Part 16

The jurymen returned by the wardmote inquest, serve as jurors in the courts of Guildhall in the month of May.

BILLITER _lane_, Leadenhall street. It was anciently called Belzeter’s lane, from its first builder and owner, which was at length corrupted to Billiter lane. _Maitland._

BILLITER _square_, Billiter lane.

BILTON’S _alley_, Freeman’s lane, Horselydown.†

BINGLE’S _lane_, Poplar.†

BINHAM’S _yard_, near St. James’s square.†

BIRCHIN _lane_, Cornhill. Stow observes that it was anciently called Birchover’s lane, from Birchover, the first builder and owner, and that this name was corrupted to Birchin lane.

BIRD’S _alley_, Fashion street.†

BIRD’S _court_, Philip lane.†

BIRD’S _street_, 1. Brook’s street.† 2. Green Bank, Wapping.† 3. Orchard street.†

BIRD’S _wharf_, White Friars stairs.†

BIRD’S _yard_, Chick lane, Smithfield.†

BIRD CAGE _alley_. 1. Anchor street.* 2. In the Borough.* 3. St. Margaret’s Hill, Southwark.*

BIRDCATCHERS _alley_, Whitechapel.

BIRD IN HAND _alley_, Cheapside.*

BISHOP’S _court_. 1. Ailsbury street. 2. Brook’s street. 3. Chancery lane, from the Bishop of Chichester’s house near that place. 4. Coleman street. 5. Durham yard in the Strand. 6. Fore street. 7. Gray’s Inn lane. 8. Little Old Bailey. 9. Lothbury. 10. Old Soho. 11. Old street.

BISHOP’S _yard_, Charles street, Grosvenor square.

BISHOPSGATE, is situated 1440 feet north west of Aldgate. Mr. Strype imagines that it was erected by Erkenwald Bishop of London about the year 675, a conjecture founded only on the effigies of two Bishops wherewith this gate was formerly adorned, and from which it might take its name: but it is probable that it was not erected so early, since Mr. Stow could not find it mentioned before the year 1210.

In the reign of King Henry III. the Anseatic company residing in this city, in consideration of several privileges granted them, obliged themselves and their successors, not only to keep this gate in repair, but to defend it, whenever it should be attacked by an enemy: and by this company it was rebuilt in a beautiful manner in the year 1479. On the south side over the gateway, was placed a stone image of a Bishop with a mitre on his head; he had a long beard, eyes sunk, and an old mortified face, and was supposed to present St. Erkenwald. On the north side was another Bishop with a smooth face, reaching out his right hand to bestow his benedictions, and holding a crosier in his left, who is thought to have been the courtly Bishop William the Norman: this last was accompanied by two other figures in stone, supposed to be King Alfred, and his son Eldred Earl of Mercia. The present structure is a plain neat edifice erected in 1735. On the top over the gateway, which is very lofty, is the city arms supported by dragons; and on each side of the gate is a postern for the convenience of foot passengers.

BISHOPSGATE _street_ extends from Cornhill, thro’ the gate, to Norton Falgate, that part between the gate and Cornhill being called Bishopsgate street within, and all without the gate, Bishopsgate street without.

BISHOPSGATE _ward_, which takes its name from the gate, that stands almost in its center, is bounded on the south by Langbourn ward; on the west by Broad street ward; and Moorfields on the east by Aldgate ward, Portsoken ward, and part of the Tower liberty; and on the north by Shoreditch: thus this ward extends from the bars near Spital square, on both sides of the way, (including near half of Houndsditch) as far as the pump at the corner of St. Martin’s Outwich; and winds by the west corner of Leadenhall, down Gracechurch street, to the south west corner of Fenchurch street. The principal places in this ward are, the parish churches of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate, St. Ethelburga’s, and Great St. Helen’s; Leatherfellers hall, Gresham college, and the London Workhouse.

This ward is under the government of an Alderman and two Deputies, one within, and the other without the gate, six Common Council men, thirteen wardmote inquest men, seven constables, seven scavengers, and a beadle. The jurymen returned by the inquest men are to serve in the several courts of Guildhall in the month of December

BISSEL’S _court_, Wapping.†

BIST’S _gardens_, in the Mint, Southwark.†

BITT _alley_, Turnmill street.

BLACK _alley_, Turnmill street.

BLACK AND WHITE _alley_. 1. Old Bailey. 2. Tower hill.

BLACK AND WHITE _court_, Old Bailey.

