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NOw touching the Citie of Westminster,
I will beginne at Temple Barre, on the
right hand or Northside, and so passe vp
west, through a Backe lane or streete,
wherein do stand three Innes of Chancery
the first is called Clementes Inne, because
it standeth neare to S. Clementes church,
but nearer to the fayre fountaine called Clementes well, the se
cond is New Inne so called, as Lateliar made an Inne of Chance
ry for students, then another, to witte, aboute the beginning
of the raigne of Henry the seauenth, and not so late as some haue
supposed, to witte at the pulling down of Strand Inne in the raign
of King Edward the sixt: for I reade that Sir Thomas Moore
sometime Lord Chancellor was a student in this New Inne, and
went from thence to Lincolnes Inne &c. The thirde is Lions
Inne, an Inne of Chancerie also. This streete stretcheth vp vnto
Drury lane, so called, for that there is a house belonging to the
Family of the Druries. This lane turneth North towarde S.
Giles in the field, from the south end of this lane in the high street
are diuers fayre buildinges, Hosteries, and houses for Gentlemen,
and men of honor, amongst the which Cecile house is one, which
sometime belonged to the Parson of S. Martins in the fielde, and
by composition came to Sir Thomas Palmer knight in the raign
of Edwarde the sixt, who began to builde the fame of Bricke, and
Timber, very large and spatious, but of later time it hath beene
farre more bewtifully encreased by the late Sir William Cecile
Baron of Burghley, Lord Treasurer, and greate Councellor of
the estate of England.
I will beginne at Temple Barre, on the
right hand or Northside, and so passe vp
west, through a Backe lane or streete,
wherein do stand three Innes of Chancery
the first is called Clementes Inne, because
it standeth neare to S. Clementes church,
but nearer to the fayre fountaine called Clementes well, the se
cond is New Inne so called, as Lateliar made an Inne of Chance
ry for students, then another, to witte, aboute the beginning
of the raigne of Henry the seauenth, and not so late as some haue
supposed, to witte at the pulling down of Strand Inne in the raign
of King Edward the sixt: for I reade that Sir Thomas Moore
sometime Lord Chancellor was a student in this New Inne, and
went from thence to Lincolnes Inne &c. The thirde is Lions
Inne, an Inne of Chancerie also. This streete stretcheth vp vnto
Drury lane, so called, for that there is a house belonging to the
Family of the Druries. This lane turneth North towarde S.
Giles in the field, from the south end of this lane in the high street
are diuers fayre buildinges, Hosteries, and houses for Gentlemen,
and men of honor, amongst the which Cecile house is one, which
sometime belonged to the Parson of S. Martins in the fielde, and
by composition came to Sir Thomas Palmer knight in the raign
of Edwarde the sixt, who began to builde the fame of Bricke, and
Timber, very large and spatious, but of later time it hath beene
farre more bewtifully encreased by the late Sir William Cecile
Baron of Burghley, Lord Treasurer, and greate Councellor of
the estate of England.
From thence is now a continuall new building of diuers fayre
houses euen vp to the Earle of Bedfordes house, which is a good
ly house, lately builded nigh to Iuy Bridge, ouer against the olde
Bedforde house, namely, called Russell house and Dacres house,
on the North side to a lane that turneth to the Parish Church of
S. Martin in the fielde, and stretcheth to S. Giles in the fielde.
Then had ye the Chappell of our Lady called the Pew, with an
house wherein sometime were distraight and Lunatike people.1
houses euen vp to the Earle of Bedfordes house, which is a good
ly house, lately builded nigh to Iuy Bridge, ouer against the olde
Bedforde house, namely, called Russell house and Dacres house,
now
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now the house of Sir Thomas Cecile Lorde Burghley, and soon the North side to a lane that turneth to the Parish Church of
S. Martin in the fielde, and stretcheth to S. Giles in the fielde.
Then had ye the Chappell of our Lady called the Pew, with an
house wherein sometime were distraight and Lunatike people.1
Amongst other thinges of this Chappel I haue read that on
the 17. of Februarie in the yeare of Chriſt 1452. by negligence
of a scholler appointed by his Scholemaister, to put forth the lights
of this Chappell, the Image of our Lady
els, pretious stones, pearles, and ringes (more then any Ieweller
could iudge the price) (for so sayeth mine Author) was with all this
apparrell, ornamentes and Chapple it selfe brent.
the 17. of Februarie in the yeare of Chriſt 1452. by negligence
of a scholler appointed by his Scholemaister, to put forth the lights
of this Chappell, the Image of our Lady
Chappell
of
our Lady the
Pew brent.
richly decked with Iewour Lady the
Pew brent.
els, pretious stones, pearles, and ringes (more then any Ieweller
could iudge the price) (for so sayeth mine Author) was with all this
apparrell, ornamentes and Chapple it selfe brent.
Then is the Mewse
so called of the kinges Faulchons there
kept by the kinges Faulconer, which of olde time was an office of
great account, as appeareth by a Recorde of Richarde the second,
in the first of his raigne, for Sir Symon Burley knight, was
made Constable for the Castles of Windsor, Wigmore and Guil
forde, and of the Manor of KeningtonThis text is the corrected text. The original is ,, (CH) , and also Maister of the
kinges Faulcons, at his Mewse neare vnto Charing Crosse by
west. Of later time king Henry the eight hauing fayre stabling
there for horses in the yeare 1534. and the 28. of his raigne,2 it
was burned with many great houses and much hay therein:
it was againe reedified in the raignes of king Edwarde the sixt,
and Queene Marie, and this is the farthest building westwarde,
on the northside of that high streete.
kept by the kinges Faulconer, which of olde time was an office of
great account, as appeareth by a Recorde of Richarde the second,
in the first of his raigne, for Sir Symon Burley knight, was
made Constable for the Castles of Windsor, Wigmore and Guil
forde, and of the Manor of KeningtonThis text is the corrected text. The original is ,, (CH) , and also Maister of the
kinges Faulcons, at his Mewse neare vnto Charing Crosse by
west. Of later time king Henry the eight hauing fayre stabling
there for horses in the yeare 1534. and the 28. of his raigne,2 it
was burned with many great houses and much hay therein:
The Meuse burned.
butit was againe reedified in the raignes of king Edwarde the sixt,
and Queene Marie, and this is the farthest building westwarde,
on the northside of that high streete.
On the southside of the which street, in the Liberties of West
minster (beginning at Iuie bridge) first is Durham house, buil
ded by Thomas Hatfielde Bishop of Durham, who was made
Bishop of that See in the yeare 1345. and sat Bishop there 36.
yeares.
minster (beginning at Iuie bridge) first is Durham house, buil
ded by Thomas Hatfielde Bishop of Durham, who was made
Bishop of that See in the yeare 1345. and sat Bishop there 36.
yeares.
Amongst matters memorable concerning this house, this is one,
In the yeare of Christ 1540. the 32. of Henry the eight, on
May day a great and triumphant Iusting was holden at West
minster, which had been formarly proclamed in France, Flanders,
Scotland, and Spaine, for all commers that woulde vndertake
the challengers of England, which were Sir Iohn Dudley, Sir
Thomas Seymar Sir Thomas Ponings, and Sir George Ca
well Esquiers, at which came into the Lists that dayrichly appa
relled and their horses trapped all in white Ueluet, there came a
gainst them the saide day 46. Defendantes or Undertakers vz
the Earle of Surrey formost, Lord VVilliam Howarde, Lord.
Clinton, and Lord Cromwell, son and heire to Thomas Crom
well Earle of Essex, and Chamberlaine of England with other,
and that day after the Iustes performed the Challengers rode vn
to this Durham house where they kept open householde, and fea
sted the king and Queene with her Ladyes and all the Court, the
ſecond day Anthonie Kingston, and Richarde Cromwell were
made knightes there, the thirde day of May the saide chalengers
did Turney on horsebacke with swordes, and against them came
49. Defendantes: Sir Iohn Dudley, and the Earle of Surrey
running first, which at the first course lost their Gauntletes: and
that day Sir Richarde Cromwell ouerthrew maister Palmer
and his horse in the fielde to the great honor of the chalengers, the
fift of May the Chalengers fought on foote at the Baryars, and
against them came 50. Defendantes, which fought valiantly: but
Sir Richarde Cromwell ouerthrew that day at the Barryars
maister Culpepper in the fielde, and the ſixt day the chalen
gers brake vp their householde.
In the yeare of Christ 1540. the 32. of Henry the eight, on
May day a great and triumphant Iusting was holden at West
minster, which had been formarly proclamed in France, Flanders,
Scotland, and Spaine, for all commers that woulde vndertake
the challengers of England, which were Sir Iohn Dudley, Sir
Thomas Seymar Sir Thomas Ponings, and Sir George Ca
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rew knightes, and Anthony Kingston, and Richarde Crumwell Esquiers, at which came into the Lists that dayrichly appa
relled and their horses trapped all in white Ueluet, there came a
gainst them the saide day 46. Defendantes or Undertakers vz
the Earle of Surrey formost, Lord VVilliam Howarde, Lord.
Clinton, and Lord Cromwell, son and heire to Thomas Crom
well Earle of Essex, and Chamberlaine of England with other,
and that day after the Iustes performed the Challengers rode vn
to this Durham house where they kept open householde, and fea
sted the king and Queene with her Ladyes and all the Court, the
ſecond day Anthonie Kingston, and Richarde Cromwell were
made knightes there, the thirde day of May the saide chalengers
did Turney on horsebacke with swordes, and against them came
49. Defendantes: Sir Iohn Dudley, and the Earle of Surrey
running first, which at the first course lost their Gauntletes: and
that day Sir Richarde Cromwell ouerthrew maister Palmer
and his horse in the fielde to the great honor of the chalengers, the
fift of May the Chalengers fought on foote at the Baryars, and
against them came 50. Defendantes, which fought valiantly: but
Sir Richarde Cromwell ouerthrew that day at the Barryars
maister Culpepper in the fielde, and the ſixt day the chalen
gers brake vp their householde.
In this time of their housekeeping they had not onely feasted
the king,
but also they cheared all the knightes and Burgesses of the com
mon house in the Parliament, and entertayned the Maior of Lon
don with the Aldermen and their wiues at a Dinner &c. The
king gaue to euery of the saide challengers, and their heires for e
uer, in rewarde of their valiant actiuitie one hundred markes and
a house to dwell in of yearely reuenewe out of the landes pertay
ning to the Hospitall of S. Iohn of Ierusalem.
the king,
Pencioners.
Queene, Ladyes and all the court, as is
afore shewed,but also they cheared all the knightes and Burgesses of the com
mon house in the Parliament, and entertayned the Maior of Lon
don with the Aldermen and their wiues at a Dinner &c. The
king gaue to euery of the saide challengers, and their heires for e
uer, in rewarde of their valiant actiuitie one hundred markes and
a house to dwell in of yearely reuenewe out of the landes pertay
ning to the Hospitall of S. Iohn of Ierusalem.
Next beyond this Durham house is one other great house
som
time belonging to the Bishop of Norwitch, and was his London
lodging, which now pertayneth to the Archbishop of Yorke by
this occasion. In the yeare 1529. when Cardinall VVolsey
Archbishop of Yorke was indighted in the Premunirey, whereby
hée also seazed into his hands, the saide Archbishoppes house, com
monly called Yorke place, and changed the name thereof into
White hall whereby the Archbishops of Yorke being dispossessed
and hauing no house of repayre about London, Quéene Marie
gaue vnto Nicholas Heth then Archbishoppe of Yorke and to his
successors, Suffolke house in Southwarke, lately builded by
Charles Bramdon Duke of Suffolke, as I haue shewed.
time belonging to the Bishop of Norwitch, and was his London
lodging, which now pertayneth to the Archbishop of Yorke by
this occasion. In the yeare 1529. when Cardinall VVolsey
Archbishop of Yorke was indighted in the Premunirey, whereby
king
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king Henry the eight was intituled to his goodes and
possessions:hée also seazed into his hands, the saide Archbishoppes house, com
monly called Yorke place, and changed the name thereof into
White hall whereby the Archbishops of Yorke being dispossessed
and hauing no house of repayre about London, Quéene Marie
gaue vnto Nicholas Heth then Archbishoppe of Yorke and to his
successors, Suffolke house in Southwarke, lately builded by
Charles Bramdon Duke of Suffolke, as I haue shewed.
This house the saide Archbishops solde, and bought the a
foresaide house of olde time belonging to the Bishoppes of Nor
wich, which of this last purchase is now called Yorke house,
the Lord Chancellors, or Lorde Keepers of the great Seale of
England, haue beene lately there lodged.
foresaide house of olde time belonging to the Bishoppes of Nor
wich, which of this last purchase is now called Yorke house,
the Lord Chancellors, or Lorde Keepers of the great Seale of
England, haue beene lately there lodged.
Then was there an Hospitall of S. Marie Rounceual
by
Cha
ring Crosse (a Cell to the Priorie & Couent of Rounceual in Na
uar in Pampelion Diocesse) where a Fraternitie was founded
in the 15. of Edwarde the fourth, but now the same is suppressed
and turned into Tenementes.
ring Crosse (a Cell to the Priorie & Couent of Rounceual in Na
uar in Pampelion Diocesse) where a Fraternitie was founded
in the 15. of Edwarde the fourth, but now the same is suppressed
and turned into Tenementes.
Neare vnto this Hospitall was an Hermitage, with a Chap
pell of S. Katherine ouer against Charing Crosse, which Crosse
builded of stone, was of old time a fayre péece of worke there made
by commandement of Edwarde the first, in the one and twentith
yeare of his raigne, in memorie of Helenor his deceased Quéene
as is before declared.
pell of S. Katherine ouer against Charing Crosse, which Crosse
builded of stone, was of old time a fayre péece of worke there made
by commandement of Edwarde the first, in the one and twentith
yeare of his raigne, in memorie of Helenor his deceased Quéene
as is before declared.
West from this Crosse stoode sometime an Hospital of Saint
Iames, consisting of two hydes of Land with the appurtenances
in the parish of Saint Margaret in Westminster, and founded by
the Citizens of London, before the time of any mans memorie,
for foureteene sisters maidens that were leprouse, lyuing chastly,
and honestly in diuine seruice.
Iames, consisting of two hydes of Land with the appurtenances
in the parish of Saint Margaret in Westminster, and founded by
the Citizens of London, before the time of any mans memorie,
for foureteene sisters maidens that were leprouse, lyuing chastly,
and honestly in diuine seruice.
Afterwardes diuers Citizens of London, gaue six and fifty
pound rent thereunto, and then were adioyned eight Brethren to
minister diuine seruice there. After this also sundrie deuout men
of London gaue to this Hospitall foure hydes of land in the fielde
at Westminster, and in Hendon, Calcote, and Hampsted, eighty
acres of Lande and Woode &c. king Edwarde the first, con
of S Iames, the day, the morrow, and foure dayes following, in
the eighteenth of his raigne.
pound rent thereunto, and then were adioyned eight Brethren to
minister diuine seruice there. After this also sundrie deuout men
of London gaue to this Hospitall foure hydes of land in the fielde
at Westminster, and in Hendon, Calcote, and Hampsted, eighty
acres of Lande and Woode &c. king Edwarde the first, con
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firmed those giftes and granted a Fayre to
S. Iames Fayre
for 7. dayes.
be kept on the Euefor 7. dayes.
of S Iames, the day, the morrow, and foure dayes following, in
the eighteenth of his raigne.
This Hospitall was surrendred to Henry the eight the thrée
and twentith of his raigne, and the Sisters being compounded
with all were allowed Pensions for terme of their liues, and the
king builded there a goodly Mannor, annexing thereunto a
Parke, closed about with a wall, of bricke now called S. Iames
Parke seruing indifferently to the saide Mannor, and to the Man
nor or Pallace of White hall.
and twentith of his raigne, and the Sisters being compounded
with all were allowed Pensions for terme of their liues, and the
king builded there a goodly Mannor, annexing thereunto a
Parke, closed about with a wall, of bricke now called S. Iames
Parke seruing indifferently to the saide Mannor, and to the Man
nor or Pallace of White hall.
South from Charing Crosse on the right hand, are
diuers
fayre houses lately builded before the Parke, then a large Tylt
yarde for Noble men,
Turning, and Feighting at the Barryars.
fayre houses lately builded before the Parke, then a large Tylt
yarde for Noble men,
Tylt yarde
at
Westminster.
and other to exercise
themselues in Iusting,Westminster.
Turning, and Feighting at the Barryars.
On the left hand from Charing Crosse, be also diuers
fayre,
Tenementes lately builded till yee come to a large plot of ground
inclosed with bricke, and is called Scotland, where great building
hath beene for receipt of the kinges of Scotland, and other estates
of that Countrie: for Margaret Quéene of Scots and Systar to
king Henry the eight had her abiding there, when shee came into
England after the death of her husband, as the king of Scotland,
had in former times, when they came to the Parliament of Eng
land.
Tenementes lately builded till yee come to a large plot of ground
inclosed with bricke, and is called Scotland, where great building
hath beene for receipt of the kinges of Scotland, and other estates
of that Countrie: for Margaret Quéene of Scots and Systar to
king Henry the eight had her abiding there, when shee came into
England after the death of her husband, as the king of Scotland,
had in former times, when they came to the Parliament of Eng
land.
Then is the saide White hal sometime belonging to Hubart
de Brugh Earle of Kent, and Iusticiar of England, who gaue it
to the Blacke Fryars in Oldborne as I haue before noted. King
Henry the eight ordayned it to bée called an honor, and builded
there a sumptuous Gallery and a bewtifull Gate house, thwart
the high streete to S. Iames Parke, &c.
de Brugh Earle of Kent, and Iusticiar of England, who gaue it
to the Blacke Fryars in Oldborne as I haue before noted. King
Henry the eight ordayned it to bée called an honor, and builded
there a sumptuous Gallery and a bewtifull Gate house, thwart
the high streete to S. Iames Parke, &c.
In this Gallorie the Princes with their Nobility, vse to stand
or sit, and at Windowes to beholde all triumphant Iustinges, &
other militarie exercises.
or sit, and at Windowes to beholde all triumphant Iustinges, &
other militarie exercises.
Beyond this Gallerie on the left hand is the garden or orchyard
belonging to the saide White hall. On the right hand bée diuers
fayre Tennis courtes, bowling Allies, and a Cocke pit,
by king Henry the eight, and then one other arched gate with a
saide Parke.
belonging to the saide White hall. On the right hand bée diuers
fayre Tennis courtes, bowling Allies, and a Cocke pit,
Tennis courts
Bowling Allies
and Cocke pit
all builtBowling Allies
and Cocke pit
by king Henry the eight, and then one other arched gate with a
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way ouer it thwarting the streete from
the kinges gardens to thesaide Parke.
