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Bridge Ward. St. Margaret's. St. Leonard
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Bridge Ward. St. Margaret's. St. Leonard
Eastcheap.
The Parish Church of S. MARGARET's Fish Street Hill.
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Then is the Parish Church of St. Margaret's on Fish Street Hill; a proper
Church.
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This Church not having any Cost, or but little in a long time bestowed upon it,
is now
very suddenly to be repaired, and, as we speak of the rest, will no question be
very
worthily trimmed and beautified.]
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To be repaired.
R.
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But Monuments it hath none, only one of note and well worth the Observation,
being
unknown, and not found till very lately; whereof Mr. Wood (the Reverend Parson
of
the Church) made me acquainted by his Clerk, to have me come see it; which I did
very
thankfully: Finding it to be the Figure of a Man of good respect, lying upon his
Tomb,
according to the manner of Persons of Antiquity. And this Inscription he
delivered me,
written with his own Hand:
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Monuments.
A. M.
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Joannes de Coggeshal, Civis & Cordarius de Parochiâ S. Margaretæ
de
Bridgestreet, London. Anno 1384. An. Reg. Richardi Secundi, Octavo.
Testamentum
irrotulat. in Hustingo London, die Lunæ in Festo S. Leonardi Abbatis. An.
Reg.
Richardi Secundi, 9.
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Joannes de Coggeshal.
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He lyeth buried in the said Church Wall, under the Marble Stone in the Window,
next
to St. Peter's Altar on the North side of the Church.
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And CHARITIES belonging to this Parish of St. Margaret New Fishstreet, are these
that follow.
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Charities.
J. S.
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John Wybert, out of the Swan in Kenton in Lincolnshire, 2l. 10s. to be
distributed one
Shilling every Sabbath Day to the Poor.
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John Jennings, to be paid by the Fishmongers Company, 13s 4l.
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Katharine Parry, out of Houses in Anchor Lane in Thamestreet, 3l. but now
reduced to
2l.
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Mr.Mosyer, out of the Pomegranate, now the Lobster, and a little Shop adjoining,
for
the Use of the Church, 1l. 10s.
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A Part of the Tenement of the Blue Boar in New Fishstreet, for the Use of the
Church,
at per Ann. 7l.
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Out of which is paid a Quit-Rent of 1l. per Ann. to the Crown.
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There was a Parsonage House before the Fire. The Ground was let by Lease to
George
Legoe: Who resigned the said Lease to the City of London. For which the
Minister
receiveth 21l. per ann. and the Parish 30s. per ann.]
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Parsonage.
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A Foot Way passeth by the South side of this Church from Fishstreet Hill into
Rother
Lane.
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The Parish Church of St. LEONARD in EASTCHEAP.
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Up higher on this Hill, is the Parish Church of St. Leonard Milk Church., so
termed of
one William Melker, an especial builder thereof, but commonly called St.
Leonard's in
Eastcheap, because it standeth at Eastcheap Corner,
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St. Leonard's Milk Church.
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In the Year of our Lord 1618. this Church by a casualty of Fire, happening by
whiting
of Baskets, in the House of one Jerome Baynton a Turner, (situate in Little
Eastceap,
on the North side of the said Church, whose House was burned down, and in the
place
thereof another built with Brick) was fired in the Steeple thereof, being a
Spire covered
with Lead; it was quenched, but not without great pains and much danger to
some Persons, (who were not unrewarded by the Parish) before any great hurt was
done to it by the Fire, more than the defacing of it, and other parts of the
Church; but
for that the said Steeple was very old, much ruined and decayed in the stone
Work
thereof, to prevent further danger, it was pulled down, and all the West end of
the
Church thereto adjoining, a new Foundation laid, inlarged three Foot toward the
East,
and new built, not without great Charge to the Inhabitants of the Parish, who
were all
willing and ready to contribute towards the rebuilding, repairing, and
beautifying the
House of God; and the better to set forward the Work, the Inhabitants of the
Parish did
tax themselves toward the Charge at 198l. 6s. 4d. but for that the Parish is but
small,
and the greater part of the Inhabitants poor, they were inforced by their
Petition to seek
help from his Majesty, who was graciously pleased to grant them his Letters
Patents
(for their relief) to collect and gather in several Counties within this Kingdom
towards
the Charge of the rebuilding the Steeple, and the repairing of the Church.
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The Steeple fired 1618.
R.
A Brief granted towards the rebuilding of it.
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The Steeple being finished as it now standeth, the South Wall toward the
Churchyard
being much decayed, was also taken down and new built, and the Church in other
parts
repaired, the Charge thereof amounting to above 850l. of which the Parish
received by
way of Collection (toward their Charge) in London, and other Places, the Sum of
170l
1s. 9d. and of other Benefactors, 10l. 15s. they having one Patent for six
Shires also,
the Party that was imployed to lay the Briefs, and gather the Collections, went
away
with all, and brought to the Parish neither Brief nor Penny. The Steeple of
this Church,
and the Wall on the South side (toward the Churchyard) was builded, and the
Church in
other parts repaired and beautified, in the Years 1618, 1619, 1620, 1621.
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Abraham Colfe, Rector.
Churchwardens.
Edwin Fisher,
Richard Foster,
Richard Bourne,
Henry Gulstone,
MONUMENTS there be of the Doggets, namely;
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Walter Dogget, Vintner, one of the Sheriffs, 1380.
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John Dogget, Vintner, and Alice his Wife, about 1456.
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This John Dogget gave Lands to that Church.
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William Dogget, &c. And none else of note.
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By good hap we are able to retrieve a good Number of the antient Monuments in
this
Church of St. Leonard's (together with the Coats of Arms set on the Stones) from
the
Oblivion wherein they have lain for many Years. So much beholden are we to some
in
former Times, whose Inclinations led them to take notice of, and to transcribe
Funeral
Inscriptions.
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MS. penes D. H. S. George Mil. Garter.
J. S.
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Isto sub lapide requiescunt Corpora Johannis Johnson nuper Civis &
Carnificis London
quorum Anniversariorum exequias annuatim fecit [celebrari]
undecimo die Feb. quo dictus Johannes ab hac luce migravit, An. D. 1280.
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Which if the Number be not mistaken, is a Monument of great Antiquity. The
Coat,
which stood on the Right side, was two Battle Axes in Salteir between four
Roses.
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