John Wade John Warner King Henry the IV. began His Reign the 29. of September 1399. 1399 1 Sir Thomas Knolls William Waldren William Hende 1400 2 Sir John Francis John Wakel William Ebot 1401 3 Sir John Shadworth William Venor John Fremingham 1402 4 John Walcot Richard Marlow Robert Chichely 1403 5 Sir William Ascham Thomas Falconer Thomas Pool 1404 6 John Hinde William Louth Stephen Spilman 1405 7 Sir John Woodcock Henry Barton William Cromer 1406 8 Sir Ric. Whittington Nicholas Watton Geoffry Brooke 1407 9 Sir William Stondon Henry Pontfract Henry Halton 1408 10 Sir Drew Barentine Thomas Buck. William Norton 1409 11 Richard Marlow John Law William Chicheley 1410 12 Sir Thomas Knolls John Penne. Thomas Pike 1411 13 Sir Robert Chicheley John Rainwell William Cotton 1412 14 William Waldren Ralph Lovenham William Sevenoke King Henry the Fifth began his Reign the 20th of March 1412. 1413 1 Sir William Cromar John Sutton John Michael 1414 2 Sir Thomas Falconer John Michael Thomas Allen. 1415 3 Sir Nicholas Wotton William Cambridge Alan Everard 1416 4 Sir Henry Barton Richard Whittington John Coventry 1417 5 Richard Marlow Henry Read John Gedney 1418 6 William Sevenoke Jo. Bryan Jo. Barton John Parvess 1419 7 Sir Rich. Whittington Robert Whittington John Butler 1420 8 William Cambridge John Butler John Well 1421 9 Sir Robert Chicheley Richard Gosseline William Meston King Henry the Sixth began his Reign the 31th of August 1422. A.D.A.R. Lord MAYORS SHERIFFS 1422 1 Sir William Waldren William Eastfield Robert Tatarsal 1423 2 William Cromar Nicholas James Thomas Watford 1424 3 John Michael Simon Seaman John Bywater 1425 4 John Coventry William Milled John Brokle 1426 5 Sir John Rainwell John Arnal John Higham 1427 6 Sir John Gedney Henry Frowick Robert Otely 1428 7 Sir Henry Barton Thomas Duffhouse John Abbot 1429 8 Sir William Eastfield William Russe Ralph Holland 1430 9 Nicholas Wotton Walter Cherssey Robert Large 1431 10 Sir John de Welles John Aderley Stephen Brown 1432 11 Sir John Parveis John Olney John Paddeslye 1433 12 Sir John Brokle Thomas Chalton John King 1434 13 Sir Roger Oteley Thomas Barnewell Simon Eyre 1435 14 Sir Henry Frowick Thomas Catworth Robert Clopton 1436 15 Sir John Michael Thomas Moriseed William Gregory 1437 16 Sir William Eastfield William Hales William Chapman 1438 17 Sir Stephen Brown Hugh Dyker Nicholas Towe 1439 18 Robert Large Philip Malphas Robert Marshal 1440 19 Sir John Paddesley John Sutton William Wilinhale 1441 20 Robert Clopton William Combis Richard Rich. 1442 21 John Aderley Thomas Beaumont Richard Nordon 1443 22 Thomas Catworth Nicholas Wyford John Norman 1444 23 Sir Henry Frowick Stephen Foster Hugh Witch 1445 24 Sir Simon Eyre John Darby Godfrey Fielding 1446 25 John Olney Robert Horne Godfrey Bullen 1447 26 Sir John Gedney William Abraham Thomas Scot. 1448 27 Sir Stephen Brown William Cotlow William Narrow 1449 28 Sir Thomas Chalton William Hulin Thomas Canning 1450 29 Nicholas Wilford John Middleton William Dear 1451 30 Sir William Gregory Matthew Philip Christopher Wharton 1452 31 Sir Geoffry Fielding Richard Lee Richard Alley 1453 32 Sir John Norman John Walden Thomas Cook 1454 33 Sir Stephen Foster John Field William Taylor 1455 34 Sir William Marrow John Young Thomas Oâ—dgnavâ— 1456 35 Sir Thomas Canning John Styward Ralph Verney 1457 36 Sir Godfrey Bullen William Edward Thomas Reynor 1458 37 Sir Thomas Scot. Ralph Joceline Richard Medham 1459 38 Sir William Hulin John Plummer John Stocker 1460 39 Sir Richard Lee. Richard Flemming John Lambert Edward the Fourth began his Reign the 4th of March 1460. 