From this gate vp kinges streete, to a Bridge ouer Long
ditch
(so called for that the same almost insulateth the Citie of West
minster) neare which Bridge is a way leading to Chanon Row,
so called for that the same belonged to the Deane and Chanons of
S. Stephens Chappell, who were there lodged as now diuers No
blemen, and Gentlemen be.
(so called for that the same almost insulateth the Citie of West
minster) neare which Bridge is a way leading to Chanon Row,
so called for that the same belonged to the Deane and Chanons of
S. Stephens Chappell, who were there lodged as now diuers No
blemen, and Gentlemen be.
From this way vp to the Woolestable and to the high
Tow
er, or gate which entreth the Pallace Court, all is replenished
with buildinges, and inhabitantes.
er, or gate which entreth the Pallace Court, all is replenished
with buildinges, and inhabitantes.
Touching this Woolestable,
I reade that in the raign of
Ed
warde the first, the Staple being at Westminster the parrishio
ners of S. Margaret, and Marchantes of the Staple builded of
new the saide Church, the great Chancell excepted, which was
lately before new builded, by the Abbote of Westminster.
warde the first, the Staple being at Westminster the parrishio
ners of S. Margaret, and Marchantes of the Staple builded of
new the saide Church, the great Chancell excepted, which was
lately before new builded, by the Abbote of Westminster.
Moreouer that in the 27. of Edwarde the thirde the
Staple
of Woole, before kept at Bruges in Flanders, was ordayned by
Parliament to bee kept in diuers places of England, Wales, &
Ireland, as at Newcastle, Yorke, Lincolne, Canterbury, Nor
witch, Westminster, Chichester, Winchester, Excester,
Bristow, and Carmarden, &c. to the greate benefit of the king,
and losse vnto strangers, and marchantes. For there grew
vnto the king by this meanes (as it was saide) the summe of one
thousand a hundred and two pounds by the yere more then any his
predicessors before had receiued, the Staple at Westminster at
that time began on the next morrow after the feast of S. Peter
Ad vincula.3 The next yeare there was granted to the king by
Parliament towardes the recouery of his title in France, fifty
shillinges of euery sacke of Wooll transported ouer seas, for the
space of six yeares next ensuing, by meanes whereof the king
might dispend dayly during those yeares, more then a thousande
markes starling. For by the common opinion there were more
then 100000. sackes of Wool yearely transported into forrain
landes, so that during six yeares the saide grant extended to fiftéene
hundred thousand pound starling.
of Woole, before kept at Bruges in Flanders, was ordayned by
Parliament to bee kept in diuers places of England, Wales, &
Ireland, as at Newcastle, Yorke, Lincolne, Canterbury, Nor
witch, Westminster, Chichester, Winchester, Excester,
Bristow, and Carmarden, &c. to the greate benefit of the king,
and losse vnto strangers, and marchantes. For there grew
vnto the king by this meanes (as it was saide) the summe of one
thousand a hundred and two pounds by the yere more then any his
predicessors before had receiued, the Staple at Westminster at
that time began on the next morrow after the feast of S. Peter
Ad vincula.3 The next yeare there was granted to the king by
Parliament towardes the recouery of his title in France, fifty
shillinges of euery sacke of Wooll transported ouer seas, for the
space of six yeares next ensuing, by meanes whereof the king
might dispend dayly during those yeares, more then a thousande
markes starling. For by the common opinion there were more
then 100000. sackes of Wool yearely transported into forrain
landes, so that during six yeares the saide grant extended to fiftéene
hundred thousand pound starling.
In the 37. of Edwarde the
thirde
it was granted vnto him for
euery sacke of Woolle transported and the same yeare the Staple
of Woole (notwithstanding the kings oth and other great estates)
was ordayned to bée kept at Callis and six and twenty marchants
the best and welthiest of all England, to be Farmers there, both
of the Towne and Staple for three yeares, euery marchant to
haue six men of Armes, and foure Archers at the kinges cost.
Hée ordayned there also two Maiors, one for the towne, and one
for the Staple, and hée tooke for mala capta commonlie called
Maltorth (I thinke Custome) twentie shillinges, and of the said
marchantes Gardians of the Towne forty pence, vppon euery
sacke of Woolle.
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two yeares to take six and twenty shillinges eight
pence, vpponeuery sacke of Woolle transported and the same yeare the Staple
of Woole (notwithstanding the kings oth and other great estates)
was ordayned to bée kept at Callis and six and twenty marchants
the best and welthiest of all England, to be Farmers there, both
of the Towne and Staple for three yeares, euery marchant to
haue six men of Armes, and foure Archers at the kinges cost.
Hée ordayned there also two Maiors, one for the towne, and one
for the Staple, and hée tooke for mala capta commonlie called
Maltorth (I thinke Custome) twentie shillinges, and of the said
marchantes Gardians of the Towne forty pence, vppon euery
sacke of Woolle.
In the 44. of Edwarde the
thirde, Quamborough King
ston vpon Hull, and Boston, were made Staples of Wooll,
which matter so much offended some, that in the 50. of his raigne
in a Parliament at London, it was complayned that the Staple
of Woole, was so remoued from Callis to diuers townes in
England contrary to the statute, appointing that Citizens and
marchantes should kéepe it there, and that the king might haue
the profites and customes with the exchange of golde and siluer
that was there made, by all the Marchantes in Christendome (e
stemed to amount to 8000 £. by yeare) the Exchange onely:
and the Citizens and marchantes so ordred the matter that the
king spent nothing vpon souldiers neither vpon defence of the town
against the ennemies, whereas now hee spent eight thousande
pound by yeare.
ston vpon Hull, and Boston, were made Staples of Wooll,
which matter so much offended some, that in the 50. of his raigne
in a Parliament at London, it was complayned that the Staple
of Woole, was so remoued from Callis to diuers townes in
England contrary to the statute, appointing that Citizens and
marchantes should kéepe it there, and that the king might haue
the profites and customes with the exchange of golde and siluer
that was there made, by all the Marchantes in Christendome (e
stemed to amount to 8000 £. by yeare) the Exchange onely:
and the Citizens and marchantes so ordred the matter that the
king spent nothing vpon souldiers neither vpon defence of the town
against the ennemies, whereas now hee spent eight thousande
pound by yeare.
In the yeare 1388. the twelfth of Richarde the
second,
in a Parliament at Cambridge, it was ordayned that the staple
of Wooles
Callis.
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in a Parliament at Cambridge, it was ordayned that the staple
of Wooles
Wooll Staple
at Middle
brough.
should be brought from Middlebrough in Holland toat Middle
brough.
Callis.
In the fouretéenth of his raigne there was granted 40. SMALL LATIN LETTER S WITH TILDE ABOVE; ABBREVIATION FOR
SHILLINGss̃. v
pon euery sacke of Woole, and in the one and twentith was gran
ted 50. SMALL LATIN LETTER S WITH TILDE ABOVE; ABBREVIATION FOR SHILLINGss̃. vpon euery sacke transported by english men, and thrée
pound of by strangers &c. It séemeth that the marchantes of
this staple be the most ancient marchantes of this Realm, and that
all commodities of the Realme or Staple,
& Charter, as Wooles, Leather, Wool fels, Lead, Tyn, cloth &c.
pon euery sacke of Woole, and in the one and twentith was gran
ted 50. SMALL LATIN LETTER S WITH TILDE ABOVE; ABBREVIATION FOR SHILLINGss̃. vpon euery sacke transported by english men, and thrée
pound of by strangers &c. It séemeth that the marchantes of
this staple be the most ancient marchantes of this Realm, and that
all commodities of the Realme or Staple,
Staple Mar
chantes the
most ancientst
of this realme.
marchandizes by lawchantes the
most ancientst
of this realme.
& Charter, as Wooles, Leather, Wool fels, Lead, Tyn, cloth &c.
King
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King Henrie the
sixt had sixe Wooll houses within the Stapleat Westminster: those he graunted to the Deane and Cannons
of S. Stephen at Westminster, and confirmed it the 21. of his
raigne. Thus much for the Staple haue I shortly noted:
And now to passe to the famous Monasterie of Westminster:
At the very entrance of the Close thereof is a lane that leadeth to
ward the West, called Théeuing lane, for that theeues were led
that way to the Gate house, while the Sanctuarie continued in
force.
At the very entrance of the Close thereof is a lane that leadeth to
ward the West, called Théeuing lane, for that theeues were led
that way to the Gate house, while the Sanctuarie continued in
force.
This Monasterie was founded and builded by Sebert king of
the East Saxons, vpon the perswasion of Ethelbert king of Kent,
who hauing imbraced christianitie, and being baptized by Meli
tus Bishop of London: immediatly (to shew himselfe a christian
indéede) built a church to the honor of God and Saint Peter, on
the West side of the cittie of London, in a place (which because it
was ouergrowen with thornes, and enuironed with water) the
Saxons called Thorney, and now of the Monastery and West
situation thereof is called Westminster.
the East Saxons, vpon the perswasion of Ethelbert king of Kent,
who hauing imbraced christianitie, and being baptized by Meli
tus Bishop of London: immediatly (to shew himselfe a christian
indéede) built a church to the honor of God and Saint Peter, on
the West side of the cittie of London, in a place (which because it
was ouergrowen with thornes, and enuironed with water) the
Saxons called Thorney, and now of the Monastery and West
situation thereof is called Westminster.
In this place (saith Fulcardus)
long before was a
Temple of
Apollo, which being ouerthrowne, King Lucius built therein a
Church of Christianitie.
Apollo, which being ouerthrowne, King Lucius built therein a
Church of Christianitie.
Sebert was
buried in this church, with his wife Athelgoda,
whose bodies many yeares after, to wit in the raigne of Richard
the second (saith Walsingham) were translated from the old church
to the new, and there interred.
whose bodies many yeares after, to wit in the raigne of Richard
the second (saith Walsingham) were translated from the old church
to the new, and there interred.
Edgare King of the West
Saxons repaired this Monasterie a
bout the yeare of Christ 958. Edward the Confessor builded it
of new, wherevpon T. Clifford writeth thus.
bout the yeare of Christ 958. Edward the Confessor builded it
of new, wherevpon T. Clifford writeth thus.
Without the walles of London (saith he) vppon the Riuer of
Thames there was in times passed a little Monasterie, builded
to the honor of God, and Saint Peter, with a few Benedict
Monkes in it, vnder an Abbotte seruing Christ: very poore
they were, and little was giuen them for their reliefe, here the
king intended (for that it was néere to the famous citie of London
and the Riuer of Thames, that brought in all kind of Marchan
dizes from all partes of the worlde) to make his Sepulcher,
worke should be begunne in such sort as should become the Prince
of the Apostles.
Thames there was in times passed a little Monasterie, builded
to the honor of God, and Saint Peter, with a few Benedict
Monkes in it, vnder an Abbotte seruing Christ: very poore
they were, and little was giuen them for their reliefe, here the
king intended (for that it was néere to the famous citie of London
and the Riuer of Thames, that brought in all kind of Marchan
dizes from all partes of the worlde) to make his Sepulcher,
he
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he commanded therefore that of the tenthes of all his
rentes, theworke should be begunne in such sort as should become the Prince
of the Apostles.
At this his commandement the work is nobly begun, euen from
the foundation and happely procéedeth till the same was finished:
the charges bestowed, or to be bestowed are not regarded. He
graunted to this church great priuiledges, aboue all the churches
in this land as partly appeare by this his Charter.
the foundation and happely procéedeth till the same was finished:
the charges bestowed, or to be bestowed are not regarded. He
graunted to this church great priuiledges, aboue all the churches
in this land as partly appeare by this his Charter.
Ꜫꝺꝩeaꞃꝺ Cynȝ ȝꞃæꞇ ꝩillm biseope Ꞁ leoꝼsꞇane Ꞁ
Alꝼfie Poꞃꞇ ȝeꞃeꝼen. Ꞁ ealle minꞃe buꞃhþeȝn on Lú
ꝺen ꝼꞃeonꝺlice: Anꝺ ic cyþe eoꝩ ꝥ ic hæbbe seo ȝiꝼꞇa
ȝyꝼen Ꞁ vnnam Chꞃisꞇ Ꞁ S. Peꞇeꞃ þam haliȝan Apos
ꞇel inꞇo ꝩestminsteꞃ: ꝼulꞃa ꞃeoꝺome oꝼeꞃ ealle þa
land þe lonȝaþ inꞇo þæꞃe haliȝan sꞇoꝩ. &c.
Alꝼfie Poꞃꞇ ȝeꞃeꝼen. Ꞁ ealle minꞃe buꞃhþeȝn on Lú
ꝺen ꝼꞃeonꝺlice: Anꝺ ic cyþe eoꝩ ꝥ ic hæbbe seo ȝiꝼꞇa
ȝyꝼen Ꞁ vnnam Chꞃisꞇ Ꞁ S. Peꞇeꞃ þam haliȝan Apos
ꞇel inꞇo ꝩestminsteꞃ: ꝼulꞃa ꞃeoꝺome oꝼeꞃ ealle þa
land þe lonȝaþ inꞇo þæꞃe haliȝan sꞇoꝩ. &c.
Edwarde King greet
William Bishop and Leofstane and
Aelfsie Portreeues, and all my Burgesses of London friendly,
and I tell you that I haue this giuen and granted to Christ &
S. Peter the holy Apostle at Westminster full freedome ouer
all the land, that belongeth to that holy place. &c.
Aelfsie Portreeues, and all my Burgesses of London friendly,
and I tell you that I haue this giuen and granted to Christ &
S. Peter the holy Apostle at Westminster full freedome ouer
all the land, that belongeth to that holy place. &c.
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parish Church of S. Margaret
to be newly buil
ded, without the Abbie church of Westminster for the ease & com
moditie of the Monks, because before that time the parish Church
stoode within the old Abbey church in the South Isle, some what
to their annoyance. This church of S. Margaret (which that
king Edward builded) continued till the daies of King Edwarde
the first, at what time the staple of woolles was at Westminster,
and then the parishioners and Merchantes of the Staple builded
it all of new (the great chancell excepted, which was done by the
Abbots of Westminster as is afore shewed.
ded, without the Abbie church of Westminster for the ease & com
moditie of the Monks, because before that time the parish Church
stoode within the old Abbey church in the South Isle, some what
to their annoyance. This church of S. Margaret (which that
king Edward builded) continued till the daies of King Edwarde
the first, at what time the staple of woolles was at Westminster,
and then the parishioners and Merchantes of the Staple builded
it all of new (the great chancell excepted, which was done by the
Abbots of Westminster as is afore shewed.
King Henry the
third in the yeare of Christ 1220. began the
new worke of our Ladies Chappell, and in the yeare 1245. the
walles and stéeple of the olde Church (builded by king Edwarde)
to be made more comely, for the furtherance whereof in the yeare
1246. the same king (deuising how to extort money from the ci
tizens of London towardes the charges) appointed a Mart to be
kept at Westminster,
meane space all trade of Merchandise to cease in the Cittie, which
thing the citizens were faine to redéeme with two thousand pound
of siluer.
new worke of our Ladies Chappell, and in the yeare 1245. the
walles and stéeple of the olde Church (builded by king Edwarde)
were
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were taken downe, and inlarging the
same Church, caused themto be made more comely, for the furtherance whereof in the yeare
1246. the same king (deuising how to extort money from the ci
tizens of London towardes the charges) appointed a Mart to be
kept at Westminster,
A Mart at
Westminster.
the same to last fiftéene dayes,
and in theWestminster.
meane space all trade of Merchandise to cease in the Cittie, which
thing the citizens were faine to redéeme with two thousand pound
of siluer.
The worke of this Church with the houses of Office, was fini
shed to the end of the Quire in the yeare 1285. the 14. of Edward
the first. All which labour of 66. yeares, was in the yeare
1299. defaced by a fire kindled in the lesser Hall of the Kinges
Pallace at Westminster, the same with many other houses
adioyning, and with the Quéenes chamber were all consumed,
the flame thereof also (being driuen with the wind) fired the Mo
nasterie, which was also with the pallace consumed.
shed to the end of the Quire in the yeare 1285. the 14. of Edward
the first. All which labour of 66. yeares, was in the yeare
1299. defaced by a fire kindled in the lesser Hall of the Kinges
Pallace at Westminster, the same with many other houses
adioyning, and with the Quéenes chamber were all consumed,
the flame thereof also (being driuen with the wind) fired the Mo
nasterie, which was also with the pallace consumed.
Then was this Monastery againe repaired by the Abbotes of
that Church, king Edward the first and his successors putting to
their helping handes.
that Church, king Edward the first and his successors putting to
their helping handes.
Edward the second
apropriated vnto this Church the patro
nages of the Churches of Kelueden and Sabritsworth in Essex
in the Diocesse of London.
nages of the Churches of Kelueden and Sabritsworth in Essex
in the Diocesse of London.
Simon Langham Abbot
(hauing béene a great builder there in
the yeare 1362.) gaue 400. £. to the building of the bodie of the
church: but (amongst others) Abbot Islip was in his time a great
builder there, as may appeare in the stone worke, and glasse win
dowes of the Church.
the yeare 1362.) gaue 400. £. to the building of the bodie of the
church: but (amongst others) Abbot Islip was in his time a great
builder there, as may appeare in the stone worke, and glasse win
dowes of the Church.
Since whose decease that worke hath staide as hee left it, vn
perfected, the Church and stéeple being all of one height.
perfected, the Church and stéeple being all of one height.
King Henry the
seuenth about the yeare of Christ 1502. cau
sed the Chappell of our Ladie, builded by Henry the third, with a
Tauerne also called the White Rose neare adioyning to be taken
downe: In which plot of ground, on the 24. of Ianuary, the first
stone of the new chappell was laid by the handes of Abbot Islip,
Sir Reginald Bray, Knight of the Garter, Doctor Barnes, mai
ster of the Rolles, Doctor Wall, Chaplen to the King, Maister
Hugh Aldham, Chaplen to the Countesse of Darbie, and Rich
uers other: vpon the which stone was ingrauen the same day and
yeare, &c.
sed the Chappell of our Ladie, builded by Henry the third, with a
Tauerne also called the White Rose neare adioyning to be taken
downe: In which plot of ground, on the 24. of Ianuary, the first
stone of the new chappell was laid by the handes of Abbot Islip,
Sir Reginald Bray, Knight of the Garter, Doctor Barnes, mai
ster of the Rolles, Doctor Wall, Chaplen to the King, Maister
Hugh Aldham, Chaplen to the Countesse of Darbie, and Rich
mond
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mond (the kinges mother)4
Sir Edward Stanhop knight, and diuers other: vpon the which stone was ingrauen the same day and
yeare, &c.
The charges in building this Chappell amounted to the summe
of 14000. pound: the stone for this worke (as I haue béene in
formed) was brought from Huddlestone quarrie in Yorke shire:
The Altar and sepulture of the same King Henry the seuenth,
wherein his bodie resteth in this his new chappell, was made and
finished in the yeare 1519. by one Peter a Painter of Florence:
for the which hee receyued 1000. pounde starling for the whole
stuffe and workemanship, at the handes of the kinges executors,
Richard Bishop of Winchester, Richard Bishoppe of London,
Thomas Bishop of Durham, Iohn Bishoppe of Rochester, T.
