The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-02-17

streets that Ne can scarcely NealI their cut.
llucs. a the present time. - being TIE sams
we used 20 sec IN onr notish da1A How
great, then, has been the chanrc during iks
maps ol that period. and since that date, and
also hy the assislanco q Historical rccoris.
let rs try 70 give something of 1kclc1 Of
the appearance of the clty in those days,
when Rdward III. had been king lolly-tWo
years, he being succeeded nlac year alles>
ward, ey Richard IL, who ia hIs Tine. eon-
ierred several chartered privileges upon he
citizens
In the fourteenth century. the ualls of he
city were little more than two mllcs n cir
cunierence, and the ditch around 1cm was
clcansed The Mayor and the Corporation
were the conscrvators of the .'notlc Iaancs,
the glory and support cf the city," Ihe
ancient London Bridge, built nom the design
of Peter Of Colechprch. had been repaired In
the latter part Of that century, ~ thssz was
a moveahie draw-oridge FOR tie passaEs of
vesscis to the ~havcn at opet tnhlthe. a thai
time crowded with foreign shiQt. Mar to
the Did Fish street. lthen fish r7arkctl stood
the inn (or msnslon) of The Bishop of Here
ford, In still earlier time, the residence Of t11
Lords Montalt, Of Mold, IN North Wdlcss
and tho church which stood closely contiku-
Gus thereio-Which was the place Of worship
Of the hmlly-was Al the time, called 81
Mary Monmouth. Near 70 this. on the right.
was the Queens Wardrobe - called lfun
Its having seen given BY the sovereign % his
queen. In the immediate yiciaiiy Of Wat
ling street, the residence Of The 6ison hmilY
might be seen, then known a. 6lsors Hall
Iu Soper's lane most Of the . spcpperers,n the
"groeers" 9f she prescnt day, dwell; and
Westchepe and Chepeside were, At that tine,
the citizens largest thoroughfAfe and market
places. In Friday street sfood the hlde mar
ket, aud down turning to the len was the
Kings Exchange, where the assay of metal
for eoinagc took place In Westche7e the
footwsy was raised upon piles; wood was
used for baiiding purposes In lieu Of stGne,
though party walls Of stoae had been for
some time enforced upon bniieers ~ an an
cient regulation OF assize ef the city To
the right Of Chepesldc stood the church Of
ST. Michael ie Quern, Tor Corn) rom the corn
market held on the spot; and bard hy, on the
opposite site, toward the southwest, the ca
thedral Of St Paul, covering al area Of near
" fonr acres In extent, with Is Norman
nave and transcpts, pointed choir. lA7ge chap
el, and rich rose window, appeared In iis
original stateliness and grandeur. Beneath
the cathedral. was the crypt Of ths ehafeh 81
ST. Faith
On the north side, slightly inelinlng west,
stood the bishops palace, described a. being
"a stately and spacious pile" Near thereto,
was placed the pulpit cross, with lis stone
steps and wooden pulpit. whefu, on every
Sunday, some eloquent priest OF mouk used
10 discourse. attended BY large numbers Of
citizens, and II the weather turned out uniA-
vorable, the preacher took his stand under
the penthouse, beside the cathedral, known
as she ''shrords-" II was At this cross that
the ''Spital Sermo1s" were first preached.
In Paternoster Row street. IL the fourteeuth
century, bead-trrners for rosaries carried on
their trade. and the writers Of texts, aTes
and pafernosters, carried on their business
Near to this thoroughlAre, stood the man
sions Of the Earl Of Warwick, and the Duke
Of Bretagne; and passing down Bowcry Row.
where the bowyers or bow-makers dweli,
"Bayley," where the City Chamberlain held
his Court Then proceeding little TO the
westward, the gate called ''Ludgnfes" might
be approached, which was shortly aferward
turned into debtors prison. This gate
like the majority Of the other city entrances
was inhabited BY 4 sergeant-af-arms, with
an attendant be himself provided, who kept
being daily furnished By the ward Over The
ditch st the bottom OF the valley, Gust with
out the city boundaries) was = drswbridgc.
