Chantry Certificate, 1548: City of London

LONDON AND MIDDLESEX CHANTRY CERTIFICATE, 1548 (PRO, E 301/34)

'The City of London and the County of Middlesex: A brief declaration made by us Sir Roger Cholmeley, knight, Chief Baron of the king's majesty's Exchequer; Nicholas Hare, Wymonde Carewe and John Godsalve, knights; Richard Goodricke, John Carrell, Richard Morrison and Hugh Losse esquires, commissioners of our sovereign lord the king within the city of London and the county of Middlesex for the (?execution) of an Act made in the first year of his highness's reign concerning colleges, free chapels, chantries, fraternities, gilds, brotherhoods and other lands whatsoever given for or towards the finding of any priests, obits, lights, lamps and such other like uses as in the king's commission unto us directed in that behalf more plainly appeareth; declaring as well the true value of all such colleges, free chapels, chantries, fraternities, brotherhoods, gilds and such other, with (? the yearly reprises) and annual deductions going out of them, as also of all such sums of money coming and growing to the king's said majesty by reason of the forenamed Act of Parliament, as hereafter more plainly may appear.'

1. St Augustine by Paul's Gate (fn. 1)

Chantry and obit:* 2 tenements in the parish of St Mary Magdalene Milk Street, t. Richard [Barnes], (fn. 2) given under royal licence by Henry Rede, £11 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 2s quitrent to the king; 13s 4d tenths to the king; £6 13s 4d to Sir William Browne, chantry priest aged 47, of small learning and having no other living; 10s obit; ... ; total deductions £8 17s 4d. Clear remainder £2 9s 4d p.a. ... .

Priest, obit and lamp: a tenement in the parish, t. Thomas [Rydley], (fn. 2) given by John [Ryvers], (fn. 2) £5 10s p.a. Of which, 10s obit; 6s to the poor; £1 light; £1 6s 8d to a chaplain praying for the soul of Richard [Cocke]; (fn. 3) total deductions £3 2s 8d. Clear remainder £2 7s 4d p.a. ...

Taper weighing 1 lb to burn before the image of Our Lady: a tenement in the parish, t. Robert [Goslyng], (fn. 4) given by John Burten, £5 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 7s taper; 4s quitrent to the late house of Burton Lazars; total deductions 11s. Clear remainder £4 15s 8d p.a.

Paschal light: £2 p.a. rent from his manor of [Fulbrook], (fn. 5) Oxon., given by John Malte. Of which, £2 paschal light. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest for 3 years for the soul of the said John Malte:* [£20] cash given by the same. Nothing has been paid to Sir William [Seyman], (fn. 6) priest, aged 63 ... (fn. 7) Clear remainder £20.

Memoranda:* no brotherhoods or schools; ... communicants. John Royston, rector, is not resident and finds a curate to serve the cure. Value of the living not known. No other priest besides the curate and chantry priest ... . (fn. 8)

2. [m.1d] St Andrew by the Wardrobe (fn. 9)

Priest and obit: (?lands) given by John Parrante, (fn. 10) £12 3s 4d p.a. Of which, 10s quitrent to the king; £6 13s 4d to Thomas Morres, chantry priest; 8s obit; total deductions £7 11s 4d. Clear remainder £4 12s p.a.

Priest and obit: lands which Humphrey Talbot, kt., willed to be amortised to find a priest for his and other souls, the grant being assured by Thomas [Ashurst] (fn. 11) for ever, £7 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £2 to augment the salary of Thomas Morres above; 6s 8d obit; total deductions £2 6s 8d. Clear remainder £5 p.a.

Obit and alms: lands, tenements and a free rent of 14s 3d from a tenement now t. one Decro, given by John Lee, £9 5s 8d p.a. Of which, 5s obit; 8s to the poor; £1 quitrent to the king; total deductions £1 13s. Clear remainder £7 12s [8d] (fn. 12) p.a.

Rood lamp: 6s 8d p.a. rent from a tenement in the parish owned by the Lady Anne of Cleves and t. John Puddell.

Lamp before the Blessed Sacrament on the choir altar: 6s 8d p.a. rent from a tenement of the dean and chapter of St Paul's in the parish, t. Nicholas Spackman.

Memoranda: no brotherhoods or grammar school; 450 communicants. Robert Hope, rector, receives £17 17s 6d p.a. In his absence a curate serves the cure with the help of the chantry priest. An inventory of chalice, vestments etc. kept by the churchwardens has been made and nothing surrendered.

3. St Benet Paul's Wharf (fn. 13)

Chantry: foundation unknown (fn. 14) for lack of sight of the evidence; lands reckoned among other church lands which amount in all to £14 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £1 5s 3d quitrent to the king; £6 13s 4d to Sir [blank] (fn. 15) Goche, chantry priest aged 40, a base singer and simply learned, who also receives £6 13s 4d p.a. pension from the late house of St Neot's, Hunts; total deductions £7 18s 7d. Clear remainder £6 14s 9d p.a.

Memoranda: no brotherhoods or grammar school; 336 communicants. Walter Major, rector, receives £12 18s 2¼d p.a. No other priest except at Easter; nothing surrendered.

4. St Nicholas Olave

Lamp and 'Salve' before the image of Our Lady: 10s p.a. rent given by William Newport for ever from a tenement in the parish of St Michael Queenhithe.

Memoranda: no brotherhoods nor grammar school; 163 communicants. Edward Cowper, rector, receives £11 10s 11d p.a. and finds another priest to serve the cure: Sir Alexander Bull aged 40, whose qualities and learning are indifferent. Nothing surrendered.

5. [m.2] St Vedast Foster Lane

Chaplain:* lands given by William Trystor for his soul for ever, which, together with rents given by [Simon Atwell] (fn. 16) to overcome the insufficiency of the former, amount to £18 5s 2d p.a. Of which, £1 13s 4d quitrent to the king; 13s 4d tenths to the king; £6 13s 4d to Sir [Albert] (fn. 17) Copeman, chantry priest aged 39, of poor quality and learning and having no other income; 13s 4d obit; £1 to the poor; total deductions £10 13s 4d. Clear remainder £7 11s 10d p.a.

Priest: lands given by Geoffrey Gate for his and his wife's souls for ever, £8 6s 8d p.a., augmented by further lands given by Christopher T[yrry], (fn. 18) £6 3s 4d p.a.; total £14 10s p.a. Of which, 13s 4d quitrent to the king; 5s quitrent to the dean and chapter of Westminster; £6 13s 4d to Sir John [Merkhame] (fn. 19), chantry priest aged 59, of mean quality and learning and having no other income; total deductions £7 11s 8d. Clear remainder £6 18s 4d p.a.

Obit and lamp: a tenement given by John Russell for the soul of Andrew (?Secheford), £3 p.a. Of which, 3s 4d obit; 6s 8d lamp; total deductions 10s. Clear remainder £2 p.a.

Jesus Mass and Lady Mass: £100 was given by Dame Elizabeth Thurston, widow, to buy lands to maintain the 2 masses and certain 'Salves' for herself and others: £5 6s 8d (fn. 20) p.a.

Priest: £160 given 16 years ago by Mr Cote to buy lands to support a priest singing for Cote and others: no lands yet bought. Mr Hartop pays a priest with the interest from the money.

Memoranda: 460 communicants. Sir Richard Ridge, rector, receives £33 5s 10d p.a. and serves the cure himself with the help of a curate and the chantry priests. (fn. 21)

6. St Botolph Billingsgate (fn. 22)

Priest before the Lady Altar, and 7 tapers: tenement given by John Pickman, £10 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Thomas Serle, priest (fn. 23) aged 50, of good conversation and learning touching ordinary service and having no other income; 9s 4d tapers; total deductions £7 2s 8d. Clear remainder £2 17s 8d p.a.

Priest and obit: land and tenements given by Thomas Aubury for his soul, £8 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £7 6s 8d to Sir Thomas Barnston, priest (fn. 24) aged 60, a man of good conversation and learning and having no other income. Clear remainder £1 p.a.

Augmentation of a priest's wages: tenement given by Richard Cockes, £6 p.a.

Augmentation and poor relief: tenements given by Roger Smalwood for his soul, £2 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 2s alms. Clear remainder £2 4s 8d p.a.

Obit: £1 10s p.a. rent given by Nicholas West for his soul for ever.

Obit: 13s 4d p.a. rent received from the chamberlain of London, given by John Renewell for his soul. Of which, 13s 4d to the poor. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: Thomas [Wall] (fn. 25) gave to John [Collet] (fn. 25) and Katherine his wife a tenement in Thames Street called the Sun, and to William Saunderson and Jane his wife and the survivor of them, and to their heirs and the survivor of them, to maintain a priest in Grundisburgh (Grounesborough), Suff., or in default of this in St Botolph. Not paid for the past 2¼ years.

Memoranda: 300 communicants. Nicholas Archebolte, rector, receives £23 6s 8d p.a. For the fraternity here see next entry.

7. St Botolph Billingsgate: Fraternity of Our Lady and St John Baptist (fn. 26)

Fraternity lands: £14 p.a. Of which, 17s 6d quitrent to the king; £8 6s 8d to Sir William [Lucar], (fn. 27) priest, of small learning and having no other income; 6s 8d to the poor; total deductions £9 10s 10d. Clear remainder £4 4s 2d p.a.

Memorandum:* plate, jewels and ornaments belonging to the fraternity are in the hands of Nicholas Reve and Edward ..., as in an inventory (fn. 28) in the hands of Hugh Losse Esq.

8. [m.2d] St Benet Sherehog (fn. 29)

Priest: £3 6s 8d p.a. rent given by Ralph Faber from a capital messuage in the parish, for his soul for ever. Of which, £3 6s 8d to Anthony Coplyn, priest, now deceased. Clear remainder Nil.

Chaplain to sing divine service: £4 8s p.a. rent given by John Freshe from a tenement in the parish of St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street, at the corner of Dolittle Lane.

Memoranda: 300 communicants. Anthony Richardson, rector, receives £7 p.a.

9. St Mary at Hill (fn. 30)

Priest and Lamp: £8 2s 6d p.a. rent given by Rose Writell from her tenements in Thames Street to Robert Haymond and Margery his wife and the heirs of Margery's body, to pay a priest 6 marks p.a. and maintain a taper of 4 lb before the image of Our Lady. Of which, £4 to Christopher Burley, priest aged 43, a good singer and well learned, having no other living except the further £4 recorded below; 2s 6d tapers; total deductions £4 2s 6d. Clear remainder £4 p.a.

Priest, obit, torches and other charges: lands and tenements given by John Weston, £8 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £4 to Christopher Burley; 11s 8d obit and torches; 3s 4d church works; 13s 4d quitrent to the master of the Bridgehouse; total deductions £5 8s 4d. Clear remainder for the relief of the poor £3 5s p.a.

Priest, obit and lamps: lands and tenements given by John Cawston for his soul for ever, £20 17s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Edmund Alston, priest aged 36, a good singer and handsomely learned, having no other living; 13s 4d to the king in right of Bermondsey (Barmesey); 4s 10d obit; 5s quitrent to the king; 6s quitrent to the wardens of St Magnus; £1 tapers; total deductions £9 2s 6d. Clear remainder for repairing the houses £11 15s 2d p.a.

Priest: lands and tenements in the parish given by John Nasinge for his soul for ever, £12 3s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Thomas Lewes, priest aged 42, a good singer, a player on the organs and prettily learned, having no other living; £1 2s quitrent to the king; total deductions £7 15s 4d. Clear remainder £4 8s p.a. for the repair of the houses.

Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by William Cambridge to find a priest well learned in divinity for his soul for ever and to maintain other charges specified in his will, £10 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Matthew Berye, priest aged 40, a good singer and indifferently well learned, having no other living; £1 1s 8d obit; 6s 8d to the poor; 6s quitrent to the king; total deductions £8 7s 8d. Clear remainder £1 19s p.a. for the repair of the houses, any surplus to be given to the church.

Priest, obit and light of 5 tapers: tenements given by Richard Gesseling for his soul for ever, £9 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to John Sherpyn, priest aged 44, a teacher of children, having no other living in certainty; £2 12s to the poor; 2s 10d wax; 4s 5d obit; total deductions £9 12s 7d. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest, obit and lamp: lands and tenements given by John Bedman for his soul for ever, as specified in his will, £13 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to a conduct; (fn. 31) 6s 8d obit; £2 12s to the poor; total deductions £9 12s. Clear remainder £3 14s 8d p.a.

Church lands: (fn. 32) £24 3s p.a. claimed by the churchwardens as church lands, but there is no evidence to prove title. From this 3 conducts receive £8 p.a. each: William Rice, Robert Tanner and William Hamounde. Clear remainder 3s p.a.

Memoranda: 400 communicants. One chalice held by the churchwardens to the king's use. Sir Alan Percye, rector, receives £40 p.a. There are no other priests besides the rector, curate and certain conducts to sing and help the choir, who are paid £16 p.a.

10. [m.3] St Gregory

Chantry priest: lands and tenements given by Robert Rasamond for his soul for ever, £13 18s p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Peter Jackesonn, chantry priest aged 39, a teacher of children, who also has £5 6s 8d p.a. pension 'for that he was a religious person'; 2s quitrent to the king; total deductions £6 15s 4d. Clear remainder £3 12s 8d p.a. towards the repair of the houses.

Memorandum: 600 communicants. Sir John Wakelinge, rector, receives (?£19) 18s p.a.

11. St Michael Cornhill

Priest, obit and other charges: lands and tenements given by William Rus for his soul for ever, £27 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £8 to Sir William Penne, priest aged 38, of indifferent learning and having no other living; £2 12s to a bedesman; £2 in coal to the poor; £3 for 3 lamps; 15s quitrent to the king; total deductions £15 7s [sic]. Clear remainder £12 6s 4d p.a.

Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by Andrew Smythe for his soul for ever, £12 p.a. Of which, £7 6s 8d to John Paddye, priest and conduct aged 26, indifferently learned and having no other living; 2s quitrent to the king; total deductions £7 8s 8d. Clear remainder £4 11s 4d p.a.

Chaplain and obit: tenements given by Simon Mordonne for his soul for ever, £9 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to John Campyon, priest and conduct aged 66, a good singer and indifferently learned, and having no other living; 3s quitrent to the king; total deductions £6 16s 4d. Clear remainder £2 3s 8d p.a.

Conduct and obit: tenements given by John Langhorne for his soul for ever, £10 8s p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Robert Morecock, conduct aged 36, whose quality and conversation is as the other, (fn. 33) and having no other living; 3s quitrent to the king; total deductions £6 16s 4d. Clear remainder £3 11s 8d p.a.

Augmentation of Walter Bullingham's chaplain and obit: tenements given by Thomas Baker for his soul, £2 18s 8d p.a. Of which, £2 to Ralph More, chaplain aged 50, who has been bed-ridden for 18 years and also receives £4 13s 4d p.a. pension from the king; 4s 4d to the poor; total deductions £2 4s 4d. Clear remainder 14s 4d p.a.

Obit: tenements given by Dame Ursula Lile for her soul for ever, £8 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 6s 8d quitrent to Westminster [sic]; £1 quitrent to the king; £6 0s 8d to the poor; total deductions £7 7s 4d. Clear remainder £1 6s p.a. Lamp and obit: tenements given by Roger Stockeden for his soul for ever, £7 4s 8d p.a. Of which, 7s obit; 10s lamp; total deductions 17s. Clear remainder £6 7s 8d p.a.

Obit: a tenement in the churchyard and a tenement in the parish, given by Thomas Irelonde for his soul for ever, £3 10s p.a. Of which, 3s 4d quitrent to the king. (fn. 34) Clear remainder £3 6s 8d p.a.

Obit and paschal lamp: tenements given by Robert Drope, £6 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 13s 4d paschal lamp; 3s 4d to the poor; total deductions 16s 8d. Clear remainder £5 16s 8d p.a.

Obit:* £6 13s 4d p.a. rent paid by the Drapers' Company for [William] Combton. (fn. 35) Of which, £6 13s 4d to Thomas Baker, priest aged ... Clear remainder Nil.

Memoranda** (fn. 36)

12. [m.3d] St Michael Cornhill: Fraternity of St Anne and Our Lady (fn. 37)

Chaplain: [A tenement in Gracechurch (Gracious) Street, t. William Gurley, £7 6s 8d p.a.; another tenement there, t. William Austley, £6 6s 8d p.a.; a tenement in the parish of St Botolph Bishopsgate, t. James Sweper, £1 6s 8d p.a.; 4 tenements in St Michael's churchyard, t. Sir William Leekes, £1 9s 4d p.a.]; total £16 9s 4d p.a. Of which, £8 to Sir John Thomas, priest aged ... , indifferently learned and having no other living; £1 quitrent to the king; £1 10s to St Bartholomew's hospital; 2s to the king; total deductions £10 12s. Clear remainder £5 17s 4d p.a.

Chaplain: a tenement in Lombard Street, t. Robert [Clerke], £8 p.a.; a tenement in the parish of St Mary at Hill, [in Love Lane, t. Henry Smyth] (fn. 38) £6 13s 4d p.a.; a tenement without Bishopsgate called the Half Moon, t. Robert Woode, £3 p.a.; total £17 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £8 to Sir William Brickes, chaplain aged 33, ...ly well learned and having no other living; 18s quitrent to the king; 16s alms to the poor; total deductions £9 14s. Clear remainder £7 19s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: plate and ornaments in the hands of Thomas Judge and George Hinde, churchwardens, to the king's use, as shown in an inventory made by Hugh Losse. (fn. 39)

13. St Sepulchre without Newgate

Priest, obit and church repair: tenements given by Geoffrey Churche for his soul for ever, £5 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £3 13s 4d to the priest; (fn. 40) 4s 8d obit; total deductions £3 18s. Clear remainder £1 8s 8d p.a. for repairs.

Lady altar: augmentation of a priest's salary: tenement given by Thomas Whitton for a priest celebrating mass and other divine service, £5 p.a. Of which, £1 3s 4d quitrent to Eton college. Clear remainder £3 16s 8d p.a.

Lady altar: augmentation of a priest's salary: 2 tenements given by Roger Marks for his soul for ever, £2 p.a.

Lady altar priest: tenements given by William Harsham towards a priest's salary, for his soul for ever, £1 p.a., and further tenements given by Thomas Eydon, £4 6s 8d p.a.

Obit: 10s p.a. rent given by John Pecket from a tenement in Smithfield, for his soul for ever. Of which, 4s alms to the poor. Clear remainder 6s p.a.

Priest and obit: tenements given by William Newcastell for his soul for ever, £19 14s 8d p.a. Of which, £3 6s 8d to the priest; 6s 8d obit; total deductions £3 13s 4d. Clear remainder £16 1s 4d p.a. for the repair of the church.

Priest, and church repair: a tenement in Smithfield Bars, t. Thomas Parker, given by Abred Apulbie, £2 p.a.

Maintenance of the ornaments: 13s 4d p.a. rent given by William Cressewicke from a tenement in St John's Street called the Castle.

Obit: £2 p.a. rent given by John Staunton for his soul for ever.

Memoranda: 900 poor are relieved in the parish; 3,400 communicants. The king is rector by impropriation and receives £42 14s 10½d p.a. William Cloplonde, vicar, receives £20 ... p.a. A brotherhood is described below. (fn. 41)

14. St Sepulchre without Newgate: Brotherhood of Our Lady and St Stephen

Brotherhood lands: (fn. 42) 6 cottages at the Barbican in the parish of St Botolph without Aldersgate, t. John Twyforde and others, given by John Austen and others, £5 11s (?4d) (fn. 43) p.a.

