The Churches of London Volume 2; A History and Description of the Ecclesiastical Edifices of the Metropolis (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 Excerpt: ...Sir Christopher Hatton, Elizabeth's noted Lord Chancellor, which occasioned much dispute; the sale of the remainder to the crown, and the erection of Ely Place, on part of the site. This not being our purpose however, we must be contented with pointing out one trifling remnant of the episcopal residence, which is preserved in, and has given the name to, Mitre Court, leading from Hatton Garden to Ely Place. There, worked into the wall, and serving as the sign of a public house, is a sculptured representation of a mitre, in the centre of a triangular piece of stone, bearing the date 1546, and which originally perhaps, formed part of a gateway leading into the palace precinct, or decorated the front of some of the various buildings within it. ST. MICHAEL'S, QUEENIIITHE, UPPER THAMES STREET. Edred's hithe, Cornhithe, RipaRegina, or Queen's hithe, for by all these names it has been known, was formerly one of the most generally used landing places on the banks of the river. The term hithe (signifying a wharf, or lading place, ) takes back its history to the Saxon era, and shews therefore its early origin. It was not called by its latter title, Queen's hithe, until the reign of King John who bestowed it upon his consort as part of the royal demesne: Edred was probably the name of its original owner. In the reign of Henry III, compulsory measures were adopted to prevent the sale of fish at any other place in the city than the Queen's hithe, and to compel foreign vessels to land their cargoes there; and Stow gives a list of the customs and dues which were exacted from the ships. The church which is represented by the following engraving, stands opposite to Queen-hithe, from which it has its second title, and like that it has of course changed that name several times: .