Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . of all England were directed towards thisretired and lonely spot, for thefe had been dis-covered the dead body of Sir Edmund Berry 288 OLD AND NEW LONDON. ftrimrose Hill. Godfrey, of whose murder we have already spokenin our account of Somerset House.* The hill atthat time doubtless was famous for the primrosesthat grew upon it; and although the fields aroundwere used for grazing, the place, covered as it waswith brambles, was inaccessible, and wonder wasexcited as to the means by which the body camethere. The name o
Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places . of all England were directed towards thisretired and lonely spot, for thefe had been dis-covered the dead body of Sir Edmund Berry 288 OLD AND NEW LONDON. ftrimrose Hill. Godfrey, of whose murder we have already spokenin our account of Somerset House.* The hill atthat time doubtless was famous for the primrosesthat grew upon it; and although the fields aroundwere used for grazing, the place, covered as it waswith brambles, was inaccessible, and wonder wasexcited as to the means by which the body camethere. The name of the victim has been variouslywritten : Macaulay, in common with many others. Harrison, the kings embroiderer. . Theynamed my son Edmund Berrie, the ones name,and the others Christian name. It has been suggested that the confusion hasarisen partly from the likeness of the name to thatof the celebrated town in Suffolk, and partly fromthe infrequent use at that time of two Christiannames. Sir Edmund was a rich timber merchant,and lived at the river end of Northumberland. PRIMROSE HILL IN 1780. calls him Edmundsbury Godfrey, whilst by some itis written Edmund Berry Godfrey. On a monu-ment in the cloister of Westminster Abbey to thememory of a brother of Sir Edmund, the knight isdesignated as Edmundus Berry Godfrey; but thelate Mr. J. G. Nichols went still further, and broughtforward as his authority Sir Edmunds father. Thefollowing is an extract from the diary of ThomasGodfrey, of Lidd, Kent:— My wife was deliveredof another son the 23rd December, 1621, whoAvas christened the 131)1 January, being godfathers were my cousin, John Berrie, hisother godfather my faithful loving friend and myneighbour sometime in Grub Street, Mr. Edmund • See Vol. III., p 92, Street, in the Strand. He was Justice of the Peacefor the Court quarter of town, and was so active inthe performance of his duties, that during the timeof the Great Plague, in 1664-5, upon the refusal ofhis men to e
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