The survey of London containing the original, increase, modern estate and government of that city, methodically set down : with a memorial of those famouser acts of charity, which for publick and pious vses have been bestowed by many worshipfull citizens and benefactors : as also all the ancient and modern monuments erected in the churches, not only of those two famous cities, London and Westminster, but (now newly added) four miles compass / begun first by the pains and industry of John Stow, in the year 1598 ; afterwards inlarged by the care and diligence of A.M. in the year 1618 ; and now compleatly finished by the study & labour of A.M., H.D. and others, this present year 1633 ; whereunto, besides many additions (as appears by the contents) are annexed divers alphabetical tables, especially two, the first, an index of things, the second, a concordance of names.

A Review also of the nine out Parishes in Middlesex and Surrey.

Clement Danes.

THe care of those that by an An∣nual succession, have the charge and over-sight of this Church, hath continually beene such, as upon the least defect or failing, either in strength or beauty, it hath instantly beene imployed, both in Repaires and Adornment.

And first we beginne with that great costly repaire in the yeere of our Lord God, 1608. at which time, upon sixe and twenty foot of the Churchyard in length, and twenty foot in breadth (ta∣ken in at the East end of the Church) they built up a very faire Chancell. The charge of this building and repai∣ring, amounting to the summe of 1000. pounds, and upward.

In the yeere of our Lord, 1616. there was laid out upon the Steeple, in repairing and inlarging of it, with some other needfull things in the Church, the summe of 496. li.

In the yeere of our Lord God, 1631. some parts of this Church were againe repaired, and the whole body covered with a faire and beautifull Rough-cast, the charge of it 40. li.

In the yeere 1632. and this present yeere 1633. this Church was within, thorowout richly and very worthily beautified. The charge of it 50. li.

The summe of all these Repaires, all being the sole cost of the Parishioners, 1586. li.

A faire Monument in the Chancell, on the North side, at the upper end, with this Incription.

• Georgii
• Roberti
• Wilelmi
• Christopheri
  Annae
  • More de
  • Lothesley
  • Equit:
  • Aurat:
    • Filiae.
    • Soror:
    • Nept:
    • Pronep:

Foeminae Lectissimae, Dilectissimaeque, Conjugi Charissimae Castissimaeque, Matri Piissimae Indulgentissimaeque, XV. Annis in Conjugio Transactis, VII. post XII. partum (quorum VII. superstant) dies Immani Febre Correptae (Quod hoc saxum Fari jussit, ••pse prae dolore infans) Maritus (miserrimum dictu) olim Charae Charus Cineribus Cineres spondet suos, Novo Matrimonio (Annuat deus) Hoc loco sociandos, Ioannes Donne, Sacr. Theolog. Profess. Secessit, Anno XXIII. Aetat. suae & sui Iesu CIO. DC. XVII. Aug. XV.

A faire Monument over against this, on the South side, with this Inscription.

Viro praeclaris: Animi Corporisque dotibus ornate.

Qui in Angelicani juris studio Foeliciss. versatus, Iuriscons. munere, quod Iure

optimo obtinuit, intermisso, Officiis in Curia Cancellariae, cum examinatoris, per integros 17. annos, tum sex Cleri∣corum unius, per menses quosdam fata∣les integerrimè perfunctus est: vitâ Lon∣dini in hoc vico (ubi & natus) Majori expartetransactâ, die Apr. 26. Anno Dem. 1610. Aetatis 51. defuncto, scil. Animâ Christo, Corpore hîc humo tra∣ditis, relictoque sui desiderio, non sine multis multorum lachrymis.

Maria ipsi superstes vidua

Thomae Oneli Filia, de Charleton, in Nor∣thantonensi quondam Agro Armige∣ri, Fidissima conjux Charissimo Marito, Quî cum ad Annos ferè 25. Conjunctis∣sime vizerat, Amoris inviolati perpe∣tuum posteris Testimonium, nec sibi minus lugubre, hoc posuit Monumen∣tum.

A very faire Monument neere unto the other, with this Inscription.

Memoriae Sacrum.

Here lieth the body of Hippocrates de Otthen, Nobly descended from the Noble Family of the Otthens, out of Holsatia, Doctor of Physicke in the Vniversity of Monutpelliers, in France, and most worthily incorpo∣rated in the Vniversity of Oxford. After his first comming into Eng∣land with his Father (who was the Emperours Physician, and sent for over by Queene Elizabeth) he was desired by the Earle of Lecester him∣selfe, to pertaine unto him, in whose service (for many yeeres, both at home, and abroad in the Low-coun∣tries, with his Lord) he performed such worthy parts, as well in his owne faculty, as being imployed in other laudable services, that her Ma∣jesty and the State tooke especiall note of his worth. After the decease of the Earle, hee was in the same e∣steeme and regard with the Earle of Essex, and by her Majesty comman∣ded to attend upon him in the wars of France, and afterwards in his pro∣sperous Voyage to Cadiz. Retur∣ning home (hoping to retire him∣selfe to his owne Practice, and a more private life) hee was againe commanded to goe (as Physician in service into Ireland) with the Lord Montjoy (afterwards Earle of De∣vonshire) her Majesties Leiutenant in that Kingdome. But returning againe into England with his Lord, in the beginning of his Majesties Reigne, he continued not long, but went as Physician with the Earle of Hartford, his Majesties Ambassa∣dour unto the Arch-Duke of Au∣stria and Burgundi, in that Honou∣rable imployment: And so retur∣ning againe into England, hee spent the residue of his yeeres with his deare and most vertuous Wife, Mi∣stresse Dorothy Drew, daughter to Master Roger Drew, of Densworth, in Sussex, Esquire, in great blisse and happinesse: And being a most zea∣lous and penitent Christian, full of yeeres, and (unto his last gaspe) of perfect Memory, hee ended his pil∣grimage here on earth, and with alacrity of spirit surrendred his soule into the hands of his Creator, the 13. of November 1611. For whose love and memory, his late Wife (the now Lady and Wife unto Sir Stephen Thorneburst of Kent, the most worthy and valerous Knight) hath caused this Monument to bee ere∣cted, Amoris ergo P. P.

Next to this another handsome small Monument, with this In∣scription.

Anne, the Daughter of Francis Cary, Wife of Hugh Prust of Devon, 17. yeeres, aged 40. havig by him 9. Children, was buried here the 13. of February 1627.

In Life and Death, most strict in right accord, She liv'd, she di'd true Servant of the Lord.

A faire Monument on the South side of the Chancell, with this Inscription.

By the Churchwardens and Feofees of this Parish, this Monument was set up, the 20. of Ianuary, 1603.

Here lieth buried the bodies of Richard Bedoe, Gentleman, and Anne his first Wife, one of the ancientest of this Parish, and a Feosee of the poore, who ended his life with a charitable disposition, the first day of Septem∣ber 1603. Annoque Regni Regis Iaco∣bi, &c. primo. Being when he died of the age of 56. yeeres, and was borne in the Parish of Ricken, in Sa∣lop, who of their Charity, have gi∣ven so many of their Tenements within the Dukes place in Cree-Church, alias Christs-Church, neere Algate, London, as do now go for 20. li. per Annum, to the maintenance and use of the poore of this Parish for ever. And also 110. li. to be lent gratis to 50. poore Housholders, and young beginners of the same Pa∣rish, for two yeeres a piece, putting in good security for the same: With condition, that this Stone, by the Churchwardens and Feofees of the same Parish for the time being, shall from time to time for ever be main∣tained; and foure Sermons yeerely for ever to bee made, on the Feast-dayes of All-Saints, the Purification of our Lady, the Ascension of our Lord God, and Saint Iohn Baptist, to re∣member and give God thankes for the Givers thereof. God increase Charity unfeyned.