Duke of Norfolke, Treasurer of Englande, Edward Earle of
Worcester the kinges Chamberlaine, Iohn Fineaux knight,
Chiefe Iustice of the Common place, &c.
of 14000. pound: the stone for this worke (as I haue béene in
formed) was brought from Huddlestone quarrie in Yorke shire:
The Altar and sepulture of the same King Henry the seuenth,
wherein his bodie resteth in this his new chappell, was made and
finished in the yeare 1519. by one Peter a Painter of Florence:
for the which hee receyued 1000. pounde starling for the whole
stuffe and workemanship, at the handes of the kinges executors,
Richard Bishop of Winchester, Richard Bishoppe of London,
Thomas Bishop of Durham, Iohn Bishoppe of Rochester, T.
Duke of Norfolke, Treasurer of Englande, Edward Earle of
Worcester the kinges Chamberlaine, Iohn Fineaux knight,
Chiefe Iustice of the Common place, &c.
This Monasterie being valued to dispend by the yeare 3470.
pound &c. was surrendered to Henry the eight, in the yeare 1539.
And Benson then Abbot was made the first Deane and not long
after it was aduaunced to a Bishoppes Sea, in the yeare 1541.
Thomas Thurley being both the first and last Bishop there, who
when he had impouerished the church was translated to Norwich
in the yeare 1550. the fourth of Edward the sixt, and from thence
to Elie, in the yeare 1554. the second of Quéene Mary. Richard
Cox Doctor in Diuinitie (late schoolmaister to king Edward 6.)
was made Deane of Westminster, whom Quéen Mary put out,
& made Doctor Weston Deane, vntill the yere 1556. and then he
being remoued from thence on the 21. of Nouember, Iohn Fe
kenham (late Deane of Paules) was made Abbot of Westmin
ster, and tooke possession of the same, being installed, and fourtéene
Monkes more receyued the habbot with him that day of the order
of Saint Benedict: but the saide Iohn Feckenham with his
Monkes enioyed not that place fully thrée yeares, for in the yeare
1559. in the moneth of Iuly they were all put out, and Quéene
Elizabeth made the saide Monasterie a Colledge, instituting
there a Deane, twelue Prebendes, twelve poore Almes men, and
it named the Colledge at Westminster, founded by Q. Elizabeth.
D. Bill one of her Maiesties Chaplens was made the first Dean:
after whom succéeded M. D. Gabriel Goodman, now Resident.
pound &c. was surrendered to Henry the eight, in the yeare 1539.
And Benson then Abbot was made the first Deane and not long
after it was aduaunced to a Bishoppes Sea, in the yeare 1541.
Thomas Thurley being both the first and last Bishop there, who
when he had impouerished the church was translated to Norwich
in the yeare 1550. the fourth of Edward the sixt, and from thence
to Elie, in the yeare 1554. the second of Quéene Mary. Richard
Cox Doctor in Diuinitie (late schoolmaister to king Edward 6.)
was made Deane of Westminster, whom Quéen Mary put out,
& made Doctor Weston Deane, vntill the yere 1556. and then he
being remoued from thence on the 21. of Nouember, Iohn Fe
kenham (late Deane of Paules) was made Abbot of Westmin
ster, and tooke possession of the same, being installed, and fourtéene
Monkes more receyued the habbot with him that day of the order
of Saint Benedict: but the saide Iohn Feckenham with his
Monkes enioyed not that place fully thrée yeares, for in the yeare
1559. in the moneth of Iuly they were all put out, and Quéene
Elizabeth made the saide Monasterie a Colledge, instituting
there a Deane, twelue Prebendes, twelve poore Almes men, and
fortie
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or typesetting error. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on evidence internal
to this text (context, etc.). (SM)f5ortie schollers, calling them the Queenes
schollers: and so wasit named the Colledge at Westminster, founded by Q. Elizabeth.
D. Bill one of her Maiesties Chaplens was made the first Dean:
after whom succéeded M. D. Gabriel Goodman, now Resident.
Of the Kinges and Quéenes crowned
in this Church William
surnamed Conqueror, & Matilde his wife were the first: & since
them all other Kings and Quéenes of this realme, haue béene here
crowned.
surnamed Conqueror, & Matilde his wife were the first: & since
them all other Kings and Quéenes of this realme, haue béene here
crowned.
The kinges and Quéenes buried
in this Church are these:
Sebert king of the East Saxons, with his wife Athelgode,
Harold surnamed Herefote, king of the West Saxons: Ed
ward the simple, surnamed Confessor, sometime richly shrined in
a Tombe of siluer and Gold, curiously wrought by commande
ment of William the Conqueror, Egitha his wife was there bu
ried also, King Henry the third, whose Sepulture was richly
garnished with precious stones of Iasper, which his sonne Ed
ward the first brought out of Fraunce for that purpose: Eleanor
wife to Henry the thirde, Edwarde the first who offred to the
shrine of Edward the Confessor the chaire of marble, wherein
the Kinges of Scotlande were crowned, with the scepter and
Crowne also to the same king belonging. Hee gaue also to that
church landes to the value of 100. pounde by the yeare, twenty
pound thereof yearely to be distributed to the poore for euer: then
there lyeth Eleanor his wife, daughter, to Ferdinando king of
Castile, Edward the third by Quéene Phillip of Henault his
wife. Richard the second and Anne his wife, with their images
vpon them, with cost more then foure hundred markes for the
guilding: Henry the fift with a royall image of siluer and guilt,
which Katherine his wife caused to be laid vpon him, but the head
of this image being of massie siluer is broken off, and conuayed a
way with the plates of siluer and guilt that couered his bodie: Ka
therine his wife was buried in the old Lady chappel, but her corps
being taken vp in the raigne of Henry the seuenth (when a newe
foundation was to bee laide) she was neuer since buried, but
remayueth aboue grounde in a coffin of bordes behinde the East
ende of the Presbyterie: Henrie the seuenth in a sumptuous
Edwarde the sixt in the same Chappell without any monument,
Quéene Mary without any Monument in the same chappell:
Matilde daughter to Malcolne king of Scottes, wife to Henry
the first, lyeth in the Reuestrie: Anne wife to Richard the third,
Margaret Countesse of Richmond and Darbie, mother to Hen
ry the seuenth, Anne of Cleue, wife to Henry the eight: Edmond
second sonne to Henry the third, first Earle of Lancaster, Darby,
and Leycester, and Aueline his wife, daughter and heire to Wil
liam de Fortibus Earle of Albemarle. In S. Thomas chappel
lie the bones of the children of Henry the third, and of Edward the
first, in number nine. In the Chapter house, Alianor countesse
of Barre, daughter to Edward the first, William of Windsore,
and Blaunch his sister, children to Edward the thirde: Iohn of
Eltham Earle of Cornewell, sonne to Edward the second, Elia
nor wife to Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester: Tho
mas of Woodstocke by king Edward the third his father: Mar
garet daughter to Edward the fourth, Elizabeth daughter to
Henry the seuenth, William de Valence Earle of Pembrooke,
Aimer de Valence Earle of Pembrooke, Margaret and Iohn
sonne and daughter to William de Valence, Iohn Waltham Bi
shop of Sarum Treasurer of England, Thomas Ruthall Bishop
of Durham 1522. Gyles Lord Dawbeny Earle of Bridgewa
ter, Chamberlaine to king Henry the seuenth 1508. and his wife
of the family of the Arundelles in Cornewell, Iohn Vicount
Welles, 1498. The Ladie Katherine daughter to the Dutchesse
of Norfolke, Sir. T. Hungerford knight, father to Sir Iohn
Hungerford of Downampney knight, a son & daughter to Hum
frey Bohun Earle of Hereford and Essex, and Elizabeth his
wife, Philip Dutchesse of Yorke, daughter to the Lorde Mohun,
thrice maried, to the Lord Fitzwalter, Sir Iohn Golofer, and
to the Duke of Yorke:6 William Dudley Bishop of Durham,
Nicholas Baron Carew, Walter Hungerford sonne to Edmond,
Sir Iohn Burley Knight, and Anne his wife, Sir Iohn Golo
fer Knight, Humfrey Bourchere, Lorde Cromwell, Henry
Bourchere sonne and heire to the Lord Barons, and both slain at
knight, Francis Brandon Dutchesse of Suffolke, Mary her
daughter, Sir Iohn Hampden Knight, Sir Lewes Vicount
Robsart Knight, Lord Bourchere of Henalt, and his wife daugh
ter and heyre to the Lord Bourchere: Robert Browne and Wil
liam Browne Esquires: The Ladie Iohane Tokyne daughter
of Dabridge court: George Mortimer bastarde, Iohn Felby
Esquire, Anne wife to Iohn Watkins, William Southwike Es
quire, William Southcot Esquire, Raph Constantine gentle
man, Arthur Troffote Esquire, Robert Hall Knight, slaine in
that church, Sir Richard Rouse Knight, Sir Geffrey Maun
deuil Earle of Essex, and Athelard his wife, Sir Foulk of New
castle, Sir Iames Barons Knight, Sir Iohn Salisberie knight,
Margaret Dowglasse Countesse of Lineaux, with Charles her
sonne, Earle of Lineaux: Henry Scogan a learned Poet, in the
cloyster. Geffrey Chaucer the most famous Poet of England,
also in the Cloyster, 1400. but since Nicholas Brigham Gentle
man, raysed a Monument for him in the South crosse Ile of the
Church: his workes were partly plublished in print by William
Caxton in the raigne of Henry the sixt: Increased by William
Thinne Esquire, in the raigne of Henry the eight: Corrected
and twice increased through mine owne painefull labours, in the
raigne of Queene Elizabeth, to wit, in the yeare 1561. and
again beautified with noates, by me collected out of diuers Re
cordes and Monumentes, which I deliuered to my louing friende
Thomas Speight, & he hauing drawne the same into a good forme
and methode, as also explaned the old and obscure wordes &c. hath
published them in Anno 1597.
Sebert king of the East Saxons, with his wife Athelgode,
Harold surnamed Herefote, king of the West Saxons: Ed
ward the simple, surnamed Confessor, sometime richly shrined in
a Tombe of siluer and Gold, curiously wrought by commande
ment of William the Conqueror, Egitha his wife was there bu
ried also, King Henry the third, whose Sepulture was richly
garnished with precious stones of Iasper, which his sonne Ed
ward the first brought out of Fraunce for that purpose: Eleanor
wife to Henry the thirde, Edwarde the first who offred to the
shrine of Edward the Confessor the chaire of marble, wherein
the Kinges of Scotlande were crowned, with the scepter and
Crowne also to the same king belonging. Hee gaue also to that
church landes to the value of 100. pounde by the yeare, twenty
pound thereof yearely to be distributed to the poore for euer: then
there lyeth Eleanor his wife, daughter, to Ferdinando king of
Castile, Edward the third by Quéene Phillip of Henault his
wife. Richard the second and Anne his wife, with their images
vpon them, with cost more then foure hundred markes for the
guilding: Henry the fift with a royall image of siluer and guilt,
which Katherine his wife caused to be laid vpon him, but the head
of this image being of massie siluer is broken off, and conuayed a
way with the plates of siluer and guilt that couered his bodie: Ka
therine his wife was buried in the old Lady chappel, but her corps
being taken vp in the raigne of Henry the seuenth (when a newe
foundation was to bee laide) she was neuer since buried, but
remayueth aboue grounde in a coffin of bordes behinde the East
ende of the Presbyterie: Henrie the seuenth in a sumptuous
sepulture
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sepulture, and chappell before specified, and Elizabeth his wife,Edwarde the sixt in the same Chappell without any monument,
Quéene Mary without any Monument in the same chappell:
Matilde daughter to Malcolne king of Scottes, wife to Henry
the first, lyeth in the Reuestrie: Anne wife to Richard the third,
Margaret Countesse of Richmond and Darbie, mother to Hen
ry the seuenth, Anne of Cleue, wife to Henry the eight: Edmond
second sonne to Henry the third, first Earle of Lancaster, Darby,
and Leycester, and Aueline his wife, daughter and heire to Wil
liam de Fortibus Earle of Albemarle. In S. Thomas chappel
lie the bones of the children of Henry the third, and of Edward the
first, in number nine. In the Chapter house, Alianor countesse
of Barre, daughter to Edward the first, William of Windsore,
and Blaunch his sister, children to Edward the thirde: Iohn of
Eltham Earle of Cornewell, sonne to Edward the second, Elia
nor wife to Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Gloucester: Tho
mas of Woodstocke by king Edward the third his father: Mar
garet daughter to Edward the fourth, Elizabeth daughter to
Henry the seuenth, William de Valence Earle of Pembrooke,
Aimer de Valence Earle of Pembrooke, Margaret and Iohn
sonne and daughter to William de Valence, Iohn Waltham Bi
shop of Sarum Treasurer of England, Thomas Ruthall Bishop
of Durham 1522. Gyles Lord Dawbeny Earle of Bridgewa
ter, Chamberlaine to king Henry the seuenth 1508. and his wife
of the family of the Arundelles in Cornewell, Iohn Vicount
Welles, 1498. The Ladie Katherine daughter to the Dutchesse
of Norfolke, Sir. T. Hungerford knight, father to Sir Iohn
Hungerford of Downampney knight, a son & daughter to Hum
frey Bohun Earle of Hereford and Essex, and Elizabeth his
wife, Philip Dutchesse of Yorke, daughter to the Lorde Mohun,
thrice maried, to the Lord Fitzwalter, Sir Iohn Golofer, and
to the Duke of Yorke:6 William Dudley Bishop of Durham,
Nicholas Baron Carew, Walter Hungerford sonne to Edmond,
Sir Iohn Burley Knight, and Anne his wife, Sir Iohn Golo
fer Knight, Humfrey Bourchere, Lorde Cromwell, Henry
Bourchere sonne and heire to the Lord Barons, and both slain at
Barnet
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Barnet, Sir William Trussell knight, Sir Thomas
Vaughanknight, Francis Brandon Dutchesse of Suffolke, Mary her
daughter, Sir Iohn Hampden Knight, Sir Lewes Vicount
Robsart Knight, Lord Bourchere of Henalt, and his wife daugh
ter and heyre to the Lord Bourchere: Robert Browne and Wil
liam Browne Esquires: The Ladie Iohane Tokyne daughter
of Dabridge court: George Mortimer bastarde, Iohn Felby
Esquire, Anne wife to Iohn Watkins, William Southwike Es
quire, William Southcot Esquire, Raph Constantine gentle
man, Arthur Troffote Esquire, Robert Hall Knight, slaine in
that church, Sir Richard Rouse Knight, Sir Geffrey Maun
deuil Earle of Essex, and Athelard his wife, Sir Foulk of New
castle, Sir Iames Barons Knight, Sir Iohn Salisberie knight,
Margaret Dowglasse Countesse of Lineaux, with Charles her
sonne, Earle of Lineaux: Henry Scogan a learned Poet, in the
cloyster. Geffrey Chaucer the most famous Poet of England,
also in the Cloyster, 1400. but since Nicholas Brigham Gentle
man, raysed a Monument for him in the South crosse Ile of the
Church: his workes were partly plublished in print by William
Caxton in the raigne of Henry the sixt: Increased by William
Thinne Esquire, in the raigne of Henry the eight: Corrected
and twice increased through mine owne painefull labours, in the
raigne of Queene Elizabeth, to wit, in the yeare 1561. and
again beautified with noates, by me collected out of diuers Re
cordes and Monumentes, which I deliuered to my louing friende
Thomas Speight, & he hauing drawne the same into a good forme
and methode, as also explaned the old and obscure wordes &c. hath
published them in Anno 1597.
Anne Stahanhope Dutches
of Sommerset & Iane her daugh
ter, Anne Cecill Countesse of Oxford daughter to the Lorde
Burghley,7 with Mildred Burghley her mother, Elizabeth
Barkley Countesse of Ormond, Frauncis Sidney Countesse of
Sussex, Elizabeth Countesse of Hertford, Thomas Baron
Wentworth, Thomas Baron Wharton: Iohn Lorde Rustell,
Sir Thomas Bromley Lord Chauncellor, Sir Iohn Puckering
Lord Kéeper. &c.
ter, Anne Cecill Countesse of Oxford daughter to the Lorde
Burghley,7 with Mildred Burghley her mother, Elizabeth
Barkley Countesse of Ormond, Frauncis Sidney Countesse of
Sussex, Elizabeth Countesse of Hertford, Thomas Baron
Wentworth, Thomas Baron Wharton: Iohn Lorde Rustell,
Sir Thomas Bromley Lord Chauncellor, Sir Iohn Puckering
Lord Kéeper. &c.
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The Cittie of Westminster.
This Church hath had great priuiledge of
Sanctuarie
Sanctuary at
Westminster.
withinWestminster.
the precinct therof, to wit, the church, churchyard, and close, &c. from
whence it hath not béene lawfull for any Prince or other, to take
any person that fledde thether for any cause: which priuiledge was
first granted by Sebert king of the East Saxons, since increased
by Edgare king of the West Saxons, renewed and confirmed
by king Edward the Confessor, as appeareth by this his charter
following.
Edward by the grace
of God, King of Englishmen: I
make it to be knowne to all generations of the world after
me, that by speciall commandement of our holy Father
Pope Leo, I haue renewed & honored the holy church
of the blessed Apostle S. Peter of Westminster, & I order
and establish for euer, that what person of what conditi
on or estate soeuer he be, from whenThis text is the corrected text. The original is e (CH) c e soeuer hee come,
or for what offence or cause it be, eyther for his refuge in
to the said holy place, he be assured of his life, liberty and
limmes: And ouer this I forbid vnder the paine of euer
lasting damnation, that no minister of mine, or of my suc
cessors intermeddle them with any the goods, landes or
possessions of the said persons taking the said Sanctuary:
for I haue taken their goodes and liuelod into my speci
all protection, and therefore I graunt to euery each of
them in as much as my terrestriall power may suffice,
all manner freedome of ioyous libertie: And whosoe
uer presumes or doth contrary to this my graunt, I will
he lose his name, worshippe, dignitie, and power, and
that with the great traytor Iudas that betrayed our Saui
our, he be in the euerlasting fier of hell, and I will and or
daine that this my graunt endure as long as there remay
neth in England, eyther loue or dread of christian name.
make it to be knowne to all generations of the world after
me, that by speciall commandement of our holy Father
Pope Leo, I haue renewed & honored the holy church
of the blessed Apostle S. Peter of Westminster, & I order
and establish for euer, that what person of what conditi
on or estate soeuer he be, from whenThis text is the corrected text. The original is e (CH) c e soeuer hee come,
or for what offence or cause it be, eyther for his refuge in
to the said holy place, he be assured of his life, liberty and
limmes: And ouer this I forbid vnder the paine of euer
lasting damnation, that no minister of mine, or of my suc
cessors intermeddle them with any the goods, landes or
possessions of the said persons taking the said Sanctuary:
for I haue taken their goodes and liuelod into my speci
all protection, and therefore I graunt to euery each of
them in as much as my terrestriall power may suffice,
all manner freedome of ioyous libertie: And whosoe
uer presumes or doth contrary to this my graunt, I will
he lose his name, worshippe, dignitie, and power, and
that with the great traytor Iudas that betrayed our Saui
our, he be in the euerlasting fier of hell, and I will and or
daine that this my graunt endure as long as there remay
neth in England, eyther loue or dread of christian name.
