French or Latin He knew the state of Foreign Princes perfectly and his own more He could call all Gentlemen of Account through his Kingdom by their Names And all this when he had scarce yet attained to the Age of Fifteen Years and dyed before Sixteen That from hence we may gather It is a sign of no long Life when the Faculties of the Mind are ripe so early His Pious and Religious Life was Remarkable as may be seen in the whole series of it and his Death was no less for the hour before he dyed he was over-heard to pray thus by himself O Lord God deliver me out of this miserable and wretched life O Lord thou knowest how happy it were for me to be with thee yet for thy Chosen's sake if it be thy Will send me life and health that I may truly serve thee O Lord God save thy chosen People in England and defend this Realm from PAPISTRY and maintain thy true Religion that I and my People may praise thy Holy Name for thy Son Jesus Christ's sake So turning his Face and seeing some by him he said I thought you had not been so nigh Yes said Dr. Owen we heard you speak to your self Then said the King I was praying to God I am faint Lord have mercy upon me and receive my Spirit And in so saying his blessed Spirit departed to take possession of an heavenly Crown when he had enjoyed an earthly Crown six years five months and nine days He was buried the 9th of August in Henry the Seventh's Chappel at Westminster near the Body of the said King Henry the Seventh his Grandfather This small Digression I hope will not be unacceptable to all true Christians being in memorial of that Peerless and Never-enough Bewailed Prince but he was too good for the World and rests now in endless Happiness In the year 1552 began the Repairing of the Gray-Fryers House for the poor Fatherless Children and in the month of November the Children were taken in to the same to the Number of almost 400. On Christmas-day in the Afternoon while the Lord Mayor and Aldermen Rode to Pauls the Children of Christs-Hospital from St. Lawrence-lane end in Cheapside towards Pauls all in one Livery of Russet-Cotton Three hundred and forty in Number and at Easter next they were in Blue at the Spittle and so they have continued ever since but they were this Year at St. Sepulchres This indeed was a work of extraordinary Piety and in my judgment it is a very Comely Sight to see the Poor Boys when they Sup all together with what Decency Order and Neatness they are serv'd and Governed by the respective Persons in that Office how plentifully they are provided with good Dyet Washing Lodging and Learning to fit them for business which the City takes care to settle them in according to their respective Capacities and it is known that many of them came to be Men of Note Wealth and great Usefulness in their Countrey Christs-Hospital Bridewel and St. Thomas are Incorporated by the Names of the Mayor Commonalty and Commons of the City of London Governors of the Possessions Revenues and Goods of the Hospitals of Edward King of England the Sixth oâ— Christ Bridewel and St. Thomas the Apostleâ— c. St. Bartholomew-Hospital is Incorporated by thâ— Name of the Mayor Commonalty and Citizens 〈◊〉 the City of London Governors of the Hospital 〈◊〉 the Poor called Little Saint Bartholomews near to West-Smithfield of the Foundation of King Henry the Eighth In the Year 1533 the 10th of April Sir George Barnâ— being Mayor of this City was sent for to the Court at Wâ—itehall where the King gave him 〈◊〉 was said his House of Bridewel and 700 Marks of Land late belonging to Savoy Hospital and all the Bedding and other Furniture c. for Bridewel and St. Thomas in Southwark The Gift was confirmed by Charter dated June 26. following And in the Year 1555 Sir William Gerrard Lord Mayor and the Aldermen entred Bridewel and took possession thereof according to the Gift of the said King Edward the same being confirmed by Queen Mary This Bridewel is now buâ—lt in a very curious and stately manner To reckon up the several Eminent and Bountiful Benefactors to these Hospitals would be endless they except some that would be concealed are to be found in the Records of those places to which the Reader is referred Only it being a very singular Example of Honesty Industry and Piety not to detract in the least from any Worthy and Bountiful Benefactor I will Remark one Richard Castel oâ— Castellâ—r Shoemaker dwelling in Westminster a Man of great labour and care in his Faculty with his own hands so that he was called the Cock of Westminster because both Winter and Summer he was at his Work before Four a Clock in the morning This Man thus honestly and painfully labouring for his Living God blessed and increased his Labours so â—bundantly that he purchased Lands and Tenements â—n Westminster to the yearly value of 44 l. And having no Child with the consent of his Wife who survived him and was a virtuous good Woman gave the same Lâ—â—ds wholly to Christs-Hospital aforesaid to the Relief of the Innocent and Fatherless Children and for the Succor of the Miserable Sore and Sick harboured in other Hospitals about London Sir William Chester Kt. and Alderman of London