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Section Bassinghall Ward of stow_1598, pages 234–239.
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Sheriff of London
King of England
Biographer and clerk.
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Sheriff of London
Mayor of London
King of England
King of England
King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine
King of England
Bishop of London
King of England
King of England
King of England
Grandfather of
Historian and author of
King of England
King of England
Printer.
Bookseller and printer.
Historian and Benedictine monk.
Archangel.
Lord Chancellor of England
Chief justiciar of England
Principal magistrate of Bassinghall Ward.
Constable of the Tower of London. Son of
First Earl of Essex. Constable of the Tower of London.
Sheriff during the
First Earl of Oxford and Count of Guînes. Son of
Principal magistrate of Bassinghall Ward. Father of
Sheriff of London during the
Sheriff of London during the
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Sheriff of London
Resident of Blackwell Hall
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Sheriff of London
Member of the
Member of the
Wife of
Buried at St. Michael Bassishaw.
Buried at St. Michael Bassishaw. Not to be confused
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Esquire of Warwickshire. Buried at St. Michael Bassishaw.
Buried at St. Michael Bassishaw.
Buried at St. Michael Bassishaw.
Buried at St. Michael Bassishaw.
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THe next adioyning to Colemanſtreete ward on the
weſt ſide thereof is Baſſinges hall warde, a ſmall
thing & conſiſteth of one ſtreet called Baſſinges hal
ſtreete, of Baſſinges hall, the moſt principall houſe
of that ſtreete whereof the
warde taketh name. It
beginneth in the ſouth by the late ſpoken market houſe
called
the Bay hall, which is the laſt houſe of Colemanſtreete warde,
ſome little diſtance both eaſt and weſt, againſt the ſaide
wall, and
this is the boundes of Baſſinges hall
warde. Monumentes of
building on the eaſt ſide thereof, amongſt diuers
fayre houſes for
marchants, haue ye 3. halles of Companies, namely,
the Maſons
hall for yͤ
firſt, but of what antiquitie that Company I haue not
read. The next is the Weauers hal, which Companie hath been of
great antiquitie in this Citie, as appeareth by a Charter of Henry
the
ſecondRex omnibus ad quos &c. to be eng
liſhed thus, Henry king of EnglandNormandy, and
of Gwian, Earle of Andiow, to the
Biſhop, Iuſtices, Sheriffes,
Barons, Miniſters, and al his trew Leagues of
London, ſendeth
greeting, know ye that we haue granted to the
don,
their Guilde to be had in London, with all the Freedomes,
and Cuſtomes,
that they had Henry
father
but hee bee of their Guilde, neither in Southwarke or other pla
ces
pertayning to London, otherwiſe then it was done
of Henry
command
that ouer all lawfully, they may treat, and haue all a
foreſaide, as well in peace, free, worſhipfull, and wholy,
as they
had it, freer, better, worſhipfullier, and wholier, then
Henry
two
markes of gold, at the feaſt of
any man to
them do any vnright, or diſeaſe, vpon pain of ten pound
witnes Thomas of CanterburyWarwicke fili Gar. Cham
berlaine at Wincheſter. Alſo I read that the ſame Henry the
ſecond31: of his raigne
uers
peareth that the ſaide Weauers
made wolen cloth, and that they
had the correction thereof, but amongſt other
Articles in that
patent, it was decreede, that if any man made cloth of Spaniſh
wooll, mixed with Engliſh Wooll, the Port graue, or principall
magiſtrate of
London ought to burne it, &c.
Moreouer in the yeare 1197.
Lower downe is the Girdlars hall, and this is all
touching the
eaſt ſide of this ward.
On the weſt ſide almoſt at the ſouth end thereof is Bakewel
hall, corruptlie called Blackewell
hall, concerning the originall
whereof I haue heard diuers
opinions, which I ouerpaſſe as fa
bles,
without colour of truth, for though the ſame ſeemed a buil
ding of great antiquitie, yet in mine opinion the
foundation there
of was firſt laide ſince
the Conqueſt of VVilliam Duke of Normandy
And of olde time the moſt noble perſons that inhabited this
in the William
Conqueror
de BuchHenry the
firſt
of Oxforde, after him
Stephen
Unto this Henry the thirde31
of his raigne
bury,
and in Milke ſtreete (places not far from Baſſinges hall)
with the aduowſon of the Church at
Baſſinges hal, with ſundrie
liberties and
priuiledges.
This man was afterwardes Maior in the yeare 1251. the
Now how Blakewell hall tooke that name is an other
queſtion: for which I reade that
in this houſe, in the ſix and thirteth of
Edwarde the thirde
that in the 20. of Richarde the
ſecond
ſumme of fifty poundes which the Maior
and Comminaltie had
paide into the Hanapar granted, licence ſo much as was in him
and
and one garden with the appurtenances in
the pariſh of S. Michæll of Baſſings haugh, and of
This Bakewell hall thus eſtabliſhed, hath beene long ſince im
ployed as a weekelie market place, for all ſortes of
Wollen clothes
broade and narrow, brought from all parts of this Realme, there
to
be ſolde. The which houſe of late yeares growing ruinous
and in danger of falling,
his deceaſe gaue towardes the new
building of the outward part
thereof 300.
pound
formed within three yeres after his deceaſe, whereupon the
olde
Bakewell hal, was taken downe, and in the
moneth of February
next following, the foundation of a new ſtrong & beutifull
Store
houſe being laide, the worke thereof was ſo diligently applied that
within
the ſpace of ten monethes after, to the charges of fiue and
twentie hundred
poundes, the ſame was finiſhed in the yeare
1588.
Next beyond this houſe be placed diuers fayre houſes for mar
chantes and others, till yee come to the backe gate of
Guild hall,
which gate and parte of the building
within the ſame, is of this
warde. Some ſmall diſtance beyond this gate, the
their common hall. Then is the pariſh church of S. Michæll.
called S. Michæll at Baſſinges hall, a proper church
lately ree
dified, or new builded, whereto
his wife were great
benefactors, as appeareth by his marke pla
ced throughout the whole roofe of the Quier, and middle Ile of the
church, hee
deceaſed in the yeare 1460. and was buried in the
Iohn Barton lyeth vnder here,Sometimes of London Citizen and Mercer, And Ienet In the paragraph above, his wife, with their progeny,Stow claims thatJohn Barton ’s wife isAgnes .Beene turned to earth as yee may ſee, Frendes free what ſo yee bee, Pray for vs wee you pray, As you ſee vs in this degree, So ſhall you bee another day.
er of Warwickſhire, 1460.