Guilds -- England -- London; London (England) -- Description and travel; London (England) -- History
The present building measures 64 feet in length, 40 feet in breadth,
and 34 feet in height. It has one aisle on the south side, separated
from the rest of the church by two high-based columns. The square
tower at the south-west is built of brick, with stone dressings, and
contains three stories, with a cornice and balustrade above. The
total height is 88 feet.
Chantries were founded here: by John Chardeney for himself and
Margaret his wife, to which William Hocchepound was admitted
chaplain, July 23, 1371, at the Altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary;
for William Ivery.
There were very few monuments in this church originally. In the west
window is a memorial to Thomas Fuller, the church historian, Bishop
Bryan Walton, and Bishop Pearson. Fuller and Pearson were lecturers
here for some time; the preaching of Pearson on the Creed and
Thirty-nine Articles made him famous. Walton, the compiler of the
Polyglot Bible, was created Bishop of Chester, 1660. The
stained-glass window on the southern side was erected in 1872 by the
Clothworkers’ Company in memory of Samuel Middlemore, who died in
1628, leaving a charitable bequest to the parish. Henry Purcell and
Jonathan Battishill, the musical composers, who were organists at
the church, are commemorated by brass tablets.
There were several gifts belonging to the parish, but the names of
the donors are not recorded by Stow.
Sir Thomas Gooch (1674-1754), Bishop of Bristol, of Norwich and of
Ely, was rector here.
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