningcherch & See Catherine Lend'.
Nichus de Haleweford' ded' totu ius & clam/ que ftuit in xx folidat' redd' de
tent' in Efchepe in pochia Sci Leondi London'.
Walterus de Colcefter cticus & Ifabella vx' ejus deder' xl folid' redd' de terito
q huer' in vico de Flete in pochia Sci Martini de Ludgate Lend'.
Pdcus Walt' & Ifab' dedeft vna alia domu cu trib' ihopis in vico de Flete in
pochia pd'.
Wimart de Ebbegate* dedit xix meat' redd' quas huit in London' extr'. &
Walterus de Verdon ded' centu fofid' redd' de marifco q emit in pochia de Weft
Tilber'.
Wiltins filius Johis de Langedon ded' totii marifcu in Chanonhae que vocat'
Langedone mfh,
Jo' de Lancaflcr ded' quanda p . . . . terr' in pochia de Chaldewell.
* Wymaik de Elbcgate, a co-founder. See p. 308.
X X 2 Wil-
340. HISTORY AND ANTIQÛITIES.
Wiltiis le Marfliall ded' tota terr' fua in de Weft Tilbury.
villls
Martinqs fili-us Rad'i de Gorewall ded' tota terr' fua in Weft Tilbury.
WilJms de Hobruge ded' teir' fua in Chalveduna.
Andr' de Honindon cticus ded' terr' in pochia de Opmenftr' *.
Petrus de Newport archid' London' ded' campu apud Yneney.
Ide Petrus ded' ptu in Sutholm in pochia de TotenKm fup ripa Luye. Et svic'
ad ipm ptin' de iij acr' pti in Souiholm cu foffat' adjacent', &c.
RoBtus de Kyngeflon dedit totu ins fuu in xij acr' terr' in pochia de Hakeneya.
Robtus de Button ctic' ded' totia ius fuu. in v folidat' & vj denar' redd' in
Knontesfeld 8c pochiis de Hakeneia & Stebenhethe.
Hen' de S,abricefworth ded' xix acr' terr' in Hakeneya.
Roger' vicar' de StBheth ded' viij acr' terr' & di' jacent' intr' Watfeld & Fowe-
lane & vna acr' terr' & di' que vocat' Bethelmcrofs & homag' Salanionis Wiburg
& Jo' Helm.
Egidius de Wodham ded' x acr' terr' 8e di' in Hakeneya & x]s. M]d. redd' in
eade vill'. Et vij acr' & di' in eade viU. Et vna acr' & vn* roda pti in Wilder-
neffe & vn' mef in Champrichale -f*.
Walterus Grimbaud dedit tota terr' fua in Hakeney & vj. redd' in Stebehe.
Ide Walterus ded' iiij acr' terr' in Hackeney.
Ide Walterus xij^. redd' de iiij acr' terr' in Hakeney.
Ide Walt' dedit vna acr' terr' in Hakeney.
Ide Walt' dedit redd' v folid' de terr' in Stebehe.
Alicia filia de Stebehe ded' x acr' & di' terr' in campo qui vocat' Golsfreland.
W°" fiiius Edrici de Alegate dedit tota terr' lua extra Alegare voc' le Wodland.
Prioriira & convent' de Halywell deder' cs, quieti redd' de duabus marifcis ia
com' Effex quos huer' de domo Phi Baflet.
WiltSis coes EfTex ded' tota terr' & man' de Ditton cu advoc' ecctie & ptu in
Thaldwod q vocat' Horfmede &
3 folid' redd' in Thalewod cu molendino & xvs.
iijfi?. redd' in eadem villa. -
^
RaSus de Plavar ded' maner' de Ditton cij ptin'.
Ada fiiius Duranti de Enefeld ded' ptu in marifco de Enefeld.
Johes de Cadamo ded' maner' de Bello monte in pochia de Ceftrehunt.
Matilda Attenok ded' tota terr' fua iac' inter terr' dcor' religioforu & Wiltmi My-
dleton' ctici, Et vna acr' pti in Woremeled-mede J in pochia de Ceftrehunt.
Stephus fiiius de Ceftrehunt ded' ius fuu in vn' acr' terr' in Ceftrehunt.
Hugo de Honesford & Chriftina vx' ejus deder' jus fuu de-mef in Ceftrehunt
& V acr' terr' in ead' villa & vn' acr' pti.
Ric' fiiius Rogeri pifcatoris ded' terr' fua in Ceftrehunt vn' acr' pti in Ran- &
itey.
Radus Cardun ded' quodda afferm' cu paftur' & crofto voc' Coclefcroft in Chefil.
Jo' fiiius Rogeri de Sweberg ded' vn' acr' & di' in Mocking.
* Sc. Upminjier, Effex. See p. 310. f (i. Camlrirlge heath, J f. Wormhy mead.
a Gil-
OFStlpREDITCH. 341
Gil^tus fillus Rici de Sco Andoem* ded' horaag' & svic' de dimid' feodi mil' in
Weft Tilbir'& Eft Tilbir'.
Rogeri.de Seueberwy ded' vn' acr'
Jolies filius terr' in Orfethe.
Ide Jo' ded' vn' acr* terr' in Mocking.
Walter filius ded' ten' fuam in eadem villa.
Jo' Roberti de Brok ded' iij acr' terr' & dim' in Cbaldewell & iij
fil' acr' & di'
& medietatem vnius acr' pd in Orfeth, & 5 virgat' terr' in Cbaldewell *.
Ric' de Sco Andoem' ded' terr' fua in W'ft libber'.
Anaftafia que fuit vx' Barttii le Forbur' de London' ded' t£rr' & mef in Littel-
bury.
Robertus filius Nichi Rivelent ded' terr' cu meffuagiis in Chaudeweli.
Galfr' le Widefeld ded' 7 acr' terr' in Orfete.
Wiltms fill' Ade civis Lond' ded' totu marifcu fuum voc' Horfeword.
Walter' de Kentoys ded" quietu redd' ij denar' de marifco de Horfeworth.
Robertus del Brok ded' vn' mef in Chaldewel.
Jo' filius Rogeri de Seueberga ded' iij acr' terr' in ijochia de Making.
Kic' fil' Hen' Strogman ded' viij denar' -redd' de tentis in Mucking.
Beatrix filia Martini de Seueberwe ded' croftu que fuit Robti Kete & vna acr*
terr' in Seueberwe.
Mahiliat AbbiJTa & convent' de Berkyng deder' tentu in Seueburg q fuit de
dono Wiltmi Pover.
Robertus abb' & conv' de Stratford ded' iiis fi3u in iiij folld' redd' de tento ipor*
abb' &
covent' in Mockyng Hornyndon. &
Walterus Ruffus ded' terr' & tent' in Mockyng & Hornyndon.
Jo' fir Rogeri ded' vn' acr' terr' &
di' in Orfete.
Steph' Sorth ded' med' vni' acr' terr' in Weft Tilber'.
Ide Steph' remifit redd' v denar' de quoda mef in Weft Tilber' vna denar' &
redd' in quadam paftur' in eade vill'.
Jo' Sheyl ded' tota terr' fua in Weft Tilber*.
Jo' fili' Rogeri ded' vn' acr' ten* in Mucking.
Wiltms fil' Srephi le Marfliall ded' tota terr' cu hopis in Weft Tilber'.
Tho' fir Roberti de Graveftiend pbr' ded' vn' acr' terr' in Parva Tilber'.
Ric' de Serbury ded' paftura ad xj animalia in hope de Tunemanlafe in marifco
de Weft Tilbery.
Ide Ric' ded' xv acr' terr' in Weft Tilber' cu libis introetib* exit'. &
Ide Ric' ded' tota terr' in Weft Tilber' in tenur' Barthol' le Furbur* Anaftafie &
vx' eius.
Ide-Ric' ded' tota terr' fua in eade vill' q WiltiSs Godye tenuit.
* Of thefe lands in the parifhes of Orfet, Mucking, and Chad-wtU, in Effex, fee p. 310..
•}• Mabilia de Bofebam was abbefs of Berking in 1*15,
The
342 HISTORY Al^D ;AN T I QÛ I T I E S
The Girls School of Norton Folgate
was inftituted in 1703, for 25 children, who are completely

cloathed twice a year. In 1 7 30, Mr. William Tillard, treafurer of
the fchool, gave to the truftees a houfe in Bloflbm-ftreet. In
the following year, five more girls were added to the former
number. The falary, of the raiftrefs, originally but 11/. has
been increafed to ai/. per annum, exclufive of i/. for inftru6ting
her fcholars in finging. The children belonging to the fchool
attend on Sundays at Sir George Wheler's chapel, where an an-
nual fermon is preached for their benefit.
The Court House, and Turner's Free-school.
In the middle of Norton Folgate High-ftreet formerly flood the