BLACK BELL _alley_. Petticoat lane.*

BLACK BIRD _alley_. 1. St. John’s street, Spitalfields.* 2. Spicer street.*

BLACK BOY _alley_. 1. Chick lane.* 2. Barnaby street.* 3. Blackman street, Southwark.* 4. Fore street, Lambeth.* 5. In the Minories.* 6. Near Peter’s Hill, Thames street.* 7. Rosemary lane.* 8. Saltpetre Bank.*

BLACK BOY _court_, Long Acre.*

BLACK BOY _yard_. 1. In the Minories.* 2. Saltpetre Bank.*

BLACK BULL _alley_, Petticoat lane, Whitechapel.*

BLACK BULL _yard_, Whitechapel.*

BLACKBURN’S _alley_, Rotherhith wall.†

BLACKBURN’S _court_, Portpool lane.†

BLACKBURN’S _mews_, Grosvenor street.†

BLACK DOG _alley_. 1. Bowling alley, Dean’s yard, Westminster.* 2. East Smithfield.*

BLACK DOG _yard_. 1. Near Vauxhall.* 2. Shoreditch.*

BLACK EAGLE _court_, Whitechapel.*

BLACK EAGLE _street_, Brick lane, Spitalfields.*

BLACK EAGLE _yard_, Black Eagle street.*

BLACK FIELDS, Horselydown.

BLACK FRIARS, near Fleet ditch, was a monastery of that order, otherwise called Preaching Friars. This monastery was erected by Robert Kilwarby Archbishop of Canterbury, about the year 1276, who also built the church of Black Friars, to which King Edward I. and Queen Eleanor were great benefactors, and even the reputed founders. This church was large and richly furnished with ornaments. In the monastery several parliaments were held, and the Emperor Charles V. who was also King of Spain, lodged there in the year 1522. There the ancient Kings had their records and charters kept, as well as at the Tower: and, tho’ this monastery was dissolved with the rest by King Henry VIII. yet in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, Black Friars was inhabited by many noblemen and gentlemen; parliaments still continued to be often held there, and being a place of refuge, malefactors frequently took shelter in its liberties, and the inhabitants were free from arrests: but these pernicious privileges have been many years lost; and as it has been lately made part of the ward of Faringdon within, the shopkeepers and tradesmen are obliged to be free of the city; two Common Council men are annually elected out of it, and added to the number that used to serve this ward.

BLACK FRIARS _bridge_. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of this city, have been empowered by a late act, to build a bridge cross the Thames from Black Friars to the opposite side in the county of Surrey; to fill up the channel of Bridewell dock, or Fleet ditch, and to purchase and pull down such buildings as shall be thought proper for forming and widening streets and avenues. This bridge is to have a free and open passage thro’ the arches of 750 feet at least within the banks of the river. A sufficient number of glass lamps are to be fixed on proper parts of it, to burn from sun setting to sun rising; and a number of watchmen placed for the security of passengers.

For the erecting and support of this work, when finished, they are to receive as toll, any sum they shall direct, not exceeding the following rates:

For every coach, chariot, berlin, chaise, chair or calash, drawn by six horses, 2_s._

Drawn by four horses, 1_s._ 6_d._

Drawn by less than four, 1_s._

For every waggon, wain, cart or car, drawn by four or more horses, or other beasts, 1_s._

For either of the same carriages drawn by less than four horses, &c. 6_d._

For every horse, mule or ass, laden or unladen, and not drawing, 1_d._

For every foot passenger on Sunday, 1_d._

And every other day ½d.

Upon the credit of these tolls, the Lord Mayor and Common Council are impowered to raise any sums of money not exceeding 30,000_l._ in one year, till they have raised 160,000_l._ in the whole, which they are not to exceed.

BLACK FRIARS _school_, was founded by Peter Joy, Esq; in the year 1716, who also endowed it with 160_l._ 17_s._ 3_d._ _per annum_, for cloathing and instructing forty boys and thirty girls, in reading, writing and accounts. This school he left in trust with the Governors of Sion College, who allow the master 40_l._ and the mistress 30_l._ a year.

BLACK FRIARS _stairs_, near Fleet ditch.

BLACKHEATH, a large plain on the south of Greenwich, on which Watt Tyler, the Kentish rebel, mustered 100,000 men. In this place, which is admired for the fineness of its situation, and its excellent air, is a noble house built by Sir Gregory Page, Bart. a view of which we have here given.

This is a very magnificent edifice, built in the modern taste, consisting of a basement state and attick story. The wings contain the offices and stables, which are joined to the body of the house by a colonade. It stands in the midst of a park with a large piece of water before it. The back front has an Ionic portico of four columns, but having no pediment does not make so agreeable a figure as could be wished.

