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bennet_n or_o benedict_n barnham_n 1592._o 34_o sir_n william_n roe_n jo._n garret_n or_o gerard._n robert_n taylor_n 1593._o 35_o sir_n cuthbert_n buckle_n sir_n richard_n martin_n paul_n banning_n peter_n haughton_n 1594_o 36_o sir_n john_n spencer_n robert_n lee._n thomas_n bennet_n 1595_o 37_o sir_n stephen_n slaney_n thomas_n roe_n leonard_n hallyday_n 1596_o 38_o sir_n thomas_n skinner_n sir_n henry_n billingsley_n john_n wall_n richard_n goddard_n 1597_o 39_o sir_n rioh_o saltonstal_n henry_n roe_n john_n more_o 1598._o 40_o sir_n stephen_n some_o edward_n holmdon_n robert_n hampson_n 1599_o 41_o sir_n nicholas_n mosely_n humphrey_n walde_n roger_n clark_n 1600_o 42_o sir_n william_n rider_n th._n smith_n th._n cambel_n william_n craven_n 1601_o 43_o sir_n john_n garret_n or_o gerrard_n henry_n anderson_n william_n glover_n 1602_o 44_o sir_n robert_n lee._n james_n pemberton_n john_n swinnerton_n king_n james_n begin_v his_o reign_n the_o twenty_o four_o of_o march_n 1602._o 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cotton_n cuthbert_n hacket_n 1617._o 15_o sir_n george_n bolles_n william_n holiday_n robert_n johnson_n 1618._o 16_o sir_n sebastian_n harvey_n richard_n hearn_n hugh_n hammersley_n 1619_o 17_o sir_n william_n cockain_n richard_n dean_n james_n cambel_n 1620_o 18_o sir_n francis_n jones_n edward_n allen._n robert_n ducie_n 1621._o 19_o sir_n edw._n barkham_n george_z whitmore_z nicholas_n raynton_n 1622_o 20_o sir_n peter_n proby_n john_n hodges_n sir_n hump._n hantford_n 1623._o 21_o sir_n martin_n lumley_n ralph_n freeman_n thomas_n mounson_n 1624._o 22_o sir_n john_n goare_n rowland_n heilin_n robert_n parkhurst_n king_n charles_n the_o i._o begin_v his_o reign_n the_o twenty_o seven_o of_o march_n in_o the_o year_n 1625._o 1625_o 1_o sir_n allen_n cotten_n thomas_n westraw_n elias_n crisp_n die_v jo._n pool_n chr._n cletherow_n after_o 1626._o 2_o sir_n cuthbert_n hacket_n edward_n bromfield_n richard_n fen._n 1627._o 3_o sir_n hugh_n hamersly_n maurice_n abbot_n henry_n garraway_n 1628._o 4_o sir_n richard_n dean_n rowland_n backhouse_n sir_n william_n acton_n knight_n and_o bar._n 1629_o 5_o sir_n james_n cambel_n humphrey_n smith_n edmund_n wright_n 1630_o 6_o sir_n robert_n ducie_n bar._n arthur_n abdy_n robert_n cambel_n 1631_o 7_o sir_n
build_v in_o the_o year_n 1430._o 8_o h._n 6._o sir_n william_n eastfield_n mayor_n william_n russee_n and_o ralph_n holland_n esq_n sheriff_n and_o the_o commonalty_n grant_v of_o the_o common_a ground_n of_o the_o city_n three_o foot_n and_o a_o half_a in_o breadth_n on_o the_o north_n part_n and_o four_o foot_n in_o breadth_n towards_o the_o east_n for_o the_o enlarge_n thereof_o this_o ancient_a church_n belong_v to_o the_o blackfriar_n before_o the_o dissolution_n of_o such_o place_n by_o h._n 8._o be_v one_o of_o the_o most_o spacious_a and_o fair_a church_n in_o london_n but_o afterward_o demolish_v anno_fw-la 1613._o the_o inhabitant_n of_o blackfriar_n purchase_v so_o much_o house_n on_o the_o southside_n of_o their_o church_n as_o be_v 36_o foot_n in_o length_n and_o 54_o in_o breadth_n the_o purchase_n whereof_o together_o with_o the_o vault_n