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Canterbury; and the parish of St. Tho-
mas Apostles being annexed to this church
by an act of Parliament granted in the
reign of King Charles II. the profits of
the Rector are greatly augmented, he re-
ceiving 150l. per annum in lieu of tithes,
and about 100l. a year by glebe.
St. MARY AT HILL, on the west side of
St. Mary Hill, in Billingsgate ward, owes
its additional epithet to its situation on an
eminence. This church is of considerable
antiquity, since a chantry was founded in
it so early as about the year 1336.
It is remarkable, that in the year 1497,
digging in this church for the foundation
of a wall, the corpse of Alice Hackney,
who died about the year 1322, was dis-
covered in a very rotten coffin; and that
the skin was sound and flexible, and the
joints pliable, though buried about 175
years. The body was kept above ground
three or four days, without any noisome
smell, but then beginning to be tainted
was again laid in the ground.
Though this church was not destroyed
by the fire of London, every thing com-
bustible in it was consumed; it was how-
ever soon after repaired, and the parish of
St. Andrew Hubbard annexed to it. It is
a well-proportioned Gothic structure, con-
sisting of a plain body enlightened by large
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windows, and a tower crowned by a
pretty handsome turret.
The advowson of this church appears
to have been in private hands, till about
the year 1638, when it was purchased by
the parish; but since the parish of St.
Andrew Hubbard was united to it, the
Duke of Somerset, who is patron there-
of, presents in his turn. The Rector re-
ceives 200l. a year in lieu of tithes, and
about 24l. per annum by glebe.
St. MARY AX, a street on the north side of
Leadenhall street. Here was anciently a
church dedicated not only to the Virgin
Mary, but to St. Ursula and her eleven
thousand virgins; but it was commonly
called St. Mary at the Ax, from the sign
of the Ax over against the east end of the
church; and sometimes it was named St.
Mary Papillar, from a plat of ground be-
longing to the Skinners company, that
lay on the north side of it; but this parish
being, about the year 1565, united to the
parish church of St. Andrew Undershaft,
St. Mary at the Ax was let out as a ware-
house to a merchant; but the street how-
ever in which this edifice stood, still re-
tains its name. Maitland.
MARYBON. See St. MARY LA BONNE.
MARYBON Fields, the fields between Lon-
don and Marybon, or St. Mary la Bonne.
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