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nated by a balustrade, from which rises a
circular base that supports a kind of lan-
thorn, very elegantly constructed with
Corinthian columns; over these are urns
with flames; and from the roof of this
lanthorn rises a well-constructed spire ter-
minated by a ball and fane.
This church is a rectory in the gift of a
lay patron. The profits arising to the In-
cumbent are said to amount to above 150l.
per annum.
The Hospital of St. MARY ROUNCIVAL, a
cell to a priory of that name in Navarre in
Spain, situated opposite the end of St.
Martin's lane, where Northumberland
house now stands. It was founded and
endowed by William Marshal, Earl of
Pembroke. in the reign of Henry III. but
this hospital was however suppressed by
Henry V. and re-founded by Edward IV.
in 1476, for a fraternity or brotherhood.
At length it was suppressed, with the
other religious houses, by King Henry
VIII. and afterwards coming to Henry
Howard, Earl of Northampton, he caused
it to be demolished, and erected upon the
site thereof the edifice then named Nor-
thampton house. See the article NOR-
THUMBERLAND HOUSE.
St. MARY SOMERSET, opposite Broken
wharf in Thames street, and in Queen-
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hithe ward, owes the additional epithet
of Somerset (according to Mr. Stowe's
conjecture) to its vicinity to Sumner's het
or hithe, a small port or haven resembling
that of Queenhithe. A church was si-
tuated in this place before the year 1335;
but the old edifice sharing the fate of most
of the other public buildings, in the fire
of London, the present structure was
erected in its room.
The body of this edifice is enlightened
by a range of lofty arched windows, and
the wall is terminated by a balustrade. A
well proportioned square tower rises to a
considerable height, and is crowned with
a handsome vase at each corner, supported
on a very ornamental pedestal, with a
handsome turret between in the form of
an obelisk, each supported on the same
kind of pedestal as the vases, and crowned
with a ball.
The patronage of the church is in lay
hands, and the parish of St. Mary Mount-
haw being annexed to it, the Incum-
bent's profits are considerably increased;
he having, besides casualties and two par-
sonage houses, 110l. a year in lieu of
tithes, and about 30l. in glebe.
St. MARY SPITAL, a priory and hospital
founded by Sir Walter Brune, and Rosia,
his lady, in the year 1197, who dedicated
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