[m.4] Obit: a tenement given by William Kenns for his soul for ever, £2 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 3s alms to the poor. Clear remainder £2 10s 4d p.a.

Priest and obit at the Lady altar: tenements given by John Jenour for his soul for ever, £1 10s p.a.

Obit: a tenement given by Robert Sibson for his soul for ever, £3 p.a.

Obit:* a tenement given by William [Rawlyn] (fn. 44) for his soul for ever, £1 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £1 to the poor. Clear remainder 6s 8d p.a.

Memorandum:* the plate, goods and ornaments are in the hands of Richard ... and ..., as shown in an inventory in the hands of Hugh Losse Esq., the king's surveyor.

15. St Sepulchre without Newgate: Stipendiary lands*

[Priest to sing in the Lady chapel: tenements] (fn. 45) given by Walter [Bruce], (fn. 46) £8 12s 4d p.a. Of which, 3s quitrent to the king. Clear remainder £8 9s 4d p.a.

Priest: tenements given by William Andrewe, £13 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £7 6s 8d to John Lowe, priest aged 35, of honest qualities and having no other living; £1 6s 8d ... ; 9s ... ; 1s ... ; total deductions £9 3s 4d. Clear remainder £4 3s 4d p.a.

Priest at the altar of the apostle ... and obit: lands and tenements given by John Knyf for his soul for ever, £8 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to a priest; (fn. 47) 13s 4d ... ; total deductions £7 6s 8d. Clear remainder £1 10s p.a.

16. St James Garlickhithe (fn. 48)

Morrow mass priest:* lands and tenements given by Thomas Lincoln and Richard Lyon, £22 2s 8d p.a. Of which, £8 to Sir John ..., (fn. 49) priest; (?£3 16s quitrents to the king); £1 quitrent to ... ; 6s 8d obit; 6s 8d to the poor; total deductions £13 9s 4d. Clear remainder £8 13s 4d p.a.

[Priest and obit]:* lands and tenements given by John Oxonford, £17 15s p.a. Of which, £8 to Sir William ... ; 6s 8d (?obit); 6s 8d to the poor; total deductions £8 13s 4d. Clear remainder £9 1s 8d p.a.

[Priest]:* [tenements] given by William [Harvye], (fn. 50) £12 14s 8d p.a. Of which, £7 to ..., (fn. 51) priest; 8s 8d ... ; 6s 4d ... ; total deductions £7 15s. Clear remainder £4 9s 8d p.a.

[Priest and obit]:* [tenements] given by Robert [Checheley], (fn. 52) £18 10s 4d p.a. Of which, £8 to ..., priest; 8s quitrent to the king; 10s ... ; £2 to the poor; total deductions £10 18s. Clear remainder £7 12s 4d p.a.

[m.4d] [Priest and obit]:* lands and tenements given by John Rodynge, £22 12s p.a. Of which, £8 to ..., (fn. 53) priest; £1 quitrent to the king; 6s 8d obit; 13s 4d to the poor; total deductions £10. Clear remainder £12 12s p.a.

Lamp before the high altar: lands and tenements given by Thomas Lincolne for a light of 30 tapers, £8 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 13s 4d quitrent to the churchwardens of St Pancras. Clear remainder £8 p.a., which until 2 years ago was given to the maintenance of the lamp but is now given to the poor.

For the increase of divine service and for the repair of the church: lands and tenements given by Laurence Smythe, £9 14s p.a.

Obit: tenement given by Thomas Kent for his soul, £2 13s 4d p.a.

Priest: £8 p.a. paid by the treasurer of Augmentations, by decree of that court, from land worth £8 p.a. given by John Woode to the prior of St Mary's Spittal to maintain a priest. (fn. 54)

Memoranda: Thomas Longlow, rector, receives £18 p.a. and employs a curate in his absence; 400 communicants. From the surplus income 4 conducts and singing men who have no other living are each paid £8: William Stevens, John Grove and Nicholas Abbot. (fn. 55)

17. St Giles Cripplegate

Chaplain: lands and tenements given by Richard Chaurye for his soul for ever, £4 p.a.

Augmentation of the same: lands and tenements given by Matthew Ashebye for his soul for ever, £9 7s 8d p.a.

Obit: lands and tenements given by John Sworder: 10s to be spent at the obit and the rest put in the poor box, £3 15s 4d p.a. Of which, 10s obit. Clear remainder £3 5s 4d p.a.

Light before the Sacrament: 7s p.a. rent given by Bartholomew Jecket from a corner tenement in [Grub Street]. (fn. 56)

Church lands: for which no written evidence survives, £4 13s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: 2,440 communicants. Roger Cobartes, rector, receives £28 p.a. St Giles's brotherhood in the same church described below.

18. St Giles Cripplegate: Brotherhood of Our Lady and St Giles

Chaplain and 2 lights:* tenements given by John Ballinger, William Larke and Richard Serle, (fn. 57) £13 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £7 13s 10d to Sir Richard Johnson, priest; 12s 4d tenths to the king; 2s 8d lights; 3s 6d to the poor; total deductions £8 12s 4d. Clear remainder £5 4s 4d p.a.

Priest and obit: tenements given by William Grove and Robert Heyworth for their souls for ever, £12 9s 4d p.a. Of which, £7 13s 4d to Sir Philip Reve, priest; 13s 4d quitrent to the king; 2s quitrent to the churchwardens of St Giles; total deductions £7 15s 4d [sic]. Clear remainder £4 0s 8d p.a.

[m.5] Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by William Brampton for his soul for ever, £10 18s 2d p.a. Of which, £6 16s to Sir John Barnes, priest; 3s 8d obit; 6s 8d to the poor at St Thomas the Apostle; 7s 4d to poor prisoners; 1s to the sisters at Elsing Spittal; 1s to the wardens of St Thomas the Apostle; total deductions £7 15s 8d. Clear remainder £7 1s [sic] p.a.

Lights and obits: lands and tenements given by Thomas Fisher, William Babe, Richard Coppinge, William Marryner and others, £29 14s 4d p.a. Of which, £1 1s 8d obits; £1 14s to the poor; 14s quitrent to the king; 12s 4d to the churchwardens of St James Garlickhithe; total deductions £4 2s. Clear remainder £25 2s 4d [sic] p.a.

Further lands: given by Walter Stocker, Giles Dockinge, John Frynde, Stephen Linge, Gilbert Prynce and others, (fn. 58) £35 8s 8d p.a. Of which, 16s to the churchwardens of St Leonard Foster Lane; 3s 4d to a preacher; £19 2s 1d alms to 16 poor householders; (fn. 59) total deductions £20 1s 5d. Clear remainder £14 10s 7d [sic] p.a.

19. St Nicholas Cole Abbey (fn. 60)

Priest: lands and tenements given by John Sywarde and Thomas Blode, £6 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Anthony Little, 'priest of the same chantry' aged 50, of mean learning and having no other living. Clear remainder Nil. Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by John Tripley for his soul for ever, £12 8s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Ralph Jonson, chantry priest aged ..., very well learned; 5s obit; 16s quitrents to the colleges of Christchurch (fn. 61) and Burton Lazars; total deductions £7 14s 4d. Clear remainder £4 13s 8d [sic] p.a.

Priest: lands and tenements in Distaff Lane given by Thomas Barnarde, John Saunderashe and William Cogshale, £7 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir William Benson, priest aged 46, a very poor and sickly man having no other living; 3s obit; 2s to the poor; total deductions £6 18s 4d. Clear remainder 8s 4d p.a.

Obit and poor relief: 10s p.a. rent given by Walter Turke for his soul for ever from a tenement, t. Thomas Hare. Of which, 5s 4d obit; 4s 8d to the poor; total deductions 10s. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit: 10s p.a. rent given by William Birde for his soul for ever. Of which, 5s 4d obit; 4s 8d to the poor; total deductions 10s. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit: 10s p.a. rent given by Thomas Padington for his soul for ever. Of which, 5s 4d obit; 4s 8d to the poor; total deductions 10s. Clear remainder Nil.

Lamp before the Sacrament: 8s p.a. rent given by Walter Turke.

Two tapers: 8s p.a. rent given by John Turgolde.

Obit: tenements in Old Fish Street, t. John Wyndeston, given by [blank], (fn. 62) £4 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 10s obit; 13s 4d to a chantry priest at St Paul's; total deductions £1 3s 4d. Clear remainder £3 10s p.a.

Memoranda: 180 communicants. Thomas Soudley, rector, receives £18 13s 4d p.a. There are no other priests except his curate.

20. [m. 5d] St Dunstan in the West: Brotherhood of Our Lady and St Dunstan

Priest at the altar of St Anne and obit: lands and tenements given by William Chapman for his soul for ever, £11 10s p.a. Of which, £7 4s 4d to Randall Smythe, priest aged 40; 11s quitrent to the king; total deductions £7 15s 4d. Clear remainder £3 14s 8d p.a.

Priest: lands and tenements given by William Marshall for his soul for ever, £22 p.a. Of which, 5s 4d quitrent to the king; £8 to Sir William Neale, priest aged 36; total deductions £8 5s 4d. Clear remainder £13 14s 8d p.a.

Two chaplains: a messuage in the parish t. Henry Eve given by John Westwood, £2 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 5s to St Giles's hospital. Clear remainder £2 8s 4d p.a.

Taper before the Sacrament: a tenement called the Bolt and Tun in the parish, given by William Chapman, £6 p.a.

Obit: 13s 4d p.a. rent given by the same William Chapman for his soul for ever. Of which, 10s 6d obit; 2s 10d to the poor; total deductions 13s 4d. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit: lands and tenements given by Robert Birde for his soul for ever, £5 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 15s obit; 11s 8d to the poor; total deductions £1 6s 8d. Clear remainder £4 p.a.

Obit: a tenement in the parish of St Andrew Holborn, t. John Mylles, given by Richard Dawson for his soul for ever, £1 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 10s obit; 3s 4d to the poor; total deductions 13s 4d. Clear remainder £1 p.a.

Obit: lands and tenements given by Richard Nordon for his soul for ever, £7 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 4s 6d quitrents; 15s 8d obit; 11s to the poor; total deductions £1 11s 2d. Clear remainder £5 15s 6d p.a.

Obit: lands and tenements given by William Parsonne for his soul for ever, £7 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £1 6s 8d quitrents; 10s 10d obit; 9s 2d to the poor; total deductions £2 6s 8d. Clear remainder £5 p.a.

Obit and lamp: a tenement called the Goat given by John Knapp for his soul for ever, £4 p.a. Of which, 3s quitrents; 13s 4d obit; 13s 4d lamp; £2 10s rent to Margaret Kyrkebye during her life; total deductions £3 19s 8d. Clear remainder £4 p.a.

Purpose unknown: lands given by John Ballard and others, £6 17s 4d p.a.

[Priest]: an 80 year lease from the bishop of Chichester of several tenements, gardens and some ground where 4 new tenements are being built, yearly rent £2 13s 4d: likely value of the property £26 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £8 to Sir Edmund Elles, priest; £2 13s 4d to the bishop of Chichester; £2 13s 4d to an exhibitioner at Oxford; £8 to Sir John Chelthame [priest] (fn. 63); total deductions £21 6s 8d. Clear remainder £5 6s 8d p.a.

Priest: lands in the parish of St Bride given by Robert Hey for ever, £11 19s 8d p.a., but no priest has been provided for the past 20 years, and the money has been devoted to the repair of the church.

Lease: a further lease, with 99 years still to run, from the bishop of Chichester, sub-let at a yearly rent of £19 6s 8d.

[m.6] Memoranda: 900 communicants. The king is rector, as the living was formerly appropriated by the abbot of Alnwick and is worth £10 p.a. Richard Lyste has been vicar for 11 years. (fn. 64) Jewels and ornaments of the various promotions are in the hands of the churchwardens for the king's use. (fn. 65)

Names of poor people relieved in the parish: Alice Hopper £3 0s 8d; Katherine Hedley £3 0s 8d; Katherine Johnson £1 6s 8d; Joan Dean £1 6s 8d; Mother Trynder £1 6s 8d; Thomas Horsham £1 6s 8d; Mother Holmes £1; Mother Gab... £1 6s 8d; Mother Sok... £1; Robert Thompson and his wife £1; [blank] Mayfield £1 6s 8d; total £17 1s 4d.

In view of the number of communicants there is need for a further priest in the parish.

21. St Dunstan in the East

Chantry and obit: founded under royal licence by John Bottesham and Alice Potyn, widow, who originally gave a rent charge of 10 marks p.a. from their 2 tenements to maintain a priest, and subsequently gave the tenements to the parish, on condition that from the profits the priest should be paid 10 marks p.a. and receive a gown worth 10s p.a.; that the priest singing high mass every Sunday should receive 2d; that the chantry priest and parish clerk should both have free lodging in the tenements, and the priest be given bread, wine and candles for his masses. A box was to be kept for the residue of the profits, from which loans could be made to the poor and the costs of maintaining an obit and repairing the tenements could be drawn. Value of the tenements, £17 16s 8d p.a. Of which, 10s quitrent; £7 3s 4d (including the 10s gown) to Robert Neale, chantry priest; £1 3s 8d obit; £1 10s 8d for the clerk's wages; total deductions £10 7s 8d p.a. Clear remainder £6 16s [sic] p.a. for repair of the houses.

Priest at the Jesus altar, and obit: lands and tenements given by Joan Maken and Alice Lynne for their souls for ever, £20 11s 8d p.a. Of which, 3s quitrent to the king; £7 6s 8d to Sir Philip Mathew, chantry priest; 13s 4d quitrent to St Katherine's; 3s 8d alms to the poor; total deductions £8 6s 8d. Clear remainder £12 5s p.a.

Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by Robert Colbrekes and others for ever, £13 3s 4d p.a. Of which, 15s 2d quitrent to the king; £6 1s 8d to Thomas Rock [priest]; (fn. 66) total deductions £6 16s 10d. Clear remainder £6 6s 6d p.a.

Priest at the Lady altar: lands and tenements given by William Barret for ever, £12 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir John Flude, (fn. 67) priest. Clear remainder £5 6s 8d p.a.

Obit: 2 tenements given by persons unknown, (fn. 68) one in the parish, t. Thomas Bacon, £3 6s 8d p.a.; the other in the parish of St Mary at Hill, t. Thomas Bradforde, £10 p.a.; total £13 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £7 to John Harforde, priest; 2s 8d to the hospital in Southwark; 3s 4d to the poor; 16s 6½d obit; total deductions £8 2s 6½d. Clear remainder £5 4s 1½d p.a.

Obit: shop in Soper Lane given by Denise Joye for her soul for ever, t. Mrs Stagge, £1 p.a. Of which, 4s obit. Clear remainder 16s p.a.

Obit: tenements given by Sir Bartholomew (?Jay) for his soul for ever, t. Edward Waters, £6 p.a. Of which, £1 14s 4d obit; 6s 8d to the poor; total deductions £2 1s. Clear remainder £3 19s p.a.

[m. 6d] ... :* tenements in Tower Street given by William ..., £6 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £2 ... . Clear remainder £4 13s 4d for the repair of the church.

Light and obit: tenement, t. Henry Hollonde, given by Matthew ... for his soul for ever, £8 p.a., the residue of the profits to be kept in the poor box and lent out on gage. Of which, £1 7s 10d to the poor; £1 light; £1 obit; total deductions £3 7s 10d. Clear remainder £4 12s 2d p.a.

Obit of William Harr(yot ?): lands in Thames Street, t. Thomas Blower, Edward Waters and others who are seised in fee in order to maintain the obit, £1 p.a.

Memoranda: 900 communicants. John Pallesgrave, rector, receives £60 p.a. and pays Sir Robert Tyffeng to serve the cure. No other priests. (fn. 69) Goods as listed in an inventory (fn. 70) handed to the surveyor. Brotherhood as recorded below.

22. St Dunstan in the East: Fraternity of Our Lady

Obit: tenement in Cosin Lane in the parish of All Hallows the Great, given by John Joye to the master and wardens of the fraternity and the wardens of the church on condition of keeping the tenement repaired and maintaining an obit for the brothers and sisters of the fraternity, £1 p.a. Spent accordingly.

23a. St Edmund the King, Lombard Street

Two chaplains and obit for the soul of Richard Jay: lands and tenements given by John Longe for ever, £35 p.a. Of which, £7 to Sir William Myller, priest; £7 to Sir Edmund Hamyn, priest; £2 14s 8d obit; £2 5s to the poor; total deductions £18 19s 8d. Clear remainder £16 0s 4d p.a.

Chaplain, obit and paschal light: lands and tenements given by Thomas Wyllys for the souls of himself, his wife and all Christians, £24 p.a. Of which, £7 to Sir Richard Auncell, priest; £3 6s quitrents to the king; 4s to some preachers; £3 13s 4d obit; total deductions £14 3s 4d. Clear remainder £9 16s 8d p.a.

Lamp, 'Salve', 2 torches and other lights: £3 6s 8d rent, consisting of £1 6s 8d from the brotherhood of St Dunstan's [sic], £1 from the Goldsmiths, £1 from the dean and chapter of St Paul's. All is spent accordingly, save for £1 3s given to the priests and clerks of the church.

Memoranda: 240 communicants. John Person, rector, receives £21 14s 2d p.a., and nobody else helps serve the cure. (fn. 71) The plate and goods of the church remain with the churchwardens who have an indenture 'to be answered to the King's Majesty at all times'. (fn. 72)

23b. All Hallows Lombard Street (fn. 73)

Priest: £10 6s p.a. rents given by John Buck for his soul for ever from tenements in Bell Alley let to divers people.

Priest and obit: lands and tenements in the parish, given by John Maldon for his soul for ever, £20 3s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Edward Hollonde, priest; 5s quitrent to the college of Canterbury; (fn. 74) 6s 8d to the poor; 14s obit; total deductions £7 19s. Clear remainder £12 3s 4d [sic] p.a.

Chaplain: two tenements in Gracechurch (Gracious) Street given by William Trystor for ever: t. Edmund Cave, £3 3s 4d and t. [blank] Morrell, widow, £2 13s 4d; total £5 16s 8d p.a. No priest has been found for the past 7 years. (fn. 75)

Tenements in Gracious Street given by John Buck but with no recorded intention: t. Peter Mynoures, £1 19s 8d; t. Walter Wele, £2; t. Henry Reade, £1 13s 4d; total £5 13s p.a.

Memoranda: 300 communicants. Sir William Jennynes, rector, receives £24 p.a. No other priests except his curate.

24. [m.7] St Magnus

Chantry at the Lady altar: £6 13s 4d p.a. rent given by Robert Ramsey from a tenement called the Sun in the parish of St Margaret, Bridge Ward. Of which, £9 to Sir Joseph Stepneth, priest. Clear remainder Nil.

Two chaplains at the Lady altar, light and obit: lands and tenements given by Henry Eveley for ever, £12 p.a. Of which, £10 stipends to 2 priests; (fn. 76) 16s 8d to the poor; £2 9s 8d obit; total deductions £13 6s 4d. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: £6 13s 4d p.a. rent given by Andrew Hunte for his soul for ever from 2 tenements called the King's Head in Bridge Street. Of which, £8 to Sir Gilbert Smythe, priest. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest and obit: a tenement called the Castle on the Hoop with 3 adjoining shops, given by Thomas Makinge for his soul for ever, £16 p.a. Of which, £8 to Sir Thomas Parker, priest; 16s quitrent to St Pancras; 3s 4d to the poor; £1 obit; total deductions £9 19s 4d. Clear remainder £6 0s 8d p.a.