This is one of the finest seats in England belonging to a private gentleman; it is adorned with many capital pictures, a list whereof is here given; and the gardens, park, and country around, render it a most delightful seat: yet this fine edifice was begun, raised, and covered, in the space of eleven months. At a small distance is the College erected by Sir John Morden, Bart. for a particular account of which see MORDEN COLLEGE.

A Catalogue of the Pictures of Sir GREGORY PAGE, Baronet, at his House at _Blackheath_.

│ Height.│ Breadth.│Painted by │ Feet Inc.│ Feet Inc.│

Sampson and Dalilah │ 5 6│ 8 3│_Vandyke._

St. Cyprian a ¾ │ 4 3│ 3 1½│_Ditto._ length │ │ │

The three royal │ 2 0│ 3 8│_Ditto._ children ½ │ │ │ lengths │ │ │

Juno and Ixion │ 6 0│ 8 0│_Rubens._

Rubens and his │ 6 8│ 6 3│_Ditto._ mistress │ │ │

Rubens, two figures,│ 5 3│ 8 0│_Ditto and Snyders._ fowls and fruit │ │ │

Figures by Rubens, a│ 2 3│ 3 1│_Ditto and Brughel._ landskip │ │ │

David and Abigail │ 6 2│ 6 9½│_Ditto._

A maid milking a │ 4 10│ 6 7│_Jordans of Antwp._ goat │ │ │

The good Samaritan │ 7 0│ 7 8│_Systi Baldelochi._

The return of the │ 7 0│ 9 0│_Chev. Calabreze._ prodigal son │ │ │

Moses striking the │ 7 0│ 9 0│_Valerio Castello._ rock │ │ │

The woman taken in │ 3 8│ 5 2│_Paul Veronese._ adultery │ │ │

Moses and Pharaoh’s │ 4 4│ 6 0│_Paul Veronese._ daughter │ │ │

A counsellor, his │ 3 10½│ 4 9½│_Titian._ wife and daughter │ │ │

Peter’s denial of │ 4 2│ 4 10│_M. A. daCaravagio._ our Saviour │ │ │

A holy family │ 2 2│ 1 0│_Parmegiano._

Moses striking the │ 3 1│ 4 10½│_Giacomo Bassan._ rock │ │ │

A landskip with │ 2 4│ 3 10½│_Ditto._ cattle │ │ │

The angels appearing│ 4 2│ 5 5│_Bassan._ to the shepherds │ │ │

History of Cupid and│ 1 10│ 2 2½│_Luca Giordano._ Psyche, twelve │ │ │ pieces │ │ │

Venus, Cupid and │ 1 1½│ 1 4½│_Philippo Lauro._ Satyrs │ │ │

Venus, Cupid and │ 1 1½│ 1 4½│_Ditto._ Satyrs │ │ │

A landskip with │ 2 0│ 1 6│_Salvator Rosa._ figures │ │ │

A landskip with │ 2 0│ 1 6│_Francisco Mola._ figures │ │ │

Judith and │ 4 4½│ 3 11│_Manfredo._ Holofernes │ │ │

│ 3 10½│ 3 2½│_Lewis Carrachi._

A sacrifice │ 3 2│ 4 3│_Nich. Poussin._

A Venus, Cupid and │ 2 2│ 1 8│_Ditto._ Satyrs │ │ │

Daphne changed into │ 2 2½│ 1 10│_Nich. Poussin._ a laurel │ │ │

A landskip with │ 3 0│ 4 3│_Gaspar Poussin._ figures │ │ │

Architecture and │ 3 9│ 5 3│_Viviano._ figures │ │ │

Architecture and │ 3 2│ 4 4½│_Ditto._ figures │ │ │

Joseph and his │ 3 0│ 4 2│_Paraccini._ brethren │ │ │

Jacob embracing │ 3 0│ 4 2│_Ditto._ Benjamin │ │ │

A landskip with │ 2 0│ 2 9│_Claude Lorrain._ figures │ │ │

A landskip with │ 2 6│ 3 11½│_Francisco Mille._ figures │ │ │

A landskip with │ 1 5│ 1 10│_Ditto._ figures │ │ │

Three figures ½ │ 3 10│ 3 1│_after Car. lengths │ │ │Maratti._

A quarter length │ 2 9│ 2 0│_Albert Durer._

A battle piece │ 2 3│ 3 2│_Bourgognone._

A battle piece │ 2 3│ 3 2│_Ditto._

An holy family │ 3 0│ 3 9│_Solomini._

Paris and Helena │ 2 0│ 3 2½│_L’Araise._

The judgment of │ 3 9│ 4 1½│_Pompeio._ Solomon, gallery │ │ │ chimney piece │ │ │