Court Houfe; the upper part of which had long been ufed for a
free-fchool, founded early in 1691 * for 30 boys, and fupported
by the voluntary contributions of well-difpofed perfons, of whom
Humphrey Seymore and Richard Turner efqrs. were the chief;
"j",
the former, by will, dated April 13^ 1700, left to the fchool
the ground rent of an houfe in Lombard-ftreet (after the de-
ceafe of his wife), in the truft of the goldfmiths company ;
* It was tlie fecond inflitution of the kind in London ; tlie boys fdiool at St.
Botolph's Aldgate (fet up in 1688) being the firft.
-j" He died in 1738.
but
OF SHOREBITCH, 343
but the goklfmiths refufing to accept the truft, the fubfcribers

to the fchool proceeded to a6t ; and^ on September to, 1731,
leafed it to John Beft, at the annual rent of 1 8/. clear of all de-
dudtions for taxes or repairs. Upon the demolition of Norton
Folgate Court Houfe, in 1743, the fchool was removed to an
houfe in White Lion-ftreet till 1775. In this year the truftees
under whofe care it had been left by Richard Turner*, jun. efq.
chofe a plot of ground, on a leafehold for 60 years, in Prim-
rofe-ftreet, upon which, at the expence of 687/. they built a
handfome fchool-houfe the revenue of the fchool then con-
;
lifting of 5000/. 3 per cents, left by Mr. Turner, and the

ground-rent of the houfe beforerpentioned of 1 8/.
In 1 77 1, the number of the boys was increafed to 40, who
are taught reading, writing, and arithmetic; they are completely
cloathed once, and fupplied with the fmaller articles 6f drefs three
times, a year,
Almshouses in Norton Folgate Liberty.
In Elder-ftreet are feveral almOioufes, with this infcriptiont,
Thefe almfhoufes
•*-
were eredled and endowed .
by the charity of
Nicholas GarRet, Efq.
deceafed ; a member of the
company of Weavers, in i
London,
J Anno Dom.
1749."
)
Son of the former, who died in 1768. -
Adjoining
'
Adjoining to thefe are fix others, where the workhoufe of

the Hberty is now kept, with this infcription :
" Thefe Almnioufes

were built in the year
1728, '
for the benefit of the poor of

Norton Folgate.
. Jer. Mather,! ^
^
Geo. „
Bruce,
ôverfeers.
J
Sir George Wheler's Chapel.
Connected with the Hberty of Norton Folgate (thought in the

parifti of Chrift Church, Middlefex), is Sir George Wheler's ta-
bernacle.
The worthy knight built it for the ufe of his tenantry in Spi-
tal-fields(who, fituated at the extremity of a vaft parilh, were
frequently unable to attend their church), and was himfelf their
firft minifter.
Thomas Sharp, D. D. prebendary of Durham 1722, was
the next minifter whofe name I have difcovered. He was fuc-
ceeded by the ,
Rev. William Lamplugh*, in February, 1731 ; and, in
1734, the
Rev. John Craner occurs, who continued here many years.
* Son to Thomas Lamplugh, archbi(hop of York (1688 — 1691). He was af-

terwards vicar of Devvlbiiry, in Yorkfliire.
In
;
OFSHOREDITCH. 345
In 1756, the tabernacle having fallen ta decay was re-built

with bricfc, at the expence of the neighbouring inhabitants
and, as an acknowledgement, they were allowed to chufe their
minifter. After this, the right of prefentation again reverted to
the defcendants of Sir George.
The chapel was opened with two fermons on September 5,.
1756 ; and, on the 2 2d of the fame month, the contributors

to its re-buiiding aj)pointed the
Rev. Parker Rowlands their miniiler for the morning. The
afternoon preacher was the rev. Herbert Mayo**, M. A. then cu-
rate of Spital-fields,by virtue of his re£tor's claim.^ He fuc-
ceeded Dr. Simpfon both here and at St. George's in the Eafl-^
He is now, Auguft a 6, 1 7 9 S, minifter.. Mr.. Rowlands was
fucceeded in 1784 by the.
Rev. John Hutton, M. A. to whom the chapel itfelf had been^
given by Mr. Granville Wheler, The prefent euratfe is the
Rev. J, J. Ellis, M» A. joint lecturer of Shoreditch.
The connection of the prefent pofTeflbr of the xhapeL witlx;
the family of Wheler here ihewn from Mr. Hutchinfon's-

is
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OF SHOREDITCH, 347
Old Artillery Ground, or Artillery Garden,
In expe6lation of more copious materials than thofe I was in

poffeflion of, I referred the reader to the conclufion of the work
for an account of the Old Artillery Ground, which was entitled
to an earlier infertion, among the poffeffions of the Spital pri-
ory. My enquiries have, however, been difappointed ; and I
have' added to my more than a few references to the

ftock little
regifter and minute books of the Artillery company, whofe an-

tient archives were loft in the civil wars of the laft century.
THe Old. Artillery Ground^ or Artillery Garden^ had antiently

the name of 'feqfel Clofey from the Clothworkers, to whom it
"was let, planting in it one of the three fpecies of Teafel called
Carduus fullonum.y of peculiar ufe in railing the knap on woollea
cloth. It wa^ afterwards let to the crofs-bow makers, who ufed
it in fhooting for games at the popinjay *.
Mr. Bagford, in his Letter on the Antiquities of London f^

mentions " a defcription of a Roman camp and place of exer-^
cife in the Old Artillery Ground, between Whitechapel and
Biihopfgate-ftreet, by a judicious author, in the latter end of
Queen Elizabeth's reign; a valuable quarto pamphlet.". lut,,
asno other authority can be cited, we cannot lay any great ftrelS'
on Mr. Bagford's aflertion.
* Strype's Stow, ed. 1754, vol. I. p. 426*

\ Prefixed tp Leland's CoUedânea, p. W.
Y y % Certain
Certain it is that the Artillery
Garden once formed a part of
Lolefsvorth-fields, and that the upper part was a Roman ceme-
tery *.
William Major, the laft prior, with the convent of St. Mary
Spital,Jan. 3, 1530, leafed it for the term of thrice ninety-
nine years to the " Fraternity of Artillery in great and fmall
'* ordnance" (or gunners of the Tower), incorporated by char-
ter from King Henry VIII. In 1584, a propofal was made for
the confirmation of their charter, and re-eftablifhment of the
fraternity,under the dire<5lion of the officers of the ordnance.
And the rules and dire(5lions how the art of gunnery was to be
taught, are recited in Stow -f. But the whole fcheme came to
nothing.
In the following year, the city being wearied with continual

mufters, a number of gallant citizens, many of whom had
ferved with credit abroad, here voluntarily exercifed themfelves,
and trained others to the ready ufe of war ; fo that, within two
years, there were near 300 merchants and others, fufficiently
fkilled to train common foldiers in the managing of their pieces,
pikes, and halberts, to march, countermarch, and ring. In
1588, fome of them had coramiffions in the camp at Tilbury ;
but their aflbciation foon after- fell to decay J. In 1 6 1 1 §, it

was again revived, by warrant from the privy council, and the
volunteers fbon amounted to 6000 men H. In the year 1614
(faith Mr. Pennant **) there was a general mufler ; and the
* See p. 105. -f-

Survey, ed. 1754, vol. I. p. 427.
J Howes' Clironicle, 1632.
§ Regifter of the Artillery Company ; the only book faved in the Civil Wars.
II
Stow's Survey, ed. 1754, vol. il. p. 571.
** Hiftory of London^ cd. 1793, p. 270.
citizens,
OF SHOREDITCH. . 349
citizens, bravely furniftied,under twenty captains, made a moft

creditable appearance. Though a contemporary writer * affures
Us, that " the fouldiers for their armes and furniture were well
" and rightly appointed*;" but " in their demeanor he noted
" thefe two defe6ts, ignorance of order, and negle6t of their
*' captaine's command." And here it may be necelTary to obferve,
that Mr. Pennant is not the only writer who has confufed this
part of the company's hiftory. He fays f, *' The old place of
*' exercife being too fmall for the purpofe, they removed to the
" New Ground'^ and, " in 1622, they began to build
Artillery
*'on one fide an armoury, which is excellently fupplied." It
was in the Old Artillery Ground, where, by warrant from King
James, in 1632, they ere(5led their armoury + ; toward the
building of which, and fupport of the company, in 162 1 and
two following years, the chamber of London gave 316/.
13J. 4^. § -It was not till 1640 that they entered upon the
plot of ground in Bunhill-fields, leafed to them by the city, for

139 years, at the referved rent of 6s. 8d. which Alderman
Leate ||
was long preparing for them**. Nor even then did they
entirely quit their old In 1657, they fold
field of difcipline.
their armoury in the Artillery Garden to Richard Wollaflon,
* NiccoUs's London Artillerie, p. 104.

•f Ut fupra.
X This armoury was with 500 fets of arms, of extraordinary beauty,
furnifljed
which were loft in the Wars. Their captain, during a part- of thofe af-
Civil
frighted times, was a Mr. Manby, who irrecoverably detained for his own purpofes
the arms, plate, money, books, and other goods of the company. The Proteftor
was folicited to enforce their being replaced ; but in vain. Minutes, in the archives
^f the Company.
§ Regifter of the Artillery Company. ||
See p. 178.
** Stow's Survey, ed. 1754, vol. 1. p. 583.
4 efq.
,,,,
; : ; :
35° HISTORY AND A N T I CÛ I T I E S
efq. matter gunner of the Tmver, for 300/.*; and, in

1754,
built their prefect armoury ; and the ground, which was ori-
ginally 1 1 acres, 2 roods, and 4 perches, has, by the buildipjgs
on its fides, been reduced to 8 acres and a quarter. The leafe
from the city expired in 1780, and v/as made renewable every
14 years, by the fine of 100/. each renewal f.
In 1794, '^^ nature and eftablifliracixt of the Company
having been by many perfons mifunderftood, the court of affif-
tants put forth " An Addrefs to the Inhabitants of London,"
whence the following is extraSed
*'
This company
of very antient date, has at all times been
is
** fteady in fupporting the conftitution, and government, and
* Minutes, in the archive of the company. '
Upon the dd armoufy was this-

infcriptioD, copied by Maidand, p. 799 :
**
London's Hououri and her Citizens approved Love, €xei:cifi.ip^g Arms in the
Artillery Garden^ London.
This architefture, phoenix of our age And William, prior of the hofprtal
(All Europe cannot fliew her equipage), TJien of our bjefled Lady, which, we call
,
Is Mars his miftrefs, which retains the ftore Saint Mary Spittle, without Bifliopfgate,
Of Mars his arms, being Mars his paramour. Bid pafs it by indenture,. Bearing datq
This fabrick was by Mars his foldiers fram'd, January's third day, in Hjenry's time.
And Mars, his Arnjouries this building nam'd, Th'eighth of that name; tbeconvent did coajorai.
It holds five hundred arms to furniih thofe Unto the guile of all ai;till?rjr.
That love their fovereign, and will daunt his foes. Crofs-bows, hand-guns, and of archery.
They fpend their time, and do not care for coft For full three hundred years, excepting three ;
To learn the ufe of arms, there 's nothing loft. The time remaining we, (hall' never fee.
Both time and coin, to do their country good. Now have the noble council of the king
They '11 fpend it freely, and wilLlofe their blood. ConfirijiM the;fame,and, under Charles his wing.
Our city London is a royal thing. We now do e^êrcife, and of that little
For it iscall'd " The chamber of oiv king:" Teafel of ground, we enlarge St. Mary Spittle.
Whofe worthy fenate we muft not forget Trees we cut down, and gardens added to it.
Their grant and our requeft together met Thanks to the lords, that gave us leave to do it.
They cherifli us, and we do honour them : Long may this work endure, and ne'er decay,
Where foldiers find true love, thgy '11 love again. But be fupported to the lateft day.
The ground whereon this building now doth All loyal fubjefts to the king and ftate
ftand. Will fay amen, maugre all fpleen and hate.
The Teafel Ground hath heretofore been nam'd. Marifcallus Petowe conpofuit."
•f-
From the information of Mr. William White, fccretary to the Company.
" has
:
OFSHOREDITCH. 351
*' has frequently experienced the moft honourable diftindlions-

