Honour of Citizens, and worthinesse both of men
and women in the same.
Having thus in a generality handled the Original, the Wals,
Gates, Ditches, and fresh Waters; the Bridges, Towers and Castles; the
Schooles of Learning, and Houses of Law; the Orders and Customes, Sports
and Pastimes, Watchings and Martiall Exercises; and lastly, the honour
and worthinesse of the Citizens: I am now to set downe the distribution of
this Citie into Parts; and more especially, to declare the Antiquities (note
worthy) in every of the same: and how both the whole and parts have bin
(from time to time) ruled and governed.
part
Henricus Dei gratia, Rex Angliae &
Franciae, & Dominus Hyberniae:
Omnibus ad quos presentes literae
perventium, salutem. Inspeximus te∣norem
quondam ordinationis, con∣cessionis,
& stabilimenti certorum
Articulorum infra Sanctuarin li∣berae
Capellae nostrae, S. Martini
infra Civitatem nostram London
observandam & custodiendam, co∣ram
Nobis & Concilio nostro, 5. die
Februarii ultimo praeterito, apud
Westmon. in Camera Stellata, or∣dinatorum
& stabilitorum, Nobis
in Cancellar. nostram de mandato
nostro missum factū in haec verba:
AN ACT OF COMMON
COVNCELL, CONCERNING
the Conservation and Cleansing of the River
of THAMES, made the 28. of September,
in the thirtieth yeere of the Reigne of our
Soveraigne Lord King Henry the 8.
Commune Concilium tentum die Veneris primo die
Iunii, An. Regni Regis Henrici octavi, &c. decimo
octavo, in praesentia Iohannis Allen Maioris, Gulielmi Butler Militis,
Iohannis Milbourne Militis, Iohannis Mundi Militis, Thomae Baldri
Militis, Gulielmi Bayly Militis, Thomae Semer Militis, Iacobi Spencer
Militis, Iohannis Rudstone, Radulphi Dodmer, Iohannis Browne, Nicho∣lai
Lambert, Stephani Peacocke, Iohannis Harding, Nicho. Iennings,
Hen. Dacres, Iohan. Canulen, & Christopheri Askew, viz.
The Scedules, containing the free Customes, Orders,
Immunities, Discharges, Benefits, and Priviledges of
the Mannors of Stepney, alias, Stebunheath and Hackney, in the
County of Middlesex: Agreed vnto, approved, allowed, and ratified,
as well by the Right Honourable, Thomas, Lord Wentworth, Lord
of the said Mannors; as also by his Lordships Copy-hold, or Custo∣mary
Tenants, or reputed Copy-hold, or Customary Tenants of the
said Mannors, or of either of them, named parties to the said Indenture,
where vnto those Scedules are annexed. By which, all and every the
same Copy-holders or Customary Tenants, their, and every of their
Heires and Assignes, are to hold, vse, and enjoy, inherit, alien, de∣mise,
or dispose all and every, or any the said Lands, Messuages, Te∣nements,
Cottages, and Hereditaments, which they, every, or any of them
respectively doe hold, claime, or enjoy, byforce, or pretext of any grant
heretofore made by the Copy of Court Roll of the said Mannors, or ei∣ther
of them, the day of the date of the said Indentures: That is to say,
the twentieth day of Iune, in the yeeres of the Raigne of our Soveraigne
Lord IAMES, by the grace of God of England, France, and Ire∣land
King, Defender of the Faith, &c. the fifteenth, and of Scotland
the fiftieth.
A Schedule indented,
Containing a Survey taken the xxx. day of December,
Anno Dom. 1567. and the tenth of Queene Elizabeth, of the Man∣nor
of Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex, belonging to the Pre∣bend
of Hallywell and Finsbury, in the Cathedrall Church of
Saint Paul, London. Wherein are particularly specified, as well the ca∣pitall
Messuage and Scite of the said Mannor, and all other Messu∣ages,
Houses, Gardens, Orchards, Lands, Tenements, Medowes, Pa∣stures,
Leasures, and other Grounds, being of the Demaynes of the said
Mannor; with the Butts and Bounds thereof. As also the Rents and
Services belonging to the said Mannor: and the names of the Tene∣ments
by whom the same are to be paid. With mention also, for what
Lands the same Rents and Services are due: with the Butts and
Bounds thereof.
Additions out of severall Charters of Kings, &c. con∣cerning
the ancient Liberties, bounds and privi∣leges,
of Saint Martins le grand in Aldersgate Ward;
to bee inserted Page 330. in the second Columne,
betwixt the words Gospell and lower downe.
An Ancient Record con∣cerning
East Smithfield to bee
inserted Page 268.
To prove that the Hospitall of Saint Ka∣therines,
with the Mils, and all that
belong to it, together with the Tower
Ditch, all East-Smithfield without
the Posterne, before the Abbey of
Grace, with the right hand part of the
street leading along by Duddings
Pond, are, and time out of minde have
beene within the Liberty of the City of
London, and parcell of Portsoken
Ward without Algate, in the Sub∣urbes.
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