London (England) -- Description and travel; London (England) -- History -- 18th century
By the charter granted by King James II., the number of fellows was
enlarged, but not to exceed eighty, and none but those who had taken the
degree of doctors in the British or foreign universities were qualified
to be admitted members of this college.
The fellows meet four times every year, viz., on the Monday after every
quarter-day, and two of them meet twice a week, to give advice to the
poor gratis. Here are also prepared medicines for the poor at moderate
rates.
The president and four censors meet the first Friday in every month. The
Lord Chancellor, chief justices, and chief baron, are constituted
visitors of this corporation, whose privileges are established by several
Acts of Parliament.
22. Bread Street Ward contains Bread Street, Friday Street, Distaff
Lane, Basing Lane, part of the Old Change, part of Watling Street, part
of Old Fish Street, and Trinity Lane, and part of Cheapside.
The only public buildings in this ward are the churches of Allhallows,
Bread Street, and St. Mildred, Bread Street.
23. Queenhithe Ward includes part of Thames Street, Queenhithe, with the
several lanes running southward to the Thames, Lambeth Hill, Fish Street
Hill, Five Foot Lane, Little Trinity Lane, Bread Street Hill, Huggin
Lane, with the south side of Great Trinity Lane, and part of Old Fish
Streets.
Queenhithe lies to the westward of the Three Cranes, and is a harbour for
barges, lighters, and other vessels, that bring meal, malt, and other
provisions down the Thames; being a square inlet, with wharves on three
sides of it, where the greatest market in England for meal, malt, &c., is
held every day in the week, but chiefly on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays. It received the name of Queenhithe, or harbour, from the duties
anciently paid here to the Queens of England.
24. Baynard’s Castle Ward contains Peter’s Hill, Bennet’s Hill, part of
Thames Street, Paul’s Wharf, Puddle Dock, Addle Hill, Knightrider Street,
Carter Lane, Wardrobe Court, Paul’s Chain, part of St. Paul’s Churchyard,
Dean’s Court, part of Creed Lane, and part of Warwick Lane.
The public buildings in this ward are Doctors’ Commons, the Heralds’
Office, the churches of St. Bennet, Paul’s Wharf, St. Andrew, Wardrobe,
and St. Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street.
Doctors’ Commons, so called from the doctors of the civil law commoning
together here as in a college, is situated on the west side of Bennet’s
Hill, and consists chiefly of one handsome square court. And here are
held the Court of Admiralty, Court of Arches, and the Prerogative Court
of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Near the Commons are the Prerogative
Office and Faculty Office.
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