*' Many of the nobility and great perfonages of old were en-
** rolled in it, and learned and pra6tifed the military arts in the
*' ground belonging to the company, and in the fields in which
*' the members retain the right of eXercifing.
' *'
The title, according to modern acceptation, may convey to
*' fome the erroneous idea, that the Company is devoted chiefly
" to the management of ordnance. The lead attention, howe-
** ver, to its military arrangement
will fet this matter right. This
*' corps is a regular battalion of infantry, confifting of grenadier,
" and hat divifions together with the matrofs
light infantry, ;
" divifion, for the ufe of two field-pieces, prefented in the year
" 1780 by the Gity, in confideration of the fervices of many
** of the members, then of the London Military Foot Aflbcia-
" tion. There is alfo kept up a divifion of archers'*; archery

" being
* Since the pages on archery were ccmpofed, the following memoranda have
occurred, which may claim infertion, in this place, as the Finflaury fociety is
now incorporated in the archers divifion of the Artillery Company
P. 170. In 1675, 350 archers, moft richly habited, appeared in Moorfields to
compliment Sir Robert Viner, then lord mayor: from thence they marched
through Wood-ftreet into Cheapfide ; then they paffed by the North fide of St.
Paul's, and marched round into Cheapfide again, and fo to Guildhall, where they
waited to receive the king, and the then lord mayor. When the king had viewed
and paffed by the archers, they marched to Chrift church, where a noble dinner
was given, at the expence of the. lord mayor. Their ftandard was guarded by fix
crofs-bow men. All the -officers wore green fcarfs, and every bow-man a green
ribband. Hargrove's Anecdotes of Archery York, 1792, p. 61.
;
P. 171. note X- Harl. MS. 5898. Bagford's MS CoUeftions for the Hiftory
of Printing, fol. 224, mentions, " Ayme for Finfbury Archers, by E. B. and
I. I. printed at London by R. F. 34°, and are to be fold at the Sign of the Frier
in Grub-ftreet by T. Seargeant, 1601."

•' Aim for Finfbury Archers, '&c. i6?6."
Harl. MS; 5900. Another volume of Bagford's CoUeftions, contains his cata-
logue of books relating to arms. The following, not generally known, are here
j;nentioned for the ufe of thofe who are curious in the hiftory of archery
: ^
« The
35a HISTORY AND ANTICLUITIES
*' being the by the Company, in days when the
art cultivated
*' bow was an inftrument of war. The coramand of the bat-
** talion is vefted in officers annually elected.
" The Confipany may alfo have been thought
brauch out^ to
*'or be part, of the City Militia. On the contrary, 'it has at
" all times maintained its own independence^ unconne6ted with.
" any other corps, however it may have been reduced in^
" numbers during periods of peace, and internal tranqjaillity.
*^ This municipal corps prefents peculiarities of excellence^
?
" that merit general attention.. It poflefles every advantage
" The antient Order, Senate, and laudable Cuftom of Prince Arthur and the
Knights of the Rouijd Table, in praife of Englifti Archerye. Tranflated out of
French into Englifh by Richard Robinfon,, a Londoner born, in 4to, Printed, by*
" London's
x5:-->" ...
Artillery; briefly containing the noble Pra6life of y' worthy So-
ciety, w'** the modern and antient Maptial Exercifes, Nature of Arms, Virtues
Magiftrates, and Chronography, and Glory of this Hon''''^ City ; a Poem, with,
large Annotations. London, printed by Thomas Speed and Bernard Alfop.
104 Pages, 4to, 1616."
" The Neceffity and Excellence of Archery, by T. S". y' Dedication to y*
Nobility and Gentry of England, by the Company of Bowyers and Fletchers of
London. .Printed in London,, by Richard Jones, at the Sign of the Rofe and'
Growne, next above St. Andrew Church in Holborn."
" The Artillery Garden, a Poem, dedicated to the Honour of tKofe Gentlemen:
whopradlife Military Difcipline there, written by Thomas Dickerin, 410, 1616."
Mr. Herbert's edition of Ames's Typographical Antiquities,, vol. HI. p. 1320,
mentions a ballad " Defcrybing the Vallures of our Eftg. Arches and Shott that
accopanied the Black Prbce of Portugall their Gov'nor into the Fields," 1596.
* The title of this book is more correftly given by Mr. Herbert.
"The auncient Order, Society, and Unitie laudable of Prince Arthure, and his knightly Ar-
mory of the round Table with a Threefold Affertion friendly jn Favdv.t ;'.nd furtherance of
:
Englifli Archery at this Day. Tranflated and correfted by R. R. (Richard Rohinfon). Pfal»,
cxxxiii 1 and 4. Imprinted by him, &c. 1583. In verfe. M, in fours. Quarto." Ibid. '
" A
learned and true Affertion of the original Life^ A£les, and Death, of the moft noble,.,
valiant, and renowned Prince Arthure, King of Great Brittaine. Colle£ted, snd writttn of late.
Years in Lattin, by the learned inglifh Antiquarie of worthy Memory, John Leyland. Newly
tranflated into Englifh by, Richard Robinfon, citizen of London, 1582." H!s d.vice. Im-
printed by hm, dwelling in DiftafF Lane, 1582, 4*0, 47 leaves. Ames's Typographie»r Aati-
qjiities, vol. U. p. 17*^
;
OF SHOREDITCH. 353
of the pureft volunteer body, on the moft legal eftablilh-

ment. It is authorized and privileged by many royal
patents and warrants "and, particularly, by one of his pre-
;
fent Majefty, under the royal fign manual, whefein his royal
Highnefs the Prince of Wales is declared captain-general j and
is governed by rules and orders of its own forming. It more-
over ppfleffes independent and improving funds, whereby the

expence attending a volunteer corps is confiderably leffened
and, what is of higher recommendation, it enjoys within it-
felf every requifite that fuch a corps could wifli, in a fuperior
ftyle of accommodation namely, a large and commodious
;
piece of ground, for the exercife of its members, which for

fitvtation and convenience is perhaps unrivalled, and an
armoury-houfe, with fpacious rooms, in which the company
at large, and its committees, meet and hold their delibe-
rations .
" Refpe6lable from time, and poffeilions, and thus

rights,
fan6tiohed, the Company confifts of gentlemen of chara<5ter
and property, bou«d<by a folemn declaration and obligation of
attachment and fidelity to the King and the Conftitution; and
of readinefs to join m fupporting the Civil Authority, and de-
fending the Metropolis ; and is regulated by a Court of Aflif-
tants, confifting of a Prefident, Vice-prefident, Treafurer, the
Field Officers ; the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs, of
the City of London, for the time being ; and twenty-four
ele<5live members."
Z z HAVING
[ 354. 3 .
^ HAVING now finifhed the Hiftory of Shoreditch, it remains

to return thanks to thofe who have aflifted me. The Dedication
has already declared how much I am indebted to the firft patron
of Antiquarian Learning in the prefent age. In various early '
pages I have exprelTed my obligations to Mr. Denne ; nor am I
lefs indebted to Mr. Nichols. By the kind attention of the^fev.
Mr. Ayfcough, my little work has been enriched from the Bri-
tilh Mufeum ; and the friendly communications of Mr. Price
have pointed out many valuable particulars from the Bodleian
Manufcripts at Oxford. For a variety of curious notices ia the
earlier pages, I am much indebted to Mr. George Limming : as
well as to Mr. Galey, for the unlimited ufe of the Augmentation

Records. Nor with lefs pleafure do I acknowledge my obligations
to Ralph Bigland, efq. Richmond Herald ; and to James Browne,
efq. of Stoke Newington. Though I wifh it not to be thought
that I have mentioned thefe with any defign to enhance the me-
rit of my performance, or to boaft the afliftance of men, emi-
nent for their know^ledge in my favourite line of refearch. In
reciting the names of thofe by whofe. communications I have

been benefited, my view has been honeft.
$lua non fecimus ipji
Fix ea nojlra voco.
H. E.
I iS5 ]
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
P. I. note -f-.
Magdalen-college, Cambridge.
P.' 2. 1. 3. acquaintance.
r. j,^
Ibid. 1. 18. after 'P'l&xs Vlovjmz.n place \\,
V. 5. 1. \o. r. Weft fide of the church,