Margaret Bedoe, last Wife of Richard Bedoe, gave by her last Will, in the yeere 1633. the summe of twenty pounds to bee added to her Hus∣bands gift of a hundred pounds, and so to bee imployed and disposed of, as her Husbands now is, the Prea∣cher foure times a yeere, mentio∣ning her gift with his, according to her Will, or else her gift to be void.

A very faire Monument on the North side of the Chancell, with this Inscription. M. S.

Nobilissimo juveni Wolfgango Balthâsari à Crailsheim, ex Antiqua & clara Fa∣milia in Franconia, cum in Sereniss. Fre∣derici V. Electoris Palatini Comitatu huc in Angliam profectus & morbo Cor∣reptus, piè diem obiisset 29. Ian. Anni 1612. Hoc Monumentum positum fuit.

A faire Monument at the upper end of the South Ile, with this Inscription.

Vnto the Memory of Richard Iacob, late Vintener, deceased, who after 66. yeres of his life, where∣of he spent more than halfe in this Parish, wherein he had with good credit passed through all Offices, both in the Parish, as also in his Company, and for his Fidelity was elected one of the Governours of Bridewell, and likewise done ma∣ny charitable Acts, both to the Pa∣rish, to his Hall, to the Hospitall of Bridewell, Christs-Church, Saint Bartholomewes, and Saint Thomas in Southwarke, to divers persons in London, and Southwarke, and many other places, comfortably gave up his soule to his Redeemer, the 13. of October 1612.

Sibil his mournefull Wife, hath caused this Monument to be erected.

On the same wall downeward, another faire Monument, with this Inscription.

This Monument was made at the only charges of Katharine Metcalfe of Be∣dale, in the County of Yorke, Wid∣dow, Mother to the hereunder na∣med Thomas and Nicholas, and Exe∣cutrix to the said Nicholas, the 28. of May, Anno Dom. 1583.

Memento Mori.

Here against this place lyeth buried the body of Thomas Metcalfe, late of Bellerby, in the County of Yorke, Gen∣tleman, who died the 18. day of May, 1575.

And also the body of Nicholas Metcalfe, Esquire, late one of the six Clerkes of the Chancery, and Brother to the said Thomas, who died the 8. day of September, Anno Dom. 1581.

To whom God granta joyfull Resur∣rection, Amen.

A faire Table in Glasse, hanging close by the Pulpit, with this Inscription. S. Memoriae Virg.

Helenae Moseley ex equestri Moseleyorum Familia oriundae, cujus Annos nubiles summa virtus at modestia merito Co∣ronarunt, Correptae praematurâ mor∣te, heu dies 17. Feb. Anno Christi, 1607. Supremus diluxit.

Amoris ergo Moest. P. Q. A.

A faire Monument on the North side, with this Inscription.

Iussus Iohannes Painus concedere Fate, Paruit, & Moriens constitit ipse sibi: Nam cum animas Caelo deberi, corpora Terrae Sciret, utrique suum reddidit ipse lubens. Hinc animam ipsius sedes Aeterna beavit, Foelici jussam conditione frui. Corporis haec Domus est, Terreni Terrea moles; Illa Dei, haec Fidi cura Nepotis erat.

Anno Domini 1573. Aprilis 25.

A very faire Monument in the same wall, neere unto the other, with this Inscription.

Secundum Christi Redemptoris Adven∣tum, hoc in tumulo, expectat Rogerus Houghton, antiqua Houghtonorum Fa∣milia, in Agro Lancastriensi oriundus, Qui quum illustrissimi viri Dom. Ro∣berti Cecill Salisburiae Comitis & Angliae Magni Thesaurii per annos 42. Summa cum Fide & Industria Fami∣lia praefuissit, in Patriam Coelestem evo∣catus, placide pieque emigravit, Anno Dom. 1617. Aetatis 64.

Charissimo viro Anna Conjux, filia Iohan∣nis Little, Moestissima, hoc Monumen∣tum in memoriam ejus & Filiolae, ac Mortuae, posuit.

Vpon a faire Marble Stone in the middle Ile, is this In∣scription.

Quam facit incertos humani temporis annos Addidit exemplo mors inimica novo. En Gulielmus erat teneris cui nomen ab annis Hac Saint albonus membra sepultus humo. Cujus non minimum mores meruere favorem, Regia in hoc plenus curia testis erit. Virtutis causa, comes Arundellius illum Qui summo studio persequeretur erat. Mitto quod assiduus fuerat virtutis amator, Quodque erat ex ortu stirps generosa suo. Membra sepulerali conduntur frigida lecto, Spiritus aethereis aestra petivit equis.

William Saintalbone sleepes in rest, Within this Marble Stone, Whose corps in Clay, and soule well Deserves dispraise of none.

He had such feats, so full of fruits, So prompt with word and pen, So skilfull in his courtly suits, So deare a friend to men.

So ripe to rule the workes of fame, So tempering hot and cold, His deeds deserve that his good name Were siphered here in gold.

Vpon a Stone in the middle Ile, is this Inscription. Memoriae sacrum, & Deo opt. max. Sacrum.

Secundum Christi Redemptoris adventum hoc in Tumulo expectat Rogerus Hough∣ton, Antiqua Houghtonorum Familia in Agro Lancastrensi oriundus. Qui quum illustrissimi viri Domini Roberti Cecilii Sarisburiae Comitis, & Angliae Magni Thesaurarii, per annos 42. sum∣ma cum Fide & Industria familia prae∣fuisset, in Patriam Coelestem evocatus, placide pieque emigravit. Anno Dom. 1617.

Charissimo viro conjux Moestissimae Monu∣mentum hoc, Amoris & observantiae causa posuit.

On another Stone neere to the former is this Inscription.

Here lieth buried the body of Eliza∣beth, late Wife of George Dalton, Es∣quire, who died the 2. day of Ianu∣ary, 1605. and hath left Issue of her body to her Husband, Maximi∣lian, and Thomas.

Yea, though I should walke thorow the val∣ley of the shadow of death, I will feare no evill, for thou art with me, the Rod and thy Staffe they comfort me.

Iesus Christ is my light and my salvation, whom then shall I feare? God is the strength of my life, of whom then shall I be afraid?

A faire Stone in the middle Ile, neere the Chancell, having this Inscription.

Bartinus Hes••rigg Armiger, Capitaneus Militiae Leicestrensis, hic sepultus est, qui obiit 4. Maii, Anno Dom. 1630. Aetatis suae 24.

Another in the same Ile, with this Inscription.

Hic jacet Edmundus Arnold, postremus Aprilis Vlcere quem rapuit tristis atroxque dies, Istius Ecclesiae Rector Meritissimus olim, Et summus medica Doctor in Arte fuit, Non Ipocrate minor erat hic, non Peone, Doctor, Non opifex mirum vincis Apollo virum. M. D. deme ter X. semel V. Christi cadit Anno, Cui vitam Medicus det sine fine Deus.

A handsome Monument on the Wall, in the South Ile, with this Inscription.

Here by lyeth buried the body of Ed∣ward Price, Gentleman, and of Ed∣ward his onely Sonne, who for the space of 24. yeeres, lived in this Pa∣rish, wherein God so blessed him, that of his good and charitable de∣votion, he hath given three pounds a yeere for ever out of his free Land, called the Blew Lyon in the said Parish, to be bestowed in Sea-coales, and to bee distributed freely to the poore by the Churchwardens. And also twenty pounds for ever to bee lent to two poore young Houshol∣ders gratis, from two yeeres to two yeeres, ten pounds apiece.

He departed this life the 8. of March, 1605.

On the same Tombe, under that above, is this written.

