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The Warde of Faringdon Extra, or without.

THe fartheſt Weſt Warde of this Citie, being the 25. Warde of London, but without the Walles is called Faringdon without, and was of olde time part of the other Faringdon within, vntil the 17. of Richard the ſecond: in which it was diuided and made twaine, by the names of Faringdon infra, and Faringdon extra, as is afore ſhewed.

The 304 Faringdon Ward without. The bounds of which warde, without Newgate, and Ludgate, are theſe. Firſt on the Eaſt part thereof, is the whole precinct of the late priorie of Saint Bartholomewe, and a part of Long Lane, on the North, towards Alderſgate ſtréete, and Ducke Lane, with the Hoſpitall of Saint Bartholomewe on the Weſt, and all Smithfield to the Barres in S. Iohn ſtréete. Then out of Smithfielde, Chicken Lane toward Turmile brooke, and ouer that brooke by a bridge of timber, into the field: then backe againe by the Pens (or foldes) in Smithfield, by Smithfield pond, to Cowe-Lane, which turneth toward Oldboorne: and then Hoſiar Lane, out of Smithfield, alſo toward Oldboorne, till it meete with a part of Cowe Lane. Then Cocke Lane out of Smithfield, ouer againſt Pye corner: then alſo is Giltſpur ſtréete, out of Smithfield to Newgate, then from Newgate Weſt by Saint Sepulchres church to Turnagaine Lane: then to Oldboorne conduit, on Snor hill,I.e., Snow Hill to Oldboorne bridge: vp Oldboorne hill to the Barres on both ſides, on the right hand or North ſide, at the bottome of Oldboorne hill, is Gold Lane, ſometime a filthy paſſage into the fieldes, now both ſides builded with ſmall tenements. Then higher is Lither Lane, turning alſo to the field, and ſo to the Barre. Now on the left hand or South ſide from Newgate, lyeth a ſtréet called the Olde Baily, or court of the Chamberlaine of this citie: this ſtretcheth down by the wall of the citie vnto Ludgate: on the Weſt ſide of which ſtréete, breaketh out one other Lane, called Saint Georges Lane, till yee come to the Southende of Seacole Lane: and then turning towards Fléeteſtréete, it is called Fléete Lane. The next out of the high ſtréete from Newgate turning down South, is called the little Baylie, and runneth downe to the Eaſt of Saint Georges Lane. Then is Seacole lane, which turneth downe into Fleetelane: neare vnto this Seacole lane, in the turning towards Oldboorne conduit, is an other lane, called in Record, windeagaine lane, for that it turneth downe to Turmill Brooke, and from thence backe againe, for there is no way ouer. Then beyond Oldboorne bridge to Shooe lane, which runneth out of Oldboorne vnto the conduit in Fléeteſtréete. Then alſo is Fewtars lane, which likewiſe ſtretcheth South into Fléeteſtréete, by the Eaſt end of Saint Dunſtons church, and from this lane to the Barres, bee the bounds without Newgate.

Now Faringdon ward without. 305

Now without Ludgate, this ward runneth vp from the ſaide gate to Temple bar, and hath on the right hand or northſide, the ſouth end of the Olde Bayly, then downe Ludgate hill, to the Fleete lane, ouer Fleete bridge, and by Shooe lane, and Fewters lane, and ſo to New ſtreete (or Chancery lane) and vp that lane to the houſe of the Rolles, which houſe is alſo of this warde, and on the other ſide to a lane ouer againſt the Roules, which entereth Ficquetes fielde.

Then harde by the Barre is one other lane called Shyre lane, becauſe it deuideth the Citie from the Shire, and this turneth into Ficquetes fielde.

From Ludgate againe on the left hand, or ſouth ſide to Fleete bridge, to bride lane, which runneth ſouth by Bridewell, then to Water lane, which runneth downe to the Thames.

Then alſo by the White Fryars, and by the Temple, euen to the Barre aforeſaide, bee the boundes of this Faringdon warde without.

Touching Ornamentes and Antiquities in this warde, firſt betwixt the ſaid Newgate and the pariſh Church of S. Sepulchers is a way towardes Smithfielde, called Guilt ſpurre, or Knightridars ſtreete, of the knights and other riding that way into Smithfielde, repleniſhed with buildinges on both ſides vp to Pie corner, a place ſo called of ſuch a ſigne, ſometimes a fayre Inne for receipte of Trauellers, but now deuided into Tenements, and ouer againſt the ſaide Pie corner lyeth Cocke lane, which runneth downe to Oldbourne Conduite.

Beyond this Pie corner lyeth weſt Smithfielde, compaſſed about with buildinges, as firſt on the ſouth ſide following, the right hand ſtandeth the fayre pariſh church, and large Hoſpitall of Saint Bartilmew, founded by Rahere the firſt Prior of Saint Bartilmewes thereto neare adioyning, in the yeare 1102.

Alfune (that had not long before builded the pariſh church of S. Giles without Cripplegate, became the firſt Hoſpitelar, or Proctor for the poore of this houſe, and went himſelfe dayly to the Shambles and other marketes, where he begged the charity of deuout people for their releefe, promiſing to the liberall giuers, (and that by alledging Teſtimonies of the holy ſcripture) reward X at 306 Faringdon warde without. at the hands of God, this Hoſpital, was ſince repayred about the yeare 1423. of the goodes and by the Executors of Richarde VVhitington, ſometime Maior of London, and was gouerned by a Maiſter, and eight Brethren, being Prieſtes for the church, and foure Siſters to ſee the poore ſerued.

Sir Iohn VVakering Prieſt, Maiſter of this houſe in the yere 1463. amongſt other bookes gaue to their common Library the fayreſt Bible, that I haue ſeene written in large velame, by a Brother of that houſe, named Iohn Coke at the age of 68. yeares, when hee had been Prieſt 43. yeares, ſince the ſpoile of that Library, I haue ſeene this booke in the cuſtody of my worſhipfull frend maiſter, VValter Cope.

Monumentes in this Church of the dead, Benefactors therunto be theſe, Elizabeth wife to Adam Hone Gentleman, Bartilmew Bildington, Iane wife to Iohn Cooke, Dame Alis wife to Sir Richarde Iſham, Alice wife to Nicholas Bayly, Iohn Woodhouſe Eſquier, Robert Palmar Gentleman, Idona wife to Iohn VValden lying by her huſband on the North ſide late newly builded, 1424. Sir Thomas Malifant Baron of Winnow, Lord Sir George in Glamorgan, and Lord Ockeneton and Pile in the county of Pembroke, 1438. Dame Margaret his wife, Daughter to Thomas Aſtley Eſquier, with Edmond and Henry his children, William Markeby Gentleman 1438. Richard Shepley, and Alice his wife, Thomas Sauill Sarieant at Armes, Edwarde Beaſtby Gentleman, and Margaret his wife, Walter Ingham and Alienar his wife, Robert Warnar and Alice Lady Carne, Robert Galdfet, Iohan and Agnes his wiues, Sir Robert Danuars, and Dame Agnes his wife, daughter to Sir Richarde Delaber, William Brookes Eſquier, Iohn Sirley Eſquier, and Margaret his wife, hauing their pictures of Braſſe, in the habite of Pilgrimes on a fayre flat ſtone with an Epitaph. 1456. Iane Lady Clinton, who gaue ten pound to the poore there, 1458. Agnes Daughter to Sir VVilliam, S. George, Iohn Rogebrooke Eſquier, Richarde Surgeon, Thomas Burgan Gentleman, Elizabeth wife to Henry Skinard daughter to Chincroft Eſquier, VVilliam Mackeley Gentlman and Alice his wife, VVilliam Fitzwater Gentleman, 1466.

