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is commemorated May 19 : y e Epithet of 

 West is for distinction. It was anciently a 

 Rectory in y e Patronage of y e Convent of 

 West-minster, Richard de Barking, y e Abbot 

 in 1237 granted y e Advowson to K. Henry 

 III. wh ch continued in y e Crown till 1362 ; it 

 was afterwards in y 6 Bp. of London, till 1386, 

 when Robert de Braybroke y e Bp. granted it 

 to y e Abbot and Convent of Premonastratenses 

 of Alnwick in Northumb d where y e Patronage 

 remained till their suppression K. Edw d VI. 

 granted it to y e Lord Dudley, but both y 6 

 Rectory and Advowson of y e Vicarage were 

 after wds granted to S r Rich d Sackville, till 

 alienated to George Rivers in 1625 ; it is now 

 in y e gift of Joseph Taylor Esq. The Church 

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

 within 3 houses, as did also another fire in 

 1730 ; y e clock and figures were put up in 

 1671. Y e Church was thoroughly repaired, 

 and y e roof considerably raised in 1701. It 

 stands betw Chancery Lane and Fetter Lane, 

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

 Farringdon without." 



The foregoing old print of St. Dunstan's bears 



