. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. 14, anno 53 Henry VITI. it wasordered that the seal of the bridge-house should be changed, be-cause the image of Thomas a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury,was engraven therein, and a new seal to be made, devised by , to whom the old seal was delivered. This was occasioned bya proclamation, commanding the names of the pope and Thomas aBecket to be put out of all books and monuments; which is thereason that they are so often seen blotted out in old chronicles, le-gends, primers, and service-books printed
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and parts adjacent. 14, anno 53 Henry VITI. it wasordered that the seal of the bridge-house should be changed, be-cause the image of Thomas a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury,was engraven therein, and a new seal to be made, devised by , to whom the old seal was delivered. This was occasioned bya proclamation, commanding the names of the pope and Thomas aBecket to be put out of all books and monuments; which is thereason that they are so often seen blotted out in old chronicles, le-gends, primers, and service-books printed before those times. In 1802, some old granaries in Tooley-street, which belonged to thecity,were taken down. They were built with chesnut. An inscriptionwas found that they were begun and finished at the charge of thebridge-house, when sir George Barn was lord mayor in Chronicles of London bridge, p. 619. HISTORY OF LONDON. 451 At the bridge foot was a house called The Nonncs Head, latepart of the possessions of St. Helens. It belonged to HumphreyBrooke in 28 Eliz. Ancient Crypt, Tooley-street. This ancient specimen of ecclesiastical architecture is situate op-posite to St. Olaves church, Tooley-street, close adjoining Church-yard-alley, leading to queen Elizabeths free grammar school; onwhich site formerly stood a spacious stone building, the city resi-dence of the priors of Lewes, in Sussex, whenever occasion led themto visit London or its vicinity on parhamentary or ecclesiastical , noticing St. Olaves church, says, On the south side thestreet was sometime one great house, builded of stone, with archedgates, which pertained to the prior of Lewes, in Sussex, and washis residence when he came to London ; it is now a common hos-iery for travellers, and hath as sign the Walnut-tree. In Maitlandstime it became converted into a cider-cellar, and is described asfollows :—• Opposite St. Olaves church anciently stood a spaciousstone building, the city man
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