This Faringdon ward without 307

This Hoſpitall was valued at the ſuppreſſion in the yeare, 1539. the 31. of Henry the eight to 35. pounde, ſix ſhillinges, 7. pence, yearely. The church remaineth a pariſh church to the Tenantes dwelling in the precinct of the Hoſpitall, but in the yeare 1546. on the 13. of Ianuarie, the Biſhop of Rocheſter, preaching at Paules Croſſe, declared the gift of the ſaid king, to the Citizens for releeuing of the poore, which conteyned the Church of the Gray Fryars, the church of S. Bartilmew with the Hoſpitall,I.e., St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. with all the Meſſuages and appurtenances in Giltſpurre, alias Knightridars ſtreete, Breton ſtreete, Petar Kay, in the pariſh of S. Mary Magdalen, in olde Fiſhſtreete, and in the pariſh of S. Benet Huda, Lymehurſt, or Lymehoſt, in the Pariſh of Stebunheth, &c. Then alſo were orders deuiſed for releefe of the poore, the inhabitants were al called to their pariſh churches whereby Sir Richarde Dobbes then Maior their ſeuerall Aldermen, or other graue Citizens, they were by eloquent orations perſwaded how great and how many commodities woulde enſew vnto them and their Citie, if the poore of diuers ſorts which they named were taken from out their ſtreets, lanes, and allies, & were beſtowed and prouided for in Hoſpitalles abroade &c. therefore was euery man moued liberally to grant, what they woulde impart, towardes the preparing, and furniſhing of ſuch Hoſpitals & alſo what they would contribute weekely towardes their maintenance for a time (which they ſaide ſhould not be paſt one yeare or twaine) vntill that they were better furniſhed of endowment: to make ſhort euery man granted liberally, according to his hability, and bookes were drawne of the releefe in euery warde of the City, towardes the new Hoſpitalles, and were deliuered by the Maior, to the kinges Commiſſioners, on the 17. of February, and order was taken therein, ſo as the 26. of Iuly, in the yeare 1552. the repayring of the Gray Fryars houſe, for poore fatherleſſe children, was taken in hand, and alſo in the latter ende of the ſame moneth, began the repayring of this Hoſpitall of S. Bartilmew, and was of new endowed, and furniſhed at the charges of the Citizens.

On the eaſt ſide of this Hoſpitall, lieth Duke lane, which runneth out of Smithfielde ſouth, to the northend of little Bretaine X2 streete 308 Faringdon ward without ſtreete. On the eaſt ſide of this Ducke lane, and alſo of Smithfield lyeth the late diſſolued Priorie at S. Bartilmew founded alſo by Rahere, a pleaſant witted Gentleman, and therefore in his time called the kinges Minſtrell, aboute the yeare of Chriſt 1102. hee founded it in a part of oft befor named moriſh ground, which was therefore a common Lay ſtall of all filth, that was to bee voyded out of the City, hee placed Canons there, and himſelfe became their firſt Prior, and ſo continued till his dying day, and was there buried in a fayre monument, of late renued by Bolton.

Amongſt other memorable matters touching this Priorie, one is of an Archbiſhops viſitation, which Mathew Paris hath thus. Boniface (ſayth hee) Archbiſhoppe of Canterbury, in his Uiſitation, came to this Priorie, where being receiued with Proceſſion, in the moſt ſolemne wiſe, hee ſaide that he paſſed not vpon the honor, but came to viſite them, to whome the Canons anwered that they hauing a learned Biſhop, ought not in contempt of him, to be viſited by any other: which anſwere ſo much offended the Archbiſhop, that hee forthwith fell on the Supprior and ſmote him on the face, ſaying, indeede, indeede doth it become you Engliſh Traitors ſo to anſwere mee, thus raging with othes not to bee recited, hee rent in peeces the rich Cope of the Supprior, and trode it vnder his feete, and thruſt him againſt a Pillar of the Chancell, with ſuch ſpirituall violence, that hee had almoſt killed him: But the Chanons ſeeing their Supprior thus almoſt ſlaine, came and plucked off the Archbiſhop with ſuch force that they ouerthrew him backwards, whereby they might ſee that hee was armed and prepared to fight, the Archbiſhops men ſeeing their maiſter down (being all ſtrangers and their maiſters countrimen, borne in Prouence) fell vpon the Chanons, beate them, tare them and trod them vnder feete, at length the Canons getting away as well as they could, ran bloody and myry, rent and torne, to the Biſhop of London, to complaine, who bad them goe to the king at Weſtminſter, and tell him thereof, whereupon foure of them went thether, the reſt were not able, they were ſo ſore hurt, but when they came to Weſtminſter, the king would neither heare nor ſee them, ſo they returned without redreſſe, in the meane ſeaſon the whole Citie was in an vprore and ready to haue rung the com mon Faringdon ward without 309 mon bell, and to haue hewed the Archbiſhop into ſmall peeces, who was ſecretly crept to Lambhith, where they ſought him and not knowing him by ſight, ſaide to themſelues, where is this Ruffian, that cruell ſmiter, hee is no winner of ſoules, but an exactor of money, whome neither God, nor any lawfull or free election, did bring to this Promotion, but the king did vnlawfully intrude him, being vtterlie vnlearned, a ſtranger borne and hauing a wife &c. but hee conueyed himſelfe ouer, and went to the king with a great complaint, againſt the Chanons, whereas himſelfe was guilty.

Bolton was the laſt Prior of this houſe, a greate builder there: for he repayred the Priorſe church with the pariſh church adioyning, the offices and lodginges to the ſaide Priorie belonging, and neare adioyning, hee builded of new the Mannor of Chanonbery at Iſlington which belonged to the Canons of this houſe, and is ſituate in a low ground, ſomewhat north from the pariſh Church there, but hee builded no houſe at Harrow on the hill, as Edwarde Hall hath written, following a fable then on foote. The people (ſayeth hee) being feared by Prognoſtications, which declared that in the yeare of Chriſt 1524. there ſhould be ſuch Eclipſes in watry ſignes & ſuch coniunctions, that by waters and floudes manye people ſhoulde periſh, people victuled themſelues and went to high groundes for feare of drowning and eſpeciallie one Bolton, which was Prior of S. Bartilmewes in Smithfielde builded him a houſe vpon Harrow on the hill, onely for feare of this floude, thether hee went and made prouiſion of all thinges neceſſary within him for the ſpace of two monethes &c. but this was not ſo indeede as I haue beene credibly enformed: true it is that this Bolton, was alſo Parſon of Harrow, and therefore beſtowed ſome ſmall reparations on the Perſonage houſe, and builded nothing there more then a Douehouſe, to ſerue him when he had forgon his Priorie.

