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is commemorated May 19 : y^ Epithet of 

 West is for distinction. It was anciently a 

 Rectory in y* Patronage of y^ Convent of 

 West-minster, Richard de Barking, y^ Abbot 

 in 1237 granted y*" Advowson to K. Henry 

 HI. wh''' continued in y" Crown till 1362 ; it 

 was afterwards in y*" Bp. of London, till 1386, 

 when Robert de Braybroke y*" Bp. granted it 

 to y^ Abbot and Convent of Premonastratenses 

 of Alnwick in Northumb'' where y^ Patronage 

 remained till their suppression K. Edw'' VI. 

 granted it to y^ Lord Dudley, but both y^ 

 Rectory and Advowson of y" Vicarage were 

 after"'^' granted to S' Rich'' Sackville, till 

 alienated to George Rivers in 1625 ; it is now 

 in y^ gift of Joseph Taylor Esq. The Church 

 luckily escaped y" fire in 1666, which stopp'd 

 within 3 houses, as did also another fire in 

 1730 ; y"" clock and figures were put up in 

 167 1. Y" Church was thoroughly repaired, 

 and y" roof considerably raised in 1701. It 

 stands betw Chancery Lane and Fetter Lane, 

 on y" Northside of Fleet Street, in y*" Ward of 

 Farringdon without." 



The foregoing old print of St. Dunstan's bears 