Obit: £1 p.a. rent given by John Austen for his soul for ever from a tenement in the parish, called the Dolphin upon the Hoop. Of which, 10s obit; 10s to the poor; total deductions £1. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest and obit: a tenement in Thames Street given by William Brampton for his soul for ever, £9 p.a. Of which, 6s 8d obit; 6s 8d to the poor; total deductions 13s 4d. Clear remainder £8 6s 8d p.a. No priest has been found for the past 20 years.

Obit: a shop in Bridge Street given by Richard Wynter for his soul for ever, £2 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 1s 3d quitrents to the king; 13s 4d to the poor; 11s 8d obit; total deductions £1 6s 3d. Clear remainder £1 7s 1d p.a.

Augmentation of a priest's wages, and obit: £1 rent, given by William Rothinges from a shop in the parish. Of which, 5s to the poor; 8s 4d obit; total deductions 13s 4d. Clear remainder 6s 8d p.a.

Priest: a tenement in the parish, given by Ralph de Grey for his soul for ever, £4 p.a. All spent on the augmentation of the priest's wages.

Other church lands: There are other church lands whose donors and intents are not recorded, but the wardens say they have been used for the past 200 years to maintain the church, repair the tenements, and bear other charges: total £133 13s 4d p.a. Of this, £20 6s 8d was bequeathed by John Bever to maintain 2 priests, but these have not been found since Henry IV's time. Lands worth £81 4s 8d p.a. have been used for the wages of priests and conducts, for anthems, 'Salves', 'and such other like', and the remainder for repair of the lands beside the waterworks, apart from lands worth £6 1s 0½d kept for other charges. They have also bought lands worth £15 2s 7d p.a. to their common use, and not for priests, lamps etc. Total devoted to lamps, priests etc. £92 13s 4d [sic] p.a. (fn. 77) Of which, £9 to Robert Saye, priest; £9 to William Mapperley; £8 to Henry Mudde; £8 to Robert Mornell; £14 13s 4d to Edward Barrye; (fn. 78) £5 10s to the sexton; 8s to the keeper of the church doors; total wages of conducts etc. £54 11s 4d; other charges as detailed in a list handed over by the churchwardens, £57 19s 9½d; total expenditure £112 11s [1½d], (fn. 79) a deficit of £19 17s 9½d p.a.

[m.7d] Memoranda:* There are debts due by the church: to Master Turke £39 16s; to the (?painter) for t...ing of the church, £26 13s 4d; to ..., £10; total £76 9s 4d. 535 communicants. Maurice (fn. 80) Gruffes, rector, receives £69 5s 5d p.a. There is a brotherhood of Salve Regina as recorded below.

25. St Magnus: Fraternity of Salve Regina

Yearly income: £49 16s 8d p.a. (fn. 81) from gifts [not detailed] of Andrew Hunte, Thomas Broke, John Wage, John Parnell, Henry Hale and John Potman. Of which, £8 to Sir William Swanne, priest; £8 to William Buntinge, priest; (fn. 82) £10 4s 1½d obits, lamps and lights; 15s quitrents to the Bridgehouse; 10s to St Bartholomew's Hospital, Smithfield; £1 0s 8d to the poor; 5½d to the sheriffs of London for socage money; £5 4s to Thomas Atkynson, a brother of the fraternity in prison at Ludgate, at 2s per week; £2 18s 4d to father Woodhouse, a blind brother, at 1s 2d per week for his lifetime; £2 3s 4d to [blank] Kethers, a sister 'fallen in decay and sick of the palsy', at 1s per week for her lifetime; £8 13s 4d to Marchaunt's widow, Dyxover's widow, Swanne's widow and Martyson's wife: sisters 'fallen in poverty and making their suit to them', at 10d per week for their lifetimes, according to the foundation. Total deductions £47 9s 3½d. Clear remainder £2 7s 4½d p.a.

26. St Antholin Budge Row

Priest: £6 13s 4d p.a. rent given by Nicholas Bole for his soul for ever from lands in the parish called "Galles". Of which, £6 13s 4d to Robert Smythe, chantry priest. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: lands and tenements given by Ralph Sey for a priest to sing divine service in the church and pray for his soul for ever, £7 8s p.a. Of which, £6 3s 4d to [blank], (fn. 83) priest; 1 lb pepper as quitrent to the king. Clear remainder £1 4s 8d p.a.

Priest: £7 3s 4d p.a. rent given by William Gregory from lands t. John Fludd in the parish of St Martin in the Vintry. Of which, £6 6s 4d to Sir Edmund Hacket, incumbent. Clear remainder 17s p.a.

Priest: £4 p.a. rent given by John Grauntham from tenements in the parishes of All Hallows the Great (fn. 84) and St Pancras, to find a priest (fn. 85) singing in the church.

Obit: £1 p.a. rent also given by John Grauntham for his soul for ever, from lands now t. the master of the Savoy. Of which, 5s to the poor; 15s obit; total deductions £1. Clear remainder Nil.

Memoranda: 240 communicants. Sir William Tolwyn, rector, receives £20 p.a. There are no other priests to serve the cure.

27. [m.8] All Hallows the Great, Thames Street (fn. 86)

Priest: a tenement called "Bewropere" and a tavern then adjoining it were given by William Preston for his soul for ever, £14 16s 8d p.a. Of which, 6s 8d to Stephen Hales for the king; £2 6s 8d quitrents to Mr Haselwoode; £7 14s 8d to a stipendiary priest; (fn. 87) 10s to the poor; £1 6s 2d obit; total deductions £12 4s 2d. Clear remainder £2 12s 6d p.a.

Priest: 2 tenements called the Cold Harbour in the parish, given by Nicholas Levon for his soul for ever, £12 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 10s quitrent to St Mary Aldermary for an obit; £8 to a stipendiary priest, (fn. 88) including £1 6s 8d for his chamber; 13s 4d obit; total deductions £7 16s 8d. (fn. 89) Clear remainder £4 10s p.a.

Priest: £4 p.a. rent given by William Lichefeilde for his soul for ever from 2 tenements in Cousin (Cosyns) Lane; with 2 other tenements in Hay Wharf Lane added to augment this by Thomas Westhawe at £4 16s 8d p.a.; total £8 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d for a priest's salary; (fn. 90) 3s 4d to the rector; total deductions £6 16s 8d. Clear remainder £2 p.a.

Obit: 2 tenements in the parish, given by John West for his soul for ever for 10s to be spent at an obit, £4 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 10s obit. Clear remainder £3 16s 8d p.a.

Anniversary: £9 p.a. rent given by John Brickelles for his soul for ever from a messuage in the parish of St Martin in the Vintry called the Emperor's Head, and also from the lands of the Clothworkers at Hay Wharf. (fn. 91) Of which, 13s 4d quitrents; £1 8s 4d obit; total deductions £2 1s 8d. Clear remainder £6 18s 4d p.a.

Lamp before the Sacrament: tenements in Hay Wharf Lane, t. Hans Tutt, given by William Oldwarke, 13s 4d p.a.

Obit: the mayor and sheriffs of London keep an obit for one Raynewell, (fn. 92) spending 10s p.a.

Memoranda: 550 communicants. Sir John Wale, rector, receives £46 p.a. and finds a priest under him to serve the cure who is of good and honest conversation.

28. St Pancras West Cheap

Augmentation of John Causton's priest: tenements given by Simon Ryce, £13 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Adrian Arnolde, chantry priest; 4s quitrent; £3 6s 8d annuity to Simon Rige (fn. 93) and Lettice his wife for their lives, and then to their heirs for ever; 4s 10d obit; total deductions £10 8s 10d. Clear remainder £2 11s 2d p.a.

Obit: 13s 4d p.a. rent given by John Lagage for his soul for ever from his tenement at the east end of the church. The money is given to the poor.

Obit: 6s 8d p.a. rent given by Robert Burley for his soul for ever from a tenement called the Saracen's Head in the parish of St Mildred Poultry. The money is given to the poor.

Two lamps: tenements given by Simon the Worsted and others, (fn. 94) £3 10s p.a. Of which, £1 for 2 lamps; 10s bread and wine; 5s obit; total deductions £1 15s. Clear remainder £1 15s p.a.

Priest: £2 12s 10¾d p.a. rents given by Simon (fn. 95) Causton. (fn. 96)

Church lands: a void piece of ground given by an unknown donor, 10s p.a. (fn. 96)

Priest and obit: £233 6s 8d was left to the Mercers by Margaret Reynolds in her will on condition that they gave the parish £8 13s 4d p.a. rent to maintain a priest and obit. Of which, £6 13s 4d to the priest; £2 obit and to the poor; total deductions £8 13s 4d. (fn. 97) Clear remainder Nil.

Memoranda: 146 communicants. Richard Marshe, rector, receives £13 6s 8d p.a. and serves the cure himself.

29. [m.8d] St Stephen Walbrook (fn. 98)

Priest: (fn. 99) lands and tenements in Bucklersbury in this parish, and in the parishes of St Pancras and St Thomas the Apostle, given by Lettice Lee, widow, £14 10s p.a. Of which, £2 18s 3d quitrents. Clear remainder £11 11s 9d p.a.

Priest: £126 13s 4d money given by William Adams for his soul (fn. 100) for as long as the money would last at £6 13s 4d p.a. Three years have expired, total spent £20, leaving £106 13s 4d, (fn. 101) in the hands of one named Myller of Lynn, Norfolk.

Three obits: 8 tenements t. William Saunders given by Laurence Bere, £4 p.a.

Obit: a tenement in the parish, given by Thomas Oo for his soul for ever, £2 p.a.

Lands: donors and intention unknown, £4 10s p.a.

Memoranda: 250 communicants. Thomas Becon, rector, receives £17 10s p.a., and finds a priest to serve the cure. (fn. 102)

30. St Margaret Moses

Morrow mass priest: lands and tenements in Friday Street, given by Nicholas Bray, £8 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £7 5s to Sir John Gryffyn, priest aged 46, of virtuous living and small learning, having no other living. Clear remainder £1 11s 8d p.a.

Priest: lands and tenements in Friday Street, given by John Fenne for his soul for ever, £9 10s p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir John Brightwyse, priest aged 46, of honest behaviour and indifferently learned and having a further pension of £7; 13s 4d quitrents; £2 2s obit; total deductions £9 8s 8d. Clear remainder 1s 4d p.a.

Priest: a tenement in the parish of St Denis Backchurch, t. William Gonne, £4 p.a., and an annuity from the late monastery of Graces nigh the Tower, £4 p.a., given by Gerrard Dannyell for ever. Of which, 5s to Sir Nicholas Prideoux, priest; (fn. 103) £1 obit; 2s 8d 'potations'; total deductions £1 7s 8d. Clear remainder £6 12s 4d p.a.

Lamp before the Blessed Sacrament: a tenement in the parish of St Mildred, t. Robert Sole, given by Thomas le Rous, £2 p.a. Of which, 15s light. Clear remainder £1 5s p.a.

Annuity: £4 p.a., by decree of the court of Augmentations.

Light before the Blessed Sacrament: 6s 8d p.a. rent from a corner tenement in Distaff Lane, given by Simonde de Cockham.

Memoranda: 240 communicants. Robert Johnson, rector, receives £19 0s 5d p.a. and serves the cure himself. There is no other priest.

31a. St Michael Queenhithe

Two chaplains: lands in the parish, given by Stephen Spilman, £11 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Thomas Gilbert, priest, for his stipend; £1 3s 4d obit; 11s to the poor; 6s 8d quitrents to the chamberlain of London; total deductions £8 14s 4d. Clear remainder £3 2s 4d p.a.

[m.9] Two chaplains: lands in the parish, also £1 p.a. rent from a piece of void ground in St Lawrence Lane, and a tenement in the parish, t. Oliver Daubenye, £2 13s 4d p.a., given by Robert Parres, Thomas Eyre and John Clarke for their souls for ever; total £7 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir William Bigge, priest, for his stipend; 5s 6d quitrent; 7½d to the sheriffs of London for socage money; total deductions £6 19s 5d. (fn. 104) Clear remainder 13s 11d p.a.

Obit: lands and tenements in the parish given by John Parker for his soul for ever, £10 3s 4d p.a. Of which, 3s 4d obit; 6s 8d to the poor; 12s quitrents; total deductions £1 2s. Clear remainder £9 1s 4d p.a.

Priest and obit: lands and tenements given for an unknown purpose by Richard Grey, £5 14s 8d p.a., used as follows: £1 12s quitrents to the hospital in Southwark; 10s to St Nicholas Olave; 5s 7d obit; £1 5s alms to the poor; total deductions £3 12s 7d. Clear remainder £2 2s 1d p.a.

Memoranda: 500 communicants. Sir Philip Bale, rector, receives £20 p.a. There is no other priest besides him and his deputy. (fn. 105) Goods and plate as in an inventory held by the churchwardens.

31b. St Leonard East Cheap (fn. 106)

Priest: lands and tenements given by William Ivorye for his soul for ever, £6 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £1 13s 4d quitrents to the king; £6 13s 4d to [blank], priest, (fn. 107) for his stipend; total deductions £8 6s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest, light and obit: lands and tenements given by John Bromesburye for his soul for ever, £3 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £8 stipend to a priest; £1 obit; 2s quitrent to the king; total deductions £9 2s. Clear remainder Nil.

Augmentation of the above priest's living: 3 shops in the parish, given by Robert Brickhurst alias Bromesburye, £3 10s p.a. Of which, all is spent for this purpose. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest to sing there: tenements and rents in the parish, given by Margery Bodyn, £10 8s p.a. Of which, £7 stipend to a priest. Clear remainder £3 8s p.a.

Priest: lands and tenements given by John Bromesburye and John Aplebye for their souls for ever, £10 p.a. Of which [£2 3s] 4d quitrents; £6 13s 4d stipend to a priest; total deductions £8 16s 8d. Clear remainder £1 3s 4d p.a.

Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by Hugh Browne for his soul for ever, £18 11s p.a. Of which, 6s 8d to the king; 1s 8d to the bishop of Winchester; £3 6s 8d quitrents; £7 to a priest; 10s obit; total deductions £11 5s. Clear remainder £7 6s p.a.

Priest and obit: (fn. 108) lands and tenements in the parish given by John Doggett for his soul for ever, £10 p.a. Of which, £2 13s 4d quitrent to St Paul's; 4s 6d to Westminster; £6 13s 4d to a priest; £1 16s obit; total deductions £11 7s 2d. Clear remainder Nil.

[m.9d] Obit and other charges: (fn. 109) as specified in the will of Thomas Sampson: tenements in the parish and in the parish of St Botolph Billingsgate [£9 10s] p.a. Total deductions £6 3s 6d. Clear remainder £3 6s 6d p.a.

Obit: lands and tenements in the parish and in the parish of St Margaret Bridge Street, given by William (?Levers)eydge, £3 8s p.a. Of which, £1 12s quitrent to Doggett's [priest]; 2s to the poor; 18s 8d obit; total deductions £2 12s 8d. Clear remainder 15s 4d p.a.

Lamp: 6s 8d p.a. rent given by John Bromesburye.

Solemn mass every Friday: a tenement in Bridge Street given by Thomas Champneys for his soul for ever, £4 p.a. Of which, £1 5s for the mass; 14s 8d to the dean of Westminster; total deductions £1 19s 8d. Clear remainder £2 0s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: 260 communicants. Sir John Tornour, rector, receives £25 p.a. and serves the cure himself.

32. St Mary Bothaw (fn. 110)

Priest: £12 annuity from the court of Augmentations, given by James le Butler for his soul for ever. Of which, £12 to a priest. (fn. 111) Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: £6 p.a. rent given by Hugh Fostall from tenements in Butcher Lane. Of which, £6 to a priest (fn. 112) for his stipend. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: a tenement called the Key in Coleman Street, given by John Salesburye for his soul for ever, £7 p.a. Of which, £6 to a priest. (fn. 113) Clear remainder £1 p.a.

Augmentation of 2 priests' livings, plus an obit: £2 6s 8d p.a. rent given by William Okeley from tenements in the parish. Of which, £2 6s 8d obit. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit for Elizabeth Bustred and augmentation of a priest's living: a tenement in Aldermary, given by the same William, £3 1s 8d p.a. Of which, 1s 6d to the poor; £1 2s 4d obit; total deductions £1 3s 10d. Clear remainder £1 17s 10d p.a.

Obit for the soul of William Lightwoode, and the augmentation of 2 priests' livings: tenement in the parish of St Martin Orgar, given by Thomas Awdon, £1 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 8d to the poor; 3s 4d obit; total deductions 4s. Clear remainder £1 2s 8d p.a.

Obit: land given by Thomas Huntley to his wife Katherine for her life on condition of maintaining the obit, with remainder to Daulton's heirs on the same condition, 10s p.a.

Memoranda: 182 communicants. Sir William Hogget, rector, receives £10 10s p.a. and serves the cure himself. (fn. 114)

33. [m.10] St Peter Cornhill

Perpetual priest, lamp and obit: lands in the parish, given by William Kingeston for his soul for ever, £47 7s 4d p.a. Of which, £16 to 2 priests (fn. 115) who receive £8 each; £1 15s quitrents to the king; 6s 8d to the master of the Bridgehouse; £3 5s 8d obit; 3s 8d to the Chamber of Westminster; £2 13s 4d to the dean of St Paul's; 6s to Mr Bellamy; total deductions £24 10s 4d. Clear remainder £19 17s 0d p.a.

Priest: lands and tenements in the parishes of St Martin and St Peter, given by Dame Alice Bucknell, £12 17s 4d p.a. Of which, £7 10s to James Norres, priest; £1 13s 9d obit; total deductions £9 3s 9d. Clear remainder £3 13s 7d p.a.

Brotherhood of St Giles: lands and tenements given by various people [not named] towards the maintenance of a priest's living, £26 7s 4d p.a. Of which, £16 6s 8d to Richard Carsey and Giles Haukes, priests; 3s 4d quitrent to the Chamber of London; total deductions £16 10s 0d. Clear remainder £9 17s 4d p.a.

Chaplain: lands in the parishes of St Ethelburga (Alborowe) and St Peter, given by [blank] (fn. 116) Morley, £11 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £7 10s to Roger Hatton, priest; 3s quitrent to the king; 3s to John Birde; 10s obit; 10s to St Bartholomew's hospital; 6s 8d to the church of St Michael le Quern; total deductions £9 2s 8d. Clear remainder £2 10s 8d p.a.

Obit, beam and paschal lights: £1 13s 0d p.a. (fn. 117) rent given by Robert Welwike for his soul, from tenements appertaining to the city of London.

Obit: a tenement in the parish, t. Edward Elrington, given by [blank] Wenham for his soul for ever, £3 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 11s 4d to the poor; 8s 8d obit; total deductions £1. Clear remainder £2 6s 8d p.a.

Memoranda: 500 communicants. Dr Taylor, (fn. 118) dean of Lincoln, is rector and receives £39 5s 7d. No further priests are found to serve the cure besides the curate. (fn. 119)

34. St Martin Orgar (fn. 120)

Chaplain: lands in the parishes of 'St Swithin and St Olave nigh Crooked Lane', given by William Cromar, £30 15s 4d p.a. Of which, 15s 4d quitrent to the king; £6 13s 4d to John Carre, priest; (fn. 121) 13s 4d to St Paul's; 10s 8d to the poor; £3 17s 4d obit; total deductions £12 10s. Clear remainder £18 5s 4d p.a.