'•Ibid. Shoreditch churcK^ " beiiig repaired in ,1704, is very ;de,eent, paving
good and c6rnmunion table, eficlofed witb
pews,' a cedar pulpit, a neat altar-p'iece,
rails and baniftefs, and a gallery at the Weft end." Mag. Brit. Antiq. & Nov.
vol, II. p. 195.
~. P. 6.1:'25. for 24.126 r. 34. 126
P. 7. 1. 17. The grantees of thefe two acres of woodland at the Diflblution
were John Wilfdn ahd^Bartholotnfew Brokfelby. The chantry was fouiided by Sir
John Elrington in 1483. Pat. in Turr. 22 Ed. IV; p. i.'rn'. 26.
'
^, r cr T 1- 1 !• s. d. f S"^ Tho. Stoughton 1

" n'
St. Leon^ m
T71J ^ li.
•
r d • .. '
S^ John Eldnngton s
^ g ^.ôwe maffe
Shordiche. chauntry..,,..
I J ^ ^^.^^^ penc'-cs.
The mefluages which belonged to this and the Lovell chantry at Haliwell, were
granted by-Queen Elizabeth to Jott^ Farflehafn; one of her gentlemen penfioners.
See page 199. ,
P. 8. 1. 16. In the margin of th? Eaft view of Shoreditch church by Toms,

1735, mention is made, that! the pafifliidners petitioned parliament in 171 1, that
Shoreditch might be included in the 'number of the fifty new churches. For this
affertion I have as yet no better~auchority.
P. 9. after line ^.' 'add^ Prom a variety of mifcellaneous notes and hints, com-
municated by Mr. Denne, I have extrafted tlie following :
" The hiftorian of Shoreditch, it miybe prefumed, is aware, that there were
two adls of parliament for re-building the church of St. Leonard ; becaufe, from
the inadvertency' of the foficitor, or'6f tfie clerk of the Houfe of Commons, em-
ployed in carrying the bill through that houfe, fuch an error was committed .in
the firft aft, as to render an explanatory" aft abfolutely neceffary.
" Ihe church was built by borrowing money ,on life annuities, and the church-
wardens' accompts will ftiew how many years the annuities continued ; S. D. be-
lieves that fome of the annuitants deceafed in a fhort time ; and he is certain that
Dr. Denne lived long enough to fee the parifti difcharged from this incumbrance.
Zz2 "S.D.
— — :
356 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

*' S, D. has preferved the underwritten items of the expences of building
" Receipts for building Shoreditch church :
I. s. d.
Granted by parliament —— 8000 o o
For lead off the old church — — 83 13 o
&083 13 o
Building the new church 6700 o o

——
Ornament of ftone work
Additional brickwork
The tabernacle —
— — 180 00
.
z^p
.81^^
o o
o
Tabernacle fences, &c. — 24

—6
9
204 91 6
Charges in procuring the a(3: of parliament — 195 4 a
Surveying the old church a,nd charges — — 29 7 6
Paid Mr. Scott one year's Midfummer 1 736 —
—a
falary to 25 o
< '
.• .,'? ;
7485 5 2
Remains to build the veftry, and wall round the cburdi-yardj
and levelling the ground,. Mr. Scott^s faiary, &c. '598 — 7 10
8083 13 '
o"
P. 9. note Yo\. Ill, article Sf. Leonard.
;);.
'
P. II. note -j*. Not the two windows^ but the large compartment (with the
laft fupper), is marked at the lower ôrner, -•' baptista svtxon, 1634."
P. 15. note -f. /or 137a, r. 1327.
P. 16. " Houfeljfig people." " HoFspt, the HoJy Eucbarift, Johnson.
Q^ whether by howfclyng people might not be meant perfons fuppofed to be qua-
lified to receive the Communion, fuch as might be ftyled communicable perfons,
rather than communicants ? lii like manner as we fometimes hear, efpecially in
Scotland, of c&tech'izable perfons?" Mr, JSichols's Hiftory of Canpnbury, p. 18.
P. 17. 1. 44. Oa. 14th, 1767.
Ibid. 1. r. "John Blake," April nth, 1780.
45.
P. 20. " William Flefhmonger, D. D." On the 13 of Odlober, 1530, he was
prefented to the church of Tungmer, in Kent. Reg. Warham, f. 403. a.
P. 21. as a note. *'
1559? Sept. 3, one Makebray, a Scotchman, and lately an
exile, preached at Paul's Crofs." StPype's Life of Grindall, book III. p. 26.
P. 24. 1. 2. r. the degrees,
P. 26. note J, 1, 2. for 184 r. 84.
P. 29. Upon the fequeftration of Mr. Squier, March 17, 164^-3, Matthew
Clarke, B. D. was appointed his fucceffor.. See the Journals of the Houfe of
Commons, vol. III. p. 105.
P-33-
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 357
P. 33. 1. 22. fer 1772 r. 1777: Among Dr. Rawlinfon's papers, for the conti-
nuation of Wood's Athenae, at Oxford, is an account of Dr. Denne, by himfelf.
P. 34. 1. 39. r. fpiricaal.
P. 35. 1. 7. Archbifhop Pêrring was affifted in his anfwer to Bifhop Sherlock's
•* Option," by
Archdeacon Denne and Paul Jodrell, efq. Anecdotes of Bowyer,
2d edit. p. 605.
P. 40. 1. 4. Mr. Day, vicar of Roydoti, EfFex, 1752, and, 1798, curate of
Parndon Parva, in the fame county.
Ibid. 1. 8. add, from the Journals of the Houfe of Commons, vol. II. p. 464.
2 March, 1641, it is '• ordered, that Ger. Smyth, an orthodox divine, be recom-
mended to the parilh of St. Leonard Shoreditch to be their iefturer; the parifhioners
maintaining him and Mr. Squire and his curate, are hereby required to permit him
:
the free ufe of the pulpit, to exercife his miniftry every Sunday in the afternoon."
Ibid. p. 543. 26 April, 1641. " Ordered, that Mr. Thomas Owen, an or-
thodox divine, Qiall be recommended by this houfe, to be leiSturer to the parifhion-
ers of St. Leonard Shoreditche, London, to preach there every Lord's-day in the
afternoon; this houfe being informed, that Mr. Smith, who was formerly recom-
mended tO' be their lefturer, is removed to another place and the minifter of that
:
parifh is hereby required to permit the faid Mr. Owen the ufe of his pulpit to
preach there accordingly."
Ibid.]. II. Mr. Mil bourne was inftituted to the reftory of St. Ethelburgha
June 14, 1 704. Reg. Lond.
Ibid. 1. 22. r. Dr. Moun/fort.
P. 49. In the autumn of 1796, the friends of Mr. Pattrick came to a eompro-
mife with the vicar, and the other parifhioners ; and, on the 2d ef December, Mr.
Ellis and Mr. Pattrick were licenfed joint ledurers of Shoreditch, by the Bifhop of
London.
P. 52. note -f. Among the Harleian Manufcripts in the Britilh Mufeum, No,
liio. fol. 39. b. and No. 10/4. fol. 123. are defcentS'of ii/r/«^/o«,
P. 53. note *, add, nor of the Hungerfords of Black Bourton, Oxfordfliire.
Ibid, note §. In Randal Holme's CoUedions, Harl. MS. 2040. fol. 21.7.
is a pedigree of the Starkey family : it begins with " Richard Starkey de Stretton,
32 Henry li." and ends foon after 1653.

P. 54. 1. 18. " ^Si"^" Stow's Survey, ed. 1754, has 1535.. To the ac-
count of the monuments in this page may be added,
" ^Sb^^ J^"' i^'^h, the Lady Chaloner, wife of Sir Thomas Chaloner, one
of the clerks of K. Edw. VI, and wife of Sir Thomas Lea, of Hogflon,
was buried honourably in Shoreditch church." Strype'5 Eccl. Mem.
vol. III. p. 311.
55 1, Septemb. 20th, the Lady Southwell, wife to a privy couhfellor of
**
1 ^
that name, was buried at Shoreditch." Ibid. 450.