To this Priorie king Henry the ſecond granted the Priuiledge of a fayre to bee kept yearely at Bartilmewtide for three dayes, to wit, Eue, the day, & next morrow, to the which the Clothiars of all England, and Drapers of London repayred, and had their Boothes and ſtandinges within the Churchyarde of this X3 Priorie 310 Faringdon warde without. Priorie cloſed in with walles and gates locked euery night, and watched for ſafety of mens goodes, and wares, a court of Piepowders was dayly during the Fayre holdē for debts & contracts. But now in place of Bothes within this Church yarde (onely letten out in the fayre time) be many large houſes builded, and the North wall towardes Long lane being taken down, a number of Tenementes are there erected.

The monuments of the dead in this Priorie, are theſe of Rahere the firſt founder, Roger VValden Biſhoppe of London, 1406. Iohn Warton Gentleman, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter to William Scot Eſquier, Iohn Louth Gentleman, Robert Shikeld Gentleman, Sir Bacon knight, Iohn Ludlow, and Alice his wife, VV. Thirlewall Eſquier, Richarde Lancaſter Herralde at Armes, Thomas Torald. Iohn Roiſton, Iohn Watforde, Iohn Carleton, Robert ſonne to Sir Robert Willowbie, Gilbert Halſtocke, Elianor wife to Sir Hugh Fen, mother to Margaret Lady Burgaueny, VVilliam Eſſex Eſquier Richarde Vancke Baron of the Exchequer, and Margaret his wife, daughter to VVilliam de la Riuar, Iohn Winderhall, Iohn Duram Eſquier, and Elizabeth his wife, Iohn Malwaine, Alice wife to Balſtred daughter to Kniffe, VVilliam Scarlet Eſquier, Iohn Golding, Hugh VValter Gentleman, and the late wiſe and worthy Sir VValter Mildway knight, Chancelor of the Exchequer &c.

This Priorie at the late ſurrender thereof made the 30. of Henry the eight was valued at 653. £. 15. . by yeare.

The Church and Bell Tower (hauing ſix Bels in a Tune) were ſolde to the pariſh of S. Sepulchers, and then the church being pulled downe to the Quire, the Quire was by the kinges order annexed for the enlarging of the olde Pariſh church thereto adioyning, and ſo was vſed till the raigne of Queene Mary, who gaue it to the Fryars Preachers or Blacke Fryars, and was vſed as their conuentuall Church, vntill the firſt of our Soueraigne Lady Queene Elizabeth, thoſe Fryars were once more put out, and then all the ſaide church was wholie as it ſtoode in the laſt yere of Edwarde the ſixt giuen by Parliament to remaine for euer a pariſh Church for the inhabitantes within the Cloſe called greate Faringdon ward without. 311 greate S. Bartilmewes. Since the which time, that olde Church is pulled down, except the Steeple of rotten timber ready to fall of it ſelfe, I haue oft heard it reported that a new ſteeple ſhould be builded with the ſtone of the olde Pariſh Church, but no ſuch thing is performed, for it is more eaſie to pul downe then to ſet vp and builde. On the North ſide of this Priory, is the lane, truelie called Long, which reacheth from Smithfield towards Alderſgate ſtreete, the reſt of Smithfield, from long lane ende to the Bars is incloſed with Innes, Brewhouſes, and large tenements on the weſt ſide is Chicken lane downe to Cowbridge.

Then be the Pens or Foldes ſo called of Sheepe there parted, and penned vp to be ſolde, on the market dayes.

Then is Smithfielde Pond, which of olde time in recordes was called Horſe Poole, for that men watered horſes there, and was a great water. In the 6. of Henry the fift, a new building was made in this weſt part of Smithfielde betwixt the ſaid Poole and the Riuer of the Wels, or Turnemill Brooke, in a place (then called the Elmes, for that there grew many Elme trees) and this had beene the place of execution for Offendors: ſince the which time the building there hath beene ſo increaſed, that now remaineth not one tree growing.

Amongſt theſe new buildinges is Cowbridge ſtreete, or Cow lane, which turneth toward Oldbourne, in which lane, the Prior of Semperingham had his Inne or London lodging.I.e., Sempringham Court.

The reſt of that weſt ſide of Smithfielde, hath diuers fayre Innes and other comely buildinges vp to Hoſiar lane, which alſo turneth downe to Oldbourne, till it meete with Cowbridge ſtreet. From this lane to Cocke lane, ouer againſt Pie corner.

And thus much for incrochmentes and incloſure of this Smithfielde, whereby remaineth but a ſmall portion, for the olde vſes, to wit, for marketes of horſes and cattle, neither for Militarie exerciſes, and Iuſtinges, Turninges, and great triumphes which haue been there performed before the Princes and Nobilitie both of this Realme, and Forraigne countries.

But now to returne through Giltſpurre ſtreete by Newgate where I firſt beganne, there ſtandeth the faire pariſh church called S. Sepulchre in the Bayly, or by Chamberlaine gate in a fayre X4 church 312 Faringdon warde wirthout. church yarde, though not ſo large as of olde time, for the ſame is letten out for buildinges &c. This church was newly reedified or builded about the raigne of Henry the ſixt, or of Edwarde the fourth, one of the Pophames was a great builder there, namely of one fayre chappell, on the ſouth ſide of the Quire, as appeareth by his Armes, and other monumentes in the glaſſe windowes thereof, and alſo of the fayre Portch of the ſame church towardes the South, his Image fayre grauen in ſtone, was fixed ouer the ſaide Portch, but defaced and beaten downe, his title by offices was this, Chancellor of Normandy, Captain of Vernoile, Pearch, Suſan, and Bayon, and Treaſurer of the kinges houſhold, hee dyed rich, leauing great Treaſure of ſtrange coynes and was buried in the Charterhouſe church, by weſt Smithfield: the firſt nobilitating of theſe Pophames was by Mathild the Empreſſe, daughter to Henry the firſt, and by Henry her ſonne, one Pophame gentleman of very fayre landes in Southampton ſhire dyed without iſſue male, about Henry the ſixt, and leauing foure daughters they were maried to Foſtar, Barentine, Wodham, & Hamdē, Popham Dean (diſtant 3. miles from Clarendon, & 3. miles from Motiſham) was ſometime the cheefe Lordſhippe or Mannor houſe of theſe Pophames.

There lye buried in this Church, William Andrew Eſquier, Stephen Clamparde Eſquier, Lawrence Warcam Eſquier, Iohn Dagworth, William Porter, Eſquier, Robert Scarlet Eſquier &c.

There lyeth a ſtreete from Newgate weſt, to the end of Turnagaine lane, and winding north to Oldbourne Conduite. This Conduite by Oldbourne Croſſe was firſt builded 1498. Thomaſin Widow to Iohn Perciuall, Maior, gaue to the ſecond making thereof twentie markes, Richarde Shore ten pound, Thomas Kenſworth and others alſo did giue towardes it.

But of late a new Conduite was there builded in place of the olde, namely in the yeare one thouſand fiue hundrd ſeauentie ſeauen, by William Lambe ſometime a gentleman of the Chappell to king Henry the eight, and afterwarde a Cittizen and Clothworker of London, the water thereof hee cauſed to bee conueyed in Leade, from diuers ſpringes to one heade and from thence Faringdon Ward without. 323 313 thence to the ſaid Conduit, and waſt of one Cocke at Oldborne bridge, more then 2000. yards in length, all which was by him performed at his owne onely charges (amounting to the ſumme 1500. pound) and by him finiſhed.