Hector and │ 3 4│ 3 6│_Imperialis._ Andromache, │ │ │ drawing room │ │ │ chimney piece │ │ │

Coriolanus, saloon │ 3 9│ 3 9│_Imperialis and chimney piece │ │ │Masucci._

Architecture and │ 4 8│ 4 0½│_Paulo Panini._ figures, dressing │ │ │ room chimney piece│ │ │

Architecture with │ 2 5│ 2 4½│_Ditto._ figures, │ │ │ bedchamber chimney│ │ │ piece │ │ │

Ditto, yellow │ 3 4½│ 3 3│_Ditto._ bedchamber chimney│ │ │ piece │ │ │

Ditto, library │ 4 7½│ 4 0½│_after Panini._ chimney piece │ │ │

Ditto, yellow │ 2 10│ 3 7½│_Harding aft. dressing room, │ │ │Panini._ ditto │ │ │

Ditto, red dressing │ 3 6│ 3 4½│_Ditto._ over the chimney │ │ │ piece, ditto │ │ │

Ditto, store room │ 2 9½│ 2 8½│_Ditto._ chimney piece, │ │ │ ditto │ │ │

Ditto, over the │ 1 9│ 3 3│_after P. Panini._ doors of the red │ │ │ drawing room │ │ │

Ditto, over the │ 1 9│ 3 3│_Harding aft. doors of the red │ │ │Panini_ drawing room │ │ │

Ditto, with figures │ 2 4│ 3 8│_Ditto._ over the door in │ │ │ the saloon │ │ │

Ditto, ditto │ 2 4│ 3 8│_Ditto._

A landskip with │ 3 8½│ 3 8½│_Lambert._ figures, dining │ │ │ room chimney piece│ │ │

A landskip with │ 2 10½│ 3 2½│_Ditto._ figures, green │ │ │ dressing room │ │ │ chimney piece │ │ │

A landskip with │ 2 4½│ 2 4½│_By_ figures, green │ │ │ bedchamber chimney│ │ │ piece │ │ │

Fruit and flowers, │ 2 5│ 2 5│_By_ breakfast chimney │ │ │ piece │ │ │

Pharaoh’s daughter │ 2 3½│ 1 10½│_Chev. Vanderwerff._ and Moses │ │ │

Message by the │ 2 2│ 1 7½│_Ditto._ angels to the │ │ │ shepherds │ │ │

King Zeleucus giving│ 2 4│ 1 8│_Ditto._ his kingdom to his│ │ │ son │ │ │

Shepherds and │ 1 10│ 1 5½│_Chev. Vanderwerff._ shepherdesses │ │ │ dancing │ │ │

Hercules between │ 1 11│ 1 5│_Ditto._ Virtue and Vice │ │ │

Roman Charity │ 1 11½│ 1 5│_Ditto._

Joseph and │ 1 11│ 1 5½│_Ditto._ Potipher’s wife │ │ │

Mary Magdalen │ 1 11│ 1 6│_Ditto._ reading in a │ │ │ grotto │ │ │

Bathsheba bathing │ 1 10│ 1 3½│_Ditto._

Our Saviour and Mary│ 2 4│ 1 8½│_Ditto._ Magdalen │ │ │

Venus and Cupid │ 1 5½│ 1 0│_Ditto._

Chevalier │ 2 1 0│ 2 2½│_Ditto._ Vanderwerff, his │ │ │ wife and daughter │ │ │

Adam and Eve │ 1 6│ 1 0│_Peter Vanderwerff._

and Stratonica │ 1 6│ 1 0│_Ditto._

A landskip with many│ 2 8│ 3 8│_Sir D. Teniers._ figures, a fair at│ │ │ Ghen │ │ │

Ditto with figures │ 2 8│ 3 9½│_Ditto._

Fruit and flowers │ 2 7│ 2 0│_Van Huysan._

Ditto │ 2 7│ 2 0│_Ditto._

Fruit and flowers │ 2 0│ 1 9│_Van Huysan._

Ditto │ 2 0│ 1 9│_Ditto._

Ditto │ 1 3│ 1 0│_Ditto._

A view of Venice, │ 2 4│ 3 8│_Harding af. over the saloon │ │ │Canaleti._ door │ │ │

Ditto, ditto │ 2 4│ 3 8│_Ditto._

Architecture, over │ 2 6│ 4 0│_Ditto after the door in the │ │ │Panini._ gallery │ │ │