And the- following, in the New View of London, 1708 (vol. I. p. 313.), were
before overlooked :
"On
" On
the South fide of the church is a fmall monument, in merao'ry of Ann,
_
oi Thomas Dixon.
vj'iie Arms: Azure, a fleur delis Or, chief Ermine, impaled
with Sable, a lion rampant Or."
" Alfo another monument for Ann Slater."
P* 75- ^' 54- A character of Mr. Becon may be found in Sfrype's Life of Grin-
dall, pp. 274, 275.
P. 88. 1. 1 1. /or 1397 r. 1307.
P. 89. note *, 1. 8. as abbot Curdington.
Ibid. I. 4. The fecond John Shordich occurs in Sir W. Dugdale's Hiftory of
Imbanking and Draining Fens and Marfhes, pp. 271, 272.
P. 89. J. de Shordich attefts- the king's writ, 12 E. III. granting a mint
to the abbot of Reading. Martin Leake's Hiftory of Englifli Money, p. 92. from
Nicolfon's Hifliorical Library, p. 256, folio edition,' where however it is printed
Sbflrdiche.
18 E. n. 1324, John de Shordich was joined with John de Stonore to fwear for
the King of England, " ad firmandura per juramentum in animamnofiram prse-
ftandum," to the confirmation of certain difputes with France, concerning the
"caftle de Montepreffato ; and tbefe two commiffioners iflued their letters accordi-
ingly \ In another inflrument of the fame year, he is called dodtor of laws\
A proteftion was granted, the next year, among others,, who were to attend the
King to France, to Matter John Shordich '. 1329, he was commiffioned by Ed- -
ward III. to treat about certain requefts of the people of Amiens 4, and to atffift
the Bifhop of Norwich in a treaty with France 5. Next year we find him a com-
miflioner on the requefts from Amiens, and ftylfd juris civilis profejhr^; and, for
a marriage between' John, eldefl fon of the King of France, and Eleanor, the
King's fifter'; on the homage to be performed for Amiens^; about certain
treaties of peace between the two Kings'; to treat with the king of France about
certain requefts '° and debts" ; alfo concerning a fecret expedition te the Holy
Land 1332^. He was fent to the Pope's nephews 1333, being then a knight,
with Richard de Bury, the King's fecretary, afterwards Biftiop of Durham 'V
appointed to manage a truce with France 1334'* ; about difputes and debts'^;
9 K. III. a marriage between the King of Aullria's fon and the Princefs Joan, the
King's daughter "* ; to treat about an alliance with the Archbilhop of Cologne
and the Earls of Brabant, Hanau, and Gueldres, 1335 "' ; to pubhfti in the coun-
'
Pat. 18 E. II p. I. m. 37. Rymer, vol. IV,. p. 65. * lb. p. 66..
.
3 Pat. ig E. II. p. I. m- 27. Rymer, ib. ibz.
4 Fat. 3 E. JJl.. p. 2. m. 22. Rymer, ib. 403. 427. 437. 443.
5 6 Cl.uf. 3 K. III. m. 4. d, lb. 407.
* Ib. 410, ' Ib. 4: i. 42S. 444.
fat. 4 E, III. p. :. in. 50. ,
' Pat. 4 E. III. p. I. m. 44. lb. 413. . ' Ib. 414, 415.
'"
lb. 464. " Ib. 465.
'^
r.v, 6 E. III. p. I. m. 6. Ib. srg. 604. '' Rom. 7 E. III. m. 5. Ib. 548.
'- Vafc. S E. 111. in. 12. Ib. 597. 600, 601. " lb. 603. 629.
'" Ib. 655. 682. " lb. 680.
. ''
ties
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 359
ties of Sonierfet and Dorfet the bonds (ebligationes) entered into with the King of
France to lêep the peace 1337 "' ^° coilett froui the clergy in the province of
York, the aid for a war with France, fame year '' ; to borrow money in the King's
name i'3,'.o'^''. In 1:^43. he aione was authorized to receive and hear complaints
and appeals to the King, as to the King of France, in Aquitaine^'. IJ43, he was
joined with other proxies to treat with the King of Caftile^^; to fettle difputes be-
tween the fubjedls of the two powers 1344 ^
John Shorediche was one of the (henfFs of London 1405, 6 H. IV. to whom a
writ was addreffed to borrow money to defeat the purpoles of the French, in aid-
ing the rebels in Wales and Aquitaine "-*.
Among the rare books and charters at Strawberry Hill, was " the charter of fo-
refts, one of the original copies, finely preferved, with the great feal appendant;
found at Hackney 17^3, among writings of the antient family of Shordich, by
Pvobert Bygrave prefented \>y him to Sir Edward Walpole, and by him to his
;
brother Horace." Lord Orford's Account of Strawberry Hill, in the fecond vo-
lume of his Works, p. 449.
P. 104. 1. 3. " S?o«^-ftreet," probably from the Ermine
ftreet's 'having been
paved.
P. 106. note *. r. Mr. Cough's Camden, III.
P. III. 1. 6.- " John Taylor." Q;_ if the fame with Richard Taylor, men-
tioned by Dr. Walker, in the Sufferings of the Clergy, part II. p. 51. as ejedted
from this prebend by the rebels ?
Ibid I. 10. " Jofeph Syms, 1755." See Mr. Nichols's Anecdotes of Bowyer,
p. 625. note.
Ibid. 1. 1 1. " Samuel Carr, D. D." collated May 8, 1776. He was prefented^
to St, Martin Ludgate redlory on July 16, 1767, and to Finchley Oft. 2a, 1770.
Reg. London. _ , ui
Ibid. 1. 21, r. AthenjE Oxon. 11. 234.
Ibid 1. 29. r. reClor/.
Ibid. 37.
1. vicar of St. Helen's.
r.
P. 121.1. 20. rî685.
P. 138. 1. 16. Arthur Bedford. Mr. Bedford communicated fome memoranda

of himfelf to Dr. Rawlinfon, which remain among the Dodtor's MSS. at Oxford.
I have pffen fought for, thetn, but without fupcefs. A paper in the doctor's hand
gives an account of him to this effeft He was the fon of Richard Bedford^ and.
:
was born at Tiddenham, in Gloucefterfhire, where he was baptized September the

8th, 1668. Having received the rudiments of learning from his fathpr, he was,.
in 16S4, at the age of i6, admitted commoner of Brazen- Nofe-qollege, in Ox^-
ford, where he acquired fome reputation as an Orientalift. In 1687, he became
B. A. and in the following year received holy orders from the Bifliop of Glou—
11*- •
'Yi'C- • • •
•
" Rymer, vol. IV. p. 804. '« lb. 828. '" lb. vol. V. 172.
« lb. 388. "lb. 398. 'Mb. 41s
** ID. VUI.413.
I ccfter*.
)
36o ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.

cefter. About this time he removed to
and became curate to Dr. Read,
Briffol,
redtor of St. Nicholas church, with whom
he continued till 1692, when, having
taken prieft's orders from the Bilhop of Briftol, the mayor and corporation of the
town ptefented him to the vicarage of Temple church. In Mr. Ayfcough's Cata-
logue of MSS. in the BritiQi Mufeum, No. 4917, " Obfervations on Mufick, made
in 1705 or 1706, by the Rev. Mr. Bedford, Chaplain to the Haberdafliers Hofpi-
tal, at Hoxton."
P. 155. 1. 10. Dr. Aflry was prefented to the rcftory of Orfet, in Eflex, on
June 26, 1717. Reg. London.
Ibid. 1. II. " Jac. Waller." He was prefented to the united redlories of St.
Andrew Underfhaft and St. Mary Axe, on July 5, 1764; refigned the prebendary
of Hoxton in the year 1771 ; and on May 21 that year was collated to the prebend
of Mora; and on April i, 1773, to the archdeaconry of Eflex. Reg. London.*
P. 160. 1. 21. The

miftake of Hans Holbein's having painted the Machabre,
or Dance of Death, on the walls of Pardon church-yard,
is unaccountable. Stow *
has recorded that it was put up at the expence of John Carpenter, town clerk of
London, in the reign of Henry V. Indeed it was not an unfrequcnt appendage
to the walls of cloifters. Holbein's painting was executed at Bafil.
P. 181. Liberty of Moorfields. Traders' tokens.
VI.
(Greett'heufe)
IN LITTLE MOORFIELDS. '

1666."
S. A» '
VII.
" TORN GREENHILL IN LONG (3 Tonns
ALLEY IN MOREFEILDS (HIS HAXFFENY, 1671:.)"
VIII.
*'
(henry YOUND i°)NEARE BEDLAM GATE
IN MOREFEILDES [a Still)"
P. 185. ]. 7. Helyas, capellan, was prefented to the church of Dunton by the

^riorefs and cenvent of Haliwell, in 1220. Rot. Hug. Wells, Line. Epifc. fub
ann. 12.
Ibid. I. 17. In 1222, 5 H.IH. the prioreis and convent prefented to the
church of Welewes, in Huntingdonftiire, a penfion being referved to the nuns of
five marks. MS. Dodfw. in the Bodleian Library.
P. 187. add, From a record in the Augmentation-office, dated June 19, 37
Hen. VIII. the priory of Plaliwell appears to have poflfeffed an iriclofure between
Finfbury-field and Hoxton, nigh Pitfield-ftrect, the referved rent whereof amounted
to 8j. Ad.
* Edit. 1754, vol. I. p. 310.
P. 187.
:
ADDITIONS AND CORUECTIONS. 361
p. 187. note t|. Trumpington is a village two miles South of Cambridge, me-
/morable for the miller in Chaucer's Reeves Tale; the ruins of the mill ftill remain.
See the new edition of Camdeii, vol. III. p. 140.
P. 188. as a note to " Simon Bifliop of Ely," add, Simon de Montacute was
bifliop 1337 —
134s. And Simon Langhartl from 1352— 1366.
P. 207. Charters, &c. relating to the priory of Haliwell. In a copy of
Cowel's Law Interpreter, with MS notes by Bilhop Kennet, in the Bodleian li-
brary ; V. Domefday Book, the bifliop rnentions a charculary of this priory which
had the name of Domefday. ,
Ibid. 1. ult. Holywell Mount is fituated within the prebendal manor of Finf-
bury. In the City Journals (vol. LVII. f. 39. b.), 1765, it is ordered by the city,
that any perfons laying foil-, dirt, or rubbifh, for the future, on the Mount, fhould
be profecuted ; but whoever (liouy have occafion for any of the foil or dirt which
compofed it, might take whatever quantity he fhould think proper, gratis. Hence
we may date its derjioUtion.
P. 241. note *, 1. 2. r. Patrick Colquhonn.
P. 277; In a daily paper of 1735-40, Mr. Dennc pointed out to me this ad-
vertifement
"St. Leonard Shoreditcb, March \o.
" To the charitable benefaSions given in the late fevere feafon to the poor of this
pari(h,which have been already ackfiowledged in this publick manner, the vicar thinks
himfelf, in juftice, as well as gratitude, obliged to add, that he has (over and
above the money brought into the general account) diftributed, among 113 fami-
lies, the following benefaftions, which he received 1. s. d.
From a clergyman, defiring to be unknown, — 20 o o
A
gentleman unknown, diflrlbuted in bread, -— S 5 '^
¥ 5 o"
The following letter to Dr. Denne, informs us who the unknown clergyman
was :
*'
Mr. Archdeacon, out of
love to your parilh of St. Leonard in Shoreditch,
and compaffion to the calamitous circumftances of fome of its inhabitants at this
ri<»-orous feafon, I have taken the liberty to fend you enclofed a bill on my nephew
for 20/. which I defire you to diflribute in what manner you think fit, without
naming the donor, to, fuch of them as Ihali be found to be in the prefent greateft
diftrefs.
" I am now, as I have been for fome months paft, out of order ; or I would
have done myfelf the pleafure to have waited on you in perfon with my mite, ha-
ving ftill a freih remembrance of the favours you formerly conferred on, dear fir,
your moft affectionate, and obliged humble fervant,
•* Erêld, Middlefe^, 14 Feb.
1739. John Bridgen."
'
A a a P. 254.
362 A-DD IT ION'S AND CGRRECTIONSV
P. 294. 1. 2r. r. agone.
P. 309. In an ancient manufcript, called the Cuftoms of London, aboutîô:;.
It IS recorded th»t the prior of St. Mary Spittle
was obliged by antient prefcriptiob
to repair the middle part of a bridge over Walbrook. See Stow's' Survey, ed>.
1754., vol. I. p. 25.
P. 321. The arms
of the priory are thus noticed by Mr. Edmondfon, in his-
Complete Body of Heraldry, " Gu. a lion rampant, barry of 8, Ar. and Sa."
P. 326. The arms of Vaughan were granted by a. patent under the. hand and
feal of Chriftopher Barker, Garter, 14 April,
1539, 30 H. VIII. Harl. MSS. 1476.,
P. 344. Benefactors to the Poor of Norton Folgate..