This Tombe was erected at the charge of Elizabeth, the Wife of Henry Ba∣ten, Esquire, one of his Majesties Sergeants at Armes, and late Wife of Edward Price, deceased, who of

her godly disposition, hath given 20. s. a yeere for ever to the Prea∣cher of this Parish, to be paid out of her house called the three Cups, next adjoyning on the West side of the same Blew Lyon, onely that he shall make recitall hereof at two se∣verall Sermons yeerely; one on the Sunday before Christmas day, and the other on the Sunday before Mid∣summer day. And the said Eliza∣beth also, of her godly love and zeale to the Church, hath given a Flagon-Pot, silver and guilt, weighing 38. ounces and an halfe, for the service of the Communion Table, to re∣maine for ever; and three pounds to the poore, to be distributed at her Funerall, and five pounds to the poore of Kniton in Derbyshore, where shee was borne. Shee departed the 10. of November, Anno 1616.

A very faire Glasse Table, hanging on a Pillar in the South Ile, in which there is the figure of a Gentlewo∣man all in blacke, with a guilt booke in her hand, laid as upon her Tombe: Over her head an Angell, over her at the feet, Death with a Dart and Houre-glasse.

Over her, adjoyning to a very faire Coat, encompast with a Lawrell wreath, these words:

Filius Ararhnes Cyllenii, Factor paterque Tanaquillae. Vnder her. Memoriae Sacrum

Katherinae Brydges (filiae & Haeredis Ro∣berti Essington generosi, unius olim Guardianorum pontis London) tri∣plici jugo junctae: Primò Thomae Gwyn de London generoso, filio secundo Guli∣elmi Vaughan de Berain in Com. Den∣bighe, Armigeri, & Margaretae Gwin, Vxoris ejus, defunctorum, Cui unicum Foetum edidit (Nimirum Edwardum Guyn, adhuc vitales Carpentem au∣ras) Secundo Gulielmo Forset Armi∣gero: Postremo Guilielmo Bridges, in∣terioris Templi London Armigero: Vitae sua virtute Clara, omnibusque naturae dotibus eximiè praedita. Cui (post lau∣dabilis vitae stadium, nitentemque in aulam migrationem) E. G. defunctae proles, officiosa pietate (ut decet) No∣vissimum hoc Parentale Munusculums exolvit.

Obiit 16. Maii, Anno a partu Virginis salutifero 1598. Annoque Aetatis suae 45.

Giles in the Fields.

BEfore I speake of this new Church, I must briefly say of the old, that indeed it was very old: and in the antiquity of it, stood now still in danger of falling: that some part of it did fall, foretelling the rest to follow, if not speedily prevented, by pulling it downe to Re-build it, which after a diligent search, the necessity found, was done.

For this new Church, it beganne to be raised in the yeere of our Lord God, 1623. was finished 1625. and encom∣past with a faire bricke Wall in the yeere 1631.

Which take more amply, in that absolute delivery of it, that I finde en∣graven over the doore on the North side of this Church, the words are these:

Quod felix bonumque sit Posteris, Hoc Templum loco veteris ex Annosâ vetustate Collapsi, Mole & Splendore Auctum Multo paraecorum Charitas Instauravit, In quibus pientissimae Heroinae D. Aliciae Duddeley Munisicentia gratum marmoris hujus meretur eloquium. Huc etiam accessit aliorum quorundam pictas, Quibus provisae in Coelo sunt grates.

• Opus
  • Surgere Coepit
  • Ad umbilicos deductum
  • Muro undiquaque val∣latum
    • Anno
      • 1623
      • 1625
      • 1631

Heus Viator, an effaetum est bonis operi∣bus hoc seculum?

To the raising, finishing, and (in eve∣ry part of it) richly, and very excel∣lently beautifying of this great worke, there were many good and great Be∣nefactors: The names of all, with their particular gifts, my time gave not leave to compasse: neither for many of them, could any enquiry get them, they desiring to bee conceald, and by vertue of what they have done, obli∣ging those that know them, not to di∣vulge or reveale them.

For the rich and costly Glazing of this Church, the Worke and Worke∣masters thus follow.

A very rich and beautifull Window in the head of the Chancell, of foure severall Panes or Parts: In the first, the figure of Abraham sacrificing his Sonne: in the second, Moses with the Table of the Commandements: in the third, the figure of the holy Prophet David: in the fourth and last, Salomon.

The inscription to the first is this:

Credidit Abraham Deo, & reputatum est illi ad Iustitiam. Anno Dom. 1628.

Of the second is this:

Erat vir Moyses Mitissimus super omnes homines qui morabantur in terra. 1628.

Of the third this:

Solum medium tutum. 1627.

Of the fourth this:

Dum Spiro Spero. 1628.

The first of these, was the charge of Abraham Speckart, Esquire.

The second, of Hamo Claxton, Es∣quire.

The third, of Sir Iohn Fenner, Knight.

The fourth, of Frauncis Lord Mount-Norris.

A very faire Window on the South side of the Chancell.

At the top of it, Iehovah.

Vnder the figures in it, Shelbery 1617. Shelbery and Wrothe. Domine misere nostri.

A very faire Window on the North side of the Chancell: two faire Fi∣gures in it; the one of the Virgin Mary, with Christ in her armes; the other of Mary Magdalen.

Vnder this Window lyeth buried, the body of Mary Pill, of this Parish; which Window was set up at the charges of Mary Maudit, her daugh∣ter and Heire, 1629.

Vnder the first thefe Verses:

From Maries teares to Maries joy, This Mary is translated: And after threescore yeeres annoy, In Heaven she is instated. With this, she chose the better part, Never to be repented; And held her Saviour in herart, Thus are her joyes augmented.

Vnder the other these:

This, sought her Saviour at his Tombe, His feet with Teares bedewed, That, bore our Saviour in her wombe, Whereby our joyes renewed. Then happy soule, thrice happy this, Happily interessed; In Maries Teares, and Maries blisse, Rest thou for ever blessed.

A very faire Window, with the Kings Armes in it, over the entrance into the Chancell,

Glazed at the charge of Sir William Segar, Knight, alias Garter principall King of Armes, Anno Dom. 1626.

A very faire Window at the upper end of the South Ile,

Glazed at the charges of Marmaduke Rawdon, Citizen and Clothworker of London, Anno Dom. 1625.

Another next to this downeward,

Glazed at the charge of Robert Rawdon, Citizen and Fishmonger of London, Anno Dom. 1625.

Another next to this downeward, bea∣ring the figure of a Lyon in the Wildernesse,

Glazed at the charge of M. Iohn Iohn∣son, Inne-keeper, in High-Holborne, 1625.

Another next to this downeward, ha∣ving the Figures of Saint Iohn, Saint Philip, and Saint Matthew,

Glazed at the cost and charges of Phi∣lip Parker.

Next to this downeward, a very faire Window,

Glazed at the charges of Katherine Best, Widdow, late Wife of Iohn Best, deceased, who gave order in his life time for the glazing of this Window and was buried there un∣der, the 7. day of Aprill, 1625. And there lie also his Son Iames, and his Daughter Dorothy.

Next to this downeward, a very faire Window,

Glazed at the charges of Alice Hodges, Widdow, late Wife to Thomas Hod∣ges, Baker, deceased, who was buri∣ed under this Window, the 6. day of October, 1625. And here lye also his three children.

A faire Window next to this, the low∣est in the South wall,

Glazed at the cost of William Perkins, of London Merchantaylor, 1626.

At the lower end of this Ile, over the Southwest doore, a very faire Win∣dow, bearing in it (very curiously done) the Figure of our Saviour.

Over his head, as in a garland suppor∣ted by two Angels, these letters:

I·H^✚·S·

Round about him Clouds full of Che∣rubins.

On one side of him this,

I am the doore, by mee if any man enter in, he shall be saved, Ioh. 10. 9.

On the other side,

Come unto me all yee that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest, Matth. 11. 28.

Beckinghamus Boteler Armiger fieri fecis.

Anno Domini 1627.

Over the great West doore, is a faire Window, with the Carpenters Armes, and a faire Coat Armes close by it.