and John Calthrop Citizen and Draper of the same City at their own proper Costs and Charges â—â—ade the Brick-Walls and Way on the Back-side which leadeth from the said New Hospital unto the Hospital of St. Bartholomew and also covered and vaulted the Town-Ditch from Aldersgate to Newgate which before was very Noisom and Contagiouâ— to the said Hospital Sir Rowland Hill Lord Mayor in the 3d Year of this King besides many large and bountiful Charities on other things gave this Hospital 500 l. in his Life and 100 l. at his Death In the Year 1552 the Citizens of London having purchased the void suppressed Hospital of St. Thomas in Southwark in the Month of July began the Reparations thereof for Poor Impotent Lame and Diseased People so that in November following the Sick and Lame were taken in II. Of all the Hospitals that ever were Founded in Christendom there is none can parallel that of Thomas Sutton Esq called Sutton's Hospital which will commend to all succeeding Posterity the duely deserved Praises of that truely Worthy and Never-to-be-forgotten Gentleman the Phoenix of Charity in our Times The Dissolved Charter-house by West-Smithfield belonging to the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Suffolk after Lord Treasurer of England is sufficiently known to be a very large and goodly Mansion beautified with spacious Gardens Walks Orchards and other Pleasures Enriched with divers Dependencies of Lands and Tenements thereunto belonging and very aptly seated for wholesom Air and several other Commodities All which Commodiousness of Situation and largeness of Circuit gave occasion to this well minded Gentleman
tres plus compleverat annis Nam tribus octensis Regia Sceptra tulit Quindecies Domini centenus fluxerat annus Currebat nonus cum venit atra Dies Septima termensis lux tunc fulgebat Aprilis Cum Clausit summam tanta Corona Diem Nulla Dedere prius tantum tibi saecula Regem Anglia vix similem posteriora Dabunt This Church is famous for the Monuments and Tombs of our Kings Queens Nobility and other eminent Men as Sebert the first Christian King of the Eastâ— Saxons Harold the Bastard Son of Canutus the Dane King of England King Edward the Confessor and his Queen Edith Maud Wife to King Henry the First the Daughter of Malcolm King of Scots Henry the 3. and his Son King Edward the 1. with Eleanor his Wife daughter to Ferdinando the first King of Castile and Leon. King Edward the 3. and Philippa of Henault his Wife King Henry the 5. with Katherine his Wife Daughter to King Charles the 6. of France Anne Wife to King Richard 3. Daughter to Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick King Henry the 7. with his Wife Elizabeth Daughter to King Edward the 4. and his Mother Margaret Countess of Richmond King Edward the sixth that most Religious and truly Vertuous Prince who lyeth under the Brass richly Gilded Altar most curiously wrought with Excellent Workmanship Anne of Cleave the 4 th Wife of King Henry the Eight Queen Mary and the Renowned Queen Elizabeth upon the Remove of whose Body from Richmond where She Dyed to White-Hall by Water these Lines were Written which may for their Elegancy and in Remembrance of that most Illustrious Protestant Queen be inserted The Queen was brought by Water to White-Hall At every stroake the Oars their tears let fall More clung about the Barge Fish under water Wept out their Eyes of Pearl swam blindly after I think the Barge-men might with easier Thighs Have row'd her thither in her Peoples Eyes For howsoe'er thus much my thoughts have scann'd Sh 'ad come by Water had she come by Land Prince Henry eldest Son of King James the First Monarch of Great Britain King James Himself and Queen Ann his Wife and the first Male born of King Charles the First dying an Infant Of Dukes and Earls and Lords Degree Edmund Earl of Lancaster second Son of King Henry the Third and his Lady Aveline de fortibus Countess of Albemarle William and Andomar of Valente of the Family of Lusignian Earls of Pembrooke Alphonsus John and other Children of King Edward the first John of Eltham Earl of Cornwall Son to King Edward the Second Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester the youngest Son of Edward the Third with other of his Children Eleanor Daughter and Heir of Humphry Bâ—hun Earl of Hereford and of Essex Wife to Thomas of Woodstock The young Daughter of Edward the Fourth And King Henry the Seventh Henry a Child of two months old Son of King Henry the Eighth Sâ—phia the Daughter of King James who died as it were in the first Day-dawning of her Age. Philippa Mohun Dutchess of York Robert of Henault in right of his Wife Lord Bourchier Ann the young Daughter and Heir of John Mowbraâ— Duke of Norfolk promised in Marriage unto Richard Duke of York younger Son to King Edward the Fourth Sir Giles Dawbny Lord Chamberlain to King Henry the Seventh and his Wife of the House of the Arundels in Cornwall John Viscount Wells Frances Brandon Dutchess of Suffolk Mary her Daughter Margaret Douglas Countess of Lenex Grandmother to James King of Great Britain with Charles her Son Winefrid Bruges Marchioness of Winchester Ann Stanhope