Lionel Gatford (d. 1665); Archdeacon of St. Alban’s, was rector here; also Nathanial Hardy (1618-1670), Dean of Rochester. [Illustration: A REMARKABLE OLD HOUSE IN LEADENHALL STREET From a drawing by S. Rawle. Published January 1801. ] =Leadenhall Street= was so named after the Leadenhall, _i.e._ the hall covered with lead, which stood at the corner of that street and Gracechurch Street. An early reference to the place is found in the _Calendar of Wills_ in the year 1296, when certain “rents near la Ledenhalle in Gracechurch Street” are mentioned. The next reference does not occur till the year 1369. But in Riley’s _Memorials_, we are told that on the eve of St. John the Baptist, June 24, the mayor delivered to the chamberlain “one silver mark arising from a certain small garden annexed to Leden Hall, which mark was taken ... for completing the pavement belonging to the Court of Leaden Hall.” Riley gives a very brief history of the place: “At the beginning of the 14th century, it was occasionally used as a Court of Justice; see the MS. _Liber de Antiqu. Legibus_, at Guildhall, fol. 61. In October, 1326, after the flight of Edward II., the Commons of London met there, when making terms with the Constable of the Tower” (Riley, _Memorials_, p. 138). Stow gives a long account of the various hands through which the _manor_ of Leadenhall passed, confusing the hall with the manor on which it was built. In the year 1411, according to Stow, the manor came into possession of the City. [Illustration: _Drawn by Thos. H. Shepherd._ LEADENHALL STREET ]