This Window hath no name, or o∣ther Inscription; It was (as I was told) the gift of a Stranger.

One, that upon a day that they made a Collection for it, being there, was (among the rest) desired to bestow his good will, hee answered, Hee had no Money, but if the glasing of a Win∣dow, if they had any yet undisposed of, wouldbe accepted of, he would bee at the charge to doe it. The Collectors giving him thankes, and shewing this Window, he suddenly set a Glasier on worke, and what he had promised hee performed.

A very faire Window at the head of the North Ile, bearing the figure of Christ crucified as also (one on the one side, the other on the other) of the two Maries.

On the right side of him this,

Woman, Behold thy Sonne.

On the left,

Behold thy Mother.

Glazed at the cost of Thomas Esto, Cooke, of this Parish, Anno Dom. 1625.

Another next to this downeward,

Glazed at the charges of Iohn Beacon, of the City of Westminster, Yeoman, 1625.

Another next to this downeward,

Glazed at the charges of Robert Iohn∣son, free of the Company of the Ioyners, 1625.

A faire Window over the doore in the middle of the North Ile, bearing a worthy Coat Armes, with these words: Whitaker & Egerton.

This Window is divided into three parts, under the first this,

Ego sum ostium, per me si quis introierit, servabitur, & ingredietur, & egredi∣etur, & pascua inveniet. Ioh. 10. 9.

Vnder the second thus:

In tuo lumine (Domine Iesu) lumen Ae∣••ernum videre sperantes, vitreum hoc luminare fabricari fecerunt Laurenti∣us & Margareta Whitaker, Anno salu∣tis humanae 1625.

Vnder the third thus:

Eligo frequentare limen in domo Dei mei magis quam habitare in Tentoriis Im∣probitatis. Psal. 84. 11.

A faire Window next to this downe∣ward, bearing a very faire Coat Armes, with these words: Cope & Aston.

Glazed at the charges of the Lady Ka∣therine Cope, Widdow, late Wife to Sir Ed. Cope, of this Parish, 1625.

A very rich Window next downward, divided into three parts, bearing the curious Figures of the three Theologicall Vertues, under them, Fides, Spes, Chaeritas. Vnder Faith this:

Faith Root, Hope Stocke, the branch is Charity; Faith sees, Hope lookes, for Charity is free; Faith knits to God, to Heaven hope, Love to men; Faith gets, Hope keepes, and Love poures out agen. 1626.

Mandatum novum do vobis, ut diligatis unus alium, Ioh. 13. 34.

Vnder Hope this:

Tres Elohim: pater est primus qui procreat, inde Filius est, ex his Spiritus almus adest. Sunt Tria dona Dei: sit prima Fides pia Mater, Filia Spes, ex his ••ertius ortus Amor. 1626.

Nam Speservati sumus, Spes autem si cer∣natur non est Spes: quod enim quis cer∣nit, cur speret? Rom. 8. 24.

Vnder Charity this:

Now remaine these three, Faith, Hope, Charity, but the greatest of these is Cha∣rity, 1 Cor. 13. 13.

Scriptum est, Iustus ex Fide vivet, Rom. 1. 17.

Next unto this downeward, the last of this North Ile, is a plaine Window, without either colour or Inscription.

Vpon a faire Grave-stone in the middle Ile, is this Inscription.

Here lyeth buried the body of Eliza∣beth, late Wife of Richard Maunsell, Esquire, one of the Daughters and Heires of Roger Wingfield, of great Dunham, in the County of Norfolke, Esquire. She departed this life up∣on the sixt of October, in the yeere of our Lord God, 1620.

Vpon a faire Stone neere to the other, it this Inscription.

Inter'd, the Corps of Baron Birch lies here, Of Greyes Inne sometime, by degree, Esquire; In Chequer 18. yeeres a Iudge he was, Till soule from aged body his did passe. Alive his Wife Eliza doth remaine, Of Stydfolke stocke, one Sonne and Daughters twaine, She bare by him: the eldest in his life, He gave to Thomas Boyer for his Wife. His body sleepes till Angels Trumpe shall sound, God grant we all may ready then be found.

Iohannes Birch, Obiit Anno Dom. 1581. Maii 30. Aetatis suae 66.

On another Stone neere to the former, is this Inscription.

Here lyeth buried the body of Elizabeth Byrche, Widdow, late Wife of Iohn Byrche, Esquire, and one of the Ba∣rons of her Majesties Court of the Exchequer, Daughter of Iohn Styd∣folke, Esquire, who deceased the third day of December, 1588.

Close by the former

Lyeth buried the body of Iohn Densill, sometime Serjeant at Law, and Ma∣ry his Wife.

In the same Ile is a very faire Stone, which hath beene beautified with many faire Figures in Brasse: but much of it being gone, all we can see now of it is this:

Here lieth George Carew, the fourth son of Sir Edmund Carew, &c. 1583.

In the South Ile

Eyes buried the body of Alexander Barnes, Vinter, sometime Church-warden of this Parrish, &c. Hee de∣ceased the 4. of November, 1614. being of the age of 57. yeeres.

Alexander Barnes

here doth lye, Glory bee to God on high, For he on earth hath finished his dayes, And now liveth in Heaven to give God praise.

And now having done with the Chruch, we beginne in the Church-yard with this Inscription, standing in the middle of the South wall.

Laus Deo.

In cujus, & Christianae Sepulturae, hono∣rem, nimis arcti olim Coemeterii fines, novi hujus, 128. pedes longi, & 17. lati, Donatione, Abrahamus Speckart, Arm. & Dorothea Vxor ejus Amplia∣runt, Anno Dom. 1630.

A very faire Tombe-stone in the Church-yard, about it these Verses.

Thornton of Thornton, in Yorkeshire bred, Where lives the fame of Thorntons being dead: Full South this stone foure foot doth lye, His Father Iohn, and Grandsire Henry.

Vpon it.

Iohannes Thornton, in Memoria Charissi∣mae Vxoris Margaretae, Filiae Georgii Collins, hujus parochiae sancti Aegidii in Campis, hoc Monumentum posuit.

Vnder this sad Marble sleepes, Shee, for whom even Marble weepes: Her praise lives still, though here she lies Seeming dead that never dyes: Religion, Love, in suffering Breast, Her Charity, Mildnesse, and the rest, Hath crown's her soule; all mourne with fame, Her Husbands losse, and Midwives blame. She died in Childbed, seventy times blest and seven, Her child and she deliver'd, both in Heaven.

Obiit octavo die Ianuarii, Anno Dom. 1611. Aetatis suae 16.

On a faire Stone in the Church-yard, is this Inscription. I·H^✚·S·

Here under lyeth buried the body of Ioane Barker, late Wife of Richard Barker, 17. yeeres of this Parish, who deceased the last day of Iuly,

Anno Dom. 1626. whom the Lord send a joyfull Resurrection.

Expecta donec veniat.

Vpon it thus:

Honesta mors initium vitae.

Turne againe then unto thy rest, O my soule, for the Lord hath rewarded thee; and why? thou hast delivered my soule from death, mine eyes from teares, and my feer from falling.

I will walke before the Lord, in the land of the living. Psal. 116.

This Stone was laid by her Husband Richard Barker, one of the Yeomen of the Guard to Queene Elizabeth and King Iames 30. yeeres, and now to King Charles. And was married to his late deceased Wife 20. yeeres and one moneth, and had seven chil∣dren, wherof five live, Horatio, Anne, Elizabeth, Katherine, and Mary.

Close by this lies buried the body of William Howe, Aprill 3. 1626.

Also the body of Elizabeth Mason, Wife of Amos Mason, Curate of the Temple, Iuly 18. 1632.

Of Iohn Cartwrite, Gentleman, August 13. 1620.

Of Richard Bestibitch, sonne of Daniel Bestbitch.

James at Clarkenwell. 1623.

THere hath beene within these few yeeres a great sum of mony expended upon this Chruch, by the sad and lamentable accidents of twice the fall of the Steeple. Spea∣king of which, I should say, the first in such a yeere, such a moneth, such a day; and as of that for the second: but my Information (though given mee by a very good friend) could by no meanes make me so punctuall. Howsoever, it was about the time afore dated; and the second, within a little time after.

The first falling of this Steeple (or part of it) was through the antiquity, or length of time it had stood, without any repaire or mending; for (as I have beene certified) it hath had no cost, in that kinde, bestowed upon it, within the memory of any Parishioner living: neither among their Records can they finde any such thing mentioned.

The second fall (as some have su∣spected) was either by the ignorance or dishonesty of the principall Work∣man, that for a certaine summe of mo∣ney (from the ruines of the first) had undertaken to raise and rebuild it. Ig∣norance in not looking into the strength of that, upon which hee was to reare such a burthen; Or dishonesty, in sleightly passing over (for the speedier dispatch of his Taske) a weaknesse up∣on which he knew (or might suspect) such an eminent danger to follow.

How just the suspicion, I know not, but in the Re-building of this Steeple, before it was fully finished (although almost upon the end of that labour) it fell, with the Bells, their Carriages and Frames, beating a great part of the Roofe downe before them: the weight of all these together, bearing to the ground two large Pillars of the South Ile, a faire Gallery over against the Pulpit, the Pulpit, all the Pewes, and whatsoever was under or neere it.

But now (as of all the rest) let us speake of building, repairing, and beau∣tifying, which briefly for this Chruch we doe thus:

All those decayes and losses (excep∣ting the want of the Steeple which (at the lower end of the South Ile) is begun, and from the ground raised as high as the roofe of the Church) are re∣covered and made whole againe: all the Walls of it firme and faire; in the South wall a faire new doore: The Chruch, in the place of the old, furni∣shed with all things new, and is with∣out and within (notwithstanding there is much still to doe) well and very wor∣thily beautified.

The cost of all this amounting to (or much upon) 1400. pounds.

It was thus finished in the yeere of our Lord, 1627.

Vpon my very worthy Friend, Master Iohn Weaver, a learned Antiquary.

Weaver, who laboured in a learned straine, To make men long since dead to live againe, And with expence of Oyle, and Inke, did watch, From the Wormes mouth the sleeping Course to snatch, Hath by his industry begot a way, Death (who insidiates all things) to betray, Redeeming freely by his care and cost, Many a sad Herse, which time long since gave lost; And to forgotten dust such spirit did give, To make it in our memories to live. Where Death destroy'd when he had power to save, In that he did not seeke to rob the Grave, For where so e're a ruin'd Tombe he found, His Pen hath built it new out of the ground. 'Twixt Earth and Him this interchange we finde, Shee hath to him, he bin to her like kinde, Shee was his Mother, he (agratefull Child) Made her his Theme, in a large worke compil'd Of Funerall Reliques, and brave Structures rear'd, On such as seem'd unto her most indear'd. Alternately a Grave to him she lent, O're which his Booke remaines a Monument. Master Weaver upon himselfe. Lankashire gave me breath, And Cambridge education, Middlesex gave me death, And this Church my humation, And Christ to me hath given A place with him in Heaven.

Obiit Anno Aetat. suae 56.

For the ancient Monuments of this Church, turne to folio 484, 485.

Katherines Tower.

THis Church was repaired, and within thorowout trimmed, and very commendably beau∣tified, in the yeere of our Lord God, 1618.

A very faire Gallery at the lower end of the Church, built in the yeere 1613. was (with a great addition in the breadth of it) inlarged in the yeere 1621.

The Walls & outside of this Church was againe in many decayed places of it repaired, and all over cloathed in a faire and very beautifull Rough-cast, at the sole cost and charge of Sir Iulius Caesar, Knight, in the yeere of our Lord God, 1629. His charge being (taken to be done by the great) 250. li.

About the same time, there was a very faire Clocke-house built at the West end of the Chruch, and some other things done. All before named, except that of Sir Iulius Caesar, being the proper cost and charge of the In∣habitants.

Vpon the South wall in the Chancell, is this inscribed.

The gift of Master Steven Scudamore, late Citizen and Vintener of London, deceased, 20 s. per Annum, to be be∣stowed in Fewell amongst the poore of this Precinct, at the discretion of the Collectors for the time being,

Beganne the 20. day of December, Anno Dom. 1606. to bee continued unto them for ever.

Neere unto the former is another Inscrip∣tion, as followeth.

The gift of Master Iohn Bourne, late Ci∣tizen and White-baker of London, being 5. li. per Annum, to be bestow∣ed in Bread amongst the poore of this Precinct, Beganne the 10. day of May, Anno Dom. 1609. to be con∣tinued unto them for 40. yeeres fol∣lowing.

On the same South Wall, this Monument done at the charges of William Beere∣blocke, Goldsmith, one of his Executors.

Here dead in part, whose best part never dieth, A Benefactor, William Cutting lyeth: Not dead, if good deeds could keepe men alive, Nor all dead, since good deeds doe men revive. Gunvile and Kaies, his good deeds may record, And will, no doubt, him praise therefore afford: Saint Katherines eke, neere London, can it tell, Goldsmiths, & Merchantaylors, know it well: Two Country Townes his civill bounty blest, East Derham, and Norton-Fitzwarren West. More did he than this Table can unfold, The world his fame, this earth his earth doth hold.

Leonards Shorditch.

FOr the Repaires of this Church, Monuments, and Gifts, with the names of the bountifull Givers, and the like, turne to page 471, 472, and 473.

Martins in the Fields.

THe enlargement of this Church was begunne in the yeere of our Lord God, 1607. being the fifth yeere of the Reigne of our Sove∣raigne Lord King Iames, of England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland the 41. and it was finished in the yeere 1608. To the which enlargement, our said Soveraigne Lord King Iames, and our most Noble Prince Henry, were most gracious Benefactors; the rest of the charges were borne by the Inhabi∣tants of this Parish.

Randall Hopkins, and Andrew Hacket, being the first yeere Churchwardens.

And in the second yeere, Andrew Hacket, and Richard Stile.

This inlargement was onely that ground, that at the East end of this Church (taken out of the Churchyard) was then made a beautifull Chancell.

A very faire Table fastened to a Pillar neere the Pulpit; in which is curi∣ously drawne the figure of an An∣gell, holding the Coat of the Gen∣try, of the living Husband, and dead Wife, for whom it was there set up; Also of a Deaths-head, with an Houre-glasse upon it: The border of the Table filled (excellent in pro∣portion and colours) with Deaths-heads, braches of Palme, and other fresh and beautifull Flowers.

Nascendo Morimur.

Quid Cranii sibi forma novi vult ista? Quid Hora? Quidque super Cranio, lumen nova nata, segesque? Nempe dies mortis, vitae fit origo perennis; Quae moritur mundo, Nascitur illa Deo. What doth this Scull? what doth this Houre-glasse show?

The Corne and Palme, that on the Scull doth grow? It meaneth this, that Death the end of strife, Is the beginning to eternall life: Death is the doore to immortality, Shee's borne to God, that to the world doth dye. The burning Taper to his end doth waste, Whilst life and death to meet each other haste; Then happy she, that did her life apply, Here and above to live eternally.

To the permanent honour and remem∣brance of the Pious and All-vertu∣ous Gentlewoman, Mistresse Susan Price, Daughter to the Honourable Baronet, Sir Paul Tracy, of Stanway, in Glocester; and the late dearely be∣loved Wife of the Religious, Lear∣ned, and truly Vertuous Gentleman, William Price, of Winchester, Esquire, one of his Majesties most honoura∣ble Privy Chamber. She died the 13. of March, 1632.

Ye holy Angels, and ye Powers of light, The glad injoyers of Gods glorious sight; You that in faithfull Abrahams bosome rest, You have receiv'd your sanctified Guest. Faire Susan Price hath blessed Heaven obtain'd, And for her well run Race, Gods glory gain'd, Shining in Robes of Immortality, Contemnes the earth and worldly vanity. True Christian faith indued her constant minde, And unto her the promise was assign'd. Most honour'd be her memory, outwasting All Genealogies, and everlasting. Whilst therebe Elements, Stars, Orbes, or Spheares, Dayes Sunne, or Nights Moone, to direct the yeeres, The Heavens possesse her soule, the World her Fame, And faire example, her Vertues, Worth, and Name: What Nature, Goodnesse, Institution, Fact, Could heape to a perfection, was her Act. The Angels sing her glory, who did call Her sweet soule home to its originall, And now shees gone hence for to passe the time She ought her Husband, in a better Clime. There shall her Harvest and her Summer be, Where she shall never any Winter see. Then Price grieve you no more, she lives in joy, Wipe you your teares, her teares are wip'd away.

The Epitaph.

Stay ere you passe, lament, and fix your eyes Vpon a worthy Consorts obsequies. Susan here lies, for beauty, worth, and life, Admir'd, the worthy William Prices Wife. Never was after death one more desir'd, Nor ever living was one more admir'd. A file of lasting praises crownes her name, Perpetuall glories doe attend her fame: Rich in all joyes, she now hath chang'd her bed, Ioyned in marryage unto Christ her head. Come, whosoever would enjoy like state, Endevour all her worth to imitate.

Over the figure of Death: Ibimus omnes.

Ladies, when you your purest beauties see, Thinke them but Tenants to mortalitie: Ther's no content on earth, Ioyes soone are fled, Healthfull to day we live, to morrow dead: I was as you are now, young, faire, and cleere, And you shall once be as you see me heere. Mors mihi lucrum. Moriendo Nascimur.

Vpon her Tomb-stone, at the foot of this Monument.

Mistresse Susanna Price, the wife of Wil∣liam Price, Esquire, one of the Groomes of his Majesties most Ho∣nourable Privy Chamber, Daugh∣ter of Sir Paul Tracy, Baronet, depar∣ted this life the 13. of March, 1632. before shee had beene married full 14. weekes.

She was so full of Vertue and of Good∣nesse, few might compare with her, none could excell her.

Her body is here interred, here is her body, her soule is in Heaven with her Saviour.

A faire Tomb-stone in the Chancell, with this Inscription.

Here lieth buried the body of Mistresse Dorothy Hervy, that Honourable matchlesse Virgin, the Daughter of the Right Honourable, William Lord Hervy, Baron of Kidbrooke, and of the Religious Lady his Wife, the Lady Cordelia Hervy, Daughter and Heire to Master Brian Ansley, Es∣quire, of Lee, in Kent, who departed this transitory life the 19. of Febru∣ary, Anno 1632.

Glorious Dorothy here intombed lies, Lord Hervies Daughter, and faire Vertues prize. Modell of Honour, Graces Paragon, In whose great losse her Parents Ioyes are gone. Her life was such as well may be deni'd, That she did ever ill, but when she dy'd▪ Pity so soone so rare a Virgin must Stoope to Corruption, and be cloath'd in dust. Heaven and the world being Sutors, who should have her, To end the strife, she went to him that gave her. Nascendo Morimur.

A very faire Table, with a rich Coat Armes, hanging on the North side of the Chancell, with this Inscription.

Hae sunt Antiqua Moraviorum Insigniae, in memoriam Patricii Moravii, Domi∣no Carolo Regi à poculis, nuper defuncti hîc posita.

Mary Whitechappell.

THis Church, in the many (and greatly) decayed parts of it, was repaired; and within, with∣out, and in every part of it richly and very worthily beautified, at the cost and charge of the Parishioners, in the yeere of our Lord God, 1633.

For Whitechappell side.

• Thomas Farrar
• Iohn Wood
• Iohn Mannering
  • Churchwardens.

For Wapping side.

• Captaine Hatch
• Master Allen
  • Churchwardens.

The cost of this Repaire, 300. li. and upwards.

To shew the never-dying love of these Parishioners, to their deceased Pastor, Master William Crashaw, take this Inscription from a very faire Gal∣lery in the South Ile.

To the honour of God, the advance∣ment of Religion, and in thankful∣nesse to God for the safe returne of our hopefull and gracious Prince Charles from the dangers of his Spa∣nish Iourney, this Gallery was ere∣cted at the charge of this Parish, Anno 1623. and the seventh yeere of Master Crashawes Residence.

His Name, as in this, in many other places remembred.

The ground of this South Ile was added to the Church, and the Ile new built in the yeere of our Lord, 1591. And in the foure and thirtieth of the Reigne of Queene Elizabeth, Master Richard Gardner Parson.

A faire Monument on the North wall of the Chancell, with this Inscription.

Christo optimo maxime, pietati & posteritati, Sacrum, Elizabethae Conjugis dulcissimae, Foeminae Lectissimae è Claris. Skinneriana, & Emersoniana Familiis oriundae, In qua (Rara Felicitate) Pietas cum Pulchritudine, Ingenium cum Virtute, Forma cum pudicitia, Mirifice conveniebant, Quae in primo puerperio, in ipso enixu, Animam Deo, Memoriam Mundo, Vitam Naturae, Carnem terrae, Patri puerulum, Amicis luctum, Conjugi Moerorem ineffabilem, Omnibus ingens sui ipsius desiderium moriendo Reliquit, W. Crashaius, hujus Ecclesiae Rector, Conjux longe Moestissimus multis cum Lachrymis Lugens Lubens Invitus Posuit.

I know that my Redeemer liveth, Iob 19. 25.

To the honour of Christ Jesus, to the praise of Piety, to the example of Posterity, and for the preservation of the godly memory of Elizabeth, his most worthily beloved Wife, in whom (by a rare Conjunction) God∣linesse with Comlinesse, Wisdome with Vertue, Beauty with Chastity, Youth with Discretion, and Discre∣tion with Devotion, were most sweetely combined; who in the prime of her yeeres, upon her first Childe, yeelded up, by untimely death, as her selfe often had fore∣told, her soule to God, her life to Nature, her body to the Earth, her memory to the World, and left to the pensive Earth a deare bought Sonne, to her friends heavinesse, hard to be removed, to her Husband sorrow, not to be expected, and to all that knew her, a longing desire after her,

William Crashaw, her most sad and sor∣rowfull Husband, Pastor of this Church, most unwilling to part with her, but most willing to honour her with many sighes and teares, dedi∣cated this Monument in assurance of her glorious Resurrection.

She died October 8. in the 24. yeere of her age.

A handsome Tombe, encompast with Iron grates in the Churchyard, hath this Inscription.

To the Memory of Alice Shelton, daugh∣ter of Sir Ralph Shelton, of Shelton-Hall, in Norfolke, Knight, who had Issue by her first Husband, Thomas Waller, Esquire, 9. Sonnes, and 9. Daughters; and by her second Hus∣band, William Wrove, of London, Mer∣chantaylor, had Issue two Sonnes and one Daughter; but had no Issue by her third and last Husband, To∣bias Wilkinson. 1630.

Another close by the former, with this Inscription.

Favour is deceitfull, and beauty is vanity, but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

Here lieth buried that vertuous Tha∣mozin, that gracious young Wo∣man, the faithfull Wife of Master William Eeles, of Limehouse, Marri∣ner; this mirrour of young Women, departed this life on the 10. of Iuly, 1620. Shee being of the age of 25. yeeres, and was Mother of a Sonne and a Daughter; but Thamozin the Daughter, departed this life on the 18. of December, 1621. being of the age of 6. yeeres, and lieth here buried.

Every wise Woman buildeth her house, but the foolish pluketh it downe with her hands.

