The annals of StHelen's, Bishopsgate, London . j d. Item, one other Tenement ther, in the hold of EdmudeBrewer, by the yeare, xiij s. iiij d. Item, one other Tenement ther, in the hold of Eye Sturdye,by the yeare, xiij s. iiij d. Item, one other Tenement ther, in the hold of LanclottHarryson, by the yeare, xiij s. iiij d. viij li. xiij s. iiij * X li. vj s. viij ™ p me Thomam Mildmate, Auditor/^ The House was evidently a large and goodly collection ofedifices. You entered from Bishopsgate Street by a gatewayinto a court surrounded by the more humble buildings of thecommunity, and from
The annals of StHelen's, Bishopsgate, London . j d. Item, one other Tenement ther, in the hold of EdmudeBrewer, by the yeare, xiij s. iiij d. Item, one other Tenement ther, in the hold of Eye Sturdye,by the yeare, xiij s. iiij d. Item, one other Tenement ther, in the hold of LanclottHarryson, by the yeare, xiij s. iiij d. viij li. xiij s. iiij * X li. vj s. viij ™ p me Thomam Mildmate, Auditor/^ The House was evidently a large and goodly collection ofedifices. You entered from Bishopsgate Street by a gatewayinto a court surrounded by the more humble buildings of thecommunity, and from thence into an inner court which containedsome of the more important offices, the stewards lodging and * Arcligeol. xvi. 29. Malcolms Lond. Red. iii, 550, 651. Vlan of Buildings. 31 counting-housC; the kitchen, pastry-house, larder, and other apart-ments, the entrance to the hall and an adjoining parlour^ withoffices below them, as well as that to the cloister and the Conventparlour. The entrance to the cloister, the buttery, and larder had. each an elegant chamber above them adjoining the hall. Nextcame the Cloister, on the north of which was a long and goodlybuilding, called the Fratry, and on the east the lodging of theSub-prioress with its garden. Adjoining this a flight of stairs ledto the dormitory, south of which was a small house, in which weredeposited the various leases and other legal documents connectedwith the conventual property. West of the cloister a door led tothe Nuns^ church. An entry on the east side, by the Sub-prioresss lodging and the dormitory, introduced you to a littlegarden, and thence to the fair pleasure-garden of the house. Atthe north end of this a door led to the kitchen-garden, with adove-house at its western end; and a further door communicatedwith a capacious wood yard, which embraced various enclosures,tenements, gardens, a stable, and other appurtenances. Suchwas the home of the Nuns of S. Helens. The north aisle of the Church of S. Helens
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