From the weſt ſide of this Conduit is the high way there called Snor hill, ſtretcheth out by Oldborne bridge ouer the oſt named water of Turmill brooke, and ſo vp to Oldeborne hill, all repleniſhed with faire building.

Without Oldborne bridge on the right hand is Gold lane, as is afore ſhewed: vp higher on the hill be certaine Innes, and other faire buildings, amongſt the which of olde time was a Meſſuage called Scrops Inne, about the 37. of Henry the ſixt.

Then is the Biſhop of Elies Inne, commonly called Ely place, for that it pertaineth vnto the Biſhops of Ely, the which Iohn de Hotham Biſhoppe of Elie did giue by the name of his Mannor and ſixe tenements in Oldeborne to the Church and couent of Ely, as appeareth by pattent of Record, the 9. of Edwarde the thirde. This man was 20. yeares Biſhop of Elie, and deceaſed 1336.

Thomas Arundell Biſhoppe of Elie beautifully builded of newe his Pallace at Elie, and likewiſe his Mannors in diuers places, eſpecially this in Oldeborne, which he did not onely repaire but rather new builded, and augmented it with a large Port gate houſe, or front towards the ſtréet or high way: his armes are yet to be diſcerned in the ſtone worke thereof: he alſo ſate Biſhop of Ely 14. yeares, and was tranſlated to Yorke.

In this houſe for the large and commodious roomes thereof, diuers great and ſolemne feaſtes haue béene kept, eſpecially by the Sergeantes at the law, whereof twaine are to be noted for poſteritie. The firſt in the yeare 1464. the fourth of Edward the fourth in Michelmas tearme, the Sergeants at Law helde their feaſt in this houſe, to the which amongſt other eſtates, Mathew Phillip Mayor of London, with the Aldermen, Sheriffes, and commons of diuers crafts being inuited did repaire: but when the Mayor looked to kéepe the ſtate in the hall as it had béene vſed in all places within the Citie and liberties (out of the Kings preſence) the Lord Gray of Ruthen, then Lord Treaſurer of England, vnwitting the Sergeantes and againſt their willes (as they ſaid) was firſt X5 placed 314 Faringdon Warde without. placed: wherevpon the Mayor, Aldermen, and commons departed home, and the Mayor made the Aldermen to dine with him: howbeit he and all the Citizens were wonderfully diſpleaſed, that he was ſo dealt with, and the newe Sergeantes and others were right ſorie therefore, and had rather then much good (as they ſaid) it had not ſo happened.

One other feaſt was likewiſe there kept, in the yere 1531. the 23. of king Henry the 8. the Sergeants then made were in number 11. namely, Thomas Audeley, Walter Luke, I. Bawdwine, I. Hinde, Chriſtopher Iennie, I. Dowſell, Edward Meruine, Edmond Knightley, Roger Chomley, Edward Montague, and Roger Yorke.

Theſe alſo held their feaſt in this Elie houſe for fiue daies, to wit, Fryday the 10. of Nouember, Saterday, Sunday, Munday, and Tuieſday. On Munday (which was their principall day) King Henry and Quéene Katherine dined there (but in two chambers) and the forreine Ambaſſadors in a third chamber. In the Hall at the high table, ſate Sir Nicholas Lambard Mayor of London, the Iudges, the Barons of the Exchequer, with certain Aldermen of the Citie: At the boord on the ſouth ſide, ſate the maiſter of the Rowles, the maiſters of the Chauncerie, and worſhipfull Citizens: On the North ſide of the Hall certayne Aldermen began the boorde, and then followed Merchantes of the Citie: in the Cloiſtrie, Chappell and gallorie, Knights, Eſquires and Gentlemen were placed: in the halles, the Craftes of London: the Sergeants of Law and their wiues kept in their owne chambers.

It were tedious to ſet downe the preparation of fiſh, fleſh, and other victuailes ſpent in this feaſt, and would ſéeme almoſt incredible & (as to me it ſéemeth) wanted little of a feaſt at a coronation: neuertheleſſe a little I will touch, for declaration of the change of prices. There were brought to the ſlaughter houſe 24. great Béefes, at 26. ſhillings, viij. pence the péece from the ſhambles, one carkaſſe of an Oxe at 24. . one hundred fat Muttons, ij. x. ď. the péece, 51. great Ueales at iiij. . viij. ď. the péece: 34. Porkes iij. . viij. ď. the péece, 91. Pigs vj. ď. the péece, Capons of Grece of one Poulter, (for they had thrée) 10. dozens at xxij. pence the peece, Capons of Kent 9. dozens, and ſixe at xij. ď. the peece, Capons courſe 19. dozen at vj. ď. the peece, Cockes of groſe 7. dozen and Faringdon Ward without. 315 and nine at viij. ď. the peece, Cockes courſe 14. dozen and 8. at iij. ď. the peece, Pullets the beſt ij ď. ob. other Pullets ij. ď. Pigeous, 37. dozen at x. ď. the dozen, Swannes 14. dozen, Larkes, 340. dozen at v. ď. the dozen &c. Edward Neuill was Seneſhal or ſteward, Thomas Ratcliffe Controwler Thomas Wildon, Clearke of the kitchin.

Next beyond this Mannor of Ely houſe, is Lither lane, turning into the field. Then is Furniualles Inne, now an Inne of chauncerie, but ſometime belonging to Sir William Furniuall knight, and Thomaſin his wife, who had in Oldborne two Meſſuages, and 13. ſhops as appeareth by Record of Richarde the 2. in the ſixt of his raigne. Then is the Earle of Bathes Inne, now called Bath place, of late for the moſt part new builded, and ſo to the Barres. Now againe from Newgate on the left hand or South ſide lyeth the Olde Bayly, which runneth downe by the wall vpon the ditch of the Citie called Hounds ditch to Ludgate: I haue not read how this ſtreete tooke that name, but is like to haue riſen of ſome Court of old time there kept: and I find that in the 34. of Edward the third the tenement and ground vpon Hounds ditch betweene Ludgate on the South, and Newgate on the North was appointed to Iohn Cambridge Fiſhmonger, Chamberlane of London: whereby it ſeemeth that the Chamberlaines of London haue there kept their courts, as now they do by the Guildhal and till this day the Mayor and Iuſtices of this Cittie kept their ſeſſions in a part thereof, now called the ſeſſions hall, both for the cittie of London and ſhire of Middleſex. Ouer againſt the which houſe on the right hand tu x r neth downe S. Georges lane, towards Fléet lane. In this S. Georges lane on the North ſide therof, remaineth yet an old wall of ſtone incloſing a peece of grounde vp Seacoale lane, wherein by report ſometime ſtoode an Inne of Chauncery: which houſe being greatly decayed, and ſtanding remote from other houſes of that profeſſion, the company remoued to common hoſterie, called of the ſigne, our Lady Inne, not far from Clements Inne, which they procured from Sir Iohn Fineox, Lord chiefe Iuſtice of the Kings bench, and ſince haue helde it of the owners by the name of New Inne, paying therefore vi.£. rent by the yeare as tenants at their owne will: for more (as it is said) 316 Faringdon Ward without. ſaid) cannot be gotten of them, and much leſſe wil they be put from it. Beneath this S. Georges lane, the lane called Fleet lane windeth ſouth by the priſon of the Fleet into Fleetſtreete, by Fleete bridge. Lower downe into the Olde Bayly, is at this preſent a ſtandard of timber with a cocke or cockes, deliuering fayre ſpring water to the inhabitants, and is the waſt of the water, ſeruing the priſoners in Ludgate.

