St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street
St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street | |
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Location | Roman Catholic, later Church of England |
Architecture | |
Completed | 12th century |
Closed | 1666 |
Demolished | 1666 |
Administration | |
Diocese | London |
Parish | Cripplegate |
St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, was a parish church in the City of London, England, dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene. Originally constructed in the 12th century, it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and not rebuilt. The location was converted into a market, then from 1835 to 1879 was the site of the City of London School.[1]
Location
The church stood on the east side of Milk Street, London, the site of London's medieval milk market, located north of Cheapside, in Cripplegate, with part of the parish in Bread Street.[2] In his 'Survey' of 1603, John Stow described it as having "many fair houses for wealthy merchants and others".[3]
History
The earliest mention of "St. Mary Magdalene in foro Londoniarum" was in 1162, and it is recorded as "St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street" in a document dating from between 1203 and 1215. Writing in 1603, Stow notes it was a small church that had recently been repaired, while it was further updated in 1619 and 1630.[2]
The church was a
After the church was destroyed in the 1666
Notable personages
Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor from 1529 to 1532, then later executed by Henry VIII in 1535 for opposing his split from the Catholic Church, was born in Milk Street in February 1478. It has been suggested he was probably baptised at St Mary Magdalen, which was his local church.[10]
Notable
Stow lists a number of important burials, such as Sir William Cantilo of the
Others included Doctor
References
- ^ 'Cripplegate, one of the 26 Wards of the City of London' Baddesley, J.J p39: London; Blades, East & Blades; 1921
- ^ a b Harben 1918.
- ^ a b Stow 1908, pp. 290–303.
- ^ Huelin 1996, p. 19.
- ^ Neal.
- ^ Mullet 2004.
- ^ Lynch 2008.
- ^ Keene & Harding 1987.
- ^ Smith 1970, p. 139.
- ^ Ackroyd 1998, p. 6.
- ^ Hennessy 1898, p. 268.
- ^ Speight 2002, pp. 449–463.
- ^ Hughes 1941, p. ?.
- ^ Archer 2010, p. 201.
- ^ Scott 2004.
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- Ackroyd, Peter (1998). The Life of Thomas More. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385477093.
- Archer, Jayne Elizabeth (2010). Long, Kathleen P (ed.). Women and Chymistry in Early Modern England; the Manuscript Receipt Book (circa 1616) of Sarah Wigge in "Gender and Scientific Discourse in Early Modern Culture". Ashgate Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0754669715.
- Harben, H (1918). A Dictionary of London. Herbert Jenkins. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- Hennessy, George (1898). Novam repertorium ecclesiasticum Londonense. S. Sonnenschein.
- Huelin, Gordon (1996). Vanished Churches of the City of London. Guildhall Library Publishing. ISBN 0-900422-42-4.
- Hughes, AW (1941). The register of St. Lawrence Jewry and St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, London: 1677-1812. Harleian Society.
- Keene, D.; Harding, V. (1987). All Hallows Honey Lane in "Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire 1, Cheapside: Parishes of All Hallows Honey Lane, St.Martin Pomary, St. Mary le Bow, St. Mary Colechurch, and St. Pancras Soper Lane". Chadwyck-Healey. ISBN 0-85964-190-2. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- Lynch, Beth (2008). "Vincent, Thomas (1634–1678))". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/28315. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Mullet, Michael (2004). "Case, Thomas (1598-1682)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4855. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Neal, Daniel. "The Morning Exercise at Cripplegate". Gospel Heritage Literature. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- Scott, David (2004). "Bourchier, Sir John (1595-1660". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2991. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- Smith, Al (1970). Milk Street, EC2 in Dictionary of City of London Street Names. David & Charles. ISBN 978-0668023269.
- Speight, Helen (2002). "Rachel Speght's Polemical Life". Huntington Library Quarterly. 65 (3/4): 449–463. JSTOR 3817984.
- Stow, John (1908). Kingsford, CL (ed.). A Survey of London. Oxford University Press.