Augmentation of the Lady mass 'to be sung by note': tenements in the parish, given by John Weston, £12 18s 8d p.a. Of which, £1 7s 4d quitrents; £1 16s 8d obit; total deductions £3 4s. Clear remainder £9 14s 8d p.a.

Two chaplains: lands and tenements given by William Creswike for his soul for ever, £13 5s p.a. Of which, £16 to Sir Charles and Sir Ralph, (fn. 122) priests; 2s to the poor; 7s obit; total deductions £16 9s. Clear remainder Nil.

Prayers: tenement given by P[blank] (fn. 123) Picarde 'to be prayed for', £2 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 6s 8d quitrent; 6s 8d to the poor; total deductions 13s 4d. Clear remainder £2 p.a.

Prayers: tenement in the parish of St Clement, given by Leonard Johnson 'to be prayed for', £4 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 9s quitrents to the king; 6s 8d obit; £1 6s 8d poor; total deductions £2 2s 4d. Clear remainder £2 11s p.a. [m.10d] Anniversary: lands in the parish, given by Dame Margaret Mathew for her soul for ever, £3 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 5s 8d obit; 7s 8d to the poor; total deductions 13s 4d. Clear remainder £2 13s 4d p.a.

Three lamps and a paschal light: 15s p.a. rent given by [blank] from a tenement in the parish. 'Witholden these 7 years'. (fn. 124)

Obit: £3 6s 8d money given by Mr Cosen to keep an obit 'during a certain time'. Of which, 13s 4d obit. Clear remainder £2 13s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: 280 communicants. Sir Thomas Wethers, rector, receives £19 19s 8d. There are no priests besides those named above, (fn. 125) who all help serve the cure.

35. St Michael Crooked Lane

Five chaplains: lands and tenements given by William Walworthe for his soul and all Christian souls, £20 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £7 4s to Sir William Birte, priest; £7 to Sir Thomas Harper, priest; £8 to Sir William Hale, priest; £7 4s to Sir William Clayton, priest; £7 4s to Sir John Nesehame, priest; £4 0s 4d to the king for their tenths; total deductions £40 12s 4d. Clear remainder Nil.

Chaplain to sing divine service: lands and tenements given by John Rothinge, £6 p.a. Spent towards Walworth's chaplains.

Chaplain: a tenement called the Boar's Head in East Cheap, given by Walter Wordon for his soul for ever, £4 p.a. Spent towards Walworth's chaplains.

Divine service and prayers: lands and tenements given by William de Burgo for his soul for ever, £6 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 14s quitrent to the king. Clear remainder £5 19s 4d p.a.

Chaplain: lands and tenements given by Roger Sterre for his soul for ever, £8 8s p.a. Spent towards Walworth's chaplains.

Chaplain: lands and tenements given by William Jordan for his soul for ever, £5 16s 8d p.a. Spent towards Walworth's chaplains.

Morrow mass priest: lands and tenements given by John Abell for ever, £2 13s 4d. Spent towards Walworth's chaplains.

Chaplain: £6 13s 4d p.a. rents given by John at Lee for his soul for ever, as follows: £3 6s 8d rent from St Leonard East Cheap; £1 6s 8d rent from the church of All Hallows the Great; £2 from a tenement in Distaff Lane formerly belonging to the Crutched Friars. Spent towards Walworth's chaplains. Augmentation of a priest's living, and obit: £6 6s 8d p.a. rent given by Robert Sprotborough for his soul for ever from divers tenements in London. Of which, 16s 4d obit. Clear remainder £5 10s 4d p.a.

Priest and obit: tenements in the parish, given by Robert Brocket for his soul for ever, £7 p.a. (fn. 126)

Obit: 10s p.a. rent given by John Longe from a tenement owned by the Lady Forman.

Memoranda: 354 communicants. Sir John Ponnet, DD, rector, receives £13 6s 8d p.a. There are no priests besides the rector, his curate and the above.

36. [m.11] St Mary Woolchurch (fn. 127)

Priest: lands and tenements given by Anne Cawoode for her soul for ever, £8 p.a. Of which, £1 quitrents; £6 16s 8d to Henry Cockes, priest; 2s 8d obit; 4s to the poor; total deductions £8 3s 4d. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: a tenement in the parish of St Michael Cornhill, given by Roger Barlow for his soul for ever, £3 6s 8d p.a. Spent towards Cawoode's priest.

Priest: £3 6s 8d p.a. rent given by Walter Wenlock, Bennet Cornewall, Margaret Cornewall and William Wyken from an entry in the parish of St Mary Woolnoth; also a tenement in the same parish, £2 13s 4d p.a. and a shop there, £3 6s 8d p.a.; a tenement in the parish of St Michael Cornhill, £2 6s 8d p.a.; total £15 13s 4d [sic] p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Lawrence Hay, priest; 2s 8d obit; 10s 8d to the poor; total deductions £7 6s 8d. Clear remainder £8 6s 8d p.a. which is put towards the repair of the tenements.

Lamp: 9s p.a. rent given by Edward Culpeper from various tenements in the parish. Not paid for the past 8 years.

Obit for the soul of Christian Maulen, and poor relief: 13s 4d p.a. paid by the masters of the Bridgehouse in London, 'and to the poor 6s 8d'. (fn. 128)

Obit: 10s p.a. paid by William Swayne, 'and to the poor 6s 8d'. (fn. 128)

Memoranda: 360 communicants. Sir Griffith Jones, rector, receives £18 13s 4d p.a. and hires Nicholas Audley to serve the cure with him. (fn. 129)

37. St Mary Aldermary (fn. 130)

Priest: 4 tenements in Aldermary, given by John Ipport for his soul and all Christian souls for ever, £19 6s 8d p.a. The priest (fn. 131) 'taketh the whole lands for his salary by the will'.

Priest and obit: £7 3s 4d p.a. rent given by Robert FitzRobert from tenements in the parish of St Botolph Billingsgate. Of which, £7 6s 8d to Sir Roger Lamb, (fn. 132) priest; 10s obit; 5s to the poor; total deductions £8 1s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: £4 13s 4d p.a. rent from the court of Augmentations, given by Thomas Romayn. Of which, £7 to Sir Edmund Laurence, priest. Clear remainder Nil.

Conduct, (fn. 133) and prayers from the pulpit: tenements in the parish, given by Henry Barton, £9 p.a. Of which, £2 rent to the Skinners' Company. Clear remainder £7 p.a.

Payment towards a priest: a tenement in a street called the Old Royal in the parish of St Michael, given by Richard Cancer, £2 10s p.a. Of which, £1 5s rent to St Michael's (fn. 134) church. Clear remainder £1 5s p.a.

Priest: tenements in Golding Lane in the parish of St Giles Cripplegate, given by Hugh Mosse, £1 5s p.a. Of which, 1s 3d quitrent to the manor of Finsbury. Clear remainder £1 3s 9d p.a.

Repair of the church: a tenement in the parish, t. Robert Dove, given by William Darbye, £3 6s 8d p.a.

Lamp: 6s 8d p.a. rent from a brewhouse in Phillip Lane given by Gilbert de la Bas.

Memoranda: 400 communicants. Edward Crome, rector, receives £41 p.a. No other priests besides his curate. (fn. 135)

38. [m.11d] St Margaret Bridge Street

Two chaplains at St Peter's altar, obit and light: lands and tenements given by John Coggeshall for his soul for ever, £13 10s p.a. Of which, £7 13s 4d to Sir Richard Bee, chantry priest; 3s 4d obit; 3s 4d to the poor; total deductions £8. Clear remainder £5 10s p.a.

Priest and 2 tapers: 2 shops in the parish, given by John Rous, £5 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir John Redde, priest; 8s quitrents to the king; total deductions £7 1s 4d. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit: a shop in the parish, given by Hugh Ryebreade for his soul for ever, £4 p.a. Of which, 6s 8d obit; 3s 4d to the poor; total deductions 10s. Clear remainder £3 10s p.a.

Priest: lands and tenements given by Thomas Dursley for his soul for ever, £4 p.a. Of which, £5 6s 8d to a conduct; (fn. 136) 6s 8d obit; total deductions £5 13s 4d. Clear remainder Nil.

Anniversary: lands and tenements given by William West for his soul for ever, to spend £2 yearly: £10 p.a. Of which, £1 6s 8d obit; 13s 4d to the poor; total deductions £2. Clear remainder £8 p.a.

Priest: tenements in the parish of St Leonard, given by Robert Whaplode for his soul for ever, £2 p.a. Of which, £1 to augment a priest's living; 6s 8d obit; 13s 4d to the poor; total deductions £2. Clear remainder Nil.

Two yearly commemorations: a tenement in Crooked Lane, given by Thomas Badbye for his soul for ever, £1 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 16s 8d obit; (fn. 137) 10s to the poor; total deductions £1 6s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Anniversary: 6s 8d p.a. rent given by [blank] for his soul for ever from a tenement and shop in the parish. Of which, 3s 4d obit; 3s 4d to the poor; total deductions 6s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Church lands: worth £2 6s 8d p.a.

Torch: 6s 8d p.a. rent given by Robert a Mockinge from a tenement belonging to Roger Paddye.

Purpose unknown: £2 2s 4d quitrents given by Jeffrey Badcock from divers tenements in London.

Memoranda: 200 communicants. Richard Archar, rector, receives £31 10s 6d p.a.

39. St Mary Aldermanbury (fn. 138)

Chaplain and anniversary: tenements in Aldermary, given by Dennis Towres for his soul for ever, £5 19s 4d p.a. Of which, £3 12s to Sir John Mordock, morrow mass priest; 7s 6d quitrents; 13s obit; 1s to the poor; total deductions £4 13s 6d. Clear remainder £1 5s 10d p.a.

Maintenance of the beam light for 300 years: a tenement in the parish, given by Robert Draycote, £2 p.a.

Church lands: lands in the parish given by the late alderman Bury of London and others, £17 15s 8d p.a. Of which, £1 2s 4d quitrents to the king; £6 16s 10½d 'for priests' wages and other'; total deductions £6 19s 2½d [sic]. Clear remainder £9 16s 5½d p.a.

Memoranda: 371 communicants. John Remes, rector, receives £18 p.a. (fn. 139)

40. [m.12] St Mary Woolnoth

Two chantry priests: tenements given by Thomas Nocket, £13 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir William Wentors, chantry priest; £6 13s 4d to Sir Richard Browne, (fn. 140) chantry priest; total deductions £13 6s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: lands given by Sir Hugh Brige, kt., for ever, including a rent charge of 8s 4d (fn. 141) p.a. from a capital messuage in Lombard Street, t. Sir Martin Bowes, £13 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to John Meres, priest; 13s 4d tenths to the king; 2s quitrent to the king; total deductions £7 8s 8d. Clear remainder £6 4s 8d p.a.

Obit and clerk: a tenement in Sherborne Lane given by Thomas Wymounde (after the death of his wife Elizabeth, now deceased), £2 p.a. Of which, 5s obit; £1 15s to the clerk; total deductions £2 p.a. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit: £1 p.a. rent given by Dame Elizabeth Brice for ever.

Five tapers: 2 tenements given by Dame Emma Meger for ever, £1 9s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: 300 communicants. Sir John Shether, rector, receives £26 p.a. No other priests (fn. 142) besides his deputy.

41. St Swithin London Stone

Chaplain: lands and tenements given by William Newe, £17 8s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir John Hudson, priest; £3 quitrents to the parson of the Tower; total deductions £9 13s 4d. Clear remainder £7 15s p.a.

Poor relief: lands, £2 [p.a.] (fn. 143) given by John Tryston.

Priest and obit: lands given by Geoffrey Chittock for his soul for ever, £13 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Roger Butte, priest; 12s obit; total deductions £7 5s 4d. Clear remainder £6 1s 4d p.a.

Priest and obit: lands in the parish, given by John Betson for his soul for ever, £13 15s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Richard Hudson, priest; 17s 4d obit and poor relief; total deductions £7 10s 8d. Clear remainder £6 5s p.a.

Priest: £5 6s 8d p.a. rent from the mayor and commonalty of London in fulfilment of the will of Roger Depham. (fn. 144)

Obit: a shop in East Cheap given by John Bull for his soul for ever, 15s p.a.

Memoranda: 320 communicants. Sir Richard Chaterton, rector, receives £15 p.a. No other priest. An old red velvet vestment, another vestment of thread and a mass book, together valued at 13s 4d, belonging to these promotions, are in the hands of the churchwardens to the king's use.

42. St Margaret Lothbury (fn. 145)

Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by John Julyan for his soul for ever, £7 4s p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to John Badye, priest; 2s 6d quitrents; 2s 4d obit; 2s to the poor; total deductions £7 0s 2d. Clear remainder 3s 10d p.a.

Priest: a tenement in the parish, given by John Iforde, £6 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Patrick Faber, priest. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit: £1 13s 4d p.a. rent given by Richard Oldcastell for his soul for ever and received from the wardens of St Martin's. (fn. 146) Of which, 10s to the poor; 11s 4d obit; total deductions £1 1s 4d. Clear remainder 12s p.a.

Paschal light and obit: a tenement given by Richard Haukes for his soul for ever, £2 p.a. Of which, 7s obit; 13s 9d paschal light; total deductions £1 0s 9d. Clear remainder 19s 3d p.a.

Obit: lands and tenements given by William Pastley for his soul for ever, £4 p.a. Of which, 13s 9d quitrents; 4s 4d obit; total deductions 18s 1d. Clear remainder £3 1s 11d p.a.

Memoranda:* 279 communicants. Sir William Reade, rector, receives £13 6s (?8)d p.a. No other priest.

43. St Lawrence Jewry (fn. 147)

Priest:* tenements given by Simon Benyngton (fn. 148) for his soul for ever, £22 13s 4d p.a. Of which, [£6 13s 4d p.a.] to Thomas Sylvestre, priest. Clear remainder £16 p.a.

[m.12d] Priest:* a tenement in the parish, given by Simon Bartlet (fn. 149) for his soul for ever, £7 4s 8d. Of which, £8 to Sir Thomas Bullocke, priest; 6s obit; total deductions £8 6s. Clear remainder Nil.

Beam light: tenements in Cateaton Street (Catten Lane) given by the same Simon, £7 10s p.a.

Two priests: a tenement in the parish of St Mary le Bow, given by John Gossenham for his soul for ever, £13 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £13 6s 8d to Thomas Reyley and Thomas Whorleston, priests; (fn. 150) £1 13s 8d quitrents to the king; total deductions £15 0s 4d. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest at the Lady altar: a tenement in St Lawrence Lane, given by Thomas Wytton, £8 3s 4d p.a. Of which, £8 to Thomas Sandlond, (fn. 151) priest; 1s quitrents to the king; total deductions £8 1s 0d. Clear remainder Nil [sic].

Singing man at the Lady altar, and obit: £7 6s 8d p.a. rent given by William Myldreth from 6 tenements in Milk Street and Lad Lane. Of which, £11 to Roland Robynsonne, priest. Clear remainder Nil.

Thirty priests: lands in Grub Street, (fn. 152) St Laurence Queenhithe, (fn. 153) and St Mary Somerset, given by Thomas Burgoyne for 30 'Diriges' and 30 masses, £10 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £1 to the 30 priests. Clear remainder £9 16s 8d p.a.

Morrow mass priest: (fn. 154) £7 13s 4d p.a. paid by Robert Charsey 'but for what time, or what lands be charged therewith it is unknown'.

Repairs, anniversary, lights and chaplain for the brotherhood of the Holy Rood: a corner house in St Lawrence Lane, given to the vicar and the keepers of the Rood light and St Anne's light, by the will of John Lane, £4 13s 4d p.a.

Obit: £1 6s 8d p.a. rent given by Richard Messenger from a great tenement in Milk Street, and 1s 8d to the poor.

Obit: £1 p. a. rent from a tenement in Soper Lane given by John Chickham.

Priest: lands given by John Marshall for ever, £6 13s 4d p.a.

Obit: lands given by Joan, widow of John Chigham, £2 3s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: 548 communicants. Robert Cosen, vicar, receives £8 0s 5d p.a. and finds no other priest except his curate in his absence.

44. St John Walbrook

Chaplain: lands in Walbrook, given by Thomas Suffolke and Robert Parson (fn. 155) for his soul for ever, £8 1s 4d (fn. 156) p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to John Fennymore, priest. Clear remainder £1 7s 4d p.a.

Priest: tenements in the parish, given by Robert P ... (fn. 157) for his soul for ever, £11 18s 8d p.a. Of which, £7 6s 8d to William Bryan, priest; 16s 4d obit; £1 to the poor; total deductions £9 3s. Clear remainder £2 15s 8d p.a.

Two chaplains and obit: tenements in Finch (Finkes) Lane, given by William Comberton for his soul for ever, £14 3s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Henry Smythe, priest; £6 13s 4d to the poor; £1 4s quitrents to the king; 10s obit; total deductions £15 0s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Augmentation of a priest's living, and prayers: 'John Newburye gave unto the same parson and churchwardens towards the augmentation of a priest's living, and after Thomas Barnard being sole seised gave unto the same parson to have him in remembrance amongst the solemnities of their masses and that they should suffer the church to take the residue of the profits to bestow upon the reparations of the body of the church, all those his lands in Budge Row', (fn. 158) £9 10s.

Memoranda: 375 communicants. Richard Wolley, rector, receives £16 p.a. and finds a priest to serve the cure. (fn. 159)

45. St Michael Hogen Lane

Two priests: tenements in St Lawrence Jewry, given by William de Basingstoke for his soul for ever, £13 2s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 7s to Thomas Gaspole, priest, for his stipend. Clear remainder £6 15s 8d p.a.

Priest: a tenement in Wood Street, given by Henry Bane for his soul for ever, (fn. 160) £4 1s 4d p.a. Of which, £1 10s quitrents. Clear remainder £2 11s 4d p.a.

Priest: a tenement in Wood Street, given by Robert Bright, £3 6s 8d p.a.

Lamp: tenements in the parish, given by Thomas Hatfeild, £5 7s 4d p.a.

Obit: 6s 8d p.a. spent, but unknown for whom. (fn. 161)

Two torches: £1 rent, given by John Currounde from certain houses in Wood Street, paid by the dean of St Paul's.

Memoranda: 317 communicants. Thomas Jennyns, rector, receives £18 13s 4d. There is no other priest.

46. [m.13] All Hallows Barking (fn. 162)

Chantry priest: lands in Barking, bequeathed by Thomas Pilkes, £27 1s p.a. The present incumbent of the chantry is John Rudde, a man of good learning, who receives all the profits.

Perpetual chaplain and obit: lands in the parish, given by John Croke for his soul for ever, £9 p.a. Of which, £7 to John Batman, priest; 5s obit; 5s to the poor; total deductions £7 10s. Clear remainder £1 10s p.a.

Obit: tenements in the parish of St Michael Queenhithe, given by William Kyrfote for his soul for ever, £5 17s 4d p.a. Of which, £1 quitrents; 16s 8d obit; £1 to the poor; total deductions £2 16s 8d. Clear remainder £3 0s 8d p.a.

Church works: a tenement in the parish, given by Isabel Hurar, £1 p.a. Of which, 5s quitrent to the king. Clear remainder 15s p.a.

Church lands: in Sidon (Sydinge) Lane, donor and intention unknown, owned by the parish since time out of mind, £4 6s 8d p.a.

