. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. tants; and to be called the parish church of St. Bartholomew,the Apostle the Great, in West Smithfield, in the suburbs of Lon-don, distinct and separate from other parishes; and that all thevoid ground, 87 feet in length and 60 feet in breadth, next adjoin-ing to the west side of the church, shall be taken for a church-yard,&c. &c. The next clause appoints Richard Riche patron, and JohnDeane clerk, rector; and places the church in the jurisdiction ofthe diocese of London, and fixes the first fruits at 8/. per a
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. tants; and to be called the parish church of St. Bartholomew,the Apostle the Great, in West Smithfield, in the suburbs of Lon-don, distinct and separate from other parishes; and that all thevoid ground, 87 feet in length and 60 feet in breadth, next adjoin-ing to the west side of the church, shall be taken for a church-yard,&c. &c. The next clause appoints Richard Riche patron, and JohnDeane clerk, rector; and places the church in the jurisdiction ofthe diocese of London, and fixes the first fruits at 8/. per annum ;11/. per annum to the rector, and his successors, their salaryarising from certain tenements. In the 2d year of Elizabeth, another grant was madeto the samesir Richard Riche, by the title of Richard lord Riche and to hisheirs, afterwards earls of Warwick and Holland, from whom hath * Printed at length in Pennants Sepulchres attends in Newgate to tollLondon. This practice has been long the bell on the morning of the exe-^iscontinued; but the bellman of St. cution. f. Jy/.rt trr OF Ill E IKIOWY o V S1 tin- (Irca I . S M I T 1! K I E I, I). h//> !>v Gruit tb Strange-JstmcUm^ id*8. HISTORY OF LONDON. (535 descended {lie late possessor William Edwardes, of Johmtone-hall,in the county of Pembroke, South Wales, son of lady ElizabethRich, and created in 1776 baron Kensington of the kingdom of Ire-land. His lordship died Dec. 13, 1801 ; and was succeeded byhis only son William Edwardes, lord Kensington. The exterior of this church is so greatly concealed by the adja-cent houses, that with the exception of the west front, but little of thebuilding meets public observation : the north side, however, maybe seen from a narrow court behind the houses in Cloth-fair; theouter walls, including apartments over the aisles, now used as aschool for the parish, were rebuilt in red brick, the work of priorBolton; the windows introduced at that time into the aisle
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