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Though this place is in a manner in
the heart of the city, it is still in the li-
berty of Westminster; and the inhabitants
are governed, and vote accordingly. The
courts and alleys are now chiefly inhabited
by taylors and others who are not free of
the city; for all foreigners carry on their
trades and professions there without mo-
lestation.
St. MARTIN'S LE GRAND COURT. As St.
Martin's le Grand is a liberty distinct
from the government of London, and
subject to the Deanery of Westminster, it
has a court of record kept every Wednes-
day, for the trial of all personal actions of
what nature soever, and there is a court-
house and a prison.
In this court the leading process is a
capias against the body, or an attachment
against the goods; so that a man's goods
may be seized in his own house, upon the
first process, if he himself be not taken:
which is according to the practice of all
ancient liberties or franchises. Stow.
St. MARTIN'S Ludgate, on the north side
of Ludgate street, almost contiguous to
the gate, and in the ward of Faringdon
within. The old church being consumed
by the fire of London, the present edifice
was erected in its place. The body is not
seen from the street; but is tolerably en-
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enlightened. The steeple consists of a
plain tower, and a pretty lofty spire raised
on a substantial arcade, so that it has at
once the appearance of strength and
lightness.
The patronage of this rectory was an-
ciently in the Abbot and Convent of West-
minster; but on the suppression of their
monastery, King Henry VIII. erected
Westminster into a bishopric, and gave
the advowson of this church to the Bi-
shop; but the new see being dissolved by
Edward VI. Queen Mary granted it to
the Bishop of London, and his successors,
in whom it still remains.
The Rector receives, by act of Parlia-
ment, in lieu of tithes, 160l. per annum.
Newcomb's Eccles. Rep.
Mr. Strype, in his edition of Stowe's
Survey, gives several monumental inscrip-
tions in this church, from which we shall
select the two following; the first to the
memory of William Yeardley and his
wife, the former of whom died on the
28th of October 1523, and the latter on
the 20th of July 1533.
William Yeardley, and Elizabeth his wife,
Who lived on earth free from strife,
Not farre from this, in earth doth lye,
To shew that all that live must dye.
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