. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. all of late time, by corruptionhath been called Gerards hall for Gisors hall ; as Bosoms inn forBlossoms inn, Bevismarks forBuries marks, Mark lane for Mart lane,Beliter lane for Belzetters lane, Gutter lane for Guthuruns lane,Cry or Cre church for Christ church, St. Michel in the Quern forSt. Michel at Corn, and such others. Out of this Gisors hall, at thefirst building thereof, were made divers arched doors, yet to beseen, which seem not sufficient for any great monster, or otherthan men of common stature, to
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. all of late time, by corruptionhath been called Gerards hall for Gisors hall ; as Bosoms inn forBlossoms inn, Bevismarks forBuries marks, Mark lane for Mart lane,Beliter lane for Belzetters lane, Gutter lane for Guthuruns lane,Cry or Cre church for Christ church, St. Michel in the Quern forSt. Michel at Corn, and such others. Out of this Gisors hall, at thefirst building thereof, were made divers arched doors, yet to beseen, which seem not sufficient for any great monster, or otherthan men of common stature, to pass through. The pole in the hallmight be used in old time, as then the custom was in every pa-rish, to be set up in the street in the summer as a may-pole, before* This company formerly possessed portraits of king William and queen Mary. HISTORY OF LONDON. 1T3 the principal hall or house in the parish or street; and to stand inthe hall before the shrine, decked with holly and ivy, at the feastof Christmas. The ladder served for the decking of the may-poleand roof of the Faults, Gerards hall. These vaults, which appear to have been erected early in thethirteenth century, are in excellent preservation, and are used aswine cellars. They consist of two series of circular columns sup-porting an arched roof, the intersections being ornamented withroses, and grotesque carvings. On the west side of Bread street, amongst divers fair and largehouses for merchants, and inns for passengers, was a prison house,appertaining to the sheriffs of London, called The CompterIn the year 1555, the prisoners were removed from thence toanother new Compter in Wood street, provided by the citys pur-chase, and built for that purpose. * The cause of which removewas this; Richard Husband, pasteler, keeper of this Compter inBread street, being a wilful and head-strong man, dealt, for hisown advantage, hard with the prisoners under his charge; hav-ing also servants, such as himself liked best for t
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