More of this Sactuarie ye may read in our histories, and also in
the statute of Henry the eight, the 32. yeare.
the statute of Henry the eight, the 32. yeare.
Next
The Citie of Westminster.
This text is the corrected text. The original is 386385
Next to this famous Monastery, is the Kings principall Pallace, of what antiquitie it is vncertaine: but This text is the corrected text. The original is F (CH)Edward the Confessor
held his Court there: as may appeare by the testimony of sundrie,
and namely of Ingulphus, as I haue before told you. The said king
had his Pallace, and for the most part remained there: where he al
so ended his life, and was buried in the Monastery which he had
builded. It is not to be doubted, but that King William the first,
as he was crowned there, so he builded much at this Pallace: for he
found it farre inferiour to the building of princely pallaces in France.
And it is manifest, by the testimony of many Authors, that William
Rufus builded the great Hall there, about the yeare of Christ, 1097
amongst others, Roger of Windouar, and Mathewe Parris, doo
write, that King William (being returned out of Normandie into
England) kept his feast of Whitsontide very royally at Westmin
ster, in the new Hall which he had lately builded, the length where
of (say some) was 270. foote, and seuentie foure foote in breadth, and
when he heard men say, that this Hall was too great, he answered,
Liber Wood
bridge.
and said: this Hall is not bigge inough, by the one halfe, and
is butbridge.
a Beade chamber in comparison of that I meane to make: a dili
gent searcher (saith Paris) might finde out the foundation of the hall,
which he had supposed to haue builded, stretching from the Riuer of
Thames, euen to the common high way. This Pallace was re
paired about the yeare,
Pallace repai
red.
1163. by Thomas
Becket,
Chauncelor ofred.
England, with excéeding great celeritie and spéede: which before,
was ready to haue fallen downe. This hath béene the principall
seate and Pallace of all the Kings of England, since the Conquest:8
for héere haue they in the great Hall kept their feasts of Coronation
especially, and other solemne feasts, as at Christmas, and such like,
most commonly: for proofe whereof, I finde Recorded, that in the
yeare, 1236. and the twentieth of Henry the third, on the 29. of
December,
Record
Tower.
William de Hauarhull the
Kings Treasurer, is comTower.
maunded, that vpon the day of Circumcision of our Lord,9 hee caused
6000. poore people to be fed at Westminster, for the state of the
King, the Quéene, and their children: the weake and aged to be pla
ced in the great Hall: and in the lesser, those that were most strong,
and in reasonable plight: in the Kings Chamber, the children in the
Quéenes: and when the King knoweth the charge, he would allow
Cc
it
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it in the accounts. The like
commaundement, the said King Henrygaue to Hugh Gifford and William Browne, that vpon Fryday
next after the Epiphany, they should cause to be fed in the great Hal
of Windfor, at a good fire, all the poore and néedy children that could
be found, and the kings children, being waighed and measured, their
waight and measure to be distributed for their good estates.
In the yeare 1238. the same King Henry kept his feast of
Christmas at Westminster, in the great Hall: so did he in the yeare
1241. where he placed the Legate in the most honourable place of
the Table, to wit, in the middest, which the Noble men tooke in euill
part: the King sate on the right hand, and the Archbishop on the
left, and then all the Prelates and Nobles according to their estates:
for the King himselfe set the Guests. The yeare 1242. he likewise
kept his Christmas in the Hall, &c. Also in the yeare 1243. Richard
Earle of Cornwell the Kings brother, married Cincia, daughter to
Beatrice, Countesse of Prouince, and kept his marriage feast in the
great Hall at Westminster, with great royalty and company of No
ble men: insomuch, that there were tolde (triginta milia) 30000. di
shes of meates at that dinner.
Christmas at Westminster, in the great Hall: so did he in the yeare
1241. where he placed the Legate in the most honourable place of
the Table, to wit, in the middest, which the Noble men tooke in euill
part: the King sate on the right hand, and the Archbishop on the
left, and then all the Prelates and Nobles according to their estates:
for the King himselfe set the Guests. The yeare 1242. he likewise
kept his Christmas in the Hall, &c. Also in the yeare 1243. Richard
Earle of Cornwell the Kings brother, married Cincia, daughter to
Beatrice, Countesse of Prouince, and kept his marriage feast in the
great Hall at Westminster, with great royalty and company of No
ble men: insomuch, that there were tolde (triginta milia) 30000. di
shes of meates at that dinner.
In the yeare 1256. King Henry sate in the Exchequer
of this
Hall, and there sette downe order for the appearance of Sheriffes,
and bringing in of their accounts: there was fiue Markes set on
euery Sheriffes head for a fine, because they had not distrained eue
ry person, that might dispend fiftéene pound land by the yeare to re
ceiue the order of Knighthoode, as the same Sheriffes were com
manded.
Hall, and there sette downe order for the appearance of Sheriffes,
and bringing in of their accounts: there was fiue Markes set on
euery Sheriffes head for a fine, because they had not distrained eue
ry person, that might dispend fiftéene pound land by the yeare to re
ceiue the order of Knighthoode, as the same Sheriffes were com
manded.
In the yeares 1268 and 1269. the same king
kept his Christmas
feasts at Westminster as before, and also in the same, 1269. he trans
lated with great solemnitie, the body of king E. the Confessor, into a
new Chapell, at the backe of the high Alter: which Chapell hee had
prepaired of a meruailous workmanship, bestowing a new Tombe
or Shrine of Golde, and on the day of his translation, hee kept a
royall feast in the great Hall of the Pallace: thus much for the feast
of olde time in this Hall.
feasts at Westminster as before, and also in the same, 1269. he trans
lated with great solemnitie, the body of king E. the Confessor, into a
new Chapell, at the backe of the high Alter: which Chapell hee had
prepaired of a meruailous workmanship, bestowing a new Tombe
or Shrine of Golde, and on the day of his translation, hee kept a
royall feast in the great Hall of the Pallace: thus much for the feast
of olde time in this Hall.
We read also, that in the
flowing the Banques, caused the Marshes about Woolwitch to
bee all on a Sea, wherein Boates and other vesselles were carried
women, and children, inhabitants there, were drowned: and in the
great Pallace of Westminster, men did rowe with wheries,
middest of the hall, being forced to ride to their chambers.
Marshes about
Woolwitch
drowned.
yeare 1236. the riuer of
thames ouerWoolwitch
drowned.
flowing the Banques, caused the Marshes about Woolwitch to
bee all on a Sea, wherein Boates and other vesselles were carried
with
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with the streame, so that besides
cattell, the greatest number of menwomen, and children, inhabitants there, were drowned: and in the
great Pallace of Westminster, men did rowe with wheries,
Wheries row
ed in West
minster Hall.
in
theed in West
minster Hall.
middest of the hall, being forced to ride to their chambers.
Moreouer, in the yeare 1242. the Thames
ouerflowing the banques
about Lambhithe, drowned houses and fields, by the space of sixe
miles, so that in the great hall at Westminster, men tooke their hor
sse, because the water ran ouer all. This Pallace was (in the yeare,
1299. the twentie seuenth of Edward the first, brent by a vehement
fire, kindled in the lesser hall of the Kings house, the same with many
other houses adioyning, and with the Quéenes chamber, were con
sumed, but after that repaired. In the yeare, 13This text is the corrected text. The original is 1 ()03. the 31. of E. the first,
the kings treasury at Westminster was robbed, for The special character yͤ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH LATIN SMALL LETTER E ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye which, Wal
ter Abbot of Westminster, with 49. of his brethren, and 32. other
were throwne into the Tower of London, and indighted of the rob
berie, of an hundred thousand pound: but they affirming themselues
to be cleare of the fact, and desiring the King of spéedie iustice, a com
mission, was directed for inquirie of the truth, & they were freed. In
the yeare 1316 E. the 2. did solemnize his feast of Penticost, at West
minster, in the great Hall,
Peares about him, there entred a woman adorned like a Minstrell,
sitting on a great horse, trapped as Minstrelles then vsed, who rode
round about the tables, shewing pastime, and at length, came vp to
the kings table, and laide before him a letter, and forthwith turning
her horse, saluted euery one, and departed. The letters being opened,
had these contents. Our Soueraigne Lord the King, hath nothing
courteously respected his knights, that in his fathers time, and also
in his owne, haue put forth their persons to diuers perils, and haue
vtterly lost, or greatly diminished their substance, for honor of the said
King, and he hath inriched aboundantly such as haue not borne the
waight as yet, of the businesse, &c. This great Hall was begun to be
repaired
dowes, and roofe, to be taken downe, and newe made, with a stately
portch, & diuers lodgings of a meruailous worke, & with great Costs:
all which, he leuied of strangers banished, or flying out of their coun
tries, who obtained license to remain in this land by the kings char
ters, which they had purchased with great summes of money.
about Lambhithe, drowned houses and fields, by the space of sixe
miles, so that in the great hall at Westminster, men tooke their hor
sse, because the water ran ouer all. This Pallace was (in the yeare,
1299. the twentie seuenth of Edward the first, brent by a vehement
fire, kindled in the lesser hall of the Kings house, the same with many
other houses adioyning, and with the Quéenes chamber, were con
sumed, but after that repaired. In the yeare, 13This text is the corrected text. The original is 1 ()03. the 31. of E. the first,
the kings treasury at Westminster was robbed, for The special character yͤ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH LATIN SMALL LETTER E ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye which, Wal
ter Abbot of Westminster, with 49. of his brethren, and 32. other
were throwne into the Tower of London, and indighted of the rob
berie, of an hundred thousand pound: but they affirming themselues
to be cleare of the fact, and desiring the King of spéedie iustice, a com
mission, was directed for inquirie of the truth, & they were freed. In
the yeare 1316 E. the 2. did solemnize his feast of Penticost, at West
minster, in the great Hall,
E. the 2. kee
ping his feasts
at Westm. hal. was presented
with a com
plaint, of not
rewarding
souldiers.
where sitting
royally at the table, with hisping his feasts
at Westm. hal. was presented
with a com
plaint, of not
rewarding
souldiers.
Peares about him, there entred a woman adorned like a Minstrell,
sitting on a great horse, trapped as Minstrelles then vsed, who rode
round about the tables, shewing pastime, and at length, came vp to
the kings table, and laide before him a letter, and forthwith turning
her horse, saluted euery one, and departed. The letters being opened,
had these contents. Our Soueraigne Lord the King, hath nothing
courteously respected his knights, that in his fathers time, and also
in his owne, haue put forth their persons to diuers perils, and haue
vtterly lost, or greatly diminished their substance, for honor of the said
King, and he hath inriched aboundantly such as haue not borne the
waight as yet, of the businesse, &c. This great Hall was begun to be
repaired
Great Hall
at Westminster
repaired.
in the
yeare, 1397. by Ri.
the 2. who caused the walles, winat Westminster
repaired.
dowes, and roofe, to be taken downe, and newe made, with a stately
portch, & diuers lodgings of a meruailous worke, & with great Costs:
all which, he leuied of strangers banished, or flying out of their coun
tries, who obtained license to remain in this land by the kings char
ters, which they had purchased with great summes of money.
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This hall being finished in the yeare, 1399. the same King kept a
most royall Christmas there, with dayly Iustings and runnings at
Tylt, whereunto resorted such a number of people, that there was
euery day spent, twentie eight, or twentie sixe Oxen, and thrée hun
dreth Shéepe, besides fowle, without number: hee caused a gowne
for himselfe to be made of Golde, garnished with Pearle and preci
ous Stone, to the value of 3000. Markes: he was garded by
Cheshiere men, and had about him commonly thirtéene Bishops,
besides Barons, Knights, This text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on guesswork. ()Esquires, and other more then néeded:
insomuch, that to the houshold, came euery day to meate 10000.
people, as appeared by the messes tolde out from the Kitchen to 300.
Seruitors.
most royall Christmas there, with dayly Iustings and runnings at
Tylt, whereunto resorted such a number of people, that there was
euery day spent, twentie eight, or twentie sixe Oxen, and thrée hun
dreth Shéepe, besides fowle, without number: hee caused a gowne
for himselfe to be made of Golde, garnished with Pearle and preci
ous Stone, to the value of 3000. Markes: he was garded by
Cheshiere men, and had about him commonly thirtéene Bishops,
besides Barons, Knights, This text has been supplied. Reason: Type not (sufficiently) inked. Evidence: The text has been supplied based on guesswork. ()Esquires, and other more then néeded:
insomuch, that to the houshold, came euery day to meate 10000.
people, as appeared by the messes tolde out from the Kitchen to 300.
Seruitors.
Thus was this great Hall for the honour of the Prince
often
times furnished with guests, not onely in this kings time (a prodi
gall Prince) but in the time or other also, both before & since, though
not so vsually noted. For when it is said, the King held his Feast of
Christmas, or such a Feast at Westminster, it may well bee suppo
sed to bee kept in this great Hall, as most sufficient to such a pur
pose.
times furnished with guests, not onely in this kings time (a prodi
gall Prince) but in the time or other also, both before & since, though
not so vsually noted. For when it is said, the King held his Feast of
Christmas, or such a Feast at Westminster, it may well bee suppo
sed to bee kept in this great Hall, as most sufficient to such a pur
pose.
I finde noted by Robert
Fabian, the Chronickler (some
time a Citizen and an Alderman of London) that king Henry the
seuenth, in the ninth of his raigne (holding his royall feast of Christ
mas, at Westminster) on the twelfth day, feasted Raphe Austry,
then Mayor of London, and his brethren the Aldermen, with other
Commoners in great number, and after dinner, dubbing the Ma
yor Knight, caused him with his brethren, to stay and behold the dis
guizings and other disports, in the night following, shewed in the
great Hall, which was richly hanged with Arras, and Staged about
on both sides: which disports being ended in the morning, the King,
the Quéene, the Ambassadors, and other states, being set at a table
of stone, 60. knights, and Esquires, serued 60. dishes to the Kings
Messe, and as many to the Quéenes (neither flesh nor fish) and ser
ued the Mayor with twentie foure dishes to his Messe, of the same
manner, with sundrie wynes, in most plentious wise: and finally, the
King and Quéene, beeing conueyed with great lights into the
Pallace, the Mayor with his Company in Barges, returned and
came to London, by breake of the next day. Thus much for buil
that many Parliaments haue beene kept there: for I finde noted,
that in the yeare 1397. the great Hall at Westminster, beeing out
of reparations, and therefore (as it were newe builded by Richard
the second, (as is before shewed) the same Richard in the meane
time hauing occasion to holde a Parliament, caused for that pur
pose a large house to be builded in the middest of the Pallace Court,
betwixt the clocke Tower, and the gate of the olde great Hall, this
house was very large and long, made of timber, couered with
Tyle, open on both the sides, and at both the endes, that
all men might see and heare what was both sayde and done.
time a Citizen and an Alderman of London) that king Henry the
seuenth, in the ninth of his raigne (holding his royall feast of Christ
mas, at Westminster) on the twelfth day, feasted Raphe Austry,
then Mayor of London, and his brethren the Aldermen, with other
Commoners in great number, and after dinner, dubbing the Ma
yor Knight, caused him with his brethren, to stay and behold the dis
guizings and other disports, in the night following, shewed in the
great Hall, which was richly hanged with Arras, and Staged about
on both sides: which disports being ended in the morning, the King,
the Quéene, the Ambassadors, and other states, being set at a table
of stone, 60. knights, and Esquires, serued 60. dishes to the Kings
Messe, and as many to the Quéenes (neither flesh nor fish) and ser
ued the Mayor with twentie foure dishes to his Messe, of the same
manner, with sundrie wynes, in most plentious wise: and finally, the
King and Quéene, beeing conueyed with great lights into the
Pallace, the Mayor with his Company in Barges, returned and
came to London, by breake of the next day. Thus much for buil
ding
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ding of this great hall, and feasting therein. It moreouer
Parliaments
kept in West
minster Hall.
appeareth,kept in West
minster Hall.
that many Parliaments haue beene kept there: for I finde noted,
that in the yeare 1397. the great Hall at Westminster, beeing out
of reparations, and therefore (as it were newe builded by Richard
the second, (as is before shewed) the same Richard in the meane
time hauing occasion to holde a Parliament, caused for that pur
pose a large house to be builded in the middest of the Pallace Court,
betwixt the clocke Tower, and the gate of the olde great Hall, this
house was very large and long, made of timber, couered with
Tyle, open on both the sides, and at both the endes, that
all men might see and heare what was both sayde and done.
The Kings archers (in number, 4000. Chesheire
men) com
passed the house about with their Bowes bent, and Arrowes noc
ked in their hands, alwayes ready to shoote: they had bouch of
court
day.
passed the house about with their Bowes bent, and Arrowes noc
ked in their hands, alwayes ready to shoote: they had bouch of
court
Bouch of
Court.
(to wit,
meat and drinke) and great wages, of sixe pence by theCourt.
day.
The olde great Hall being new builded, Parliaments were
a
gaine there kept as before: namely, one in the yeare 1399. for the
deposing of Richard the second. A great part of this Pallace at
Westminster was once againe brent in the yeare 1512. the fourth
of Henry the eight, since the which time, it hath not béene reedi
fied: onely the great Hall, with the offices neare adioyning, are
kept in good reparations, and serueth as afore it did, for feasts at
Coronations, Arraignments of great persons charged with trea
sons, kéeping of the courts of iustice, &c. But the Princes haue
béene lodged in other places about the citie, as at Baynards Castle,
at Bridewell, and White Hall, sometime called Yorke Place, and
sometimes at S. Iames.
gaine there kept as before: namely, one in the yeare 1399. for the
deposing of Richard the second. A great part of this Pallace at
Westminster was once againe brent in the yeare 1512. the fourth
of Henry the eight, since the which time, it hath not béene reedi
fied: onely the great Hall, with the offices neare adioyning, are
kept in good reparations, and serueth as afore it did, for feasts at
Coronations, Arraignments of great persons charged with trea
sons, kéeping of the courts of iustice, &c. But the Princes haue
béene lodged in other places about the citie, as at Baynards Castle,
at Bridewell, and White Hall, sometime called Yorke Place, and
sometimes at S. Iames.