Ditto, ditto │ 2 6│ 4 0│_Ditto._

The golden age │ 2 1│ 2 8│_Limburg._

The great church at │ 2 7│ 2 3│_De Witt._ Harlem │ │ │

A landskip with │ 0 7│ 0 10│_Velvet Brughel._ figures │ │ │

Ditto │ 0 4½│ 0 6│_Ditto._

A poulterer’s shop │ 1 5│ 1 3│_Old Meiris._

A fishmonger’s shop │ 1 5│ 1 3│_Ditto._

A water piece │ 0 10│ 1 1│_Zagtleven._

An hunting piece │ 2 2│ 2 8│_Berchem._

An Italian playing │ 1 2│ 1 0│_Brower._ on the guitar │ │ │

A landskip with │ 1 10½│ 2 2½│_Wouvermans._ figures and cattle│ │ │

A landskip with │ 1 6│ 1 10│_Wouvermans._ figures and cattle│ │ │

The holy family │ 2 3│ 1 7│_Scalchen._

Ditto │ 2 3│ 1 7│_Ditto._

A woman with a torch│ 1 0½│ 0 10½│_Ditto._

A schoolmaster │ 1 2│ 0 11│_Gerard Dowe._

The offering of the │ 1 4│ 1 0│_Polenburgh._ kings │ │ │

Two small figures, │ 1 3½│ 1 6½│_Young Meiris._ Venus and Adonis │ │ │

A landskip with │ 1 7½│ 2 7│_Edema._ cattle │ │ │

A landskip with │ 2 0│ 2 5½│_Craddock._ fowls and a dog │ │ │

In the Gallery 52 pictures

Drawing room 13

Saloon 8

Dressing room 32

Bedchamber 1

Library 1

Dining room 2

Attick story 9

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118 In all

BLACK HORSE _alley_. 1. Barbican.* 2. Near Snow hill.*

BLACK HORSE _court_. 1. Aldersgate street.* 2. In the Minories. 3. Old Change.* 4. White street, Southwark.* 5. Windmill street.*

BLACK HORSE _yard_. 1. Green street, Leicester fields.* 2. In the Curtain, Hog lane, Shoreditch.* 3. Gravel lane, Houndsditch.* 4. Gray’s Inn lane.* 5. Harrow alley, Petticoat lane.* 6. Nightingale lane.* 7. Pickax street.* 8. Poor Jewry lane, within Aldgate.* 9. Tottenham Court road.* 10. Townditch, Little Britain.* 11. Tower hill.* 12. Whitechapel.* 13. Great Windmill street.*

BLACK JACK _alley_. 1. East Smithfield.* 2. Great Windmill street.* 3. Old street.*

BLACK LION _alley_, Wentworth street.*

BLACK LION _court_. 1. Bank side.* 2. Foster lane.* 3. Old Change.*

BLACK LION _stairs_, near York Buildings.*

BLACK LION _yard_. 1. Bedfordbury.* 2. Stony lane, Petticoat lane.* 3. Whitechapel.*

BLACKMAN’S _court_. 1. Great Peter street.* 2. Price’s alley.*

BLACKMAN’S _street_, St. George’s church, Southwark.*

BLACK MARY’S _hole_, a few stragling houses near the Cold Bath fields, in the road to Hampstead. It took its name from a Blackmoor woman called Mary, who about thirty years ago lived by the side of the road near the stile in a small circular hut built with stones.

BLACKMOOR’S HEAD _yard_, near St. James’s square.*

BLACKMOOR _street_, Clare-market.*

BLACKMOOR’S _alley_. 1. Farthing fields.* 2. Green bank, Wapping.* 3. St. Martin’s lane, Charing cross.*

BLACK RAVEN _alley_. 1. Coleman street.* 2. Leadenhall street.* 3. Near Fishmongers hall in Thames street.*

BLACK RAVEN _court_. 1. Chiswell street.* 2. Golden lane.* 3. Grub street. 4. Leadenhall street.* 5. St. Olave’s street.* 6. Seething lane.*

BLACK RAVEN _passage_, Fetter lane.*

BLACK ROD, an officer of the King’s palace, so called from his carrying a black staff, is the chief of the four Gentlemen Ushers of the presence chamber, and attends the House of Lords every day during the sitting of Parliament, where his seat is within the bar. When the King sends to order the House of Commons to attend him in that house, he always sends the Black Rod. This gentleman is also employed in fitting up the House of Lords before the meeting of the Parliament; he introduces the Lords into that house, and to his custody delinquents are committed by the Lords. This gentleman is likewise Usher to the order of the Garter.

BLACK’S _alley_, East Smithfield.

BLACK’S _fields_, Shad Thames.

BLACKSMITHS, an ancient guild, or fraternity, which was continued by prescription, till the Blacksmiths were incorporated by letters patent granted by Queen Elizabeth, and confirmed by King James I.