. Walks in London . e the martyrologist, 1587. On the north wall are thetombs of the daughter and granddaughter of ShakspearesSir Thomas Lucy. The latter is represented rising in hershroud from her tomb at the resurrection, which has givenrise to a tradition that she was buried alive and roused frotnher trance by the sexton, who opened her coffin to stealone of her rings. The parish register records the marriageof Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bowchier, August aa,1620. In the sunny Churchyard of St. Giles is a well-pre-served bastion of the City Wall of Edward lower portion is fo
. Walks in London . e the martyrologist, 1587. On the north wall are thetombs of the daughter and granddaughter of ShakspearesSir Thomas Lucy. The latter is represented rising in hershroud from her tomb at the resurrection, which has givenrise to a tradition that she was buried alive and roused frotnher trance by the sexton, who opened her coffin to stealone of her rings. The parish register records the marriageof Oliver Cromwell and Elizabeth Bowchier, August aa,1620. In the sunny Churchyard of St. Giles is a well-pre-served bastion of the City Wall of Edward lower portion is formed of rude stones and tiles, theupper of courses Of flint laid in cement. The battlementsof the old wall adjoining were removed in 1803 and astupid brick wall erected in their place at the expense ofthe parish. ST, GILES, CRIPPLEGATE, 271 The bells of St. Giless are celebrated, and Oh, what a preacher is the time-worn tower,Reading great sermons with its iron tongue. Not far from the church was Crowders Well (com-. St. Giles, Cripplegate. memorated in Well Street), of which we read in Childreya Britannia Baconica (1661) that its waters had a pleasanttaste like that of new mjlk, and were very good for soreeyes; moreover that there was * an ancient man who when-ever he was sick would drink plenteously of this CrowdersWell water, and was presently made well, and whenever he 37« WALKS IN LONDON, was overcome of drink, he would drink of this water, whichwould presently make him sober ! The curious Williams Library, founded in RedcrossStreet by Dr. Daniel Williams, the dissenting divine (1644—1716), which contained an original portrait of Baxter, waspulled down in 1857. Its books (20,000 volumes) are nowat Somerset House. Redcross Street leads into Golden (Golding) Lane, wherethe name of Flay House Yard on the right, connecting thiswith Whitecross Street, is a memorial of the ancient** Fortune Theatre erected in 1599 on that site: it waslast used in the time of Charles II. This
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