450 Londiniana. [Dec. I, 



"Longitudo navis ecclefiaeSancti Pauli wax-chaudlers were a flourifhing com- 



de fteppys incis compiitatis ISOgradus. pany : they were incorporated in 1181, 



" Latitude bracluorurn a lueridie in and the following more frugal than ele- 



boriani de gradibus iive unglice dicus gant repaft was given on the occafiou : 



i'teppys incib 160 gradus. /. j. d. 



" Latitudo navis ecclefiae cum duabus Two loins of mutton, and two 



clys contintit de gradibus meis ut fupra, '"ins oi veal ,----. 01 4 



48 gradus. A loin of beef .--.004 



" Longitudo chori dicta ecclefia? cum ^ 1?S of mutton .... 2| 



capclia Santts Mariaei continet de gradi- Apig -------0 4 



bus meis 130 gradus. ^ '^P°" V ^ 



u T ..•. 1 lA • 1 • .• ^ J A coney --..--0 2 



« Latitudo diCti chon contmet de gra- One dozen of pigeons .-007 



dlbus meis -18 i-radus. A hundred eggs - ... 8l 



PEITICOAT L^NE. A goofe 6 



Petticoat-lane extends from ■\\'hite- A gallon of red wine -.008 

 chajjel into Spitalfields. On both fides A kilderkin of ale .--008 

 of this lane were anciently hedges and ■ 

 rows of ehu tiees, and the pleafantnefs 7 

 of the neighbouring fields induced fe- (See Pennant, p. 137.) 

 veral gcnticmcn tcr build their houfes ^^,^^^ Elizabeth. 

 here among whom was the Spaiulh am- Till of late years a picture of Queen 

 baflador, whorae btrype luppoics to be Elizabeth, Iving on her tomb, was com- 

 Gondomar : but at length many French mow i„ man'v of the London churches, 

 refugees fettling in that part of the lane Qne was r^mainins againft the north 

 near .Sintalhelds, m order to follow their „..,i| ^f ti,c channelof St. Martin Out- 

 trades, «hich in general was weaving of ^j^.h, when it was rebuilt in 1797; and 

 hlk, it loon became a row ot contiguous aiunhcr is pvelVrved in the church of St. 

 buildings. Some years ago, it was the Qiave .Tewvv. More inllances may bo 

 chid relidence of the homers, who pre- f„„nd in Strype. The good riuccn" was 

 pared horns tor other petty mamifac- perpetuated" by, her fubjetts in the fame 

 turcjis. (Lonuon and its Knvirons dc- nianner as the royal martyr was in tiie 

 Icnbea.) liicccLdiiig century, 



THE SANCTUARY. 



Not far from Wefuuinaer abbey ftood ,, „ ., , ^'lk-suops, 

 the Sanctuary, inaituted as a place of " U"!l . "J'e lOtli or 12th year of 

 iltfetyfor fuch malctaclors as were not .'^"^T" ^•'.'"■•l^"''!' '''^'■^, ^T ,"S ^■''' 

 guilty of notorious crimes. Stowe fays, 'I1^-'''"PS m Loudon, and thole only kept 

 ihc "privileiie was firft ._n-anted by Sebert, ^-y^"'"^". ""^ by men as they now are ; 

 the roliorer of the monaaery ; afterwards f'^ .=»' ','"', '""^ '1"^''= ^^"' ""' f" T*" ' 

 increafcd by Eduar, Khm' of the Weft ^''-^ ",' f^ '''.^ hlk-n>ops or fo many forts 

 Sasons; and finally renewed and con- "/.g"''' O'" <''^'''; thread and lace, as at 

 linncd by Edward "the Confeflor, The this day are to be found m feveral par- 

 building of the latter, as Dr. Stukely ^'f'^''^'" ">?P* ni Cheaphdc and other 

 thoui^ht, was compofed of two churches, P'^'^c^' ^ ^^^ " 'i"-"'' ^''"'% «»K.ve-ment,o.w 

 one ^over another, each in the form of *"^' ,^"^, f'''.' .''"■';'^ ""^ ^'^"'" >'^'"'' ,' " 

 a crofs (See the Archa-ologia, vol. i. "arcs, the citizen s wives m generaUvera 

 p. 41.) Within its precincts was born conllramcd to wear knit caps of woo len 

 Edwanl V. ; and here lus unhappy mo- >f "' '^'"'^''i f'"'!'" 1'"'^^'^^ were^po felled 

 ther took refuge with her younger fon "^^ ^?^ ^'^'"'^ !" 'he Quecii s books, or 

 Puchard, to fecure him from his cruel ^c'^ P^"\"^ themlelvcs gentlemen by 

 uncle, who had already polTelVion of the ^,^''^^'"- . ^"'1/''^:" ^'^'^^^ btowe) ceafed 

 elder brother. The regifter of this place *'^' "''^'^^'"» °* """""'' ?'''k ^""f "'"'^ 

 ^vas bought at the auction of Sir Henry «l"-ce-corncrcd caps), which m lormer 

 c 1 ? /■ .. 4- r 1 11- times was the uuia head f rels tor tlie 

 Spelman's manulcripts for Lord V.cy- , ,. , „ ,0, » n\ 



.1 II 1 • u- ri ^ ladies and matrons. (Stowes (^ luoi/., 



mouth, and placed m his library at ,- \ ' ^, c- . • nr i r- ^i ^ 



Lou'dat fol. 1038, Strutis Manners and Luitoms, 



I'hc fimauary ilfelf was pulled down ^'"'- "'• P- ^^•) 



about 17o0, to make room for a new baynarb's castee. 



market place. Baynard's Culilc was fituatcd upon the 



WAX-CHAN peers. very bank of the river, near the weft 



Tn days of old, when gratitude to <vj of Thamcs-ltreet, and took its name 



faints called fo frequently for lights, the iioiU ft IS'onuaii liobkmaii who creWed 



- " the 



