John de Haslingfeld, 1303. It is on record that from 1543 to 1548: Sir WTM Read is parsonne of the same church and the yerlie valew of the same ys 13l. 6s. 8d. and that no prest is found ther by the said parsonne.1 Reginald Coleman (whose name survives in Coleman Street) was buried in this church in 1483. The following is an extract from the Vestry Minute Book: Recevyd the 9 daye of May anno 1574 by . . . cherche wardens, for that Mr James Stylle person of the paryshe of Saynt Margarettes in Lothebery dyd mayke a lycence for a gentyllwomen to eate fleshe for viij dayes in Lent last past a cordyng to a statute in Master Dunconnes housse wherefore nowe he hathe payde vjs. viijd. for the use of the pore in the same paryshe.2 The church was burnt down in the Fire, and rebuilt, and still remains. 3 When the great Monastery of the Augustine Friars was Priory suppressed the friars disappeared, but, as Stow writes, The Friers Church he pulled not downe, but the west end thereof enclosed from the Steeple and Quier was in the yeare 1550 graunted to the Dutch nation in London to be their preaching place.1 The choir and steeple of the church have disappeared, but the beautiful Gothic nave of nine bays, dating from the fourteenth century, still remains in good preservation, though slightly out of the perpendicular. The spire, which was high and of unusual beauty and delicate workmanship, remained till 1603.5 The two broad aisles have been restored, and the Church John de Haslingfeld, 1303. It is on record that from 1543 to 1548: Sir WTM Read is parsonne of the same church and the yerlie valew of the same ys 13l. 6s. 8d. and that no prest is found ther by the said parsonne.1 Reginald Coleman (whose name survives in Coleman Street) was buried in this church in 1483. The following is an extract from the Vestry Minute Book: Recevyd the 9 daye of May anno 1574 by . . . cherche wardens, for that Mr James Stylle person of the paryshe of Saynt Margarettes in Lothebery dyd mayke a lycence for a gentyllwomen to eate fleshe for viij dayes in Lent last past a cordyng to a statute in Master Dunconnes housse wherefore nowe he hathe payde vjs. viijd. for the use of the pore in the same paryshe.2 The church was burnt down in the Fire, and rebuilt, and still remains. When the great Monastery of the Augustine Friars suppressed the friars disappeared, but, as Stow writes, 3 was Priory The Friers Church he pulled not downe, but the west end thereof enclosed from the Steeple and Quier was in the yeare 1550 graunted to the Dutch nation in London to be their preaching place.1 The choir and steeple of the church have disappeared, but the beautiful Gothic nave of nine bays, dating from the fourteenth century, still remains in good preservation, though slightly out of the perpendicular. The spire, which was high and of unusual beauty and delicate workmanship, remained till 1603. The two broad aisles have been restored, and the Church |