Cheapside Street
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Cheapside, 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 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 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.
Both the street and Cheap Ward through which it ran
were named for the market located there. Cheapside
or West Cheap was the site of a great medieval
food market. West Cheap and East Cheap were the two principal market areas of
London, both created during King Alfred’s program
of urban renewal in the ninth century (Sheppard 71). Over time, Cheapside became the more prestigious market
location. The name originated from the word
chepe,which has also been spelled
cepeand
cheop,and which means a market, or bargaining place (OED cheap, n.2.).
The importance of Cheapside Street increased
greatly after 1087. It was in this year that Mauritius, then the bishop of London, began
rebuilding St. Paul’s cathedral (Stow
1:324). The new church’s footprint was much larger than that of
the previous structure, and it blocked traffic running from Aldgate to Ludgate.
To alleviate the congestion and danger caused by frequently turning horses and
wagons, Newgate was built, allowing traffic to
flow through the city on Cheapside. Thus the
street grew very busy and became a good location for tradespeople to sell their
wares (Stow
1:35–36). The names of the streets leading out of Cheapside are a good indication of some of the
goods sold there: bread, wood, honey, milk, and poultry (Bebbington
82). More evidence of the high traffic in Cheapside is found in a royal proclamation by Edward I, designed to ease congestion:
All manner of victuals that are sold by persons in Chepe, upon Cornhulle, and elsewhere in the City, such as bread, cheese, poultry, fruit, hides and skins, onions and garlic, and all other small victuals, for sale as well by denizens as by strangers, shall stand midway between the kennels [gutters] of the streets, so as to be a nuisance to no one under pain of forfeiture of the article. (Bebbington 82)
By Stow’s time, Cheapside had many important
landmarks as well. On the east end of the street was the Great Conduit, where people could get fresh water, conveyed by
underground pipes from Paddington. At the west end were a little conduit near
Paul’s gate, St. Paul’s itself, and the Standard in Cheapside. Executions of criminals
were once performed at the Standard (Stow
1:265). TheSaddlers’ Hall, and
three churches, St. Mary-le-Bow, St Peter West Cheap, and St. Michael at Corn, were also located in Cheapside. In the street itself jousts and various other
entertainments were often held (Bebbington 82).
Also on Cheapside was a Great Cross, three stories tall, erected by decree of Edward I after the death of his wife Eleanor Weinreb and Hibbert
148. She died in the countryside, near Lincoln, and at every
place her body rested on the way to Westminster,
Edward ordered a great stone cross to be built
with her image upon it. The cross at Cheapside
fell into ruin over many years and was recommissioned and repaired several
times, often with funds from local mercers. It was newly gilt for the coronation
procession of each new monarch, and for the entry processions of visiting monarchs until 1581, when it was defaced by vandals (Stow 1:266–67).
The most sacred segment of the coronation processional route was along Cheapside. It was here that the most expensive and
elaborate pageants took place, as can be seen in Thomas
Dekker’s The Magnificent Entertainment
(1604) and Richard Mulcaster’s The Quenes Maiesties Passage. The most extravagant
portions of the Lord Mayor’s pageant
also took place here, such as those in Thomas
Middleton’s The Triumphs of Truth.
The part of Cheapside known as Goldsmiths’ Row ran
between Bread Street and Friday Street (Weinreb and Hibbert
148). Goldsmiths’ Row and the shops and homes of other wealthy
merchants made the street an elite and attractive one. Stow claims that there
were ten houses and fourteen shops in Goldsmith’s Row, and that they were easily
the most beautiful in London (Stow 1:296, 1:345–46). The Mercers’ Hall was also located on the North side of
Cheapside Street. The result was a high
concentration of wealth and power in Cheapside.
Eventually, goldsmiths began to leave Goldsmiths’ Row, and other businesses moved
in. James I wanted to keep all the goldsmiths in
one place because it made for a more beautiful street, with fine houses kept by
rich men, and because it was easier for him to monitor trade in gold. The king
passed laws requiring non-goldsmiths to leave and goldsmiths elsewhere in the
city to relocate to Cheapside. By 1628 the Privy Council was imprisoning non-goldsmiths who refused to
vacate.