for_o burying_n and_o other_o room_n under_o that_o part_n of_o the_o church_n etc._n etc._n cost_n 1546_o l._n 6_o s._n anno_fw-la 1632._o the_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o say_a blackfriar_n purchase_v the_o room_n direct_o under_o a_o upper_a room_n former_o convert_v to_o a_o church_n to_o repair_v the_o wall_n and_o foundation_n whereon_o the_o church_n stand_v at_o the_o cost_n together_o with_o the_o repair_v of_o 500_o l._n the_o sum_n of_o all_o bestow_v upon_o blackfriar_n church_n since_o the_o reformation_n amount_v to_o 2600_o l._n 4_o s._n till_o the_o year_n 1633._o it_o be_v burn_v down_o anno_fw-la 1666._o in_o the_o great_a fire_n and_o not_o yet_o rebuilt_a xvi_o st._n anthonieâ—_n church_n vulgar_o call_v st._n antlin_n or_o st._n antholins_n in_o budgerow_n in_o cord-wainer-street_n ward_n be_v a_o fair_a parish-church_n sir_n thomas_n knowles_n late_a lord_n mayor_n of_o london_n lie_v bury_v there_o who_o repair_v and_o be_v a_o great_a benefactor_n to_o it_o it_o be_v repair_v and_o beautify_v anno_fw-la 1616._o towards_o which_o sir_n william_n craven_n mr._n henry_n jay_n alderman_n mr._n adrian_n moor_n mr._n thomas_n boothby_n mr._n francis_n dorrington_n mr._n william_n parker_n mr._n cleophas_n smith_n citizen_n and_o draper_n of_o london_n be_v free_a and_o bountiful_a benefactor_n the_o cost_n amount_v to_o near_o 1000_o l._n xvii_o the_o parish-church_n of_o augustine_n vulgar_o austin_n in_o watling-street_n in_o faringdon-ward-within_a be_v a_o fair_a church_n and_o well_o repair_v and_o be_v in_o the_o year_n 1630_o and_o 1631_o in_o part_n rebuilt_a and_o beautiful_o adorn_v at_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o parishioner_n which_o cost_v 1200_o l._n xviii_o the_o parish-church_n of_o st._n bartholomew_n exchange_n at_o the_o end_n of_o bartholomew-lane_n be_v new_o build_v by_o thomas_n pike_n alderman_n with_o the_o assistance_n of_o nicholas_n yoo_z one_o of_o the_o sheriff_n of_o london_n about_o the_o year_n 1438._o sir_n john_n lepington_n lady_n found_v a_o chantry_n there_o in_o the_o 21_o of_o edw._n 4._o sir_n william_n capel_n mayor_n add_v a_o proper_a chapel_n anno_fw-la 1509._o on_o the_o southside_n james_n wilford_n taylor_n one_o of_o the_o sheriff_n 1499._o appoint_v by_o his_o testament_n a_o doctor_n of_o divinity_n every_o good-friday_n to_o preach_v a_o sermon_n there_o of_o christ_n passion_n for_o ever_o from_o six_o a_o clock_n till_o 8_o before_o noon_n this_o church_n be_v repair_v and_o beautify_v at_o the_o charge_n of_o the_o parishioner_n anno_fw-la 1620._o xix_o the_o parish-church_n of_o st._n bennet_n which_o of_o robert_n fink_n senior_a who_o new_o build_v it_o be_v call_v st._n bennet_n finck_n stand_v in_o thread-needle-street_n in_o broad-street-ward_n which_o be_v a_o proper_a church_n it_o be_v repair_v and_o beautiful_o adorn_v at_o the_o parish-charge_n anno_fw-la 1633._o at_o the_o cost_n of_o above_o 400_o l._n xx._n in_o the_o street_n former_o call_v grass-street_n but_o vulgar_o grace_n or_o gracious-street_n be_v the_o parish-church_n call_v st._n bennet_n grass-church_n of_o the_o herb-market_n 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