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top of the third stage, above which rises
a kind of short round spire of a peculiar
kind, it swelling out at the bottom, and
then rounding off, rises to a small height,
where it is terminated by a gilt ball and
fane.
The patronage of this church was an-
ciently in the Prior and Convent of Can-
terbury, in whom it continued till the
year 1408, since which time it has been
in the Archbishops of that see, and is one
of the thirteen peculiars in this city be-
longing to Canterbury. The Rector, in
conformity to an act of Parliament grant-
ed in the reign of King Charles II. re-
ceives, besides his other profits, 100l. per
annum in lieu of tithes.
Among the several monuments in this
church, is that of Sir William Wal-
worth who slew Wat Tyler See the
article LONDON. The inscription, as
given by Mr. Weaver, in his Funeral
Monuments, is as follows:
Here under lyth a man of fame,
William Walworth callyd by name;
Fishmonger he was in life time here,
And twise Lord Mayor, as in bookes appere;
Who with courage stout and manly might,
Slew Wat Tyler in King Richard's fight;
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For which act done, and trew intent,
The King made him Knight incontinent:
And gave him armes, as here may see,
To declare his fact and chivalrie.
He left this life the yere of our God
Thirteene hundryd fourscore and three od.
Here is also a monument erected to
the honour of Queen Elizabeth; and the
following very concise inscription on the
tomb of William Wray.
Here lyeth, wrapt in clay,
The body of William Wray,
I have no more to say,
St. MICHAEL'S lane, in Great Eastcheap,
by the above church.
St. MICHAEL'S QUEENHITHE, situated on
the north side of Thames street, in the
ward of Queenhithe, opposite to the great
wharf and buildings of that name, was
about the year 1181, denominated St.
Michael de Cornhithe, which may lead
us to the origin of the name by which we
at present call that wharf, and this church
from its situation near it; as the quantities
of corn brought thither down the Thames
might occasion the original name, and
Queenhithe be only a corrupt way of
speaking it.
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