Memoranda: 800 communicants. William Dowes, vicar, receives £32 13s 4d p.a. No other priest. (fn. 163)

47. [St Mary's] Chapel, Barking: Brotherhood (fn. 164)

Two chantries and chaplains: the manor of Tooting Bec (Totenbecke), Surrey, given by King Edward IV for his and other souls for ever, to the master and wardens of the fraternity, £24 3s 2d p.a. Of which, £10 to Sir John Alen, M.A., priest; £8 to John Wysdayle [priest]; £4 2s 8d quitrents to the king; total deductions £22 2s 8d. Clear remainder £2 0s 6d p.a.

Chaplain: tenements in the parishes of St Christopher and St Bartholomew the Less, given by Sir John Rysley, kt., for his soul for ever, £17 2s p.a. Of which, £8 to Sir John Arley, priest; 10s obit; £7 wages of conducts and other charges; total deductions £15 10s. Clear remainder £2 p.a.

Chaplain and obit: lands given by Robert Tate for his soul for ever, £22 10s 8d p.a. Of which, £8 to Richard Davyers, priest; £4 11s 8d obit; 15s to the poor; 8s quitrents; total deductions £13 14s 8d. Clear remainder £8 16s p.a.

Lands and tenements called Chichele's rents, £14 2s 4d p.a. Of which, £9 13s 8d 'in ordinary deductions yearly'. (fn. 165) Clear remainder £4 8s 8d p.a. Goods: various goods of the fraternity remain with the master and wardens to the king's use by inventory indented. (fn. 166)

48. St Botolph Aldersgate (fn. 167)

Chaplain: a tenement in the parish, given by John Bathe for his soul for ever, £3 p.a.

Obit: 2 tenements in Fenchurch Street, given by Thomas Clarke for his and other souls, £1 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 3s 4d obit; 3s 4d to the poor; total deductions 6s 8d. Clear remainder £1 6s 8d p.a.

Obit for Thomas Lillingston: £1 p.a. rent given by Andrew Newport for ever from a tenement in Cornhill.

Obit for Alice Cobwell: tenements and rents at Charing Cross, given by John Bedford for ever, £2 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 8s 11d obit; 5s 6d to the poor; total deductions 14s 5d. Clear remainder £1 12s 3d p.a.

Obit: a tenement in Aldersgate Street, given by Alan Johnson for his soul for ever, £2 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 4s 4d to the poor; 5s 8d obit; total deductions 10s. Clear remainder £2 13s 4d p.a.

Obit: a tenement in Aldersgate Street, given by Philip at Phyn for his soul for ever, £2 p.a. Of which, 10s obit. Clear remainder £1 10s p.a.

Brotherhood of the Trinity: (fn. 168) lands and tenements, £17 16s p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Oliver [blank], (fn. 169) priest; 6s 8d quitrents; £2 17s to the poor; £4 13s 10d other charges; total deductions £14 10s 10d. Clear remainder £3 5s 2d p.a.

Memoranda:* 1,100 communicants. William Benson, dean of Westminster, rector, receives £12 ... p.a. Goods and further sums of money belonging to the church are in the hands of ... to the king's use, as appears by an inventory.

49. [m.13d] St Mary Abchurch (fn. 170)

[Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by John Lyttle]ton, (fn. 171) [£11 19s 4d p.a.]. Of which, £6 ... 4d to Sir Thomas Watson, priest; [other deductions illegible]; total deductions £9 8s. Clear remainder £2 11s 4d p.a.

Chantry: tenements in the parish, given by Simon de Wynchcombe for his soul for ever, £[19] 17s 4d p.a. (fn. 172) Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Richard Base, chantry priest; £1 6s 8d quitrents; £1 4s 4d to the poor; total deductions £9 4s 4d. Clear remainder £9 8s p.a.

Memoranda: 368 communicants. Sir John Arker, rector, receives £22 p.a. No other priests serve the cure. (fn. 173)

50. St Nicholas Acon (fn. 174)

Chaplain: lands given by Solomon Oxney for his soul for ever, £14 p.a. Of which, £7 14s to Sir Thomas Sawter, chantry priest aged 68, who has in addition a pension of £5 p.a.; 10s obit; total deductions £8 4s. Clear remainder £5 16s p.a.

Chaplain: £7 annuity for 20 years given by Sir John Bridge, kt., for his soul; paid by the court of Augmentations.

Light: 3s p.a. quitrent given by Sir Gilbert Chapleyne from a tenement in Abchurch Lane in the parish, t. Baptist Boreham.

Lights and torches: 6s 11d p.a. rents given by Maurice Goldesmythe, Gilbert Chepstede and Geoffrey Buttrell.

Rents received by the church: 2s 8d from Baptist Boran and 3s from George Taylor for back doors from their houses into the churchyard, and 6s 8d from Sir Thomas Sauter for a chamber in the churchyard; total 12s 4d.

Memoranda: 154 communicants. Sir Maurice ap Gryffyth, rector, receives £13 6s p.a. No other priests besides his curate. (fn. 175)

51. St Anne and St Agnes Aldersgate

Priest and obit: lands and tenements in the parish, given by William Gregorye, £19 17s 4d p.a. Of which, £8 to a priest; 10s obit; 13s 4d 'to the gatherers of the rent'; 6s 8d repairs to the church; 6s 8d to the auditor; 3s 4d for making accounts; 4s bread, wine and wax; 6s 8d quitrents to the king; total deductions £10 8s [sic]. Clear remainder £9 9s 4d p.a.

Obit and other charges: lands and tenements given by John Werke, £6 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 6s 8d quitrents to the king; 13s 10d obit; 6s 8d in coal to the poor; 1s 8d to a preacher; 4s to the wardens of the Goldsmiths; 6s 8d to John Colloy during his life; total deductions £1 19s 6d. Clear remainder £4 13s 10d p.a.

Obit: lands in Greenwich Lane, given by Edward Redknapp to Lewis Sutton and Agnes his wife, for his soul for ever, £1 p.a.

Memoranda: 300 communicants. John Hopton, DD, rector, receives £8 p.a. and finds a priest to serve the cure.

52. All Hallows Honey Lane (fn. 176)

Chaplain: lands and tenements given by Alexander Sprat for his soul for ever, £6 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £7 6s 8d to Sir William Emringale, priest; 10s quitrent to the king; total deductions £7 16s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Chaplain and obit: lands and tenements given by Thomas Trompington, John Downe and Henry Edelmeton, £24 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 13s 4d tenths to the king for the chaplain's stipend, though there is no chaplain found; (fn. 177) 10s obit; £9 8s quitrents to the king; total deductions £10 11s 4d. Clear remainder £14 2s p.a.

Memoranda: 150 communicants. Sir Thomas Pannell, rector, receives £19 10s 8d p.a. There is no other priest besides himself, and his deputy in his absence.

53. [m.14] St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street

Chaplain: lands and tenements bequeathed by John Lytington after the death of his wife and children, for his soul for ever, £10 7s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir John Hanby, aged 64, of small learning and having no other living. Clear remainder £3 14s p.a.

Chaplain and obit: lands and tenements bequeathed by Robert Coldam for his and other souls for ever, £9 4s p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Martin Clipisham, aged 32, sufficiently learned and having also a pension of £5 6s 8d; 13s 4d obit; £2 2s quitrents to the king; total deductions £9 8s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: lands and tenements bequeathed by William Edwarde for his soul for ever, £9 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir William Honylande, aged 52, meanly learned and having no other living; £1 2s to the rector 'for the tithe Boar's Head and the Peter Key'; total deductions £7 15s 4d. Clear remainder £1 4s 8d p.a.

Obit: lands and tenements bequeathed by Richard Weston for his soul for ever, £2 p.a. Of which, £1 spent at the obit and in alms to the poor. Clear remainder £1 for the church repairs.

Purpose unknown: lands and tenements given by William Buterfelde and John Carpenter, £11 17s 8d p.a. Of which, 6s 8d quitrents; 16s 8d to Aldermary parish for a chamber given to the rector rent free; 6s 8d for a chamber given to John Clutton; total deductions £1 10s. Clear remainder £10 7s 8d p.a.

Lamp: 8s p.a. rent given by John Abraham, late rector of the church, from a tenement in the Old Change, t. William Kendall waxchandler, and owned in fee simple by John Worseley, Esq.

Memoranda: 360 communicants. Sir Thomas Chipping, rector, receives £18 14s p.a. There are no other priests besides the above chantry priests.

54. St Martin Vintry

Priest and obit: 2 tenements given by William Clovyle, John Cornewalles and Gilbert Admershe for ever, £8 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Jeffrey Davy singing for them, aged 53 and having no other promotion; 8s 4d obit; £1 quitrent to the king; 3s 4d to the parish of St John Walbrook; total deductions £8 5s. Clear remainder [blank].

Poor relief: 6s 8d p.a. given among the poor on the day before the feast of St Michael the Archangel each year by Whittington college.

Memoranda: 460 communicants. Sir Edward Saunders, rector, receives £18 13s 4d p.a. and serves the cure himself. No other priests. (fn. 178)

55. St Benet Fink (fn. 179)

Priest and obit: lands and tenements bequeathed by William Bealle, including 2s 8d for a storehouse, £24 16s p.a. Of which, £7 6s 8d to the stipendiary priest, (fn. 180) aged 50, meanly learned; 13s 4d obit, including money for the poor; £4 6s 8d quitrent to a priest singing at St Mary Somerset, Queenhithe Ward; total deductions £12 6s 8d. Clear remainder for the repair of the tenements £12 9s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: Over 300 communicants. The dean and chapter of the college of Windsor are rectors and receive £16 p.a. One priest is found to serve the cure, 'very unable to serve the same'.

Grammar school: The free school called St Anthony's, of which the schoolmaster is Master Edmund Johnson, paid by the steward of St Anthony's, but amount unknown.

56. [m.14d] St Martin Pomery

Chantry, and torch to burn at obit time: £4 3s 4d p.a. rent from the Swan Inn, Bishopsgate and £2 16s 8d p.a. rent from the former land of Robert Brockett, given by Henry att Rothe and Robert Brocket, and paid by the White Bakers, total £7 p.a. Of which, nothing is paid to any chantry priest, the post being vacant since last Easter; 13s 4d tenths to the king. Clear remainder £6 6s 8d p.a.

Five wax candles: a shop in Iremonger Lane, given by William Wylehale for ever, 6s 8d p.a.

Chapel annexed to the church for the ease of poor people: now leased by Ambrose Barker, 13s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: 120 communicants. Sir Richard Quene, rector, receives £12 13s 4d p.a. and serves the cure himself.

57. St Alban Wood Street

Priest for the soul of John Wodcocke, and obit: (fn. 181) lands and tenements bequeathed by John Shadworthe for his and other souls for ever, £7 16s 8d p.a. Of which, 6s obit; 3s 4d quitrent to the king; total deductions 9s 4d. Clear remainder £7 7s 6d [sic] p.a.

Priest for the soul of Thomas Chulton, and obit: (fn. 181) lands and tenements bequeathed by John Andrewes for his and other Christian souls, £13 2s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Robert Jackeson, (fn. 182) stipendiary priest; £1 0s 8d obit; total deductions £7 1s 2d [sic]. Clear remainder £5 10s 8d p.a.

Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by Sir Richard Illyngworth, kt., for his soul for ever, £17 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to the stipendiary priest; 13s 4d 'to the said Sir Robert Jakelyng by his will'; £1 0s 8d obit; total deductions £8 7s 4d. Clear remainder £8 12s 8d p.a.

Lamp, torch and anthem: a tenement in the parish, t. Thomas Dodyngton, tenant at will, bequeathed by Henry Payn to provide a lamp burning day and night before the rood, a torch on Corpus Christi Day, an anthem before the rood in Lent, and 6s 8d for the churchwardens to see these dues performed, £2 p.a.

Memoranda: 300 communicants. Master William Catericke, BD, rector, receives £16 8s 4d p.a. No priest is found by him to serve the cure.

58. St Andrew Undershaft

Obit: a tenement bequeathed by John Felde for his soul for ever, £1 10s p.a. Of which, 6s 8d to priests and poor at the obit. Clear remainder £1 3s 4d p.a.

Obit: 10s annuity from the gild of St John Baptist at York, given by Sir John Savage, clerk. Of which, 6s 8d obit. Clear remainder 3s 4d p.a.

Church tenements: 'builded of the church goods', adjacent to the parsonage, for the maintenance of the clerk and sexton, £4 9s 4d p.a.

Obit: tenements, cottages and chambers given by Thomas Stokes, £4 10s 4d p.a. Of which, 6s 8d to the poor at the obit. Clear remainder £4 3s 4d p.a.

Obit and poor relief: 10s annuity bequeathed by John Goodwyn and paid by the Haberdashers' Company. (fn. 183)

Obit and poor relief: 13s 4d annuity bequeathed by Sir John Raynwell, kt., and paid by the chamberlain of London.

Memoranda: 373 communicants. Sir John Standysche, clerk, DD, rector. receives £19 12s 0½d (fn. 184) p.a. No other priests besides the curate.

59. St Ethelburga Bishopsgate

Priest: £1 13s 4d p.a. quitrent from a tenement called the Angel in this parish, paid by the masters of the Bridgehouse.

Intent unknown: £2 p.a. rent bequeathed by William Assell from the Swan Inn in the parish, now t. Thomas Nixson.

Priest: £2 p.a. rent bequeathed by the same Thomas Nixson.

Memoranda: 180 communicants. Sir John Day, rector, receives £11 12s p.a. and serves the cure himself.

60. [m.15] St Peter 'The Little and The Poor' (fn. 185)

Priest: £4 6s 8d p.a. quitrent bequeathed by William Barnarde for his soul for ever from a tenement in the parish. (fn. 186)

Priest: lands and tenements bequeathed by Walter Kent for his soul for ever, £7 4s p.a. Of which, £6 6s 8d to Sir Thomas Potter, chantry priest. Clear remainder 17s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: 200 communicants. Sir John Hollonde, rector, receives £9 3s 2d p.a. and serves the cure himself with the help of the above chantry priests.

Obit: 4 small tenements bequeathed by Thomas Johnson for his soul for ever, £4 7s p.a. Of which, 17s 8d obit, including 3s 4d to the poor. Clear remainder £3 9s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: 160 communicants. Sir John Dalton, rector, receives £8 10s p.a. and serves the cure himself.

61. St Katherine Cree

Chaplain and obit: lands and tenements bequeathed by Alice Cressewycke for her soul, the chaplain to celebrate daily, £10 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Richard Patteson, (fn. 187) priest; 7s 2d obit; 18s 4d to Sir Ralph Sadler for quitrent; 3s 4d to the churchwardens for their pains; total deductions £8 2s 2d. Clear remainder £2 11s 2d p.a.

Obit and lamp: £1 p.a. rent from lands of one Rusche, paid by the churchwardens of St Michael Cornhill. Of which, 3s for Russe's obit; 12s lamp; total deductions 15s. Clear remainder 5s p.a.

Memoranda: 542 communicants. The master and fellows of Magdalene college, Cambridge are rectors and receive £21 p.a. A curate serves the cure.

62. St Olave Silver Street

Rent: 7s p.a. paid by New college, Oxford 'without any intent'.

Obit: 'William Tattorne gave to the brotherhood of 60 priests one tenement wherein they dwell to the intent that they should keep an obit in the said church: of the yearly rent of £3'. Of which, £1 0s 2d obit including 16s 8d to the poor. Clear remainder £1 19s 10d p.a.

Memoranda: 180 communicants. Sir William Assheton, rector, receives £9 12s 9½d and serves the cure himself without any help.

63. [m15d] St John Zachary

Stipendiary priest singing daily for the soul of Bartholomew Seyman: £6 13s 4d p.a. paid by Giles Bridges to Sir Robert Clynebeckke, priest (fn. 188) aged 70, impotent.

Obit for the same Seyman: 6s 8d p.a. from Seyman's lands, paid by the same Giles Bridges, including 4s to the poor and 2s 8d to the priests and clerks.

Obit for the soul of William Duffelde: 13s 4d p.a. rent from a tenement called the Lion in the Barbican, paid by John Andrewe. The foundation was for 80 years, of which 17 have passed as shown by an indenture.

Prayers: 4 tenements in Gutter (Gooderon) Lane given by William Hope for prayers for ever for his soul and those of Henry Eveley, Dame Agnes Redyng, Richard Parker and Agnes his wife, and to maintain the tenements, the church and the ornaments, £4 p.a. Of which, £1 quitrent to the king in the right of the late hospital of St John. Clear remainder £3 p.a.

Memoranda: 240 communicants. Sir Ralph Bentley, rector, receives £12 p.a. 'and is not resident upon the same but a French priest not able to serve the cure'.

64. St Botolph Bishopsgate (fn. 189)

Chantry: £6 13s 4d p.a. paid by the court of Augmentations to maintain a priest formerly paid by St Mary Spittal under the will of Walter Delamore. The priest is Sir Thomas Fyldust, (fn. 190) aged 26, meanly learned.

Lamp: 8s p.a. rent given by Thomas Marowe from his tenements in the parish.

Memoranda: 650 communicants. Hugh Weston, rector, receives £22 p.a. No other priests serve the cure besides his curate.

65. St Leonard Foster Lane (fn. 191)

Priest: £1 p.a. quitrent bequeathed by Roger of Northall from a tenement in Cordwainer (Corvester) Street in Aldermary parish.

Priest: £2 4s p.a. quitrents bequeathed by Henry Edelmenton from 2 tenements in Fleet Street in the parish of St Bride: £1 14s and 10s p.a. respectively.

Priest: 8s p.a. quitrent given by Isabel, daughter of Garell Bate, from a tenement in the parish of St Peter, Broad Street.

Priest and anniversary: 6s 8d p.a. quitrent bequeathed by John Moreslonde, former rector of St Leonard's, from a tenement in the parish of St Botolph Aldersgate.

Chaplain, tapers and obit: £4 15s 4d p.a. quitrents bequeathed by William de Wyndesor: £3 13s 4d from a tenement in Nicholas Lane, Candlewick Street, in the parish of St Nicholas Acon for the chaplain; £1 2s from tenements without Cripplegate in the parish of St Giles for 6 tapers and an obit at which 9s 8d is for the poor, and 4d for ringing.

'Anniversary by note with light and other things': £1 p.a. quitrent given by William Cressewycke for the soul of Robert Cressewycke from a tenement in Moor (More) Lane next Grub Street.

Thomas Exteme's bequest: (fn. 192) 2 shops in the parish (less 3s 4d p.a. quitrent), £1 15s 4d p.a. 'to find an anniversary, to discharge the parishioners of candle silver on Easter Day and to find a Paschal, and for a wax taper of 10 lb to burn in the church at the sepulchre, and to be prayed for solemnly in the pulpit'. Of which, 13s 4d quitrent to the king; 6s 4d anniversary; total deductions 19s 4d. Clear remainder 15s 8d p.a.

Memoranda: 452 communicants. Sir Robert Crome, rector, receives 40 marks p.a. and serves the cure with the help of a stipendiary priest found by the parishioners 'of devotion and good will at their own charges'.

66. [m.16] St Bartholomew [Exchange] (fn. 193)

Priest and obit: a tenement in the parish of St Michael Crooked Lane, t. John Johnson, bequeathed by James Willforde for his and other souls for ever, £16 p.a. Of which, £7 6s 8d to Nicholas Willes, chantry priest; £2 9s 6d obit, including 3s 4d to the poor; 15s 6d for wax at the obit and for 4 tapers through the year; 1s to the preachers of the Spittal; 3s 4d for washing the linen belonging to the priest and chantry; £1 11s 4½d for other charges, including 19s 0½d subsidy; total deductions £12 7s 4½d. Clear remainder £3 12s 7½d p.a.