Next out of the high ſtreet turneth downe a lane, called the little Baylie, which runneth downe to the Eaſt ende of S. Georges lane. The next is Seacoale lane, I thinke called Limeburners lane, of burning their lime there with Seacole. For I reade in recorde of ſuch a lane to haue beene in the pariſh of S. Sepulcher, and there yet remaineth in this lane an Alley, called Limeburners Alley. Neere vnto this Seacoale lane in the turning towardes Oldborne Conduit is Turne-againe lane, or rather as in a record of the fift of Edward the third, Windagaine lane, for that it goeth downe Weſt to Fleete dike, from whence men muſt turne againe the ſame way that they came, for there it is ſtopped. Then the high ſtréete turneth downe Snor hill, to Oldborne Conduit, and from thence to Oldborne bridge, beyond the which bridge on the left hand is Shooe lane, by the which men paſſe from Oldborn to Fleeteſtreete, by the Conduite there. In this Shooe lane on the left hande is one olde houſe called Oldborne hall, it is now letten out into diuers tenementes. On the other ſide at the very corner ſtandeth the pariſh Church of S. Andrew, in the which church or neare therevnto was ſometime kept a Grammer ſchoole as appeareth in an other place by a Pattent, made as I haue ſhewed for the erection of ſchooles. There bee Monumentes in this Church of an Earle of Southampton buried there Raph Rokeby, of Lincolnes Inne Eſquire, Mayſter of S. Katherines, and one of the Mayſters of Requeſtes to the Quéenes Maieſtie, who deceaſed the 14. of Iune 1596. He gaue by his teſtament to Chriſts Hoſpital in Londō 100. £. to the Colledge of the poore of Queene Elizabeth in Eaſt Greenwich 100. pound, to the poore ſchollers in Cambridge 100. pound, to the poore ſchollers in Oxford 100. pound, to the priſoners in the two Compters in London 200. pound, to the priſoners in the Fleet 100. pound, to the prisoners Faringdon Ward without. 317 priſoners in Ludgate 100. pound, to the priſoners in the Kinges bench 100. pounde, to the priſoners in the Marſhalſey an hundred pounde, to the priſoners in the White Lion 20. pounde, to the poore of S. Katherines, 20. pounde, and to euery brother and ſiſter there 40.. There was alſo of olde time (as I haue read in the third of Henry the fift) an Hoſpital for the poore, which was a cell to the houſe of Cluny in Fraunce, and was therefore ſuppreſſed among the Priories Aliens.

From this Church of S. Andrew vp Oldborne hill be diuers fayre builded houſes, amongſt this which on the left hande there ſtandeth three Innes of Chauncery, whereof the firſt adioyning vnto Crookhorne Alley is called Thaues Inne & ſtandeth oppoſite or ouer againſt the ſaid Elie houſe. Then is Fewter lane which ſtretcheth ſouth into Fleetſtreet by the Eaſt end of S. Dunſtones church, and is ſo called of Fewterers (or idle people) lying there as in a way leading to gardens: but the ſame is nowe of later yeares on both ſides builded with many faire houſes.

Beyond the Fewters lane is Barnardes Inne, alias Motworth Inne, which is the ſecond Inne of Chauncerie, belonging to the Deane and Chapter of Lincolne, as ſaith the Recorde of Henry the ſixt, the 32. of his raigne. Then is Staple Inne the thirde Inne of Chauncery, but whereof ſo named I am ignorant: the ſame of late is, for a great part thereof fayre builded, and not a little augmented: and then at the barre endeth this Ward without Newgate.

But now without Ludgate, on the right hande or North ſide from the ſaid gate lyeth the Old Bayly, as I ſaide: then the high ſtreete called Ludgate hill downe to Fleete lane, in which lane ſtandeth the Fleete, a priſon houſe, ſo called of the fleet or water running by it.

I reade that Richard the firſt in the firſt of his raigne confirmed to Oſbert (brother to William Longſhampe Chauncelor of England and elect of Elie) and to his heires for euer the cuſtodie of his houſe or palace at Weſtminſter, with the keeping of his gaole at London, alſo King Iohn by his pattent dated by thirde of his raigne, gaue to S. Archdeacon of Welles, the cuſtodie of the ſaide Kinges houſe at Weſtminſter, and of his Gaole of the Fleete, to- Leaue- 318 Faringdon Ward without. gether with the Wardſhip of the daughter and heyre of Robert Leueland &c. Then the next is Fléete bridge, pitched ouer the ſaid water.

Then alſo againſt the South end of Shooe lane ſtandeth a faire water Conduite, whereof William Eaſtfield ſometime Mayor, was founder: for the Mayor and communaltie of London being poſſeſſed of a Conduit head, with diuers ſprings of water gathered thereinto in the pariſh of Padington, and the water conueighed from thence by pypes of lead towardes London vnto Teyborne: where it had layne by the ſpace of ſixe yeares and more: The executors of Sir William Eaſtfield obtained licence of the Mayor and communaltie, for them in the yeare 1453. with the goodes of Sir William to conueigh the ſaid waters: firſt in pipes of lead into a pipe begun to be laid beſides the great Conduit heade at Maribone, which ſtretcheth from thence vnto a ſeperal late before made againſt the chappell of Rounſeuall by Charing croſſe, and no further, and then from thence to conuay the ſaid water into the cittie, and there to make receipt or receiptes for the ſame vnto the common weale of the comminaltie, which water was by them brought thus into Fléetſtréete to a ſtandarde, which they had made and finiſhed 1471. neere vnto Shooe lane.

The inhabitants of Fleeteſtréete in the yeare 1478. obtained licence of the Mayor, Aldermen and communaltie to make at their owne charges two ceſternes, the one to be ſet at the ſaid ſtandard, the other at Fleet bridge for the receipt of the waſt water: this ceſterne at the ſtandard they builded, and on the ſame a fayre tower of ſtone garniſhed with images of S. Chriſtopher on the top, & Angels with ſweetſounding belles before them, wherevpon by an Engine placed in the tower) they diuers houres of the day, and night, with hammers chymed ſuch an hymne as was appointed.

This conduit or ſtandard was againe new builded with a larger ceſterne, at the charges of the cittie in the yeare 1582.

From this Conduit vp to Fewters lane and further is the pariſh church of S. Dunſtan, called in the Weſt, (for difference from S. Dunſtone in the eaſt) where lyeth buried T. Duke Skinner in S. Katherines chappell by him builded 1421. Raph Bane Biſhop of Couentrie and Lichfield 1559. and other.

Next Faringdon Warde without. 319 Next beyond this church is Cliffords Inne, ſometime belonging to Robert Clifforde, after whoſe death Iſabell his wife let the ſame to ſtudents of the law, as by the records following may appeare: Iſabell quæ fuit vxor Roberti Clifford, Meſſuagiū vni partium, quod Robertus Clifford habuit in parochia ſci. Dunſtoni Weſt. in ſuburbio Londini, &c. tenuit & illud dimiſit poſt mortem dict. Roberti, apprenticijs de banpro x. l. anuatium &c. Anno 18. Eduardi tertij, inquiſitis poſt mortem Roberti Clifford.