1461 1 Sir Hugh Witch George Ireland John Lock 1462 2 Sir Thomas Cook William Hampton Bartholomew James 1463 3 Sir Matthew Philip. Robert Basset Thomas Muschamp 1464 4 Sir Ralph Joceline John Tate John Stones 1465 5 Sir Ralph Verney Henry weaver William Constantine 1466 6 Sir John Young Jo. Brown Hen. Brice John Darby 1467 7 Sir Thomas Oldgrave Thomas Stalbrook Humphrey Heyford 1468 8 Sir William Taylor Simon Smith William Herriot 1469 9 Sir Richard a Lee. Richard Gardner Robert Drope 1470 10 Sir John Stackton John Crosby John Ward 1471 11 Sir William Edwards John Allen. John Shelley 1472 12 Sir Will. Hampton John Brown Thomas Bledlow 1473 13 Sir John Tate Sir William Stocker Robert Belisdon 1474 14 Sir Robert Drope Edmund Shaa Thomas Hill 1475 15 Sir Robert Basse Hugh Brice Robert Colwich 1476 16 Sir Ralph Joceline Richard Rawson William Horn. 1477 17 Sir Humph. Heyford Henry Collet John Stocker 1478 18 Sir Richard Gardner Robert Harding Robert Bifield 1479 19 Sir Bartholom James Thomas Ilam John Ward 1480 20 Sir John Brown Thomas Daniel William Bacon 1481 21 Sir William Herrot Robert Tate Richard Charey Will. Wiking 1482 22 Sir Edmund Shaa William White John Matthew Edward the Fifth began his Reign the 9th of April 1483. Richard the Third began his Reign the 22d of June 1483. 1483 1 Sir Robert Billesdon Thomas Newland William Martin 1484 2 Sir Thomas Hill Richard Chester Tho. Brittain Ralph Astry King Henry the Seventh began his Reign the 22d of August 1485. A.D.A.R. Lord MAYORS SHERIFFS 1485 1 Sir Hugh Brice John Tate John Swan 1486 2 Sir Henry Collet John Percival Hugh Clopton 1487 3 Sir William Horne John Fenket William Remington 1488 4 Sir Robert Tate William Isaac Ralph Tilney 1489 5 Sir William White William Capel John Brook 1490 6 John Matthew Henry Cote or Coote R. Revell Hugh Pemberton 1491 7 Sir Hugh Clopton Tho. Wood. William Brown 1492 8 Sir William Martin William Purchase William Walbeck 1493 9 Sir Ralph Austry Robert Fabian John Winger 1494 10 Sir Richard Chawril Nicholas Alwin John Warner 1495 11 Sir Henry Collet Thomas Kneesworth Henry Sommer 1496 12 Sir John Tate John Shaa Richard Hedon 1497 13 Sir William Purchase Barth Rede Thomas Windew or Windout 1498 14 Sir John Percival Thomas Bradbury Stephen Gennings 1499 15 Sir Nicholas Aldwine James Wilford Tho. or Rich. Brond 1500 16 William Remington John Haws William Steed 1501 17 Sir John Shaa Lawrence Aylmer Henry Hede. 1502 18 Sir Bartholomew Rede Henry Keble Nicholas Nives 1503 19 Sir William Capel Christopher Haws Robert Wats 1504 20 Sir John Winger Roger Acheley William Browne 1505 21 Sir Tho. Kneisworth Richard Shoare Roger Grove 1506 22 Sir Richard Haddon William Coppinger T. Johnson Will. Fitz-Williams 1507 23 Sir William Brown W. Butler John Kerby 1508 24 Sir Stephen Jennings Thomas Exmuel Richard Smith Henry the VIII began His Reign the 22d of April 1509. 1509 1 Tho. Bradbury Sir William Capel George Monox John Doget 1510 2 Sir Henry Kebble John Milborne John Rest 1511 3 Sir Roger Acheley Nicholas Shelton Thomas Merfine 1512 4 Sir Will. Coppinger Sir Rich. Haddon Robert Holdernes Robert Fenrother 1513 5 Sir William Brown Joh. Daws Jo. Bruges Roger Bosford 1514 6 Sir George Monox James Yarford John Mundy 1515 7 Sir William Butler Henry Warley Ri. Gray Will. Bayly 1516 8
