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it to the honour of Jesus Christ and his
Mother the Virgin Mary, by the name of
Domus Dei & beatæ Mariæ extra Bishops-
gate.
This hospital surrendered to Henry VIII.
when its revenue was found to amount
to 478l. a year; and besides the orna-
ments of the church and other goods be-
longing to the hospital, there were an
hundred and eighty beds for the use of the
poor.
A part of a large church yard belong-
ing to this hospital, separated from the
rest by a brick wall, was for a long time
remaining, with a pulpit cross in it, some-
what like that which formerly stood in
St. Paul's church yard; and on the south
side was a handsome house in which the
Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and
other persons of distinction sat to hear the
sermons preached in Easter holidays.
It was anciently the custom for some
learned man, appointed by the Bishops, to
preach a sermon at St. Paul's Cross, relat-
ing to Christ's passion, on Good Friday in
the afternoon; and upon Easter Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday, other sermons
were preached in the forenoon at the
Spital, on Christ's resurrection: on Low
Sunday in the forenoon a rehearsal was
made of these four sermons at St. Paul's
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Cross, in which they were either com-
mended or censured; and, after all, the
Priest made a sermon himself.
At these sermons the Lord Mayor and
Aldermen were usually present, with their
wives; and since the reformation these ser-
mons are continued by the name of Spital
Sermons at St. Bride's in Fleet street, on
Easter Monday, Tuesday, and Wednes-
day.
The pulpit cross was broke down in
the grand rebellion. Maitland.
St. MARY'S STAINING, a small church,
formerly seated on the north side of Oat
lane, in the ward of Aldersgate within.
The reason why it received the additional
epithet of Staining, is very uncertain; some
imagining it to be derived from the painter
stainers, who might probably live near it;
while others suppose that it was originally
called Stany or Stony from its being built
with stone, to distinguish it from those in
the city built with wood, &c. This an-
cient edifice, however, being destroyed by
the fire of London, and not rebuilt, the
parish was united to St. Michael's Wood
street. Stowe.
St. MARY WHITECHAPEL, was originally
erected as a chapel of ease to the church
of St. Dunstan, Stepney; and from its ex-
ternal appearance probably received the
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