This houſe hath ſince fallen into the Kings hands, (as I haue heard) and is now letten to the ſaid ſtudentes for foure pounde by the yeare.

Somewhat beyond this Cliffords Inne is the South ende of Newe ſtreete (or Chancelar lane) on the the right hand whereof is Sergeantes Inne called in Chauncery lane. And then next was ſometime the houſe of the conuerted Iewes, founded by king Henry the third, in the yeare 1233. and the 17. of his raigne, who builded there for them a faire church, now vſed & called the chappel for the cuſtodie of Rolles and records of Chauncerie. It ſtandeth not farre from the olde temple, but in the midway, betwéene the old Temple and the new, in the which houſe all ſuch Iewes and infidels as were conuerted to the Chriſtian faith, were ordayned and appointed (vnder an honeſt rule of life) ſufficient maintneaunce, whereby it came to paſſe, that in ſhort time there were gathered a great number of conuerts, which were baptized, inſtucted in the doctrine of Chriſt, and there liued, vnder a learned Chriſtian appointed to gouerne them: ſince the which time, to wit, in the yeare 1290. all the Iewes in England, were baniſhed out of the realme, whereby the number of conuerts in this place was almoſt decayed: and therefore in the yeare 1377. this houſe was annexed by Pattent to William Burſtall Clearke Cuſtos Rotulorum or kéeper of the Rolles of the Chauncerie by Edward the third in the one and fiftieth yeare of his raigne: and this firſt Maiſter of the Rolles was ſworne in Weſtminſter hall, at the table of marble ſtone: ſince the which time, that houſe hath beene commonly called the Rolles in Chauncerie lane.

Notwith- 320 Faringdon warde without. Notwithſtanding ſuch of the Iewes or other Infidels as haue in this realme beene conuerted to chriſtianity and baptized, haue béen relieued there: for I find in Recorde, that one William Piers a Iew that became a Chriſtian, was baptized in the fift of Richard the ſecond, and had two pence the day allowed him during his life by the ſaide king. On the Weſt ſide ſometime was an houſe pertayning to the Prior of Necton Parke (a houſe of Chanons in Lincolne ſhire) this was commonly called Hereflete Inne, and was a Brewhouſe, but now faire builded for the ſixe Clearkes of the Chauncerie, and ſtandeth ouer againſt the ſaide houſe, called the Rolles, and neare vnto the lane which now entreth Fickets croft, or Fickets field. Then is Shire lane opening alſo into Fickets field, hard by the barres. On this North ſide of Fléetſtréet, in the yeare of Chriſt 1595. I obſerued, that when the laborers had broken vp the pauement, from againſt Chauncerie lanes end, vp towards S. Dunſtones church, and had digged foure foot déepe, they found one other pauement of hard ſtone, more ſufficient then the firſt, and therefore harder to be broken, vnder the which they found in the made ground, piles of timber, driuen very thicke and almoſt cloſe together the ſame being as blacke as pitch or coale, and many of them rotten as earth, which prooueth that the ground there (as ſundry other places of the Cittie) haue beene a mariſh or full of ſpringes.

Now on the South ſide from Ludgate be faire builded houſes to Fléete bridge, on the which bridge a Ceſterne for receite of ſpring water was made by the men of Fléeteſtréete, but the watercourſe is decaied and not reſtored.

Next is Bridelane, and therein Bridewell, of olde time the Kinges houſe: for the Kinges of this Realme haue beene there lodged, and their Courtes of lawe haue béene there kept of olde time, to wit till the ninth of Henry the thirde, the Courtes were kept in the kings houſe wherſoeuer he was lodged, as may appeare by auncient records, whereof I haue ſeene many, but as for example I haue already ſet forth one, in the Chapter of Towers and Caſtels before.

King Henry the eight builded there a ſtately and beautifull houſe of new, for receit of the Emperor Charles the 5. who in the yeare Faringdon ward without. 321 yeare of Chriſt 1522. was lodged himſelfe at the Blacke Fryars, but his Nobles in this new builded Bridewell, a Gallery being made out of the houſe ouer the water, and through the wall of the Cittie into the Emperors lodging, at the Blacke Fryars, king Henry himſelfe oftentimes lodged there alſo, as namely in the yere 1525. a Parliament being then holden in the Blacke Fryars, he created States of Nobilitie there, to wit, Henry Fitz Roy, a childe (which he had by Elizabeth Blunt) to bee Earle of Nottingham, Duke of Richmont, and of Somerſet, Leiuetenante Generall, from Trent Northwarde, Warden of the Eaſt, middle, and Weſt Marches for Anenſt Scotland.

Henry Courtney, Earle of Deuonſhire, Coſen German to the king to bee Marques of Exceſter, Henry Brandon a childe of two yeares olde, ſonne to the Earle of Suffolke, to bee Earle of Lincolne: Sir Thomas Mannars, Lorde Roſe, to bee Earle of Rutland, Sir Henry Glifforde to bee Earle of Comberlaud, Sir Robert Ratliffe to bée Uicont, Fizwater, and Sir Thomas Boloine Treaſurer of the kinges Houſeholde, to bee Uicont Rochforde.

In the yeare 1528. Cardinall Campeius was brought to the kinges preſence being then at Bridewell, whether hee had called all his Nobility, Iudges and Councellors &c. And there the eight of Nouember in his great Chamber he made vnto them an oration touching his marriage with Queene Katheren, as yee may read in Edward Hall.

In the yeare 1529. the ſame king Henry and Queene Katherine were lodged there, whileſt the queſtion of their marriage was argued in the Blacke Fryars &c.

But now you ſhall heare how this houſe became a houſe of correction. In the yeare 1553. the ſeauenth of king Edwarde the ſixt, the tenth of Aprill, Sir George Baron (being Maior of this Citie) was ſent for to the Court at White hall, and there at that time the king gaue vnto him, for the Comminaltie and Citizens to bee a Workehouſe for the poore and idle perſons of the Citie, his houſe of Bridewell, and 700. markes land late of the poſſeſſions of the houſe of the Sauoy, and all the bedding and other furniture of the ſaide Hoſpitall of the Sauoy towardes the main- Y tenance 322 Faringdon warde without.nance of the ſaide Workehouſe of Bridewell, and the Hoſpitall of S. Thomas in Southwarke

This gift king Edwarde confirmed by his Charter, dated the 26. of Iune next following, and in the yeare 1555. in the moneth of Februarie Sir William Gerrarde Maior and the Aldermen entred Bridewell, and tooke poſſeſſion thereof according to the gift of the ſaide king Edwarde, the ſame was alſo confirmed by Queene Mary.

The Biſhop of S. Dauides had his Inne ouer againſt the north ſide of this Bridewell (as I haue heard.)

Then is the pariſh church of S. Bridget or S. Bride, (as they terme it) now a fayre church, the which William Venor Eſquier, Warden of the Fleete aboute the yeare 1480 increaſed with a large body, and ſide Iſles from the Quire (which of olde time was the whole Church) downe to the weſt end, all through this Church builded of his charges is wrought in the ſtone worke, round about both within and without, the figure or likenes of a vine with Cluſters of Grapes amongſt the leaues &c.