Sir John Rest Thomas Seymour John or Ri. Thurstone 1517 9 Sir Thomas Exmewe Thomas Baldrie Ralph or Ri. Symons 1518 10 Sir Thomas Merfine John Allen. James Spencer 1519 11 Sir James Yarford John Wilkinson Nicholas Patrich 1520 12 Sir John Burgh John Skevington John Kyme ali Keble 1521 13 Sir John Milbourn J. Breton or Brittain Thomas Pargiter 1522 14 Sir John Mundy John Rudston John Champnies 1523 15 Sir Thomas Baldrie Michael English Nicholas Jennings 1524 16 Sir William Bayly Ralph Dodmere William Roche 1525 17 Sir John Allen. J. Caunton or Calton Christopher Askew 1526 18 Sir Thomas Seymour Stephen Peacock Nicholas Lambert 1527 19 Sir James Spencer John Hardy William Hollys 1528 20 Sir John Rudstone Ralph Warren John Long. 1529 21 Sir Ralph Dodmere Michael Dormer Walter Champion 1530 22 Sir Thomas Pargiter W. Dawsey or Dancy Richard Champion 1531 23 Sir Nicholas Lambert Richard Gresham Edward Altham 1532 24 Sir Stephen Peacock R. Reynolds J. Martin N. Pincâ—on J. Priest 1533 25 Sir Christoph Askew William Foreman Thomas Kitson A.D.A.R. Lord MAYORS SHERIFFS 1534 26 Sir John Champneis Nicholas Levison William Derham 1535 27 Sir John Allen. Humphr Monmouth John Cotes 1536 28 Sir Ralph Warren Robert or Rich. Paget William Bowyer 1537 29 Sir Richard Gresham John Gresham Thomas Lewin 1538 30 Sir Will. Foreman Will. Wilkinson Nicholas Gibson 1539 31 Sir William Hollys Thomas Ferrer Thomas Huntlow 1540 32 Sir William Roch. William Laxton Martin Bows 1541 33 Sir Michael Dormer Rowland Hill Henry Suckley 1542 34 Sir John Cotes Henry Hobblethorn Henry Amcoats 1543 35 Sir William Bowyer John Tholouse Richard Dobbes 1544 36 Sir William Laxton John Wilford Andrew Judâ— 1545 37 Sir Martin Bows George Barne Ralph Allen or Alley 1546 38 Sir Hen. Hobblethorn Richard Jarveis Thomas Curteis King Edward the VI. began His Reign the 28th of January 1546. 1547 1 Sir John Gresham Thomas White Robert Chertsey 1548 2 Sir Henry Amcoats William Lock Sir John Ayleph 1549 3 Sir Rowland Hill John York Richard Turk 1550 4 Sir Andrew Jud. Augustine Hind John Lion 1551 5 Sir Richard Dobbs John Lambert John Cowper 1552 6 Sir George Barne Wi. Garret or Gerard. John Maynard Queen Mary began Her Reign July the 6th 1553. 1553 1 Sir Thomas White Thomas Offley William Hewet 1554 2 Sir John Lion David Woodroffe William Chester 1555 3 Sir William Garret or Gerard. Tho. Lee or Leigh John Machel 1556 4 Sir Thomas Offley William Harper John White 1557 5 Sir Thomas Curteis Richard Mallory James Altham 1558 6 Sir Tho. Lee or Leigh John Halsey Richard Champion Queen Elizabeth began Her Reign the 17th of November 1558. 1559 1 Sir William Hewel Thomas Lodge Roger Martin 1560 2 Sir William Chester Christopher Draper Thomas Roe 1561 3 Sir William Harper Alexand. Avenon Humphry Baskervile 1562 4 Sir Thomas Lodge William Allen. Rich. Chamberlain 1563 5 Sir John White Edward Banks Rowland Heyward 1564 6 Sir Richard Mallory Edward Jackman Lionel Ducket 1565 7 Sir Rich. Champion John Rivers James Hawes 1566 8 Sir Christoph Draper Richard Lambert Ambrose Nicholas Jo-Langley 1567 9 Sir Roger Martin Tho. Ramsey John Bond. 1568 10 Sir Thomas Roe Jo. Oliph Ro. Harding James Bacon 1569 11 Sir Alexand. Avenan Henry Beecher William Dane 1570 12 Sir Rowland Heyward Francis Barneham William Box. 1571 13 Sir William Allen. Henry Mills John Branch 1572 14 Sir