to Christs-Hospital and two hundred pound to the Company of Goldsmiths besides many liberal Gifts to the Poor of his Kindred and many other most Charitable uses He Died the Eighth of September 1613 Aged Sixty Eight Years This is the substance of the Inscription with these Verses Marble nor Touch nor Alabaster can Râ—veal the Worth of the long buryed Man For oft we see Mens Goods when they are gone Do Pious deeds when they themselves did none Mâ—ne while I liv'd no goodness did express 'T is not Inscriptions make them more or less In Christ I hope to rise amongst the Just Man is but Grass all must to Worms and dust There are many other Verses but our intended brevity will not admit of Transcribing them The Repairs of this Church from the Year 1616 to 1631 cost 120 l. 11 s. XLI Next Northumberland-House in Aldgate-Ward is the Parish-Church of St. Katherine Coleman which addition of Coleman was taken of a great Haw-Yard or Garden of old time called Coleman-Haw in Trinity Parish now Christ-Church and in the Parish of St. Katherine and all-All-Saints called Coleman-Church Sir James Dean hath given two Shillings weekly in Bread to the Poor for ever which is duly performed every Friday and the Parishionners give as much every Sabbath day This Church was Repaired and Beautified Anno 1620. And 1624. their Vestry was built and a Gallery new made for the Poor of the Parish to sit in XLII The Parish-Church of St. Katharine Christs-Church in Aldgate-Ward commonly called Cree-Church stands in the Caemitery of the Dissolved Priory of the Holy-Trinity and is a very fair Church Mr. William Gilborn a Draper gave Four Marks Yearly for ever to be bestowed in one Dozen of Bread and to be distributed on every Sabbath day to the Poor of the said Parish which is duly paid he gave twenty pound towards building a Gallery in the said Church Mr. John Smith Mercer gave three pound yearly for ever to be distributed amongst the Poor every Christmas yearly Mr. George Lee Sadler gave twenty Shillings yearly for ever to the Poor Mrs. Dane a Widdow gave Eight Shillings yearly for ever Mrs. Alice Bateman gave forty two pound six shillings to the Parish the profit to be distributed to the Poor for ever Mr. John Bedow Gent. gave ten pound to be distributed in Bread yearly to the Poor Mr. George Hothersal Merchant-Taylor gave four and twenty shillings yearly for ever out of his Land to the Poor of this Parish Mr. John Waddis Cook born in this Parish gave to the Poor thereof three pound to be distributed among them in Bread yearly for ever Stephen Roberts Cook gave also four and forty shillings yearly for ever to be distributed in Bread These good Persons are remembred as such whose Memories are worthy to be perpetuated and to be upon Record as an Example for others to imitate But more under the head of Benefactors The Foundation of this Church was lay'd the twenty third of June 1628. It is said in Stow's Survey pag. 839. Edit 1633. That digging under the South Row of Pillars they found the Scull of a Man the thickness of which was three quarters of an Inch and better measured by many and admired by all as well they might that saw it The Structure was built of the best Free-stone that could be got and finished anno 1630. There were many bountiful Benefactors and Contributers to it And a curious Table one of the fairest in the City set up as a Monument of our Renowned Queen ELIZABETH but the giver would be concealed XLIII Southwest from Guild-Hall in Cheap-Ward stands the fair and large Church of S. Lawrence-Jewry which addition viz. Jewry was because of old time Many Jews Inhabited thereabouts It had diverse Monuments Mr. Stow tells us That Seventy years before his first Edition of his Survey which was 1598 that is now 163 years ago he saw the Shank-bone of a Man as it was taken twenty five inches long by the Rule and remained before the Fire fastned to a post of timber noted more for the thickness hardness and strength thereof then the length for when it was hanged on the Stone Pillar it fretted with moving the said Pillar and was not it self fretted nor did it grow lighter by remaining dry but how found or discovered we cannot learn Also a Tooth of a very great bigness he says of a mans Fist hanged up for a show in a Chain of Iron upon a Stone Pillar but conveyed from thence long since the credit of this rests upon him This Church was repaired and richly beautified at the Charge of the Parishioners Anno 1618. Amongst other Monuments we must not omit that of our celebrated and most