Cheapside Street was destroyed in the Great Fire
of 1666, as was the rest of Cheap Ward. St. Mary-le-Bow and the
Mercers’ and Saddlers’ Halls were rebuilt (Weinreb and Hibbert 148).
Cheapside is once again
becoming one of the City of London’s most prestigious shopping destinations,according to the Cheapside Initiative project.
See also: Chalfant 53.
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Dekker, Thomas. Penny-wise pound foolish or, a Bristow diamond, set in two rings, and both crack’d Profitable for married men, pleasant for young men, and a rare example for all good women. London, 1631. EEBO. Reprint. Subscr.
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Dekker, Thomas. Westward Ho! The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker. Vol. 2. Ed. Fredson Bowers. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1964.
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Middleton, Thomas, and Thomas Dekker. The Roaring Girl. Ed. Paul A. Mulholland. Revels Plays. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1987. Print.
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Munday, Anthony, Henry Chettle, Thomas Dekker, Thomas Heywood, and William Shakespeare. Sir Thomas More. Ed. Vittorio Gabrieli and Giorgio Melchiori. Revels Plays. Manchester; New York: Manchester UP, 1990. Print.
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Smith, Peter J.
Glossary.
The Shoemakers’ Holiday. By Thomas Dekker. London: Nick Hern, 2004. 108–110. Print.
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Edward I
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 1I King of England Longshanks Hammer of the Scots
(b. between 17 June 1239 and 18 June 1239, d. in or before 27 October 1307)Edward I is mentioned in the following documents:
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Eleanor of Castile
Eleanor Queen consort of England
(b. 1241, d. 1290)Queen of consort England 1272-1290. Wife of Edward I. Heart buried at Blackfriars Monastery. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Eleanor of Castile is mentioned in the following documents:
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James VI and I
James This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 6VI This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 1I King of Scotland King of England King of Ireland
(b. 1566, d. 1625)James VI and I is mentioned in the following documents:
James VI and I authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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James VI and I. Letters of King James VI and I. Ed. G.P.V. Akrigg. Berkeley: U of California P, 1984. Print.
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Rhodes, Neill, Jennifer Richards, and Joseph Marshall, eds. King James VI and I: Selected Writings. By James VI and I. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004.
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Maurice is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Middleton is mentioned in the following documents:
Thomas Middleton authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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Brissenden, Alan.
Introduction.
A Chaste Maid in Cheapside. By Thomas Middleton. 2nd ed. New Mermaids. London: A&C Black; New York: Norton, 2002. xi–xxxv. Print. -
Dekker, Thomas, Stephen Harrison, Ben Jonson, and Thomas Middleton. The Whole Royal and Magnificent Entertainment of King James through the City of London, 15 March 1604, with the Arches of Triumph. Ed. R. Malcolm Smuts. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Gen. ed. Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. 219–79.
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Middleton, Thomas, and Thomas Dekker. The Roaring Girl. Ed. Paul A. Mulholland. Revels Plays. Manchester: Manchester UP, 1987. Print.
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Middleton, Thomas. A Chaste Maid in Cheapside. Ed. Alan Brissenden. 2nd ed. New Mermaids. London: Benn, 2002.
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Middleton, Thomas. Civitatis Amor. Ed. David Bergeron. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Gen. ed. Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. 1202–8.
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Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Honour and Industry. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1617. STC 17899. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
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Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Integrity. Ed. David Bergeron. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Gen. ed. Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. 1766–1771.
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Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Love and Antiquity. London: Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1619. STC 17902. Reprint. EEBO. Web.
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Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Truth. London, 1613. Ed. David M. Bergeron. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. Ed. Gary Taylor and John Lavagnino. Oxford: Clarendon, 2007. 968–76.
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Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Truth. London, 1613. STC 17903. Reprint. EEBO. Web.[Differs from STC 17904 in that it does not contain the additional entertainment.]
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Middleton, Thomas. The Triumphs of Truth. London, 1613. STC 17904. Reprint. EEBO. Web. [Differs from STC 17903 in that it contains an additional entertainment celebrating Hugh Middleton’s New River project, known as the Entertainment at Amwell Head.]
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Middleton, Thomas. The Works of Thomas Middleton, now First Collected with Some Account of the Author and notes by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. Ed. Alexander Dyce. London: E. Lumley, 1840. Print.
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Taylor, Gary, and John Lavagnino, eds. Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works. By Thomas Middleton. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2007. The Oxford Middleton. Print.
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Richard Mulcaster is mentioned in the following documents:
Richard Mulcaster authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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Mulcaster, Richard. The Queen’s Majesty’s Passage. London: Printed by R. Tottill, 1559. SCN 7589.5. Ed. Jennie Butler and Janelle Jenstad. MoEML. Transcribed. Open.
Locations
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London is mentioned in the following documents:
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Great Conduit (Cheapside) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Old Jewry is mentioned in the following documents:
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Little Conduit (Cheapside)
The Little Conduit in Cheapside, also known as the Pissing Conduit, stood at the western end of Cheapside outside the north corner of Paul’s Churchyard. On the Agas map, one can see two water cans on the ground just to the right of the conduit.Little Conduit (Cheapside) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Paul’s Churchyard
Surrounding St. Paul’s Cathedral, St. Paul’s Churchyard has had a multi-faceted history in use and function, being the location of burial, crime, public gathering, and celebration. Before its destruction during the civil war, St. Paul’s Cross was located in the middle of the churchyard, providing a place for preaching and the delivery of Papal edicts (Thornbury).St. Paul’s Churchyard is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cheap Ward
MoEML is aware that the ward boundaries are inaccurate for a number of wards. We are working on redrawing the boundaries. This page offers a diplomatic transcription of the opening section of John Stow’s description of this ward from his Survey of London.Cheap Ward is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westcheap 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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St. Paul’s Cathedral
St. Paul’s Cathedral was—and remains—an important church in London. In 962, while London was occupied by the Danes, St. Paul’s monastery was burnt and raised anew. The church survived the Norman conquest of 1066, but in 1087 it was burnt again. An ambitious Bishop named Maurice took the opportunity to build a new St. Paul’s, even petitioning the king to offer a piece of land belonging to one of his castles (Times 115). The building Maurice initiated would become the cathedral of St. Paul’s which survived until the Great Fire of London.St. Paul’s Cathedral is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aldgate
Aldgate was the easternmost gate into the walled city. The nameAldgate
is thought to come from one of four sources: Æst geat meaningEastern gate
(Ekwall 36), Alegate from the Old English ealu meaningale,
Aelgate from the Saxon meaningpublic gate
oropen to all,
or Aeldgate meaningold gate
(Bebbington 20–21).Aldgate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ludgate
Located in Farringdon Within Ward, Ludgate was a gate built by the Romans (Carlin and Belcher 80). Stow asserts that Ludgate was constructed by King Lud who named the gate after himselffor his owne honor
(Stow 1: 1).Ludgate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Newgate is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bread Street
Bread Street ran north-south from the Standard in Cheapside to Knightrider Street, crossing Watling Street. It lay wholly in the ward of Bread Street, to which it gave its name.Bread Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Wood Street
Wood Street ran north-south, connecting at its southernmost end with Cheapside and continuing northward to Little Wood Street, which led directly into Cripplegate. It crossed over Huggin Lane, Lad Lane, Maiden Lane, Love Lane, Addle Lane, and Silver Street, and ran parallel to Milk Street in the east and Gutter Lane in the west. Wood Street lay within Cripplegate Ward. It is labelled asWood Streat
on the Agas map and is drawn in the correct position.Wood Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Milk Street
Milk Street, located in Cripplegate Ward, began on the north side of Cheapside, and ran north to a square formed at the intersection of Milk Street, Cat Street (Lothbury), Lad Lane, and Aldermanbury.Milk Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Poultry is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cornhill
Cornhill was a significant thoroughfare and was part of the cityʼs main major east-west thoroughfare that divided the northern half of London from the southern half. The part of this thoroughfare named Cornhill extended from St. Andrew Undershaft to the three-way intersection of Threadneedle, Poultry, and Cornhill where the Royal Exchange was built. The nameCornhill
preserves a memory both of the cornmarket that took place in this street, and of the topography of the site upon which the Roman city of Londinium was built.Cornhill is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Standard (Cheapside) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Saddlers’ Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary-Le-Bow Churchyard is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Peter, Westcheap is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Michael (Cornhill)
The parish church of St. Michael, Cornhill is located on the southern side of Cornhill between Birchin Lane and Gracechurch Street.St. Michael (Cornhill) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cheapside Cross (Eleanor Cross)
If monuments could speak, the Cheapside Cross would have told a tale of kingly love, civic pride, and sectarian violence. The Cross, pictured but not labelled on the Agas map, stood in Cheapside between Friday Street and Wood Street. St. Peter Westcheap lay to its west, on the north side of Cheapside. The prestigious shops of Goldsmiths’ Row were located to the east of the Cross, on the south side of Cheapside. The Standard in Cheapside (also known as the Cheap Standard), a square pillar/conduit that was also a ceremonial site, lay further to the east (Brissenden xi).Cheapside Cross (Eleanor Cross) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster Palace is mentioned in the following documents:
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Friday Street
Friday Street passed south through Bread Street Ward, beginning at the cross in Cheapside and ending at Old Fish Street. It was one of many streets that ran into Cheapside market whose name is believed to originate from the goods that were sold there.Friday Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Goldsmiths’ Row
Goldsmiths’ Row was a section on the south side of Cheapside, by Cheapside Cross. Goldsmiths’ Row and the shops and homes of other wealthy merchants made the street an elite and attractive one.Goldsmiths’ Row 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:
Mentions of this place in Internet Shakespeare Editions texts
- Cheapside shall my Palfrey go to grasse: and when I am (Henry VI, Part 2 (Folio 1, 1623))
- When shall we go to Cheapside, and take vp commodi (Henry VI, Part 2 (Folio 1, 1623))
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- Excerpts from If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, Part 2
- Survey of London: Hospitals
- Survey of London: Cripplegate Ward
- Survey of London: Division of the City
- Survey of London: Farringdon Ward Within
- Survey of London: Lime Street Ward
- Survey of London: Temporal Government of London
- Survey of London: Bread Street Ward
- Survey of London: Cheap Ward
- Survey of London: Orders and Customs
- The Survey of London (1633): Cheap Ward
- The Survey of London (1633): Limestreet Ward
- The Survey of London (1633): Cripplegate Ward
- The Survey of London (1633): Bread Street Ward
- The Survey of London (1633): Farringdon Ward Within
- Aldersgate Ward
- Baynard’s Castle
- Cordwainer Street Ward
- Farringdon Within Ward
- Bread Street Ward
- Cripplegate Ward
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- A Guide for Student Researchers of the Streets, Sites, and Playhouses of Early Modern London
- The New Exhange
- The Sounds of Pageantry
- Teaching with MoEML: Three Parts of King Henry IV
- Introducing the First Digital Gazetteer of Early Modern London!
- Critical Companion to The Triumphs of Truth
- Excerpts from Bartholomew Fair
- Excerpts from Eastward Ho!
- Excerpts from Epicene, or the Silent Woman
- Excerpts from The Devil Is an Ass
- Excerpts from Sir Thomas More
- Introduction to The Queen’s Majesty’s Passage
- The MoEML Gazetteer of Early Modern London
- Westcheap
- Mercers’ Chapel
- Huggin Lane (Wood Street)
- Gutter Lane
- Cripplegate
- Old Cross (Cheapside)
- Hosier Lane (Smithfield)
- Long Shop (Cheapside)
- Cheapside Street
- Carey Lane
- Wood Street
- Friday Street
- Tower Street
- Pudding Lane
- Little Conduit (Cheapside)
- The Standard (Cheapside)
- Goldsmiths’ Row
- Bread Street
- Moorfields
- St. Laurence Lane (Guildhall)
- Bow Lane
- Cheapside Cross (Eleanor Cross)
- Leadenhall Street
- Knightrider Street
- Garlick Hill
- St. Paul’s Churchyard
- St. Matthew’s Alley
- Milk Street
- Cow Lane
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