Dutchess of Somerset and Jane her Daughter Ann Cecil Countess of Oxford Daughter to the Lord Burleigh Lord High-Treasurer of England with Mildred Burghley her Mother Elizabeth Berkly Countess of Ormond Frances Sidney Countess of Sussex James Butler Viscount Thurles Son and Heir to the Earl of Ormond Besides these Humphry Lord Bourchier of Cornwall Sir Humphry Bourchier Son and Heir to the Lord Bourchier of Berners both slain at Barnetfield Sir Nicholas Carew Baron Powis Thomas Lord Wentworth Thomas Lord Wharton John Lord Russel Sir Thomas Bromley Lord Chancellor of England Douglas Howard Daughter and Heir General of Henry Viscount Howard of Bindon Wife to Sir Arthur Gorges Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Edward Earl of Rutland Wife to William Cecil Sir John Puckering Lord-Keeper of the Great Seal of England Frances Howard Countess of Hartford Henry and George Cary the Father and Son Barons of Hunsdon both Lords Chamberlains to Queen Elizabeth The Heart of Ann Sophia the Daughter of Christopher Harley Count Beaumont Ambassador for the King of France in England bestowed within a small Gilt Urn over a Pyramid Sir Charles Blunt Earl of Devonshire Lord-Lieutenant-General of Ireland Geoffrey Chaucer the Prince of English Poets in his time Edmund Spencer an eminent Poet. William Cambden Clarencieux King of Arms. Causabon the Famous French Writer Michael Drayton c. Then there is George Villiers Duke Marquiss and Earl of Buckingham Favourite to King James and King Charles the First Also the Earl of Essex and several others Interr'd there during His present Majesties Absence from His Government There is also Interr'd George Duke of Albemarle Father to his Grace the present Duke whose Funerals were Solemnly performed the Thirtieth of April 1670. The Dutchess of Albemarle was also Interr'd in King Henry the Sevenths Chappel the twenty eighth of February 1669. in Westminster Church There is likewise Interr'd that Celebrated Poet Mr. Abraham Cowley under a Monument of Exquisite Curiosity at the Charges of his Grace the Noble Duke of Buckingham Having done with Westminster-Abby we shall give a Brief account of the other Churches Alphabetically as they were before the Fire And of such as are Re-built which are now far more Durable and Stately than before the Reader may expect an Account hereafter I. St. Albans Church in Woodstreet is of great Antiquity being Dedicated to St. Albans the first Martyr of England Another mark of Antiquity was to be seen in the manner of the turning the Arches in the Windows and heads of the Pillars There were also Roman Bricks found inlay'd here and there among the Stones of the Building it was Anno 1632. being wonderfully decay'd pull'd down in order to be Re-built In it were diverse Monuments which for brevity sake are omitted II. On the North side of the East end of Tower-street is the Parish-Church called All-hallows Barkin a very fair Church standing in a large Church-Yard on the North side whereof was built a fair Chappel by King Richard the first whose heart 't is said was buryed there under the high Altar This Chappel was Augmented by King Edward the first And a fraternity setled there by King Edward the fourth King Richard the third new Built it and founded therein a Colledge of Priests which was suppressed in the Year 1548. in the Second of Edward the sixth and the Ground made
and Children with the Arms belonging unto them Upon the story of 1588 were these Verses Star-gazing Wizards sate upon this year Matter of wonder and did threaten fear Towards us insomuch that Rome and Spain This Land accounted their assured gain But mark how God did quite their hepes confound Both ships and men we did see flee and drown'd Queen Elizabeth's Monument Marvel not why we do erect this Shrine Since Dedicated in to Worth Divine Religion Arts with Policy and Arms Did all concur in Her most Happy Reign To keep God's Church and us from Plotted Harms Contriv'd by Romish Wits and force of Spain The Powder-Plot 1605. When Force could not prevail nor Plots abroad Could have Success Sin now invents new Fraud Guy Faux is sent Ambassador to Styx And thence returning furnisheth with Tricks His damned Crew who forthwith all conclude To blow up King the State and Multitude The Great Plague 1625. The Story 's past God's blessings to the State Do clearly shew but sure we were Ingrate For now behold instead of sweet protection Thousands are swept away by foul Infection But mark God's mercy in midst of greatest crys He sheath'd his Sword and wip't tears from our eys The Founder's Figure with their Wife Children and Arms. These Ensigns which you see and Monument Are not so much to represent The Founder's Person as his zealous care T' express God's Love and Mercies rare To this his Vineyard for to that sole end Did he these Stories thus commend To After-Ages that in their Distress They might God's Goodness still express LXXX In the main Body of Cheap-Ward stands the Parish-Church called St. Mildred Poultrey The Founder is not to be read in any credible Record but it appears by certain ancient Evidences of the said Church that from the