This great Hall hath béene the vsuall place of
pleadings, and
ministration of Iustice, whereof somewhat shortly I will note. In
times past, the courts and benches followed the King, wheresoeuer
he went, as well since the conquest, as before, which thing
being thought combersome, painfull, and chargeable to the people, it
was in the yeare 1224. the 9. of H. the 3. agreed, that there should be
a standing place appointed, where matters should be heard and iud
ged, which was in the great Hall at Westminster.
ministration of Iustice, whereof somewhat shortly I will note. In
times past, the courts and benches followed the King, wheresoeuer
he went, as well since the conquest, as before, which thing
Magna carta. Cōmon place
in Westmin
ster Hall.
at lengthin Westmin
ster Hall.
being thought combersome, painfull, and chargeable to the people, it
was in the yeare 1224. the 9. of H. the 3. agreed, that there should be
a standing place appointed, where matters should be heard and iud
ged, which was in the great Hall at Westminster.
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In
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The Citie of Westminster.
In this Hall, be ordained thrée
iudgement seates, to wit, at the entryon the right hand, the common place, where ciuill matters are to be
pleaded, specially such as touch lands, or contracts, at the vpper end
of the Hall, on the right hand (or Southeast corner) the Kings bench
where pleas of the Crowne haue their hearing: and on the left hand
or Southwest corner, sitteth the Lord Chancelor, accompanied with
the master of the Rowles, and with certain other of the 11. mē (lear
ned for the
Court of the
Chauncery.
most part in the Ciuill Lawe,
and called maisters of theChauncery.
Chauncery) which haue the Kings fée. The times of pleading in
these courts are foure, in the yeare which are called Termes, the
first is Hillary Terme, which beginneth the 23. of Ianuarie (if it
be not Sunday) and endeth the 12. of Februarie. The second, is
Easter Terme, and beginneth 17. dayes after Easter day, and
endeth 4. dayes after Assencion day. The third Terme beginneth
6. or seuen dayes after Trinitie Sunday, and endeth the Wednes
day fortnight after. The fourth is Michelmas Terme, which be
ginneth the 9. of October (if it be not Sunday) and endeth the 28. of
Nouember.10
And here is to be noted, that the
Kings of this Realme, haue
vsed sometimes to sit in person in the Kings Bench, namely, King
Edward the fourth, in the yeare, 1462. in Michelmas Terme sate
in the Kings Bench thrée dayes togither, in the open Court, to vn
derstand how his lawes were ministred and executed.
vsed sometimes to sit in person in the Kings Bench, namely, King
Edward the fourth, in the yeare, 1462. in Michelmas Terme sate
in the Kings Bench thrée dayes togither, in the open Court, to vn
derstand how his lawes were ministred and executed.
Within the Port, or entry into the Hall, on either side,
are ascendings vp into large chambers: without the Hall adioyning
thereunto, wherein certaine Courts be kept, namely, on the right
hand, is the court of the Exchequer, a place of account, for the reue
newes of the crowne:
vnder them, but they which are the chéefe for the accounts of the
prince, are called Barons of the Exchequer, wherof one is called the
chéefe Baron. The greatest officer of al, is called the high Treasurer
of England. In this court be heard, those that are delators (or infor
mers) in popular and penall actions, hauing thereby part of the pro
fit by the law assigned vnto them.
are ascendings vp into large chambers: without the Hall adioyning
thereunto, wherein certaine Courts be kept, namely, on the right
hand, is the court of the Exchequer, a place of account, for the reue
newes of the crowne:
Court of the
Exchequer.
the hearers of the account, haue
AuditorsExchequer.
vnder them, but they which are the chéefe for the accounts of the
prince, are called Barons of the Exchequer, wherof one is called the
chéefe Baron. The greatest officer of al, is called the high Treasurer
of England. In this court be heard, those that are delators (or infor
mers) in popular and penall actions, hauing thereby part of the pro
fit by the law assigned vnto them.
In this Court,
order of the common Law of England, by twelue men, and all sub
Sheriffes of the Shire do attend vpon the execution of the com
maundements of the iudges, which the Earle should do, if he were
not attending vpon the Princes in the Warres, or otherwise about
him: for the chéefe office of the Earle was, to sée the Kings iustice
to haue course, and to bee well executed in the Shire, and the
Princes Reuenewes to bee well aunswered and brought into the
Treasury.
Informers.
(if any question bee) it
is determined after theorder of the common Law of England, by twelue men, and all sub
sidies,
Citie of Westminster.
391
sidies, Taxes, and Customes, by
account, for in this office, theSheriffes of the Shire do attend vpon the execution of the com
maundements of the iudges, which the Earle should do, if he were
not attending vpon the Princes in the Warres, or otherwise about
him: for the chéefe office of the Earle was, to sée the Kings iustice
to haue course, and to bee well executed in the Shire, and the
Princes Reuenewes to bee well aunswered and brought into the
Treasury.
If any fines or amerciaments bee extracted out of any of the
said courts vpon any man, or any arrerages of accounts, of such
things as is of customes, taxes and subsidies, or other such like occa
sions, the same the Sheriffe of the Shire doth gather, and is answe
rable therefore in the Exchequer, as for other ordinary rents, of pa
trimoniall lands, and most commonly of taxes, customes, and sub
sidies, there be particular receiuers and collectors, which do answer
it into the Exchequer. This Court of the Exchequer, hath of olde
time (and as I thinke, since the conquest) béene kept at Westmin
ster, notwithstanding, sometimes remooued thence by commaun
dement of the king, for a time, and after restored againe, as name
ly, in the yeare, 1209. King Iohn commaunded the Exche
quer to be remooued from Westminster, to Northampton, &c.
said courts vpon any man, or any arrerages of accounts, of such
things as is of customes, taxes and subsidies, or other such like occa
sions, the same the Sheriffe of the Shire doth gather, and is answe
rable therefore in the Exchequer, as for other ordinary rents, of pa
trimoniall lands, and most commonly of taxes, customes, and sub
sidies, there be particular receiuers and collectors, which do answer
it into the Exchequer. This Court of the Exchequer, hath of olde
time (and as I thinke, since the conquest) béene kept at Westmin
ster, notwithstanding, sometimes remooued thence by commaun
dement of the king, for a time, and after restored againe, as name
ly, in the yeare, 1209. King Iohn commaunded the Exche
quer to be remooued from Westminster, to Northampton, &c.
On the left hand aboue the staire is the Duchie
chamber, where
in is kept, the court for the Duchie of Lancaster, by a Chauncelor of
that Duchie, and other officers vnder him. Then is there in an o
ther chamber, the office of receits
the Crowne: then is there also, the Starre chamber, where in the
Tearme time euery wéeke once at the least, (which is commonly on
Fridayes and Wednesdayes, and on the next day after, the Terme
endeth) the Lord Chauncelor and the Lords, and other of the priuie
counsell, and the two chief Iustices of England, from 9. of the clock,
till it be 11. do sit. This place is called the Starre chamber, because
the roofe thereof is decked with the likenesse of Starres guilt, there
be plaints heard, of ryots, rowtes, and other misdemeanors, which if
they be found by the Kings Councell, the partie the offender, shalbe
censured by these persons, which speake one after another, and hee
shalbe both fined and commaunded to the prison.
in is kept, the court for the Duchie of Lancaster, by a Chauncelor of
that Duchie, and other officers vnder him. Then is there in an o
ther chamber, the office of receits
office of receit
of the Quéenes Reuenewes, forthe Crowne: then is there also, the Starre chamber, where in the
Tearme time euery wéeke once at the least, (which is commonly on
Fridayes and Wednesdayes, and on the next day after, the Terme
endeth) the Lord Chauncelor and the Lords, and other of the priuie
counsell, and the two chief Iustices of England, from 9. of the clock,
till it be 11. do sit. This place is called the Starre chamber, because
the roofe thereof is decked with the likenesse of Starres guilt, there
be plaints heard, of ryots, rowtes, and other misdemeanors, which if
they be found by the Kings Councell, the partie the offender, shalbe
censured by these persons, which speake one after another, and hee
shalbe both fined and commaunded to the prison.
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Then
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The Citie of Westminster.
Then at the vpper ende of the great Hall, by the Kings Bench, is agoing vp, to a great chamber, called the white Hall, wherein is now
kept the Court of Wardes, and Liueries:
The court of
Wardes and
Liueries.
and adioyning thereunto,Wardes and
Liueries.
is the Court of Requests.
Court of
Requests.
Then is Saint Stephens
chappell,
of oldeRequests.
time founded by King Stephen, and againe since, of a farre more cu
rious workemanship, newe builded by King Edward the third, in
the yeare, 1347. for thirtie eight persons, in that church to serue
God, to wit, a Deane, twelue secular Cannons, thirtéene Uickars,
foure Clarkes, sixe Chorsles, two Seruitors, to wit, a Uerger, and
a kéeper of the Chappell. Hee builded for those, from the house of re
ceit, along nigh to the Thames, within the same Pallace, there to
inhabite, and since that, there was also builded for them, betwixt the
the clocke house, and the wooll staple, called the wey-house. Hee al
so builded to the vse of this chapell, (though out of the Pallace court)
some distance West, in the little Sanctuarie,
Litle Sanctu
arie.
a strong Clotchardarie.
of stone and timber, couered with Leade, and placed therein, thrée
belles, about the biggest of the which (as I haue béene informed)
was written.
King Edward made
mee,
Thirtie thousand and three,
Take me downe and wey mee,
And more shall yee finde mee.
The said King Edward, endowed this chapell with lands, to the
yearely value of 500. pound. Doctor Iohn Chambers, the kings phi
sitian (the last Deane of this Colledge) builded thereunto a cloyster
chapel (or colledge) at the suppression, was valued to dispend in lands
by the yeare 1085. pound 10. shillings 5. pence, and was surren
dred to E. the 6. since the which time, the same chapell hath serued as
a Parliament house.
hath a large court, and in the same, a tower of stone, containing
a clocke, which striketh euery houre on a great bell, to be heard into
the Hall, in sitting time of the courts, or otherwise: for the same clock
(in a calme) will be heard into the citie of London. King H. the sixt,
gaue the kéeping of this clock,
and the appurtenances, vnto W. Walsby, Deane of S. Stephens,
with the wages of six pence by the day, out of the Exchequer. By this
great triumphes, is made to run with wine out of diuers spouts. On
the East side of this court, is an arched gate to the riuer of Thames,
with a faire bridge and landing place, for all men that haue occasion.
On the North side, is the South end of S. Stephens Alley, or Canon
Rowe; and also, a way into the olde wooll staple: and on the west side
is a very faire gate begun by Ri. the 3. in the yeare 1484. and was
by him builded a great heigth, and many faire lodgings in it, but left
vnfinished, and is called the high Tower at Westminster. Thus
much for the Monastery and Pallace, may suffise. And now will I
speake of the Gate-house, and of Totehilstréete, stretching from the
West part of the Close. The Gate-house is so called of two Gates,
the one out of the colledge court toward the North, on the East side
wherof, was the Bishop of Londons prison, for clarkes conuict, and
the other gate adioyning to the first, but towards the west, is a gaile,
or prison for offenders thither committed. Walter Warfield celerar
to the Monastery, caused both these gates with the appurtenances to
be builded in the raigne of E. the 3. On the South side of this gate,
King H. the 7. founded an almeshouse, for 13. poore men: one of
them to be a Priest, aged 45. yeares, a good Gramarian, the other 12
to be aged fiftie yeares without wiues, euey Satterday the Priest to
receiue of the Abbot, or Pryor, 4. pence by the day, and each other 2
pence halfe penny by the day for euer, for their sustenance, and eue
ry year to each one a gowne and a hood ready made: and to 3. womē
that dressed their meat, and kept them in their sicknesse, each to haue
euery Satterday 16. pence, and euery yeare a gowne ready made.
More to the 13. poore men yearely 80. quarters of cole, and 1000.
of good faggots to their vse: in the hall and kitchen of their mansion,
a discréete Monk to be ouerseer of them, and he to haue 40. shillings
by the yeare, &c. and hereunto was euery Abbot and Pryor sworne.
Neareunto this house westward, was an olde chapell of S. Anne,
ouer against the which, the Lady Margaret, mother to king H. the 7
erected an Almeshouse for poore women, which is now turned into
lodgings for the singing men of the colledge: the place wherein this
chapell and Almeshouse standeth, was called the Elemosinary or Al
mory, now corruptly the Ambry, for that the Almes of the Abbey
were there distributed to the poore. And therein Islip Abbet of West
that euer was in England, about the yeare of Christ, 1471. From
the West gate runneth along Totehill stréete, wherein is a house of
the Lord Gray of Wilton, and on the other side at the entry in
to Totehill field, Stourton house, which Gyles, the last L. Dacre of
the South,11 purchased and built new, whose Lady, and wife Anne,
(sister to Thomas the Lord Buckhurst) left money to her Executors
to build an Hospitall for 20. poore women, and so many children to
be brought vp vnder thē, for whose maintenance she assigned lands,
to the valew of 100. pound by the yeare: which Hospitall, her Exe
cutors haue new begun, in the field adioyning. From the entry into
Totehil field, the stréete is called Petty Fraunce, in which, and vpon
S. Hermits hill, on the South side thereof, Cornelius van dun (a
Brabander borne, Yeomen of the Guard, to King H. the 8. King E.
the 6. Quéene Mary and Quéene Elizabeth) built 20. houses for
poore women to dwell rent frée:
of Mary Magdalen, now wholly ruinated. The citie of Westmin
ster for ciuill gouernment is diuided in 12. seuerall Wardes, for
the which, the Deane of the Collegiat church of Westm. or the high
Steward, do elect 12. Burgesses, and as many assistants, that is,
one Burgesse,
12 Burgesses, 2. are nominated yearely, vpon Thursday in Easter
wéeke, for chief Burgesses to continue for one yeare next following,
who haue authoritie giuen them by the Act of Parliament 27. Eliza
beth, to heare, examine, determine, and punish according to The special character yͤ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH LATIN SMALL LETTER E ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye lawes
of the Realme, and lawfull customes of the citie of London, matters
of incontinencie, common scoldes, inmates, and common annoyan
ces, and likewise, to commit such persons as shall offend against the
peace, and thereof to giue knowledge within 24. houres to some Iu
stice of peace, in the countie of Midlesex.
yearely value of 500. pound. Doctor Iohn Chambers, the kings phi
sitian (the last Deane of this Colledge) builded thereunto a cloyster
Cloyster of S.
Stephens Cha
pel builded.
of curious workemanship, to the charges of 11000. Markes.
ThisStephens Cha
pel builded.
chapel (or colledge) at the suppression, was valued to dispend in lands
by the yeare 1085. pound 10. shillings 5. pence, and was surren
dred to E. the 6. since the which time, the same chapell hath serued as
a Parliament house.
Parliament
house.
This Pallace (before the entry thereinto)house.
hath a large court, and in the same, a tower of stone, containing
a clocke, which striketh euery houre on a great bell, to be heard into
the Hall, in sitting time of the courts, or otherwise: for the same clock
(in a calme) will be heard into the citie of London. King H. the sixt,
gaue the kéeping of this clock,
Fountaine in
the Pallace
Court.
with
the Tower, called the clock housethe Pallace
Court.
and the appurtenances, vnto W. Walsby, Deane of S. Stephens,
with the wages of six pence by the day, out of the Exchequer. By this
Tower
The Citie of Westminster.
393
Tower standeth a Fountaine, which at
the Coronations, and othergreat triumphes, is made to run with wine out of diuers spouts. On
the East side of this court, is an arched gate to the riuer of Thames,
with a faire bridge and landing place, for all men that haue occasion.
On the North side, is the South end of S. Stephens Alley, or Canon
Rowe; and also, a way into the olde wooll staple: and on the west side
is a very faire gate begun by Ri. the 3. in the yeare 1484. and was
by him builded a great heigth, and many faire lodgings in it, but left
vnfinished, and is called the high Tower at Westminster. Thus
much for the Monastery and Pallace, may suffise. And now will I
speake of the Gate-house, and of Totehilstréete, stretching from the
West part of the Close. The Gate-house is so called of two Gates,
the one out of the colledge court toward the North, on the East side
wherof, was the Bishop of Londons prison, for clarkes conuict, and
the other gate adioyning to the first, but towards the west, is a gaile,
or prison for offenders thither committed. Walter Warfield celerar
to the Monastery, caused both these gates with the appurtenances to
be builded in the raigne of E. the 3. On the South side of this gate,
King H. the 7. founded an almeshouse, for 13. poore men: one of
them to be a Priest, aged 45. yeares, a good Gramarian, the other 12
to be aged fiftie yeares without wiues, euey Satterday the Priest to
receiue of the Abbot, or Pryor, 4. pence by the day, and each other 2
pence halfe penny by the day for euer, for their sustenance, and eue
ry year to each one a gowne and a hood ready made: and to 3. womē
that dressed their meat, and kept them in their sicknesse, each to haue
euery Satterday 16. pence, and euery yeare a gowne ready made.
More to the 13. poore men yearely 80. quarters of cole, and 1000.
of good faggots to their vse: in the hall and kitchen of their mansion,
a discréete Monk to be ouerseer of them, and he to haue 40. shillings
by the yeare, &c. and hereunto was euery Abbot and Pryor sworne.
Neareunto this house westward, was an olde chapell of S. Anne,
ouer against the which, the Lady Margaret, mother to king H. the 7
erected an Almeshouse for poore women, which is now turned into
lodgings for the singing men of the colledge: the place wherein this
chapell and Almeshouse standeth, was called the Elemosinary or Al
mory, now corruptly the Ambry, for that the Almes of the Abbey
were there distributed to the poore. And therein Islip Abbet of West
minster
394
The Citie of Westminster.
minster, first practized and erected the
first Presse of booke Printingthat euer was in England, about the yeare of Christ, 1471. From
the West gate runneth along Totehill stréete, wherein is a house of
the Lord Gray of Wilton, and on the other side at the entry in
to Totehill field, Stourton house, which Gyles, the last L. Dacre of
the South,11 purchased and built new, whose Lady, and wife Anne,
(sister to Thomas the Lord Buckhurst) left money to her Executors
to build an Hospitall for 20. poore women, and so many children to
be brought vp vnder thē, for whose maintenance she assigned lands,
to the valew of 100. pound by the yeare: which Hospitall, her Exe
cutors haue new begun, in the field adioyning. From the entry into
Totehil field, the stréete is called Petty Fraunce, in which, and vpon
S. Hermits hill, on the South side thereof, Cornelius van dun (a
Brabander borne, Yeomen of the Guard, to King H. the 8. King E.
the 6. Quéene Mary and Quéene Elizabeth) built 20. houses for
poore women to dwell rent frée:
Almeshouses
for poore wo
women.
and neare hereunto was a chappellfor poore wo
women.
of Mary Magdalen, now wholly ruinated. The citie of Westmin
ster for ciuill gouernment is diuided in 12. seuerall Wardes, for
the which, the Deane of the Collegiat church of Westm. or the high
Steward, do elect 12. Burgesses, and as many assistants, that is,
one Burgesse,
Gouernment
of Westmin
ster Citie.
and one
Assistant, for euery Warde, out of the whichof Westmin
ster Citie.