Illustrious Queen Elizabeth in this Church with these Verses Here lyes her Type who was of late The prop of Belgia stay of France Spains foil Faiths Shield the Queen of State Of Arms of Learning Fate and Chance In Brief of Women ne'er was seen So great a Prince so good a Queen Such Vertues her Immortal made Death envying all that cannot Dye Her Earthly parts did so invade As in it Wrackt self Majesty But so her Spirit inspir'd her Parts That she still lives in Loyal hearts c. XLIV The Parish Church of St. Laurence in Candlewick Street and Ward was increased with a Chappel of Jesus by Thomas Cole for a Master and Chaplain which Church and Chappel was made a Colledge of Jesus and of Corpus Christi for a Master and seven Chaplains by Sr. John Poultney Lord Mayor of whom this Church was called St. Laurence Poultney or Pountney Confirm'd by Edward the Third in the Twentieth year of his Reign This College was surrendred in the Reign of Edward the Sixth the Steeple of the Church was new Leaded Five new Bells were hung and the Frames new made all the â—les new raised and levelled and the whole Church within and without most beautifully repaired at the cost of the Parish Anno 1631. and 1632. XLV On Fishstreet-hill in Bridge Ward within is the Parish Church of St. Leonard Milk-Church so termed of one William Melker an especial Builder thereof but commonly called St. Leonard-East-Cheap because it standeth at East-cheap corner The Church and Steeple were repaired and beautified in the Year 1618 1619 1620 and 1621. at the cost of Eight hundred and fifty pounds XLVI On the West-side of Foster-lane in Alders-gate Ward is the Parish Church of St. Leonards called St. Leonards Foster-lane for them of St. Martins le Grand A great number of Houses being built in place of the Great Collegiate Church of St. Martin the Parish is very much increased It was inlarged repaired and adorn'd at the Parish charge Anno 1631. To which John Trot Citizen and Merchant was a bountiful Benefactor the cost amounted to above Five hundred pounds XLVII On the East-side of Bridge-Ward stands the fair Parish Church of St. Magnus in which were buried many Eminent men it had many
a Garden-Plat till the time of Queen Elizabeth and then Built upon and made a Store-House for Merchants Goods The Church was Beautified and Repaired in the Year 1613. III. On the East-side of Bread-street at the corner of Watling-street is the Church of All-hallows Bread-street wherein were divers Monuments This Church had a fair Spired-Steeple of Stone which in the Year 1559. September the Fifth about Noon by a great Tempest of Lightning and a great Clap of Thunder was struck about Nine or Ten Foot beneath the Top out of which fell a stone that overthrew a Man and slew a Dog but the Spire was taken down to save the Charge of Repair This Church was Repaired and Beautified at the Parish Charge Anno 1625. IV. Great All-hallows in Thames-street was a fair Church with a large Cloyster on the South side in which were Sundry Monuments but now Ruinated It was Repaired and richly Beautified at the Parish Charge Anno 1627. and 1629. In the year 1632. all the Iles to the Chancel were raised a Foot and a half and the Pews a Foot above that for conveniency of Hearing which cost six hundred Pound There was a Monument of Queen Elizabeths with these Verses If Royal Vertues ever crown'd a Crown If ever Mildness shin'd in Majesty If ever Honour honour'd true Renown If ever Courage dwelt with Clemency If ever Princess put all Princes down For Temp'rance Prowess Prudence Equity This this was She that in Despight of Death Lives still Admir'd Ador'd ELIZABETH Many Daughters have done Vertuously but thesâ— excellest them all In the Figure of a Book over her were these words They that trust in the Lord shall be as Mount Sion which shall not be removed On the one side Spains Rod Romes Ruine Netherlands Relief Heavens Jem Earths Joy Worlds Wonder Natures Chief On the the other side Britains Blessing Englands Splendor Religions Nurse the Faiths Defender Under her I have fought a good Fight I have finished my Course c. V. In Hony-lane near the Standard in Cheap-side is the small Parish-Church called All-hallows Hony-lane Repaired at the Parish Charge anno 1625. At the cost of above Fifty Five Pound VI. In Thames-street is the Parish-Church of All-hallows the less which stood on Vaults and said to be Built by Sir John Poultney sometimes Mayor of London the Steeple and Quire stood on an Arched-gate which was being fallen Re-built by the