to throw down whatsoever was an Annoyance. But the Dean was not fined, because it was not his proper Deed.

Antiently when this College flourished, a Curfeu Bell was rung here; as was at Bow, St. Giles Cripplegate, and Barkin. It was some great Bell to be heard at a distance, to give the Citizens warning of the time of Night; and to keep within Doors. King Edward I. in his Reign, in Orders sent to the City for keeping the Peace, against many Mischiefs and Murders, Robberies, and beating down of People by certain Hectors, walking armed in the Streets a-Nights; commanded, that henceforth, none should be so hardy to be found wandring in the Street, after Coverfeu Bell sounded at St. Martens le Graund.]

This College was surrendered toKing Edward VI. the 2d of his Reign, in the Year of Christ, 1548. And the same Year, the College Church pulled down, many Houses builded, highly prised, and letten to Strangers born; and such others as claimed benefit of the Privileges granted to the Canons, serving God Day and Night; (for so be the Words in the Charter of William the Conqueror) which may hardly be wrested to Artificers, Buyers and Sellers, otherwise than is mentioned in the 21 of St. Matthews Gospel.

In the East part, where the College Church stood, was afterwards a large Wine Tavern builded: And down to the West, and so throughout the whole Precinct of that College, it was new builded upon.]

To shew further the Antiquities of this Religious Foundation, here follow the Additions out of several Charters of Kings, &c. concerning the antient Liberties, Bounds and Privileges, of St. Martins le Grand, in Aldersgate Ward.

WIllimus Conquestor per chartam suam corroborat & confirmat, Deo & Ecclesiæ beati Martini infra muros London Sitæ; quodsit quieta ab omni exactione & inquietudine Episcoporum, Archidiaconorum, &c. Et possessiones suas ab omni regali jurisdictione liberas, & ab exercitus expeditione, pontis restauratione, munitione & castelli auxilio, quietas habeat; Secuam Sacam, & Toll, & Team, & Infangthese, Blodwite, Mundbrice, Burghbrice, Meskenning, Sea wing, Alcesting, Faithsorne, Fleamina, Firnithe, Wergeldtheose, Uthleap, Forseng, Fyhseng, Firdwyte, Firthwit, Weardwite, Hengwite, Hamsokne, Forsteal, & si quas alias libertates, & consuetudines aliquas Ecclesiarum regni mei Angliæ meliores habeat. Si quis verò hoc in aliud quam concessimus, transferre præsumpserit, cum Juda proditore Dei luat pœnas. Dat. Anno Domini 1068. Annoq; Regni mei secundo, die natalis Domini. Et postmodum in die Pentecostes confirmat. quando Matilda conjunx mea in Basilica Sancti Petri Westmonasterii, in Reginam divino nutu est consecrata.

Subscript. per ipsum Regem, Reginam, * Richardum filium Regis, ambos Archiepiscopos, & diversos alios.

HEnricus Dei gratia, &c. Dominus Hiberniæ, Dux Normanniæ & Aquitanniæ, Comes Audegaven. Archiepiscopis, Episcopis, Abbatib. Prioribi Comitib. &c.

Noveritis, Nos intuitu Dei, & salute animæ nræ. & animarum Antecessorum & Heredum nrorum, dedisse, concessisse, & hac Carta nra. confirmasse, pro nobis & heredib. nris. Deo & Ecclesie Sti Martini, London. & dilecto Clerico nro. Waltero de Kerkham, Decano ejusd. Ecclie. quod idem Decanus, & Successores sui, Decani ejusd. loci habeant in perpetuum, cum donatione Prebendarum & Ecclesiarum, & cum libera administratione omnium rerum ad eandem Eccliam. Sti Martini pertinentium, omnes Libertates & Quietantias subscriptas, Videl. Soc & Sac. Tol & Theam, & Infangenthef, cum aliis libertatibus & liberis consuetudinibus, & quietantiis suis, in bosco & plano, in viis & semitis, in pratis, pascuis, pasturis, in aquis & molendinis, in vivariis & stagnis, in moris & mariscis, in grangiis & virgultis, infra burgum & extra, infra civitatem & extra, infra villam & extra; & in omnib. aliis locis, & rebus ad ipsum Decanatum & mentionatam Eccl'iam Sti Martini pertinentib. Et quod omnes terræ & omnia dominica, tenementa & omnes homines predict. Ecclie. Sti Martini, sint quieti de schiris, hundredis, & de sectis schirarum & hundredarum & Wapentache, & de pecunia danda pro forisfacto, & de murdro & latrocinio, geldis, danegeldis, hidagiis, assisis, & de operationibus castellorum & murorum, fossarum, parcorum, pontium, calcetarum; & de guardis, reguardis, & de essariis & placitis foreste, & de ferwica, & de hengwica, & de stemenefriche, & de hamsoca, & de blodwica, & de stistwica, & de leirwica; & de hundredis payny, & de wardespeny, & de hapeny; & de vigiliis faciendis, & de pontagio, passag. tallag. stallagio, telonio, scutagio, & de omnium secularium exactione, & servicio & opere servili, & de omnib. placitis & querelis, & occasionibus & consuetudinib. secularibus. Quare volumus & firmiter præcepimus pro nobis, & heredibus nris, &c. His Testibus, J. Bathon. R. Dunelm. W. Carliol. Epis. H. de Burg. Com. Cantii Justiciar. Anglie, Philip de Albemarl. Hug. de Samford. Radulph. fil. Nicolai. Johan. fil Philip. Galfrid. de Spencer. Galfrid de Cant. Wil. Tolecote. Hen. de Capella. & aliis. Dat. per manum venerab. patris R. Cicestren. Epis. Cancellar. n'ri, ap. Westm. 4 Febr. Anno Regni n'ri 15.]

HE grants to St. Martins, Secuam, Sak, Thol, & Theam, & Infangentheof; cum omnibus libertatibus, consuetudinibus & quietanciis suis, in bosco & in plano, in viis & in semitis, in pratis, pascuis & pasturis; in aquis, molendinis & vinariis, in stagnis & piscariis, in moris & maressis, in grangiis & virgultis, infra burgum, & extra, infra civitatem & extra, infra villam & extra: Et in omnibus aliis locis et rebus, ad ipsum Decanum et memoratam Ecclesiam Sancti Martini pertinentibus. Et quod omnes terræ, tenementa, et omnes homines prædicti Ecclesiæ Sancti Martini, sint quieti de Shiris, hundredis, et de sect. Shirarum et Hundredarum et Wapentakarum: et de pecunia danda pro forsifacturis, et de murdro et latrocinio, et geldis et danegeldis, hidagiis, assisis, et de operationibus Castellorum et murorum, fossarum, parkarum, pontium, calcearum; et de guardis, regardis, et de essariis et placitis foresta: et de ferdwyta et hengwyta; et de stemensfirthe et hainsoka, et de blodwyta et frithwyta, et de leirwyta; et de hundredspenny, et de wardpenny, et de haverpenny, et de vigiliis faciendis, et de pontagio, passagio, lastagio, tallagio, stallagio, the-