Perpetual chantry and obit ('Frayes chantry'): the manor of Collingham Hall (Collyngamhalle), Suffolk and £1 16s 2½d p.a. rent from Cavendish (Candische) and Glemsford (Glemforde), Suffolk, given by John Clopton Esq., under licence from Edward IV to Thomas Colwell the then chantry priest and his successors; total £16 p.a. (fn. 194)

Obit: a tenement in the parish bequeathed by Richard Tofte, £3 p.a. Of which, 10s obit, including 7s to the poor. Clear remainder £2 10s p.a.

Obit for the soul of Sir William Capell, kt.: maintained by the Lord St John, Lord Great Master, but amount spent unknown.

Memoranda: 392 communicants. Sir George Nevell, rector, aged 40, receives £18 p.a. 'who keepeth the country', and finds Sir Michael West, aged 60, to serve the cure.

Jewels and ornaments of Willforde's chantry: as by a schedule (fn. 195) annexed to the certificate, are in the custody of Nicholas Crofton, one of the churchwardens.

Vestment of blue velvet for Fraye's chantry, worth 10s; in the hands of the incumbent.

67. All Hallows London Wall (fn. 196)

Obit and lamp: a tenement near London Wall called the Rose, given by Robert Farbras, £4 11s 4d p.a. Of which, 3s quitrent to the king. Clear remainder £4 7s 4d [sic] p.a.

Memoranda: 217 communicants. John Robardes, rector, receives £8 7s 1d p.a. and serves the cure himself.

Goods belonging to the 'said' priests or brotherhood of Pappey (fn. 197) are as in an inventory annexed.

68. St Mildred Bread Street (fn. 198)

Priest and obit: lands and tenements bequeathed by Stephen Bugge for ever, £6 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 6s 8d to the stipendiary priest. (fn. 199) Clear remainder Nil.

Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by John Frary for ever, £6 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £1 13s 4d to the stipendiary priest to augment his wages; 19s 2d expenses at the obit; 6s 6d quitrent to St Paul's and to the college of Westminster; total deductions £2 19s. Clear remainder £3 17s 8d p.a.

Priest: lands and tenements given by Margaret de Wyborne for ever, £4 p.a. Of which, £2 to the stipendiary priest. (fn. 200) Clear remainder £2 p.a.

Priest: lands and tenements given by William Palmer for ever, £10 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £4 to the stipendiary priest; 2s to the rector 'according to the will'; total deductions £4 2s. Clear remainder £6 14s 8d p.a.

Chaplain: £3 10s p.a. rent given by William Aldern (fn. 201) for his soul for ever. Of which, £1 to the stipendiary priest. Clear remainder £2 10s p.a.

Priest: 16s p.a. quitrent given by deed of William Ardern for his and his 'said' father's souls for ever.

[m. 16d] Obit: 13s 4d p.a. rent given by a deed of John Shadworthe from a tenement called the Rose in Smithfield.

Lamp: 10s p.a. quitrent bequeathed by John Cliff from the Inn called the Pie upon Smithfield.

Memoranda: 216 communicants. Sir William Bell, rector, receives £19 8s 7d p.a. and serves the cure with the help of the other priests. (fn. 202)

69. St Matthew Friday Street (fn. 203)

Priest: lands and tenements given by John Martyn for ever, £10 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Henry Coldewell, chantry priest aged 70, meanly learned. Clear remainder £3 6s 8d p.a.

Obit: a tenement given by one (fn. 204) Walpole for his soul for ever, £3 8s 4d p.a. Of which, 6s 8d obit; 7s quitrent to the college of Westminster; 5s quitrent to the house of Burton Lazars; total deductions 18s 8d. Clear remainder £2 9s 8d p.a.

Memoranda: 200 communicants. Sir Walter Morewell, rector, receives £25 15s 4d p.a. There is no other priest, but 'for a small sum he hireth one of the said priests to serve for him'. (fn. 205)

70. St John the Evangelist Watling Street (fn. 206)

Perpetual chaplain: lands and tenements given by William de Aungree for prayers for ever, £8 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £7 to Sir John Taylor, stipendiary priest aged 50; 13s 4d quitrent to the king; total deductions £7 13s 4d. Clear remainder £1 p.a.

Memoranda: 100 communicants. Sir John Gray, rector, receives £15 19s 7d p.a. No other priest has been found to serve the cure than the stipendiary.

71. College of St Lawrence Pountney

College lands: £113 18s 8d (fn. 207) p.a. [not detailed]. Of which, £7 19s 9½d tenths to the king; £3 14s 6d quitrents to the king; £1 pension to the king; £1 12s expenses at the obits; 13s 4d farm rent to a chantry priest in St Paul's; £35 8s 4d stipends and other necessary charges and fees; (fn. 208) £2 3s repairs, alms and 'necessaries'; total deductions £52 10s 11½d. Clear remainder £56 7s 0½d [sic] p.a.

Memoranda: 270 communicants. William Latymer, aged 49, rector, receives £16 p.a. and at his own cost finds a curate and a morrow mass priest besides himself.

72. Fraternity of the Sixty Priests

Obits and poor relief: lands and tenements, £7 10s p.a. Of which, 2s 7½d quitrent to the king; £1 14s 8d at 2 obits, with 19s 8d to the poor; £1 for singing 60 masses; 10s to the registrar of the fraternity; 10s to the beadle; £1 6s 8d to the common cook; total deductions £5 3s 11½d.

Memoranda: jewels, plate, money and ornaments as in a schedule annexed. (fn. 209)

73. All Hallows the Less (fn. 210)

Priest: six tenements given by James Andrew, £8 9s 4d p.a., but no priest has been found since last Michaelmas.

Obit and poor relief: 6s 8d p.a. rent given by Ralph Markhame. Of which, 2s 8d obit; 4s to the poor; total deductions 6s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit for John Chamberlayn: kept in the church by Bernard Jennyns, skinner, but amount spent not stated.

Memoranda: 200 communicants. William Latymer, rector, receives £17 p.a. and finds no priest but his curate.

74. [m.17] St Michael Bassishaw (fn. 211)

Priest: a tenement called the Bell on the Hoop in the parish, bequeathed by John Asche, £3 6s 8d p.a. (fn. 212)

Two chaplains: (fn. 213) in fulfilment of the will of Sir James Yardeforde, his widow Lady Yardeforde pays 2 priests to sing for him; after her death the Mercers 'shall have the same lands' to continue the endowment: £16 p.a. (fn. 214)

Obit: a tenement or brewhouse called the Cock on the Hoop, bequeathed by John Asche as above, £5 p.a. Of which, 6s 8d to the rector of St John Walbrook; 6s 8d obit; total deductions 13s 4d. Clear remainder £4 6s 8d p.a.

Lights: a tenement called the Talbot, in the parish of St John Walbrook, bequeathed by Richard Osborne for 'a light upon the common beam before the crucifix' and other lights 'at the anthem time', £2 p.a.

Memoranda: 500 communicants. Sir John Anderton, rector, receives £17 p.a. and gives £8 p.a. to a resident priest to serve his cure.

75. St Andrew Holborn (fn. 215)

Priest: lands and tenements bequeathed by Amy Edyman and John Rowell, £13 7s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to the stipendiary priest. (fn. 216) Clear remainder £6 14s 4d p.a.

Obit and priest: a messuage given by William Forman to the fraternity of St Sythe in the parish, £1 17s 4d p.a. Of which, 6s 8d obit. Clear remainder £1 10s 8d p.a.

Lamp before the sacrament: an acre of land in Gray's Inn Field, given by Roger Horlyn, 6s 8d p.a.

Church works only: 4 tenements bequeathed by John Tavy, £4 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 9s 10d quitrent to Westminster. Clear remainder £3 16s 10d p.a.

Lamp: a gate room in Gray's Inn Lane, given for 79 years beginning at Christmas 33 Henry VIII, 1s 8d p.a.

Memoranda: 1,000 communicants. Sir Nicholas Burton, rector, receives £16 p.a. No other priests, save the chantry priest, to whom he gives £2 p.a.

76. St Christopher le Stocks

Chantry and anniversary: lands and tenements given by Margaret de Norforde, William de Berghe and Christian Vugham, widow, for ever, £10 4s p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to the stipendiary priest; (fn. 217) 18s quitrents to the king; 8s 8d at the two obits; 13s 4d tenths to the king; total deductions £8 13s 4d. Clear remainder £1 10s 8d p.a.

Priest and anniversary: lands and tenements bequeathed by John Plonkett, sherman, for ever, £13 17s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to the chantry priest; 16s 1d obit; 16s 5d for coal and other relief to the poor; total deductions £8 5s 10d. Clear remainder £5 11s 10d p.a.

Priest and anniversary: lands and tenements bequeathed by John Watles, mercer, for ever, £10 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to the priest; £1 rent charge to Lady Nerforde's priest; 16s 7d for 2 wax tapers at the obit; £1 3s 4d quitrent and tenths to the king; total deductions £9 13s 3d. Clear remainder £1 0s 1d p.a.

Priest, obit and poor relief: lands and tenements bequeathed by Benedict Harlewyn for his soul for ever, £5 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £1 6s 8d tenths to the king; 3s 4d to the Drapers for the poor; 13s 4d obit; total deductions £2 3s 4d. Clear remainder £3 10s p.a.

[m.17d] Obit: Richard Sheryngton bequeathed a rent charge of £2 16s 8d p.a. for ever, but the parish now owns the lands, which yield £2 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 13s 4d quitrent to the king; 4s 3d obit; total deductions 17s 7d. Clear remainder £1 15s 9d p.a.

Obit: a tenement given by Joan Ball for ever, £3 6s 8d p.a.

Memoranda: 221 communicants. Sir Robert Stanney, rector, receives £18 2s p.a.

77. St Mary le Bow (fn. 218)

Priest and obit: lands and tenements bequeathed by Henry Frowycke for ever, £15 10s p.a. Of which, £8 to the stipendiary priest; (fn. 219) 10s quitrent to the king; 4s 2d to Sir Ralph Sadler; 6s to Sir Richard Leigh; 8s obit; total deductions £11 8s 2d [sic]. Clear remainder £4 1s 10d p.a.

Chantry priest: lands and tenements bequeathed by John de Holleghe for ever, £7 p.a. Of which, £6 16s to the stipendiary priest; (fn. 220) 4s quitrent to Austin Hynde; total deductions £7. Clear remainder Nil.

Beam light and ringing of Bow bell: a tenement given by John Donne, mercer, £4 p.a. Of which, £1 13s 4d for the light; 4s for the bell; 1s 'to a priest for exhorting to pray for the said Donne'; total deductions £1 18s 4d. Clear remainder £2 1s 8d p.a.

Obit: a piece of ground formerly a garden and now a churchyard bequeathed by John Rothame, 6s 8d p.a.

Priest: £4 annuity or rent given by Dame Eleanor, former prioress of Winchester, and her convent.

Augmentation of a morrow mass priest: £1 15s p.a. annuity or rent bequeathed by John Donne for certain lands 'in Bow church'. (fn. 221)

Morrow mass priest: £2 5s annuity or rent bequeathed by John Norman from lands 'in Bow church'. (fn. 221)

Church lands held by the rector and churchwardens for some time without any specified intent, £7 p.a.

Poor relief: Thomas Baldry gave £44 to the prioress of Elsing Spittal to pay an annuity of £1 2s for poor relief in the parish, which has been paid accordingly, £1 2s p.a.

Two torches before the Sacrament at the elevation: 6s 8d p.a. annuity or rent, given by Robert Mompleres from a tenement called the Beads in West Cheap.

Memoranda: 300 communicants. Sir John Joseph, BD, rector, receives £30 p.a. No other priest besides his curate.

78. St Martin Ludgate (fn. 222)

Priests: (fn. 223) lands and tenements given by Roger Payne, William Powe, Simon Newell and Thomas Froddeshame for ever, £16 16s 8d p.a. Of which, 4d to the parish church of St Bride; 3s to the bishop of Salisbury; 3s 4d to the king; total deductions 6s 8d. Clear remainder £16 10s p.a.

Priest at Thingdon, Northants; priest at Dronfield, Derb., and obit here: lands and tenements bequeathed by William Alstone, £23 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £9 6s 8d to the 2 priests. Clear remainder £14 10s p.a.

[m.18] Priest: £3 6s 8d p.a. annuity given by William Sevenocke from a tenement called the Cup and Hoop, for ever.

Obit: 8s p.a. quitrent, given by William Wilschere for ever from tenements in the parish of St Clement Candlewick Street.

A lamp to burn before the High Cross: 7s p.a. rent given by Adam Hagete from a tenement called the Welshman on the Hoop in Old Bailey.

Church lands: further lands certified by the rector and churchwardens, £12 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £1 13s 4d quitrent to the parish church of St Margaret Lothbury; 13s 4d quitrent to St Michael le Querne; total deductions £2 6s 8d. Clear remainder £10 6s 8d p.a.

Memoranda: 476 communicants. Sir Barnard Sandeforde, rector, receives £33 6s 8d p.a.

79. St Olave Jewry (fn. 224)

Perpetual chantry: lands and tenements bequeathed by Sir John Bryan, priest, late rector of the church, to Sir Reynold Bryan, chaplain 'to make, sustain and celebrate one perpetual chantry', for his soul for ever, £13 1s 4d p.a. (fn. 225)

Light and obit: tenement and 4 chambers bequeathed by Thomas Musted, £2 10s p.a. Of which, 4s for the 'waste and repair' of tapers; 4s quitrent to the king; 2s 1d to the choir at the obit; 6s 8d to the poor; total deductions 16s 9d. Clear remainder £1 13s 3d p.a.

Memoranda: 198 communicants. Sir Clement Erington, vicar, receives £13 6s 8d p.a.

80. St Mary Axe

Memoranda: 100 communicants. Sir Peter Toller, rector, receives £5 p.a. and serves the cure himself without any help.

81. St Olave Hart Street (fn. 226)

Three obits or anniversaries: 2 tenements given by Robert Lawrence and Thomas Faux, £2 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 14s 8d to the king for 2 quitrents. Clear remainder £1 18s 8d p.a.

Memoranda: 435 communicants. Sir John Johnson, rector, receives £21 and serves the cure himself without any help. (fn. 227)

Poor relief: Sir John Alleyn, kt. deceased, appointed Thomas Pyke to receive £60, of which £50 was to be shared among the poor at the rate of 10s per week and £10 given for poor maidens' marriages: of which Pyke has not yet spent over £10.

82. All Hallows Staining

Chantry and priest's salary: £3 6s 8d p.a. paid by the court of Augmentations for the salary of a chantry priest, the king having taken into his hands the lands devoted to this purpose by William Palmer. (fn. 228)

Anniversary for John Cosyn: 14s 4d p.a. is spent by Thomas Jenkynson of the city of Norwich, according to Cosyn's will.

Poor relief: the same Thomas distributes yearly among poor householders of the parish 100 qrs of coal.

Memoranda: 424 communicants. The king is rector and receives £22 14s 10d p.a. The curate and the chantry priest serve the cure.

83. St Alphege (fn. 229)

Chaplain: lands and tenements bequeathed by John Graunte for ever, £15 10s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to the stipendiary priest. (fn. 230) Clear remainder £8 17s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: 345 communicants. The benefice is void, but worth £8 p.a. in the king's books, 'and the parishioners of the profits of the same benefice among the parishioners levied find a priest to serve the cure'.

84. [m.18d] St Botolph Aldgate

Chaplain to sing divine service: lands and tenements given by Thomas Weston for his soul for ever, £5 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 12s 10d for 2 quitrents to the king; £4 13s 10d to the stipendiary priest; (fn. 231) total deductions £5 6s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Perpetual chaplain and obit: lands and tenements bequeathed by Alexander Sprot and John Grace for ever, £22 15s 4d p.a. Of which, £1 8s 2d quitrents to the king; 2s 4d quitrent to Sir John Gates; £7 3s 4d to Sir John Lovell, stipendiary priest; £2 9s 6d to Sir William Grene (fn. 232) in augmentation of his wages; 7s 6d obit; £1 1s 8d to the rent gatherer; (fn. 233) £1 to the sexton; (fn. 234) total deductions £14 5s 10d. Clear remainder £8 9s 6d p..a

Memoranda: 1,130 communicants. The king is rector and receives £48 p.a. (fn. 235)

85. Holy Trinity [the Less]

Priest and obit: rents and tenements given by the king under the seal of the court of Augmentations, and by Thomas Cosyn's will for ever, £8 18s 8d p.a. Of which, 13s 4d tenths to the king; £6 13s 4d to the priest; (fn. 236) 6s obit; 8s for 3 wax tapers; total deductions £8 0s 8d. Clear remainder 18s p.a.

Priest: lands and tenements bequeathed by John Bryan for ever, £13 1s 3d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to the stipendiary priest; 13s 4d tenths to the king; £1 quitrents to the king 'as to the late house of Westminster'; total deductions £8 15s. Clear remainder £4 6s 3d p.a.

Memoranda: 170 communicants. Sir John Dorell, bachelor of law, rector, receives £8 6s p.a. He gives 16s and a chamber yearly to one of the stipendiary priests to help him minister.

86. St Faith

Memoranda: 400 communicants. John Denman, DD, rector, receives £23 17s p.a. He is not resident, but finds a curate.

87. St Andrew Hubbard (fn. 237)

Obit: a tenement, t. John Wentforde, mercer, given by Julian Fayrehedde, widow, £4 p.a. Of which, 8s quitrent to the king; 12s obit, including 2s 6d to the poor; total deductions £1. Clear remainder £3 p.a.

Memoranda: 282 communicants. Sir William Swifte, rector, receives £19 19s 4d p.a. 'and cometh not past once in 2 years to his cure, but findeth his curate to serve it'.

88. St Margaret Pattens

Priest, 'Dirige' and requiem: £4 6s 8d p.a. rent from certain tenements in the parish, bequeathed by Andrew at Vyne for ever. Of which, £4 6s 8d to Sir Henry Fynkell, stipendiary priest. Clear remainder Nil.

Augmentation of a priest's salary, obit and anniversary: lands and tenements bequeathed by Ralph Hollonde for ever, £3 17s 8d p.a. Of which, £2 in augmentation; 6s 8d obit, including 5s to the poor; total deductions £2 6s 8d p.a. Clear remainder £1 11s p.a.

Anniversary: lands and tenements bequeathed by William Twrnor, £4 p.a. Of which, 2s quitrent to the king; 1s 5d obit; total deductions 3s 5d. Clear remainder £3 16s 7d p.a.

Obit or anniversary: a tenement bequeathed by Davy Turbervyle for his soul, £1 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 10s obit, including 5s to the poor. Clear remainder £1 3s 4d p.a.

Obit: 13s 4d is received yearly by the rector and churchwardens from the tenement where Sir John Champnenys lives.

Memoranda: 223 communicants. Sir William Brady, rector, receives £9 19s 10½d p.a. The cure is served by him and the stipendiary priest.

89. [m.19] St Mary Staining

Memoranda: 98 communicants. Sir William Jackeson, rector, receives £7 4s 7d p.a. and serves the cure himself.

