St Mary Bothaw
| St Mary Bothaw | |
|---|---|
 Current photo of site | |
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| Location | Corner of Cannon Street and Dowgate HillLondon |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Denomination | Anglican,originallyRoman Catholic |
| History | |
| Founded | 10th century |
| Architecture | |
| Demolished | 1666 |
St Mary Bothaw(orSaint Mary Boatehaw by the Erber[1]) was a parish church in the Walbrook ward of theCity of London.It was destroyed in theGreat Fire of Londonin 1666 and not rebuilt.[2]However, some of its materials were used in the rebuilding ofSt Swithin, London Stone,with which parish it was merged.
Location[edit]
The church stood in theWalbrookward, in a narrow lane just to the south of Candlewick Street[2](now Cannon Street).[3]
History[edit]
St Mary Bothaw was described byStowas a "proper church".[4]The dedication is generally derived from "boat-haw", meaning "boat house".[5]The church was in existence by 1279, when William de Hamkynton was recorded as becoming rector following the death of Adam Lambyn.[6]It was one of the 13 "peculiars" within theCityunder thepatronageof the dean and chapter ofCanterbury Cathedral.[7]
Robert Chichele,Lord Mayor of London, in 1422, was buried in the church. [6] According to some sources, St Mary's also contained the tomb ofHenry Fitz-Ailwin de Londonestone,the firstLord Mayor of London,and his coat-of-arms was in a stained-glass window there.John Stow,however, said that he was buried at the priory of the Holy Trinity inAldgate.[8]
Destruction[edit]
Along with the majority of parish churches in the city, St Mary Bothaw was destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666. A Rebuilding Act was passed in 1670 and a committee set up under Sir Christopher Wren to decide which would be rebuilt;[9]St Mary Bothaw was not amongst them. Instead the parish was united to that ofSt Swithin, London Stone,and some of the materials from St Mary's were used to rebuild that church.[10]The site was retained as a churchyard until theCannon Street Railway Stationwas built over it in the nineteenth century.[5]
References[edit]
- ^Hibbert, C; Weinreb, D; Keay, J (1983).The London Encyclopaedia.Pan Macmillan.ISBN978-1-4050-4924-5.
- ^abJenkinson, Wilberforce (1917).London Churches Before the Great Fire.London: Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. p. 202.
- ^Seymour 1733, p.479
- ^Stow, John (1890) [1598].Survey of London, Volume I.A.Fullarton & Co. p. 446.
- ^abWhite, J.G. (1901).The Churches and Chapels of Old London.p.116.
- ^abNewcourt, Richard(1708).Repetorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense.Vol. 1. pp. 438–439.
- ^Huelin, G. (1996).Vanished Churches of the City of London.Guildhall Library Publications.ISBN0-900422-42-4.
- ^Seymour 1733, p.483
- ^Whinney, Margaret (1971).Wren.London: Thames and Hudson.ISBN0-500-20112-9.
- ^White, JG (1910).The Ancient Records and Antiquities of the Parishes of St. Swithin, London Stone, and St. Mary Bothaw.London: London & Middlesex Archaeological Society.
Sources[edit]
- Seymour, Robert (1733).A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts Adjacent.Vol. 1. London: T. Read.
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