The next is Saliſbery court a place ſo called, for that it belonged to the Biſhops of Salisbery, and was their Inne, or London houſe at ſuch time as they were ſummond to come to the Parliament, or came for other buſines, it hath of late time beene the dwelling, firſt of Sir Richarde Sakeuile, and now of Sir Thomas Sakeuile, his ſonne Baron of Buckhurſt, one of her Maieſties moſt honorable Counſaile.

Then is Water lane running downe by the weſt ſide of a houſe called the hanging ſworde to the Thames.

Then was the white Fryars church called Fratres beatæ Mariæ de monte Carmeli, firſt founded (ſaieth Iohn Bale) by Richarde Gray Aunceſtor to the Lorde Grey Codnor, in the yeare 1241. King Edwarde the firſt gaue to the Prior and Brethren of that houſe a plot of grounde, in Fleeteſtreete, whereupon to builde their houſe, which was ſince reedified or new builded, by Hugh Courtney, Earle of Deuonſhire, about the yere 1350. the 24. of Edwarde the thirde, Iohn Lufken Maior of London, and the Comminalty of the Citie granted a lane called Crockars lane, reaching from Fleeteſtreete to the Thames to builde Faringdon ward without. 323 builde in the weſt end of that Church, Sir Robert Knoles knight was a great builder there alſo in the raigne of Richarde the ſecond and of Henry the fourth, hee deceaſed at his Mannor of Scone Thorp in Norfolke, in the yeare 1407. and was brought to London, and honorably buried by the Lady Conſtance his wife, in the body of the ſaid White Fryars church, which hee had newly builded.

Robert Marſhall Biſhop of Hereforde, builded the Quire, Preſbetery ſteeple, and many other partes, and was there buried about the yeare 1420. there lyeth buried alſo in the new Quire Sir Iohn Mowbery Earle of Nottingham, Sir Edward Courtney. Sir Hugh Mongomery, and Sir Iohn his Brother, Iohn VVolle, ſonne to Sir Iohn Wolle, Thomas Bayholt Eſquier, Elizabeth Countis of Athole, Dame Iohan wife to Sir Thomas Say of Alden, Sir Pence Caſtle Baron, Iohn Lord Gray ſon to Regnalde L. Gray of Wilton, 1418. Sir Iohn Ludlow knight, Sir Richarde Derois knight, Richarde Gray knight, Iohn Aſhley knight, Robert Briſtow Eſquier, Thomas Perry Eſquier, Robert Tempeſt Eſquier, William Call, William Neddow.

In the olde Quier, lye Dame Margaret &c. Elienor Griſtles, Sir Iohn Brown knight, and Iohn his ſonne and heire, Sir Symon de Berforde knight, Peter Wigus Eſquier, Robert Mathew Eſquier, Sir Iohn Skargel knight, Sir Iohn Norice knight, Sir Geffrey Rooſe knight, Mathew Hadocke Eſquier, Williā Clarel Eſquier, Iohn Aprichard Eſquier, William Wentworth Eſquier,. Thom. Wicham Eſquier, Sir Terwhit knight, Sir Stephen Pophā knight, Baſtard de Scales, Henry Blunt Eſquier, Elizabeth Blunt, Iohn Swan Eſquier, Alice Foſtar one of heires of Sir Stephē Popham, Sir Robert Brocker, knight, Iohn Drayton Eſquier, Iohn ſon to Robert Chanlowes, and his daughter Katherine, Iohn Saluin Eſquier, William Hampton Eſquier, Iohn Bampton, Eſquier, Iohn Wintar Eſquier, Edmond Oldhall, VVilliam Appleyarde Eſquier, Thomas Dabby Eſquier, Sir Hugh Courtney knight, Iohn Drury ſon to Robert Drury, Elizabeth Gemerſey Gentlewoman, Sir Thomas Towneſend knight, Sir Richarde Greene knight, Wil- Y2 liam 324 Faringdon ward without liam Scot Eſquier, Thomas Federinghey, I. Fulforde Eſquier, Edwarde Eldſmere Gentleman, W. Hart Gentleman, Dame Mary Senelare, daughter to Sir Thomas Talbot knight, Ancher Eſquier, Sir William Moris knight, & Dame Chriſtian his wife, Sir Peter, de Mota knight, Richard Hewton Eſquier, Sir I. Heron knight, Richarde Eaton Eſquier, Hugh Stapleton Gentleman, VVilliam Copley Gentleman, Sir Ralph Saintwen knight, Sir Hugh Bromeflete, knight, Lord Veſſey principall founder of that order, the ſixt of Edward the fourth, &c.

This houſe was valued at 62. £. 7. . 3. ď. & was ſurrendred the tenth of Nouember, the 30. of Henry the eight.

In place of this Fryars church bee now many fayre houſes builded, lodginges for noble men and others. Then is the Sarieantes Inne, ſo called for that diuers Iudges and Sarieantes at the Law, keepe a Commons, and are lodged there in Terme times. Next is the New Temple, ſo called becauſe the Templars before the building of this houſe, had their Temple in Oldborne. This houſe was founded by the knightes Templars in England, in the raigne of Henry the ſecond, and the ſame was dedicated to God and our bleſſed Lady, by Heraclius, Patriarke of the Church, called the holy reſurrection in Iheruſalem, in the yeare of Chriſt, 1185.

Theſe knightes Templars tooke their beginning about the yeare 1118. in manner following. Certaine noble men, horſemen, religiouſly bent, bound by vow themſelues in the handes of the Patriarke of Iheruſalem, to ſerue Chriſt after the manner of Regular Chanons in chaſtitie & obedience, and to renounce their own proper wils for euer: ſhe firſt of which order were Hugh Paganus, and Geffery de S. Andomare. And whereas at the firſt they had no certaine habitation, Baldwin king of Ieruſalem, granted vnto them a dwelling place in his Pallace, by the Temple, and the Chanons of the ſame Temple, gaue them the ſtreete thereby to build there in their houſes of office, and the Patriarke, the king, the Nobles, and Prelates: gaue vnto them certaine reuenewes out of their Lordſhippes.

Their firſt profeſſion was for ſafegarde of the Pilgrimes comming to viſite the Sepulchre and to keepe the high waies a- gainſt Faringdon Warde without. 325 gainst the lying in waite of Theeues, &c. About ten yeares after they had a rule appointed vnto them, and a white Habite by Honorius then Pope, and whereas they had been but nine in number, they beganne to increaſe greatly. Afterwarde in Pope Eugenius time, they bare croſſes of red cloth on their vppermoſt garmentes, to be knowne by from others: and in ſhort time becauſe they had their firſt manſion hard by the Temple of our Lord in Ieruſalem, they were called knightes of the Temple.

Many noble men in all parts of Chriſtendome, became Brethren of this order, and builded for themſelues Temples in euery citie or great Towne. In England this was their cheife houſe, which they builded after the forme of the Temple, neare to the ſepulchre of our Lord at Ieruſalem, they had alſo an other Temple in Cambridge, one other in Briſtow, in Canterbury, Douer, Warwicke, & others in other places. This Temple in London, was often made a ſtorehouſe of mens Treaſure, I meane ſuch as feared the ſpoile there of in other places.