12 Burgesses, 2. are nominated yearely, vpon Thursday in Easter
wéeke, for chief Burgesses to continue for one yeare next following,
who haue authoritie giuen them by the Act of Parliament 27. Eliza
beth, to heare, examine, determine, and punish according to The special character yͤ (LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH LATIN SMALL LETTER E ABOVE) does not display on all browsers and has been replaced by its simplified form.ye lawes
of the Realme, and lawfull customes of the citie of London, matters
of incontinencie, common scoldes, inmates, and common annoyan
ces, and likewise, to commit such persons as shall offend against the
peace, and thereof to giue knowledge within 24. houres to some Iu
stice of peace, in the countie of Midlesex.
Notes
- I.e., Bethlehem Hospital. (KL)↑
- Stow’s two methods of dating here do not match. The 28th year of the reign of Henry VIII was 1536-1537. (SM)↑
- Celebrated on 29 June. (KL)↑
- I.e., Lady Margaret Beaufort. (KL)↑
- Letter missing; catchword from preceding page is fortie. (SM)↑
- I.e., Edward of Norwich. (KL)↑
- I.e., Sir William Cecil. (KL)↑
- I.e., 1066. (KL)↑
- I.e., 1 January 1236. (KL)↑
- We have not marked up the dates in this paragraph because Stow is describing the calendar of the legal terms. (JJ)↑
- According to Kingsford, the last Lord Dacre of the South was Gregory Fiennes (Kingsford 380). (CD)↑
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Kate LeBere
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Project Manager, 2020-2021. Assistant Project Manager, 2019-2020. Research Assistant, 2018-2020. Kate LeBere completed her BA (Hons.) in History and English at the University of Victoria in 2020. She published papers in The Corvette (2018), The Albatross (2019), and PLVS VLTRA (2020) and presented at the English Undergraduate Conference (2019), Qualicum History Conference (2020), and the Digital Humanities Summer Institute’s Project Management in the Humanities Conference (2021). While her primary research focus was sixteenth and seventeenth century England, she completed her honours thesis on Soviet ballet during the Russian Cultural Revolution. During her time at MoEML, Kate made significant contributions to the 1598 and 1633 editions of Stow’s Survey of London, old-spelling anthology of mayoral shows, old-spelling library texts,quickstart
documentation for new research assistants, and worked to standardize both the Personography and Bibliography. She is currently a student at the University of British Columbia’s iSchool, working on her masters in library and information science.Roles played in the project
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Tracey El Hajj
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Junior Programmer 2018-2020. Research Associate 2020-2021. Tracey received her PhD from the Department of English at the University of Victoria in the field of Science and Technology Studies. Her research focuses on the algorhythmics of networked communications. She was a 2019-20 President’s Fellow in Research-Enriched Teaching at UVic, where she taught an advanced course onArtificial Intelligence and Everyday Life.
Tracey was also a member of the Linked Early Modern Drama Online team, between 2019 and 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, she was a fellow in residence at the Praxis Studio for Comparative Media Studies, where she investigated the relationships between artificial intelligence, creativity, health, and justice. As of July 2021, Tracey has moved into the alt-ac world for a term position, while also teaching in the English Department at the University of Victoria.Roles played in the project
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Joey Takeda
JT
Programmer, 2018-present. Junior Programmer, 2015-2017. Research Assistant, 2014-2017. Joey Takeda was a graduate student at the University of British Columbia in the Department of English (Science and Technology research stream). He completed his BA honours in English (with a minor in Women’s Studies) at the University of Victoria in 2016. His primary research interests included diasporic and indigenous Canadian and American literature, critical theory, cultural studies, and the digital humanities.Roles played in the project
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Jenstad, Janelle and Joseph Takeda.
Making the RA Matter: Pedagogy, Interface, and Practices.
Making Things and Drawing Boundaries: Experiments in the Digital Humanities. Ed. Jentery Sayers. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2018. Print.
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Katie Tanigawa
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Project Manager, 2015-2019. Katie Tanigawa was a doctoral candidate at the University of Victoria. Her dissertation focused on representations of poverty in Irish modernist literature. Her additional research interests included geospatial analyses of modernist texts and digital humanities approaches to teaching and analyzing literature.Roles played in the project
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Amorena Roberts
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Research Assistant, 2016, 2018. Student contributor enrolled in English 362: Popular Literature in the Renaissance at the University of Victoria in Spring 2016, working under the guest editorship of Janelle Jenstad.Roles played in the project
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Catriona Duncan
CD
Research Assistant, 2014-2016. Catriona was an MA student at the University of Victoria. Her primary research interests included medieval and early modern Literature with a focus on book history, spatial humanities, and technology.Roles played in the project
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Tye Landels-Gruenewald
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Data Manager, 2015-2016. Research Assistant, 2013-2015. Tye completed his undergraduate honours degree in English at the University of Victoria in 2015.Roles played in the project
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Nathan Phillips
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Research Assistant, 2012-2014. Nathan Phillips completed his MA at the University of Victoria specializing in medieval and early modern studies in April 2014. His research focused on seventeenth-century non-dramatic literature, intellectual history, and the intersection of religion and politics. Additionally, Nathan was interested in textual studies, early-Tudor drama, and the editorial questions one can ask of all sixteenth- and seventeenth-century texts in the twisted mire of 400 years of editorial practice. Nathan is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of English at Brown University.Roles played in the project
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Sarah Milligan
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Research Assistant, 2012-2014. MoEML Research Affiliate. Sarah Milligan completed her MA at the University of Victoria in 2012 on the invalid persona in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets from the Portuguese. She has also worked with the Internet Shakespeare Editions and with Dr. Alison Chapman on the Victorian Poetry Network, compiling an index of Victorian periodical poetry.Roles played in the project
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Kim McLean-Fiander
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Director of Pedagogy and Outreach, 2015–present. Associate Project Director, 2015–present. Assistant Project Director, 2013-2014. MoEML Research Fellow, 2013. Kim McLean-Fiander comes to The Map of Early Modern London from the Cultures of Knowledge digital humanities project at the University of Oxford, where she was the editor of Early Modern Letters Online, an open-access union catalogue and editorial interface for correspondence from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. She is currently Co-Director of a sister project to EMLO called Women’s Early Modern Letters Online (WEMLO). In the past, she held an internship with the curator of manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library, completed a doctorate at Oxford on paratext and early modern women writers, and worked a number of years for the Bodleian Libraries and as a freelance editor. She has a passion for rare books and manuscripts as social and material artifacts, and is interested in the development of digital resources that will improve access to these materials while ensuring their ongoing preservation and conservation. An avid traveler, Kim has always loved both London and maps, and so is particularly delighted to be able to bring her early modern scholarly expertise to bear on the MoEML project.Roles played in the project
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Janelle Jenstad
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Janelle Jenstad is Associate Professor of English at the University of Victoria, Director of The Map of Early Modern London, and PI of Linked Early Modern Drama Online. She has taught at Queen’s University, the Summer Academy at the Stratford Festival, the University of Windsor, and the University of Victoria. With Jennifer Roberts-Smith and Mark Kaethler, she co-edited Shakespeare’s Language in Digital Media (Routledge). She has prepared a documentary edition of John Stow’s A Survey of London (1598 text) for MoEML and is currently editing The Merchant of Venice (with Stephen Wittek) and Heywood’s 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody for DRE. Her articles have appeared in Digital Humanities Quarterly, Renaissance and Reformation,Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Early Modern Literary Studies, Elizabethan Theatre, Shakespeare Bulletin: A Journal of Performance Criticism, and The Silver Society Journal. Her book chapters have appeared (or will appear) in Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society (Brill, 2004), Shakespeare, Language and the Stage, The Fifth Wall: Approaches to Shakespeare from Criticism, Performance and Theatre Studies (Arden/Thomson Learning, 2005), Approaches to Teaching Othello (Modern Language Association, 2005), Performing Maternity in Early Modern England (Ashgate, 2007), New Directions in the Geohumanities: Art, Text, and History at the Edge of Place (Routledge, 2011), Early Modern Studies and the Digital Turn (Iter, 2016), Teaching Early Modern English Literature from the Archives (MLA, 2015), Placing Names: Enriching and Integrating Gazetteers (Indiana, 2016), Making Things and Drawing Boundaries (Minnesota, 2017), and Rethinking Shakespeare’s Source Study: Audiences, Authors, and Digital Technologies (Routledge, 2018).Roles played in the project
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Jenstad, Janelle and Joseph Takeda.
Making the RA Matter: Pedagogy, Interface, and Practices.
Making Things and Drawing Boundaries: Experiments in the Digital Humanities. Ed. Jentery Sayers. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2018. Print. -
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Building a Gazetteer for Early Modern London, 1550-1650.
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The Burse and the Merchant’s Purse: Coin, Credit, and the Nation in Heywood’s 2 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody.
The Elizabethan Theatre XV. Ed. C.E. McGee and A.L. Magnusson. Toronto: P.D. Meany, 2002. 181–202. Print. -
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The Silver Society Journal 10 (1998): 40–43.The Gouldesmythes Storehowse
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Lying-in Like a Countess: The Lisle Letters, the Cecil Family, and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside.
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Public Glory, Private Gilt: The Goldsmiths’ Company and the Spectacle of Punishment.
Institutional Culture in Early Modern Society. Ed. Anne Goldgar and Robert Frost. Leiden: Brill, 2004. 191–217. Print. -
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Smock Secrets: Birth and Women’s Mysteries on the Early Modern Stage.
Performing Maternity in Early Modern England. Ed. Katherine Moncrief and Kathryn McPherson. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007. 87–99. Print. -
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Using Early Modern Maps in Literary Studies: Views and Caveats from London.
GeoHumanities: Art, History, Text at the Edge of Place. Ed. Michael Dear, James Ketchum, Sarah Luria, and Doug Richardson. London: Routledge, 2011. Print. -
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Versioning John Stow’s A Survey of London, or, What’s New in 1618 and 1633?.
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Shakespeare, William. The Merchant of Venice. Ed. Janelle Jenstad. Internet Shakespeare Editions. U of Victoria. http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/Texts/MV/.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. Ed. Janelle Jenstad and the MoEML Team. MoEML. Transcribed.
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Paul Schaffner
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E-text and TCP production manager at the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service (DLPS), Paul manages the production of full-text transcriptions for EEBO-TCP.Roles played in the project
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Sebastian Rahtz
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Chief data architect at University of Oxford IT Services, Sebastian was well known for his contributions to the Text Encoding Initiative (TEI), OxGarage, and the Text Creation Partnership (TCP).Roles played in the project
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Creator of TEI Stylesheets for Conversion of EEBO-TCP Encoding to TEI-P5
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Martin D. Holmes
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Programmer at the University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Centre (HCMC). Martin ported the MOL project from its original PHP incarnation to a pure eXist database implementation in the fall of 2011. Since then, he has been lead programmer on the project and has also been responsible for maintaining the project schemas. He was a co-applicant on MoEML’s 2012 SSHRC Insight Grant.Roles played in the project
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Sir Simon Burley
(b. 1336, d. 1388)Knight of the Garter. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle. Tutor of Richard II. Beheaded on Tower Hill.Sir Simon Burley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Burley
(d. 1416)Knight of the Garter. Brother of Sir Simon Burley. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Sir John Burley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Humphrey de Bohun IX
Humphrey de Bohun This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 9IX
(b. 25 March 1341, d. 16 January 1373)Seventh Earl of Hereford. Sixth Earl of Essex. Second Earl of Northhampton. Father of Eleanor de Bohun and Mary de Bohun. Son of Humphrey de Bohun VIII.Humphrey de Bohun IX is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Cecil
(b. between 1520 and 1521, d. 1598)First Baron Burghley. Husband of Mildred Cecil. Father of Anne Cecil.Sir William Cecil is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cecil, William. A Collection of State Papers Relating to Affairs in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the year 1571 to 1596. Ed. William Murdin. London: William Bowyer, 1759.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
(b. 1340, d. 1400)Poet and administrator. Author of The Canterbury Tales. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Geoffrey Chaucer is mentioned in the following documents:
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Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Ed. F.N. Robinson. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1957. Remediated by Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse.
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Anne of Cleves is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Cromwell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edgar the Peaceful
Edgar the Peaceful King of England
(b. between 943 and 944, d. 975)King of England 959-975.Edgar the Peaceful is mentioned in the following documents:
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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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Edward III
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 3III King of England
(b. 12 November 1312, d. 21 June 1377)Edward III is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward VI
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 6VI King of England King of Ireland
(b. 12 October 1537, d. 6 July 1553)Edward VI is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward IV
Edward This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 4IV King of England
(b. 28 April 1442, d. 9 April 1483)Edward IV is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor King of England
(b. between 1003 and 1005, d. between 4 January 1066 and 5 January 1066)Edward the Confessor is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward of Norwich
Edward
(b. 1373, d. 1415)Second Duke of York. Husband of Philippa de Mohun. Son of Edmund of Langley. Grandson of Edward III.Edward of Norwich 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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Elizabeth I
Elizabeth This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 1I Queen of England Queen of Ireland Gloriana Good Queen Bess
(b. 7 September 1533, d. 24 March 1603)Queen of England and Ireland 1558-1603.Elizabeth I is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth of York
Elizabeth Queen consort of England
(b. 1466, d. 1503)Queen consort of England 1486-1503. Wife of Henry VII. Mother of Henry VIII. Buried at Henry VII’s Chapel.Elizabeth of York is mentioned in the following documents:
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William fitz-Stephen is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aelfsie
Portreeve of London. Mentioned in the last charter of Edward the Confessor.Aelfsie is mentioned in the following documents:
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Leofstane
Portreeve of London. Mentioned in the last charter of Edward the Confessor.Leofstane is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Islip is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Fiennes (née Sackville)
Anne Fiennes Sackville
(d. 10 May 1595)Gentlewoman and benefactor. Wife of Gregory Fiennes. Daughter of Sir Richard Sackville. Sister of Thomas Sackville.Anne Fiennes (née Sackville) is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Grey
(b. between 1508 and 1509, d. 14 December 1562)Thirteenth Baron Grey de Wilton. Military commander.William Grey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cornelius Van Dun is mentioned in the following documents:
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Gregory Fiennes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sanchia of Provence
Sanchia
(b. 1228, d. 9 November 1261)Daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV and Beatrice of Savoy. Wife of Richard of Cornwall. Sister of Margaret of Provence, Eleanor of Provence, and Beatrice of Provence.Sanchia of Provence is mentioned in the following documents:
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Beatrice of Savoy
Beatrice
(b. 1205, d. 4 January 1267)Mother of Margaret of Provence, Eleanor of Provence, Sanchia of Provence, and Beatrice of Provence. Daughter of Thomas I of Savoy. Sister of Amadeus IV of Savoy, Thomas of Flanders, Peter II of Savoy, Philip I of Savoy, and Boniface of Savoy.Beatrice of Savoy is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Brown
(fl. 6 January 1236)Mentioned alongside Hugh Gifford in a commandment by Henry III. Not to be confused with Sir William Brown.William Brown is mentioned in the following documents:
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William de Havarhull is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ingulf is mentioned in the following documents:
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Leo IX
Pope Leo This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 9IX
(b. 21 June 1002, d. 19 April 1054)Pope 1049-1054.Leo IX is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lord John Rustle
Monument at St. Michael, Cornhill. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Lord John Rustle is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Bromely is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Puckering
(b. in or before 1544, d. 30 April 1596)Lord Keeper and Speaker of the House of Commons. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Sir John Puckering is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Wentworth
(b. 1501, d. 1551)First Baron Wentworth and Sixth Baron le Despencer. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Thomas Wentworth is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Wharton
(b. 1520, d. 1572)Second Baron Wharton. Soldier and administrator. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Thomas Wharton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ms. Elizabeth is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Barkley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Frances Radclyffe (née Sidney)
Frances Radclyffe Sidney
(b. 1531, d. 1589)Countess of Sussex. Lady of the Bedchamber to Elizabeth I. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Frances Radclyffe (née Sidney) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mildred Cecil (née Cooke)
Mildred Cecil Cooke
(b. 1526, d. 1589)Noblewoman, scholar, and translator. Wife of Sir William Cecil. Mother of Anne Cecil. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Mildred Cecil (née Cooke) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Cecil
(b. 5 December 1556, d. 5 June 1588)Countess of Oxford. Daughter of Sir William Cecil. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Anne Cecil is mentioned in the following documents:
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Jane Seymour
(b. 1541, d. 19 March 1561)Author. Daughter of Anne Seymour. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Jane Seymour is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Seymour (née Stanhope)
Anne Seymour Stanhope
(b. 1510, d. 1587)Duchess of Somerset. Wife of Edward Seymour. Mother of Jane Seymour. Briefly the most powerful woman in England. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Anne Seymour (née Stanhope) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Speght is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Caxton
(b. 1422, d. 1491)Merchant, diplomat, writer, and printer. Possibly the first Englishmen to work as a printer.William Caxton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Brigham
(d. 1558)Latin scholar and antiquarian. Builder of the tomb for Geoffrey Chaucer in Westminster Abbey.Nicholas Brigham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Charles Stuart
(b. 1555, d. 1576)First Earl of Lennox. Son of Margaret Douglas. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Charles Stuart is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret Douglas
(b. 8 October 1515, d. 7 March 1578)Countess of Lennox. Mother of Charles Stuart. Daughter of Margaret Tudor of Scotland. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Margaret Douglas is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Richard Rouse
Knight. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Sir Richard Rouse is mentioned in the following documents:
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Athelaise de Mandeville is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Foulk of Newcastle is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir James Barons
Knight. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Sir James Barons is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Salisbury
Knight. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Sir John Salisbury is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Hauley
(d. 11 August 1378)Squire. Founder of a chantry at St. Mary Le Bow. Murdered at Westminster Abbey. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Robert Hauley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Arthur Troffote
Esquire. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Arthur Troffote is mentioned in the following documents:
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Raph Constantine
Gentleman. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Raph Constantine is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Southcot
Esquire. Buried at Westminster Abbey.William Southcot is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Southwike
Esquire. Buried at Westminster Abbey.William Southwike is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Watkins
Esquire. Husband of Anne Watkins.John Watkins is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Watkins
Wife of John Watkins. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Anne Watkins is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Felby
Esquire. Buried at Westminster Abbey.John Felby is mentioned in the following documents:
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George Mortimer
Bastard. Buried at Westminster Abbey.George Mortimer is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lady Johane Tokyne
Daughter of Dabridge Court. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Lady Johane Tokyne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dabridge Court
Father of Lady Johane Tokyne.Dabridge Court is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Browne is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Browne
Esquire. Buried at Westminster Abbey. Not to be confused with William Browne.William Browne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Lewes Robsart is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Hampden is mentioned in the following documents:
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Frances Grey (née Brandon)
Frances Grey Brandon
(b. 16 July 1517, d. 20 November 1559)Duchess of Suffolk. Mother of Lady Jane Grey. Daughter of Mary Tudor of France and Charles Brandon. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Frances Grey (née Brandon) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lady Mary Keys (née Grey) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Vaughan
(b. 1410, d. 1483)Welsh statesman and diplomat. Rose to prominence during the Wars of the Roses. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Sir Thomas Vaughan is mentioned in the following documents:
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Humphrey Bourchier
Father of Henry Bourchier. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Humphrey Bourchier is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Golafre is mentioned in the following documents:
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Walter Hungerford
(b. between 1378 and 1379, d. 1449)First Baron Hungerford. Knight. Speaker of the House of Commons. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Walter Hungerford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Carew is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Dudley
William Dudley Bishop of Durham
(d. 1483)Bishop of Durham 1476–1483. Buried at Westminster Abbey.William Dudley is mentioned in the following documents:
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John de Mohun
(b. 1320, d. 1376)Second Baron Mohun and Ninth Feudal Baron of Dunster. Knight of the Garter.John de Mohun is mentioned in the following documents:
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Philippa de Mohun
(d. 1431)Duchess of York. Wife of Walter fitz-Walter, Sir John Golafre, and Edward of Norwich. Daughter of John de Mohun. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Philippa de Mohun is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Hungerford
Knight. Son of Sir Thomas Hungerford. Brother of Anthony Hungerford.Sir John Hungerford is mentioned in the following documents:
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John de Valence
Son of William de Valence. Brother of Margaret de Valence. Buried at Westminster Abbey. Heart buried at Blackfriars Monastery.John de Valence is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret de Valence
Daughter of William de Valence. Sister of John de Valence. Buried at Westminster Abbey. Heart buried at Blackfriars Monastery.Margaret de Valence is mentioned in the following documents:
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Giles Daubeney
(b. 1 June 1451, d. 21 May 1508)First Baron Daubeney. Soldier, diplomat, and privy councilor to King Henry VII. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Giles Daubeney is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Waltham
John Waltham Bishop of Salisbury
(d. 1395)Lord Privy Seal of England 1386-1389. Bishop of Salisbury 1388-1395. Lord High Treasurer 1391-1395. Buried at Westminster Abbey.John Waltham is mentioned in the following documents:
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William de Valence
(d. 1296)First Earl of Pembroke. French nobleman and knight. Became important in English politics due to his relationship with Henry III. Buried at Westminster Abbey.William de Valence is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth Tudor
(b. 1492, d. 1495)Daughter of Henry VII. Died at three years of age. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Elizabeth Tudor is mentioned in the following documents:
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William of Windsor is mentioned in the following documents:
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Blanche
Daughter of Edward III. Sister of William of Windsor. Died shortly after birth. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Blanche is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret of York is mentioned in the following documents:
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Eleanor of Provence
Eleanor Queen consort of England
Queen consort of England 1236-1272. Wife of Henry III. Daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV and Beatrice of Savoy. Sister of Margaret of Provence, Sanchia of Provence, and Beatrice of Provence.Eleanor of Provence is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry VIII
Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 8VIII King of England King of Ireland
(b. 28 June 1491, d. 28 January 1547)King of England and Ireland 1509-1547.Henry VIII is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry VI
Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 6VI King of England
(b. 6 December 1421, d. 21 May 1471)Henry VI is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry VII
Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 7VII King of England
(b. 1457, d. 1509)Henry VII is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry III
Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 3III King of England
(b. 1 October 1207, d. 16 November 1272)Henry III is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry V
Henry This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 5V King of England
(b. 1386, d. 1422)Henry V is mentioned in the following documents:
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Margaret Tudor of Scotland is mentioned in the following documents:
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Mary I
Mary This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 1I Queen of England Queen of Ireland
(b. 18 February 1516, d. 17 November 1558)Mary I is mentioned in the following documents:
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Matilda of Scotland is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas More is mentioned in the following documents:
Sir Thomas More authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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More, Thomas. The co[n]futacyon of Tyndales answere made by syr Thomas More knyght lorde chau[n]cellour of Englonde. London, 1532. STC 18079.