beginning it had not so much spare ground about it as to make a Church-yard of until Anno 1420. And the 8 of H. 5. Thomas Morstead Esq and Chyrurgeon to the Kings H. 4. H. 5. H. 6. and afterwards Anno 1436. was Sheriff and Alderman of London gave unto the Church a parcel of Ground lying between his dwelling House and the said Church adjoining to it towards the North to make a Burying place of containing from the course of Walbrook towards the West 45 Foot and in Breadth from the Church towards the North 35 Foot Besides other Monuments here was one for Queen Elizabeth with several Copies of Verses some of which are before recited for there were Monuments for Her in several Churches and She well deserved it as being a most Heroick Princess that check'd the Plots and Incroachments of the Pope and his Adherents and is therefore to be perpetuated to Posterity and therefore what we have not elsewhere met with shall be inserted On the top of the Monument were these Lines If Prayers or Tears of Subjects had prevail'd To save a Princess through the World esteem'd Then Atropos in Cutting here had fail'd And had not cut her thrâ—ad but been redeem'd But pale fac'd Death and cruel Churlish Fate To Prince and People brings the latest Date Yet spight of Death and Fate fame will display Her Gracious Vertues through the World for aye Under Her were these Verses Th' Admired Empress through the World applauded For Supream Vertues Rarest imitation Whose Scepters Rule Fames loud voto'd Trumpet lauded Vnto the Ears of every Foreign Nation Canopied under powerful Angels Wings To her Immortal Praise sweet Science sings LXXXI The Parish-Church of St. Nicholas-Acons in Lumbard-street in Langborn-Ward was Repaired and Imbattled by Sir John Bridges Draper and Lord Mayor Anno 1520 who was buried there It was afterwards Repaired and Beautified at the Charge of the Parish Anno 1615. There was the Monument of John Hall Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers who dyed the Nineteenth of November 1618. Aged Ninety three Years and Fifty eight Years a House keeper in that Parish and had Twenty seven Children all born there LXXXII Towards the West-end of Knight-Riders-street in Queen-Hith-Ward is the Parish-Church called St. Nicholas Cole-Abbey formerly Cold-Abbey which was an Antient and proper Church In the Twenty sixth of Edward the III. Thomas Frere Fishmonger gave a piece of Ground to the said Parish-Church of St. Nicholas containing Eighty Six Foot in Length Forty three Foot at one end and Thirty four at another in Breadth for a Burying place or Church-Yard It was Repaired and Beautified at the cost of the Parish Anno 1630. LXXXIII On the West-end of Bread-street-Hill also in Queen-Hith-Ward is the Parish-Church called St. Nicholas Olave wherein were divers Monuments Thomas Lewen Ironmonger Alderman and one of the Sheriffs 1537 gave his Messuage with Fourteen Tenements in the said Parish to the Ironmongers and they to give Stipends to Alms-Men in Five Houses built in the Church-Yard of that Parish His Monument with Agnes his Wife was Revived and Beautified at the Charge of the Right Worshipful Company of Ironmongers Anno 1623. LXXXIV At the North-west corner of Sydon-Lane in Tower-street-Ward is the handsom Parish-Church called St. Olave Hartstreet in which were many Monuments It was Repaired and Richly Beautified at the Parish Charges in the Years 1632 and 1633 at the cost of above Four hundred thirty seven pound LXXXV In the Street called the Old Jewry in Coleman-street-Ward is the Parish-Church called St. Olave Jewry in old Records called St. Olave Vpwell in which were several Monnments LXXXVI At the North-end of Noble-street in Alders-gate-Ward is the Parish-Church called St. Olave Silver-street It was New built in the Year 1609 and inlarged in Breadth above seven Foot and Anno 1619 Repaired and Beautified and inriched with a Fair Gallery Anno 1632. LXXXVII In Needlers-lane in Cheap-Ward is the Parish-Church called St. Pancras Soper-lane Here was a fair Monument of James Huâ—sh Citizen and Grocer of London who by two Wives had twenty nine Children he dyed the twentieth of August 1590. he was a good Man and Charitable upon his Tomb was an Elegant Latin Epitaph Mr. Thomas Chapman in the Year 1617 gave a very fair and costly Table bearing the Figure of the Monument of the Renowned QVEEN ELIZABETH LXXXVIII At the South-West corner of Wood-street in Farringdon-Ward within is the handsom Parish-Church called St. Peter-Cheap In which are but few Monuments Sir John Shaw Goldsmith and Lord Mayor deceased 1503 appointed by his Testament the said Church and Steeple to be New built at his cost with a flat Roof Yet Thomas Wood Goldsmith of the Sheriffs 1491 iâ— accounted a Principal Benefactor because the Rooâ— of the middle Ile was supported by Images of Wood-Men It was Repaired and Beautified at the charge of the Parish in the Years 1616 and 1617 which came to 314 l. LXXXIX The Parish-Church of St. Peters in Cornhil is an antient building there is in that Church a Table fast chained wherein it is said thâ— Anno 179 King Lucius founded this Church anâ— made it an Archbishops See