PART III

RELIGIOUS HOUSES

1. GENERAL 227

2. ST. MARTIN’S-LE-GRAND 234

3. THE PRIORY OF THE HOLY TRINITY, OR CHRIST CHURCH PRIORY 241

4. THE CHARTER HOUSE 245

5. ELSYNG SPITAL 248

6. ST. BARTHOLOMEW 250

7. ST. THOMAS OF ACON 263

8. ST. ANTHONY’S 268

9. THE PRIORY OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM 270

10. THE CLERKENWELL NUNNERY 284

11. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, OR HOLIWELL NUNNERY 286

12. BERMONDSEY ABBEY 288

13. ST. MARY OVERIES 297

14. ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL 309

15. ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS 311

16. ST. HELEN’S 313

17. ST. MARY SPITAL 322

18. ST. MARY OF BETHLEHEM 325

19. THE CLARES 329

20. ST. KATHERINE’S BY THE TOWER 334

21. CRUTCHED FRIARS 342

22. AUSTIN FRIARS 344

23. GREY FRIARS 348

24. THE DOMINICANS 354

25. WHITEFRIARS 360

26. ST. MARY OF GRACES 363

27. THE SMALLER FOUNDATIONS 365

28. FRATERNITIES 382

29. HOSPITALS 385

APPENDICES

1. LIST OF WARDS OF LONDON 391

2. LIST OF ALDERMEN 393

3. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ALDERMEN WHOSE NAMES ARE AFFIXED TO DEEDS IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 395

4. LIST OF PARISHES 397

5. PATRONAGE OF CITY CHURCHES 400

6. FESTIVALS 401

7. AN ANCHORITE’S CELL 404

8. THE MONASTIC HOUSES 406

9. A DOMINICAN HOUSE 407

10. THE PAPEY 411

11. CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT 413

12. FRATERNITIES 420

INDEX 423

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Extract from Letter-Book E, dated 1316, relating to the Grocers’ Company 5

Obverse and Original Reverse of the Seal of the City of London, showing Figure of St. Thomas à Becket 13

Old Mayoralty Seal, Thirteenth Century 15

King John signing Magna Charta _Facing_ 20

Aldgate House, Bethnal Green 25

Parts of the South and West Walls of a Convent 30

The Tower of London about 1480 39

The Crown offered to Richard III. at Baynard’s Castle _Facing_ 56

King Richard holding a Council of Nobles and Prelates 61

Henry of Bolingbroke challenges the Crown 62

Richard II. consulting with his Friends in Conway Castle 63

Richard II. and his Patron Saints 69

Whittington and his Cat 73

Death of Whittington 74

Crossbowman 77

The Morning of Agincourt 81

Facsimile of Heading of Account, 1575-1576, showing Cooper at Work 85

South-East View of the Old House lately standing in Sweedon’s Passage, Grub Street 91

South-West View of Gerrard’s Hall _Facing_ 100

Facsimile of Surgeons’ Arms, 1492, with St. Cosmo and St. Damian supporting 101

Interior of the Guildhall 103

A Tally for 6s. 8d. issued by Edward I.’s Treasurer to the Sheriff of Lincolnshire 105

Election Garland given by Robert and Cicely Chamberlayn, 1463 105

A Bagpipe-Player 110

Illustration from Zeller’s _La France Anglaise et Charles VII._ 111

The Seal of the Vintners’ Company, 1437 112

Tombstone of William Warrington, Master Mason, at Croyland Abbey, 1427 113

Coopers’ Marks, A.D. 1420 114

Part of Facsimile of the Original Charter granted by King Richard III. to the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers of the City of London (16th February, 1 Richard III.) 116

Liverymen of London 117

Frontispiece to the Grangerised Edition of Brayley’s _London and Middlesex_ _Facing_ 118

William Smallwood, Master of the Pewterers’ Company 121

St. Ethelburga’s Church, Bishopsgate Street 129

The Prioress 131

The Monk and his Greyhounds 131

Chantry Chapel of Henry V. in Westminster Abbey 133

Earl of Northumberland receiving Mass 135

Interesting Antiquities in Westminster Abbey _Facing_ 138

Savoy Chapel and Palace 141

The Lollard’s Tower, Lambeth Palace 149

Knights of the Holy Ghost embarking for the Crusades 151

A Priest called John Ball stirs up great Commotion in England 155

Embroidery of the Fourteenth Century, supposed to be part of a Frontal or Antependium 160