Lionel Duckes Richard Pipe Nicholas Woodroffe 1573 15 Sir John Rivers James Harvey T. Pulloccel of Pullison 1574 16 Sir James Haws Thomas Blanke Anthony Gamage 1575 17 Sir Ambrose Nicholas Edward Osborne Wolstane Dixie 1576 18 Sir John Langley William Kempton George Barne 1577 19 Sir Tho. Ramsey Nicholas Blackhouse Francis Bowyer 1578 20 Sir Richard Pipe George Bond. Thomas Starkie 1579 21 Sir Nich. Woodroffe Martin Calthrop John Hart. 1580 22 Sir John Branch Ralph Woodcock John Allot 1581 23 Sir James Harvey Richard Martin William Webb 1582 24 Sir Thomas Blanke Will. Roe Jo. Haydon Cuthbert Buckle 1583 25 Sir Edward Osborne William Mashaw John Spencer 1584 26 Sir Thomas Pulloccell Stephen Slaney Henry Billingsley 1585 27 Sir Wolstane Dixie Anthony Ratcliff Henry Pranel 1586 28 Sir George Barne George House William Elkin 1587 29 Sir George Bond. Thomas Skinner John Catcher 1588 30 Sir Martin Calthrop Sir Richard Martin Hugh Offley Richard Saltonstall 1589 31 Sir John Hart. Richard Gurney Stephen Some 1590 32 Sir John Allot Sir Howland Heyward Nicholas Mosely Robert Brook 1591 33 Sir William Webb Will. Rider Bennet or Benedict Barnham 1592 34 Sir William Roe Jo. Garret or Gerard. Robert Taylor 1593 35 Sir Cuthbert Buckle Sir Richard Martin Paul Banning Peter Haughton 1594 36 Sir John Spencer Robert Lee. Thomas Bennet 1595 37 Sir Stephen Slaney Thomas Roe Leonard Hallyday 1596 38 Sir Thomas Skinner Sir Henry Billingsley John Walls Richard Goddard 1597 39 Sir Rioh Saltonstal Henry Roe John More 1598 40 Sir Stephen Some Edward Holmdon Robert Hampson 1599 41 Sir Nicholas Mosely Humphrey Walde Roger Clark 1600 42 Sir William Rider Th. Smith Th. Cambel William Craven 1601 43 Sir John Garret or Gerrard Henry Anderson William Glover 1602 44 Sir Robert Lee. James Pemberton John Swinnerton King James began His Reign the Twenty Fourth of March 1602. 1603 1 Sir Thomas Bennet Sir William Rumney Sir Tho. Middleton 1604 2 Sir Thomas Low Sir Tho. Hayes Sir Roger Jones 1605 3 Sir Leonard Holyday Sir Clem. Scudamore Sir John Jâ—lles 1606 4 Sir John Wats William Walthal John Leman 1607 5 Sir Henry Row Geoffry Elves Nicholas Style 1608 6 Sir Humphrey Weld George Bolls Richard Farrington 1609 7 Sir Thomas Cambel Sebastian Harvey William Cockaine 1610 8 Sir William Craven Richard Pyal Francis Jones 1611 9 Sir James Pemberton Edward Barkham John Smiths 1612 10 Sir John Swinnerton Edward Rotheram Alexander Prescot 1613 11 Sir Tho. Middleton Thomas Bennet Henry Jay 1614 12 Sir Thomas Hayes Peter Proby Martin Lumley 1615 13 Sir John Jolles William Goare John Goare 1616 14 Sir John Leman Allen Cotton Cuthbert Hacket 1617 15 Sir George Bolles William Holyday Robert Johnson 1618 16 Sir Sebastian Harvey Richard Hearn Hugh Hammersley 1619 17 Sir William Cockain Richard Dean James Cambel 1620 18 Sir Francis Jones Edward Allen. Robert Ducie 1621 19 Sir Edw. Barkham George Whitmore Nicholas Raynton 1622 20 Sir Peter Proby John Hodges Sir Hump. Hantford 1623 21 Sir Martin Lumley Ralph Freeman Thomas Mounson 1624 22 Sir John Goare Rowland Heilin Robert Parkhurst King CHARLES the I. began His Reign the Twenty Seventh of March in the Year 1625. 1625 1 Sir Allen Cotten Thomas Westraw Elias Crisp died Jo. Pool Chr. Cletherow after 1626 2 Sir Cuthbert Hacket Edward Bromfield Richard Fen. 1627 3 Sir Hugh Hamersly Maurice Abbot Henry Garraway 1628 4 Sir Richard Dean Rowland Backhouse Sir William Acton Knight and Bar. 1629 5 Sir James Cambel Humphry Smith Edmund Wright 1630 6 Sir Robert Ducie Bar. Arthur Abdy Robert Cambel 1631 7 Sir
