Ironmonger Lane
Ironmonger Lane, located directly north of Eastcheap in Cheap Ward, ran north-south between Cateaton Street and Cheapside Street. The lane’s name has undergone a number of spelling changes over the years—on the
Agas map, it is labelled as
Iremonger lane,but it has also been written as
Ismonger Lane,
Ismongeres Lane,or
Ysmongeres Lane,with records of the last spelling dating back to 1213 (Harben). Ironmonger is a combination of the Old Saxon terms īsarn—meaning iron (OED iron, n.1), and mongari—meaning merchant (OED monger, n.1). The lane was
so called of Ironmongers dwelling there(Stow 1598, sig. P3v) until the fifteenth century, when the iron merchants relocated to Fenchurch Street (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,
Ironmonger Lane435).
St. Thomas Becket, who was Chancellor of England to Henry II and Archbishop of Canterbury, was reportedly born in a house on the corner of Ironmonger Lane and Cheapside Street in either 1118 (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,
Cheapside153) or 1119 (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,
Ironmonger Lane435). After his murder and canonization, Becket’s sister founded a hospital there in his honour and called it the Hospital of St. Thomas of Acon (Stow 1598, sig. P3r). It served multiple purposes; it functioned as both a hospital and a church, and from 1347 to 1517 it was the meeting place for members of the Mercers guild (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,
Mercers’ Hall542), of which St. Thomas Becket’s father had been an influential member (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,
Hospital of St Thomas of Acon473). The guild met at the hospital until they purchased the property in the sixteenth century and officially created the Mercers’ Hall (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,
Mercers’ Hall542). The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed all the buildings on the Mercers’ property, but the hall was rebuilt over a span of ten years, and completed in 1682 (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,
Mercers’ Hall542).
St. Martin Pomary was a
small parish church(Stow 1598, sig. P3v) on Ironmonger Lane that was also consumed by the fire; rather than rebuilding by itself, the church amalgamated with the nearby St. Olave Old Jewry (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,
St Martin Pomeroy785) to rebuild jointly. In 1888, the Union of City Benefices Act ordered the Old Jewry demolished; only the tower and parts of the west and northwest walls remain (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,
St Olave Old Jewry or Upwell Old Jewry803).
Ironmonger Lane still exists today. The Mercers’ Hall was destroyed for the second time in World War II, but the hall and chapel were rebuilt
using some of the original materials from the seventeenth-century building (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay,
Mercers’ Hall542).
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Harben, Henry A. A Dictionary of London. London: Herbert Jenkins, 1918. [Available digitally from British History Online: https://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/dictionary-of-london.]This item is cited in the following documents:
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Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford UP. https://www.oed.com/.This item is cited in the following documents:
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Weinreb, Ben, Christopher Hibbert, Julia Keay, and John Keay. The London Encyclopaedia. 3rd ed. London: Macmillan, 2008. Print.This item is cited in the following documents:
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St. Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury
(b. 21 December 1120, d. 29 December 1170)Lord Chancellor of England 1155-1162. Archbishop of Canterbury 1162–1170. Venerated as a saint and martyr after being assassinated in 1170.St. Thomas Becket is mentioned in the following documents:
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Eastcheap
Eastcheap Street ran east-west, from Tower Street to St. Martin’s Lane. West of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street, Eastcheap was known asGreat Eastcheap.
The portion of the street to the east of New Fish Street/Gracechurch Street was known asLittle Eastcheap.
Eastcheap (Eschepe or Excheapp) was the site of a medieval food market.Eastcheap is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cheap Ward
Cheap Ward is west of Bassinghall Ward and Coleman Street Ward. Both the ward and its main street, Cheapside, are named after West Cheap (the market).Cheap Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cateaton Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cheapside Street
Cheapside Street, one of the most important streets in early modern London, ran east-west between the Great Conduit at the foot of Old Jewry to the Little Conduit by St. Paul’s churchyard. The terminus of all the northbound streets from the river, the broad expanse of Cheapside Street separated the northern wards from the southern wards. It was lined with buildings three, four, and even five stories tall, whose shopfronts were open to the light and set out with attractive displays of luxury commodities (Weinreb and Hibbert 148). Cheapside Street was the centre of London’s wealth, with many mercers’ and goldsmiths’ shops located there. It was also the most sacred stretch of the processional route, being traced both by the linear east-west route of a royal entry and by the circular route of the annual mayoral procession.Cheapside Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Fenchurch Street
Fenchurch Street (often called Fennieabout) ran east-west from the pump on Aldgate High Street to Gracechurch Street in Langbourne Ward, crossing Mark Lane, Mincing Lane, and Rodd Lane along the way. Fenchurch Street was home to several famous landmarks, including the King’s Head Tavern, where the then-Princess Elizabeth is said to have partaken inpork and peas
after her sister, Mary I, released her from the Tower of London in May of 1554 (Weinreb, Hibbert, Keay, and Keay 288). Fenchurch Street was on the royal processional route through the city, toured by monarchs on the day before their coronations.Fenchurch Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mercers’ Hall
The hall of the Mercers’ Company was located on the north side of Cheapside Street by the Great Conduit.Mercers’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin Pomary is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Olave (Old Jewry)
St. Olave, Old Jewry was a church located on the west side of Old Jewry in Coleman Street Ward close to its boundary with Cheap Ward (Harben). The 1520 map erroneously locates the church on the east side of Old Jewry (A Map of Tudor London, 1520). It is labelledSt Olave, Jewry
on Carlin and Belcher’s 1270 map of London (Carlin and Belcher) andSt Olave
on the 1520 map (A Map of Tudor London, 1520).St. Olave (Old Jewry) is mentioned in the following documents:
Organizations
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Mercers’ Company
Worshipful Company of Mercers
The Mercers’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Mercers were first in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Mercers is still active and maintains a website at https://www.mercers.co.uk/ that includes a history of the company.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ironmongers’ Company
Worshipful Company of Ironmongers
The Ironmongers’ Company was one of the twelve great companies of London. The Ironmongers were tenth in the order of precedence established in 1515. The Worshipful Company of Ironmongers is still active and maintains a website at http://www.ironmongers.org/ that includes a history of the company.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
Variant spellings
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Iremonger lane
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Iremongers lane
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Iron-mongers lane
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Ironmonger lane
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Ironmonger Lane
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Ironmongers lane
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Ironmongrs lane
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Ismonger Lane
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Ismongeres Lane
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Ysmongeres Lane