two hundred feet In width
We may notice Fleet street to the bar at
the Temple; the Royal Palace OF ST. Bridget,
or ST. Bryde's, near the well dedicated 20
th8t saint; the bishop OF Salisbury's Inn;
TIC lMUI11lEIN VI Aur 0Ll4lIllNE1t OF ~ .IIL~
fFiars. rebuilt for them In the fourteenth cen
tury BY the Earl Of Devon; the then called
Round Church, or New Temple, and Ciif
ford's Inn. called "Ciiford's g. " from the les
soF thereof Dame Elizabeth Clifford Turn
ing TO she right, by New street, In 1880. frst
called Chaaneery lane, By reason Of Edward
III having placed the House OF the JeEish
Convent" /" with its chapel, in Chauncery; the
pedestrian Of the fourteeufh century would
pass the mansions Of the Earl Of Chichester
and the Earl Of Lincoln, built on the site Of
the Blackfriar's monastery just beyond,
stood the ruins Of the old Temple; and pro-
eeeding norfhward, be would reach the street
then called "Oldbourne," from The strsam q
that name along the street TO the bottom Of
the valley, but 10 order 70 get to which, Il
was necessary 10 pass the great mansion Of
Sir William Furnivale, y nov called ''furnl-
TaIe's Inn" Further down, stood the gar
den. vineyard and saffron fields, that then In
tereepted the view Of the marsIon Of the
Bishop Of Eley; and beyond the river, q the
bottom Of the bill, on the right, lay the
now smlfhheid. II should be
observed, that on the right Of Oldbourue
Street, stood Thavie's Inn, another abode Of
the law students, rented By them Of an ar
INQUIRER by the name Of Tbavie. The Osd-
bourne flowed into that ill-fayored tributary
Of the Thames, the Fleet, but In the four
teeufh century, Il was better known as 'sihe
River Of Nells," from the springs which Il
received from the uplands-Clerkenw and
TslingtoB- Passing over q considerable por-
lion Of the northern part Of the ward Of Far
ringdOn, the pedestrian would come 70 the
ancient College, or Sanctuary Of S. Martins
le-Gnnd- Near TO this college, stood man
,ion belonging TO the Earl Of Nor.humber-
and, and not far of, was the noted houss Of
The aFriaPs Manor" on the pavement Of
which was famous meat market, called, from
he neighboring cbnrch, ''eL Nicholas hesh
.hambles"
Also, within the WaIIs, some diatance on
arxe mansion called HBakeBeil,n - Or Black
Een Han, formerly denominafed ssBaslnk''
Hall from family Of that name who traded
argely In wooden goods. not far of, on ne
hight, was the "Jewfy, where the Jews then
and upon tae site of whose
iNelIings, the king built gafdr0bs E3ose.
Here the Jews had . synagogue, Whleh uas
turned into chapel Tor the -peu-
fential friars-" In t1ls neIghbofhood. many
zilors snd linen armorer1 were iDcalEd; ard
,eyond, in the street of 'tL0ifsbnrie,1 dHelf
oundeFs. br1ziers and makers Of kitchen Hsfe
Passing over the fer u Hoor1eIds. 70 the
eft, the city boundary . again reached at
leaving the Hospital Of 81 Ma
. q Befhiem on The right hand side q the
Eay. Within the gate along the street q
81. HeIen's Fnory ef Black
suBs, might be seen, and also the pzrilh
.hurch, dedica6ed 20 tie same saint Btyond
{. stood The mansion Of TIE HsFiII family.
.siIed fLeadenhail.n - and at the four-Eced
.rDssuay, or ee1tnx, By the corner Of the
lonse. were placed The stall of fbe po1itEr-
r.. who were not freemen. The sfeepIe.