the Two Compters To Ludgate and Newgate To the Poor of this Parish To St. John-Baptist's Colledge in Oxford To Queen Elizabeths-Hospital at Bristol c. He Dyed the Second day of May 1612. at the Age of Ninety Years His Arms under him Three Doves He lived Vertuously all his Life and Dyed a sincere Professor of the True Christian Protestant Religion in the Eleventh of King JAMES who is remembred as being a Worthy Example to the living and deserves a Memorial in All Ages VIII The Parish-Church of St. Buttolph-Bishops-gate in Bishops-Gate-Ward stands in a Fair Church-Yard adjoyning to the Town-Ditch upon the very Bank thereof inclosed with a comely Wall of Brick Repaired by Sir William Allen Lord Mayor Anno 1571. Because he was born in that Parish where also he was buryed Mrs. Wood the Wife of Robert Wood gave large Gifts and Legacies to this Parish she Dyed November the twenty fifth 1600 and lyes buried there John Heyward Citizen and Alderman of London by his last Will and Testament Inrolled in the Court of Hustings in the Guild-Hall of London Anno 13th of Edward the IV. gave 25 Quarters of Charcoals Yearly to be delivered by the Company of Tallow-Chandlers betwixt the first of November and the twenty fifth of December with a Penalty of Forfeiture of twenty shillings for the first quarter if they be not Delivered as aforeâ—aith forty shillings for the second quarter four pound for the third quarter and eight pound for the whole Year if they be not delivered and so double still from quarter to quarter if defect of Payment herein be made John Bricket Citizen and Tooth-Drawer by Will dated the Eleventh of Feb. 1554. gave for ever Twelve Sacks of Charcoals to the Poor of this Parish to be paid at Easter Mrs. Mary Wilkinson gave them Sixty Quarters of Coals to be paid in November and December for ever provided that out of each Load being Four in all Thirty Quarters being two Loads the Overseers of the Precinct of Norton-Folgate shall have Ten Sacks to be by them given to the Poor of that Preâ—inct Sir William Allen gave thirty shillings for ever to be distributed by the Ironmongers to the Poor in Bread every Year Sir Stephen Scudamore Twenty shillings paid likewise by the Company of Vintners Mary Webster gave ten shillings for ever so be paid to the Poor on St. Thomas Day Mr. William Hobby gave the Tenor Bell. Mr. Ralph Pinder Citizen and Draper of London gave to the Poor in Money Sixty pound for which is given to Thirteen Poor People every Sunday in the Year two pence a piece in good Wheaten Bread Anno 1626. Nicholas Rieve gave the Sum of Forty six pound five shillings to the Parish with which they purchased Lands at Stratford and Bow worth twenty five pound per annum In the Year 1628 on the twentieth of June the Earl of Devonshire then deceasing at Devonshire-House without Bishops-gate gave one hundred pound for ever to the Poor for which the Church-Wardens give every Sonday in the Year to Fifteen Poor People of this Parishâ— two pence a piece in good Wheaten Bread T. C. Citizen and Armourer of London gave a 100 l. to the Chamber of London for which 5 l. yearly is to be paid to buy five Waste-coats and five Kirtles of good Kersey or Cloth each Wastecoat and Kirtle to be worth at least 15 s. five pair of Stockings each worth at least 18 d. five