I. ViKCENT GoDDARD, 1581, whofc "benefadtion is recorded in page 306.
II. Mrs. Beatrice Awbry,. by will, bearing date January 8, 1652, left the:
annual fum of 5/. ifiuing from the rents and profits of certain tenements fituate in
St.Târy Spittle, to be diftributed to the poor: weekly,, on Saturdays, the one,
half in bread, the other in money. This gift is now loft.
in. Samuel Saunders, 1702; with whbfe gift the overfeers- of the liberty
purchafed the farm called Toogood's, at Tillingham, in Effex. See Dr. Dennc'fc
Regifter of Benefadtions,, p. 273..
Ibid. Trader's token: - .
"ABRAHAM LE KEux (Three ToHs)

in NORTON FALGATE."
There Is. a pewterer of this name now in Sun-ftreet..
P. 8 " On Monday night laft, there was an appearance of numbers of people being'
.
affembled in a very diforderly manner at Shoreditch, near Spitalfields. Their cry

and complaint was of being underworked, and ftarved by the Irifli, down with the
Irijh, &c. But that night the numbers were not very great, and they difperfed of
themfeJves, without doing any mifchief. It is neceflary here to explain what is
meant by this complaint agaioft the Irifh, which is founded upon greater numbers
than ordinary, as is faid, of Irifhmen being here, and not only working at hay and
corn harveft, as has been ufual, but letting themfelves out to all forts of labour
confiderably cheaper than the Englifli labourers have ; and numbers of them being
employed by the weavers upon the like terms. This iaft particular, together with
an incident that happened in thefe parts, is thought to have occafioned the fcene
being laid at that end of the town. They are building a new church at Shore-
ditch, where I am told the mafter workmen difcharged at once a great number of
all forts, of labourers, and took in at once Irifhmen, who ferved for above one-
third lefs a day, and thi& I am at prefent, and as yei of opinion, is the principal
caufa
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS, 363
up the mob, or at leaft, I think, is the only

cjcufe of the uneafinefs tliat has ftirred
caufe that numbers of them knew any thing of. Upon this pretence the tumulc
began on Monday night. On Tuefday evening they aflembied again in greater
bodies, and were about feven o'clock thought to be 2000 in number. Tiiey now
grew more riotous they attacked a public houfe kept by an Irifhman, where the
;
Irifh reforted and viduaJIed, broke down all the doors and windows, and quite
gutted the houfe. Another houfe of the fame fort underwent the fame fate. By
this time (thofe places being within the jurifdiftion of the city) the mayor and de-
puty lieutenant of the Tower hamlets were affembled in order to difperfe them.
The proclamation was read but the mob, v/holly regardlefs of the proclamation,
;
increafed every minute, and wei-e thought to be about 4000 ftrong. The magif-
trate upon this gave orders for railing the militia ; and in the mean time the deputy
lieutenants wrote to the commanding officer at the Tower to fend to their afliffance
fuch a number of the guards as they could fpare, upon which an officer with
about 50 men was fent by major White. Upon the appearance of the guards
the mob retired, fliifted from one ftreet and alley to another, and gave no refiftance,
and by break of day were all difperfed. All Wednefday things feemed very quiet,
till evening, when the mob rofe again to as great a number; but the militia of the
Tower Hamlets being then raifed, marched againfh them; but the mob in the
fame manner retired before them wherever they came, and gave not the leaft re-
fiftance. The deputy lieutenant upon this wrote to the officer of the Tower that
they did not want their affiftance, and in this fituation things remained all Wed-
nefday night, the mob continuing in great bodies till the appearance of the mi-
litia, but as conftantly running away upon the fight of them, and fo difperfed
themfelves before the morning." Sir Robert Walpole's Letter to his brother Ho-
race, July 29 —
Aug. 9, 1736 and the Duke of Newcaftle's to the Earl of Walde-
;
grave, Aug. 5 —16, 1736. Walôle Correfpondence, publifhedby Mr. Coxe, vol.
III. p. ^4g.
A a a a Report
§64 ADDITIONS AND CORREGTIONSj.
Report made upon a View of Daljlon ax\d' I/IingfOn Waters.
To the Honourable the Coramittte appointed by the Right Honourable the Lord'
Mayor, Aldermeai, and Commoners, in Common Council aflembled.
In purfuance of an order of this committee, datfd the thirteenth day of this in-
ftant Dec£?nber, vice have, with the affiftance of WilUam Cooper, one of the citty-
labourers, viewed the fprings and waters at Daljion; and find the fame to be reduced
to two feverall heads, walled and inclofed, fituate in two fields near Daljlo-n, and
from thence conveyed in two pipes of lead through fundry fields croffing the foot-
-way from Shoreditch to Hackney, fomething Eaftward of a tenement there called
^he Virginia Houfe, and from thence croffing Swann-Jield, on the Weft of Brick"
lane, under a tenement now in the occupation of one Williams, a bricklayer in.
King-Jlreet, arid from thence croffing the faid ftreet under certaine tenements near
^he Golden Heart into Phcenix-Jireet, and fiom thence croffing the faid ftreet under
a tenement at the upper end of Gray Eagle-ftreet, in the occupation of one Cajlle,
and fo down the middle of the faid ftreet to the akns-houfes at the corner of Cor^
butt's court, and from thence up the faid court to the upper end pf Browne's lane,.
eight foot deep, where the faid two pipes are united into one, which conveys the
water from thence down a ftreet on the Eaft fide of Spittle Fields, about nine foot
deep, and under fome tenements at the South-weft corner of the faid ftreet, and fo
crofs White-Rowe-Jireet, and under a tenement on the South fide the faid ftreet into
and crofs a centre field to the South-weft corner thereof, where a ftone is eredtcd,
and from thence Under a tenement in the occupation of one Gantam, a wyer-drawer,
into Bell-lane, and from thence down the middle of the faid lane through Mounlague-
Jlreet and Wenford-Jlreet into Ttttycoat.-lane, and fo along the micidle of the faid lane
fifteen foot deep, into Whitecbappel-ftrêt,. and from thence up the Weft fide pf the
faid ftreet (from fourteen to eighteen foot deep) to the conduit at Algate.
And we cannot be informed that the faid pipes or any other from the faid fprings
are employed to any other ufe than the fervice of the faid conduit, except a quill
laid into a tenement in the faid Bell-lane belonging to one Sheppardy to. (aswhom
wee are informed by the fame was granted by the Citty about five
faid Cooper) the
years fince, in confideration of laying their conduit-pipe through and under the
faid tenement now in the occupation of Gantam, which then belonged to the faid
Sheppard. And we find the faid conduit very plentifully fupplied with water.
And we have alfo, in further purfuance of the faid order, viewed the fprings and
waters belonging to the Citty neare IJlington', and find the fame in two heads, one
covered over with ftone in a field neare Jack Straw's caJlUf which is fed by fundry
5 fpringe
AbDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 365
fprings in an adjacent field, and is ufually called The White Conduit, the water
whereof conveyed from thence in a pipe of lead through Chambery park to the
is
other conduit in Chambery field ; and from' thence the water of both the faid heads
fo united is conveyed in a pipe of lead crofs The New River in a cant into The
Green Man fields, and, entering from thence a garden heretofore belonging to one
Perter, vintner, at about forty foot diftance from Frogg-lane, and, croffing the
corner thereof and alfo Frogg-lane into a field on the Eaft fide thereof, and from
thence crofs the North-eaft corner of a garden at the hither end of Frogg-lane into
a field belonging to the Company of Clothworkers, and from thence through the
field next to and Well: of the foot-way from IJlinglon unto the ftile by the Peft-
houfe, where it croflTeth the faid way, and lo along the Eaft fide thereof crofs the
road at Old-Jireef, and under the bridge there into Bunnhill fields, and from thence
'
on the Welt fide of the faid field lay The Artillery garden croffing Chifwell-Jlreet
into and down the middle of Grubb-fireet Mio Fore-fireet, and fo on the South fide
thereof to the conduit at Cripplegate i And we cannot find that the faid waters are
employed to any other ufe than to the fervice of the faid conduit.
Alfo we humbly certify that both the faid conduit-heads of Daljlon are out of
repaire ; the firft wanting two pillars for the window and a copeing-llone j and the
furtheft wants one fide of a ftone door-cafe and a new door, the old being broken
by fome perlons that have broke up the infide pavement and the curb-flones round
the ciftern of lead, and taken away about three yards of waft pype and two leaden
boffes out of the faid ciftern theire, and the hinges and hooks of the door;, and
we find one of the jambs of the window is alfo broke, and the roofe wants repaire
in cieling.
And we conCeive that the pipe from the furrheft conduit-head to that in Cham-
hery-field beyond
IJlington is fliopped, for that the ciftern in the firft is full of water,
and the water joining to the latter is not above a quarter pipe, whereas it hath
ufed to come full pipe; alfo that the planks of one of the draines feeding the faid
furtheft head is broke abouc fix foot fquare, and two flones wanting in the covering;
and alfo the hke quantity of plank is broke over the cefs-poole at the head "m
Chambery field. All which we humbly certify, this twentieth day of D^cember^
anno Domini 1692*.
Thomas Glentworth^
James Nalton.
Ko. Tarlton^
RfiPORr"
Report of the Views of the Conduit-head beyond the Dogg-houfe.
To the Honourable Committee appointed to make Provifion for the Orphans