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Philippa of Hainault
Philippa Queen consort of England
(b. between 1310? and 1315?, d. 1369)Queen consort of England 1328-1369. Wife of Edward III. Financier of Greyfriars. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Philippa of Hainault is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard II
Richard This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 2II King of England
(b. 6 January 1367, d. 1400)Richard II is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard III
Richard This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 3III King of England
(b. 1452, d. 1485)King of England and Lord of Ireland 1483-1485.Richard III is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Peter the Apostle is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Stow
(b. between 1524 and 1525, d. 1605)Historian and author of A Survey of London. Husband of Elizabeth Stow.John Stow is mentioned in the following documents:
John Stow authored or edited the following items in MoEML’s bibliography:
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Blome, Richard.
Aldersgate Ward and St. Martins le Grand Liberty Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. M3r and sig. M4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Aldgate Ward with its Division into Parishes. Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections & Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H3r and sig. H4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Billingsgate Ward and Bridge Ward Within with it’s Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Y2r and sig. Y3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Bishopsgate-street Ward. Taken from the Last Survey and Corrected.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. N1r and sig. N2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Bread Street Ward and Cardwainter Ward with its Division into Parishes Taken from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. B3r and sig. B4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Broad Street Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections and Additions, & Cornhill Ward with its Divisions into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, &c.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. P2r and sig. P3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Cheape Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig.D1r and sig. D2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Coleman Street Ward and Bashishaw Ward Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. G2r and sig. G3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Cow Cross being St Sepulchers Parish Without and the Charterhouse.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H2v and sig. H3r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Creplegate Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Additions, and Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. I3r and sig. I4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Farrington Ward Without, with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections & Amendments.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. 2F3r and sig. 2F4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Lambeth and Christ Church Parish Southwark. Taken from ye last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Z1r and sig. Z2r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Langborne Ward with its Division into Parishes. Corrected from the Last Survey. & Candlewick Ward with its Division into Parishes. Corrected from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. U3r and sig. U4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Map of St. Gilles’s Cripple Gate. Without. With Large Additions and Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H2v and sig. H3r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Map of the Parish of St. Dunstans Stepney, als. Stebunheath Divided into Hamlets.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. F3r and sig. F4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Map of the Parish of St Mary White Chappel and a Map of the Parish of St Katherines by the Tower.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. F2r and sig. F3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of Lime Street Ward. Taken from ye Last Surveys & Corrected.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. M1r and sig. M2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of St. Andrews Holborn Parish as well Within the Liberty as Without.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. 2I1r and sig. 2I2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parishes of St. Clements Danes, St. Mary Savoy; with the Rolls Liberty and Lincolns Inn, Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig.O4v and sig. O1r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Anns. Taken from the last Survey, with Correction, and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. L2v and sig. L3r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St. Giles’s in the Fields Taken from the Last Servey, with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. K1v and sig. K2r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Margarets Westminster Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig.H3v and sig. H4r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Martins in the Fields Taken from ye Last Survey with Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. I1v and sig. I2r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Pauls Covent Garden Taken from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. L3v and sig. L4r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
A Mapp of the Parish of St Saviours Southwark and St Georges taken from ye last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. D1r and sig.D2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
The Parish of St. James Clerkenwell taken from ye last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H3v and sig. H4r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
The Parish of St. James’s, Westminster Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. K4v and sig. L1r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
The Parish of St Johns Wapping. The Parish of St Paul Shadwell.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. E2r and sig. E3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Portsoken Ward being Part of the Parish of St. Buttolphs Aldgate, taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections and Additions.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. B1v and sig. B2r. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Queen Hith Ward and Vintry Ward with their Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. 2C4r and sig. 2D1v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Shoreditch Norton Folgate, and Crepplegate Without Taken from ye Last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. G1r and sig. G2v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Spitt Fields and Plans Adjacent Taken from Last Survey with Locations.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. F4r and sig. G1v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
St. Olave and St. Mary Magdalens Bermondsey Southwark Taken from ye last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. C2r and sig.C3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Tower Street Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. E2r and sig. E3v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
Walbrook Ward and Dowgate Ward with its Division into Parishes, Taken from the Last Surveys.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. 2B3r and sig. 2B4v. [See more information about this map.] -
Blome, Richard.
The Wards of Farington Within and Baynards Castle with its Divisions into Parishes, Taken from the Last Survey, with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Q2r and sig. Q3v. [See more information about this map.] -
The City of London as in Q. Elizabeth’s Time.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Frontispiece. -
A Map of the Tower Liberty.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H4v and sig. I1r. [See more information about this map.] -
A New Plan of the City of London, Westminster and Southwark.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Frontispiece. -
Pearl, Valerie.
Introduction.
A Survey of London. By John Stow. Ed. H.B. Wheatley. London: Everyman’s Library, 1987. v–xii. Print. -
Pullen, John.
A Map of the Parish of St Mary Rotherhith.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 2. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. Z3r and sig. Z4r. [See more information about this map.] -
Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Henry Holland. THE SVRVAY of LONDON: Containing, The Originall, Antiquitie, Encrease, and more Moderne Estate of the sayd Famous Citie. As also, the Rule and Gouernment thereof (both Ecclesiasticall and Temporall) from time to time. With a briefe Relation of all the memorable Monuments, and other especiall Obseruations, both in and about the same CITIE. Written in the yeere 1598. by Iohn Stow, Citizen of London. Since then, continued, corrected and much enlarged, with many rare and worthy Notes, both of Venerable Antiquity, and later memorie; such, as were neuer published before this present yeere 1618. London: George Purslowe, 1618. STC 23344. Yale University Library copy.
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Stow, John, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. THE SURVEY OF LONDON: CONTAINING The Original, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of that City, Methodically set down. With a Memorial of those famouser Acts of Charity, which for publick and Pious Vses have been bestowed by many Worshipfull Citizens and Benefactors. As also all the Ancient and Modern Monuments erected in the Churches, not only of those two famous Cities, LONDON and WESTMINSTER, but (now newly added) Four miles compass. Begun first by the pains and industry of John Stow, in the year 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the year 1618. And now compleatly finished by the study &labour of A.M., H.D. and others, this present year 1633. Whereunto, besides many Additions (as appears by the Contents) are annexed divers Alphabetical Tables, especially two, The first, an index of Things. The second, a Concordance of Names. London: Printed for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345.5.
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Stow, John. The chronicles of England from Brute vnto this present yeare of Christ. 1580. Collected by Iohn Stow citizen of London. London, 1580.
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Stow, John. A Summarie of the Chronicles of England. Diligently Collected, Abridged, & Continued vnto this Present Yeere of Christ, 1598. London: Imprinted by Richard Bradocke, 1598.
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Stow, John. A suruay of London· Conteyning the originall, antiquity, increase, moderne estate, and description of that city, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow citizen of London. Since by the same author increased, with diuers rare notes of antiquity, and published in the yeare, 1603. Also an apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that citie, the greatnesse thereof. VVith an appendix, contayning in Latine Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. London: John Windet, 1603. STC 23343. U of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus) copy.
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Stow, John, The survey of London contayning the originall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious vses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors. As also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse. Begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by the study and labour of A.M. H.D. and others, this present yeere 1633. Whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables; especially two: the first, an index of things. The second, a concordance of names. London: Printed by Elizabeth Purslovv for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345. U of Victoria copy.
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Stow, John, The survey of London contayning the originall, increase, moderne estate, and government of that city, methodically set downe. With a memoriall of those famouser acts of charity, which for publicke and pious vses have beene bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors. As also all the ancient and moderne monuments erected in the churches, not onely of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) foure miles compasse. Begunne first by the paines and industry of Iohn Stovv, in the yeere 1598. Afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the yeere 1618. And now completely finished by the study and labour of A.M. H.D. and others, this present yeere 1633. Whereunto, besides many additions (as appeares by the contents) are annexed divers alphabeticall tables; especially two: the first, an index of things. The second, a concordance of names. London: Printed by Elizabeth Purslovv [i.e., Purslow] for Nicholas Bourne, 1633. STC 23345.
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Stow, John. A Survey of London. Reprinted from the Text of 1603. Ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908. Remediated by British History Online. [Kingsford edition, courtesy of The Centre for Metropolitan History. Articles written after 2011 cite from this searchable transcription.]
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Stow, John. A Survey of London. Reprinted from the Text of 1603. Ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon, 1908. See also the digital transcription of this edition at British History Online.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ &nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. 23341. Transcribed by EEBO-TCP.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ & nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. Ed. Janelle Jenstad and the MoEML Team. MoEML. Transcribed.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ &nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne estate, and description of that Citie, written in the yeare 1598. by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Also an Apologie (or defence) against the opinion of some men, concerning that Citie, the greatnesse thereof. With an Appendix, containing in Latine, Libellum de situ &nobilitate Londini: written by William Fitzstephen, in the raigne of Henry the second. London: John Windet for John Wolfe, 1598. STC 23341.
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Stow, John. A SVRVAY OF LONDON. Coteyning the Originall, Antiquity, Increaſe, Moderne eſtate, and deſcription of that City, written in the yeare 1598, by Iohn Stow Citizen of London. Since by the ſame Author increaſed with diuers rare notes of Antiquity, and publiſhed in the yeare, 1603. Alſo an Apologie (or defence) againſt the opinion of ſome men, concerning that Citie, the greatneſſe thereof. With an Appendix, contayning in Latine Libellum de ſitu & nobilitae Londini: Writen by William Fitzſtephen, in the raigne of Henry the ſecond. London: John Windet, 1603. U of Victoria copy. Print.
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Strype, John, John Stow, Anthony Munday, and Humphrey Dyson. A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. Vol. 2. London, 1720. Remediated by The Making of the Modern World.
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Strype, John, John Stow. A SURVEY OF THE CITIES OF LONDON and WESTMINSTER, And the Borough of SOUTHWARK. CONTAINING The Original, Antiquity, Increase, present State and Government of those CITIES. Written at first in the Year 1698, By John Stow, Citizen and Native of London. Corrected, Improved, and very much Enlarged, in the Year 1720, By JOHN STRYPE, M.A. A NATIVE ALSO OF THE SAID CITY. The Survey and History brought down to the present Time BY CAREFUL HANDS. Illustrated with exact Maps of the City and Suburbs, and of all the Wards; and, likewise, of the Out-Parishes of London and Westminster, and the Country ten Miles round London. Together with many fair Draughts of the most Eminent Buildings. The Life of the Author, written by Mr. Strype, is prefixed; And, at the End is added, an APPENDIX Of certain Tracts, Discourses, and Remarks on the State of the City of London. 6th ed. 2 vols. London: Printed for W. Innys and J. Richardson, J. and P. Knapton, and S. Birt, R. Ware, T. and T. Longman, and seven others, 1754–1755. ESTC T150145.
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Strype, John, John Stow. A survey of the cities of London and Westminster: containing the original, antiquity, increase, modern estate and government of those cities. Written at first in the year MDXCVIII. By John Stow, citizen and native of London. Since reprinted and augmented by A.M. H.D. and other. Now lastly, corrected, improved, and very much enlarged: and the survey and history brought down from the year 1633, (being near fourscore years since it was last printed) to the present time; by John Strype, M.A. a native also of the said city. Illustrated with exact maps of the city and suburbs, and of all the wards; and likewise of the out-parishes of London and Westminster: together with many other fair draughts of the more eminent and publick edifices and monuments. In six books. To which is prefixed, the life of the author, writ by the editor. At the end is added, an appendiz of certain tracts, discourses and remarks, concerning the state of the city of London. Together with a perambulation, or circuit-walk four or five miles round about London, to the parish churches: describing the monuments of the dead there interred: with other antiquities observable in those places. And concluding with a second appendix, as a supply and review: and a large index of the whole work. 2 vols. London : Printed for A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. ESTC T48975.
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The Tower and St. Catherins Taken from the Last Survey with Corrections.
A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. By John Stow and John Strype. Vol. 1. London: A. Churchill, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Walthoe, E. Horne, B. Tooke, D. Midwinter, B. Cowse, R. Robinson, and T. Ward, 1720. Insert between sig. H4v and sig. I1r. [See more information about this map.] -
Wheatley, Henry Benjamin.
Introduction.
A Survey of London. 1603. By John Stow. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1912. Print.