Mathew Paris noteth that in the yeare 1232. Huberte de Burgh Earle of Kent, being Priſoner in the Tower of London, the king was enformed that hee had much Treaſure layde vp in his new Temple, vnder the cuſtody of the Templars, whereupon he ſent for the maiſter of the Temple, and examined him ſtraightlie, who confeſſed that money being deliuered vnto him and his Brethren to be kept, he knew not how much there was of it, the king demanded to haue the ſame deliuered, but it was anſwered that the money being committed vnto their truſt, could not be deliuered without the licence of him that committed it, to Eccleſiaſticall protection, whereupon the king ſent his Treaſurer and Iuſticiar of the Exchequer vnto Hubert to require him to reſigne the money wholy into his handes, who anſwered that he would gladly ſubmit himſelfe, and all his vnto the kinges pleaſure, and thereupon deſired the knightes of the Temple in his behalfe to preſent all the keyes vnto the king to doe his pleaſure, with the goodes which he had committed vnto them. Then the king commanded the money to be faithfully tolde and laide vp in his Treaſure, by Inuentorie, wherein was found (beſides readie money) veſſels of gold, and ſiluer vnpraiſeable, and many pretious ſtones Y3 which 326 Faringdon warde without. which would make al men wonder, if they knew the worth of thē.

This Temple was againe dedicated 1240. belike alſo newlie reedified then.

Theſe Templars at this time were in ſo great glorie, that they entertayned the Nobilitie, forraine Ambaſſadors, and the Prince himſelfe, very often, inſomuch that Mathew Paris crieth out on them for their Pride, who being at the firſt ſo poore, as they had but one horſe to ſerue two of them, (in tokē whereof they gaue in their Seale, two men riding vpon one horſe,) yet ſuddainely they waxed ſo inſolent, that they diſdayned other orders, and ſorted themſelues with Noble men.

King Edwarde the firſt in the yeare 1163. taking with him Robert Waleran, and other came to the Temple, where calling for the Keeper of the Treaſure houſe, as if hee ment to ſee his mothers Iewels, that were laide vp there, to bee ſafely kept hee entred into the houſe, breaking the Coffers of certaine perſons that had likewiſe brought their money thether, and hee tooke away from thence to the valew of a thouſand pound.

Many Parliamentes and great Counſailes haue been there kept as may appeare by our hiſtories. In the yeare 1308. all the Templars in England as alſo in other parts of Chriſtendome were apprehended and committed to diuers priſons, In 1310. a prouinciall Counſaile was holden at London againſt the Templars, in England, vpon hereſie, and other Articles whereof they were accuſed, but denied all except one or two of them, notwithſtanding they all did confeſſe that they coulde not purge themſelues fully, as faultles, and ſo they were condemned to perpetuall pennance, in ſeuerall monaſteries, where they behaued themſelues modeſtly.

Phillip king of France procured their ouerthrow, throughout the whole world, and cauſed them to be condemned by a generall Counſaile to his aduantage, as he thought, for he beleeued to haue had all their landes in France, and therefore ſeazed the ſame into his handes, (as I haue read) cauſed the Templars to the number of foure and fifty, (or after Fabian threeſcore) to bee burned at Paris.

Edward 2. in the yere 1313. gaue vnto Aimor de Valence, Earle Faringdon warde without. 327 Earle of Penbrooke, the whole place and houſes called the New Temple at London, with the ground called Ficquetes Croft, and all the Tenementes and Rentes with the Appurtenances that belonged to the Templars in the Citie of London, and Suburbes thereof.

After Aimer de Valence (ſayeth Some) Hugh Spencer, vſurping the ſame held it during his life, by whoſe death it came againe to the handes of Edwarde the thirde, but in the meane time to wit, 1324. by a Counſaile holden at Vienna, all the landes of the Templars (leaſt the ſame ſhould be put to prophane vſes) were giuen to the knightes Hoſpitelars of the order of S. Iohn Baptiſt, called S. Iohn of Iheruſalem, which knightes had put the Turke out of the Iſle of Rhodes, and after wan vpon the ſaid Turke dayly for a long time.

The ſaide Edward the thirde therefore granted the ſame to the ſaide knightes, who poſſeſſed it, and in the eighteenth yeare of the ſaide kinges raigne, were forced to repayre the Bridge of the ſaide Temple. Theſe knightes had their head houſe for England by Weſt Smithfielde, and they in the raigne of the ſame Edward the third granted (for a certaine rent of x. pound by the yeare) the ſaid Temple, with the appertenants therevnto adioyning, to the ſtudents of the common Lawes of England: in whoſe poſſeſſion the ſame hath euer ſithence remained, and is now diuided into 2. houſes of ſeuerall ſtudents, by the name of Innes of Court, to witte, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple, who keep two ſeueral Hals, but they reſort al to ſaid Temple Church, in the round walke whereof (which is the Weſt part without the Quire) there remaineth monuments of Noble men there buried, to the number of xi. eight of them are Images of armed Knights, v. lying croſſe legged, as men vowed to the holy land, againſt the infidels and vnbeleeueing Iewes: the other three ſtraight legged: the reſt are coaped ſtones all of gray Marble: the firſt of the croſſe legged was William Marſhall the elder Earle of Pembroke, who died 1219. William Marſhall, his ſonne Earle of Penbroke was the ſecond, he died 1231. and Gilbert Marſhall his Brother, Earle of Penbroke, ſlaine in a Turnement of Hertford, beſides Ware, twentie miles from London, was the thirde he died in the Y4 yeare 328 Faringdon Warde without. yeare 1241.

After this Robert Roſe, otherwiſe called Furſan, being made a Templar in the yeare 1245. dyed and was buried there, and theſe are al that I can remember to haue read of. Sir Nicholas Hare, Maiſter of the Roles was buried there in the yere, 1557.

In the yeare 1581. the Rebelles of Eſſex, and of Kent, deſtroyed and plucked downe the houſes and lodginges of this Temple, took out of the Church the bookes & Records that were there in Hutches, of the Apprentizes of the Law, carried them into the ſtreetes, and there brent them, the houſe they ſpoiled and brent for wrath, that they bare Sir Robert Halles Lord Prior of S. Iohns in Smithfielde, but it was ſince againe at diuers times repayred, namely the gate houſe of the Middle Temple in the raigne of Henry the eight by Sir Amias Paulet knight, vpon occaſion as in my Annales I haue ſhewed. The greate hall of the Middle Temple, was new builded in the yeare 1572. in the raigne of our Queene Elizabeth.

This Temple Church hath a Maiſter, and foure Stipendarie, Prieſtes, with a Clarke, theſe for the miniſtration of diuine ſeruice there, haue ſtipendes allowed vnto them, out of the poſſeſſions and reuenewes of the late Hoſpitall and houſe of S. Iohns of Ieruſalem in England, as it had beene in the raigne of Edward the ſixt, and thus much for the ſaide New Temple the fartheſt weſt part of this warde, and alſo of this Citie for the Liberties thereof, which warde hath an Alderman, and his Deputies three: In Sepulchers pariſh common Counſaile ſix, Conſtables foure, Scauengers foure, Wardmote inqueſt twelue: S. Bridgetes pariſh, common Councellors eight, Conſtables eight, Scauengers eight, Wardmote inqueſt, twentie: in S. Androwes common Councell two, Conſtables two, Scauengers three, Wardmote inqueſt twelue. It is taxed to the fifteen in London, at 35. £. and in the Exchequer at 34. £. 20. .