afterwards sold these premises. Next to this Green Gate, was a mansion built by Alderman Kerton, in the reign of Edward VI. which was rebuilt by Alderman Lee, on Queen Elizabeth's accession; and again enlarged and improved by its next purchaser, Sir William Craven, Lord Mayor in 1610. Here Sir William's son, the great Lord Craven, was born; and he let the building, which was standing in 1726, to the first East India Company. A house next to this was the ancient residence of the noble family of Zouch, Edward, the last representative of which, was appointed ambassador to Scotland by Queen Elizabeth, to apologize for her conduct to the unfortunate Mary Queen of Scots. In the reign of James I. he was appointed Constable of Dover Castle, and Warden of the Cinque Ports. In 1789, the beautiful little Chapel of St. Michael, in Leadenhall Street, near Aldgate,* was discovered under the house of Messrs. Tipper and Fry, No. 71. It is supposed to have been built by Prior Norman, about 1188, in the Gothic style. Its dimensions are forty-eight feet by sixteen, and it is built with square pieces of chalk, or Rochester stone. The arches are very elegant, supported by ribs which converge, and meet on the capitals of the pillars, now nearly buried in the earth, being supposed to be covered with sixteen feet of soil, the whole addition of which, since its foundation, is supposed to have been twenty-six feet. Stow, the able and faithful historian, was born about the year 1625, in Cornhill, and is supposed to have followed his father's occupation This house is built on the site of that which was occupied by the cele brated Stow, the Antiquary, which forms an angle with Fenchurch Street, near the Pump. Stow's monument is in the church of St. Mary Axe. Stow to whom every subsequent antiquary has been obliged, lived in a great measure in obscurity, and died poor at the age of eighty. Such was the ignorance and prejudice of his own times, that after having been star-chambered by the bigot, Bishop Grindall, and compelled to solicit charitable contributions by Brief from the city he had so honoured, the parishioners of St. Mary Woolnoth, and the wealthy inhabitants of Lombard Street, collected for his use Søven Shillings and S'xpence !!! occupation as a tailor; he began very early to apply himself to the study of English history and antiquity; and was so much engaged in these pursuits, that neglecting his business, his circumstances were injured; in the mean while, with a generosity beyond his prudence, he collected many important documents, which the dissolution of monasteries had involved in confusion, and from these formed his invaluable Survey of London: his English Chronicle alone is sufficient to hand down his name to posterity with the highest respect. Stow, though known to many exalted personages, was patronized only by Archbishop Parker. On the contrary, in 1558, Grindall, Bishop of London, was the executor of an order" to search Stow's library for superstitious books," several of which, it is said, were found!!! Nor could Camden, to whom he had been of essential service in the Britannia, Dudley, Earl of Leicester, to whom he was known, and whom he had obliged, prevent his experiencing the terrors of the Star Chamber, where, in 1570, he was falsely accused before the Ecclesiastical Commissioners upon no less than 140 counts; and, disgraceful to state, his accuser was his own brother. Under these circumstances it was that Stow appealed to the liberality of his fellow-citizens; but to this virtue the result proved they were at that time utter strangers. "As At length, worn out with labour, indigence, and disease, this worthy character died of the stone cholic April 5, 1605, to his literary character,* he was an unwearied reader of all English history, whether printed or in manuscript; and a searcher into records, registers, journals, original charters, instruments, &c. Nor was he contented with a mere perusal of these things but was ambitious of possessing them as a great treasure: and by the time he was forty years of age, he had raised a considerable library of such works. His study was not only stored with ancient authors, but likewise with original charters, registers, and chronicles of particular places. He had the greater opportunity * General Biographical Dictionary. of of enriching himself with these things, as he lived shortly after the dissolution of the monasteries, when they were dispersed and scattered abroad into divers hands out of these repositories. It was his custom to transcribe all such oll and useful books as he could not obtain or purchase: thus he copied six volumes of Leland's Collections for his own use, which he afterwards sold to Mr. Camden for an annuity of eighty pounds for life. He was a true antiquary, since he was not satisfied with reports, nor with the credit of what he had seen in print, but had recourse to the originals and he made use of his own legs, (for he could never ride,) travelling on foot to many cathedrals and churches, in order to consult and transcribe from ancient records and charters." : Papist or Protestant, he was an honest and generous man, unspotted in his life, and useful in his pursuits." Nearly opposite to this extremity of Leadenhall Street, a large building was formerly rented by the African Company. It was anciently part of the dissolved priory of the Holy Trinity; but on account of Mrs. Cornwallis having gratified the appetite of Henry VIII. by presenting him some fine puddings, he granted this and other tenements to her and her heirs. The house was afterwards the residence of Sir Nicholas Throgmorton, a favourite with Queen Elizabeth, and her Ambassador to France and Scotland. His attachment to the interests of this Queen was so strong, as to excite the envy of Dudley, Earl of Leicester, who is supposed to have poisoned Sir Nicholas by a sallad, which he ate at the Earl's house, as Sir Nicholas died soon after he had eaten it, before he could be removed from the table. PEWTERERS' HALL, situated on the west side of Lime Street, was one of the City Halls appropriated to the use of the NonConformists in the reign of Charles the Second, when they were prohibited preaching in the Churches. An Independent Congre gation assembled here under the Rev. Robert Bragge, soon after the Bartholomew ejectment. At the corner of Lime Street was another great messuage, called |