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John Wells is mentioned in the following documents:
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William I
William This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 1I King of England the Conqueror
(b. between 1027 and 1028, d. 1087)William I is mentioned in the following documents:
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William II
William King of England Rufus This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 2II
(b. 1060, d. 1100)King of England 1087-1100.William II is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Windet is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Wolfe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Wolsey is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas of Woodstock is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne of Bohemia
Anne Queen consort of England
(b. 1366, d. 1394)Queen consort of England 1382-1394. Wife of Richard II. Daughter of Charles IV of Bohemia. Sister of Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Anne of Bohemia is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Ralph Astry is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Bourchier
(b. between 1404 and 1406, d. 1483)Fifth Baron Bourchier, Second Count of Eu, First Viscount Bourchier, and First Earl of Essex. Nephew of Sir John Bourchier. Great-grandson of Edward III. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Henry Bourchier is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edmund Crouchback
(b. 16 January 1245, d. 5 June 1296)First Earl of Lancaster and First Earl of Leicester. Son of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Edmund Crouchback is mentioned in the following documents:
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Eleanor de Bohun
(b. 1366, d. 1399)Duchess of Gloucester. Wife of Thomas of Woodstock. Daughter of Humphrey de Bohun IX. Sister of Mary de Bohun. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Eleanor de Bohun is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Fabian
(d. 1513)Sheriff of London 1493-1494. Member of the Drapers’ Company. Husband of Elizabeth Peak. Buried at St. Michael, Cornhill.Robert Fabian is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lord William Howard
(b. 30 November 1612, d. 29 December 1680)First Viscount Stafford. Nobleman and Catholic martyr.Lord William Howard is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lord Thomas Howard
(b. 10 March 1538, d. 2 June 1572)Fourth Duke of Norfolk. Nobleman and courtier. Father of Lord Thomas Howard.Lord Thomas Howard is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lady Anne Howard (née Dacre)
Lady Anne Howard Dacre
(b. 1 March 1557, d. 13 April 1630)Countess of Arundel. Noblewoman, poet, and religious conspirator.Lady Anne Howard (née Dacre) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Hungerford
Father of Anthony Hungerford and Sir John Hungerford.Sir Thomas Hungerford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lucius of Britain is mentioned in the following documents:
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Matilda of Boulogne
Matilda Queen consort of England
(b. 1103, d. 1152)Countess of Boulogne 1125-1151. Queen consort of England 1135-1152. Wife of Stephen I. Founder of St. Katharine’s Hospital.Matilda of Boulogne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lord Thomas Seymour is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Thinne
(d. 1546)Esquire. Clerk of Henry VIII. Literary editor. Monument at All Hallows Barking.William Thinne is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aymer de Valence
(d. 1324)Earl of Pembroke. Husband of Mary de St. Paul. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Aymer de Valence is mentioned in the following documents:
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Matthew Paris is mentioned in the following documents:
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Hubert de Burgh
(b. 1170, d. May 1243)First Earl of Kent. Justiciar for Henry II. Buried at Blackfriars Monastery.Hubert de Burgh is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Fisher
John Fisher Bishop of Rochester
(b. 1469, d. 1535)Bishop of Rochester 1504–1535. Martryed during the reign of Henry VIII for refusing to accept the king as the head of the church.John Fisher is mentioned in the following documents:
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Catherine of Valois
Catherine Queen consort of England
(b. 27 October 1401, d. 3 January 1437)Queen consort of England 1420-1422. Wife of Henry V. Mother of Henry VI. Grandmother of Henry VII through her secret marriage to Sir Owen Tudor. Originally buried at Henry VII’s Chapel.Catherine of Valois is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edward Somerset is mentioned in the following documents:
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Roger of Wendover is mentioned 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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Geoffrey de Mandeville
Geoffrey de Mandeville Sheriff
(d. 26 September 1144)First Earl of Essex. Portgrave of London during the reign of Stephen I. Husband of Athelaise de Mandeville. Son of William de Mandeville. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Geoffrey de Mandeville is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard of Cornwall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry Scogan is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Neville is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edith of Wessex is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Clifford
Chronicler.Thomas Clifford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Edmond Hungerford
Father of Walter Hungerford.Edmond Hungerford is mentioned in the following documents:
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Jesus Christ is mentioned in the following documents:
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John of Eltham
John
(b. 1316, d. 1336)First Earl of Cornwall. Son of Edward II. Buried at Westminster Abbey.John of Eltham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lady Margaret Beaufort
(b. 1443, d. 29 June 1509)Countess of Richmond and Derby. Wife of Thomas Stanley. Mother of Henry VII. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Lady Margaret Beaufort is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Palmer is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Cecil is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Pigott is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Hatfield
Thomas Hatfield Bishop of Durham
(b. 1310, d. 1381)Lord Privy Seal 1344–1345. Bishop of Durham 1345–1381.Thomas Hatfield is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir John Dudley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Thomas Poning
Knight.Sir Thomas Poning is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Geroge Carew is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anthony Kingston is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Richard Williams
Sir Richard Williams Cromwell
(b. 1502, d. 1544)Welsh soldier at the Court of Henry VIII.Sir Richard Williams is mentioned in the following documents:
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Charles Brandon
(b. 1484, d. 1545)First Duke of Suffolk. Husband of Mary Tudor of France. Nephew of Sir Thomas Brandon. Grandson of Sir William Brandon. John Stow claims that he helped build Suffolk House during the reign of Henry VIII.Charles Brandon is mentioned in the following documents:
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Nicholas Heath
Nicholas Heath Bishop of Rochester Bishop of Worcester Archbishop of York
(d. 1578)Bishop of Rochester 1539–1543. Bishop of Worcester 1543–1551 and 1554–1555. Archbishop of York 1555–1559. Lord Chancellor of England 1555–1558.Nicholas Heath is mentioned in the following documents:
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Walter Fitzwalter
(b. 1345, d. 1386)Third Baron Fitzwalter. Persuaded citizens of London to free John Prendergast. Husband of Philippa de Mohun. Son of Lord John Fitzwalter. See related ODNB entry for the Fitzwalter family.Walter Fitzwalter is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lord Henry Clinton is mentioned in the following documents:
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Gregory Cromwell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Culpepper is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sæberht of Essex is mentioned in the following documents:
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Æthelberht of Kent is mentioned in the following documents:
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Athelgoda is mentioned in the following documents:
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Simon Langham
Simon Langham Bishop of Ely Archbishop of Canterbury
(d. 1376)Lord High Treasurer 1360–1363. Lord Chancellor of England 1363–1367. Bishop of Ely 1362–1366. Archbishop of Canterbury 1366–1368.Simon Langham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir William Trussel
Sir William Trussell
Knight and Speaker of the House of Commons. Husband of Dame Bridget Trussel. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Sir William Trussel is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Walsingham
(b. 1340, d. 1422)Chronicler and Benedictine monk. Known for his works on the reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V.Thomas Walsingham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Reginald Bray is mentioned in the following documents:
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Hugh Aldham
Chaplain to the Countess of Derby.Hugh Aldham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Sir Edward Stanhope
Knight. Father of Anne Seymour.Sir Edward Stanhope is mentioned in the following documents:
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Pietro Torrigiano is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Foxe
Richard Foxe Bishop of Exeter Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Durham Bishop of Winchester
(b. 1447, d. 1528)Lord Privy Seal 1487–1516. Bishop of Exeter 1487–1492. Bishop of Bath and Wells 1492–1494. Bishop of Durham 1494–1501. Bishop of Winchester 1501–1528. Not to be confused with Richard Foxe or Richard Foxe.Richard Foxe is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard fitz-James
Richard fitz-James Bishop of Rochester Bishop of Chichester Bishop of London
(d. 1522)Richard fitz-James is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Ruthall is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Fyneux is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Benson is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Thirlby
Thomas Thirlby Bishop of Westminster Bishop of Norwich Bishop of Ely
(b. 1500, d. 1549)Thomas Thirlby is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Cox is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dr. Hugh Weston is mentioned in the following documents:
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John Feckenham is mentioned in the following documents:
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Benedict of Nursia is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dr. Gabriel Goodman is mentioned in the following documents:
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Harold Harefoot is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ferdinand III of Castille
Ferdiand This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 3III King of Castille
(d. 1057)King of Castille 1217-1252.Ferdinand III of Castille is mentioned in the following documents:
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Malcolm III of Scotland
Malcolm This numeral is a Roman numeral. The Arabic equivalent is 3III King of Scotland
(b. 1031, d. 1093)King of Scotland 1058–1093.Malcolm III of Scotland is mentioned in the following documents:
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Aveline de Forz is mentioned in the following documents:
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William de Forz
William deForz
(d. 1260)Earl during the reign of Henry III. Father of Aveline de Forz.William de Forz is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thomas Sackville
First Earl of Dorset. Brother of Anne Fiennes. Buried at Christ Church.Thomas Sackville is mentioned in the following documents:
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William the Norman is mentioned in the following documents:
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Walter Warfield
Builder of gates at Westminster Palace during the reign of Edward III.Walter Warfield is mentioned in the following documents:
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Richard Crumwell
Esquire.Richard Crumwell is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert de Anesbery
MoEML has not yet added biographical content for this person. The editors welcome research leads from qualified individuals. Please contact us for further information.Robert de Anesbery is mentioned in the following documents:
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Fulcardus
Chronicler.Fulcardus is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dr. Barnes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dr. Wall is mentioned in the following documents:
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William Bill is mentioned in the following documents:
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Eleanor of England
Eleanor
(b. 18 June 1269, d. 29 August 1298)Countess of Bar. Daughter of Edward I. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Eleanor of England is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ms. Katherine is mentioned in the following documents:
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Elizabeth de Bohun
Wife of Humphrey de Bohun IX. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Elizabeth de Bohun is mentioned in the following documents:
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Anne Burley
Wife of Sir John Burley. Buried at Westminster Abbey.Anne Burley is mentioned in the following documents:
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Walter de Wenlok is mentioned in the following documents:
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Robert Ireleffe
Chronicler.Robert Ireleffe is mentioned in the following documents:
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T. Smith
MoEML has not yet added biographical content for this person. The editors welcome research leads from qualified individuals. Please contact us for further information.T. Smith is mentioned in the following documents:
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Dr. John Chambers is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster is mentioned in the following documents:
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Temple Bar
Temple Bar was one of the principle entrances to the city of London, dividing the Strand to the west and Fleet Street to the east. It was an ancient right of way and toll gate. Walter Thornbury dates the wooden gate structure shown in the Agas Map to the early Tudor period, and describes a number of historical pageants that processed through it, including the funeral procession of Henry V, and it was the scene of King James I’s first entry to the city (Thornbury 1878). The wooden structure was demolished in 1670 and a stone gate built in its place (Sugden 505).Temple Bar is mentioned in the following documents:
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Clements Inn is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Clement Danes is mentioned in the following documents:
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Clement’s Well is mentioned in the following documents:
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New Inn
One of the Inns of Chancery.New Inn is mentioned in the following documents:
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Strand Inn
One of the Inns of Chancery.Strand Inn is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lincoln’s Inn
Lincoln’s Inn was one of the four Inns of Court.Lincoln’s Inn is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lyon’s Inn is mentioned in the following documents:
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Drury Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Giles in the Fields
St. Giles in the Fields was a hospital and parish church. It is marked near the western edge of the Agas map with the labelS. Gyles in the Fyeld.
According to Stow, St. Giles in the Fields was founded as a leprosy house by Matilda of Scotland during the reign of Henry I. The hospital was eventually suppressed by Henry VIII (Stow 1598, sig. 2D6v).St. Giles in the Fields is mentioned in the following documents:
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PLACEHOLDER LOCATION
PLACEHOLDER LOCATION ITEM. The purpose of this item is to allow encoders to link to a location item when they cannot add a new location file for some reason. MoEML may still be seeking information regarding this entry. If you have information to contribute, please contact the MoEML team.PLACEHOLDER LOCATION is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Martin-in-the-Fields is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bedford House is mentioned in the following documents:
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Ivy Bridge Lane is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bethlehem Hospital
Although its name evokes the pandemonium of the archetypal madhouse, Bethlehem (Bethlem, Bedlam) Hospital was not always an asylum. As Stow tells us, Saint Mary of Bethlehem began as aPriorie of Cannons with brethren and sisters,
founded in 1247 by Simon Fitzmary,one of the Sheriffes of London
(Stow 1:164). We know from Stow’s Survey that the hospital, part of Bishopsgate ward (without), resided on the west side of Bishopsgate Street, just north of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate (Stow 1:165).Bethlehem Hospital is mentioned in the following documents:
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Royal Mews
The Royal Mews was a royal horse stable at Charing Cross at the west end of the Strand. According to Stow, The Royal Mews dates back to the reign of Richard II. It was originally a site for storing falcons, and it burned down in 1534 but was reconstructed and active by Stow’s time (Stow 1598, sig. 2B2r).Royal Mews is mentioned in the following documents:
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Charing Cross
Charing Cross was one of twelve memorial crosses erected by King Edward I in memory of his wife, Eleanor of Castile. The cross wasbuilded of stone
andwas of old time a fayre péece of work
(Stow 1598, sig. 2B3r). It stood for three and a half centuries, but by thebeginning of the 17th century [the cross] had fallen into a very ruinous condition
(Sugden). It, as well as the other crosses, was condemned in 1643 and demolished in 1647.Charing Cross is mentioned in the following documents:
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Durham House
Durham House was located in the Strand, west of Ivy Bridge Lane. It stood at the border between the Duchy of Lancaster and Westminster.Durham House is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey was a historically significant church, located on the bottom-left corner of the Agas map. Colloquially known asPoets’ Corner,
it is the final resting place of Geoffrey Chaucer, Ben Jonson, Francis Beaumont, and many other notable authors; in 1740, a monument for William Shakespeare was erected in Westminster Abbey (ShaLT).Westminster Abbey is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. John’s of Jerusalem
St. John’s of Jerusalem provided housing and care for pilgrims and crusading knights. It was held by the Knights Hospitallers and dissolved in the reign of Henry VIII (Stow 1598, sig. 2D7r).St. John’s of Jerusalem is mentioned in the following documents:
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York House
Located on the northern bank of the Thames, York House was just west of Durham House, on the south side of the Strand. Records of York House date back to the thirteenth century, when the location was owned by the Bishops of Norwich and was referred to as Norwich Place (Gater and Wheeler). In 1536, Henry VIII granted Norwich Place to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk (Gater and Wheeler). In 1556, the Archbishop of York, Nicholas Heath, purchased the residence, which would thereafter be called York House (Stow 1598, sig. 2B3r).York House is mentioned in the following documents:
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Whitehall
Whitehall Palace, the Palace of Whitehall or simply Whitehall, was one of the most complex and sizeable locations in the entirety of early modern Europe. As the primary place of residence for monarchs from 1529 to 1698, Whitehall was an architectural testament to the shifting sociopolitical, religious, and aesthetic currents of Renaissance England. Edward H. Shugden describes the geospatial location of Whitehall in noting that[i]t lay on the left bank of the Thames, and extended from nearly the point where Westminster Bdge. now crosses the river to Scotland Yard, and from the river back to St. James’s Park
(Sugden 564-565).Whitehall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Suffolk House
Suffolk House was located on the west side of Blackman Street near St. George Southwark and was just south of the area depicted on the Agas map (Walford). Stow claims that Suffolk House was built by the Duke of Suffolk, Charles Brandon, during the reign of Henry VIII (Stow 1633, sig. 2Q5v), while Ida Darlington asserts that a residence owned by the Brandon family, known as Southwark Place, existed at this location prior to Henry VIII’s reign (Darlington).Suffolk House is mentioned in the following documents:
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Southwark is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Mary Rounceval’s Hospital
According to Stow, St. Mary Rounceval’s Hospital was founded in the fifteenth year of Edward IV’s reign near Charing Cross. It was suppressed first under Henry V and then finally under Edward VI, after which the site was converted into tenements (Stow 1598, sig. 2D7r; Stow 1598, sig. E4r).St. Mary Rounceval’s Hospital is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Katherine’s Hermitage is mentioned in the following documents:
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St Margaret’s (Westminster) (Parish) is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. James Park is mentioned in the following documents:
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Scotland Yard is mentioned in the following documents:
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Holborn
Holborn ran east-west from the junction of Hosier Lane, Cock Lane and Snow Hill to St. Giles High Street, and passed through Farringdon Without Ward and Westminster.Holborn is mentioned in the following documents:
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King Street is mentioned in the following documents:
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Cannon Row is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Stephen’s (Chanon Row) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Woolstable is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster Palace is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Stephen’s (Westminster Palace) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Thorney is mentioned in the following documents:
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The Thames is mentioned in the following documents:
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St. Margaret (Westminster) is mentioned in the following documents:
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Henry VII’s Chapel
One of the most opulent sites in early modern London, Henry VII’s Chapel still stands in the eastern wing of Westminster Abbey. The structure was initially intended to monumentalize Henry VI, who was never actually canonized (Condon 60). The Henry VII Lady Chapel is the resting place of Henry VII himself and his wife, Elizabeth of York. Additionally, it houses the tombs of Anne of Cleves; Edward VI; Mary I; Elizabeth I; Mary, Queen of Scots; Anne of Denmark; James VI and I; and other key figures of the English Royalty (Weinreb 1007).Henry VII’s Chapel 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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Westminster School is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster Hall
Westminster Hall isthe only surviving part of the original Palace of Westminster
(Weinreb and Hibbert 1011) and is located on the west side of the Thames. It is located on the bottom left-hand corner of the Agas map, and is labelled asWeſtmynſter hall.
Originally built as an extension to Edward the Confessor’s palace in 1097, the hall served as the setting for banquets through the reigns of many kings.Westminster Hall is mentioned in the following documents:
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Lambeth
Lambeth was a neighbourhood located on the southern bank of the Thames, directly opposite to Westminster (Lysons). Jeremy Boulton notes that Lambeth lay outside the Corporation of London’s jurisdiction and was instead controlled by Surrey authorities (Boulton 9). While the Agas map labels the area near Lambeth’s coordinates asThe lambeht,
it is unclear if this label is referring to a singular building or the area in general. For a more detailed look at Lambeth, see Richard Blome’s 1720 map (Blome).Lambeth is mentioned in the following documents:
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Tower of London is mentioned in the following documents:
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Baynard’s Castle
Located on the banks of the Thames, Baynard’s Castle was built sometime in the late eleventh centuryby Baynard, a Norman who came over with William the Conqueror
(Weinreb and Hibbert 129). The castle passed to Baynard’s heirs until one William Baynard,who by forfeyture for fellonie, lost his Baronie of little Dunmow
(Stow 1:61). From the time it was built, Baynard’s Castle wasthe headquarters of London’s army until the reign of Edward I
when it washanded over to the Dominican Friars, the Blackfriars whose name is still commemorated along that part of the waterfront
(Hibbert 10).Baynard’s Castle is mentioned in the following documents:
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Bridewell
Bridewell was a prison and hospital. The site was originally a royal palace (Bridewell Palace) but was transferred to the City of London in 1553, when it was converted to function as an orphanage and house of correction. Bridewell is located on the Agas map at the corner of the Thames and Fleet Ditch, labelled asBride Well.
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St. James’s Palace is mentioned in the following documents:
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King’s Bench is mentioned in the following documents:
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Star Chamber is mentioned in the following documents:
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Westminster Stairs
Westminster Stairs was an important site in early modern London that provided access to the Thames from Westminster Abbey. Used during royal processions and by rivermen throughout daily life, Westminster Stairs was known as being a place of bustling activity.Westminster Stairs is mentioned in the following documents:
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Petty France is mentioned in the following documents:
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Black Friars (Dominicans)
The Blackfriars, named for their customaryblack mantle and hood,
were an order of mendicant friars founded by St. Dominic in France in 1216 (Dominican Order). Intent on spreading Catholicism, St. Dominic sent members of his order to England, where, no later than 1247, the order had bases in Oxford and London (Jarrett 2-3). In the wake of the Reformation, members of the order fled the country or remained in England andeither drifted into poverty, or else entered the ranks of the secular clergy
(Jarrett 169).This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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Parliament of England
The Parliament of England was a legislative branch of the Kingdom of England, founded by William the Conquerer in 1066.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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Merchants of the Staple
The Merchants of the Staple was one of the mercantile corporations of England. The Company of Merchants of the Staple of England is still active and maintains a website at http://merchantsofthestapleofengland.co.uk/ that includes a history of the company.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
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First Encoders
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Transcriber
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The MoEML Team
These are all MoEML team members since 1999 to present. To see the current members and structure of our team, seeTeam.
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Former Student Contributors
We’d also like to acknowledge students who contributed to MoEML’s intranet predecessor at the University of Windsor between 1999 and 2003. When we redeveloped MoEML for the Internet in 2006, we were not able to include all of the student projects that had been written for courses in Shakespeare, Renaissance Drama, and/or Writing Hypertext. Nonetheless, these students contributed materially to the conceptual development of the project.
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University of Victoria
The University of Victoria, writ large. Located in Victoria, BC, Canada. Website.This organization is mentioned in the following documents:
