tres plus compleverat annis Nam tribus octensis Regia Sceptra tulit Quindecies Domini centenus fluxerat annus Currebat nonus cum venit atra Dies Septima termensis lux tunc fulgebat Aprilis Cum Clausit summam tanta Corona Diem Nulla Dedere prius tantum tibi saecula Regem Anglia vix similem posteriora Dabunt This Church is famous for the Monuments and Tombs of our Kings Queens Nobility and other eminent Men as Sebert the first Christian King of the Eastâ— Saxons Harold the Bastard Son of Canutus the Dane King of England King Edward the Confessor and his Queen Edith Maud Wife to King Henry the First the Daughter of Malcolm King of Scots Henry the 3. and his Son King Edward the 1. with Eleanor his Wife daughter to Ferdinando the first King of Castile and Leon. King Edward the 3. and Philippa of Henault his Wife King Henry the 5. with Katherine his Wife Daughter to King Charles the 6. of France Anne Wife to King Richard 3. Daughter to Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick King Henry the 7. with his Wife Elizabeth Daughter to King Edward the 4. and his Mother Margaret Countess of Richmond King Edward the sixth that most Religious and truly Vertuous Prince who lyeth under the Brass richly Gilded Altar most curiously wrought with Excellent Workmanship Anne of Cleave the 4 th Wife of King Henry the Eight Queen Mary and the Renowned Queen Elizabeth upon the Remove of whose Body from Richmond where She Dyed to White-Hall by Water these Lines were Written which may for their Elegancy and in Remembrance of that most Illustrious Protestant Queen be inserted The Queen was brought by Water to White-Hall At every stroake the Oars their tears let fall More clung about the Barge Fish under water Wept out their Eyes of Pearl swam blindly after I think the Barge-men might with easier Thighs Have row'd her thither in her Peoples Eyes For howsoe'er thus much my thoughts have scann'd Sh 'ad come by Water had she come by Land Prince Henry eldest Son of King James the First Monarch of Great Britain King James Himself and Queen Ann his Wife and the first Male born of King Charles the First dying an Infant Of Dukes and Earls and Lords Degree Edmund Earl of Lancaster second Son of King Henry the Third and his Lady Aveline de fortibus Countess of Albemarle William and Andomar of Valente of the Family of Lusignian Earls of Pembrooke Alphonsus John and other Children of King Edward the first John of Eltham Earl of Cornwall Son to King Edward the Second Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester the youngest Son of Edward the Third with other of his Children Eleanor Daughter and Heir of Humphry Bâ—hun Earl of Hereford and of Essex Wife to Thomas of Woodstock The young Daughter of Edward the Fourth And King Henry the Seventh Henry a Child of two months old Son of King Henry the Eighth Sâ—phia the Daughter of King James who died as it were in the first Day-dawning of her Age. Philippa Mohun Dutchess of York Robert of Henault in right of his Wife Lord Bourchier Ann the young Daughter and Heir of John Mowbraâ— Duke of Norfolk promised in Marriage unto Richard Duke of York younger Son to King Edward the Fourth Sir Giles Dawbny Lord Chamberlain to King Henry the Seventh and his Wife of the House of the Arundels in Cornwall John Viscount Wells Frances Brandon Dutchess of Suffolk Mary her Daughter Margaret Douglas Countess of Lenex Grandmother to James King of Great Britain with Charles her Son Winefrid Bruges Marchioness of Winchester Ann Stanhope Dutchess of Somerset and Jane her Daughter Ann Cecil Countess of Oxford Daughter to the Lord Burleigh Lord High-Treasurer of England with Mildred Burghley her Mother Elizabeth Berkly Countess of Ormond Frances Sidney Countess of Sussex James Butler Viscount Thurles Son and Heir to the Earl of Ormond Besides these Humphry Lord Bourchier of Cornwall Sir Humphry Bourchier Son and Heir to the Lord Bourchier of Berners both slain at Barnetfield Sir Nicholas Carew Baron Powis Thomas Lord Wentworth Thomas Lord Wharton John Lord Russel Sir Thomas Bromley Lord Chancellor of England Douglas Howard Daughter and Heir General of Henry Viscount Howard of Bindon Wife to Sir Arthur Gorges Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Edward Earl of Rutland Wife to William Cecil Sir John Puckering Lord-Keeper of the Great Seal of England Frances Howard Countess of Hartford Henry and George Cary the Father and Son Barons of Hunsdon both Lords Chamberlains to Queen Elizabeth The Heart of Ann Sophia the Daughter of Christopher Harley Count Beaumont Ambassador for the King of France in England bestowed within a small Gilt Urn over a Pyramid Sir Charles Blunt Earl of Devonshire Lord-Lieutenant-General of Ireland Geoffrey Chaucer the Prince of English Poets in his time Edmund Spencer an eminent Poet. William Cambden Clarencieux King of Arms. Causabon the Famous French Writer Michael Drayton c. Then there is George Villiers Duke Marquiss and Earl of Buckingham Favourite to King James and King Charles the First Also the Earl of Essex and several others Interr'd there during His present Majesties Absence from His Government There is also Interr'd George Duke of Albemarle Father to his Grace the present Duke whose Funerals were Solemnly performed the Thirtieth of April 1670. The Dutchess of Albemarle was also Interr'd in King Henry the Sevenths Chappel the twenty eighth of February 1669. in Westminster Church There is likewise Interr'd that Celebrated Poet Mr. Abraham Cowley under a Monument of Exquisite Curiosity at the Charges of his Grace the Noble Duke of Buckingham Having done with Westminster-Abby we shall give a Brief account of the other Churches Alphabetically as they were before the Fire And of such as are Re-built which are now far more Durable and Stately than before the Reader may expect an Account hereafter I. St. Albans Church in Woodstreet is of great Antiquity being Dedicated to St. Albans the first Martyr of England Another mark of Antiquity was to be seen in the manner of the turning the Arches in the Windows and heads of the Pillars There were also Roman Bricks found inlay'd here and there among the Stones of the Building it was Anno 1632. being wonderfully decay'd pull'd down in order to be Re-built In it were diverse Monuments which for brevity sake are omitted II. On the North side of the East end of Tower-street is the Parish-Church called All-hallows Barkin a very fair Church standing in a large Church-Yard on the North side whereof was built a fair Chappel by King Richard the first whose heart 't is said was buryed there under the high Altar This Chappel was Augmented by King Edward the first And a fraternity setled there by King Edward the fourth King Richard the third new Built it and founded therein a Colledge of Priests which was suppressed in the Year 1548. in the Second of Edward the sixth and the Ground made
And by Charter of Ed. 6. The Lord Mayor Recorder and Aldermen that are Justices of the Peace in London are to be Justices of the Peace in Southwark All Forfeited Recognizances about Ale-houses Inmates Bastard Children Appearance at Sessions of Goal-Delivery Fines and Issues of Jurors except Fines or Issues Royal c. Granted to the City by Charter of King Charles 1. Chart. 1. That no Aliens are to keep Houses in London nor be Brokers by Charter of E. 3 ch 5. That no Citizen shall wage Battel H. 1. H. 2. R. 1. ch 1. John ch 1. H. 3. ch 4. ch 9. No Stranger is to buy Goods before they be weighed by the King's Beam H. 3. ch 9. The Inhabitants of Black-Fryers to be exempted from Taxes and Fifteenths King James ch 2. By Letters Patents of King Henry the VIII Dated at Westminstor Jan. 13. In the 28 th Year of his Reign he did give and grant unto the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London and their Successors the Keeping Ordering and Governing of the House and Hospital called Bethlehem situate without and near Bishops-gate and all Mannors Lands Tenements Possessions Revenues and Hereditaments whatsoever and wheresoever lying and being belonging or appertaining unto the said Hospital or House called Bethlem and Made and Constituted by the same his Letters Patents these the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London and their Successors Masters Keepers and Governours of the said House and Hospital called Bethlem and of the said Mannors Lands Tenements and other premisses belonging to the same House or Hospital to have hold and enjoy the said Custody Order and Government of the said House or Hospital called Bethlem c. for ever c. London is by King James Char. 3. stiled his Royal Chamber who not only confirmed the Charters of his Predecessors but did give grant and confirm unto the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of London and to their Successors the weighing of all Coals called Stone-Coals weighable Earth-Coals and all other Coals weighable of what kind soever in or at the said Port of London coming or brought up the said River of Thames in any Ship Boat or Barge or other Vessel whatsoever floating or being in any Port of the same Water of Thames and upon whatsoever Bank Shore or Wharf of the same Water of Thames from the Bridge of Stanes to London-Bridge and from thence to a place called Yendal or Yenland towards the Sea For which the Duties Payable to the Mayor Commonalty and Citizens c. is Eight pence for every Tunn none is to unlade Coals till the Mayor has Notice and of the quantity because the Mayor c. should be capable at any time when required to inform His Majesty c. what quantity of Coals of what sort soever from time to time is brought into the City c. and how the City and Adjacent places are supplied No Markets of Coals to be in any Boats Lighters or other Vessel whatsoever except in the Ship that first brought in the Coals no Forestalling Ingrossing Regrating upon pain of incurring such Pains and Punishments as the Law provides for contemners and neglecters of Royal Mandates By Charter of Ed. IV. ch 4. In consideration of 7000 l. c. was granted to the Mayor c. the Offices or Occupations of Packing all manner of Woollen Cloaths Sheep-Skins Calves-Skins Goat-Skins Vessels of Amber and all other Merchandizes whatsoever to be Packed Tunned Piped Barrelled or any wise to be included with the oversight of opening all manner of Customable Merchandizes arriving at the Port of Safety as well by Land as by Water within the Liberties and Franchises of the said City and Suburbs c. And alsâ— the Office of Carriage and Portage of all Woolâ— Sheep-Skins Tynn-Bails and other Merchandizes whatsoever which shall be carryed in London from the Water of Thames unto the Houses of Strangers and contrariwise from the said Houses to the same Water or of other Merchandizes which ought to be carryed being in any House for a time And also the Office c. of Garbling of all manner of Spices and other Merchandizes coming to the said City at any time which ought to be Garbled Also the Office of Gager Office of Wine-Drawers c. to be exercised by them or their Deputies The Office of Coroner to beat the Mayors c. disposal Severed them from the Office of Chief-Butler c. Witness the King at Westminster the 20 th of June Anno Regni 18. By Charter of E. III. ch 1. It is granted thus Whereas in the Great Charter of the Liberties of England it is contained that the City of London may have all their antient Liberties and Customs and the same Citizens at the time of the making of the Charter from the time of Saint Edward King and Confessor and William the Conqueror and of other our Progenitors had divers Liberties and Customes as well by the Charters of those our Progenitors as without Charter by Antient-Customs whereupon in divers the Circuits and other the Courts of our said Progenitors as well by Judgments as by Statutes were Invaded and some of them Adjudged We Will and Grant for us and our Heirs that they may have the Liberties according to the Form of the above-said Great Charter and that Impediments and Usurpations to them in that behalf made shall be revoked and Annulled c. That the Mayor be one of the Justices of Goal-Delivery of Newgate and to be Named in every Commission thereof to be made That the Citizens may have Infangtheft This is a Saxon word signifying a Liberty Granted to certain Lords of Mannors to Judge any Thief taken within their Fee And Outfang-theft that is a Liberty Granted to the Lord to try any Thief taken out of his Fee and Chattels of Felons of all those which shall be Adjudged before them within their Liberties c. Citizens may Devise Lands in London in Mortmain or otherwise Merchant Strangers to Sell Goods within Fourty Days and may not keep Houses but are to be with Hosts that is Lodgers The KING 's Marshall Steward or Clerk of the Market of the King's Houshold may not Sit within the City Liberties No Citizen is to be drawn to Plead without the Liberties of the City about any thing that happens within the Liberties thereof No Escheator may Exercise that Office in the City but the Mayor for the time being is to do it Citizens to be Taxed in Subsidies as other Commoners not as Citizens To be quit of all Tallages this word is derived from the French word Taille a piece cut out of the whole signifying the paying a part or share of a Mans substance by way of Tribute Tax or Toll and that the Liberty of the said City shall not be taken into the hands of us or our Heirs for any Personal Trespass or Judgment of any Minister of the said City Neither shall a keeper in the said
as aforesaid That the like Rates be observed from or to any place at the like distance with the places before-named That if any Coach-man shall refuse to go at or exact more for his Hire than these Rates he shall for every Offence forfeit Ten shillings An Alphabetical Account of all the Carriers Wagoners and Stage-Coaches that comes to the several Inns in London Westminster and Southwark from all Parts of England and Wales with the respective days of their Coming in and Going out A. Abington WIlliam Perton Wagoner comes to the Bell in Friday-street on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Edward Perton with Coach and Wagon the same days to and from the Sarazens-head in Friday-street Aylesbury John Christmas Wagoner comes to the George by Holbourn-Conduit on Wednesdays goes out on Thursdays Mr. Webb Coachman comes to the Crown in Holbourn on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and goes out on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays Mr. Fryer's Coach comes to the Black Swan in Holbourn on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays and goes out on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays Andover in Berkshire Roger Bird Wagoner comes to the King's-Arms in Holbourn-Bridge on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Haverhill in Suffolk William Swan Carrier comes to the Four Swans in Bishops-gate on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Mr. Ashton Townes and Cole Edward Onyou Carriers come to the Four Swans in Bishopsgate-street on Wednesdays and go out on Thursdays John King Carrier comes to the Rams-head in Fenchurch-street on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire Thomas Richards Carrier comes to the Axe in Aldermanbury every week on Saturdays and goes out on Mondays Ashbourn in Derbyshire John Osbourne Dabridge Court Dunkley Carriers and Wagoners come to the Castle in Woodstreet on Saturdays and go out on Mondays St. Albans Joseph Marshall Coachmen comes to the Cock in Aldersgate-street on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and goes out on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays Widow Trotts Wagons come to the Cock in Aldersgate-street on Mondays and Fridays and goes out on Tuesdays and Saturdays Godfrey Scofield Wagoner comes to the Cock in Aldersgate-street on Mondays and goes out on Tuesdays Anthony Wilson's Coach comes to the Bell in Aldersgate-street on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and goes out on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays William Newels Wagon câ—mes to the Bell in Aldersgate-street on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and goes out on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays Robert Carr Wagoner comes to the Vine in Old-street on Mondays and Thursdays and goes out on Tuesdays and Fridays William Jones John Cook Wagoners come to the Vine in Old-street on Mondays and Fridays and go out on Tuesdays and Saturdays Amersham in Bucks John Sells Coachman comes to the Bell in Holbourn on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and goes out on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays Matthew Reading Wagoner comes to the White-Hart in High-Holbourn on Mondays and Fridays and goes out on Tuesdays and Saturdays Thomas Browne Wagoner comes to the White-Hart in High-Holbourn on Mondays and Fridays and goes out Tuesdays and Saturdays Abâ—â—sley in Huntingtonshire Thomas Basse Carrier comes to the Red Lyon in Aldersgate-street on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Agham in Hampshire Mr. Woodman Wagoner comes to the White-Hart in Châ—ring-cross â—n Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Arundel in Sussex George Moore anâ— William Deane comes to the Queens-head in Southwark on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Ashford in Kent Philip Smith Carrier comes to the Spur in South-wark on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays B. Brumly in Kent Widow Ingerhams Wâ—gon comes to the King's Arms in Barnaby-street in Southwark on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and goes out Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays William and Daniel Woolfs Wagon comes to the same place and uses the same days Bristol Robert Barrett John Barrett Samuel Wilkin Robert Gaines Carriers come to the Three Cups in Bread-street on Tuesdays and Fridays and go out on Wednesdays and Saturdays Philip Woodroofe Thomas Keene Bernard Keene Silvester Keene Wagoners come to the White-Swan at Holbourn-Bridge on Thursdays and goes out on Fridays John Booth William Baldwin Robert Toby their Coaches to Bristol and Bath come to the Sarazens-head in Friday-street on Saturdays and Wednesdays and go out on Mondays and Thursdays Bradford in Berkshire Widow Seywards Wagon comes to the White-horse in Southwark on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Bath William Tyley Carrier comes to the Three Cups in Bread-street on Fridays and goes out on Saturdays Basingstoke Lawrence Wardner's Wagon comes to the King's Arms in Holbourn-Bridge on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Beckles in Suffolk John Richardson's Coach comes to the Gross-Keys in Gracechurch-street on Thursdays and goes out on Fridays Bynfield in Berkshire William Johnson's Wagon comes to the George in Aldersgate-street on Tuesdays and goes out on Wednesdays Brentwood Coach comes to the Blue-Boar without Aldgate in and out every day John Hills Carrier comes to the Crown without Aldgate on Tuesdays and Thursdays and goes out on Wednesdays and Saturdays Barnstaple in Devonshire John Glowing Carrier comes to the Bull and Mouth by Aldersgate every other Friday and goes out the Saturday following Bleechenly in Surrey John Russel Carrier comes to the Half-Moon in Southwark on Fridays and goes out on Saturdays Bridgenorth in Shropshire Edward Bradley Carrier comes to the Bull and Mouth by Aldersgate on Fridays and goes out on Saturdays St. Edmonds-Bury Robert Coak's Coach comes to the Bull within Bishopsgate on Tuesdays and goes out on Wednesdays Robert Coak's Wagon comes in on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays John Barwick Coachman comes to the Bull in Bishopsgate-street on Saturdays and goes out on Mondays Richard Nelson Robert Cook their Coach comes to the Green Dragon in Bishopsgate-street on Thursdays and Saturdays and goes out on Fridays and Mondays Burwash in Sussex Nicholas Garrett Carrier comes to the Queens-head in Southwark on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Brentry in Essex Arthnr Paulmer Coachman comes to the Cross-Keys in Gracechurch-street in and out every day Mr. Bunting's Wagon comes to the Pewter-Pot in Leaden-hall-street on Thursdays and goes out on Fridays Mr. Robinson's Coach comes to the Ipswich Arms in Cullumstreet on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and goes out on Tuesdayt Thursdays and Saturdays Blakebourn Bolton-berry Ribchester Coulney Padcam and Preston in Lancashire Thomas Cave Carrier comes to Blossoms-Inn in Lawrence-lane on Thursday and goes out on Friday once in three weeks Burford in Oxfordshire Leonard Mill's Wagon comes to the Bell in Friday-street on Wednesdays and goes out on Thursdays Bakewel in Derbyshire John Syms Carrier comes to Blossoms-Inn on Thursday and goes out on Friday once in three weeks Bridgenorth in Shropshire Hugh Garrett Coachman comes to the Blue-Boar in Holbourn on Saturdays and gons out on Mondays Bridgenorth and Wenlock Widow Jane Gower Carrier comes to the Swan with two Necks in Lad-lane on Friday and gâ—â—s out on Saturdays once in a