90. All Hallows Bread Street (fn. 238)

Priest: £6 13s 4d p.a. salary paid by Sir Henry Hubthorne, kt., to Sir Henry Haynes, priest, to sing daily there.

Chaplain: £6 13s 4d p.a. salary paid by the Lady Pargetor to Sir Robert Shawe.

Obit: William Harper keeps a yearly obit for one Stokes, value unknown.

Obit or anniversary for Master Farrefax: kept by John Packyngton, value unknown.

Memoranda: 300 communicants. Sir William Soplande, rector, receives £37 p.a. 'who serveth the cure by his deputy that farmeth the parsonage'. (fn. 239)

91. St Martin Outwich

Chaplain, taper and St Michael's lights: £4 3s 4d rents now received from the court of Augmentations by letters patent; originally bequeathed by John de Bredstreate from 8 shops in Watling Street under one roof, for the following purposes: £3 13s 4d for an honest chaplain; (fn. 240) 6s 8d for a wax taper; 3s 4d for St Michael's lights.

Rood light and prayers: lands and tenements given by Edmund Moundevill, £3 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 4s 8d quitrents to St Bartholomew's; 4d to St Giles church; total deductions 5s. Clear remainder £3 1s 8d p.a.

Cash for purchase of 'the said' lands: £40 given by one Rawson.

Anniversary or obit: 15s 3d p.a. spent by the master and fellows of St Catherine's hall, Cambridge, 'out of their possessions'.

Obit: 13s 4d p.a. rent given by Katherine Carpenter from a tenement on Oyster Hill near London Bridge.

Obit and poor relief: £200 cash was bequeathed by John Kyddermester senior to buy property worth £10 p.a. to maintain an obit of £5 6s 8d p.a. including £2 11s 8d to the poor. The property has not been bought, and his son John still has the money, but the obit has been kept.

Memoranda: 227 communicants. Dr Nicholas Wilson, rector, receives £17 p.a. but is never resident and did not find a curate until last Michaelmas.

92. The late Guildhall College

Lands and tenements (fn. 241) amount to £51 8s 4d p.a. Of which, £8 13s 4d to the master of the college; (fn. 242) £20 to 3 priests fellows there; £3 6s 8d quitrent to the king; 4s quitrent to St Paul's; 3s 4d to the vicar of St Lawrence for oblations; 3s 4d to the lord mayor; 6s 8d to the chamberlain; 3s 4d to the clerk of the Chamber; 6s 8d to the tenants for potation; £2 16s 8d tenths to the king for the stipends; 12s tenths to the king for the college; 4s 8d for tithes to the rector of St Michael Bassishaw; total deductions £37 0s 8d. Clear remainder £14 7s 8d p.a.

93. [m.19d] St Mary Colechurch (fn. 243)

Brotherhood, gild or fraternity of St Katherine: lands to maintain a priest, founded by letters patent of Henry VI to John Tenterden and others, £9 p.a. Of which, £6 to Sir Robert Evans, stipendiary priest. Clear remainder £3 p.a.

Priest for 20 years: (fn. 244) £140 cash given to her executors by Agnes Fenne in her will dated 28 March 1541.

Memoranda: 220 communicants. The wardens of the Mercers' Company are rectors and receive £24 p.a. There is no priest besides the curate.

94. St Michael le Querne

Priest: lands and tenements given by Robert Newcombe and John Combe for ever, £10 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £7 6s 8d to Sir John [blank], (fn. 245) stipendiary. Clear remainder £2 13s 4d p.a.

Priest for 7 years: £7 p.a. (fn. 246) rent bequeathed by John Lydyat on 23 June 1545 for his soul from 4 tenements in the parish.

[Intent unspecified]: 6s 8d p.a. quitrent given to the church by Thomas Poetowe from a tenement in Leadenhall called the Bell.

Obit: 6s 8d p.a. quitrent bequeathed to the church by William Herwode, and now paid by the Chamber of London.

Obit: 10s p.a. rent from 2 houses owned by the late Edmund Shawe and bequeathed by him to his wife who married George Gyfford.

Obit for 18 years: 13s 4d p.a. rent bequeathed by Alice Baillie, widow, on 30 January 1543 for her soul; 10s to be given to the poor.

Fraternity: a tenement given by Richard Verney and others, £1 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 10s 2¾d to the churchwardens of St Pancras. Clear remainder 16s 5¼d p.a.

Memoranda: 350 communicants. Sir Thomas Whitmore, rector, receives £25 10s p.a. There is no priest besides the curate.

95. St Thomas the Apostle

Chaplain: £3 13s 4d p.a. quitrent given by Roger at Vyne for ever, from tenements, houses and shops in the parish; now paid 'out of the late dissolved house of Acon'.

Chaplain to sing daily: £5 6s 8d p.a. rent given by William Champenes for ever from tenements in the parish.

Priest: lands and tenements given to the Salters by Richard Chawry for his soul for ever, £6 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir George Walpole, (fn. 247) incumbent. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: lands and tenements given to the brotherhood of St Giles Cripplegate, by William Brampton for his soul for ever for a priest to sing here, £6 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir John Barnes, incumbent. Clear remainder Nil.

Anniversary: 4s 4d p.a. rent given by Roger at Vyne for ever from his lands and tenements.

Chaplain: £4 p.a. paid by the master and brethren of St Bartholomew's hospital by deed enrolled in the Hustings.

Anniversary or obit: a shop bequeathed by William Brampton, £2 6s 8d p.a., including 6s to the choir; 3s 4d to the masters of the fraternity of St Nicholas 'holden by the clerks'; 2s to prisoners at King's Bench, 1s at the Marshalsea, 3s 4d at the Counters, 2s at Newgate, 1s 8d among clerks convict at Westminster, 1s at the Fleet; 1s 8d to the poor sisters at Elsing Spittal.

Obit: Anne Gasconne willed that her executors should buy lands in the city of London to the clear yearly value of £8 to maintain an obit 'by note', spending £2 p.a., with £3 6s 8d p.a. in money to the poor. No lands have been purchased, but Martin Gowse, scrivener, maintains the obit and spends £2 p.a.

[m.20] Two obits and poor relief: lands and tenements given by William Bromewell for his soul, £4 16s 8d p.a. Of which, £2 15s obit, including £1 to the poor; 2s for 4 lb of wax; total deductions £2 17s. Clear remainder £1 19s 8d p.a.

Memoranda: 298 communicants. Sir Richard Deane, rector, receives £12 p.a. The curate serves the cure with the help of the chantry priest.

96. Whittington College in St Michael Paternoster Royal (fn. 248)

Money paid yearly by the Mercers: £63. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Dr Smythe, (fn. 249) master; £29 6s 8d to 4 fellows at £7 each [sic]; (fn. 250) £5 6s 8d to the senior conduct; £13 6s 8d to the choristers; £5 to the 2 conducts; total deductions £59 13s 4d. Clear remainder £3 6s 8d p.a.

Mansion house: rented yearly, £4 6s 8d.

Two obits: 3s 5d p.a. rent from chambers let in the mansion house.

Obit for the souls of John Carpenter and Katherine his wife: 17s 4d p.a. paid by the wardens of the fraternity of Our Lady, Barking, including 8s 2d to the masters, 7s to 13 bedesmen of the college and 1s 1d to the poor.

Obit: a tenement in Little East Cheap in the parish of St Leonard, given by Sir Steven Guyns for his soul, £2 13s 4d p.a.

Preacher to keep a yearly obit: a tenement in the parish of St Leonard, given by Master Gilbert Haydecke, sometime master of the college, £6 13s 4d p.a.

Obit: £4 p.a. annuity given by John Millet, sometime clerk of the Signet, from his lands and tenements at the Three Cranes in the Vintry.

Memoranda: 213 communicants. Dr Smythe, rector, receives £7 p.a.

97. St Clement Candlewick Street (fn. 251)

Parish lands: lands and quitrents given by unknown donors for bread, wine, oil, wax and repairs, £5 13s 4d p.a.

Perpetual chantry: lands and tenements given by John Cartneney, £11 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 2s for a taper; 5s to 2 priests for a breakfast; 5s to the poor on Good Friday; total deductions 12s. Clear remainder £11 1s 4d p.a., 'to the use of the said chantry priests'. (fn. 252)

Two priests: lands and tenements given by William Ivorne for ever, £20 2s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Reynolde Gawlty; £6 13s 4d to Sir John Adocke every other year; 13s 4d tenths to the king; 10s to the churchwardens for overseeing the lands; total deductions £14 10s. Clear remainder £5 12s 4d p.a.

Morrow mass priest and obit: lands given by Robert Halyday for prayers, and 8s to the morrow mass priest, (fn. 253) £14 10s p.a. Of which, 5s 8d obit; £1 coal for the poor; 8s to the morrow mass priest; 5s for a dinner on "Sherthursday"; (fn. 254) 6s 8d for overseeing the lands; 10s quitrents to the king; total deductions £2 15s 4d. Clear remainder £11 13s 4d p.a.

Obit 'and other godly intents': lands and tenements given by Thomas Daglas for his soul, £1 10s p.a. Of which, 2s 4d obit; 5s for the maintenance of charity; 6s 8d to the poor on Good Friday; total deductions 14s. Clear remainder 16s p.a.

Prayers and three tapers: a garden given by Hugh Johnson, £1 p.a. Of which, 3s to the rector for tapers. Clear remainder 17s p.a.

[m.20d] Obit:* 9 chambers given by Sir John ..., £2 4s p.a. Of which, 2s 4d obit; 1s to the poor; total deductions 3s 4d. Clear remainder £2 0s 8d p.a.

Church lands: lands, tenements and quitrents, £5 4s 4d p.a.

Memoranda: 266 communicants. Sir Laurence Taylor, non-resident, is rector and receives £15 16s p.a. Sir William Thole his deputy 'and the said priest' serve the cure.

98. St Gabriel Fenchurch

Rectory: (fn. 255) mansion given by Helmyng Legget, Esq., (a tenement, curtilage and appurtenances), now t. Richard Caryngton, merchant tailor, 'for certain years', £2 p.a. over and above 4d in quitrent to the king and 13s 4d paid yearly to the rector by Caryngton.

Daily 'Salve Regina', and a churchyard: a tenement now in decay but used as a garden was given by the same Helmyng for a 'Salve Regina' every evening; a further garden with an alley leading into it was given for a churchyard, value unknown.

Priest to say mass every Sunday and holy day: a tenement given by John Gambon and Helen his wife for prayers, the priest to receive 4d, 5d or 6d for each mass. Total yearly rent £1 13s 4d.

Memoranda: 200 communicants. Sir Thomas Osmonde, rector, receives £16 p.a. No other priest.

99. St Peter Wood Street (fn. 256)

Chantry priest and obit: lands and tenements given by one (fn. 257) Farrendon, £29 3s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir William Alee, chantry priest; 10s quitrent to the king; 10s quitrent to Burton Lazars; 6s 8d to Canterbury cathedral; £2 13s obit; total deductions £10 13s. Clear remainder £19 0s 4d p.a.

Chaplain: £3 6s 8d p.a. rent from a tenement in the parish given to St Mary's hospital Bishopsgate in pure alms by Simon Parys.

Memoranda: 360 communicants. Master John Gwynnythe, rector, receives £26 6s 8d p.a. No other priest besides his curate. (fn. 258)

100. St Mildred Poultry

Two chaplains: a tenement in the parish, now divided into 4 tenements, bequeathed by Solomon Lausare to John Lausare for his soul, with a clause of distress to the churchwardens for the non-payment of the chaplains, £7 p.a. (fn. 259)

Priest and obit: 3 tenements bequeathed by Hugh Game, poulter, £10 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to John Move, chantry priest; 9s 4d obit; total deductions £7 2s 8d. Clear remainder £3 11s 8d [sic] p.a.

Anniversary: a messuage called the Red Cock bequeathed by John Hylday, poulter, with 6s 8d for the anniversary and £4 6s 8d p.a. to the heirs of Cockeham, total £4 13s 4d p.a.

Two tapers and a torch to burn daily: 13s 4d p.a. rent from a tenement in the parish, given by Solomon Lausare.

Priest to sing for 6 years: £40 cash bequeathed by William Brothers.

Corpus Christi brotherhood: lands and tenements given by John Mymmes under licence from King Richard II, £10 8s 8d p.a. Of which, £7 to John Wotton, chantry priest; 6s 6d obit 'and otherwise'; 2s 6d quitrent to the Lady Leyghe; £1 3s 4d quitrent to the king; 2s to the Skinners; total deductions £8 14s 4d. Clear remainder £1 14s 4d p.a.

A little chapel: (fn. 260) in the parish, valued at £3.

Memoranda: 277 communicants. John Neale, rector, receives £20 p.a. and serves the cure himself. Ornaments of the chapel are with the surveyor, as in an inventory.

101. St Helen

Two chantry priests: (fn. 261) £13 13s 4d p.a. paid by the king from Augmentations.

Memoranda: 220 communicants. The king is rector, 'and no vicar there but a parish priest'. (fn. 262)

102. [m.21] St Mary Somerset

Chantry: £4 6s 8d p.a. quitrents from tenements, t. parishioners of St Benet Fink, given by John Goldesburgh by licence of King Edward III. Of which, £4 6s 8d to Sir John Bordell, (fn. 263) incumbent. Clear remainder Nil.

Chantry: lands and tenements given by Thomas Wilforde for ever by licence of King Henry IV, £3 7s 4d p.a. Of which, £3 7s 4d to Sir John Meryall, incumbent. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit and augmentation of the priests' salaries: lands and tenements given by Johan Fraunces, widow, for her soul, £4 5s p.a. Of which, 6s 8d obit; 3s 4d to the poor; total deductions 10s. Clear remainder £3 15s p.a.

Obit: lands and tenements in the parish of St Dunstan in the East, bequeathed to Roger Hale, fishmonger, and Johan his wife in survivorship by Elizabeth Wilforde, to keep an obit for her soul: 10s 10d to be spent at the obit; 9s 2d to be given to the poor: total £1 p.a.

Lamp before the image of Our Lady: 4s p.a. quitrent bequeathed by John Sywarde from tenements in Broken Wharf.

Memoranda: 300 communicants. Sir Thomas Balam, rector, receives £12 10s p.a. and serves the cure himself.

103. St Stephen Coleman Street

Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by King Edward IV who also 'incorporated the vicar and churchwardens', (fn. 264) £50 5s 4d p.a. (fn. 265) Of which, £6 13s 4d to the stipendiary priest; (fn. 266) 16s 8d obit; 1s 8d taper; total deductions £7 11s 8d. Clear remainder £43 0s 8d p.a.

Obit for the soul of William Kyng, cooper: 10s p.a. spent by the Lady Longe, widow.

Obit for Richard Allexaunder: maintained by the Curriers, (fn. 267) but it is unknown how much they spend.

Obit for John Tylney: Sir Robert Lee, rector of Little [blank], Suffolk, should maintain this, 'which hath long continued until now within one year last past'.

Memoranda: 880 communicants. Richard Kettell, vicar, receives £11 p.a. and serves the cure without any help.

104. St George Botolph Lane

Priest formerly in St Mary Spittal: £6 p.a. paid by the king from the court of Augmentations from land given to St Mary's by Roger de la Vere.

Priests and obits: lands and tenements given by Robert Pyckeman, William Kyngeston and Thomas Bonde for ever, £15 10s p.a. Of which, 13s 10d for obits, viz.: 2s 6d Thomas Bonde, 2s 4d Master Combes, 9s William Kyngeston 'and a torch yearly for the same'; £13 6s 8d to Sir John Parker 'and another' (fn. 268) singing for Kyngeston and Pyckeman; 16s quitrent to the king; 14s to the house of Rochester; total deductions £15 10s 6d. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit and other deeds of charity: a tenement in the parish, given by James Monforde, £5 p.a. Now t. Richard Closse who should therefore maintain the charity, giving 4 cart loads of coal to the poor in alms, but he refuses. Memoranda: 123 communicants. Sir Richard Bromeley, rector, receives £8 p.a. and serves the cure himself.

105. [m.21d] Brotherhood of the Papey

Lands, tenements and possessions [not detailed]: £15 4s 8d (fn. 269) p.a. Of which, 9s quitrent to Sir Thomas Pope; 4s quitrent to Austin Hynde; total deductions 13s. Clear remainder £14 11s 8d p.a. (fn. 270)

106. Fraternity of Jesus under St Paul's

Lands, tenements and possessions:* [not detailed] £3 15s p.a. Of which, 6s 8d including 2s 9d to the poor, spent at John Hall's obit; 5s 4d to 4 almsmen that keep (?the altars) yearly within the Shrouds; (fn. 271) total deductions 12s. Clear remainder £3 3s p.a.

107. St Bride Fleet Street (fn. 272)

Chantry priest: lands and tenements given by John Ugley and William Evisham, £6 10s p.a. Of which, 10s quitrent to the churchwardens of St Leonard, London. Clear remainder £6 p.a.

Chantry priest, obit and light: lands and tenements given by John Ulstrope for his soul, £10 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Robert Walker for his salary; £3 for a perpetual taper to burn before the Sacrament; 10s obit; 11s 6d quitrent to the bishop of Salisbury; 5s quitrent to St Giles's; total deductions £10 19s 10d p.a. Clear remainder Nil.

Chantry priest, obit and light: lands and tenements bequeathed by John Wygan and John Hill for ever, £15 14s 7d p.a. Of which, 8s quitrent to the warden of the Fleet; 8s quitrent to St Giles [in the Fields]; (fn. 273) 10s at Hill's obit including 5s 6d to the poor; total deductions £1 6s. Clear remainder £13 18s 8d p.a.

[Brotherhood of Our Lady]: (fn. 274)

Two chantry priests: lands and tenements given by Simon at Nax for his soul for ever, £15 14s 4d p.a. Of which, £13 6s 8d to Sir John Mathew and Sir Philip Dey, incumbents; 15s quitrent to the warden of the Fleet; 6s quitrent to the dean of Worcester; £1 6s 8d tenths to the king for the 2 priests; total deductions £15 14s 4d. Clear remainder Nil.

Obit: 2 tenements given by Agnes Lres (fn. 275) for her soul for ever, £2 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 14s obit; 3s quitrent to the bishop of Salisbury; total deductions 17s. Clear remainder £1 9s 8d p.a.

Obit, alms and light: lands and tenements given by William Broke, £5 3s p.a. Of which, £2 13s 8d to the rector of Bisley, Surrey 'according to the will'; 8s 10d obit, including 1s 1d to the poor; 5s for a lantern at Fleet Jakes, 'a common house'; total deductions £3 7s 6d. Clear remainder £1 15s 6d p.a.

Obit: a tenement given by Johan Cressey, £1 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 10s obit. Clear remainder £1 3s 4d p.a.

Anniversary: a tenement given by George Gay for his soul, £1 10s p.a. Of which, £1 obit. Clear remainder 10s p.a.

Lands and tenements given without condition by Richard Hawkeshede, John Spanyshebue and others, £15 19s 4d p.a.

Parish tenement: t. John Grey, £2 p.a. Of which, 3s quitrent to the bishop of Salisbury. Clear remainder £1 17s p.a.

Repair of the church: 2 tenements given by John Ulstrope, £4 p.a. Of which, 19s quitrents to the king; 6s quitrents to St Giles's; total deductions £1 5s. Clear remainder £2 15s p.a.

[m.22] Obit: a tenement given by John Carter, £1 3s 4d p.a. Of which, 1s 6d to the bishop of Salisbury. Clear remainder £1 1s 10d p.a.