ot London.
In purfuance of an order of this committee, dated the twentieth inftant, wee

have (with more care) vciued the waters neare and beyond The Dogg-houfe, being
affifled therein by William Coiper \ and wee find three fprings, wz. one in a field
Weft of The White Hou/es by Hogfdon in the occupation of Harrolh.
another in a fieW Wefl; of that,- now or late in the occupation of i
Burton ;
and another in a field now or late in the occupation of one Jnderfon ; the water of
which three fprings are conveyed in draines ot brick, to a conduit-houfe in the laft-
mentioned field, from which a pipe of lead lyeth for the conveyance of the faid
waters to London by another conduit-head in the next field Southward called
Cunduit -field, from which lad head is alfo layd a pipe of lead for conveyance of
waters to London, thofe by the pipe from the other heads ; which two pipes lye as
foUoweth, viz. from the faid laft head crolle the roade from Oldjiteet (about three
foot Eafl of the foot bridge and path-way there) into Bonhill fields, where a branch
was formerly layd to the. faid Dogg-houfe, but now difufed, croffingthe new church-
yard about forty foot from the Eaft end thereof, and foe through 'The /Artillery
Ground, and crofling Chfwell-Jlreet, about thirty foot from Finjbury-roade, and
under the corner-tenement on the South of the faid flreet, and fundry other tene-
ments and yards, through Mr. Wilcox's yard at Fin/bury; from thence along the
infide of the front walls of the reft of Finfbury houfes Southward, entering Little
Moorfields about three foot Weft of Finjbury -roade, and foe crolTe the field in a
diagonall line to the South-wefl thereof under a te.nement in Fore-Jlreet in the
occupation of one Ewin, and from thence through, feverall tenements and yards
to the common fewer at the Southêafl of the yard of one Plynton, carpenter, and
foe through London-wall ; one of the faid pipes going to the conduit there on the
infide thereof, and the other by the faid conduitt up the middle of Cekman-Jlreet,
where a branch was formerly laid to ferve a cock by Coleman-Jlreet-church, called
Jack'Slow, but now difufed, and from thence into Lothbury, and foe downe the
JNorth fide thereof, to or neare a platt of ground, where, before the generall fire in
London^, Hood a conduitt by Loa/hbury church ; which being demoliflied by the faid
fire, we are informed by fome antient inhabitants there and others, that the cocks
and remaining lead of the faid conduitt were then taken away by the citty-founder
and plumber, and the faid pipe was then alid there by them flopped up, and never
been open fince ; and w€« cannot find that any of the faid two pipes have been
taken up in Coleman-Jlreet or elfewhere, but find one of the faid conduitt-heads
quite demolifhed and the fpring flopped, and the other head and draines much out
of repalre. All which wee humbly ccrtifie, this thirteenth day of December^ 1691.
James Nalton.
Ro. Tar ton.
1
Thomas Glentworth.
INDEX.
—
C 367 3
N D E y»
A. JjHe's hofpital, ij6 t<5 13?. —chaplains, 138 t«
149.
jfHi/on, Richard, 26. Aifield^ Artihrofe, 30.
Almflioufes, Badger's, 149. 28'j. ^..Aiabiey, Beatrice, 362.
Bareniere's, 149. Aylmer, Zaehary and Edmund, 27. 84^
— Dutch, 180, Ayk'vjard, William, 21.
Fuller's, 115, 116. 150. 244»
Garrett's, 213, B,
-^ Geffrye's, 113-,
*
:
Harsvarr's, 113. 276. Badger, Allen, 270.
•
Lady Lumley's, 148. JSa/weV hoiife, 124 to 133..
Morrel's, or the Goldfmiths, 112. Balnies family, 124,125,
Walter's, 116. 263. Bafon intended in Finfbury fquare, sî*^
—^— ^—— Weavers, 117. Beauvoir, Richard, r33,-
Weftby's, 'or Old Maids, 147, 148. BeMtt, Thomas, 7;.
Archery, anecdotes of, i63 to 173. 240^ Bedford, Arthur, 138. 146; 359.
Arms of Auftin, 68. Benefaftions, Dr. Denne's fegifter of, 243 tw
Auger, 319. 280. —
addiiions to, 281 to 289. ^dl,
BeniuD, 67. Bele, Thomas, 320-
Bowyer, 329* Bell inn, 86.
Boys, 329. Betton, Mr. rr4.
'
Bulflrode, 329,. Bijhopfgate, antiquity of, 104.

Byde, 64. —
Blal:e,]Q\m, 17. 48. j<j. ^his benefaftiOHj 369*
Clarke, 71.. Bridget!, John, 37. ^. 360.
•
Cook, 114- Brune, Walter, 308'.
Crofsley, 66. Bulkeley, C harles, iSo,-
Dixon, 358. —
Butbage, Richard, 210. ^Family, 21 1, 210.
Draper; 329. ,
Burials, chriftenings, and marriages, compared^
'- Eiringfon, 51- from 1558 to 1579, 80.
— Fyfield, 329. » in the plague years, 8i.-
Gernon, 98- Bjfield, Dr. William, 122.
HarrfBy,- 5 9-
Hungerford, 53.
Ichingham, 52.
Kirktofte, 329. Canal, navigablej intended in Moorfieldfi- ij^
, Knife, 329. 178. 251*.^
Leigh, 53. Carr, Dr. 358.
— Lowe, 329. Chantry in Shoreditch church, 6. 7. 354. —at
— Northannpton, 87.. Haliwell, 199.
— Shoreditch, 88- Charity fchools, 241.
— Skory, 56.; Gharke, Robert^ 22.
— Spelling, 329. Cholmeky, fir Roger, roo.
— Thorney, 329. Churches, one of the fifty new, propofed to be:
— VavafOur, 58. built within the Spital precinft, 306, 307.-
— Vaughari, 326. 36r.. Clarke, Matthew, 36. 356-
— Urfwicke, 329. Conduit, 365.
— Wyott, 329. Cook, Mary and John, 114-.
ill the windows of an old houfe in Ho- Cooter, John, 19.
fywell-ftreet, 329. Cclhrd-, meaning of, 79.
Ground, 1 06.J
Artillery Co'zuari/* J- academy, 134. 1^^
J0ey Robeft, 1^6, Cu'wley-i Richard, 210,
D. Darais^
?€« INDEX,
IX Hotham, John, 35, 35-5.
Honfel, meaning of, 356.
Darnley, earl of^ his interefl; in Finfljiiry-fijuare, Hoxton, 118,119. —
balfarnic wells, 120 to 1*3.
248*. —Jews' burial-ground, 150. prebend aiid —
Day, Mr. his contefl for the lefturefliip, 42, 43. prebendaries, 151 to 155.
iS7-
£>i:iwe, John, o. 31 to 35. 42. 44 1047. 2.84 to 1 and J.
287. 357. —
accountof, 357.
DUon, Anne, 31; 8. Jews' burial-ground, 150.
Donaefday, extracfts from, 96. 118. iji. Inoculation, where begun, 133.
Don îxote, h'.t bifto'ry in tapeflry, J26. Jon/ott, Benjanaiti» 210.
irijh labourers hired to Shoreditch churcbj riot
about, 363,
'
liTiih, bituminous, 120, 121.
'Eaton, Guy, 2^.
Eirington, fir John, his chantry, 6. — monument, Le More, 1 57 to 159.
—
51, ?2.— famiLy, 73. 357. Let'turers, 40 ^44.
Eimi7i flreet, 102 to 107- Lefturefliip of'Shpreditch, contefts for it, 42. 4^.
Evans, John, 180. Lee, Richard, 36.
Lefier, Thomas, bell-founder, 279.
L^. Robert,' 37.
Liberty of Church-end, 4.
FffirciilJ,ThomsLi, his benefadlions, 277. 283 to Haliwell, 182.
287. — and preachers, 288.
lefture - Hoxton, 118.
Finfiury, 157.— fields, 167. 225. archery, 168 — ————— Moorfields, 156.
— —
to 173. 240. prebend and prebendaries, 214 Lelefworth fields, 104.
to 240. i'quare built, 24S*.— bafon intended Lovell, fir Thomas, account of, 193 to 199 —
in, 34.9*. pedigree, 196, 197!
Fijhbcurne, R. ^t,^. 282.
FJiz-Stephen^s Defcription of London, 158, M.
Flejimonger, William, 20. 356.
Foliot, fir John, 84. Manners, fir George, 198, 199.
/»/&r, judgej 115, 116. 244. Mark-lane, manor of Blanch Apleton.in, 332.
J/ar/ow, Michael, 146. 147,
p. Mafle^fon, George, ,36.
Maykebrayer, John, zr. ^-
Baptift, —
—
Garret, Nicholas, 2 13^ Meeting-houfes, 134. iSo. i8i,
Geffrey, {it 'S^tihtti, 113. Milbomne, Luke, 40, 41, 357.
Gernon family, 97, 98. Monument of, Auften, Thomas and John, 68.
Gilford, fir Henry, and lady, 32S, Benlon, Elizabeth, 6,7. 27.J.
GoJJard, ymcent, 362 • '
T Burbage, Cnthbert, 61.
Grant, James, 47. .
Byde, John, 63,
Cuede, Egbert, i8g. ' Clarke, Francis, 69.
. Cook, Mary, 1114.
H. Crofsley, Elizabeth, 66.
Dixon, Anne, 358.
Haggerfton manor, 9^ to loi. —family, 95. Draper, Sufannah, 6;;. — Mar-
Hanmer, Meredith, 23 — 25. tha, 66.
Hanjby, defcent of, 59. Gadde, John, 53.
Marwarr, Saniuel, 113. Gips, George, 58.
Heji, William, 113. Gregory, Mary, 1 14.
Boli'well liberty, 182 to 207.—priory, 183 to Hanfby, Jane, 59,
314. — prioreffes,' 200. — valuations, 202, — Hatighton, Efther, 64.
charters, 202 to 207,—mount, 207. 361. Leigh, fir Thomas, 54. — Ri-
H<i»ke, Dr. 137. \ chard, 60.
MQnument
— —
INDEX. 3%
Monument -of Liveley, Catharine, 61. — . Halton, fir Roger, 78: ^-
Manners, Anne, fir Thomas, and — Hare, Thomas, 73.
fir
Thomas, 57. — Jordan, Richard, 78.