The memory of the Iust is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot.

• Remember,

• As you are now, so was she;
• As she is now, so you must be.
  • William Eeles.

Magdalens Bermondsey.

THis Church was inlarged by the addition of all that ground that is now the South Ile, ta∣ken out of their spacious Churchyard; this Ile was begunne to be built in the yeere of our Lord God, 1608.

• Christopher Robinson
• Thomas Freeman
  • Churchwardens.

The Worke going on, and conti∣nuing to the yeere 1610. in which it was very worthily and compleatly fi∣nished. The charge of it amounting to 860. li.

In the yeere 1619. on the top of the Steeple, was a very faire Turret ere∣cted. The charge of it, 33. li. 16. s. In the same yeere a new Clocke made, 7. li.

The Steeple was againe repaired, and the inside of the Church trimmed and very commedably beautified, in the yeere 1621.

The cost of this last (though I could not set downe the summe) as of all the former severall Repaires and Buil∣ding, the sole cost and charge of the Parishioners.

A very faire Brasse Branch in this Church, was the gift of Ralph Alder, of this Parish, 1613.

Savoy Parish.

WE have not in the colle∣ction of all these Chur∣ches, looked so far backe upon any Repaire as this: but as wee finde it we present it.

The repairing and trimming of this Church (which was at that time per∣formed with great cost and beauty) was in the yeere of our Lord God 1600. at the sole cost and charge of the Parishioners.

• Iames Houson
• Thomas Martin
  • Churchwardens.

In the yeere 1618. there was a faire Gallery built at the lower end of this Church.

• Rowland Hodges
• Daniell Hall
  • Churchwardens.

A very faire Monument at the upper end of the Church, having this Inscription.

Ecce pudicitia, & pietas, Coeli utraque proles Accingunt, Dextra haec, haec tibi levae latus, Iure, salo coluere, Polo Rapuere, nec usquam Te neque jam tumulum destituere tuum.

Da. Humius Theag. Non Delendae Amicitiae sempiternum Monumentum.

M. N. M. S. Siste paululum quisquis es, & paucis quid Marmor hocce te volet scies.

Hîc sacrum Beatissimae Animae depositum, & felicissimae quiescunt exûviae Nico∣laae Moraviae, ex clarissima Moravi∣orum, cum Tilibardinorum, tum Abir∣carniorum Gente, per utrumque paren∣tem ortae, & Roberti Duglassii, equitis Aurati, conjugis Lectissimae, Quae in∣credibili ingenio, rarissimo Iudicio,

Summa pietate, singulari prudentiae, omnique virtutis genere, imprimis mo∣destia, pudicitia, & suavissimis mori∣bus ornatissima, cum omnem propè Ae∣tatem, contempt is mundi hujus Foecib. in Rerum divinarum speculatione, & assidua meditatione consumpsisset, in Theologicis porrò ad miraculum usque docta doctissimos quosque Theologos in admirationem sui & stuporem Rapu∣isset, Nihilque unquam, per universam vitam quam Christum sperasset, ad eun∣demque tota jam adspirarat, primo par∣tu longissimis, & Acerrimis doloribus divexata, ubi Moestissimum conjugem, & circumfusos amicos ad vitae hujus fluxae ac caducae contemptum, & ad certissimam immortalitis spem erex∣isset prolixissimâ etiam & suavissimâ oratione, ipsam se suosque omnes, maxi∣mè vero conjugem Deo commendasset, gratissimam Christo Animam reddi∣dit, & extincto Foetu, in summo omni∣um Moerore expiravit.

Abi jam quisquis es, & non dissimilem vitae exitum ipsi tibi opta & vale. Obiit die Novemb. Anno 1612. Aetatis suae

A faire Monument on the West side, close to the former, with this In∣scription. Morieris. Resurges. Ianua vitae sepulchrum.

Here lyeth Nazareth Coppin, Wife to George Coppin of London, Gentleman, Daughter to Thomas Thwaits of Har∣dington, in the County of Norfolke, Esquire, who being of the age of 24. yeeres, in the prime of her youth and beauty, as she lived most ver∣tuously, so she died most godly, the 22. of Iune 1592. in the 34. yeere of the most happy reigne of Queene Elizabeth.

Mors certa, inevitabilis, incertae.

On either side of her these lines.

Morti praedajaces, potuit nec plurima formae Gratia, nec mentis vincere fata pudor: Et tamen in terris ultra spes figitur? alto Quaerenda est merces non peritura pole.

Peregrinatio est vita.

Vivis & aeternum victa de morte triumphas, Exuvias tantum possidet illa tui: Omnia sic patrias sedes unde orta revisunt, Redditur & Coelo mens pia, corpus humo,

Mors meta laborum.

Next to the other is a very Ancient Mo∣nument, with this Inscription.

Pray for the soules of Sir Richard Roke∣by, Knight, and Dame Iane his wife, whose bones rest here under this Tombe, which Sir Richard deceased the 27. of Aprill, 1523. and the said Dame Iane deceased the 15. On whose soules Iesu have mercy.

Over the Vestry doore in the Chancell, is a very faire Tombe with these words.

Hîc jacet Alicia, Filia Simonis Steward, de la Kingheth, Suff. Obiit 18. Iunii, Humanae salutis, 1573.

Virtutis praemium virtus.

Vpon a faire Marble Stone in the Chancell, is this Inscription.

Here lies interred the bodies of Peter Lilly, Doctor of Divinity, one of the Brothers of the Savoy, Prebend of Paules, and Archdeacon of Tanton, who died at the Savoy, Anno Dom. 1614. And of Dorothy Lilly, his ver∣tuous Wife, who also died at the Savoy, the 1. of Iune, Anno Dom. 1627. and of Mary Lilly, their onely Daughter, who departed this life at Fulham, the 10. of October, 1625.

Close to the other this:

Here under lyeth the body of Frances Bulbecke, late of Clevedon, in the County of Somerset, Esquire, the 8. sonne of Iohn Bulbecke, of the same place and County, Esquire, decea∣sed, which said Frances died, being never married, the 9. of November, in the yeere of our Lord God, 1585.

Close to the other this:

Here lyeth buried Peter Richardson, Goldsmith and Ieweller, borne in Holland, in the parts beyond the Seas, servant to the most famous King, Henry the 8. and King Edward the the 6. to Queene Mary, and to our most dread Soveraigne Lady, Queene Elizabeth: which Peter ha∣ving married Anne, the Daughter of Robert Wilson, lived to the age of 84. yeeres, and died a faithfull Christi∣an, the 24. of March, in the yeere of our Lord God, 1586.

There is also in this Chancell buried, the body of one David Bedo, Batche∣lour of the Law, and Steward to the Lord of Carleil, &c. 1541.

Close by the former

Lieth buried the body of Humphrey Lovell, Esquire, with his two Wives and five Children. He died the 16. of November 1585.

Close to the other is this.

Hîc jacet Dominus Richardus Ellis, quon∣dam Hospitularius hujus Hospitalis. Qui obiit 3. die Augusti 1550. qua∣dragessimo 5. Cujus animae propitietur Deus. Amen.

At the upper end of the Chancell, in the East corner, is a very ancient Monument, with this Inscription.

Wilielmus Chaworth, secundus filius Iohan∣nis Chaworth, de Wynerton, in Comitatu Notingham, Militis, hic in suo Coeli∣batu repulverescit, cujus spiritus in Coe∣lis, carnis reassumptionem expectat.

Obiit 24. die Martii, Anno salutis à Christo 1582. & suae Nativitatis 28.

Necessitudinis Symbolum.

A very faire Table with a rich Coat Armes, on the East wall, toward the lower end of the Church. Over it these words:

So good a Father and Mother are never to be forgotten.