pair of Shoes each worth at least 2 s. for five poor aged Widows to be received on St. Thomas the Apostles day for ever These Charities are briefly remembred as Examples for others There is a Remarkable Monument in Petty-France at the West-end of the Lower Church-yard of this Church without the Church-yard wall erected to the memory of one Coga Shawsware a Persian Merchant principal Servant and Secretary to the Persian Ambassador with whom he and his Son came over He was aged 44 years and buried the 10th of August 1626. now almost 55 years ago the Ambassador himself young Shawsware his Son and many other Persians mournfully following him to the Ground about Nine in the Morning Their Ceremony was the Son sate cross-legged at the North-end of the Grave did sometimes read and sometimes sing both intermixt with sighing and weeping for about half an hour Some of them morning and evening came precisely at six for a month together and might have come longer but that the Rudeness of our People disturbed them The Son at his own charge erected this Tomb of Stone for him with an Epitaph in Persian Characters IX The Parish-Church of St. Dunstan called West to distinguish it from that in the East is a fair Church with divers fair Monuments William Crowch Citizen and Mercer of London one of the Common-Council besides other Legacies gave 10 l. a year for ever to be distributed among 36 poor People of honest life of this Parish He dyed April 16 Anno 1606. this is his pious Epitaph Lo thus he Dy'd For vain and frail is Flesh Yet lives his Soul by Faith in endless Bliss By Faith in Christ whose Grace was so inlarg'd That by his Blood mans sin he hath discharg'd X. Over against Suffolk-place in the Borough of Southwark and Bridge-Ward-without is the Parish-Church of St. George sometimes pertaining to the Priory of Bermondsey Mr. William Evans of the Right Worshipful Company of Merchant-Taylors deceased July 1590. gave 10 l. 8 s. to the Poor yearly for ever to be distributed in Bread by which 208 poor People are served every Sunday as appears by his Epitaph James Savage gave 5 l. yearly for ever for the same use This Church Steeple and Gallery was Repair'd New Pew'd and Beautified and the South I le inlarged by the Parishioners with the assistance of several Benefactors amongst which several of the Companies of London contributed 166 l. 10 s. Anno 1629. XI The fair and large Parish-Church of St. Giles Cripplegate is without the Postern in Cripplegate-ward which was burnt 1545. 37. H. 8. In it were divers Monuments amongst which we must not forget John Fox the learned godly and famous Author of the Book of Martyrs an indefatigable Searcher into Antiquity and a most faithful Assertor and Defender of Gospel-Truth who revived the Marian Martyrs as it were Phoenixes from their ashes He lies Interred in this Church and dyed the 18 of April Anno 1587. that is in this present year 1681 94 years ago in the 70th year of his Age in whose Memorial his eldest Son Samuel Fox upon a very fair Marble Stone on the end of the South-wall of the Chancel placed his Epitaph which we shall insert though we are sure his Name will ever live in that Never-dying Monument his stupendious and most elaborate Work viz. his great Martyrologyâ— to all succeeding Generations The substance of his Epitaph you have before in English but take it in Latin too CHRISTO S. S. JOhanni Foxo Ecclesiae Anglicanae Martyrologâ—