The patronage of this church was anciently in the Prior and Convent of Canterbury, in whom it continued till the year 1408, since which time it has been in the Archbishops of that see, and is one of the thirteen peculiars in this city belonging to Canterbury. The Rector, in conformity to an act of Parliament granted in the reign of King Charles II. receives, besides his other profits, 100l. _per annum_ in lieu of tithes. Among the several monuments in this church, is that of Sir William Walworth who slew Wat Tyler. See the article LONDON. The inscription, as given by Mr. Weaver, in his Funeral Monuments, is as follows: Here under lyth a man of fame, William Walworth callyd by name; Fishmonger he was in life time here, And twise Lord Mayor, as in bookes appere; Who with courage stout and manly might, Slew Wat Tyler in King Richard’s sight; For which act done, and trew intent, The King made him Knight incontinent: And gave him armes, as here may see, To declare his fact and chivalrie. He left this life the yere of our God Thirteene hundryd fourscore and three od. Here is also a monument erected to the honour of Queen Elizabeth; and the following very concise inscription on the tomb of William Wray. Here lyeth, wrapt in clay, The body of William Wray, I have no more to say. _St._ MICHAEL’S _lane_, in Great Eastcheap, by the above church. _St._ MICHAEL’S QUEENHITHE, situated on the north side of Thames street, in the ward of Queenhithe, opposite to the great wharf and buildings of that name, was about the year 1181, denominated St. Michael de Cornhithe, which may lead us to the origin of the name by which we at present call that wharf, and this church from its situation near it; as the quantities of corn brought thither down the Thames might occasion the original name, and Queenhithe be only a corrupt way of speaking it. The old church being consumed by the dreadful fire in 1666, the present structure was erected in its room. It consists of a well-proportioned body, enlightened by two series of windows, the first a range of tall arched ones, and over these a range of large porthole windows, above which are cherubims heads, and underneath festoons, that adorn the lower part, and fall between the tops of the under series. The tower is plain but well-proportioned, and is terminated by a spire crowned with a fane in the form of a little ship. This church has all along been in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s, and is subject to the Archdeacon. On its being rebuilt the parish of the Trinity was united to it, by which the Rector’s fees were considerably augmented, who, besides his other advantages, receives 160l. _per annum_, in lieu of tithes.