Vnder it these:

Here lieth the body of Rebecca Burton, Wife to Captaine Nicholas Burton, and Daughter to Henry Somaster of Painesford in Devonshire, Esquire; who departed this life the 28. of Fe∣bruary, Anno Dom. 1632.

In the wall on the West side of the Church, is this ancient Memoriall.

The first sepulted in this place after they it sacrated, Was Humphrey Summerset, Deacon, which here doth lye, Batchelour in the Arts, whom cruell Death oppressed, The sixteen hundred & fifteenth yeere of God Almighty, The fifteenth day of Aprill, which Humphrey doth call and cry, With lamentable escrikes, and good devotion, All devout Christen men and women, that passe hereby, Pray for my dolorous soule for Christs bitter passion.

On an ancient Plate close to the formes, is this Inscription.

Here by this wall side buried is William Vevian, Sonne and Heire unto Mi∣chael Vevian, of Cornewall, Esquire, which William was servant unto the Right Noble; Charles Sommerset,

Earle of Worcester, the Kings Cham∣berlaine, and by mis-fortune drow∣ned in the Thames, on Passion Sun∣day at afternoone, in the yeere of our Lord God, 1520. For whose soule pray of your Charity, as you would be prayed for.

In the body of the Church, upon a brasse plate on the ground, is this Inscription.

Here lyeth Humfrey Gosling, of London Vintener, of the White Hart of this Parish, a Neighbour of vertuous be∣haviour, a very good Archer, and of honest mirth, a good Company∣keeper,

So well inclin'd to poore and rich, God send more Goslings to bee sich.

He was servant to the Right Honoura∣ble, the Lord Hunsden, Lord Cham∣berlaine, and deceased the 22. of Iuly, 1586.

Close by the other lyes buried the bo∣dy of George Skoowith, 1525.

Also the body of Iohn Danson, 1577.

A very faire Stone, with a faire Picture of the party buried wrought in Brasse, having these severall Inscriptions.

Over his head two brasse Circles.

In the one thus:

Credo quod Redemptor meus vivit, & in novissimo die, de terra surrecturus sum.

In the other thus:

Et in Carne mea videbo Deum salvatorem meum.

In a Circle upon his brest thus:

Repesita est haec spes mea, in sinu meo.

Vnder him thus:

Situs hic est pietatis, ac Religionis cultor Ioannes Floid, Artis Muscae Bacchalau∣reus, qui dum vixit, Regis Henrici octa∣vi in sacello cecinit, & Christi Sepul∣crum invisit Ierosolimis. Obiit Anno Dom. 1523. Mens. Aprilis die tertio.

Neere unto the other is this Inscription.

Here resteth the body of the Lady Elea∣nor Kempe, Widdow, late Wife of Sir William Kempe, Knight, and Daughter and Heire unto Robert Browne, Esquire, which Lady Elea∣nor, deceased the 26. of September, in the yeere of our Lord God, 1559.

Neere vnto the former is this Inscription.

Orate pro anima Domini Iohannis Sam∣pull, quondam unius Vicariorum Colle∣gii Regii Sancti Steph. Westmonasterii, & in sua aetate in Cantaria Delin∣wood, Celebrans in Bassa Capella Sanctae Mariae D. Collegii. Qui obiit Anno Dom. 1510.

Neere unto the other is this Inscription.

Hic jacet Anna Pynta, Ispaniae, quae obiit 8. die Martii, Anno Dom. 1523. cu∣jus animae propitietur Deus, Amen.

On a faire Stone close to the other, is this Inscription.

Orate pro anima Iohannis Brime, Sacerdo∣tis, qui obiit 13. die mensis Martii 1525. cujus animae, &c.

Neere to the other.

Lyeth buried the body of Iohn Borwet, Esquire, sometime Sergeant Plum∣ber to King Henry the 7. and to King Henry the 8. deceased the 7. of De∣cember 1525.

Next unto the other is this Inscription.

Of your Charity, pray for the soule of Humphrey Cooke, Citizen and Car∣penter of London, and Master Car∣penter of all the workes to our Sove∣raigne Lord, King Henry the 8. and Master Carpenter at the building of this Hospitall, called The Savoy: the which Humphrey deceased the 13. day of March, in the yeere of our Lord God 1530. and lyeth under this Stone.

On the next unto the other, is this Inscription.

Pray for the soule of Newell Loveday, Gentleman, late Groome for the moneth in the office of the Cellar, to the most excellent Prince, King Henry the 8. who died the 18. day of May, Anno Dom. 1523.

A Table, or Memoriall of all such Benefactors as have gi∣ven any summes of Money or Legacies, to the value of five pounds and upwards, to this Parish of Saint Mary Strand, alias Savoy, for the use of the poore, or to other pious uses within this Parish; beginning from the yeere of our Lord God 1597. And as touching all other Legacies and summes of Money under five pounds, given by Bene∣factors in this kinde, since the time aforesaid, they are regi∣stred in a Booke kept for that purpose.

Anno Dom. 1622.

• Richard Denham
• Iames Bradford
  • Churchwardens.

Ralph Abnet of this Parish, died in the yeere of our Lord God 1597. and gave unto the use of the poore of this Parish the summe of twenty pounds, and five pounds more for the advancement of 5. poore Maid∣servants of this Parish in marriage.

Richard Iacob, of the Parish of Saint Clement Danes, Vintener, died in the yeere of our Lord God 1612. and gave unto the poore of this Pa∣rish, forty shillings per annum, for 32. yeeres, to be paid out of the Rent of the Cheaquer Taverne, in the Pa∣rish aforesaid.

Meredith Thomas, of the Parish of Saint Clement Danes, Taylor, dyed in the yeere of our Lord God 1620. and gave the summe of sixe pounds to this Parish for ever, to bee lent unto two poore men of this Parish, either of them three pounds a piece for three yeeres, without interest; they giving good security to the Church∣wardens for the time being, to re∣pay the said sixe pounds at the three yeeres end.

Francis Smith, of this Parish, Grocer, died in the yeere of our Lord God, 1621. and gave the summe of twen∣ty pounds, whereof ten pounds to the poore of this Parish, and the o∣ther ten pounds for the maintenance of a Sermon to bee yearely prea∣ched upon Midsummer day in this Church for ever.

Dame Margaree Walter, Wife of Sir Iohn Walter, Knight, of this Pa∣rish, died in the yeere of our Lord God 1622. and gave unto the poore of this Parish, the summe of five pounds.

Iohn Bennet, Baker, of this Parish, died in the yeere of our Lord God 1625. and gave unto the poore of this Pa∣rish, the summe of ten pounds for ever.

Iane Lane, Widdow, Daughter of Iames Howson, of this Parish, died in the yeere of our Lord God 1625. and gave unto the poore of this Parish the summe of five pounds.

There is given unto this Parish, the sixe and twentieth day of March, 1628. by the summe of five pounds, for the maintenance of two Sermons to bee preached yeerely, on Easter Monday, and Whitson Monday, by some suffici∣ent and able Minister.

A second Memoriall.

of this Parish, Wid∣dow, in the yeere 1629. gave unto this Parish the summe of six pounds to buy a second Pulpit Cloth, to re∣maine to the Church for ever▪

Sir Iohn Walter, Knight, Lord chiefe Baron, died in the yeere 1630. and gave to the use of the poore of this Parish for ever, the summe of twen∣ty pounds.

Iames Howson the elder, of this Parish, died in the yeere 1631. and gave unto the poore of this Parish the summe of five pounds.

To the Reader.

WE are here to give you notice (gentle Reader) that the Monuments, Epitaphs, and Inscriptions, that in this collection of Churches (Builded, Repaired, and Beau∣tified) are here (with their Churches) inserted, are onely such as as have beene raised, composed, and added, since the last imprin∣ting of this Booke, called The Survey of London, that Impression be∣ing in the yeere 1617. those of greater times and antiquity, are to be turned to as they stand before in their severall Wards and Pa∣rishes.