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'''St Mary Bothaw''' was a parish church in the [[City of London]] also referred to as "Saint Mary Boatehaw by the Erber",<ref>{{cite web|title=The London Encyclopaedia|author= Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J|location=London|publisher=Pan Macmillan|year=1983 (rev 1993,2008)|isbn=978-1-4050-4924-5}}</ref> |
'''St Mary Bothaw''' was a parish church in the Walbrook ward of the [[City of London]]. It was also referred to as "Saint Mary Boatehaw by the Erber",<ref>{{cite web|title=The London Encyclopaedia|author= Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J|location=London|publisher=Pan Macmillan|year=1983 (rev 1993,2008)|isbn=978-1-4050-4924-5}}</ref> It was destroyed in the [[Great Fire of London]] in 1666 and not rebuilt.<ref name=jenk/> |
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==Location== |
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The church stood in the in the [[Walbrook]] ward, in a narrow lane just to the south of Candlewick Street <ref name=jenk>{{cite book |last1=Jenkinson |first1=Wilberforce |title= London Churches Before the Great Fire |url= |year=1917 |publisher=Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge |location=London |page=202}}</ref> (now Cannon Street).<ref>Seymour 1733, p.479</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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St Mary Bothaw was described by [[John Stow|Stow]] as a "proper church".<ref> |
St Mary Bothaw was described by [[John Stow|Stow]] as a "proper church".<ref>{{cite book|title= Survey of London, Volume I|author=Stow,John|page=446|origdate=first published 1598|location=London|publisher= A.Fullarton & Co|year=1890}}</ref> The dedication is generally derived from "boat-haw", meaning "boat house".<ref name=white>{{cite book |last1=White |first1=J.G. |title= The Churches and Chapels of Old London |url=http://archive.org/details/churcheschapelso00whituoft |year= 1901 |page=116 }}</ref> The church was in existence by 1279, when William de Hamkynton is recorded as becoming rector following the death of Adam Lambyn.<ref name=ric/> It was one of the 13 "peculiars" within the [[City of London|City]] under the [[patronage]] of the dean and chapter of [[Canterbury Cathedral]].<ref name=huelin>{{cite book|last=Huelin|first=G.|title= Vanished Churches of the City of London|location=London|publisher=Guildhall Library Publications|year=1996|isbn=0-900422-42-4}}</ref> |
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Sir Robert Chichele, Lord Mayor of London, in 1422, was buried in the church. |
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<ref name=ric>{{cite book|title=Repetorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense|authorlink=Richard Newcourt|last=Newcourt|first=Richard|location=London|pages=438 –9|year=1708|volume=1}}</ref> |
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According to some sources, St Mary's also contained the tomb of [[Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone]], the first [[Lord Mayor of London]], and his coat-of-arms was in a stained-glass window there. [[John Stow]], however, said that he was buried at the priory of the Holy Trinity in [[Aldgate]].<ref>Seymour 1733, p.483</ref> |
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==Destruction== |
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| ⚫ | Along with the majority of parish churches in the City, St Mary Bothaw was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. A Rebuilding Act was passed in 1670 and a committee set up under Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt; <ref>{{cite book |last1=Whinney|first1= Margaret |title=Wren |url= |year=1971 |publisher=Thames and Hudson |location=London |isbn=0-500-20112-9}}</ref> St Mary Bothaw was not amongst them. Instead the parish was united to that of [[St Swithin, London Stone]], and some of the materials from St Mary's were used to rebuild that church.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Ancient Records and Antiquities of the Parishes of St. Swithin, London Stone, and St. Mary Bothaw|last=White |first=JG|location= London|publisher=London & Middlesex Archaeological Society|year=1910}}</ref> The site was retained as a churchyard until the [[Cannon Street Station|Cannon Street Railway Station]] was built over it in the nineteenth century.<ref name=white/> |
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==References== |
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*{{cite book|title=A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent|last=Seymour|first=Robert|year=1733|url=|volume=1|location=London|publisher=T. Read}} |
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Revision as of 10:14, 20 April 2013
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| Address | Corner of Cannon Street and Dowgate Hill London |
| Land | Vereinigtes Königreich |
| Denomination | Anglican, originally Roman Catholic |
St Mary Bothaw was a parish church in the Walbrook ward of the City of London. It was also referred to as "Saint Mary Boatehaw by the Erber",[1] It was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt.[2]
Standort
The church stood in the in the Walbrook ward, in a narrow lane just to the south of Candlewick Street [2] (now Cannon Street).[3]
History
St Mary Bothaw was described by Stow as a "proper church".[4] The dedication is generally derived from "boat-haw", meaning "boat house".[5] The church was in existence by 1279, when William de Hamkynton is recorded as becoming rector following the death of Adam Lambyn.[6] It was one of the 13 "peculiars" within the City under the patronage of the dean and chapter of Canterbury Cathedral.[7]
Sir Robert Chichele, Lord Mayor of London, in 1422, was buried in the church. [6] According to some sources, St Mary's also contained the tomb of Henry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone, the first Lord Mayor of London, and his coat-of-arms was in a stained-glass window there. John Stow, however, said that he was buried at the priory of the Holy Trinity in Aldgate.[8]
Destruction
Along with the majority of parish churches in the City, St Mary Bothaw was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. A Rebuilding Act was passed in 1670 and a committee set up under Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt; [9] St Mary Bothaw was not amongst them. Instead the parish was united to that of St Swithin, London Stone, and some of the materials from St Mary's were used to rebuild that church.[10] The site was retained as a churchyard until the Cannon Street Railway Station was built over it in the nineteenth century.[5]
References
- ^ Hibbert,C;Weinreb,D;Keay,J (1983 (rev 1993,2008)). "The London Encyclopaedia". London: Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|year=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Jenkinson, Wilberforce (1917). London Churches Before the Great Fire. London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. p. 202.
- ^ Seymour 1733, p.479
- ^ Stow,John (1890). Survey of London, Volume I. London: A.Fullarton & Co. p. 446.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|origdate=ignored (|orig-date=suggested) (help) - ^ a b White, J.G. (1901). The Churches and Chapels of Old London. p. 116.
- ^ a b Newcourt, Richard (1708). Repetorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense. Vol. 1. London. pp. 438–9.
- ^ Huelin, G. (1996). Vanished Churches of the City of London. London: Guildhall Library Publications. ISBN 0-900422-42-4.
- ^ Seymour 1733, p.483
- ^ Whinney, Margaret (1971). Wren. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-20112-9.
- ^ White, JG (1910). The Ancient Records and Antiquities of the Parishes of St. Swithin, London Stone, and St. Mary Bothaw. London: London & Middlesex Archaeological Society.
Sources
- Seymour, Robert (1733). A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent. Vol. 1. London: T. Read.
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