Archbishop of Canterbury preaching on behalf of Henry, Duke of Lancaster 161

Queen Margaret, Wife of Henry VI., at Prayers 168

All Hallows, London Wall 175

Wilsdon, Middlesex 181

The Tabard Inn, Borough 187

Boss from the Ruins of the East Cloister of St. Bartholomew’s Priory 195

Sanctuary Knocker, Durham Cathedral 202

The Martyrdom of St. Thomas 203

Brasses in St. Bartholomew the Less, Smithfield 207

The Sanctuary Church at Westminster 209

North-West View of the Ruins of the Bishop of Winchester’s Palace, Southwark 215

Torments of Hell 219

The Chapel of the Hospital for Lepers in Kent Street, Southwark, called Le Lock _Facing_ 220

Funeral Service 223

North View of the Oratory of the Ancient Inn situated in Tooley Street, Southwark, and formerly belonging to the Priors of Lewes in Sussex 229

The Sanctuary of St. Martin’s-le-Grand 235

Plan of Holy Trinity Priory (Ground Floor Story)} } _Between_ 244 _and_ 245 Plan of Holy Trinity Priory (Second Floor Story)}

The Charter House 246

Conjectural Restoration of the Buildings of the Priory Church of St. Bartholomew the Great as existing in Prior Bolton’s time (about A.D. 1530) 251

Part of the Choir, with the Remains of the South Transept, of the Church of St. Bartholomew the Great 252

Tomb of Prior Rahere 253

The Gate of St. Bartholomew’s Priory 255

St. Bartholomew the Less 257

Interior of St. Bartholomew the Great 259

Eastern Cloister of St. Bartholomew’s Priory 261

Seal of the Hospital of St. Thomas of Acon 263

Becket receiving a letter from Henry II. constituting him Chancellor. Consecration of Becket to the See of Canterbury. Becket approaching the King with Disapprobation 265

The Priory of St. John of Jerusalem, London 271

Crypt of St. John’s Church, Clerkenwell 273

“The Templars”: an Ancient House at Hackney 275

Knight Templar 276

Knight Templar: Temple Church 276

An Effigy at the Temple Church, erroneously described as that of Sir Geoffrey de Mandeville 277

Interior of the Temple Church 279

Ancient Cloisters in Clerkenwell 285

The Arms and Seals of the Prior and Convent of St. Saviour at Bermondsey 289

Bermondsey Abbey 293

A General View of the Remains of Bermondsey Abbey, Surrey _Facing_ 294

Figure of a Knight Templar } } 298 Traditional Figure of Old Overie }

Gower’s Monument, St. Mary Overies 299

Bishop Andrewes’ Tomb, St. Mary Overies 301

Gateway of St. Mary’s Priory, Southwark 303

Ancient Crypt, Southwark 305

North-East View of St. Saviour’s Church 307

South-West View of the Interior of the Church of St. Helen, Bishopsgate Street 314

South-East View of the Nunnery of St. Helen, Bishopsgate Street 315

The Crypt of the Nunnery of St. Helen, in Bishopsgate Street 317

Seals of St. Helen’s Nunnery 319

The Gothic Altar-piece in the Collegiate Church of St. Katherine, with the Monuments of the Duke of Exeter and of the Hon. G. Montague 335

The Church of Austin Friars 345

Arms of Sir R. Whittington, Grey Friars, now Christ’s Hospital 348

Christ’s Hospital, from the Cloisters 349

“Ye Plat of Ye Graye Friers,” A.D. 1617 351

Blackfriars’ Priory 355

A Column of the Hall of Blackfriars’ Priory 357

Crypt of Old Whitefriars’ Priory 361

Flagellants 367

Interior of Old Lambe’s Chapel, Monkwell Street 369

Exterior of the South Side of Old Lambe’s Chapel 371

North-East View of the Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Leadenhall, in the Parish of St. Peter-upon-Cornhill, London 375

Hall of the Brotherhood of the Holy Trinity 383

Page of the Roll containing the names of the “Brethren and Sisters” of the Guild of Fraternity of Corpus Christi, 1485, 1486, 1488 _Facing_ 384

North-West View of the Chapel and Part of the Great Staircase leading to the Hall of Bridewell Hospital, London 386