Chantry priest: 2 tenements given by Nicholas Benblott, £3 13s 4d p.a. Of which, 4s quitrent to St Giles in the Fields. Clear remainder £3 9s 4d p.a.

Church works: 12s p.a. rent from a tenement in the parish called "Master Poksattes Place", t. Robert Smythe, who has witheld it for the past 3 years.

Rent: 7s p.a. from a tenement in the parish called the church backhouse, unpaid since anno 22 Henry VIII.

Rent: 1s 4d p.a. from a tenement in the parish called "Master Mownslowes Place", unpaid since anno 29 Henry VIII.

Church works: 2d p.a. rent from the "Belsavage" in the parish, unpaid since anno 25 Henry VIII.

Church works: 1s p.a. rent from tenements in Shoe (Show) Lane belonging to the Goldsmiths.

Rent: 7s 4d p.a. from a tenement in the parish, t. Arthur Watkynson, paid.

Rent: 4d p.a. from a tenement in Bride Lane belonging to St Martin's church, Ludgate.

Memoranda: 1,400 communicants. The benefice is impropriated to the dean and chapter of Westminster. Sir John Taylor alias Cardemaker, resident vicar, receives £16 p.a. No other priests help him except the chantry priests. (fn. 276)

Poor persons relieved by the fraternity of Our Lady: Johan Marlowe, widow, £1 p.a.; Margaret Jakes, widow, £1 p.a.; Edmund Briges, £2 p.a.; Harry Maxwell, £2 p.a.; Ellen Griffiths, 10s p.a.; Margaret Brokefelde, £1 p.a.; Alice Temple, 10s p.a.; total £8 p.a.

Obit: £36 cash was bequeathed to the church 12 years ago by Wynkyn de Worde for an obit for his soul for ever.

Goods of the fraternity are as in an inventory (fn. 277) submitted.

108. St Paul's Cathedral: Chantries

Chantry of (fn. 278) Thomas Stowe for priest, obit and other charges: lands, £15 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £8 to Sir Thomas Walle including 16s for tenths; £2 obit; £2 5s 8d to the king in right of St Helen's; 10s to the king in right of Merton abbey; 10s to Simon Coston, collector of the rents; total deductions £13 5s 8d. Clear remainder £2 1s p.a.

Chantry of Ralph Baldocke for 2 priests, obit and other charges: lands, £45 13s 4d p.a. Of which, £16 to Sir Henry Saunderson and Sir Walter Preston; £2 6s 8d quitrent to the Master of the Rolls; 12s 4d quitrent to the king; 2s quitrent to the church of St John the Evangelist; £6 obit and potation including 10s to the poor; £1 6s 8d for the rent collector; £1 10s to 2 poor chorister students towards their exhibition; total deductions £27 17s [8d]. (fn. 279) Clear remainder £17 [15s 8d] p.a.

[m.22d] Chantry of John Powlteney for 3 chaplains, obit and other charges: lands, £47 9s 8d p.a. Of which, £14 to the 3 chaplains; (fn. 280) £13 6s 8d p.a. rent to the master and chaplains of 'Corpus Christi of St Lawrence's', London; £5 9s 2d obit; £1 6s 8d quitrent to the king in right of Halywell; 10s quitrent to the master of St Giles in the Fields; £1 18s quitrent to St Edmund Lombard Street; £1 to the choristers of St Paul's for their livery; £1 16s 8d to poor (fn. 281) prisoners in Newgate and 16s to those in the Fleet (total £2 12s 8d); total deductions £4[0] 3s 2d. Clear remainder £7 6s 6d p.a.

Chantry of Robert Munden, John Lovell, William Milworthe (fn. 282) and Richard Plesses for 3 priests (fn. 283) singing daily, obit and other charges: lands, £16 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £5 4s 8d to Sir Fulk Whitney including 18s for tenths; 13s 4d quitrent to Sir Thomas Pope, kt.; £2 13s 4d to the choristers of St Paul's; £1 6s 8d obit; £4 2s 8d to Sir Richard Blosse including £1 6s for tenths; £4 18s to Sir John Richardson including 18s for tenths; total deductions £18 18s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Chantry of Roger Waltham (fn. 284) for 2 priests, obit and other charges: lands, £29 16s p.a. Of which, £13 6s 8d to Sir Thomas Waryngton (fn. 285) and Sir Anthony Mason; £2 obit; 13s 4d quitrents to the heirs of Thomas Nevell; £1 quitrent to the churchwardens of St Michael's; (fn. 286) £1 6s 8d quitrent to the king; 6s 8d for bread, wine and wax; total deductions £18 13s. (fn. 287) Clear remainder £11 3s p.a.

Chantry of Roger Holme for 4 chantry priests and other charges: lands, £46 12s p.a. Of which, 15s 4d quitrent to the king; 8s to the dean and chapter for the 4 priests' mansions; (fn. 288) 6d quitrent to St Botolph Aldgate; (fn. 289) 13s 4d to 2 collectors; 10s to 2 auditors; £4 3s 2d tenths to the king; 13s 4d for bread, wine and wax; total deductions £7 3s 8d. Clear remainder £38 8s 4d p.a. (fn. 290)

Chantry of John Hiltofte for a priest, obit and other charges: lands, £10 p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Lancelot Burrell; £3 6s 8d obit; total deductions £10. Clear remainder Nil.

Chantry of Gilbert de Bruera for a chaplain, 2 obits and other charges: lands, £18 8s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Thomas Barnard singing for the said Gilbert; £4 to Sir John Basse singing for 'the said Richard Wendover'; (fn. 291) £3 18s 4d obits; 6s 8d to the almoner of St Paul's; 3s 4d for bread, wine and wax; 10s quitrent to the Chamber of London; total deductions £15 11s 8d. Clear remainder £2 7s p.a. (fn. 292)

Chantry of Richard Fitzjames, sometime bishop of London, (fn. 293) for a priest, obit and other charges: lands, £14 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £8 to Sir John Hill; £3 6s 8d obit; £1 for bread, wine and wax and other necessaries; (fn. 294) £1 to the lord mayor and others coming to the obit; 16s 8d to the ministers of the church at the obit; 3s 4d to the chamberlain of London; total deductions £14 6s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

109. [m.23] St Paul's Cathedral: Chantries (cont.) (fn. 295)

Chantry of John Dowman for 2 chaplains and one obit: lands, £22 p.a. Of which, £16 to Sir John Tompson and Sir Richard Syll; £6 obit; total deductions £22. Clear remainder Nil.

Chantry of Beatrice de Rosse for a chaplain for her soul: lands, £8 p.a. Of which, £8 (fn. 296) to Sir Thurstan Hickemans. Clear remainder Nil.

Chantry of John Wythers for 2 chaplains for his soul and other charges: lands, £21 1s 8d p.a. Of which, £16 to Sir Henry Buckell and Sir William Hough; £1 1s 4d to the same for their chambers in the priests' house; £3 17s obit, including 4s to 12 poor men or women; 3s 4d bread, wine and wax; total deductions £21 1s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Chantry of William Say for a priest for his soul for ever and other charges: lands, £15 p.a. Of which, £9 to Sir Thomas Smythe; £4 obit; 10s to the rent gatherer; 6s 8d bread, wine and wax; total deductions £13 16s 8d. Clear remainder £1 3s 4d p.a.

Chantry of Godfrey de Acra for a priest for his soul for ever and other charges: £13 2s 8d p.a. Of which, £2 2s for 2 obits; (fn. 297) 8s quitrent to the king; 5s to the dean of St Paul's for wax to burn before the high altar; £2 2s 3¾d tenths to the king; (fn. 298) total deductions £4 17s 3¾d. Clear remainder £8 5s 4¼d p.a.

Chantry of Thomas Ever for a chaplain for his soul for ever, obit and other charges: lands, £16 p.a. Of which, 3s quitrent to the king; £2 quitrent to St Matthew's church; (fn. 299) £6 13s 4d to Sir Richard Walton; 16s 8d to 2 collec tors, according to the foundation; £1 18s 4d obit; 2s to the poor; 3s 4d bread, wine and wax; £1 10s to the choristers (fn. 300) of St Paul's for their exhibition; total deductions £13 6s 8d. Clear remainder £2 13s 4d p.a.

Chantry of Walter Sheryngton for 2 chaplains for his soul for ever and other charges: lands, £20 p.a. Of which, £17 to Sir Thomas Bateman (fn. 301) and Sir John Wylmy; 10s to the dean and chapter for bread, wine and wax and other charges; 10s to the rent gatherer; total deductions £18. Clear remainder £2 p.a.

Chantry of James Frisell and John Romayn for a chaplain for their souls for ever, obit and other charges: lands, £11 p.a. Of which, £2 6s 8d quitrent to the House of Ely; 13s 4d obit; 16s tenths to the king; (fn. 302) total deductions £3 17s. (fn. 303) Clear remainder £7 4s p.a.

Chantry of the Duke of Lancaster (fn. 304) for 2 chaplains for his soul for ever and other charges: lands, £20 p.a. Of which, £16 to Sir Richard Smythe and Sir George Charleton; 6s 8d bread, wine and wax; total deductions £16 6s 8d. Clear remainder £3 13s 4d p.a.

110. [m.23d] St Paul's Cathedral: Chantries (cont.) (fn. 305)

Chantry of Nicholas [Wokyndon] for a priest for ever [and other charges: lands, £8 2s 10d p.a. Of which, 10s wax; (fn. 306) 16s 3d tenths to the king; (fn. 307) total deductions £1 6s 3d. Clear remainder £6 16s 6d p.a.]

Chantry of Eustace Faconberge, William [Haverhull and John Grantham] for a priest for ever and other charges: [lands, £8 17s 4d p.a. Of which, 17s 8½d tenths to the king. (fn. 308) Clear remainder £7 19s 7½d p.a.]

Chantry of Martin Patteshall for a chaplain for his soul for ever: lands, £12 p.a. Of which, 10s quitrent to the king; £2 obit; 6s 8d bread, wine and wax; £1 0s 4d tenths to the king; (fn. 309) total deductions £3 17s. Clear remainder £8 3s p.a.

Chantry of William Everdon and Ralph Doungeon for a priest for ever and other charges: lands, £8 12s 8d p.a. Of which, 18s 8d tenths to the king. (fn. 310) Clear remainder £7 14s p.a.

Chantry of Walter Thorpe for a priest for ever and other charges: lands, £11 16s p.a. Of which, 14s 3½d tenths to the king; (fn. 311) 14s 8d quitrents to the king; 8s quitrent to the Bridgehouse; 3s 10d quitrent to the Fleet; 4s to the collectors of St Martin le Grand; £2 obit; total deductions £4 4s 9½d. Clear remainder £7 11s 3½d p.a.

Chantry of Reginald Brandon for a priest and other charges: lands, £12 p.a.

Of which, 16s 8d quitrent to the king; £1 2s 3d tenths to the king; (fn. 312) 3s 4d bread, wine and wax; total deductions £2 2s 3d. Clear remainder £9 17s 9d p.a.

Chantry of Fulk Lovell and John Braynford for a priest for ever and other charges: lands, £17 2s 8d p.a. Of which, £1 8s 10½d tenths to the king; (fn. 313) 8s quitrent to St Andrew Holborn; 8s 4d quitrent to the prebend of Portpool; 3s quitrent to the prebend of Holborn; 3s 4d bread, wine and wax; total deductions £3 1s 6½d. Clear remainder £14 1s 1½d p.a.

Chantry of Roger Waltham for a priest and other charges: lands, £9 19s 4d p.a., to which the dean and chapter have added further lands worth £3 6s 8d p.a.; originally for the augmentation of Fulk Basset's priest: (fn. 314) total £13 6s p.a. Of which, £1 obit; 10s quitrent to St Paul's; £2 1s 8d to the poor; (fn. 315) 16s to the ministers of St Paul's; £1 4s 10d tenths to the king; (fn. 316) total deductions £5 12s 6d. Clear remainder £7 13s 6d p.a.

Chantry of Philip Basset (fn. 317) for a priest for ever and other charges: lands, £6 12s 4d p.a. Of which, 6s 8d to the poor; 3s 4d bread, wine and wax; 13s 4d tenths to the king; (fn. 318) total deductions £1 3s 4d. Clear remainder £5 9s p.a. (fn. 319)

111. [m.24] St Paul's Cathedral: Chantries (cont.)

Chantry of Thomas More for 4 chaplains and an obit for his soul: lands and tenements, £67 6s p.a. Of which, £5 9s 1¼d tenths to the king; £36 13s to Sir Richard Gates, Sir Robert Garret, Sir Maurice Griffith and Sir William Bucke; £1 3s 4d to the dean and chapter for the rent of the priests' chambers; £3 0s 6d quitrent to the king; £1 to the proctors of the priest house; 13s 4d quitrent to the churchwardens of St Martin's; (fn. 320) 4s quitrent to Windsor college; 5s 4½d quitrent to the master of Burton Lazars; 2s quitrent to the master of St Giles; (fn. 321) 13s 4d to the choristers of St Paul's; 1s quitrent to Sir Thomas Pope, kt.; £2 obit; 5s to 3 preachers at St Mary's Spittal; 13s 4d to the chamberlain of St Paul's for keeping the accounts and surveying; £1 6s 8d to the rent collector; 10s to the launderer for repairing the ornaments; (fn. 322) £1 6s 8d bread, wine and wax and lights; total deductions £56 9s 7½d. (fn. 323) Clear remainder £10 16s 4½d p.a.

Chantry of William, bishop of London; (fn. 324) Gerrard Braynbroke, kt.; Edmund Hampden; John Boyes Esq.; and Roger Albrighton, clerk, for a chaplain for their souls for ever: lands, £12 17s 8d p.a. Of which, £1 8s 3½d tenths to the king. (fn. 325) Clear remainder £11 9s 4½d p.a.

Chantry of Walter Blockley and William Shalteshunte (fn. 326) for a priest and obit for ever: lands, £10 8s 8d p.a. Of which, £8 8s 8d to Sir Thomas Acrigge, including 16s 10¾d for his tenths; £1 19s obit; total deductions £10 7s 8d. Clear remainder 1s p.a.

Chantry of Henry Gulforde for a chaplain for his soul for ever and other charges: lands, £14 5s p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Thomas Abbott; 3s 4d bread, wine and wax; £1 to the chamberlain of London; total deductions £7 16s 8d. Clear remainder £6 9s p.a.

Chantry of John Beauchampe, kt., for a priest for his soul for ever and other charges: lands, £12 8s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Richard Stringe; (fn. 327) £2 10s obit; 3s 4d bread, wine and wax; total deductions £9 6s 8d. Clear remainder £3 2s p.a.

Chantry of Geoffrey Eton and Geoffrey Lucy for a chaplain, 2 obits and other charges: lands which, with £3 6s 8d given in augmentation by the dean and chapter, amount to £10 6s 8d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir Edward Gregory; £3 13s 4d obits; 2s bread, wine and wax; total deductions £10 8s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Chantry of John Fabell and Roger de la Lay for a priest, 2 obits and other charges: lands, £19 p.a. Of which, £1 8s tenths to the king; (fn. 328) 13s 4d [quitrents to the Taylors]; (fn. 329) £3 obits; total deductions £5 1s 4d. Clear remainder £3 18s 8d p.a.

Chantry of Michael Norborowghe (fn. 330) and [Henry Idesworthe] (fn. 331) for a priest for ever: lands, £8 6s 8d p.a. Of which, 17s 8d [tenths to the king]; (fn. 332) 3s 4d [bread, wine and wax]; 10s [quitrent to the bishop of London]; total deductions £1 11s. Clear remainder £6 15s 8d p.a.

Augmentation of a chantry: lands at Much Thackeston, Essex, in the possession of John Thurston, given by Thomas Kempe to the dean and chapter, £4 13s [4d] p.a.

112. [m.24d] St Paul's Cathedral: Obits (fn. 333)

113. Chapels within the Precinct of St Paul's

Charnel chapel and shed: £2 p.a. rent.

Peter college: (fn. 345) £6 p.a. rent. Of which, £1 13s 4d to the dean. Clear remainder £5 16s 8d p.a.

Sherington chapel: (fn. 346) 6s 8d p.a. rent.

Lancaster college: (fn. 347) £1 10s p.a. rent. Of which, 10s quitrent to the bishop of London. Clear remainder £1 p.a.

Holmes college: (fn. 348) £2 p.a.

114. [m.25] St Dionis Backchurch

Two priests and obit: lands and tenements bequeathed by John Darby, alderman, for his soul for ever, £13 p.a. Of which, £7 6s 8d to James Sewcaunt, priest; £1 10s 4d obit; 16s 8d to the wardens at the obit; £1 6s 8d quitrent to the Lady Ferres; total deductions £11 0s 4d. Clear remainder £1 19s 8d p.a.

Priest and obit: lands and tenements given by Maud Bromeholme, £5 7s 4d p.a. Of which, 1s obit. Clear remainder £5 6s 4d p.a.

Two priests: lands and tenements given by John Wrotham, £15 7s 4d p.a. Of which, £8 14s 4d to Nicholas Metcalfe, (fn. 349) priest; 1s 11d obit; 10s quitrent to the king; total deductions £9 6s 3d. Clear remainder £6 1s 1d p.a.

Obit: 10s p.a. rent given by Thomas Bonamitie from a tenement in the parish called the Star on the Hoop.

Obit: 16s 8d p.a. rent given by Thomas Hodson and John Hudson [sic] for their souls for ever. Of which, 2s quitrent to the king. Clear remainder 14s 8d p.a.

Lamp: a tenement given by Giles Kelsey for ever, £2 p.a.

Memoranda: 405 communicants. Thomas Barsore, rector, receives £25 p.a. and serves the cure himself, finding no other priest 'but in time of necessity'.

115. St Benet Gracechurch (Grasschurch) (fn. 350)

Perpetual chantry: lands and tenements given under the king's licence by Dame Johan Rose, £14 3s 4d p.a. Of which, £1 9s 2½d quitrents to divers people [not itemised]; £7 to the chantry priest; (fn. 351) total deductions £8 9s 2½d. Clear remainder £5 14s 1½d p.a.

Obit for the soul of Henry Smythe: 5s p.a. spent by Johan, wife of Robert Crowell.

Memoranda: 223 communicants. John Bryckenden, rector, receives £19 18s 5d p.a. There are no other priests besides the rector and chantry priest. An inventory of goods is with the surveyor. (fn. 352)

116. St Mary Magdalene Milk Street

Priest: lands and tenements in the parish of St Michael Bassishaw, given by John Offam for ever, £14 9s 6d p.a. Of which, £6 13s 4d to Sir William Baker, priest. (fn. 353) Clear remainder £7 16s 2d p.a.

Augmentation of the priest's living: £3 14s 8d p.a. rent given by Robert Kelsey from a tenement in West Cheap called the Cow Face. Of which, £3 6s 8d in augmentation; 8s quitrent to the king; total deductions £3 14s 8d. Clear remainder Nil.

Priest: lands worth £12 13s 4d given by Thomas Kelsey to yield 4 marks p.a. to a priest.

Memoranda: 220 communicants. Sir Jeffrey Page, clerk, rector, receives £19 17s 6d p.a. and has always served the cure himself.

116a. Sum total of all the lands within the city of London:

£4,589 0s 5¾d

Communicants: 41,664

[Signed]: Roger Chulmley; Nich Hare; John Godsalve; Wymounde Carew; Rico Goodrick; Richard Moryson; John Carrell; Hugh Losse.

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