Mafon, Jofeph, 65. — KentjSufan, countefs dowager 78. of,
Nevil, lady Katharine, 57. — Lee, Robert, 77.
Newfom, Jofeph, 69. — Manners, lady, 77. — Thomas, 77. fir
Pitfield,Winifred and Maria, 64. — Middleton, daughters of Hugh, 71.

Rutland, lady Eleanor and lady — Mountjoje, lady, 76.
Margaret, 57.— family, 74,' 7S- 77- — Nafmith, Alexander, 78,
—--^ the Rutland family, 56, 57. — Parker, Henry, 71.
St. John, fir Alexander, 61.
73 — Parker, Nicholas, 76.
Seymore, fir Thomas, 54. — Parker, Roger, 73.
Skory, Elizabeth, 55, .56. — Alexander, 74. 272.
Pitfield, fir
Slater, Anne, 64^ 3J8. — Rutland, lady Elizabeth, 77. *
Stafford, lady Catharine, 56. lady Ifabel, countefs of, 77.

Starkey, Humphrey, 53. Sandys, archbilliop, 72.
— Thremlin, William, 62. Scory, 73.
Vavafour, ThiecSdore, 58. Southwell, lady, 357..
r- Wallis, Richard, 65. Tavernor. Nicholas, 78.^
Yonge, Robert Hary, 54 Taylor, Thomas, 77.
Moo' fields, \ ^6. 179. — walks, iSi to 167. Thornton, William; 76.
map, 178.— caral propofed, 173 to 178. Refervoir intended in Finfbury-lquare, aji**
Morrell, Richard, 112. Riot in Shoreditch, 363.
Mmntfichet family, 97, 98. — caille, 333. Roman roads, 102 10 107.
S,
Korthampton, John, 87. St. Mary

— Cr
Sp'ital, 308 to 325. —
pr'ors, 320 to 322.
Richard Grefliam's petition for, 323.
lôrion Falgate manoi', 504, 305,^benefaftions to
the poor, 362. priory houle, 313. —
pulpit crols, 3,15. — Spital
fermons, 31710319'.
O. Saunders, Samuel, 362.
Shackhtoti, Roger, 42. 146.— arms, 362.
Old flreet, 107. Shore, Jane, i.
-^—— prebend. and prebendai'ies, loStaiii. Shoreditch, name, I. —divifion,. 3. —church,,
Oiuea, 'Thomas, 337. 5. chantr)', 6.church re-built, 8. riot
on that occafiori, 363 ——
windows painted,
P. 10, II, library, 12. views of the
church, 13. vicars, 14. 17 to 38. parifh
Palavicifi!, fir Horatio, 327.
"
clerks, 39.
43.-^— lefturers,
curates,
40— 47.raonnments,
conteft
ô
for,
Farifli Cl&rks, jg: 42, 37.
Players, 209 to 2-12. 282. to 71. — regillers, 71 to 81.— crofs,82. — fpring
Playhoufes —Theatre — Curtatn,' 208, 309.
'
at St. Agnes Clere, -83.— vicarage-houfe, 84
le
—
Plefington, fir Henry, 314. to 86, —
Bell inn, 86. —
manor, 87. family, 88
Fwley, Giles, 30. to 94. 3^7, 3i;8.— workiioufe, 117. new bu- —
Portrait of Baliiies, 26. rial ground, 117. —
benefaiiions, 242 to 280.
— window painted, 258. —
1
Pulpit crofs at St. Mary Spital, 315,. 281 to 289. 361. bells,
277. — Thomas bell-fonnder, 279.

Lefler,
R. font, 279.— clock,, 2S0.— deeds relative to the
church, 290. —
to parifli clerk's houle, 292 ten
Regifters ; entry of Becon, T. 75. 301. — taxations, 302. — nones, 303.
• Cam, Thomas, 77. John, 93. 314. 359, 360.
_ Chaloiier, lady, -ii;7. Spitalfi&lds, 105.
Cliitholm, William, 76. Square, Hoxtoii, 120.
_ Draynor, Robeit, 76. Charles's, 120.
_ Greene, Walter, 76. . Finfbury, 248*.
Ebb SquieVy
,
370 INDEX.
Sûitr, John, a6— 30. 40. jj6, j};, W.
Stanley, Francis, 31.
'
Starkey family, 53. 357. Wfl/i5)wl bridge, 36*. -
StoDpes, Robert, 21. Waller, fames, 360.

Streeta from Finlbury fquare, 2^1*, t<x*. Walter John, 116.
f^
Swan, fignof, 133. Waltham, John de, 19.

Waters of liCngton and DaMtou, report an,
T. 363—365.
Wetd, pedigree of, 128,
Tarleteit, Rkhafd, ioo. Wells, balfamic, %z, 23. — St. Agaci Ic Clere, 8^,
Taxation, pope Nich61as's, io8. ;— holy, 183.
Taylor, John, 359. fTeJiy, Mary, 147.
loolejf a 82. WheatUy, Henry, 41.
Trader's tokens, 181. 232. 359, 360. 361. White, John, 19.
Trumpington (co. Cambridge), rectors of, i£ /sT/i/'/jwor-f, pedigree of, i2ff.
'-
1S9. 360. fir George, 130.
U and V. '
— William, 131, 132.

Wilkinfon., Watts, 147.
Vaughan, Edward, 36. Williams, Griffith, 20.
pedigree, 326.— arms, 361. Wtlfm, Dr. prebendary of Finftury, his fortuoatc
UntienuooJ, John, 210. iiijprovement of his prebend, 245*. 25a*.
Wittenor, Walter de, 18.
DIRECTIONS for placing the PLATES.

I. The Old Church of Sc. Leonard Shoreditch To face the Title.
II. New Church — — — — P- 9 -
III. New Church, 1798 — — —

IV. Monument of Sir Thomas Leigh, and Figure of St. George S< -
V. Rutland Monument — — — 51-

VI. Sir John Elrington's Tomb — — _
VII. Afke's Hofpital — — — _ ,
136
VIII. Five Coats in the Library of Richard Gough, Efq. at Enfield
(p. 329); with the Lovel Arms, &c. from the Gatehoufe at
Lincoln's Inn — -~ — —''^93
THE END.

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STILEOKAM® SHOIffiBrrCH OLB cmuioBr.

HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES

SAINT LEONARD SHOREDITCH,

RICHARD GOUGH, Esa.

OF ENFIELD, IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX,

THIS WORK IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED

HIS OBLIGED SERVANT,

St. John's College^ . •

St. LEONARD, SHORED ITCR

THE derivation of the name of

foundation than the following flanzas of an old fong, intituled,,

" Thus weary of my life, at length

" The which now fince my dying daye

*' For beinge concubine to a king."

* Vol. II. p. 248. •f'

" nothing left but ryvilde fkin and hard bone."

" To the fortry of Southwarke, or of Short-ditch^ dame Eve."

But it moft likely received its name from Shore-ditch^ q. d.

* Sir Thomas More's Life of Richard III. edit. 1557, p. 56.

Surrey, named in the bills of mortality, and is fitiiated on the

ditch continues to the houfe of Mr. P.hodes in Kingjland Road,

pion^ and continues to Providence Row, where is a mark between

* Late belonging to Mr. Calvert, -f-

ftone it houfe of Mr. M/-

It is divided into t;he four liberties of

"Diflenting meeting-houfes ; and, in 1786, the number of af-

I. The Liberty of Church End.

St. Leonard's Church, Shoreditch.

In 1581, a gallery was built within the great door, and a

X Dr. Denne's Regirter of Benefacftions, N° r. § btow's Survev.

With regard belonging to the old church, I find,

them not to have been an unpleafant ring, as her Majefty had

that the faid tenements were concealed chantrie land, but

as in the Certificates of Colleges, &c. 24, 126, in the Aug-

* Nichols's Progreffes of Queen Elizabeth, vol. 1. p. 12.

hereditaments, ge- To John Butt in quit-rent, ijl.

knyght, of the lary, with iiij s. for

And then reraayneth clere ijli."

And in the particulars for the fale of chauntries in the

One grove of wood there of fix

Alfo, in the fecond volume of Mr. Willis's Hiftory of Mitred

* Of Sir John Elrlngton, fee amongft the Monumental Infcriptions.

I So that two of the bells might be

ere(Ste4 *j .?nd opened on Auguft 34, 1740 f.

which lead to a portico of the angular kind, fupported by four

lofty. The tower, at a proper height, has a feries of fine columns,

thian columns, placed on pedeftals, and fnpporting a dome, from

From the fftound in the vaulrl -

Georgib Dance, Architcjft'o;

Gent. Mag. vol. VI. p. 682',

The Eafl window hath painted in glafs our Saviour fitting

This pidlure was bought and fet up at the charge of certain

buried under ground. In Dr. Walker's Sufferings of the

* Dr. Dennc's Benefaflions, p. 14. N° 34.

The fecond light of this latter compartment

" Minor fura cun^is miferationibus tuis, &

Vert. Creft, on a wreath, a lapwing Argent.

* Ex inform. Geo. Liraming.