Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . 3-8) the abbey is shown as standing in itsentire condition in its own enclosed grounds. The church of St. Mary Magdalen, at the cornerof Abbey Street and Berniondsey Street, standson the site of the ancient conventual church. Itis a brick-built structure, consisting of a chancel,nave, two aisles, and a transept; and at the westernend is a low square tower with a turret. Thechurch contains no monuments worthy of 1S30 the tower was repaired and beautified I BE -MANS SPEECH. Elizabeth, my beloved wife, I am righ
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . 3-8) the abbey is shown as standing in itsentire condition in its own enclosed grounds. The church of St. Mary Magdalen, at the cornerof Abbey Street and Berniondsey Street, standson the site of the ancient conventual church. Itis a brick-built structure, consisting of a chancel,nave, two aisles, and a transept; and at the westernend is a low square tower with a turret. Thechurch contains no monuments worthy of 1S30 the tower was repaired and beautified I BE -MANS SPEECH. Elizabeth, my beloved wife, I am righte sorie that I haveso long absented myself from thee, whereby thou shouldestbe occasioned to take another man to be thy I do now vowe and promise, in the sight of Godand this company, to take thee again as my owne, and willnot onlie forgive thee but live with thee, and do all otherduties to thee, as I promised at our marriage. THE WOMANS , my beloved husband, I am righte sorie that I havein thy absence taken another man to be my husband ; but. st. mary Magdalens church, bermondsey, 1809. after the usual churchwarden fashion of theperiod, and at the same time the Gothic windowswere restored, and since that date the church hasbeen re-seated, and otherwise greatly registers commence in 1538, and have beencontinued with very few interruptions up to thepresent time. Some of the entries are verysingular and curious. Here, for instance, is onewhich we give in extenso, since it may serve as amodel for such transactions in these days ofjudicial separations. It is headed, The forme ofa solemn vowe made betwixt a man and his wife,having been long absent, through which occasionthe woman being married to another man, (thehusband) took her again as followeth : —251 here, before God and this companie, I do renounce andforsake him ; I do promise to keep myself only to theeduringe life, and to perform all the duties which I lir-tpromised to thee in
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