Parish anno 1594. The whole Church was Repaired and Beautified at the cost of the Parishoners anno 1616. Here was also a Monument of Queen Elizabeths VII In Lumbard-street stood the Parish-Church called All-hallows Lumbard-street begun to be New Built anno 1494. and finished 1516. To which the Pewterers were good Benefactors the Steeple was finished 1544. about the 36 of H. 8. Here were also divers Monuments It was Repaired and Beautified at the Parish-charge Anno 1622 and 1623 and cost 177 l. 9 s. VIII The Parish-Church of Alhallows-Stayning or as commonly call'd Stane-Church lies on the South-side of Langborn-Ward somewhat within Mart-lane in which were divers fair Monuments as of John Costin a Cirdler who dyed 1244. and gave the Poor of the Parish an Hundred Quarters of Charcoals yearly for ever John Mann Citizen and Mercer who gave an Hundred Pounds towards the Repair of the Church and dyed in the year 1615. It was Repaired and Beautified at the Parish-charge Anno 1630. IX The Parish-Church of Alhallows the Wall so called because it stands close to the Wall of the City in Bread-street-Ward It was Repaired and Beautified at the Charge of the Parishioners Anno 1613. Again most curiously Repaired and Beautified Anno 1627. at 220 l. Cost Queen ELIZABETHS Monument Read but her Reign the Princess might have been For Wisdom call'd Nicaulis Sheba's Queen Against Spain's Holofernes Judith she Dauntless gain'd many a glorious Victory Not Deborah did her in Fame excel She was a Mother to our Israel An Hester who her Person did ingage To save her People from the Publick Rage Chaste Patroness of True Religion In Court a Saint in Field an Amazon Glorious in Life Deplored in her Death Such was Vnparallel'd ELIZABETH Born Anno 1534. Crowned An. 1558. Jan. 15. Reigned years 44. mon. 4. days 17. Dyed An. 1602. Mar. 24. X. The Parish-Church of St. Alphage The principal Isle of this Church towards the North was pulled down and a Frame of Four Houses set up in the place The other part from the Steeple upward was converted into a Parish-Church of St. Alphage And the Parish-Church which stood near unto the Wall of the City by Cripplegate was pulled down the Plat thereof made a Carpenters Yard with Saw-Pits This being decay'd the Parishioners Repaired it Anno 1624. and being Beautifully finished Anno 1628. it cost the Parish 500 l. XI St. Andrew Hubbard or St. Andrew in East-Cheap is situate in Love-Lane in Billingsgate-Ward which was Repaired and Beautifully adorned at the Cost of the Parish Anno 1630. amounting to above 600 l. XII St. Andrew Vndershaft stands at the North-West-Corner of Aldgate-Ward a Fair and Beautiful Parish-Church so called because every May-Day in the morning they were wont in old times to set up a high Shaft or May-pole in the Street before the South-door which when fixt was higher than the Steeple But this practice was discontinued since Evil May-Day when there was an Insurrection of Apprentices and other Young Persons against Foreigners Anno 1517. The said Shaft being laid along under the Pent-houses of a Row of Houses upon Iron Hooks till the 3d of Edw. 6. the People Saw'd it in pieces after it had lay'n 32 years every man taking the length of his House Which was occasioned by the Preaching of one Stevin who at Pauls Cross said It was an Idol as giving Name to the Church It was New Built by the Parish Anno 1520. to which Stephen Jennings Merchant-Taylor sometimes Lord Mayor was a great Benefactor as also John Kerby Merchant-Taylor sometimes one of the Sheriffs John Garland Merchant-Taylor and his Executor Nicholas Levison and several others and fully finished Ann 1532. It was afterwards Repaired and Beautified at the Parish-charge Anno 1627. They had at the lower end of the North Isle a fair Wainscot-Press full of good Books the Works of many Learned Divines where at convenient times any that would may read XIII The Church of St. Andrew Wardrobe was a proper Church in Baynard-Castle-Ward but few Monuments in it John Parut founded a Chauntry there it was Repaired at the Charge of the Parish Anno 1627. XIV On the North of Pope-Lane so called of one Pope that owned it is the Parish-Church of St. Ann in the Willows or St. Ann Aldersgate so called as some think of Willows growing formerly thereabouts It was Burnt in part 1548. but since Repaired It was afterwards much decay'd but beautifully repaired Anno 1624. XV. St. Ann Black-friers it seems was built in the Reign of Edw. III. It was new
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