The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . aidpalace to St. Giles in the Fields, and from thence to Islington, Hampstead-Heath, and to his palace again, he charges that no persons kill any as they valuetheir own safety. The original is in the library of the Society of Antiquaries. ST. DUNSTANS IN THE WEST. so surrounded by shops or stalls as to render the road-waydangerously narrow. These shops appear to have beenamong the earliest stationary marts for books in London,and works are still extant which were published there, andwhich bear
The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . aidpalace to St. Giles in the Fields, and from thence to Islington, Hampstead-Heath, and to his palace again, he charges that no persons kill any as they valuetheir own safety. The original is in the library of the Society of Antiquaries. ST. DUNSTANS IN THE WEST. so surrounded by shops or stalls as to render the road-waydangerously narrow. These shops appear to have beenamong the earliest stationary marts for books in London,and works are still extant which were published there, andwhich bear such imprints as the following. li Epigrams,by H. P. and are to be soulde by John Helme, at hisshoppe in S. Dunstans Churchyarde. 1608. 4to. News from Italy of a second Moses, or the life of Gale-acis Caracciolus, &c. printed by Richard Moore, and tobe solde at his shoppe in St. Dunstans Church-yard inFleete Street. 1608. and others. The subjoined engraving is a representation of the oldchurch as it appeared in 1739; at which time, as we maysee, these shops still maintained their position. 2. 1 Denhams Account of St. Dunstans. p. 17. For some particulars ofthe extraordinary individual to whom the church was dedicated, see LondonChurches, St. Dunstans in the East. p. 1. 2 We are indebted for this engraving to the publisher of the Mirror;in which entertaining and instructive miscellany it was originally given. ( p. 145.) P 2 4 ST. DUNSTANS TN THE WEST. In regard to the early history of the parish church, weknow nothing prior to the year 1237, when we learn that itwas presented to Henry III, by Richard de Barking, the Ab-bot of the convent of Westminster, to which establishmentit then belonged. Henry assigned it, with all its profits, to-wards the maintenance of a house established by him forthe reception of converted Jews, (now called The Rolls,)retaining for the crown the right of advowson. In theyear 1362, it appears to have been possessed by the bishopof London ; for i
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